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I think you're confusing Fish with Yemana. Jack Soo was in "The One With the Gun". You won't see Abe Vigoda (Fish) until season 7's "The Two-Faced Corpse".
Ah, yes.IvanTheTerrible wrote: ↑Thu Dec 03, 2020 4:54 pmI think you're confusing Fish with Yemana. Jack Soo was in "The One With the Gun". You won't see Abe Vigoda (Fish) until season 7's "The Two-Faced Corpse".
I gotta say though that Soo has one of the most bizarre wide faces I've ever seen. His face looks more wide than long (which is very atypical) and there's something about those sleepy eyes which are set too far apart and the mouth which give the guy a VERY unique look.
And yes Martin Sheen was very young there and very snotty-nosed. Good role for him in that episode! He has another similar role, playing again an ambitious character (though less snotty-nosed LOL) in season 3. I think the end shootout on the beach was the same place used at the end of "The Devil and Mr. Frog".I liked Nightmare Road a lot. Beach looked like it.IvanTheTerrible wrote: ↑Tue Dec 08, 2020 7:05 pm "Cry, Lie" was very good and the first Chin-centric episode. We won't get another one until season 5. Kam Fong did a very good job in it, for basically a non-actor. Did you know he was a former HPD officer (Honolulu Police Department) before trying his hand at acting? The producer Leonard Freeman hired him on the spot when he came in to audition, exclaiming "That's my Chin!"
As for "Three Dead Cows" I guess I'm less impressed with that one. It's a good and relevant story about biological warfare but somehow it tends to drag for me, especially it being a 2-parter. It's basically "chase the elusive vial" for 2 hours. Good acting all around (Loretta Swit again!) and the stakes are certainly high and there are some tense moments, but like the season 1 two-parter "Once Upon a Time" (which is ranked high) I tend to skip it. Though I do prefer this one to "Once Upon". I think for me they both lack that strong Five-O feel - crime-solving, organized crime, espionage, psychos.
What did you think of "Nightmare Road"? Espionage! My type of episode!
But yes that was a good heist episode with good use of Makaha location shooting. Also I like that "cute" music that plays when the little Hawaiian girls are dancing during the Queen celebration towards the end. It would be heard multiple times during the show in further episodes. I enjoy Trouble in Mind more with each viewing. The twist when you find out who the actual addict is is really cool. Did not see that coming! Also the end is really tragic. Also loved the reveal of how the rat poison got into the sugar.T.Q. wrote: ↑Thu Dec 17, 2020 4:42 pm And a Time to Die... - Enjoy the Wo Fat episodes.
Trouble in Mind - Found the music throughout quite annoying. Wasn't my cup of tea this episode.
The Second Shot - Got distracted and stopped paying attention. Worth going back?
Time and Memories - Good episode. Little back story/flashbacks to McGarrett were good.
The Guarnerius Caper - Loved this episode. The bad guys were like the people overtaking society right now.
It's one of the season's best! Cool assassination plot, Robin's Nest, love how McGarrett puts it all together at the end. Definitely worth going back! It's better than the Wo Fat episode. Outta sight, maan! Outta sight!!! It hit me. Was much more of a skill back then.Danno, I swear, that if they kill that big Hawaiian, I'm gonna get them! No matter where they go, no matter how long it takes... I'm gonna get them!
"The Ransom" is awesome!!! Probably my second favorite episode of the season. Very intense!! Love everything about it - the creepy night-time kidnapping of the kid, the ransom drop gone wrong at Sea Life Park (love that place, been there multiple times - love those dolphin shows!), the kidnapping of Kono, then him helping the kid escape through the skylight, then the beat-down he receives from the kidnapper ("I'm gonna fix you, cop"), McGarrett losing it when he sees Kono's beat-up face, the finale at the cemetery and then at the marina, gasoline in the eyes (OUCH!!!) - just great stuff!! Love the music too - the catchy tune that plays at Sea Life Park during the money surveillance (heard in earlier episodes), the suspense music during the opening teaser kidnapping, also heard multiple earlier times - going back all the way to the pilot "Cocoon" when McG is undercover crawling around inside the belly of that ship where the Cocoon is located. Great music throughout by Morton Stevens! And yep that's the same kidnapped kid that was snatched in "The Devil and Mr. Frog" but this episode is so much better! More suspenseful, more at stake here. In that episode the kidnapping was over quickly and the rest of the episode dealt with the kidnapper trying to unload "hot money" that he couldn't spend.T.Q. wrote: ↑Fri Dec 18, 2020 11:01 pm Yep. Worth the watch. Glad I went back. Thx.
Also watched “Ransom”. Top notch.
Also noticed the acting for some reason.
It hit me. Was much more of a skill back then.Danno, I swear, that if they kill that big Hawaiian, I'm gonna get them! No matter where they go, no matter how long it takes... I'm gonna get them!
OOOOH, Ivan gonna be mad.Pahonu wrote: ↑Sat Dec 19, 2020 5:19 pm Not to stoke any fires, but the best actor Emmy’s of the 1970’s went to some pretty good actors including Hal Holbrook, Ed Asner, and the above mentioned, and my favorite actor of all time, James Garner. Remember also, that these nominations and winners are being selected by their peers, fellow actors, not some random group. I suspect that Jack Lord was considered at the time to be a “type-actor”. He played straight laced, no-nonsense, serious types, and he played them well as he does in Hawaii Five-O. His range was perhaps not as wide as many other actors and he played McGarrett in this somewhat narrow range. I think this likely contributed to his lack of even an Emmy nomination in the 70’s. Some other very talented actors including Karl Malden, an Academy Award winner, and Raymond Burr were nominated multiple times and never won. Just some thoughts.
LOL!!!T.Q. wrote: ↑Sat Dec 19, 2020 9:17 pmOOOOH, Ivan gonna be mad.Pahonu wrote: ↑Sat Dec 19, 2020 5:19 pm Not to stoke any fires, but the best actor Emmy’s of the 1970’s went to some pretty good actors including Hal Holbrook, Ed Asner, and the above mentioned, and my favorite actor of all time, James Garner. Remember also, that these nominations and winners are being selected by their peers, fellow actors, not some random group. I suspect that Jack Lord was considered at the time to be a “type-actor”. He played straight laced, no-nonsense, serious types, and he played them well as he does in Hawaii Five-O. His range was perhaps not as wide as many other actors and he played McGarrett in this somewhat narrow range. I think this likely contributed to his lack of even an Emmy nomination in the 70’s. Some other very talented actors including Karl Malden, an Academy Award winner, and Raymond Burr were nominated multiple times and never won. Just some thoughts.
As we all know Lord didn't play the Hollywood game and was not the easiest to get along with. He was a perfectionist every step of the way and being very private he didn't socialize much. I suppose he ruffled some feathers along the way (James Bond/Star Trek) and maybe his peers didn't care for him. But the fact that he was a damn good actor remains and the fact that he didn't get recognized for it is truly unfair! 12 seasons and not a single nomination? You know something isn't right. That's fine if the Emmy's preferred the likes of Peter Falk or James Garner (both fine actors in their roles) because their roles were more animated and quirky, but if that's the case then guys like Mike Connors or William Conrad or Raymond Burr shouldn't have been nominated either because they played those same straight-laced, no-nonsense types that Lord did, except with less skill and watchability than Lord.
