Hawaii Five-0 season 8 photo: Eddie the Dog is back!

Over the course of Hawaii Five-0 season 8 we’ve had a chance to check out a trio of exciting new additions: Tani Rey, Junior Reigns, and Eddie the Dog. When you think about it, it’s hard to actually imagine McGarrett without the dog now! It is one of the few things that could make him all the more endearing, and it also makes since that Eddie is the sort of dog who could prove very useful to the Task Force. So much of Steve’s life is about taking down criminals, so why not also have Eddie get in on the act?

The photo above is from the show’s big return to CBS on January 5 and it absolutely seems as though Eddie is going to be back on the case! We don’t think it was all that hard for producers to realize that Eddie would be a fan favorite and from there, the objective became trying to find some interesting ways to incorporate the character into various missions. Obviously it’s practical for Eddie to be a drug-sniffing dog, but we feel as though he could be very useful when it comes to sniffing out clues in the field or fulfilling a wide array of other practical purposes. A good police dog goes a long way in an investigation.

For Steve, of course Eddie is also so much more than this — he’s also a companion, someone loyal and trusty to have by his side through thick and then. McGarrett’s a guy with a lot of moving parts in his life and Eddie can be somewhat of a constant. For fans, he brings a little bit more fun to what is already a very-entertaining show.

What’s also fun about the January 5 episode is that it marks the second straight appearance of Eddie the Dog on the show! You previously saw him make an appearance during the recent Christmas episode in the form of a small cameo — he licked Dog the Bounty Hunter in the face, which is funny since … wait, do we really need to explain this to you? Any Eddie cameo in general makes Hawaii Five-0 episodes better.

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