PETER LENKOV:It picks up two weeks after McGarrett and Dannys surgery.
How is McGarrett (Alex OLoughlin) different?
Thats where he starts the season.
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What does the new team dynamic look like, especially withthe additionof Claire Forlani?
Her character is really introduced in the second episode and our guys go to her for her expertise.
Is her relationship with McGarrett purely professional?
Yeah, I think its purely professional.
Out of that always comes a connection with somebody, so Im hoping there could be something.
Im hoping there is some chemistry that we can mine and go back to down the road.
What brings Catherine (Michelle Borth) back?
Her relation to the story is more plot driven than reigniting that relationship.
What are we going to be seeing for Danny this season?
What are we seeing for Adam and Kono this season?
In ourfinale interview, you mentioned legacy being a theme this year what does that specifically mean for Kono?
With Adam, they did talk last year at the beginning of the season about maybe having a child.
She may want to start a family, she may start considering that.
How is Chin feeling about potentially being a father?
Thats an interesting story.
Thats a pretty big storyline for us for the first half of the season.
Its going to be a little bit of a tug of war for this little girl.
What does that do to his relationship with Abby?
And how much will Julie Benz play a role since she has another show?
Yeah, I know thats the big thing for us.
We have her in the first episode.
Shes not a member of Five-0, but she is a member of law enforcement in Hawaii.
Shes got her own identity and were hoping to use her as much as we can.
Will we see any new team members coming in at all?
There is going to be a new M.E.
Max returns in the Halloween episode.
Hes going to comeback a little bit changed from his experience.
Hes a little bit wiser, less of an outsider.
What can you tease about the new M.E.?
Max didnt get the joke a lot of times and I think this woman does.
Shes more of a people person.
She definitely has that personality where shes not on the outside.
He always felt like he was on the outside.
I think she fits in very easily in character.
What can you say about what the big threat is this season?
Who is the new villain?
Theres a threat on the island and its actually going to affect tourism, which is the biggest revenue.
The idea was, How do you doJawsin Hawaii?
Thats an arc thats over four episodes, but the person behind it is not going to be caught.
And theres not one [villain].
There are a couple people that were going to up against that will have multiple episodes of bigger storylines.
But there isnt one necessarily that is going to arc over the course of the season.
Its really a couple that were going to be facing.
Can you tease what Wo-Fats father wants from McGarrett and when you will pick up that storyline?
But its not like hes a bad guy.
Christine Lahti is back too.
What will she be doing?
Getting into trouble, but also giving her son some much needed answers.
Thats going to force them into a situation where theyre going to have to talk.
How does the new governor feel about the team?
But that relationship is going to be earned over time.
Any chance for wedding bells on the show this year?
Hawaii Five-0returns Friday at 9 p.m.
