Our household has watched the “new” Hawaii Five-0 for several years. Never our favorite program but an okay one in a sea of dreck. Now the most recent episode reveals that next week’s program will be the finale, not merely of the season but of the series.
I’m not surprised, the program had more or less run out of gas and was revisiting old tropes ad nauseum. It was noted this was their 10th season, and if anything it has seemed longer.
The program had the best theme music on TV, because it recycled the surf-sound theme from the original way back in 1968. One thing I won’t miss is the bickering between McGarrett and Danny. Scott Caan’s character got old almost immediately.
The show’s demise marks the passing of a great opportunity for Asian actors, bikini-clad extras and tropical scenery. Whatever else it was or was not, the descriptor “picturesque” always fit..
