The series starts with one of the main Characters, which is Steve Mcgarrett, a decorated former Navy Seal. McGarrett is head of the Five-0 Task Force and son of a retired police Sergeant John McGarrett. John's murder and storyline forms the premise of Steve's return to Hawaii and the formation of the Task Force. Then he creates the Task Force with 4 polices more (Danny Williams, Chin Ho Kelly, Konno Kalakawa and the joins the team the captain of the Swat force called Lu Grover from Chicago). Each chapter is a different crime solved by the team.
The characters are:
Steve Mcgarrett: as Lieutenant Commander from the USNR. A decorated former Navy Seal , McGarrett is head of the Five-0
Danny Williams: as Detective Sergeant of the police. He is a divorced single father who transferred from New Jersey to be with his daughter in Hawaii.
Chin Ho Kelly: as Detective Lieutenant. A veteran HPD detective, he was John McGarrett's former rookie and provides technical expertise.
Kono Kalakawa: as Officer from the police. A former surfer, she was personally recruited by McGarrett while still in her final days at the police Academy. She is the cousin of Lieutenant Kelly.
Max Bergman: the eccentric and well-respected County of Honolulu medical examiner
Lu Grover: as former HPD SWAT Captain
Jerry Ortega: a conspiracy theorist who assisted Five-0 during several investigations and is eventually hired as a "consultant"
Catherine Rollins: as Lieutenant, USNR. A former Navy Intelligence officer and McGarrett's ex-girlfriend.
The series has 8 seasons. The first season was premiered on September 2010 and the last one is the 8th season that was premiered on January 2017 in the CBS. This series is one of the most viewed in America with an estimated 11 million viewers in each new chapter.
The author of the series is Leonard Freeman that was an American television writter and producer who is best remembered as the creator of the CBS series Hawaii 5.0 in 1968. The show was remade in 2010. He was born on October 31,1920 in California and he died in 1974 in California. Hawaii Five O ran for twelve seasons. At the time that was a record for a crime drama. In 1960, he wrote for the series Route 66; in 1962, he produced The intouchables. In 1967, he produced the Clint Eastwood western film, Hang Ém High.
This series is one of the most awarded in America. Some examples are; The Golden Globe award to Scott Can (Danny Williams), Teen Choice award to Daniel Dae kim and Grace Park ( Hin Ho Kelly and Konno), the Tv Guide Award to Alex and Scott (Steve Mcgarrett and Danny Williams) the Emmy award to the whole series, the Visual effects Society Award to the series and the Young Artist award to Chanel Marriot.
Personal Response:
I love well-made series, with well-defined characters, and great scripts. Hawaii Five-0 offers me those moments of entertainment in which I dont need to be very aware to the plot, and what matters is the spectacular views, the methods of the 5-0 police group, and the dialogues between two of the protagonists Steve McGarret and Danny Williams more typical of a marriage than from partners (to give that humorous touch). The cases are usually simple, and like in any series of this type, they often take several turns until catching the "bad guys". But in spite of everything the series entertains and it serves to pass the time and to rest of the great attention that demands. I love it!!!
