'Hawaii Five-0' season 7 episode 11 spoilers: Five-0 goes to Mexico on a rescue mission; Chin risks life for niece

Chin (Daniel Dae Kim) puts his life on the line in order to save his beloved niece, Sara (Londyn Silzer), in the next episode of CBS' police procedural series, "Hawaii Five-0."

Titled "Ka'ili aku" ("Snatchback"), the upcoming midseason finale sends the Five-0 task force racing to Mexico after finding out that Sara, Chin's niece by marriage, has been kidnapped. This comes after Chin's cousin, Kono (Grace Park), has just told him to ease up on his suspicions about Sara's alleged relatives in Mexico.

Chin became even more anxious to find out how Sara was doing when his niece did not contact him for almost a week, which was long enough considering how regularly they communicated since Sara moved to Mexico. He has run multiple background checks on the couple who took Sara in, but they always came out clean. What could've have happened that brought on the incident with his niece? Could her relatives have been involved in some shady business all along? Or could this hit be about Sara's father, Gabriel's (Christopher Sean), past dealings?

The Five-0 Task Force will fully be backing Chin's quest to find his niece, as shown in the episode preview. It also looks like Chin will be lured into a trap that could endanger his life. What extremes will Five-0 have to go through in order to find Sara? And will saving her life come at the cost of Chin's own breath?

In an interview with TV Guide, executive producer Peter Lenkov advised fans to expect a "pretty big cliffhanger" at the end of the midseason finale, a record first in the entire history of the show. Is Chin's death in imminent or will the midseason finale leave his fate hanging in the air until the show returns for the second half of season 7 next year?

The "Hawaii Five-0" midseason finale airs on Friday, Dec. 16, at 9 p.m. EST on CBS.