"Hawaii" questions

For those of you who saw tonight's premiere of Hawaii, tell me: is it true that to become a detective, one thing you'd have to do is date and possibly even sleep with one?

Another question: why are there hardly any sympathetic characters in the show? Not that you can't make something good with unsympathetic characters (see: Taxi Driver, it's a character piece and the story is enthralling) but most, if not all, of Hawaii's characters are loathsome. And don't get me started on the so-called "story."

Finally, yes, the cops here in Hawaii really do call Kalanianaole Highway "Kalani Highway" for short.

Mahalo to our friend "J" who's going back to work after a week-long Hawaii vacation. He'll be back anyway in a couple of months for the film festival, so we won't be too sad.