Last night was the series finale of Hawaii Five-0, a show I have watched for the last ten (10) years of my life. I know it was a reboot and I have seen the original but it doesn’t change the fact that I had that moment when I realized, “holy shit! I have been watching this for ten years?” Then the thought “what was I even doing 10 years ago when this premiered?” And finally, “so much has changed since I started watching this show.” The reboot premiered on September 20, 2010. I was a freshman in college. The series ended on April 3, 2020. I am a lawyer. So much has happened in between those two dates, on the show and in real life. It also doesn't feel like it's been a decade. But through that decade Hawaii Five-0 has been there. Not many of my friends watched the show but my dad did (we have very similar taste in movies and tv shows). Yea, I’m sad the show has ended. My dad even remembers being sad when it ended the first time around. People would say to us (separately...
The conversations you have with your friends once ya get past those awkward icebreakers...