Exclusive First Look: Hawaii Five-0 Gets a Blast from the Past!
Hawaii Five-0, as previously announced, will tap into the past — namely, that of the CBS drama’s original incarnation — when Ed Asner reprises a role he first played more than 30 years ago. And TVLine has a first look at the seven-time Emmy winner’s encore.
In the episode airing March 19, Asner will again portray August March, who in the 1975 episode “Wooden Model of a Rat” was an up-and-coming world-class smuggler. When today’s Five-0 team needs advice on a case involving smuggled gems, they turn to March, who’s now living free after serving 30 years in the joint.
As an added call-back, the new episode will weave in original footage from Asner’s original guest-starring appearance. Check out the first photo from Asner’s encore, then read on for more:
Asked for his reaction upon getting the call to revisit a character he thought he had left behind long ago, Asner told TVLine, “It was a delight that I was alive to inspire the idea, firstly. And secondly, I was glad to have the opportunity to work on a top show like Hawaii Five-0 with [executive producer] Peter Lenkov, who I admire enormously.”
Plus, of course, there’s the perk of a trip to the Aloha State. “Yeah,” Asner acknowledged, “that’s always nice!”
A refresher on what the original episode was all about from the promo that is featured on the DVD (the episode is actually 8.15 not 8.14):
This episode also marks the return of Steve's sister Mary Ann played by Taryn Manning. Spoiler: Recent early episode sypnosis has said that Mary Ann gets into serious trouble when she arrives back in Hawaii which may could be a link to August's return to Hawaii Five-0.
Source: TV Line
So Steve's not going to be there when Mary Ann is. Interesting. I wonder how they're going to write him out - Deployment again? Kidnapped?
ReplyDeleteAnd this episode sounds pretty interesting! Can't wait for more.
Steve appears in 2x19 with her sister Mary Ann.
ReplyDeleteIs in the 2x20 or 2x21 wich doesn't appear.
Alex is in 2.19, 2.20 is the one that focuses on Max, that's the one he will not be in. Then they take a break. If he just needs to get the meds out of his system, then that should be the only one he misses. We don't know the extent, so I hope people do not speculate. He's doing what he has to do.
ReplyDeleteThis episode should be great with Ed Asner and Taryn Manning. Looking forward to it.
It is so easy to become dependent upon a pain medicine. My mother-in-law had it happen with a heart problem. Due to her condition, they hospitalized her and weaned her off. There are usually no cravings after that. I wish Alex the very best. He's smart enough to recognize a problem and take care of it. I admire him for that.
ReplyDeleteEpisode 20 is the one currently filming that Alex will not be doing. But I have heard from an interview with Peter Lenkov last month that Episode 21 will be focusing more on Shelburne with Wo Fat returning in the episode I don't know whether they'll make changes to it or not but I hope not because it'll focused more on Steve in that episode.
ReplyDeleteGerard Butler was recently in rehab and just got out last week with the same treatment Alex is getting and he was only in there for 3 weeks for treatment of prescription drugs from an injury he received in a surfing accident when he was filming a movie and he has battled with drug addiction for many years. Alex is a strong person he'll get through it really quick. It just really depends on how strong the dossage was he was taking and how much detox and rest he needs before he gets back to work. With the whole shoulder injury he had it has been more than just Season 2 I read in Men's Fitness again yesterday that he had battling a torn shoulder and tendinitis in his biceps during the summer break that he injured during filming of Season 1.
But I think they'll have to make a lot script changes for the final episodes and as well it looks like the crossover may not happen now due to what has happen it really depends whether Alex can make the trip to L.A. to film the episode
ReplyDeletewhat kind of treatment he is getting? i know there are several ways for this
ReplyDeleteIf your MIL didn't have cravings then she's either really lucky or didn't have the psychological aspect of the addiction. I was heavily addicted to opiate painkillers after several surgeries. I've been clean years and still have days where I have to go to three meetings just to handle the urge to use again. Opiates are hell to get over. There's no way to describe how terrible it is, physically and emotionally. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.
ReplyDeleteI agree that it's good for Alex to be getting help, though, and I hope that he has a good outcome. Hopefully the public nature of his addiction (while humiliating and no doubt painful) will help motivate him not to relapse. At the very least it means that more people know and can support him in recovery. Still, if you want to use badly enough NO ONE can convince you not to. It's all up to you to stay clean, and sometimes that's incredibly hard.
Recovery is definitely more than just getting the meds out of your system. There are a lot of factors to consider and we shouldn't assume that all he needs is a week in-patient and he'll be cured. I've been addicted to opiate painkillers and it's brutal to get clean, both physically and mentally. Hardest thing I've ever gone through, and I've gone through some really awful stuff in my life. You can't imagine the strength of the cravings and how desperate you get just for one more fix, the things you'd do and sacrifice for it, unless you've been there personally. It's a living hell, even once the meds are physically out of your system. There's something called "rebound depression/anxiety" that hit you hard - your body stops producing serotonin and dopamine at normal levels while you're high because the drugs act like synthetic serotonin/dopamine. Once you're off, your brain chemistry crashes and it takes a while for it to start producing healthy levels of serotonin and dopamine again. In the meantime, you get very depressed and anxious. You feel like you can't get out of bed, like life is hopeless and meaningless and empty. You feel so weak and heavy that walking across a room seems like an insurmountable task, let alone going to work or engaging in relationships or cleaning your house. I had terrible panic attacks where I thought I was literally dying. All the negative emotions I had been numbing with the drugs surged in addition to the rebound depression/anxiety and it was overwhelming. I felt borderline suicidal for weeks. They put me on SSRI anti-depressants (selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors - they increase serotonin levels in your brain) but those take about 3 weeks before you feel ANYTHING, 8-9 weeks t full effectiveness. It was MONTHS before I felt even CLOSE to "normal" again in terms of my mood and anxiety levels.
ReplyDeleteOf course, Alex is no doubt getting state-of-the-art rehab and the best help money can buy. That'll help, for sure. When I was detoxing my insurance would only cover a week in-patient and would not pay for the meds that would have helped manage the more severe physical and emotional symptoms. I would have loved to have been able to go to a top-line rehab like celebrities do, but that was sadly WAY outside my budget (esp considering how in-debt I was from supporting my habit - I was up to about $300 a WEEK when I finally got help).
My point I guess is that I think people are sort of minimizing the severity of what Alex is going through - which is understandable if you haven't been there. Hopefully he'll be on the mend now and he won't have to go through relapse and all that entails. I just don't think people should dismiss it as a simple matter of just cleaning out hi system, because it;s a LOT more complex and difficult than that.