I made sure to watch the season finale, now the series finale, of NCIS Hawaii with Mom tonight. It was the end of a globetrotting two parter and meant to be a season cliffhanger with the return of Maggie Shaw which now will hopefully get worked into what may be the final season of the original. They will want the actors to do guest appearances, at least bring Sam and Tennant to the original series...

I am a little shocked but support Tennant's ruthless streak, as I feel she helped to engineer the prisoner's escape and subsequent death; it felt a bit like execution, shot while holding the medical examiner with a scalpel to her throat. Sloppy or ruthless or a mix of all three?

But Maggie Shaw is the anti-Gibbs and was always coming back later in the show. I firmly believe Sam was on the island to monitor Tennant and wait for Shaw.