Hawaii Five-0 (2010 TV series, season 10)


The tenth and final season of the CBS police procedural drama series Hawaii Five-0 premiered on September 27, 2019 for the 2019–20 television season. CBS renewed the series for a tenth season in May 2019. The season contained 22 episodes and concluded on April 3, 2020.
All ten main cast members returned from season 9, however Jorge Garcia only appeared in one episode this season. Katrina Law was added to the main cast as Quinn Liu. Former main cast members Masi Oka and Michelle Borth guest-starred as Dr. Max Bergman and Catherine Rollins, respectively.
Four characters from Magnum P.I. guest starred in episode 12, which was a two-part crossover that concluded on Magnum P.I. As with season 9, several characters continued to make guest appearances on Magnum P.I.
The most watched episode of the season, was the series finale, "Aloha", with 9.59 million viewers. The second most watched was the penultimate episode, "A ʻohe ia e loaʻa aku, he ulua kapapa no ka moana", with 8.44 million viewers.

Cast and characters

Main

The number in the "No. overall" column refers to the episode's number within the overall series, whereas the number in the "No. in season" column refers to the episode's number within this particular season. The titles of each episode are in the Hawaiian language, though its English translations are directly underneath. "Prod. code" refers to the order in which the episodes were produced. "U.S. viewers " refers to the number of viewers in the U.S. in millions who watched the episode as it was aired.

Production

Development

On May 9, 2019, CBS renewed the series for a tenth season. It was also reported that this season would be set to premiere in September 2019 for the 2019–20 television season. CBS announced its fall schedule on May 15, 2019, and it was revealed that the series would undergo a time slot change. The series is being replaced by Magnum P.I. at its previous time slot and will now air an hour earlier holding the time slot formerly held by MacGyver which moved to mid-season. When interviewed about possible story lines for the tenth season, executive producer Peter M. Lenkov stated, "We're playing it real, with the real things that happen in people's lives as time marches on." CBS revealed its fall premiere dates on June 12, 2019 and announced that the season would premiere on September 27, 2019. Series star Alex O'Loughlin wrote the first filmed episode of the season. On February 14, 2020, it was announced that the season would conclude with a two-part season finale on April 3. It was later revealed this would be the series finale. The decision was based on several factors, most notably O’Loughlin’s recovery from on-set injuries and contracts that were set to end this season. CBS had hoped to continue the Danno character in a sequel or continuation, but the producers decided not to go with the idea. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic the NCAA announced that March Madness 2020 would be cancelled. Following this announcement, on March 13, 2020, CBS announced that with the timeslot being opened up the series finale would be split into two parts, the first part airing on March 27, with the second part airing on April 3, but keeping the series' regular timeslot.

Filming

Early filming for the season began on July 2, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. Filming officially began in Hawaii on July 18 with a traditional Hawaiian blessing. O'Loughlin also directed the first episode filmed. Primary filming for the series continues to take place in Honolulu, Hawaii, on the island of Oahu. The series holds a sound stage at Hawaii Film Studio in Diamond Head where it films many indoor scenes. Exterior shots and outdoor scenes for McGarrett's house are filmed at the Bayer Estate in Aina Haina.

Casting

On July 20, 2019 it was announced that Christine Lahti would be returning as McGarrett's mom Doris McGarrett as a guest star in an episode. On August 14, 2019, it was announced that Katrina Law was joining the main cast as Quinn Liu, a former staff sergeant with Army CID recently demoted for insubordination.
On September 27, 2019, Jorge Garcia, who had played Jerry Ortega since the fourth season, left the series following the season premiere to focus on other projects; in the show, after recovering from being shot in the ninth season finale, Jerry leaves the task force to focus on writing a book. Garcia and producer Peter Lenkov both confirmed the former's exit, but assured that the door would be open for Jerry to return as a guest star down the road. Garcia later crossed-over onto Lenkov's other series MacGyver during its fourth season portraying Jerry Ortega as a guest star. MacGyver previously crossed-over with Hawaii Five-0 in their first and seventh seasons, respectively.
On February 14, 2020, it was revealed that Lance Gross would have a major guest role for the two-part season finale with the possibility for Gross to become a series regular pending renewal of an eleventh season. However, on February 28, 2020 it was announced that the series would end after the tenth season. Chuck Norris made a cameo appearance in the seasons penultimate episode as Lee Phillips, a retired sergeant major who is helping his mentee; Lincoln Cole.
Former main cast member Michelle Borth returned in the final moments of the series finale as Catherine Rollins; however, her appearance was not mentioned in any press releases put out prior to the episodes airing.

Reception

Ratings

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