Hawaii Five-0's Danny Williams may get a new love interest during season 5.

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The Five-0 detective is historically unlucky in love, but a new co-worker may catch his eye in the season premiere - Dr. Max Bergman's (Masi Oka) new trainee, Dr. Mindy Shaw (Amanda Setton).

"There's this moment in the first episode between Mindy and Danny, Scott [Caan's] character, and you can see that there's something," explained showrunner Peter Lenkov, according to TV Fanatic. "We wrote something but we didn't plan on it being so fun and sort of subtle but there's something there you can tell and you're hoping that maybe those two get to spend some time together, scenes together. So who knows? That's always a possibility."

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Luckily for Danno (Scott Caan), Shaw is the opposite of the overly literal Bergman. Where Max tends to stare blankly at Danno and McGarrett's (Alex O'Loughlin) antics, Dr. Shaw will be able to find the humor.

"Well, the difference is her character, Mindy Shaw, she gets the joke, unlike Max who doesn't, and she's really one of the guys," Lenkov told TV Fanatic. "And I think she's very different in terms of personality. And they sort of complement each other. It's interesting to see them together.

Find out more when Hawaii Five-0 returns to CBS on Sept. 26 at 9 p.m. ET. Click the video below to get an early glimpse at season 5.

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