Yeah that speech at the beginning with Danno acting as if he was head of Five-O was weird. However, it was 17 years after the final original episode, so I chalked it up to McGarrett retiring, and Danno being head of Five-O for many years prior to this 1997 reboot series beginning. But yeah, the writing was kinda lazy there.

I really think this had potential, though.
I agree Todd, this pilot had a lot of potential. There were so many story nuggets in there to grab onto.

I also agree that Danno would have been in charge of Five-O at a point then moved on to the governor. What got me is that they didn't tweak the opening speech at all. Danno would have said something similar but not *exactly* what McGarrett was supposed to say - definitely laziness on the part of the writers.

Thanks for posting the pilot on YouTube.