S01.E12: Surge

[AnimeMania]

The team is on high-alert when a tsunami advisory is sent out following a powerful earthquake.

Premiere Date: Monday, February  3, 2025     FOX     9pm

[NeenerNeener]

Here's hoping Ocean is less of a brat from now on.

[DanaK]

I feel like I’m hearing some Aussie or similar accents come out at times (other than from Will), including from the actor playing Sonny. Looking at his Wikipedia page, he was born and raised in New Zealand so that might be what I’m hearing at times. But does anyone else hear it from several of the actors?

[Madding crowd]

I thought this was a good episode and I was happy the tsunami turned out to be nothing. I like Sonny so I’m glad he didn’t quit, we need some older people in the cast too. I’m not really a fan of Em, she always looks like she’s posing rather than acting natural but I like everyone else. I like seeing the different types of rescues they are involved in.

[FnkyChkn34]

Am I the only one who kinda wanted to see the tsunami hit?  This episode turned out to be pretty boring. Em showed a little growth though, I guess. 

They aren't really going to bring Will back for an episode just to kill him off, are they? Not sure he'd get the type of funeral that the previews show, but they sure wanted to make us think it'll be him... 

[alalaxmom]

3 hours ago, DanaK said:

I feel like I’m hearing some Aussie or similar accents come out at times (other than from Will), including from the actor playing Sonny. Looking at his Wikipedia page, he was born and raised in New Zealand so that might be what I’m hearing at times. But does anyone else hear it from several of the actors?

I definitely hear it with Sonny.  

[blackwing]

4 hours ago, FnkyChkn34 said:

Am I the only one who kinda wanted to see the tsunami hit?  This episode turned out to be pretty boring. Em showed a little growth though, I guess. 

They aren't really going to bring Will back for an episode just to kill him off, are they? Not sure he'd get the type of funeral that the previews show, but they sure wanted to make us think it'll be him... 

Me!  I'm with you, I thought this was a fairly boring episode.  So much build up and then nothing happened.  Was it because there wasn't enough budget to show a tsunami?  I wanted to see the characters being heroes in the face of deadly danger.  I wanted to see them being the last ones on the beach trying to rescue the stragglers while the big wave is approaching in the far distance.

7 hours ago, DanaK said:

I feel like I’m hearing some Aussie or similar accents come out at times (other than from Will), including from the actor playing Sonny. Looking at his Wikipedia page, he was born and raised in New Zealand so that might be what I’m hearing at times. But does anyone else hear it from several of the actors?

Yes, I could tell right away that the actor who plays Sonny is from New Zealand.  He sounds like Phil Keoghan from The Amazing Race.  He's not making any effort at all to hide his accent.  Maybe Sonny is originally from New Zealand?  I don't think the show has ever said one way or the other.

Everyone else sounds American to me.  Laka has what I think sounds like a Hawaiian surfer accent.

[blackwing]

On another note, does anyone besides me really hate the opening credits?  I know the days of extended credits and theme songs are long gone (like with "Baywatch").  But the credits for this show seem really disjointed.  I especially hate the stupid voiceover clips.  Sonny: "welcome to the North Shore".  Will: "it's gettin dainjurruss".  And I especially loathe unidentified voice: "gogogogogo".  So stupid.

They could have at least composed a short but catchy instrumental track like "Hawaii 5-0" had.

[NeenerNeener]

5 hours ago, FnkyChkn34 said:

They aren't really going to bring Will back for an episode just to kill him off, are they? Not sure he'd get the type of funeral that the previews show, but they sure wanted to make us think it'll be him... 

I guess I should have watched the previews for next week instead of taking the garbage out.

 

ETA: The IMDB shows him as in 19 episodes, the same as all the other major cast members. That doesn't mean the IMDB can't be wrong or he only pops up in flash backs for the rest of the season, but he's probably alive in the last 7 episodes  (Occam's Razor).

Edited 12 hours ago by NeenerNeener

[FnkyChkn34]

4 hours ago, NeenerNeener said:

I guess I should have watched the previews for next week instead of taking the garbage out.

 

ETA: The IMDB shows him as in 19 episodes, the same as all the other major cast members. That doesn't mean the IMDB can't be wrong or he only pops up in flash backs for the rest of the season, but he's probably alive in the last 7 episodes  (Occam's Razor).

Here's the preview if you want to see it:

 

Watching again, it could be Kainalu's dad?  It's the photo montage of Will at the end that makes it weird.