BOOB TUBE REVIEW: Hawaii Five-O "Ho'opa'i" (Season 1, Episode 21)

SOURCE:  CBS

This episode with Sean Combs (he uses his real name, Sean Combs for acting and his other persona, P. Diddy for rapping) was publicized with much fanfare for weeks.  In fact, P. Diddy's new song "Coming Home" was featured prevalently in this episode.  I was impressed with Sean Comb's performance in Monster's Ball with Halle Berry, so it is good to see the dramatic thespian side of Sean Combs again.  Before this episode began, I wrongly predicted that it was going to be corny, so I was pleasantly pleased that the episode exceeded my expectations.

On "Ho'opa'i," Sean Combs plays Reggie Cole, an undercover New York police officer who runs security for the infamous mob boss, Cannon.  His time undercover means separation from his wife and young son living in Hawaii in order to protect them.  After squeezing in a brief reunion with his family, his FBI security detail and wife are gun downed.  The Five-O team arrive to the house and find Reggie's son unharmed and hiding in a closet and Reggie injured with a gunshot wound.  McGarrett and Danno immediately suspect the very elusive mob boss Cannon.

While the team visits Cannon who is in Hawaii visiting his son not in the mob business, Reggie escapes the hospital to conduct his own investigation with Cannon as his prime suspect.  Kono and Chin Ho figure out the identities of one of the gunmen and rush to Waipahu to arrest him.  However, the arrest is cut short when the team finds the gunman already dead in his vehicle.  The team starts to suspect Reggie as the killer, seeking revenge for his wife's death.  Since Reggie is in a stolen squad car with access to police radio signals, the team lure him into a trap.  However, Reggie insists that he isn't the man the team is looking for and to concentrate on someone else instead.  With help from Reggie, the team track down the second gunman who confesses the identify of the man who hired him.  The McGarrett and Reggie storm into Cannon's vacation compound and arrest the real culprit--Cannon's son.  Worried about losing the lifestyle that he has grown accustomed to due his dad's "business," Cannon's son went after Reggie who threatened his inheritance.

With the case solved, Reggis reunites with his son and together they decide to return to the mainland.  However, the Five-O team gives their new friend an open invitation to be part of their crew if he ever decides to raise his son in Hawaii instead.

Next episode, Chin Ho must account for the money his Uncle stole and the murder of a famous photographer keeps the rest of the team busy.