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Episode 20 Season 2 Most likely to murder

posted 10 years ago by motheroftwoprinces
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When Danny took Lou back to I'm guessing his home, the showed a high rise round tower before they went inside. Are we supposed to believe a Five-0 detective made enough money for a "pad" like that in the late 60's?? Ha!
And right when they walked in the door, a photo of a pretty blonde sat on a table right by the door. Who would that have been seeing how there hadn't previously been mention of Danny being involved with or married to anyone?

[–] motheroftwoprinces 10 years ago

And again, season 3, episode 12 Beautiful Screamer with the gorgeous young Anne Archer playing what would appear to be Danny's "long" time love considering how distraught he is when seeing she has been murdered. And back at his apartment but further from the door and on a side table is a photograph of her as opposed to the afformentioned blonde in my above post.

[–] alpha128 10 years ago

And again, season 3, episode 12 Beautiful Screamer with the gorgeous young Anne Archer playing what would appear to be Danny's "long" time love considering how distraught he is when seeing she has been murdered. - motheroftwoprinces

TV shows of the Five-O era weren't serialized like the shows of today. It wasn't uncommon for a love interest to be introduced and bumped off in the same episode. See also Season 9, episode 13, "Man in a Steel Frame".

And back at his apartment but further from the door and on a side table is a photograph of her as opposed to the afformentioned blonde in my above post. - motheroftwoprinces

I recall reading somewhere that the aforementioned blonde in the photo was Melody Patterson, who soon afterwards married James MacArthur.

[–] motheroftwoprinces 10 years ago

See also Season 9, episode 13, "Man in a Steel Frame".

I'm nowhere near that far along, LOL!
Thanks!
Any idea about his supposed high rise condo/apartment? They showed it before going in when the blonde was the photo but not the next time and I wasn't (or haven't) perused back thru that epi to see if the interior decor is the same or not. I don't think the front door set up was the same from first time to second tho at the very least.

[–] alpha128 10 years ago

Any idea about his supposed high rise condo/apartment? They showed it before going in when the blonde was the photo but not the next time and I wasn't (or haven't) perused back thru that epi to see if the interior decor is the same or not. I don't think the front door set up was the same from first time to second tho at the very least. - motheroftwoprinces

To be honest Five-O didn't do the best job filling in the details of the character's personal lives. One could speculate that Danno's parents were dead and he inherited money from them. This is based on Season 8, Episode 9, "Retire in Sunny Hawaii -- Forever" where Danno is visited by his Aunt Clara who was played by James MacArthur's real-life adoptive mother, Helen Hayes.

[–] vrinda81 10 years ago

Danno also lived in at least three different apartments, if you count: in "Most Likely to Murder," "Beautiful Screamer," and "Journey to Limbo," Danno was shown living in a different apartment each time. They probably were unable to maintain the same set or film in the same building each time.

All TV dramas, with the exception of soap operas, did not dwell much on the characters' personal lives, because it wasn't the focal point. I remember you mentioning Man in a Steel Frame to me a while back, and how Cathy was only seen in flashbacks. I think that episode could have been a two-parter. We also don't know what Charlie Ng did to wind up in jail. Most likely, he was involved in the usual gangster stuff - drugs, extortion, gambling, murder, etc., but it would have been nice to see him and McGarrett fight it out, with a lead-in to Ng planning his frame-up of McGarrett.

If it means anything, I have had the pleasure of talking to a close friend of Jack Lord's since last year, and he told me that Jack didn't want to do "Man in a Steel Frame" because it focused on McGarrett's personal life, and he wanted to have as little focus on the main characters' personal lives as possible. This was in keeping with Lenny Freeman's vision as well, and it was typical of the time.