Reviews

I have the complete 20 Season Set and have watched every episode to the end of Season 11 so far in chronological order. The half hour ones were the best and are much darker than the later ones. I like the relationship with Matt and Chester better than the one with Festus.

However, this is the only episode that I could not watch to the end as it was so silly. There have been other earlier episodes that were comedic and were ok, but this one was painful to watch. A good cast wasted.

I love 98% of the episodes that I have watched so far. Gunsmoke is still the best despite clunkers like this one.

I have now watched every episode from Season 1 to 12 and can't agree more that the last two seasons were sub-par with a few exceptions.

There were too may far fetched plots that were getting into the supernatural and occult which means that the writers were stretching for stories. There were usually plot holes that you could drive a truck through, although I realize that these shows are just escapism. Today's shows try to be more realistic and introspective which is not necessarily a good thing.

Also, McGarett was not involved or as emotive as in earlier seasons.

The Kimo Carew character was too much of a peer to McGarett, while Williams to McGarett was more of a father and son relationship. The chemistry was not there with Kimo. You felt that Williams would be the head of Five-0 someday which is something that you never felt with Kimo.

Really missed Chin Ho too!

I also think that the female addition, in the last season, to the team could have been utilized more in the story lines. As another reviewer mentioned, for the most part this role was used as a gofer.

Anyway, just to add to another review of the final episode I found the chase in the jungle/forest unbelievable. Wo Fat had a machine gun but missed McGarett so many times at close range. This made the whole plot unbelievable even in the world of TV Fantasy.

A very disappointing end to a series that was so good for ten seasons.