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Hi, I'm new here and I did try the search function to look this up (as well as outside of the forum).... I have been watching the show on Paramount this year. I had watched the show a little at various times, but hadn't regularly watched it until this year.
Anyway, is there a story to why Chin Ho was killed off? Was it just that he didn't want to do the show anymore? I really couldn't find any info on this and it was surprising to me...
Hi rickms and welcome!
The only I can tell you is to check out this page: http://www.fiveohomepage.com
This is Mr. Mike's Hawaii Five-O Homepage and was one of the first pages I found when MeTV began airing Five-O in 2017. It has a LOT of information and the reviews are to die for! They're funny! Mr. Mike did a great job and while you may not agree with everything in his reviews (there's points I disagree, but that's me) - they're still worth checking out.
He also has each episode on its own page including galleries (the galleries are my favorite!).
A Death In The Family can be viewed here: http://www.fiveohomepage.com/5-0log10.htm#238
His Comprehensive Index is a newer feature. It's here: http://www.fiveohomepage.com/comp-index.html
Hope this helps and welcome to the Forum!! :)
http://fiveohomepage.com/mahalocon.htm
When asked about his demise at the end of the tenth season in #238, A Death in the Family, Kam [Fong] said that he originally wanted Chin Ho to "retire gracefully," and fought the idea of having his character murdered. There was even talk of the production company suing Kam for breaking his contract! Then someone told him that it was an honour if you were a regular in a TV show and you were knocked off ... this meant that no one else could play your character. Later Kam said it was a Hollywood superstition that "if one of the regulars leaves, the show falls down." Someone in the audience said, "Oh, this must mean that everything after the fourth season [when Zoulou left] was no good!"
Interesting stuff!
Thank you both.
I have browsed the forum a little. Since I have seen episodes just once (for the ones that I have seen), I don't have association to jump into a lot yet, since it's hard to remember it all, but I am enjoying the show.
Your question has been answered in a most recent posting:
https://hawaiifiveo.org/forum/showth...ut-of-the-show
Yeah, I just saw that (It's been a minute since I have had a chance to visit here).Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. Mike
BTW, recently started the final season and once again, another departure, but with no fanfare (or tragedy). I know tv shows were a little different at the time, but wow.
As for the season, I wish the additional team member had a little more character. I mean, even for a show with dry, serious characters, they are rather generic.