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The Daily Star, Oneonta, N.Y., Friday, April 25, 2014 18 By Kate Ellis TV Media W ith cop drama shows being a dime a doz- en, it's hard to know which ones to keep up with. "Hawaii Five-0" offers a sunny twist to the usual cut- and-dry procedural shows. As the fourth season comes to a close, the drama heats up with character changes, steamy affairs and (of course) the hunt for bad guys, all while in the paradise that is Hawaii. Check out the latest episode of "Hawaii Five-0" Friday, May 2, on CBS. "Hawaii Five-0" is a mod- ern remake of a 1968 to 1980 show of the same name (the difference being an "O" in the original and a zero in the remake). The premiere of the remake series aired 42 years — to the day — after the original's premiere. When Steve McGarrett (Alex O'Loughlin, "The Back- up Plan," 2010) returns home to Oahu after his father has been killed, the governor of Hawaii asks him to lead a special task force — Five-0. Steve brings together his own team, which ultimately con- sists of Danny Williams (Scott Caan, "Gone in Sixty Sec- onds," 2000), Chin Ho Kelly (Daniel Dae Kim, "Lost") and Kona Kalakaua (Grace Park, "Battlestar Galactica"). To- gether with all their diverse military and police back- grounds, they form the per- fect team to serve the island. The success of the show has led to the show's renewal for a fifth season, which will premiere later this year, but it's not all fun in the sun. Se- ries regular Michelle Borth ("The Forgotten") will be leaving the show at the end of the current season, her last episode airing on May 2. Cur- rently playing Catherine Roll- ins, Borth has been on the show since the beginning. Catherine is a former intelli- gence officer and Steve's on- and-off lover. Upon Borth's exit, Bolly- wood star Mallika Sherawat will be joining the cast. She will appear in the May 2 epi- sode as someone from Cathe- rine's past, a woman named Farah. Farah's son has been kidnapped by the Taliban, so Catherine and Steve head to Afghanistan to help Farah and her husband get their son back. Typically, a reboot of a show doesn't do very well (see "Charlie's Angels," "Ironside" and others typical- ly canceled after the first few episodes), but "Hawaii Five-0" has put itself above the rest. The success of the show is due to its dedicated fan base. On April 4, the show aired a fan-made episode where fans had the ability to vote on plot lines, music, props, wardrobe and the episode title. The fans chose Chin Ho's high school reunion to be the scene of the crime. The victim was a maca- damia nut tycoon's daughter, who was killed with a five- inch stiletto, but there was a toy rocket left as evidence. The suspect was a struggling illusionist (Rob Corddry, "Hot Tub Time Machine," 2010), and the takedown took place in a giant maze. The fans even voted on the kind of stiletto that killed the victim, choos- ing the "dark and devilish" shoe. "The fun of this was finding the most diverse [elements] so it feels like fans are throw- ing us a curveball," executive producer Peter Lenkov told "Entertainment Weekly." "How are we going to tell a story with all of these very un- connected pieces? That's the fun as writers — you want a challenge." This isn't the first time "Five-0's" producers and writers let the fans take the wheel. In early 2013, fans had the ability to vote on the end- ing of an episode in real time. During the west and east broadcasts, fans could vote during the show on which ending they would like to see, and the winner would air for each broadcast (east and west respectively). They even had all three endings avail- able on CBS's website for fans to see afterwards. What really resonates with the fans is "Five-0's" ability to relive the classic, but with a modern twist. Grace Park, Alex O'Loughlin, Scott Caan and Daniel Dae Kim star in "Hawaii Five-0" It's getting hot in here 'Hawaii Five-0' heats up with sizzling drama Featurestory