S01.E16: Pono

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Em takes the day off to spend time with her mom but races into action when she comes across an unresponsive cave diver. Will confides in Vince about his personal anger issues. Meanwhile, Laka searches for a missing local.

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

[DanaK]

I hope Em doesn’t get let down by her mom again

Poor Laka not getting a live rescue win. But at least the family will have closure

[FnkyChkn34]

So... did we finally get some character growth?

We learned that Will has anger issues and always has... that's something, at least.  Maybe not super interesting, but something.  Laka spent all day searching for someone, knowing that as time passed, he wasn't going to find him alive.  But even as command told him he could stop, he still did it.  That's something too.  

Em's mom is a complete piece of work.  We may not love Em, but she doesn't deserve this trainwreck, and now we are also learning why she is the way she is.

Kainalu has super rich friends, that are his age?  Sure, it's possible, but then why does Kainalu not also have a trust fund or access to family money of his own? Maybe his parents took it all away when he became a lifeguard, I don't know.  But at least they explained the plot hole from last week.