Hawaii Five-0 is an American crime drama television series and a re-imagining of the original 1968–1980 television series. Hawaii Five-0 debuted on CBS the same network that aired the original version.  Like the original Hawaii Five-0 the new Hawaii Five-0 follows an elite state police unit/task force set up to fight crime in the state of Hawaii.  It premiered on Monday September 20 2010 42 years to the date from the premiere of the original show September 20 1968. On October 21 2010, CBS announced that Hawaii Five-0 had been given a 22 episode full season order.  The series covers the actions of a small special state police unit created by the governor (Jean Smart) of Hawaii to investigate serious crimes on the islands. The team is headed by Steve McGarrett (Alex O’Loughlin) as it investigates crimes ranging from terrorism to kidnapping. McGarrett is assigned a partner Detective Danny Williams (Scott Caan) who has recently transferred from New Jersey. He fills out the team by selecting a friend from high school, Chin Ho Kelly (Daniel Dae Kim) and Chin’s cousin a rookie cop nicknamed Kono (Grace Park). Each episode begins with a crime or a body, followed by the assignment of the crime to the unit by either the governor herself or her representative. The task force uses the authority of the governor’s office to gain access to crime scenes and investigations involving the Honolulu Police Department (HPD) when they cross paths.  As the series progresses its discovered Chin was kicked off the force after being accused of police corruption, one episode had a revelation to a case he was working on involving the asset forfeiture inventory stashed in an HPD locker that no one knows about which led to Chin’s resignation from HPD.  Delving into these charges his accusations lead the team to true corruption in the HPD including a mole that nearly had Kono killed (who was later implicated in the murder of Danny Williams’ best friend and later IDed by Sang Min (the human trafficker who was seen in the pilot episode) and suspicious cases Steve’s father was looking into involving the Yakuza. After the terrorist responsible for his father’s murder is apprehended a mysterious criminal interrogates him about Steve looking into his father’s old cases.  This figure is later revealed to be “Wo Fat” (Mark Dacascos) a criminal with ties to the Yakuza he is also possibly responsible for the car bomb murder of Steve’s mother. When his father looked into this, he began to dig too far into the corruption forcing him to lay off the investigation.  He saved everything he uncovered in a toolbox, which he left to Steve in the hopes of picking up where he left off.  The HPD mole however learned that his sister was looking into her mother’s murder and the cases in the toolbox as well. The Yazuka crime boss had Steve’s sister abducted, he also had Steve attacked in his own home and destroyed all the evidence against him.  After going after this crime lord, whose ties include even the governor Wo Fat first meets McGarrett.

Alex O´Loughlin as Lieutenant Commander Steve McGarrett
Alex O´Loughlin is an Australian actor he is best known for his roles in The Shield as Kevin Hiatt and Mick St John in Moonlight.  His films include Oyster Farmer (2004), Man-Thing (2005), Feed (2005), The Holiday (2006), The Invisible (2007), August Rush (2007), Whiteout (2009) and The Back up Plan (2010).   He has appeared in TV series such as The Shield, Moonlight, Criminal Minds, Three Rivers and Hawaii Five-0.

Scott Caan as Daniel “Danny” “Danno” Williams
Scott Caan is an American actor he is the son of actor James Caan. His films include Aaron Gillespie Will Make You a Star (1995), A Boy Called Hate (1995), Bongwater (1997), Nowhere (1997), Wild Horses (1998), Nowhere to Go (1998), Last Resort (1998), Enemy of the State (1998), Varsity Blues (1999), Saturn (1999), Black and White (1999), Boiler Room (2000), Ready to Rumble (2000), Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000), American Outlaws (2001), Novocaine (2001), Ocean’s Eleven (2001), You Always Stalk the Ones You Love (2002), Sonny (2002), Life Makes Sense If You’re Famous (2002), Dallas 362 (2003), In Enemy Hands (2004), Ocean’s 12 (2004), Into the Blue (2005), Friends with Money (2006), Lonely Hearts Killers (2006), The Dog Problem (2006), Brooklyn Rules (2007), Ocean’s Thirteen (2007), Stories USA (2007), Meet Dave (2008), Mercy (2009), Deep in the Valley (2009) and A Beginner’s Guide to Endings (2010).  He has appeared in TV series such as Entourage and Hawaii Five-0.

