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DVD review: "Hawaii Five-0 - The Seventh Season"
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Dave U. Random
Oct 15, 2009, 12:05:32 PM10/15/09
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(Indie Pulse Movies) - Jack Lord was colder than any of the
killers his crack unit tracked down in Honolulu. When
someone in the cast displeased him, they disappeared. At
the end of season four, Zulu got into a spat with the
show�s publicist. Lord had him cut. There was no farewell
episode for his Det. Kono character. Al Harrington�s Det.
Ben Kokua took his desk without any backstory. Hawaii Five-
O: The Seventh Season (Amazon.com:
http://xrl.us/HawaiiFiveO7 ) featured the unexpected end of
Harrington�s time on the unit. In the middle of the season
he vanished. They replaced his leap over the fence in the
opening credits with a faceless fireman. Why Lord axed the
co-star is an under-publicized mystery. Any other show
would at least kill off the character as a ratings gimmick.
Think of all those special CSI episodes where they whack a
series regular. Lord wanted the actors gone and their
characters not memorialized as fallen heroes. Douglas
Mossman�s Det. Frank Kemana took over Ben�s duties, but you
won�t see him on the opening credits in "Hawaii Five-O: The
Seventh Season"..
killers his crack unit tracked down in Honolulu. When
someone in the cast displeased him, they disappeared. At
the end of season four, Zulu got into a spat with the
show�s publicist. Lord had him cut. There was no farewell
episode for his Det. Kono character. Al Harrington�s Det.
Ben Kokua took his desk without any backstory. Hawaii Five-
O: The Seventh Season (Amazon.com:
http://xrl.us/HawaiiFiveO7 ) featured the unexpected end of
Harrington�s time on the unit. In the middle of the season
he vanished. They replaced his leap over the fence in the
opening credits with a faceless fireman. Why Lord axed the
co-star is an under-publicized mystery. Any other show
would at least kill off the character as a ratings gimmick.
Think of all those special CSI episodes where they whack a
series regular. Lord wanted the actors gone and their
characters not memorialized as fallen heroes. Douglas
Mossman�s Det. Frank Kemana took over Ben�s duties, but you
won�t see him on the opening credits in "Hawaii Five-O: The
Seventh Season"..
Continued: http://xrl.us/HawaiiFiveOreview
Mr. Mike
Oct 17, 2009, 7:20:49 PM10/17/09
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On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:05:32 +0200 (CEST), Dave U. Random
<anon...@anonymitaet-im-inter.net> wrote:
<anon...@anonymitaet-im-inter.net> wrote:
>The Seventh Season (Amazon.com:
>http://xrl.us/HawaiiFiveO7 ) featured the unexpected end of
>Harrington�s time on the unit. In the middle of the season
>he vanished.
Strictly speaking, this is not correct.
Harrington as Ben actually appeared in the last show of the season.
That was in broadcast order, though. In terms of production order,
Harrington was gone after 12 of the filmed shows.
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