The pivotal character getting whacked in Monday night’s Hawaii Five-0 season finale is… not Max!

I know this because sources confirm to TVLine exclusively that Masi Oka — who began recurring on H5-0 as the socially awkward coroner in October — will be returning next season as a full-fledged series regular.

This marks Oka’s first full-time series gig since Heroes was put out to pasture by NBC in 2010.

The Eye network has yet to formally renew Five-0 for a second season, but a pickup is seen as a foregone conclusion.

http://www.tvline.com/2011/05/exclusive-hawaii-five-0-masi-oka-series-regular/#more-217359

...foreign reception to the "new and improved" series has been phenomenal, and is one of CBS' international syndicated distributor's most requested new "stateside" shows- and they're not about to shut down a TV show that's become a license to print cash overseas, even though the enthusiasm isn't as "hot" on this side of the Atlantic. There'll be a "season two"......


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