S01.E11: Caught Inside

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Em and Will’s relationship struggles as they navigate the return of his fiancé. Kainalu asks Laka for help. The team races to rescue a group of locals involved in a serious accident while riding an inflatable Supsquatch.

Premiere Date: Monday, January 27, 2025     FOX     9pm

[NeenerNeener]

So Will started the episode with two girlfriends and ended it with zero girlfriends. Probably for the best since he really isn't ready to give up either of them.  Although taking advice from Laka is always a bad idea, especially when he advocates marrying the rich one just because she's rich.

I feel sorry for Em's rebound guy. 

[Crashcourse]

The rich girl seemed nice and wanted to ditch the elaborate wedding and just elope.  She seemed to want some independence from her wealthy family. 

I don't like Em, and I hope the rebound guy doesn't take her back.

[Court]

I really want to like this show but I barely made it through this episode. 

[Crashcourse]

I don't even know why I watch it because I can't stand sand! 😅

[FnkyChkn34]

13 hours ago, Crashcourse said:

The rich girl seemed nice and wanted to ditch the elaborate wedding and just elope.  She seemed to want some independence from her wealthy family. 

But she only came to that realization now, at the 11th hour, after letting the entire thing get so big in the first place.  She was only trying to make Will happy, since he was moping.  

[blackwing]

I don't like Julie.  We weren't given any backstory at all on why or how she and Will are together.  She's a rich pampered princess who is used to a high roller lifestyle.  Will is a blue collar guy from Australia who just wants a simple beach lifestyle.  They are completely incompatible.  Her only appeal is seemingly her money but he couldn't care less about her money.

Will and Em aren't great together either.  They broke up before because she was gunning for captain and didn't want children because a child would derail her career.  She now seems to have realised that if she wanted Will, she needed to decide.  She seemed to have picked him, I thought she told him a few episodes ago that she was willing to have a family.  But then the past two episodes she was still on track for captain.

I don't fully understand what happened with Will and Em in this episode.  Will told Laka that Em was his person, and he was determined to break up with Julie.  But then Laka said to go for the money.  And then Will told Em that he was staying with Julie?  What happened?  Surely it wasn't because of Laka telling him to go for the money that he never cared about in the first place?

I don't care for [don't know his name, the EMT guy who was Adam Nakamura on Hawaii 5-0] either.  He got together with Em knowing she was still hung up on Will.  They went on a few dates, she wasn't that into him.  He got a promotion to Kauai and pretty much asked her to move there with him.  She said no.  That should have been a sign to him that she was still all about Will.  

I hope we are done with the Sad Sack Sonny storyline now that he has reconciled with his sister.  It seems like he isn't going to retire anymore now that his sister forgave him.  

As for the rescues... the self-absorbed winch girl and her boyfriend were infuriating.  How is something like that even allowed on a public beach?  I was convinced that the poor beach girl was going to get ripped in half by that cable, if this were a movie and not a TV show that definitely would have happened.  I hope the winch girl and her boyfriend were charged with reckless endangerment or something.

[Attatude]

Will and Em could easily happen in real life. They are both confused.  Em should not be captain but that other person who wants the job would be worse for the guards and for the show.  They need to dump Julie and have Will and Em start over.  I laughed when the EMT told Laka she was interested and he said he had too many responsibilities. He’s maturing. 

[KeithJ]

I think I hate every single character on this show.  Maybe not Hina but definitely everyone else.

[blackwing]

10 hours ago, KeithJ said:

I think I hate every single character on this show.  Maybe not Hina but definitely everyone else.

For me there's varying degrees of dislike.  Including some of the non-leads, I think it goes something like, from least to most objectionable:

Jen, Sonny's wife, Kainalu, Hina, EMT guy, Kenji, Em, Will, Laka, Julie, Sonny

I like Jen, she was unfair to judge Laka like that but she did apologise.  And she is a good friend to Em.

Kainalu is trying to get out from under the shadow of his father the mayor and is trying to prove himself.  He seems like a good guy.  Slept with Hina and seemed like he wanted to pursue it more but she shut him down.

Hina, she is a rookie trying to prove herself in a male-dominated environment.  She can be a bit snarky but otherwise seems like a nice person.  Doesn't want to have the entanglement of a workplace romance.  I think she sees what happened with Em and Will and doesn't want that for herself.

EMT guy is a sad sack, just read the room dude.  She's obviously not into you, she only used you because she couldn't have Will.  Stop sniffing around and find someone else.

Kenji thinks the Captain job should be his.  He is ambitious and unafraid to say what he thinks.  Is this the only Captain job in Hawaii?  Or is it just the only one in the North Shore?  Don't the other units have their own Captain?  He should be in consideration for one of those, now that Sonny is apparently not retiring after all.

Em.  People here seem to dislike her, but I understand her predicament.  She didn't want to have a baby and delay her chances of advancement.  It's the same dilemma that many women in high stress and cutthroat environments (like big law firms) face.  I cut her some slack for that.  She realised she was wrong and told Will what she wanted and he rejected her.  Now she's drunk.

Will.  Is he going to go run to Em now after Julie dumped him?  After he dumped Em?  Just make a decision already. 

Laka.  Immature.  I think he took Sonny's words to heart and he is trying to change.  However, now he's doing the complete opposite and coldly rejecting Jen after she apologised.

Julie.  I just don't like her.  She and Will were never a good match.

Sonny.  I have greatly hated his storyline, I don't care at all about his personal life.

[KeithJ]

4 minutes ago, blackwing said:

Em.  People here seem to dislike her, but I understand her predicament.  She didn't want to have a baby and delay her chances of advancement.  It's the same dilemma that many women in high stress and cutthroat environments (like big law firms) face.  I cut her some slack for that.  She realised she was wrong and told Will what she wanted and he rejected her.  Now she's drunk.

But now all of a sudden she doesn't want the captain job when she's been gunning for it pretty much the entire season? Why? So she can be with Will?

[blackwing]

33 minutes ago, KeithJ said:

But now all of a sudden she doesn't want the captain job when she's been gunning for it pretty much the entire season? Why? So she can be with Will?

I think she has realised how much it cost her.  She gunned for the job and it cost her Will, and she finally decided to choose Will over her career.  But it might have been too late since Will decided to choose Julie.

I guess in the end, there is no captain's job available anyways.  This is a TV show so there was no way that Sonny was going to retire.  He was only retiring for the drama and because he felt the guilt, but now his sister has forgiven him so he's not going to retire after all.

Earlier in the season, we saw Sonny having to re-certify and had to have a qualifying run-swim-run time.  He is old and overweight.  How is it that he was able to easily qualify, and yet Kainalu's time of 22 something isn't good enough?  And Kainalu and Hina who are both young and in shape are vomiting after training?  But Sonny re-certifies on his first try?

[FnkyChkn34]

I don't think going for the Captain job is what cost Em Will.  I don't really understand why Will changed his mind either, but if Em was serious about starting a family and having a future with Will, it would be easier as the Captain.  More paperwork and political responsibilities would allow her take it easy behind a desk.  Right now, she has to be out on the beaches and in the tower... so I don't get it.  I guess when she lost Will she decided that she'd rather work right next to him every day rather than be able to boss him around?  Not the choice that I'd make.