Quick thoughts on H50 2.05 Ma'ema'e

[thegrrrl2002]

My expectations were pretty low for this ep, considering how clumsily the Kono storyline has been handled, so I was surprised to find I really enjoyed the ep. First of all:

KONO! KONO! KONO! You are so awesome. I have missed you! So glad you are back. I figured you were working undercover, to be honest. But I missed you just the same.

Also:

CARGUMENT. OMG so adorable. Really, Steve, with that eye roll. You do that a lot at Danny, don't you?

Speaking of Danny, HI HI HI SO NICE TO SEE YOU ON THE SHOW AGAIN! YOU ARE VERY CUTE. IN A HOT SEXY KIND OF WAY, WITH YOUR BUTTERY YELLOW SHIRT.

Lori, I'm not sure what to make of you, and the writers don't seem too sure either, but I'm trying to like you. The comment about Steve's daddy-issues certainly helped. You're kind of dork, aren't you?

Chin, your face is awesome.

Danny, so is your face, especially when they were cuffing Kono and bringing her in. You looked so utterly miserable.

Okay, so Steve, you're pretty sexy when you're freaked out and yelling, but that was a bit over the top, no? Still, I loved it when you punched the IA guy at the end. And I loved it when he called you out on your crazy crap earlier.

NO JOE WHITE. That's a plus for me at this point.

The ending with the slo mo was a bit goofy, but hey, I liked it. TEAM.

I'm sure there's more I want to say, but I'm ready to crash.

Yay team!

Comments

[alamo-girl80.livejournal.com]

The slo-mo walk at the end had a Baywatch-y feel, didn't it? Campy. Still nice to see them all together even if they are kinda banging us over the head with "Steve spearhead s his entire team, yet again" thing.

Lori - I don't even know. The one time she shows personality and it gets splattered all over awkward. Just... no.

CARGUMENT and DANNY WILL END UP AT STEVE'S BECAUSE HE HAS NO HOME. It will be epic fic fodder.

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

Hee! Baywatch, yes. It was kind of silly, but still, they looked pretty damn good.

I don't know what is up with the writing for Lori. I really do want to like her but she's not really working for me. Hopefully she'll grow on me.

YES, DANNY AT STEVE'S PLACE, I CAN'T WAIT.

[gyri.livejournal.com]

Yay team! Yay to more Danny! This was more like the show I fell in love with!

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

Exactly! And the pacing felt so much better, not quite as frenetic as the previous eps. The writers didn't try and shove 5000 plot twists at us. Less is more, guys!

[imaginarycircus.livejournal.com]

I was so glad Steve got called on his shit. And as much as I hate Fryer and the actor who plays him? His "SHE LEARNED IT FROM WATCHING YOU!" at Steve was gold.

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

I know, right? I might have squealed a bit when he said that. :D

[webbgirl.livejournal.com]

LMAO! I had the same reaction with Fryer.

[nova437.livejournal.com]

I kind of want to make a screencap of Crazy Hair Baldwin now.

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

Hee! His hair was extra-crazy, wasn't it? I wonder if we'll see him again.

[d_odyssey.livejournal.com]

It was a step up, even got some good Kono time! Steve/Danny partnered, cargument, Kono kicking butt. Except for the Lori scene, enjoyed it. I just can't find anything likable about that character. Danny face, Steve punch, Chin & Malia, Kamekona flirting - so much to make me happy.

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

I want to like Lori, I really do, but I'm beginning to suspect the actress was horribly miscast. Maybe she'll grow into the role?

But yes, fun ep, that's more like it! :D

[vickita.livejournal.com]

Kono rocked. I also liked seeing Malia again. It'll make me happy if they make up. Chin should get to be happy. ♥

I am LA-LA-LA-LA-LA not thinking too hard about the previous episodes and the Kono storyline prior to tonight. I am happy that we had TEAM tonight, finally, finally, oh finally.

Danny's sad face when he had to bring Kono in just broke my heart.

Loved that Steve punched the IA guy. TOTALLY saw that comin'. *g*

The best part... well, okay, the *BEST* part was TEAMTEAMTEAMTEAM. (And yeah, the power walk was goofy, but I fall for it every. time.) And the next best part was the cargument, if for no other reason than because it was STEVE AND DANNY in the same space for a change, holy God.

But after that? The BEST PART? Was NO JOE WHITE. This episode really drove home to me that except for that plot thing that I am LA-LA-LA-LA-LA not thinking about, Joe White is what has pissed me off about this season. He needs to go back to where he came from. Disappear, Joe.

[iamrosalita.livejournal.com]

I so agree. I thought it would be Lori who would throw a monkey wrench into the works, but really it's Joe. He needs to go away, like right now.

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

Malia is adorable. And the two of them are adorable together.

