The third season of the CBS crime drama series ''

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'' premiered on September 24, 2012 and ended on May 20, 2013.

Cast and characters

Christine Lahti joined the cast in a recurring role as McGarrett's mother, Doris, who had been revealed to actually still be alive at the end of the previous season. "She's a wonderful addition to the 'H50' family and the fans will certainly enjoy what we have in store for her," said

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. "Let's just say that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree." Her role lead to a return of McGarrett's girlfriend Catherine, who "shamelessly flirted" with a federal agent to get information about her. Ed Asner reprised his role as smuggler August March, a villain from the original series who become the first non-main character from it to have a rebooted version on the new series when McGarrett seeks March's help in apprehending some art thieves. In other casting developments, Lenkov revealed on his

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feed that Carlos Bernard had joined the show. He declined to identify which role Bernard would play, but did say that the producers hoped he would appear in "many eps". He appeared in two episodes portraying WITSEC Agent Channing. Ving Rhames was cast as a guest star and possibly more. One episode was slated to flash back to Danny's New Jersey police days when he had to deal with Rhames's character, leading to a possible recurring role in the present. However, the episode aired and Rhames did not appear.

Main cast

* Alex O'Loughlin as Lieutenant Commander Steven "Steve" McGarrett,

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* Scott Caan as Detective Sergeant Daniel "Danny" "Danno" Williams, Honolulu Police Department * Daniel Dae Kim as Detective Lieutenant Chin Ho Kelly, Honolulu Police Department * Grace Park as Officer Kono Kalakaua, Honolulu Police Department *

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as Dr. Max Bergman,

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* Michelle Borth as Lieutenant Catherine Rollins, United States Navy

Recurring

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as Dr. Malia Waincroft * William Baldwin as Frank Delano *

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as HPD Sergeant Duke Lukela * Mark Dacascos as Wo Fat * Ian Anthony Dale as Adam Noshimuri *

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as Michael Noshimuri * Teilor Grubbs as Grace Williams *

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as Governor Sam Denning * Christine Lahti as Doris McGarrett *

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as Sang Min Sooh *

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as Mary Ann McGarret *

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as Kamekona Tupuola * Brian Yang as Che "Charlie" Fong *

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as Commander Joe White, United States Navy * Justin Bruening as Lieutenant Commander William "Billy" Harrington * Autumn Reeser as Dr. Gabrielle Asano

Notable guest stars

* Ed Asner as August March *

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as Frank Bama * Treat Williams as Mick Logan *

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as Martin Cordova *

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as Commanding Officer Wade Gutches * Lochlyn Munro as Jim Rogers * Sydney Tamiia Poitier as Grace * Terrence Howard as a gang member * T.I. as a gang member *

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as herself *

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as Freddie Hart * Rumer Willis as Sabrina Lane * Vanessa Marcil as Olivia Victor *

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as Ron Alberts * Jeff Fahey as Professor * Jason Scott Lee as Detective Kaleo *

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as Tyler Cain * Daniel Baldwin as Paul Delano * George Takei as Uncle Choi *

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as Curt Stoner *

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as Maggie Hoapili * Aisha Tyler as Savannah Walker * William Sadler as John McGarrett * Janel Parrish as Rebecca Fine *

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as Security Guard #3 * Duane Chapman as Dog the Bounty Hunter * Carlos Bernard as WITSEC Agent Chris Channing

Episodes

Production

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. In the UK the third season of ''Hawaii-Five-0'' airs as part of Sky 1 Sundays at 9pm and is followed by crossover show NCIS: Los Angeles. Broadcast began on January 6, 2013 for both. Online voting by viewers determined the ending of the January 14, 2013 episode "Kapu" ("Forbidden"), with two zones, Eastern and

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s, and

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and

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s, each getting their own result. Each alternate ending could be seen online after the episode aired. The episode "Hookman" was inspired by the episode of the same title from the original series. Locations from the original episode were used in the new one.

directed the episode and played the amputee, though Jason Kroger, a double amputee, stood in for Weller for closeups of his hands. The episode credits (although not the end titles) were done in the style of the original series, including having the episode title be shown on screen.

Reception

Ratings

Home Video Release

References

External links

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