That seems like a lot of money for a supporting cast member on a show that barely cracks the Top 20.

Current contract gives her 600K/ episode plus bonuses & overides. Looking for more. Network is not budging.

Add to that Catherine, Steve's babe being told to keep her badg111ce in the latest episode sort of sets it up for the main female character changing.
We'll see.

Think she'll be back. Tried looking it up and found a quick sentence about her from Canada (where she lives) that said "she recently gave birth". Read it nowhere else. But that could account for her absence and it tonights show only closeups, no full body shots. Wish I had copied where I read it.

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She doesn't get as much to do, so that's a good thing. I don't even know how they decided to hire when there better actresses in Hawaii to chose from. Not a single main cast member is from Hawaii.

Couldn't agree more, just started watching Hawaii 5-0 and she is by far the worst actor on the show. She's completely wooden

She plays the character in a dumb manner. I can't stand her. She's got no figure, yet they have her running around, chasing and beating up bad guys, and acting as a sniper, though she has no training in it. She manages two expressions with her face - blank expression and pouty-lipped face, and plays the role like she's a teenager. They should have chosen an actress from Hawaii. How hard could that have been? When she was gone, there was no void.

I love Grace as Kono, i cant wait till she comes back again.

I sure hope she is leaving this show.she's the one bad spot on an otherwise ok show.tonight..she's trying to get critical info from a kidnapper on where the kidnapped child is.and he's dying.her response is to continue to ask him where the girl is.even if he had wanted to tell hershe wasn't listening.either she's really stupid as an actress or the writers are dumb as rocks..but they manage to write others on the show rather well.maybe they just can't write for womeni have no idea who is at faultbut as an actress she does have a responsibility to herself, her career, her fans and the show to have some input into how the character evolves..evolving as completely stupidisn't the best choice she could makegood-bye..on your next show, i sure hope you do better than you did on this show.

On Twitter producer Peter Lenkov said Kono's story is far from over.

Thank You RobWats,
That was what I had thought with her long term absents, but I couldn't find anything about it.
Congratulations to Grace and her Husband!

Hi, where do you find the information that Grace Park is on maternity leave? I haven't heard any news that she is pregnant. How far along is she? Thanks for taking your time to read my post!

Ah, wonderful news. Thank you so much.

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Won't watch anymore if she's gone.

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Me three!

Me, too!

She better not be leaving. She's one of the main reasons I watch the show.