While the Wo Fat episodes really made no sense, they also were among the best shows in the series simply because they were fun and very creative. So, ignore the voice in your head that asks 'why would the greatest of all Chinese Communist spies always end up doing battle for the fate of mankind with the head of a state police task force?!?' and just enjoy! The show begins with an amazingly easy theft of a top government rocket guidance system. Considering how easy it was for these two guys to do it, it obviously is a flaw in how the show was written. But, it leads to a complex crime that involves McGarrett and the US Government trying to figure out how so many disparate occurrences all fit together. The ultimate plan, like most of Wo Fat's, is complicated, diabolical and good fun on TV. And, like a well-written show, the viewer, too, is baffled until late--when it all begins to make sense. In the end, there is a really good scene involving Wo Fat and McGarrett having a little heart-to-heart--and it's riveting.
The only other negative I have is the scene where one of the agents is shot at close range and left to die on a shag carpet....and yet when he is discovered there is no blood stain of any type. I know that this show and others were apprehensive to show blood back in the 1970s, but this did make it look a bit ridiculous.
The only other negative I have is the scene where one of the agents is shot at close range and left to die on a shag carpet....and yet when he is discovered there is no blood stain of any type. I know that this show and others were apprehensive to show blood back in the 1970s, but this did make it look a bit ridiculous.
