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Oh, the irony. At the beginning of this season, Chin was the one with the blemished reputation. At the end of the season, he's seemingly the only righteous guy left, with everybody else disgraced. What a turn.

Though I was really surprised that Danny could think that Chin would betray them and work against them with the cops. Dude, Danny! Think! On the other hand, Danny's been thinking with his dick in these last few eps anyway, so, no surprise there.

The twist with the governor! Wo Fat! McGarrett and Kono arrested! 5-0 disbanded. Christ on a cracker!

I really liked the episode with the tsunami. Not just the twist at the end, the thing with the money, but for the first time it felt to me like they were a close-knit team, with deep secrets never to be shared with outsiders. It was them against the world and that was all kinds of amazing.

Also, I really love Chin and Malia. They're the cutest. They're still so very much in love and it just warms the heart. And every time Chin sees Malia or just talks about her, he becomes so... mellow and smiley and it's just wonderful! And yeah, I know how their relationship ends and that's just heartbreaking...

I have never liked Steve much but episode 107 made me literally annoyed, the way they wrote him like some one-person Rambo squad, all "get out of my way, I'm an ex-Seal, I'm better than a whole squad of SWAT people!" Jesus! Also, Steve's sister rubs me wrong like whoa. But in this case, it's all on the actress, Taryn Manning. Ugh.

What I adored on the other hand, was episode 103, the one with Chin and Kono's cousin. When he accused Chin of being dirty and ran him out of the interrogation room... The way Chin gripped the handles on the glass door, breathing hard, when he thought he was alone - and then Kono was there and he immediately pulled himself together. It hurts him so bad that people think badly of him but he pretends to be stoic about it...

Another ep I loved was 108, the one where Danny's old partner was killed and accused of taking bribes. The way Danny became so angry at Steve for not believing him, for not trusting him that the guy was a good cop. I loved that Chin had Danny's back against both Steve and Kono in this case. And that Danny, now that he saw what IA could do to a cop, told Chin that he was sorry that nobody had his back back then... Danny didn't trust Chin 100% in the pilot, you could see it from his expression, but now that he was the one fighting for someone who was not dirty, no way, and against all odds, I think it finally clicked for him and from that moment on, he stood by Chin all the way.

Also, seriously, the product placement for Bing was so painful, oi!

○ CBS renewed 18 shows for 2014-2015: link. Among them NCIS, NCIS:LA, Criminal Minds, CSI, Elementary, Hawaii 5-0 and Person of Interest. The Big Bang Theory was picked up for 3 seasons! No news about The Mentalist, though, even though it's been beating The Good Wife in the ratings every Sunday. Grr!

○ Apparently, Captain America 3 will go head to head with Batman/Superman on May 6, 2016: link. Sheesh, that will be a massacre!

○ Syfy is planning a limited, six hour long space opera series called Ascension, "a thriller about a murder aboard a 100-year voyage from Earth": link.

These few episodes were quite Danny centric, weren't they? First the ep with Rachel's husband, then the one with Danny's brother. I guess I get where they are headed with this and to be honest, I don't like it, this direction.

I quite like how mysterious Wo Fat is. He seems to know everything about Steve. I wonder what's that about. I know that he stays with the show for a good while, being the main bad and all, so...

I still like Chin best. Yes, I need to say it in every entry I make about this show. Because even in the lamest episodes, his scenes are like a ray of sunshine. The ep in the jungle, when Chin protected the witness, that was so cool! Or the eps I watched last night, the one with the tsunami warning, I adored that he called Malia to ask if she was okay. And then the scene in the car with Kono, when she asked him about their job, if he ever thought what his life would've been like if he had chosen a different job - I think he was serious when he told her that he thought about it every night. He looked so grim. I mean he turned the whole thing into a big joke, but you have to wonder... Did he mean it?

6 episodes to go and I'm done with S1. I don't have S2 on DVD yet.

You know, it's so much easier to enjoy a series when you aren't personally invested in it. You can let so much crap slide that would otherwise rile you up. It's wonderful.

Regarding episodes 109-113, the four are starting to feel like a real team. It was especially obvious in 112, the "Chin and the bomb" episode. So much team feeling. I mean, they committed a felony to get the money for Chin's ransom. And no one protested - well, except for Chin, of course. When he told Steve, "it's not worth it..." ;_; Best episode yet. Yes, I love the bits that focus on Chin first and foremost - he's so strong yet so soft-spoken... Exactly my type!

And that also means that my favorite relationship is Chin and Kono's. They are cousins but they feel more like siblings, a brother and a sister. And it's wonderful. I just adore that she trusts him implicitly. Wonderful.

Also, I loved Wo Fat's introduction. I have been Mark Dacascos' fan since Crying Freeman. And Wo Fat's first few scenes... like an afterthought, low-key yet really THERE, like a spider in his web. Excellent.

Sarah Shahi was upped to a series regular on Person of Interest, just FYI: link.

Also, Person of Interest is moving to Tuesday 10 PM. Hawaii 5-0 to Friday 9 PM. Intelligence will air on Monday 10 PM. CBS' schedule can be found here: link.

( My opinion on the backdoor pilot! )

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CBS renewed 14 shows today! Among them: NCIS: LA, Hawaii 5-0, The Mentalist, Elementary, Good Wife and Person of Interest: source. This time around, the only show I feared for was The Mentalist. Since the move to Sunday, the ratings dropped like a stone. So, YAY!

I love the promo for the NCIS:LA/H50 xover: link. Looks fantastic, so much action and humor! And the best thing? ( Spoilers! ) Really looking forward to this event!

According to TVbtN, CBS will renew Hawaii 5-0, Mike&Molly and Blue Bloods for S2 on Wednesday. Congratulations to their fans!

And I'm really disappointed by USA new summer series. After Fairly Legal failed to catch my interest, I hoped for something... great *sigh* But both Suits and Necessary Roughness don't seem... all that good? Suits looks pretty much like WhiCo 2.0 and NR is a weekly tearjerker. I will give a try to Suits, it might surprise me even though I hate shows about lawyers, but I think I'll pass on NR altogether. Meh.