Episode 2
“Ke Kalepa”
Pono has suffered a brain blood clot and must undergo emergency surgery.
Sam, Donna’s psychiatrist, discloses to Donna that her boyfriend and commanding officer, Dan, injured in battle, had died from his injuries. He does not tell Donna that it was a bullet wound from friendly fire. Donna was the only one in the battle that killed Dan, to fire her gun.
Donna moves into the beach house.
Anela and Freddie finally reconcile. Freddie got Anela pregnant from their one hook-up and went incommunicado while in Los Angeles at USC, leaving Anela to deal with an unwanted pregnancy.
Josh competes in a surf competition with Freddie and comes in first, just barely edging out Freddie, who has an unfortunate wipe-put in his last run, but Josh does not have time to celebrate because Stephanie, watching from the stands with Charlie, goes into labor. Josh returns to his frat to find that a new freshman member and a rated surfer, Roger, has a crush on him.
Donna, at home at the beach house, gets a knock her door and when she opens it, her dead boyfriend’s Mom is standing there.
Doctors decide they cannot wait any longer and start to operate on Pono but during surgery, Pono slips into cardiac arrest.
Episode 3
“Na Ike Punaewele”
Charlie see a station wagon, slowly roll past the shop, with a little girl strapped into a car seat, with no one behind the wheel. Charlie runs and hops in the car, and brings it to halt, just as it puts a dent in a brand-new parked Cadillac. Charlie tries to comfort the little girl as Sally comes out of a restaurant, yelling at Charlie for denting her new car. He explains what happened as the Mom of the little girl comes rushing over. They both hail Charlie as a hero and Sally asked Charlie out on a date.
Barbara, Dan’s Mom tells Donna about her son – and her only child. Donna recounts the events of Dan’s last day of life but does not tell her that she is pregnant with Dan’s baby.
Freddie, while teaching a surf class, is recognized as a porn star by one of the parents, who immediately complains to Charlie. Charlie must decide whether to fire Freddie but Charlie has a secret of his own and is conflicted about being hypocritical.
Anela discloses to her school principal that she is giving safe haven to one of her water polo players, Liza, and her brother Mick, who are being threatened by their step-dad. The police get involved and their step-Dad is arrested. Mick screams at Anela for betraying them, but she had no choice because they are both still minors.
Stephanie has a healthy baby girl and finds herself in the same hospital as Pono, so she goes to Pono’s room to visit him, holding her baby.
Pono, fresh from surgery, does not come out of his coma for a week. Donna holds his hand and sings to him as he slowly wakes up. But he has no idea who she is – nor does he know his own name or recognize anyone else.
And Freddie discovers that Charlie did porn when he was a young man.
Episode 4
“Ki’i Hou”
Pono starts recovery therapy but has trouble putting names to faces. His doctor thinks that taking Pono to the beach with all his friends will help him make a quicker recovery of his memory.
Pono comes back to the beach house as his dog, Chandler, happily runs up to greet him. Pono calls Chandler by name as everyone else looks at each other in shock – he can remember the dog’s name but not his family or friends.
Charlie goes on a date with Sally and he takes her to the last piano bar on Honolulu, where an old friend of Charlie’s, Billy, and his wife Brenda perform the classics. Charlie and Sally discover that they both went to the same college in Boston at the same time and were even in a public speaking class together. They enjoy a drink with Billy and Brenda after the show, and we find out that Brenda is Pono’s Aunt. Sally asks Charlie to spend the night.
Josh and his fraternity’s freshman pledge, Roger, go surfing together, along with Donna. Roger is from Huntington Beach, CA and a ranked surfer. All three vie for the best spots on the waves, and it’s clear that Roger can hold his own against two very accomplished surfers. Donna takes off to see her military shrink as they both hug her goodbye. Josh and Roger sit on the edge of the beach, watching the sunset and munching on protein bars. Roger, without saying a word, or looking at Josh, takes Josh’s hand. Josh jumps at first, but then settles down. They both sit silently, holding hands, munching and smiling.
Anela comes back to the beach house, only to find a window open and someone banging around in the house. She calls Stephanie, who tells her she is on her way over and to wait outside.
Donna tells her shrink she has decided to get an abortion.
Additional Season 1 Stories
“Huaka’i”
- Pono and Josh compete against each other in a surf competition.
- Freddie takes the gang to a fetish ball.
- Everyone visits the Big Island of Hawaii and does a “Surf and Turf” day – go surfing and skiing in the same day.
- Freddie launches his surfing app.
- Donna finishes her therapy but does not return to active duty.
- Anela finally reconciles with Freddie, who got her pregnant a year ago.
- Anela loses a culinary cook-off on a technicality.
- Donna takes a job as a drill sergeant for navy seal training.
- Donna moves out of the beach house.
- A fire breaks out at the beach house and Freddie saves the house.
- Josh hooks up with another member of his frat, who outs him.
- Pono is offered a new marine institute job – in California.
- The surf shop is robbed and Charlie tries to stop it and takes a beating.
- Charlie recovers from his injuries and marries Sally.
- Donna fails to save a navy seal’s life when his scuba regulator fails.
- Josh wins a surf competition and goes on tour, with a fake girlfriend.
- Josh hooks up with another surfer who also has a fake girlfriend.
- Their two ‘girlfriends’ hook up too.
- Anela saves a boy at surf camp from drowning.
- Charlie has a mild stroke after surfing.
- Racial slurs are hurled at Stephanie whiles she is surfing with Donna.
- Donna tracks the racists down and beats the shit out of them.
- Everyone plays a drinking game while watching an old episode of Baywatch.
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