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Maybe I'm misinterpreting your comment about Danny's affair with Rachel, way back at the end of S1, which resulted in Charlie's birth, but it sounds like you think Rachel's not married to Stan now (which would be plausible, given that & also that I remember both Rachel & Stan mentioning to Danny there were problems with their marriage) but I've just gotta mention that, so far, we've never been told either way, if they're still married or divorced, since Stan last showed up when Gracie was kidnapped in S2 & Rachel last showed up at the end of S5 (though Rachel & Stan at least seemed to still be married as of when Stan found out, through his test to be a marrow donor for Charlie, that he couldn't possibly be Charlie's father after all). For some reason, it didn't "click" last night when Bridget said Danny walked out on his kids (plural), & it should've. It only "clicked" when you mentioned it in your post. And, as much as I liked the ep, & hope these writers write more for the show (especially together), they got that wrong, in my opinion. Danny never walked out on Gracie, as we know & as you said. He moved heaven & earth, & all the way to Hawaii from New Jersey, to maintain his ties to, & visitation with, Gracie after he & Rachel divorced & she married Stan & moved to Hawaii. And if Danny "walked out" on Charlie, that wasn't his fault. Rachel told him he was the father, in no uncertain terms (from my interpretation of the scene), when she announced her pregnancy in the S1 finale while Rachel & Danny were having an affair & she was married to Stan. Then, after he didn't show up at the airport to fly back to New Jersey & live happily ever after with Rachel, Gracie, & the new baby, Danny said she told him she was wrong in S2--she was farther along than she thought & the baby was actually Stan's. And that's where things remained until Charlie got sick in S5, needed a bone marrow transplant from a close relative, & the only person who ended up being a donor match was Danny, his real, biological, father. So, the 3 years of Charlie's life when it might've been said Danny "walked out" on Charlie weren't his fault, they were Rachel's because she chose to lie about who his father was.

Most of the time, they're wearing their badges attached to the front/waistband of their pants (I've seen numerous pics/screen grabs from eps where you can see the badges attached to their pants, anyway). So it shouldn't be necessary to "pull" their badges. And they do ID themselves as being from Five-0 which, at least going by how long the show's been on, pretty much most locals should've heard of by now since at least some of their cases should've made the local media. And even non-locals they might have to question could've heard of them if any of their cases had reason to garner national/international publicity.

I don't think Grover or Jerry have been; neither has Danny's son, Charlie... Yet (but his sister, Grace, has). But "the Core 4" (Steve, Danny, Chin, Kono) all have been, most/all of them more than once. And Max, at least technically, has been. He was in the bank where his now wife, Sabrina (recurring character played by Bruce Willis & Demi Moore's eldest daughter, Rumer Willis), works/worked as a teller when it got robbed at the time he was in there to do some business & confess his feelings to Sabrina (after which she was shot & critically injured in the robbery). He was technically a hostage until the robbers escaped/were otherwise dealt with.

Plus, "biscuits" in UK English are a different thing (we call them cookies) than "biscuits" are in US English (a form of [usually breakfast] bread/roll eaten with meals, which probably tends to be found more in Southern states than in the rest of the country). That might've added to her confusion over the cast iron skillet.

Speaking for myself, I like that Lenkov wants to sometimes incorporate family members we don't normally see. That was 1 of the things they didn't do much of in the original which he felt could be improved upon (I remember we saw Steve's sister, the original--& less flaky--Mary Ann McGarrett [I think her plot had something to do with the death of her infant son]; we also saw Danny's elderly Aunt Clara, who was played by James MacArthur's real-life mother, legendary actress Helen Hayes [original Danny's Aunt Clara became Danny's mother Clara, played by Melanie Griffith, in this version]--I think her plot had her witnessing a murder while she was visiting Danny in Hawaii & Five-0 getting involved with the case/protecting her). Look at it this way: We only have 1 more Williams sibling we haven't met yet. That's Danny's sister, Stella, who was mentioned in the S6 premiere & presumably is the mother of Danny's nephew Eric, who has apparently taken Fong's place in the crime lab. It was apparently just because it was his car--he filed an insurance claim on it after the accident where the girl died, anyway; so presumably it was registered in his name, etc. Although, as you pointed out, it's not that unusual for both spouses (or others in the same family, such as teenaged drivers) to drive any/all of the family's vehicles.

