Hawaii Five-O

[erilyn]

This weekend, I'm not working, I'm not studying, and I have the house to myself. So I've been getting a few things done around here, and am taking the opportunity to get some serious uninterruped lazing-in-front-of-tv time. Yesterday's viewing included Criminal Minds, NCIS LA, Hawaii Five-O and Tangled (sidenote: I have a new favourite Disney character - Maximus!)

Having caught up on those other shows (Bones, Castle and NCIS will have to wait for the rest of the family), I'm continuing to work through H5O, just finished episode 11. I do enjoy the show, though there's one backstory detail for McGarrett that particularly bugs me.

Steve's grandfather died at Pearl Harbour? Making his father at least around 70 when he died? I started to watch the pilot again, to see how old his father looked, and then remembered how much I disliked the setup of the pilot (the sheer incompetence and rampant stupidity of Steve being able to take a call from his father while on an op, and his subsequent actions? Almost kept me from watching anymore of the show).

So I looked the actor up IMDB, and he's about 9 years too young, which I guess isn't horrible by Hollywood standards. It's an odd thing to get hung up on, but they then made a big deal about it in the hostage episode too, and I was just watching going "really? really?"

Yeah, yeah - of all the unbelievable things in this show to get hung up on, right? I just wish there was a fraction of the fic for Sam and G from NCIS LA as there is for H50. And there needs to be crossovers! Being SEALs is such a defining part of both Steve and Sam, there's no way they haven't crossed paths ;)

Speaking of fic, I haven't read a huge amount yet, but there's one story that I'm looking for again - posted just after DADT repeal passed the US Senate, it's closeted!Steve's reaction to when a SEAL friend of his comes out and announces he's getting married to a guy.

Comments

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

Haven't watched the spin-off, I was very underwhelmed by the backdoor pilot episodes of Criminal Minds, and my sister's watched some and is very "meh" about it.

Have you seen any?

[iibnf.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I DLed the first 7 eps and so far quite like it. It has Garcia from the first one, plus I like both Forrest Whitaker and Jeneane Garafalo. Even though I think I spelled both of their names incorrectly. The only thing that bothers me - their head office is a kind of cafe thing with no lighting at all, it's this dark orange wooden unlit room. Surely they'd need light to read their reports or something? Otherwise, I like it.

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, I might check it out sometime, I do like those actors. Might be one to save for the off-season when there's not much else on :)