Book 'Em Danno!: Random Thought: My biggest "wtf" about Hawaii Five-0
It’s not Lori… It’s not Steve’s trigger-happy nature… It’s not everyone suspecting Kono (even though they’re “Ohana”)… It’s not even the lackluster beginning to season 2 compared to season 1.
My biggest gripe about Hawaii Five-0 is that they insist on Danny being the…
Thank you! I have been grumbling about this very thing for 2 seasons now. As someone from Philly who spent loads of time at the BEACHES of New Jersey I can verify that there are surfers. Maybe the whole territorial wave thing isn’t a common factor among the surfing crowd, but how can Danny not be aware of that? He’s never seen a movie? Never seen a tv show with surfers? Really? He’s never gone out in the Atlantic off of Sea Isle or Wildwood on a body board?
His aversion to the ocean borders on someone who grew up smack dab in the middle of a metropolis who has never seen the ocean. Trust me - everyone from Jersey gets to the beach, you’re surrounded by water! If you’re not going into the ocean you’re hanging out by the Delaware or one of the other half dozen rivers in the state.
And I don’t buy into his disrespect of the religious & spiritual beliefs of the Hawaiian people. He grew up in Jersey, big family…Irish/Italian/Polish (did they ever establish that on the show?) they have Christmas celebrations huge enough that he longed for the unique experience for Grace in season 1. There’s no doubt in my mind his mother had him in church every Sunday right by her side.
He’s never heard of the Jersey Devil? I still can’t get over that he trampled over that burial site even when his friends displayed their deep feelings about respecting it. #@$%!^
Danny grew up in Jersey - the boy has been around diverse people. And even if he didn’t - he would have been exposed to someone other than white people when he got his college degree or was trained (sensitivity training included!) at the police academy. 0_o
Maybe it’s because I’m from the area, but it sets me off every time they have Danny act like he’s an insensitive jackass. It doesn’t make any sense with everything else we have seen of the character.
