Hawaii 5-0 - Revamp of a classic, Season 1

Hawaii 5-0 was from 1968 to 1980 a very successful television series with at least 279 episodes in 12 seasons. The name comes from the fact that Hawaii is the 50.Bundesstaat the US and then as now, this place is of course much nicer and more exotic than Snore City, Idaho. The former actor Jack Lord was even set a monument to the archipelago after his death. The theme tune both the old as well (re-arranged) of the new series probably know most people and she was also a hit with "The Ventures", the most successful instrumental band worldwide.

The names of the key players have remained the same in the new edition from 2010, whose characters these days were of course adapted and are completely different. There are in the current series no references to the old; only the broadcast of 1.Folge was the 20.09.2010 to the day 42 years after the premiere of the "original". The series is consistently successful and since September 2014 been the 5.Staffel (result from 94) runs.

In Hawaii 5-0 following / Season overarching storylines are combined with events / criminal cases, which merely define a sequence by a known series pattern also. At the beginning of 1.Folge the father of the highly distinguished naval officer Steve McGarrett is killed by a criminal and the search not only for the perpetrator, but also the background runs through this and the following seasons.

McGarrett will change to offer the governor to the police and obtains full powers to set up a special unit for the fight against crime. Then join him Danny Williams, a police officer from New Jersey, who has moved to Hawaii to be close to his living with the ex-wife's daughter there. Furthermore, the indigenous Ex-Police Lieutenant Chin Ho Kelly, who resigned from the police force for alleged corruption, and its cousin Kona Kalakaua, who has just finished a former professional surfer their police training.

The series is action packed and of course uses the natural beauty of Hawaii for partly spectacular environments. Here, the audience learns also continuously Details Hawaiian culture and lifestyle including the highly developed family bond that is far more than just the term "Ohana". "OHANA's family. Family is that they are all there for each other and no one will forget." (Walt Disney, Lilo & Stitch).

So utterly different and opposed the characters are, so they work but loyal and hand-in-hand in addition to both the cases as well as in addressing private problems and crises. Everyone can always rely on the other and, in particular, the regular word duels between Steve and Danny give the whole an extra spice incl., Which had become classic saying "Book 'em Danno".

The occupation of the individual rollers is managed and Scott Caan shows once again that he is more than "just" the son of the famous James Caan. In particular, looking back from the 5th to this 1.Staffel confirmed the actor selection and also the added later as a first side and then as a major player characters.

So all in all an excellent stay for exciting television entertainment in beautiful scenery.