Daniel Dae Kim as Chin Ho Kelly
Daniel Dae Kim is a Korean American actor best known for his roles in the television shows Hawaii Five-0 and Lost.  His films include American Shaolin (1991), Addicted to Love (1997), The Jackal (1997), No Salida (1998), For Love of the Game (1999), Looking for Bobby D (2001), Cradle 2 the Grave (2003), Hulk (2003), Spider-Man 2 (2004), Crash (2004), The Cave (2005) and The Onion Movie (2008).   He has appeared in TV series such as Law & Order, All-American Girl, Beverly Hills, 90210, NYPD Blue, The Pretender, Ally McBeal, The Practice, Party of Five, Crusade, Walker Texas Ranger, Star Trek: Voyager, Charmed, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Angel, Without a Trace, Star Trek: Enterprise, ER, 24, The Shield, The Andromeda Strain, Lost and Hawaii Five-0.

Grace Park as Kono Kalakaua
Grace Park is an American born Canadian actress she is best known as Sharon Valerii a humanoid Cylon on Battlestar Galactica.  Her films include Romeo Must Die (2000), Fluffy (2003), West 32nd (2007) and Run Rabbit Run (2008).  She has appeared in TV series such as Secret Agent Man, The Immortal, The Outer Limits, Dead Last, Dark Angel, Stargate SG-1, Battlestar Galactica, Jake 2.0, Andromeda, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, The Cleaner, The Border, Human Target and Hawaii Five-0.

Jean Smart as Governor Pat Jameson
Jean Smart is an American actress she is probably best know for her role as Martha Logan on the hit TV series 24.  Her films include Hoodlums (1979), Flashpoint (1984), Protocol (1984), Fire with Fire (1986), Project X (1987), Baby Talk (1992), Mistress (1992), Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993), The Brady Bunch Movie (1995), Edie & Pen (1996), The Odd Couple II (1998), Guinevere (1999), Snow Day (2000), The Kid (2000), Sweet Home Alabama (2002), Bringing Down the House (2003), Garden State (2004), I Heart Huckabees (2004), Lucky You (2007), Hero Wanted (2008), Youth in Revolt (2009) and Barry Munday (2010).  She has appeared in TV series such as Goodnight, Beantown, Teachers Only, Reggie, Alice, Maximum Security, Remington Steele, Designing Women, High Society, Frasier, In Laws, The District, 24, Samantha Who, Woke Up Dead, Psych and Hawaii Five-0.

Mark Dacascos as Wo Fat
Mark Dacascos is an American actor and martial artis he has won numerous karate and various styles of kung fu championships between the ages of 7 and 18.   His films include Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart (1985), Angel Town (1990), American Samurai (1992), Only the Strong (1993), Roosters (1993), Double Dragon (1994), Deadly Past (1995), Kickboxer 5 (1995), Crying Freeman (1995), The Island of Dr Moreau (1996), Sabotage (1996), Sanctuary (1997), Drive (1997), Deathline (1997), Boogie Boy (1998), No Code of Conduct (1998), China Strike Force (2000), Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001), Instinct to Kill (2001), Scorcher (2002), Cradle 2 the Grave (2003), Nomad (2005), Code Name: The Cleaner (2007), Alien Agent (2007), Gideon Falls (2008), Serbian Scars (2009), Shadows in Paradise (2010) and Action Hero (2010).   He has appeared in TV series such as General Hospital, Doogie Howser M.D, The Flash, Dragnet, Tales from the Crypt, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Stargate: Atlantis and Hawaii Five-0.

James Marsters as Victor Hesse
James Marsters is an American actor he is best known as the popular character Spike in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spin off series Angel.   His films includde House on Haunted Hill (1999), Chance (2002), Shadow Puppets (2007), P.S I Love You (2007) and Dragonball Evolution (2009).   He has appeared in TV series such as Northern Exposure, Millennium, Andromeda, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Torchwood, Numb3rs, Caprica, Smallville and Hawaii Five-0.

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