As a once-fan of the McGarrett-Danno banter, I am now left wondering how much more of this we will have to endure. The subject of conversation, AKA the 'carguments' (which have evolved over the years to out-of-the-car-guments, also) between the two main characters of the H50 reboot has always been a 'marmite' situation- you either loved it or you hated it. It seems nowadays, it has worn so thin that most people just hate it, myself included. I don't know at what point the writers and showrunners decided that Danny would forever be a grumpy old man, but it seems they are resigned to having him constantly bitch and moan at McGarrett and whoever else that'll listen (and some that don't, which doesn't stop him.)

I watched the Season 9 finale shortly after it aired on some site that uploaded a crappy quality copy, excited to see what kind of 'cliffhanger' Pete Lenkov had in store for us (all I will say on that one is PL once again created a hype for something that could be seen a mile off and was nothing like the kind of exciting cliffhanger that would leave us 'breathless', as he described it. Nothing like the distant Season 1 finale, which was the kind of gripping storytelling and kind of cliffhanger that had me excited to see what would come next.) Anyway, the beginning of the season 9 finale really hammered home to me what kind of relationship these two characters now have. Danny's comments are mean-spirited and not even slightly amusing anymore, like the writers have just given up on attempting to add humour into the conversations and instead leave me wondering if these two are really even supposed to be 'friends' anymore. Personally I doubt I could deal with Danno's kind of negativity and whiny voice constantly nagging at me and undermining me, especially now that his redeeming quality of humour seems to have been stomped out too.

Really, I feel we could do without this next season. Anybody else have thoughts on this? Maybe amp up the case of the week story-telling instead, because the focus has really been stretched out to the way too many characters that this show now has. The action and the cases are becoming stale and predictable, a casualty of having over 200 episodes, I guess. All I know is, if they continue the way they are, that season 10 really will be the last, despite PL's desire that the show will continue "for many years to come". Although on the bright side, Alex O'Loughlin has been brought onto season 10 as a writer, according to Pete Lenkovs Instagram story last week, so there is hope that with his experience with playing McGarrett for almost 10 years, maybe his insight into his own and other characters will be enough to rectify the character flaws, or at least make the show more entertaining to watch. Not necessarily with humour, but just with better writing, less complaining from Danno, and more enticing storylines. What does anybody else want to see?

BTW, thank you for the warm welcome, it's nice to be here commenting on shows with others. Despite being 23 and therefore not around during the airing of the original H5O, I have since gone back to watch it, as I am and have always been a big fan of the cop and crime genres, enjoying classics alongside H5O such as Starsky and Hutch, Magnum PI, CHIP's, The A-Team, Miami Vice, even Knight Rider. Look forward to seeing everybody's posts! Until next time