Unlike all the previous two-part episodes of "Hawaii Five-O", this one really tells two separate stories that are only tenuously connected. Because of that, you CAN watch the second part and not the first--and vice-versa. However, part 1 is so very good that I DON'T suggest you skip that one! As for part 2, it's good but not among the best of the season.
The show picks up after the last one. McGarrett's name has been cleared and inexplicably, he's placed at the head of an investigation of a defense project--something that is certainly NOT in his jurisdiction and this makes little sense. In addition, McGarrett seems to magically know where there is a security breech--like he had read the script to know what to do next! The security breech was initiated by the dreaded Wo Fat. It seems the Chinese want to do some missile testing and want to temporarily knock out the United States' radar system so they cannot monitor the results. To do so, Fat has uncovered a Russian double-agent (Donald Pleasance). It's amazing that Pleasance had been a mole for the communists so long without being detected, as when he's confronted, he's bug-eyed, sweaty and acts like a man who's a bit crazy---talk about over-acting!! So now it's up to McGarrett to save the free world.
Overall, there are some interesting plot elements but he plot really makes little sense. And, as I mentioned above, Pleasance's sweaty and bulging-eyed overacting is hard to take. Worth seeing but severely flawed.
The show picks up after the last one. McGarrett's name has been cleared and inexplicably, he's placed at the head of an investigation of a defense project--something that is certainly NOT in his jurisdiction and this makes little sense. In addition, McGarrett seems to magically know where there is a security breech--like he had read the script to know what to do next! The security breech was initiated by the dreaded Wo Fat. It seems the Chinese want to do some missile testing and want to temporarily knock out the United States' radar system so they cannot monitor the results. To do so, Fat has uncovered a Russian double-agent (Donald Pleasance). It's amazing that Pleasance had been a mole for the communists so long without being detected, as when he's confronted, he's bug-eyed, sweaty and acts like a man who's a bit crazy---talk about over-acting!! So now it's up to McGarrett to save the free world.
Overall, there are some interesting plot elements but he plot really makes little sense. And, as I mentioned above, Pleasance's sweaty and bulging-eyed overacting is hard to take. Worth seeing but severely flawed.
