This has been nagging at my mind lately....

[rogueslayer452]

I like Hawaii Five-0. It's a good show, it brings me delight seeing certain aspects of it and I love the family dynamic the entire team have with one another, as I certainly do love Steve and Danny's scenes together for sure. Although I would like to talk about some issues I've been having with this current season. Particularly with the character of Lori, the newest addition to the team.

My issue is more about how the show has been handling her character, making it blatantly obvious about the fact that she's going to be Steve's potential love interest this season, something that they have been shoving at us from the moment she first appeared on the show (when she walks in, the camera goes from her legs and up her body, and Steve glancing over at her constantly drawing attention to yes, he is nonchalantly checking her out) Of course now there's this constant back and forth thing and quite frankly, I'm not feeling it. It seems so out of place and more forced than anything. That moment when she is rambling to Chin about wanting to "get to know" her boss (Steve) better was almost cringe-worthy on how forced that was, only saved by Chin's expression through it all. My issue isn't the fact that she may be a potential love interest, but it's more of how the show is handling the approach. It comes off a little silly and unconvincing.

I also find the comparison of her being the "female McGarrett" kind of a stretch, in my opinion. Is she tough and competent in her job description? Of course. But I don't like that they are attempting to compare both her and Steve as if suggesting that means they are "meant for each other" by any means. I don't know, it just rubs me the wrong way.

Mostly because I would like Lori to be her own character. I like her, but the show is kind of pushing a bit much for this to happen and I'm just not feeling it, at all. She can be so much more than what they're attempting to setup, that's all.

(Never mind that, but isn't Steve already in an established relationship? Or a casual relationship really, and for that storyline to be explained away when she left and taking that "rain check" for their dinner date kind of says that they only did that because of Lori and that doesn't sit right with me, either)

Which brings me to my other point of Rachel. I liked Rachel last season, I liked the progression of Danny and Rachel's relationship went from being separated and aggravated with each other to slowly blooming back their romance that they once had. In a way, I kinda wanted them to work things out via the pregnancy and everything. But come the premiere of this season they explained it away again by saying that she found out the baby wasn't his and we don't see Rachel again. And now he's going out with another woman. I don't know, I don't know if the actress wasn't in the contract and isn't coming back for whatever reason or they are going to bring it up sometime later this season, but I felt like that whole storyline with Steve and Rachel was just dumped when it could have been something great, you know?

I do love this show, but these are the current issues I am having that I hope the show knows what it's doing in regards to this.


In saying that, I rather enjoyed Monday's Halloween episode. Now I hope the mention of Danny crashing at Steve's house becomes a reality after all that hoopla of him finding a place to stay. I mean, the show has officially stated this will happen, but after that episode I just can't not see that whole conversation taking place after the credits rolled.

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[rogueslayer452.livejournal.com]

I don't see what's her role in the group, I don't understand why she's in the show, I feel like she's replacing Kono/Cath/Jenna which is not amazing.

I think you hit the nail on the head, bb.

Her character just seemed to be randomly placed there without much reason other than to "babysit" Five-0, as the new mayor implies. Of course, this leads to the question how is she benefiting the team based on that alone? The show has tried to make it sound as though the new mayor will be keeping a tighter lid on the things the Five-0 team should be doing in conducting their cases, but so far we haven't seen much of that. I agree, Lori seems like the odd person out here because she hasn't interacted with the rest of the team, and the show isn't doing her any favors by having her only interact with Steve and if she's with another member of the team she's only asking about Steve. It really makes it clear that the sole purpose of her being part of the show is to benefit of becoming Steve's new love interest (as her character entrance implies), which is kind of insulting to her character that can become so much more than simply that.

(Never mind that some people in the fandom hated her immediately because of that, as fandom often does whenever a new women character enters the scene. But I would like Lori to be an individual and prove her worth to the team as a whole rather than just for Steve, you know)

One can only hope the show attempts to have Lori become her own character as the season progresses, but as I said I'm not feeling her participation as a member of the Five-0 family.

Regards to Rachel and Danny/Rachel: I liked them together, they were cute, she was fab, but but.. I just don't think they could have worked together again and if there was/would have been a choice between having Rachel or the Five-0, I would have liked for Danny to choose the latter.

Oh, I definitely agree it wouldn't have worked out as they would have hoped. They were kinda doomed, in a sense. But I just felt like after all that time re-building their trust and relationship last season, this season just dropped it rather abruptly. Even if it was inevitable of them not working out, I wished they could have handled that better.

Except, of course, Danny doesn't get to see Grace much now. (not that he got to see her much before, but you know.)

This is something I also upset about. I love Danny's relationship with his daughter, and during the first season when we didn't even see Rachel (only knew her as his ex-wife that he didn't really get along with), but at least we saw Grace enough to see the relationship between father and daughter, along with her relationship between Grace an the other members of the team. Now, I know the initial reason of him staying in Hawaii was because of Grace, and this season is more of him understanding that he belongs in Five-0, but that shouldn't take away from us seeing his relationship with his daughter, Rachel or no Rachel in the picture.

[allodole.livejournal.com]

Like, the new Governor-or-whatever sounds like he wouldn't be letting Five-0 having as much freedom as the former Governor, but I don't know, I haven't seen him doing anything to limit their freedom/benefits. It sounded like Lori was supposed to be his watchdog or something, but I haven't seen even the tiniest hint of that, so?? I just think she's taking space from the others, being with Steve in the scenes where I think another member would be better etc.

Of course I don't care about who Steve is seeing/sleeps with, I loved Cath and would have liked to see more of her (it sounded like they got rid off her because Lori needed to take her spot). And now that Kono is back, Lori seems even more unnecessary. :/

Well, already been 6 episodes and I'm still not feeling it, there just isn't a sense of ~comrades~ or ohana with her like there is with all the others.

Oh yes, I can agree with that the Danny/Rachel-thing could have been handled better, seen him maybe struggle with it a bit longer, but all in all, I'm kinda fine with it.

Exactly! I really miss seeing Grace and Danny interact, as well as seeing her interact with the other members too. He already got to see her like in every other weekend and now he doesn't get to see her at all. Him being a doting, protective dad is one of my favourite things about him.

[rogueslayer452.livejournal.com]

Well, already been 6 episodes and I'm still not feeling it, there just isn't a sense of ~comrades~ or ohana with her like there is with all the others.

Yeah. I mean, this could all change in future episodes, but if so far I'm not sold.

Exactly! I really miss seeing Grace and Danny interact, as well as seeing her interact with the other members too. He already got to see her like in every other weekend and now he doesn't get to see her at all. Him being a doting, protective dad is one of my favourite things about him.

I know! I love Danny when he's in full protective!dad mode. It's adorable, knowing he would do anything to protect his daughter. Seeing hardly anything of that at all this season makes me all sadface. :( But still, it's early in the season, maybe we might get more? It's hard to really tell at the moment.

All in all, I love the show but I think there needs to be certain adjustments.