When I first heard about the
NCIS:LA and
Hawaii Five-0 crossing paths in an episode of
Hawaii Five-0 a few months ago, I thought it should be pretty interesting - as in, it's pretty common for different shows by the same creator to cross into each other's worlds all the time, like the
CSI franchises, the
David E. Kelley courtroom dramas, as well as perhaps the
Law & Order series. But two totally different shows created by different people crossing over like this? REALLY?!
It just turns out that it was just
Daniela Ruah's character on
NCIS: LA,
Kensi Blye making the appearance for her lip reading skills. She was probably on screen for three minutes top, while she was lip reading the video of the meeting between the late Governor Jameson, the deceased elder McGarrett and Wo Fat. It was a "blink and you'll miss it" kind of thing. I thought she would be around longer than she did, that's all. I would call it anything else BUT a "crossover" in the conventional TV terms.
At least the episode "confirms" that Steve knows Sam Hanna in the Navy SEALs - perhaps to set up another "crossover" in the future?
The only consolation half the audience (at least) got was the few minutes of shirtless Alex O' Loughlin in the beginning and the end of the episode.