The eighth season of the CBS police procedural drama series Hawaii Five-0 premiered on September 29, 2017 for the 2017-18 television season. The season is expected to contain 25 episodes and is set to conclude on May 18, 2018.
This is the first season not to feature Daniel Dae Kim, Grace Park, and Masi Oka. This is also the first season to feature Meaghan Rath and Beulah Koale, who joined as new main cast members. In addition, longtime recurring cast members Dennis Chun, Kimee Balmilero, and Taylor Wily were promoted to series regulars, while another longtime recurring cast member Ian Anthony Dale joined as a series regular in the seventh episode.
Video Hawaii Five-0 (2010 TV series, season 8)
Cast and characters
Main cast
- Alex O'Loughlin as Lieutenant Commander Steven "Steve" McGarrett, United States Navy Reserve
- Scott Caan as Detective Sergeant Daniel "Danny" "Danno" Williams, Honolulu Police Department
- Meaghan Rath as Officer Tani Rey
- Jorge Garcia as Special Consultant Jerry Ortega
- Taylor Wily as Kamekona Tupuola
- Dennis Chun as Sergeant Duke Lukela, Honolulu Police Department
- Kimee Balmilero as Dr. Noelani Cunha
- Chi McBride as Captain Lou Grover, Honolulu Police Department
- Beulah Koale as Police Candidate, later Officer assigned to Five-0 Task Force, Junior Reigns
- Ian Anthony Dale as Adam Noshimuri
Recurring cast
Guest stars
Maps Hawaii Five-0 (2010 TV series, season 8)
Episodes
Production
On March 23, 2017, CBS renewed the series for an eighth season, which premiered on September 29, 2017. Filming for the season began in July 2017. Series star Alex O'Loughlin made both his writer and directorial debut during the season. O'Loughlin directed the eighteenth episode of the season and wrote the story for the twenty-fourth episode of the season. The final script for the season was written around early March 2018. Filming on the final episode of the season concluded in the third week of April.
Daniel Dae Kim's and Grace Park's departure controversies
On June 30, 2017, ahead of the series's eighth season, it was announced that series regulars Daniel Dae Kim and Grace Park would be departing the series due to a salary dispute with CBS. Kim and Park had been seeking pay equality with co-stars Alex O'Loughlin and Scott Caan, but did not reach satisfactory deals with CBS Television Studios. CBS's final offer to Kim and Park was 10-15% lower than what O'Loughlin and Caan make in salary. An update of their characters was given in the first episode of the season and in various other episodes throughout the season.
Casting
Following Kim's and Park's departures it was announced that longtime recurring cast member Ian Anthony Dale who portrays Kono Kalakaua's husband Adam Noshimuri had been upped to series regular for the eighth season. It was also announced that Meaghan Rath and Beulah Koale would join the series as new characters and new members of Five-0.
On July 21, 2017, it was announced that recurring cast members Taylor Wily, Kimee Balmilero, and Dennis Chun would also be upped to series regulars for the eighth season.
On March 19, 2018 it was announced that previous main cast member Michelle Borth would return as a guest star in the season's twentieth episode.
Reception
Ratings
References
External links
- Official website
- List of Hawaii Five-0 episodes on IMDb
- List of Hawaii Five-0 episodes at TV.com
- List of Hawaii Five-0 episodes at The Futon Critic
- Hawaii Five-0 at epguides.com
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