If there were ever a time for a lesson in respect and diplomacy, this would be it. Hawaii Five-0 takes that lesson very personally as one of the last states which created the United States. Just because Hawaii is apart of the United States, doesn’t mean all of its islands and lands fall under its sovereignty. Protecting both lands requires mutual respect and cooperation. The stakes only get higher when chasing a murder suspect.
Running around all over different parts of the island chasing murder suspects requires a lot of driving. 7 years of high speed car chases, the first of which landed Danny’s car on a freighter, and we finally find out that Steve never got his license renewed when he moved back to Hawaii! On the bright side Danny has a few years before he has to lose his hair over Grace driving. I doubt anything is going to stop Steve from driving, or commandeering Danny’s car on a regular basis.
The driving comes in handy when you need to travel in a hurry; settling a dispute with national consequences for instance. A suspect named Kanua Hoi crossed into the nation of Hawaii after being accused of murdering his old partner in crime Lance Akimodo. The key word here being nation, not state. Part of the agreement which made Hawaii a state was that certain sections of the islands would be considered off limits for anyone other than a native Hawaiian. Stepping onto sacred land would essentially create an international incident. Steve’s old friend Mamo is sympathetic to Steve’s purpose, but he won’t betray his City of Refuge to hand over a man he believes is innocent. It’s not as if Five-0 can claim they themselves haven’t been victims of false accusations. Chin feels the responsibility not to jump to conclusions given his own uncomfortable history with the HPD.
Five-0 digs into Kanua’s life since he was paroled, and everything comes up clean. Even Kanua’s parole officer vouches for his innocence. There is absolutely nothing substantial which links Kanua to Akimodo’s murder. That doesn’t stop the U.S. Marshals from barging onto the scene claiming jurisdiction. After a fight the marshal gives Five-0 until sundown to figure out the situation, but he’s not above depriving the nation’s people water, food, and communication. Once Five-0 realizes that Kanua and Akimodo were back to their old tricks, Chin is plenty angry that Kanua’s sins have fallen to the nation which risked their own peace to protect him. Kanua still maintains his innocence as far as the murder goes, and some evidence begins to pop up that might confirm it. Kanua’s boss, who also happened to be his parole officer’s brother, was also in on Kanua’s scams. In fact he was in charge of the whole thing, and he wanted to stop Akimodo from telling the police. He shows up at the nation wanting to do the same thing to Kanua, and Chin barely arrives in time to stop any bloodshed.
Anyone get misty-eyed during the episode’s final montage talking about home and a free land? Hawaii Five-0 really struck a chord with a lesson on respect.
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