Hawaii Five-0: Scoop on an upcoming prequel episode and more from Entertainment Weekly's Sandra Gonzalez

Here's some scoop on Hawaii Five-0 from Entertainment Weekly's Sandra Gonzalez's The Spoiler Room column, which was posted on 11/12/12.

‘HAWAII FIVE-0’: PREQUEL!?
As if the news I broke earlier today about the Hawaii Five-0 remake episode wasn’t cool enough, buckle in for some more News of the Awesome.

I have it on good authority that later this season we’ll be taking a trip into the past with a Five-0 prequel! “I’m working on a prequel to the pilot, and it’s going to take place literally hours before the pilot happened,” executive producer Peter Lenkov reveals. “That’s going to be a real McGarrett-centric story.”

In related McGarrett family news, there’s a big episode on the horizon for Mama McGarrett (Christine Lahti), in which we get to see exactly where McGarrett learned how to kick butt. “You’re going to see her go a little Jack Bauer on somebody and you’re going to see what she’s really made of,” teases Lenkov. “In a lot of ways, you’re going to see that the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree when it comes to McGarrett’s skill set. Maybe it’s in his DNA.”

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