McGarrett and Catherine go in a secret mission to North Korea to find the body of one of McGarrett's fallen SEAL buddies.McGarrett and Catherine go in a secret mission to North Korea to find the body of one of McGarrett's fallen SEAL buddies.McGarrett and Catherine go in a secret mission to North Korea to find the body of one of McGarrett's fallen SEAL buddies.
Masi Oka
- Max Bergman
- (credit only)
Sal Aguilera
- Preacher
- (as Captain Sal Aguilera)
Jeffrey James
- Commander
- (as Captain Jeffrey James USN)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis episode tells the story of what happened days before McGarrett joined the 'task force' also know as '5-0'.
- GoofsThe "Bridge of No Return", which is shown in the first scene, is depicted as being in a jungle covered region along the North-South Korean border. The real bridge is located in Panmunjon, which is a cold, hilly, and dry area of Korea with no jungle vegetation at any time during the year.
- Quotes
[Looking at the remains of Frank's helicopter]
Steve McGarrett: What happened?
Frank Bama: Honey buzzards.
Catherine Rollins: Beg your pardon?
Frank Bama: Oriental honey buzzards, a whole flock of them. What's the world coming to when your first love survives missiles, gunfire, rocket-propelled grenades, and gets taken out by a flock of funky birds?
Featured review
Worst episode ever
So far I really enjoyed Hawaii 5-0 because it managed to keep the balance between being funny and over the top, yet still somehow believable and keeping military pathos and American patriotism in check. I especially liked how after more than a decade of "feminized" TV, we finally got some real manly stuff back with a positive male image of the lead characters.
Now, I really don't even expect US series to be historically or even geographically accurate - they can still be entertaining and all I want here is escapism -, but this episode was simply ridiculous. Apart from being so far off any possible reality that it gives Rambo the feel of historical documentation, it had the Goebbelsesque appearance of a Wehrmacht recruiting film more than anything else, but I assume this is what the Pentagon expects from authors for lending its helicopters to Hollywood.
In context of the whole series the storyline was simply ridiculous, totally unbelievable and entirely out of character. So far Steve McGarrett came across as a soldier by heart but not a killing machine. He is a good guy with a military background and when you simply blackout especially recent history of US wars, he is really likable. In this episode, however, he turns into a psychopathic war criminal and murderer who in my opinion should be captured and brought to trail or, given the war situation, simply shot at site. Regardless of what you think of military adventurism, this was so out of place and character that it was simply annoying to watch both from an an intellectual and cinematic perspective.
Who ever's responsible for this should never be allowed to write anything anywhere.
Now, I really don't even expect US series to be historically or even geographically accurate - they can still be entertaining and all I want here is escapism -, but this episode was simply ridiculous. Apart from being so far off any possible reality that it gives Rambo the feel of historical documentation, it had the Goebbelsesque appearance of a Wehrmacht recruiting film more than anything else, but I assume this is what the Pentagon expects from authors for lending its helicopters to Hollywood.
In context of the whole series the storyline was simply ridiculous, totally unbelievable and entirely out of character. So far Steve McGarrett came across as a soldier by heart but not a killing machine. He is a good guy with a military background and when you simply blackout especially recent history of US wars, he is really likable. In this episode, however, he turns into a psychopathic war criminal and murderer who in my opinion should be captured and brought to trail or, given the war situation, simply shot at site. Regardless of what you think of military adventurism, this was so out of place and character that it was simply annoying to watch both from an an intellectual and cinematic perspective.
Who ever's responsible for this should never be allowed to write anything anywhere.
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- sergio-weigel
- Nov 14, 2017
Details
- Runtime44 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1
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