My thoughts: The increasingly questionable morals of H50
The increasingly questionable morals of H50
I’ve been thinking about this since last night’s episode and I need to get it out so all of you have to suffer through my ramblings. Sorry.
I’ve become increasingly unsettled by the tactics used by the 5-0 team to solve their cases - especially the ones involving kids. I know it’s a TV show so anything goes but I just think the messages it’s giving are kind of disturbing.
Some of the things that have troubled me the most:
• Chin killing the unarmed man who killed his wife. Now I know most of us were thinking “fucking A!” when he did it but really, he’s a police officer, he should be held to a higher moral standard than the rest of us (Of course he should never have been working on the investigation in the first place) that’s why he’s allowed to carry a gun and enter people’s homes and arrest people - because he’s been given a unique position of power and we have to trust him to uphold the law.
• Danny shooting Rick Peterson. If Rick had told them where Grace was would Danny have just killed the man outright? I know Danny was out of his head but still…
• Steve breaking out of jail instead of trusting his team or the system.
• Steve beating the shit out of the paramedic and cops in the second season opener when he broke out of jail. You’d think every cop and paramedic on the island would hate Steve’s guts for what he did but again, no backlash. Did he have any pangs of conscience for beating up the good guys? It looked to me like he hurt them badly.
• Danny beating the crap out of the kidnapper last night. Again, many of us were thinking the guy got what he deserved but where does all this vigilante justice end?
• This is not quite in the same vein but Kono dating the head of the Yakuza. Not only is it stupid it would damage her career - especially after being suspected of stealing the money. I also can’t understand Steve having no problem with this.
It’s funny how in the first season Danny was so horrified by Steve dangling a guy off a building or throwing a guy into a shark tank but now not only does he turn a blind eye to assault and murder but is starting to engage in these behaviours himself.
I realize H50 is not a procedural but an action/adventure show but does that mean it can show the supposed good guys doing all of these illegal and immoral things without any consequences?
How do these people investigate and arrest people for kidnapping, assault and murder when they engage in these acts themselves?
What kind of message does that give the audience, especially younger audience members? “If you think you’re right then use whatever means necessary to get the information.”
It’s like the show created the excuse of the Governor giving them means and immunity as a blanket permission to let them run wild. I’m a Canadian so I don’t know much about the powers of Governors in the US but I’m willing to bet that - outside of a state of emergency where martial law has been declared - no Governor is going to (or has the authority to) give a bunch of cops the right to violate people’s rights or to kill or maim.
That’s my rant for today (Danny would be proud). I’d enjoy reading your thoughts.
I’ve been thinking about this since last night’s episode and I need to get it out so all of you have to suffer through my ramblings. Sorry.
I’ve become increasingly unsettled by the tactics used by the 5-0 team to solve their cases - especially the ones involving kids. I know it’s a TV show so anything goes but I just think the messages it’s giving are kind of disturbing.
Some of the things that have troubled me the most:
• Chin killing the unarmed man who killed his wife. Now I know most of us were thinking “fucking A!” when he did it but really, he’s a police officer, he should be held to a higher moral standard than the rest of us (Of course he should never have been working on the investigation in the first place) that’s why he’s allowed to carry a gun and enter people’s homes and arrest people - because he’s been given a unique position of power and we have to trust him to uphold the law.
• Danny shooting Rick Peterson. If Rick had told them where Grace was would Danny have just killed the man outright? I know Danny was out of his head but still…
• Steve breaking out of jail instead of trusting his team or the system.
• Steve beating the shit out of the paramedic and cops in the second season opener when he broke out of jail. You’d think every cop and paramedic on the island would hate Steve’s guts for what he did but again, no backlash. Did he have any pangs of conscience for beating up the good guys? It looked to me like he hurt them badly.
• Danny beating the crap out of the kidnapper last night. Again, many of us were thinking the guy got what he deserved but where does all this vigilante justice end?
• This is not quite in the same vein but Kono dating the head of the Yakuza. Not only is it stupid it would damage her career - especially after being suspected of stealing the money. I also can’t understand Steve having no problem with this.
It’s funny how in the first season Danny was so horrified by Steve dangling a guy off a building or throwing a guy into a shark tank but now not only does he turn a blind eye to assault and murder but is starting to engage in these behaviours himself.
I realize H50 is not a procedural but an action/adventure show but does that mean it can show the supposed good guys doing all of these illegal and immoral things without any consequences?
How do these people investigate and arrest people for kidnapping, assault and murder when they engage in these acts themselves?
What kind of message does that give the audience, especially younger audience members? “If you think you’re right then use whatever means necessary to get the information.”
It’s like the show created the excuse of the Governor giving them means and immunity as a blanket permission to let them run wild. I’m a Canadian so I don’t know much about the powers of Governors in the US but I’m willing to bet that - outside of a state of emergency where martial law has been declared - no Governor is going to (or has the authority to) give a bunch of cops the right to violate people’s rights or to kill or maim.
That’s my rant for today (Danny would be proud). I’d enjoy reading your thoughts.