‘Hawaii Five-0’ Season 7 Air Date & Spoilers: McGarrett Leaves The Team?

"Hawaii Five-0" Season 7 will see the continuation of events from the Season 6 finale of the CBS drama, which showed Gabriel's sudden death and McGarrett's near-death experience. With McGarrett realizing the challenges associated with his job, will he choose to leave the team?

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"Hawaii Five-0" Season 7 spoilers reveal that Steve McGarrett (Alex O'Loughlin) will be taking some time to reflect on everything that happened. A recent post by showrunner Peter Lenkov on Instagram revealed that McGarrett will be in a wheelchair when the CBS police procedural returns on TV.

This is a critical time for McGarrett, especially because the team just lost Gabriel (Christopher Sean) and his life was almost hanging by a thread in "Hawaii Five-0" Season 6 finale. In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, Lenkov revealed that McGarrett will be doing a lot of introspection in Season 7.

"When somebody has a near-death experience, they start to reflect on their life, and I think that he's going to do that," he said.

"Hawaii Five-0" Season 7 spoilers from the showrunner reveal that McGarrett will realize that his dangerous job has given him nothing in return. Lenkov explained that much of the upcoming season will see the characters discovering their legacy while performing dangerous missions.

Lenkov also shared that the villain for "Hawaii Five-0" Season 7 will be someone "very unexpected." While fans were curious about the possibility that McGarrett will be leaving the team, Lenkov recently reassured fans via a Twitter post that they should not overthink this too much.

@ktscarlit don't stress too much. He's still a SEAL

— Peter M. Lenkov (@PLenkov) June 1, 2016

Fans are also hoping to see Danno (Scott Caan) be given more focus on "Hawaii Five-0" Season 7, especially after saving the life of McGarrett. It is expected that the upcoming season will focus more on their relationship.

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"Hawaii Five-0" Season 7 is expected to premiere in late September - early October on CBS.