Hawaii Five-Abs

So, Chris was good enough to add Hawaii Five-0 to his series list on his spanking-new DVR. This is a show that I've watched regularly all season but, when we settled down in front of the massive flatscreen this afternoon, it was his first time experiencing the series.  We made it about five minutes in before the first question came, and I decided that I should pause the show and provide a synopsis, which went something like this:

"That's Alex O'Loughlin. He was on Moonlight a couple years ago.  He's not the greatest actor ever, but did you see those abs in the opening credits? And it's not just about the abs - he's very nice to look at, even with a shirt on... not on the same level as the prettiest-man-on-television (Jensen Ackles, of course) but nice." Moving closer to the ginormo TV, using the remote as a pointer, "And Scott Caan is kinda short, but he's not bad to look at either, and he's funny, and he totally can act. And you can't see them here, but the rest of the team is that guy from Lost and Eight/Boomer from Battlestar Galactica.  They're sort of cops but they've got more authority and somehow have the governor in their pocket, so they can do what they want or something...and they're pretty...and Hawaii's pretty too..."

I feel strongly that my recognition of the shallowness of the show cancels out my own apparent shallowness for watching it.  I mean, so what if Alex O'Loughlin has the acting depth of a pothole in a rain shower. At least he has the sense to take roles where that works. Everyone knows that vampires are stoic, and a soldier (or is he a former soldier...) who's lost his parents under suspicious circumstances might be a little emotionally reserved...  And the interaction between his character and Scott Caan's Danno is actually fun and provides most of the limited depth that the show has, with any other meaning or emotional commitment coming from the  awesomeness that is Scott Caan slumming on network television.