TV GUIDE: Ask Matt: Chicago Code, Castle, Fringe and More!
Feb 21, 2011
by Matt Roush
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... Question: I just read in USA Today that toward the end of the season, the writers of Hawaii Five-0 are going to break up the team. Can this be true? Will they put them back together? They have a hit on their hands, why mess up a good thing? — Mary
Matt Roush: I wouldn't lose any sleep over this one. This is how season cliffhangers tend to work. The quote you're referring to is a tease from Alex O'Loughlin, saying, "You'll never believe how McGarrett ends up. ... One of the things we'll be looking at is a fracture and a separation of the Five-0 team. They're going to shake everybody up." The more significant quote, for me, came earlier in the story, when O'Laughlin spoke about what gets him excited doing the show. "The week-to-week stuff is boring, formulaic. For some reason, people tune in because they can tune out when they tune in. The arc is the stuff we love as actors." And this is why the writers try to shake things up from time to time, to keep the show interesting for those who do the show, even if some of the fans would prefer the status quo never to be upended. But whatever the writers have in mind for the team, I imagine it wouldn't be permanent. Although I'd embrace any attempt by producers to give procedurals like this an element of surprise.
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