Recently, I started watching
Hawaii Five-O's third season, and on the whole it's back to the quality of the second season before the dip in quality just before the end of that season:
"...And a Time to Die" saw McGarrett's nemesis Wo Fat return
[Show spoiler](he'll be back in the third season in a two-parter).
How the doctor was being blackmailed, it reminded me of the plot of an episode from another show (where the doctor was operating on someone who the villains wanted dead). Something else I liked in the season premiere was guest star Gerald S. O'Loughlin's character
[Show spoiler](he and McGarrett really didn't get on at first, but I liked the mutual respect they had at the episode's end. I can't remember if the character appeared again in a later episode).
"Trouble in Mind" had a slightly shorter runtime, and I wondered if this was because of possible music edits or substitutions. It had a music theme involving drugs. It's best going into this episode cold, not reading too much about the plot. But the episodic promo didn't give too much away (one thing I like about the episodic promos on some of the older series is that the clips aren't always shown in chronological order (where they appear in the episode, which throws you off a bit (which can be a good thing). That wasn't the case however with the next episode... As a whole, this was a very good episode with a sad ending
[Show spoiler]which you knew was coming (liked the twist with who was addicted to the drugs).
"The Second Shot" had one of my favourite television actors guest star, Eric Braeden. However, this episode was spoilt by the episodic promo, which gave virtually everything away. Yes, I should have watched the episode on it's own without the episodic promo, or watched it after the episode (but hindsight is an easy thing). At times I thought "The Second Shot" was a bit straight-forward. There wasn't much detail in the plot. But at least it had a very witty end line.
The most recent episode I've watched from the third season has been "Time and Memories". This was a much better episode in my opinion. Whoever did the editing, mixing the past with the present, and not showing the flashbacks in chronological order deserves praise. The story was written well, and I loved how Five-O figured it out (well it was McGarrett who figured it out, but Danno was there when the culprit realised they had been caught). One of the highlights for me was the flashback scene at the Pearl Harbour memorial with McGarrett and his ex-girlfriend.