So we decided to watch the season finale of "Hawaii Five-0" in real time last night. Didn't want to DVR it and wait a day to see it.
What did we get? Some spectacular explosions, some typical tough guy theatrics from Steve McGarrett, some amazing computer technology from the Five-0 gang (does that facial recognition technology that they use actually exist in real life?), the near death of one of the ancillary characters, some angst with Danno involving his ex-wife, and, only forty-five minutes into the show, the resolution of the crime of the week.
The last fifteen minutes was a bunch of tacked on b.s. aimed to produce a cliffhanger ending that now seems to be a requirement of every series on television. I swear that the writers must have sat in the writer's room and said something like "what kind of wild-ass stuff can we come up with for each of our four main characters that will reel people in to watch next September? And don't worry, the more far out and ridiculous the situation we come up with, the better. Oh, and it doesn't matter if it seems thrown together at the last minute."
I'm not saying that the new "Hawaii Five-0" jumped the shark last night, but I'm starting to hear the theme from "Jaws" playing in the background.
On other Season Finale news, it looked like "Unforgettable" resolved it's ongoing story line, only to have the writers say, "whoops, only kidding; Kerri still has that Dead Sister MacGuffin to chase after." And Mrs. Grandstander has reported that while she will tune into the season opener of "Grey's Anatomy" in the fall (I do not watch this one), she has warned that she is fully prepared to ditch this show, since it, too, is showing every sign of jumping the shark.
The "Person of Interest" finale is on tap for Thursday. I will put the over/under on the body count for that one at six.
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