Akanahe (Reluctant Partners) is the 8th episode of Season 4 of the 2010 remake version of Hawaii Five-0.
Synopsis
McGarrett and Grover become unlikely partners when they are assigned by the Governor to deliver a warrant to a young hacker which later becomes an issue of national security but all is not what it seems...
Plot
Kono helps Five-0 minus Danny, who is in New Jersey with his family to celebrate his father turning 60, capture Sato who reveals that Adam is not dead; Kono leaves again to find him.
Afterwards, Governor Denning forces Grover and McGarrett to work together to serve an arrest warrant to Ian Wright for unpaid parking tickets. After arriving in his home, the two are ambushed and Ian is kidnapped.
Five-0 discover that the kidnappers are professional bank robbers, and Ian is also an expert computer hacker who helped the gang rob a bank. After capturing the robbers, it is revealed that Ian was the ring leader all along, and was using his computer program on the bank as a test for further attacks.
They eventually find him at Honolulu International Airport, where he reveals that he hacked the flight path of a Hawaii-bound airliner and will crash it in the Pacific unless he is allowed to leave for a flight to Pago Pago.
Grover and McGarrett play into his demand until Catherine tracks and shuts down Ian's computer. However, Ian somehow sneaked out of the plane and is at large.
Ian later taunts McGarrett through messages on a hacked ATM, to which McGarrett tells him he will catch him next time.
Trivia
- Despite being credited, neither Scott Caan (Detective Danny Williams) nor Masi Oka (Dr. Max Bergman) appear in this episode. This is also the first episode not to include Caan in it since he made his debut appearance in the Pilot (episode).
- The song playing in the background when Steve, Grover and the SWAT team confront Nick at the airport is Imagine Dragons- Radioactive.
Cast
| Name | Portrayed by | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Commander Steve McGarrett |
Alex O'Loughlin | A Navy SEAL and leader of the Hawaii Five-0 Task Force. |
| Detective Danny Williams |
Scott Caan | 2nd-in-command of the Hawaii Five-0 Task Force and Steve's partner. |
| Lieutenant Chin Ho Kelly |
Daniel Dae Kim | A member of the Hawaii Five-0 Task Force. |
| Officer Kono Kalakaua |
Grace Park | Youngest member of the Hawaii Five-0 Task Force, and cousin of Chin. |
| Dr. Max Bergman | Masi Oka | Chief Medical Examiner for the Hawaii Five-0 team. |
| Catherine Rollins | Michelle Borth | An Ex-Navy Lieutenant and Steve's on-off girlfriend. |
Recurring Cast
| Name | Portrayed by | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Ian Wright | Nick Jonas | A hacker. |
| Samantha Grover | Paige Hurd | Lou Grover's teenage daughter. |
| Riku Sato | Louis Ozawa Changchien | A member of the Yazuka. |
| Governor Samuel Denning | Richard T. Jones | The Governor of Hawaii. |
| Lou Grover | Chi McBride | Captain of the HPD SWAT team. |
Other Cast
| Name | Portrayed by | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Luke Davis | Andrew Pang | A man who appears in the episode. |