[Hawaii Five-0] "Ha'i'ole" Reaction Post
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eumeliaOh.
My.
God.
Okay so let me tell you what I did in order to watch this episode as soon as possible. I woke up at the crack of dawn and found a torrent and then went back to sleep for another hour while it downloaded.
I can't believe I've managed to watch an episode that was shown last night in the States this morning, before noon! So exciting.
Okay, so I feel like I should watch the ep all over again, just so I don't miss anything, but this is my first reaction, no critical thought, nothing beyond gut reaction.
I gasped when I saw Wo Fat at the governer's funeral (also, hurray for making this "a week later", no need for more psychological trauma due to prison), I gasped when Victor stabbed Steve (even though I saw it coming), I gasped when Wo Fat's men kidnapped Kono.
I definitely gasped at the end when I saw Jenna! Jenna, why are you evil now?! But kudos on making evil look cute and gay, I guess.
I laughed at Chin's pickpocketing abilities, badass, baby, badass. I laughed out loud at "Kermit", because Max, you are so going to be the target of everything Danny has to say about anything ever.
I laughed at "Screwdriver? I left it with my hammer" and crash! We can always rely on Danny when it comes to excessive force on inanimate objects.
I laughed at Danny's inelegant landing on that ship, when just before Steve leapt like a gazelle from a moving speed boat onto the ship - so in character and so characteristic. I approve.
I'm kind of sick of Kono being a badass damsel, yeah she's not helpless and such, and she's a HBIC, but can we stop with the screwy gender dynamics all the time?
Steve loves Danny so much, my heart actually clenched. Because fuck those longing gazes through the separation glass (Steve's smile was the most tender thing I had ever seen, Jesus) and through the rear view mirror, that... that...
You know, if lived in a different time, in which the plausible deniability of homoeroticism and homosexuality weren't in built by the fact that straightness was implicit and queerness only exists through explicit portrayal, Danny and Steve's relationship would have been the most epic romance a cop drama had ever seen.
So while the love is most certainly explicit, it's only "slash goggles" that see it for what it is, yeah huh. This show is toeing a line, I can't wait to see where they're going to take it.
I'm glad Rachel is coming back to Hawaii'i along with Grace, I hope we get to see more of her, I love Rachel!
Back to my incoherent joy at this show.
Joe White and Kono, do I smell a May/December romance? I think it would be cool, but it may just have been mutual appreciation for guns.
I love, absolutely love, the understanding Steve had regarding Chin's position and the fact that Chin was loyal to a bloody fault to the Five-0. It went down just as I though it would.
There was a huge amount of information packed into this première, but we all know the most important bit was seeing Steve shirtless, scruffy and doing push ups, right?
Right.
I miss Danny's tie.
A more critical analysis of character interaction and development, plot (maybe) and Slash later this week after a rewatch.
My.
God.
Okay so let me tell you what I did in order to watch this episode as soon as possible. I woke up at the crack of dawn and found a torrent and then went back to sleep for another hour while it downloaded.
I can't believe I've managed to watch an episode that was shown last night in the States this morning, before noon! So exciting.
Okay, so I feel like I should watch the ep all over again, just so I don't miss anything, but this is my first reaction, no critical thought, nothing beyond gut reaction.
I gasped when I saw Wo Fat at the governer's funeral (also, hurray for making this "a week later", no need for more psychological trauma due to prison), I gasped when Victor stabbed Steve (even though I saw it coming), I gasped when Wo Fat's men kidnapped Kono.
I definitely gasped at the end when I saw Jenna! Jenna, why are you evil now?! But kudos on making evil look cute and gay, I guess.
I laughed at Chin's pickpocketing abilities, badass, baby, badass. I laughed out loud at "Kermit", because Max, you are so going to be the target of everything Danny has to say about anything ever.
I laughed at "Screwdriver? I left it with my hammer" and crash! We can always rely on Danny when it comes to excessive force on inanimate objects.
I laughed at Danny's inelegant landing on that ship, when just before Steve leapt like a gazelle from a moving speed boat onto the ship - so in character and so characteristic. I approve.
I'm kind of sick of Kono being a badass damsel, yeah she's not helpless and such, and she's a HBIC, but can we stop with the screwy gender dynamics all the time?
Steve loves Danny so much, my heart actually clenched. Because fuck those longing gazes through the separation glass (Steve's smile was the most tender thing I had ever seen, Jesus) and through the rear view mirror, that... that...
You know, if lived in a different time, in which the plausible deniability of homoeroticism and homosexuality weren't in built by the fact that straightness was implicit and queerness only exists through explicit portrayal, Danny and Steve's relationship would have been the most epic romance a cop drama had ever seen.
So while the love is most certainly explicit, it's only "slash goggles" that see it for what it is, yeah huh. This show is toeing a line, I can't wait to see where they're going to take it.
I'm glad Rachel is coming back to Hawaii'i along with Grace, I hope we get to see more of her, I love Rachel!
Back to my incoherent joy at this show.
Joe White and Kono, do I smell a May/December romance? I think it would be cool, but it may just have been mutual appreciation for guns.
I love, absolutely love, the understanding Steve had regarding Chin's position and the fact that Chin was loyal to a bloody fault to the Five-0. It went down just as I though it would.
There was a huge amount of information packed into this première, but we all know the most important bit was seeing Steve shirtless, scruffy and doing push ups, right?
Right.
I miss Danny's tie.
A more critical analysis of character interaction and development, plot (maybe) and Slash later this week after a rewatch.