I'm ready to handwave away some of the stuff in the previous eps and move on. I'm good with the handwaving.

SO GLAD THERE WAS NO JOE WHITE. His scenes with Steve just fall kind of flat--there's nothing dynamic, no conflict like with Danny. He's not really bringing anything to the table, you know? And I like the actor a lot.

[iamrosalita.livejournal.com]

Danny in his yellow shirt is made of guh!

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

SO PRETTY!

[eretria.livejournal.com]

Can I have some of your happy thoughts? Because I'm having rage-y thoughts right now and would much rather replace them with happy ones ...

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

I'm good with just chalking up some of the not-so-good stuff to bad writing. I can handwave with the best of them!

[webbgirl.livejournal.com]

I liked the ep much more than I was expecting. I was hoping that Kono would call Steve on not being there, but I'm resigned to not getting that other than in fic at this point.

It was so much more of a team feel than the previous eps. And as much as I LOVE Terry O'Quinn, I'm with you on the Joe White thing. He's a bit too much like Mike Franks on NCIS. You know when he shows up that the whole team dynamic is going to be off.

I wanted to rip that yellow shirt off of Danny. In a very good way. Not because it was ugly or anything. You know, just to rip.

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

I'm fine with pretending things happened differently with Steve, much like I'm fine with pretending Steve and Danny have hot sex every time the camera is not on them. :D

It's weird how much Joe White isn't working on the show. I'll take Lori over him. He really does change the dynamic of the show, and in a bad way. I liked the character in the season premiere, but then there was way too much of him and not enough Danny. Although I always feel there's not enough Danny, so maybe I'm not the best judge of things like that.

Also, agreed on the yellow shirt. ::goes to happy place::

[delicatale.livejournal.com]

the eye-rolliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

STEVE, HOW ARE YOU SO RIDICULOUS?

[ms-artisan.livejournal.com]

I haven't watched yet but I cannot tell you how happy I am to hear 'yay team!' !! And I will stay up late and coughdownloadcough watch just to see Danny's Buttery Yellow Shirt of Sex!!

Yay Team!!

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

TEAM IS AWESOME!

As is Danny's shirt. I'm just sayin'. :D

[lunachickk.livejournal.com]

I was basking in KONO. I was just so happy to see her working with TEAM again.
I still wanted to smack Steve for going off on Chin when he never even bothered to check on her for like 3 eps because he was too busy hanging out with Joe. *grumble* But anyway - TEAM!

Chin saved that entire badly written Lori scene. The writers are killing me with awkward!Lori. Or it's the actress, my vote is still out but she keeps yanking me out of the flow.

I loved it when Steve punched Fryer. LOL
The slo-mo walk off was sort of a gift to us. TEAM!

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

::waves hands:: All that Steve stuff never happened, if you ask me. Or rather, it did happen, and we didn't see it.

Chin was so awesome in that scene with Lori. She's worth keeping if she can make Chin make those faces all the time. :D

I'm starting to think the actress was miscast in the role, but then again, it's not like she's been given a whole lot to work with. I dunno. Hopefully she'll grow into it?

[wpadmirer.livejournal.com]

I actually watched the show when it was on LIVE last night! What a change. I knew that Kono was working undercover. I'm glad it was confirmed, and OVER.

I also loved Steve hitting the IA guy. And Danny - he just rocked last night.

Plus, as I saw in my tweet at the end of the show, McGarrett rocks a thigh holster almost as well as John Sheppard!

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

Yes, yes, the thigh holster was very much appreciated! :D

[teand.livejournal.com]

I was really hesitant about watching last night but KONO's back and kicking ass! I'm just so glad they didn't drag that so obviously undercover nonsense out any longer. I like Lori during the bit at the bank, she had her hair up and she lookced competent. I thought her interaction with Chin was... well, Chin was amazing. :)

Also, I can work with "you're like Steve" given the whole opposites attract thing.

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

I'm glad that storyline is wrapped up! It was kind of painful. I just want to see the complete team together now.

Lori does seem to be competent in the action scenes, which is pretty much all she's getting to do, along with being the exposition fairy. So maybe I just need to give her a chance.

[feather-autant.livejournal.com]

Just got to watch! YAYYY!!

I can see that others have the same take on the cargument-- it's a setup for Danny needing a place to stay. :D ::rubs hands in glee:: That could be fun.

It's so nice to have the band team back together! I hope Lori starts fitting a little better. She's still pretty stiff.

Still, they're all very pretty, walking down the street in slo-mo.

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

Yay! I'm so relieved the team is back together again. It was just too weird before without Kono. And with Lori being...weird. And stiff. The actress just isn't selling me on the role. But the writing for her has been all over the place, so, I dunno, hopefully she'll grow on me.

And yes, they are all indeed VERY pretty! :D