‘Hawaii Five-0’ season 7, episode 3 review: Chess piece killer targets Alicia, Kanya Sesser guest stars
Last time on “Hawaii Five-0” we saw a new behavioral therapist named Alicia come out of retirement to help Steve and Danny find the chess piece killer, but is she going to end up being something more to Steve? There have been murmurs of Steve getting a love interest this season, and while we hope that this is true, we want to see it be more of a slow burn then anything hot and heavy too quickly. We also don’t want to see it affect the partnership with Danny since our favorite thing to watch on this show are these two bickering.
The chess piece killer is at it again and this time the they have targeted Alicia. She’s not dead (thankfully), but she woke up in her bed with a dead body beside her and a chess piece in his mouth. She wanted to be retired and didn’t want to be involved for exactly this reason, but after Steve came to her for help, he inadvertently put a target on her back. She may be a private citizen working on this case, but she’s crafty and is bending the rules to find out information – hearing that the forged a few documents with Steve’s name to get a body exhumed was pretty rad. They get a lead on the killer and her name is Madison Grey. After seeing a book on her office shelf on medieval chess, she’s definitely someone to watch.
Chin tells Kono that he had his talk with Sarah about going to live with her aunt and uncle, and he feels terrible that her heart is broken… and we can see that his heart is broken too, even if he won’t admit it. Kono asks if Chin thought about fighting it, but he doesn’t want to put her through a battle. Also, this aunt and uncle are great “on paper” people as they are lawyers, church goers, and involved in the community. Sarah will have it all with them – everything but Chin.
We also had a guest appearance from Kanya Sesser who is a model, surfer and Instagram star who was born without legs. One thing that isn’t really on her resume is actress, so we were curious to see how she was going to do. She had a really difficult role, playing a homeless war veteran, but she gave a great performance and we hope to see her on the show again in the future. We weren’t crazy about the case of the week, but the rest of the episode was solid. Also, Kono jumping out of that duffel bag and taking out a group of baddies was easily a highlight for us. Episode grade: B-
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NEPAer
October 8, 2016 @ 8:17 pm
What Jack Lord’s Five O was to the intellectual, measured police procedural, The New Five O is to a fun, action-packed wild ride.
jlopie1
October 8, 2016 @ 2:23 pm
I LOVED this episode! It had such a good S1 vibe! Have to say, the writers have finally listened to viewers and recreated the bromance of the early seasons we all fell in love with. The garage chase was a perfect example of the difference in the way the guys’ minds work! Steve is take the bull by his horns and hang on for dear life, while Danny uses his brain first to figure out how to get said bull through the gate with a minimum of effort. They are both bad ass, and they both get the job done, just in different ways. There has never been a better example of it in ALL the previous seasons combined! That scene will go down in the annals of this show as classic H50.
The other new classic has got to be BAMF Kono in the bag! That was undeniably Kono’s best moment (apart from her…um…sexy Adam scenes!?) Kono’s backstory was very touching, as well. Grace can do it all! Bad Ass and compassionate all in the same 43 minutes! They really do have the best group of actors on H50.
I actually enjoyed the COTW, although there sure seem to be a lot of South American drug cartels in residence on Oahu!
How DID that bloody dead body make it onto Alicia’s bed without waking her? She must take some potent sleep aids! I don’t think she’s the killer, or working with said killer, but I do think there’s more to her story than we’ve been made aware of so far.
Next week! WOW! That looks so intense! Can’t hardly wait! This season just feels so fresh, like it’s gotten a new lease on life!
MrsCarter101
October 8, 2016 @ 3:08 pm
Kono jumping out of the duffel bag was the best thing I’ve ever seen for her, I loved that moment like no other :)
BritneyBowen17
October 17, 2016 @ 3:41 am
I thought it was going to be Danny
MrsCarter101
October 17, 2016 @ 7:20 pm
That would’ve been even better lol
mike pearce
October 8, 2016 @ 6:07 am
Elisabeth Rohm playing Madison Grey, (great name) plays evil so well. I like this direction they are going. My favorite story was Kona and her friend this week. That was very well done and congrats to Kanya Sesser, whom I had never heard of before and her good job on the show.
MrsCarter101
October 8, 2016 @ 3:07 pm
I really liked Kanya Sesser, I thought she did a great job for having not much acting experience. Also, I love Kono stories, she’s fantastic.