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Hawaii Five-O: Voice of Terror (1979)
Horrible
Horrible new story line and new characters, horrible acting, horrible scripts. Season 12 should be buried where nobody can ever find it. The megalomania of Jack Lord ruined this show. The primary characters of the show were thrown away: Dan Williams, Chin Ho Kelly, Kono, Ben Kokua, Frank Kamana. Duke Lukela, who was being brought along as a primary character, was thrown away for a disgraced former mainland cop with no relevant experience, (and who does not dress the part of McGarrett's elite unit, nor a Boston Police Department detective unit, and who is suddenly called, "Kimo," with the laughable excuse that "Kimo" is Hawaiian for "Jim," so now a haole is suddenly Hawaiian), and a brand new patrol cop with no investigative experience. Truck as the native Hawaiian in the unit looks like a haole compared to Zoulou's Kono character. Ross Martin is laughable as Tony Alika, with a fake New York/Hawaiian accent, and no continuity with prior story line.
M*A*S*H: Hawkeye (1976)
Second Worst MASH Episode
Second worst MASH episode ever. Alan Alda at his self aggrandizing proselytizing worst. Second only to his hypocritical performance in The Grim Reaper. Very forgettable, I wish that I didn't have to watch it while binge watching in episode order. Why didn't he just tip the Jeep back over? This is easily accomplished with only two or three people, and he has that plus an ox. It is a shame that we have to actually type six hundred characters in order to get a review accepted, as it does not make sense to have fill just fill in characters. Here I am typing extra characters to make the entire six hundred when the point was made in only three sentences.
Magnum P.I.: Desperate Measures (2020)
Half Hearted Crossover
A crossover episode without the main characters of the other series is not worth doing. The storyline is ready made for inclusion of Jerry Ortega working together with the (pathetic remake of the) Higgins character. It is also difficult to accept the familiarity of the two different character sets without any prior introduction. Attention to Katsumoto's relationship with McGarrett and the Five-Oh crew would have been very worthwhile - it is given one vague and weak line of dialogue from Katsumoto. Use of an overreaching CIA operating illegally on domestic soil is trite and overdone and begins to become grating - certainly creative folks can be more creative.