A “less is more” lesson by #AlexOLoughlin or how to make a simple scene unforgettable:
Steve: You want to know why I don’t play guitar anymore?
Danny: Yes, I would like to know why you don’t play guitar anymore.
Steve: Tenth grade talent show. I signed up to perform. I practiced the song every day for months and months, and the day finally came around. I was standing in the wings. My guitar was in tune. They called my name, I walked out on stage. I turn around and look at all those people. And I couldn’t do it. I couldn’t do it, so I walked off and never played guitar ever again.
Danny: That’s it?
Steve: That’s it.
Danny: Tenth grade, you had stage fright, so you never played guitar ever again?
Steve: I didn’t have stage fright; it was bigger than that.
I’m telling you, man, it was a, uh… You know, I guess it was an existential crisis. I just, in that moment, I couldn’t handle the vulnerability that I was experiencing.
I couldn’t handle how exposed I felt. I felt like I couldn’t breathe, and I thought it was gonna kill me.
Look, man, I was raised differently than you, okay? I wasn’t raised in a house with a supportive family encouraging me to share my feelings. And in your case, every feeling. The McGarrett men are a different breed. They…
To them, showing emotion is like showing weakness, you know? I mean, it’s stupid, but it’s just the way it is.
Danny: Mm, I understand that, um… I just figure after everything we’ve been through, you know– your father, my brother, everything– I figured maybe I was, you know, somebody that you could open up to, is all, you know?
Steve: I just did.H50 5x17

