'Hawaii Five-0' Scene Spotting: It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Steve McGarrett

Tuesday, October 04, 2011





By Christine Strobel
3D TRAVEL ONLINE EDITOR

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The squad is hot on the trail of a murderer who's picking off the members of SEAL Team 9 one by one. McGarrett (Alex O'Loughlin) ... or rather his dive-trained stunt double (I know, sacrilege) is flying over the North Shore. And Kono (Grace Park) falls in with some shady former cops — and can't seem to stop wearing the same black tank-dress-and-boots outfit. Can Chin Ho (Daniel Dae Kim) stop her from a precipitous moral slide — or at least from a fashion no-no? That's a question for another episode. For now, here's where they filmed Season 2, Episode 3:


  • The quick-shot waterfall at the top of the episode looked to be Blue Hole on Kauai.
  • The falls depicted as Manoa Falls was actually Waimea Falls on the North Shore.
  • McGarrett and Cmdr. White (Terry O'Quinn) are target shooting and hanging loose at Marine Corps Base Hawaii.
  • The duo walk past the Eternal Flame memorial on Beretania Street across from the Capitol. It honors all men and women who serve in the military.
  • Kono's house is in Manoa Valley.
  • Aliiolani Hale (aka Five-0 headquarters) and the Kamehameha statue.
  • Quick shots of Honolulu and Pearl Harbor.
  • Danno (Scott Caan) and Weston (Lauren German) are driving south on Kamehameha Highway around Kaaawa on the Windward side
  • Quick shot of Ala Moana Beach Park, followed by fly-bys of the Arizona Memorial and USS Missouri.
  • Not sure where that SEALS training facility was — looked to be in a valley and a municipal pool, so possibly the one at Manoa Valley Recreational Center.
  • Lovely shot of Honolulu at night via Punchbowl.
  • The poker room where we meet crooked former cop Frank Delano (Billy Baldwin) is the old Advertiser building.
  • That "tiki bar" where McGarrett and White meet the SEALS commander, with abundant Christmas lights and those '70s glass bowls and fish nets? Anybody know?
  • The perp's beach house... stated to be Mokuleia, can't disagree.
  • The skydiving scene is over Mokuleia — nice shooting, crew!
  • The perp lands his plane at Dillingham Airfield.
  • Parting flybys of Kahala and the USS Missouri — double love for the Mighty Mo!

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The Quotable Danno


  • "Close is only good if you're playing horseshoes or handgrenades."
  • "She follows orders, she likes sports, maybe if she was into blowing stuff up, romantic getaways to the DMZ, I'd say we're looking at a love connection."
  • "Somebody wanna fill in the civilian?"
  • "Operation Abbey Road? Are you the walrus?"

And a special guest-quip shout-out to Dr. Max Bergman (Masi Oka):

  • "You don't mess wih the boss' toe tags."

Looking forward: Expect to see Baldwin return as Kono slips into Delano's racket game of shaking down criminals for cash. Undercover, of course.



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