Actor Joseph Mascolo (Days of Our Lives' Stefano DiMera), dead at age 87 from Alzheimer's Disease. http://people.com/tv/joseph-mascolo-days-of-our-lives-actor-dies-at-87-obituary/?xid=socialflow_twitter_peoplemag Sorry for the duplicate. I was posting simultaneously with UYI.

Windsprints, for some reason I can't see your last 2 posts & the reply box is acting weird as I'm writing this. Sort of like the Twitter embed issue for others.

Earlier today, multiple sources were reporting the Republican Congresswoman representing the Washington State 5th District--Spokane & Eastern Washington State, if I remember correctly--whose name I don't remember now, is Trump's pick for Secretary of the Interior. And at least 1 source reported that former Major League Baseball Manager Bobby Valentine is the choice for US Ambassador to Japan (which, in an odd way, makes sense since--again, as I remember--baseball is a pretty big sport in Japan as well). He'd be replacing JFK's daughter, Caroline Kennedy, in the post.

In case a Mod's reading this, I just noticed the word "Initials" in the thread title is missing the I after the T.

Kal Penn was an Associate Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement, in the Obama administration, from April 2009-July 2011. To take the job in the first place he had to leave, & was written out of, his supporting role in the TV series House. Then he left the White House post in June 2010 to film the third Harold & Kumar (Christmas) movie, after which he returned. He left the post again--for the last time--in July 2011 to take a role in the TV series How I Met Your Mother. So, in my opinion, the show kind of, sort of, maybe does have a political consultant. But mileage may vary.

Oprah Winfrey has gotten Michelle Obama's "exit" interview from the White House. It'll air on CBS on December 19th & OWN (The Oprah Winfrey Network) on December 21st. http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/michelle-obama-flotus-final-interview-oprah-1201933621/

President Obama will be interviewed by Trevor Noah on The Daily Show on December 12. Besides airing on Comedy Central, it will be simulcast on MTV & BET. http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/president-obama-daily-show-1201937733/

I Wanna Hold Your Hand... But I'm Too Shy. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VvOWak8fDQM

Trump's chosen the Governor of Iowa as Ambassador to China.

The Tennessee pandas are in Memphis.

They actually film this in the UK, but with American bakers. And I'm pretty sure they're all amateurs; nobody owns a bakery or anything like that.

Here are President Obama's remarks at this year's National Christmas Tree lighting ceremony, as posted by the White House to YouTube. They run a little under 14 minutes. He was accompanied by Mrs. Obama & 1 of their daughters (I think Sasha, but I'm not certain). https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FBYlc3dLkBU If anyone wants to see what's apparently the whole ceremony, with the entertainment, there's also a version lasting about an hour & 15 minutes posted by someone other than the White House or Hallmark Channel.

I believe the public, at least in recent years, can also suggest celebrities for the Kennedy Center Honors. Friends said it was on their website in the last year or so.

Actress Margaret Whitton (Major League, among other projects) dead of cancer at age 67. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/margaret-whitton-dead-major-league-actress-was-67-952853

Multiple sources announced today that Jimmy Kimmel has been signed to host the next Academy Awards show.

I've had Biscoff (the cookies & the butter... LOVE both, & always try to beg extra cookies off the flight attendants when I'm flying airlines which give out the cookies with the drinks service), but haven't had Trader Joe's (we're a TJ-free zone, so far, but we have a Fresh Market). Anyway... From what I understand, the Biscoff cookie butter is comparable to TJ's. If you try it & it's not, apologies for steering you wrong. Cookie Butter, at least in this case, looks like peanut butter--but isn't, as I remember--& it has little bits of whatever cookie in it to add to the flavor. I guess it can go on anything Nutella can--might be too thick for ice cream though. I've only eaten Cookie Butter in sandwiches, like peanut butter.

Hal's still alive. He's either in his late 80's or early 90's, & he was just in my hometown this past Saturday night (2 days ago) doing another performance of the 1-man show on Mark Twain that he's been doing for a number of years now. I think it's called Mark Twain Tonight!.

You can request a forum here, in the New Show Forum Requests thread. http://forums.previously.tv/forum/47-site-business/

Yes he was, at 1 point. It's mentioned in the obit I linked to.

President Obama speaks at yesterday's White House reception for this year's Kennedy Center Honors recipients (the gala saluting the Honorees was taped last night & will air on CBS later this month--usually sometime between Christmas & New Year's Eve). https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bOF6KDO441M