'Hawaii Five-0' Season 5 Spoilers: Will Steve & Ellie Become An Item? EP Peter Lenkov Talks Romantic Potential [VIDEO]
Hawaii Five-0's Steve McGarrett is not in the market for a new love interest, at least not in the form of Ellie Clayton.
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Ellie Clayton (Mirrah Foulkes) first appeared in "Ho'oilina" and has since become a recurring character. Although McGarrett (Alex O'Loughlin) happened to met her shortly after breaking up with Catherine Rollins, the newbie and the former Navy SEAL are not currently slatted for a romantic arc.
"They're friends. I know people were saying there's a potential love interest, but right now they're just friends," said executive producer Peter Lenkov, according to Entertainment Weekly. "I think they have a lot in common. They both lost parents, and I think there's just a great friendship there. She becomes a real asset to the team, but no romance, at least not on the horizon."
That doesn't mean Ellie won't have a strong presence in McGarrett's life, however.
"[She is] just somebody who is a go-to person. McGarrett always relies on his contacts," Lenkov explained. "Because she's in the prosecuting attorney's office, I think he's got a good asset there and somebody he can count on for information even if he's not really supposed to be asking for so many favors."
Find out more when Ellie appears in the series' midseason premiere on Jan. 2. Catch Hawaii Five-0 at 9 p.m. ET on CBS.
