The writers need to reconsider overlapping to many stories into one episode.
"Pirates" lacked cohesion based on multiple stories in attempt to link them together in one episode. In real life operations written into a script or screenplay involving "Pirates" or underworld figures there is more that one episode that ensures the story develops and becomes part of the series.
It should not result in just a quick " oh lets put together something and make it seem that it just was that easy to solve".
The relationships that seem to be enduring need to not play a major part of this series - put them to bed now and return the focus on solving cases and saving lives. Surely there is a plot to fade out characters in this current series to create something more of NCIS Hawai'i
This episode had potential but lacked the spark to really engage viewers. The sense of realism was not present in the scenes. It is quite stale to see the same characters in the same outfits with the same hairstyle and appearance.
The original NCIS set the standard of how to integrate the stories and lives of the characters and let them evolve through the series without making the the main focus. Gibbs, Zhiva, Tony, etc.
If this is the standard of NCIS Hawai'i, I really hope they turn the corner and produce something worth watching with NCIS Sydney - as far as NCIS the real deal goes there is a regional unit in Perth, Austrailia called NCISRU.
Will NCIS Hawai'i be washed away in a Tsunami or will it survive the aftermath and recover...........?!