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‘Hawaii Five-0’ Season 7 Latest News & Update: Masi Oka Bids Goodbye, Executive Producer Opens Up On Actor's Exit

By Arielle Smith | Update Date: Jan 14, 2017 11:47 AM EST

"Hawaii Five-0" season 7 won't see Masi Oka anymore as he formally bids goodbye to the long-running CBS series. Friday's episode of the CBS drama will see Dr. Max Bergman saying farewell to fans and executive producer Peter Lenkov opens up about Oka's exit.

"Hawaii Five-0" season 7 will no longer see Masi Oka as he exits the CBS drama series on Friday's episode, Entertainment Weekly reported. The online publication learned exclusively last year that he will be leaving the long-running CBS drama series after six long years. In an interview with New York Post, Oka talked about his decision to leave the series with and his future career plans.

Masi Oka revealed that it was indeed time for Dr. Max Bergman to leave "Hawaii Five-0" season 7 and seek further adventures in Africa. Oka joined the series as Dr. Bergman in 2010 and became a series regular by season 2. Oka feels that his character just naturally unfolded in the last six seasons and it was really time for Dr. Bergman to seek new adventures in other places. Oka's last episode saw Dr. Bergman marrying and moving to Africa.

When asked if Dr. Bergman's storyline has reached full circle in "Hawaii Five-0" season 7, Oka answered that his farewell speech to his fans is an open invitation. Without spoiling anything, he said that Dr. Bergman is always open to help out and can be reached through various means. When asked about his future plans, Oka said that TV and film will definitely be part of it. Although he's also gotten involve behind the scenes and is striking a balance between them.

Meanwhile, executive producer Peter Lenkov opens up about Masi Oka's exit from "Hawaii Five-0" with EW. Lenkov revealed that Oka wanted to do more projects and for the past year, he had talked about writing him out of the show. To which Lenkov had a hard time doing, holding him off as long as he could. However, the team finally decided to build up a story so Dr. Bergman can finally say farewell to his fans.

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