Hawaii Five-O Episode List


PILOT MOVIE

000 Cocoon*
As Steve McGarrett, head of the Hawaii state police agency Five-O, investigates the death of an intelligence operative who he knew, he becomes romantically involved with the man's girl friend.

FIRST SEASON (1968-1969):

001 Full fathom five
Recently widowed women who come to Hawaii for a holiday are preyed on and murdered by a serial killer.

002 Strangers in our own land
A land commissioner is assassinated in a bomb explosion because of his pro-development policies.

003 Tiger by the tail
A young singer arranges his own kidnapping as a publicity stunt, but it backfires when his father offers a huge reward and the kidnappers get greedy.

004 Samurai
Five-O must protect a racket boss on trial for his underworld activities who is threatened by a secret Japanese society.

005 ....And they painted daisies on his coffin
Danny Williams is indicted for first-degree murder after he shoots an apparently unarmed boy.

006 Twenty-four karat kill
Five-O and U.S. Treasury employ an undercover woman agent to nab a fishing boat operator smuggling gold bars into the islands.

007 The ways of love
McGarrett poses as a convict in a California prison to engineer the escape of a man and return with him to Hawaii to help solve a jewel robbery.

008 No blue skies
When a lounge singer finds that his career doesn't pay well enough to settle a huge gambling debt, he turns to cat burglary, robbing hotel customers.

009 By the numbers
An army corporal finds himself caught in the middle of a power struggle between local gangsters.

010 Yesterday died and tomorrow won't be born
After serving a 15-year jail sentence, a man returns to Hawaii to kill the men responsible for putting him in prison, including Steve McGarrett and the state's attorney-general.

011 Deathwatch
Five-O has to protect a "number two man" that spilled the beans on his racketeer boss who had a prosecutor murdered and evidence against him stolen.

012 Pray love remember, pray love remember
When a young female student is found murdered, suspicion falls on her boyfriend, but it turns out something "fishy" actually happened.

013 King of the hill
A Marine who suffered an accidental head wound during a kids' baseball game is taken to the hospital where he starts reliving his Vietnam experiences.

014 Up tight
The death of a young woman under the influence of drugs leads Five-O to track down her supplier, a disgraced university professor-turned-guru.

015 Face of the dragon
A Red Chinese agent infected with bubonic plague comes to Hawaii to steal a top-secret device developed for use by the U.S. Army in Vietnam.

016 The box
During a prison revolt, McGarrett offers himself as hostage, with the result he has to avoid being murdered by convicts he has helped put there.

017 One for the money
One of two cousins who jointly manage the company owned by their aunt executes an elaborate plan involving murder to take over the place.

018 Along came Joey
The policeman father of a murdered boxer from Maui attempts to track down his son's killers, interfering with Five-O's investigation.

019 Once upon a time, part I
020 Once upon a time, part II
McGarrett journeys to Los Angeles where he takes on a quack doctor who unsuccessfuly treated his cancer-stricken nephew Tommy.

021 Not that much different
What looks like an assassination attempt on a military general is a cover-up for the murder of a young worker at a radical publication who has serious relationship issues.

022 Six kilos
McGarrett assumes the identity of a dead safecracker and explosives expert to take part in a caper involving the theft of heroin.

023 The big kahuna
Relatives of a man with a strong connection to Hawaiian history are trying to drive him crazy so they can gain control of his valuable estate and sell it.

SECOND SEASON (1969-1970):

024 A thousand pardons, you're dead
Prostitutes involved with a scam to receive G.I. benefits after the death of their bogus husbands are winding up dead.

025 To hell with Babe Ruth
A Japanese saboteur escapes from a mental hospital 28 years after Pearl Harbor and seeks to complete his mission to detonate a bomb.

026 Forty feet high, and it kills *
Wo Fat engineers a false tsunami warning to cover up the kidnapping of one of world's top genetic scientists.

027 Just lucky, I guess
After witnessing the murder of a prostitute, a straight-laced businessman from the mainland is reluctant to testify against her killer in court.

028 Savage Sunday
A guerrilla force breaks into an Oahu armory and steals weapons which they intend to ship to their home country to aid revolutionary forces.

029 A bullet for McGarrett*
A psychology professor trained by Wo Fat hypnotically programs a policewoman to murder the Five-O boss.

030 Sweet Terror
A terrorist nicknamed "The Beast" is about to introduce a fungus into the islands which will decimate the sugar cane industry.

031 The King Kamehameha blues
Clever college kids steal the revered cloak of King Kamehameha as an anti-establishment prank.

032 Singapore file
McGarrett goes to Singapore to accompany a woman back to Hawaii who has had a change of heart about testifying against a murderer.

033 All the king's horses
An ambitious lawyer attempts to dredge up the past of a criminal from the mainland who has turned his life around since he moved to Hawaii.

034 Leopard on the rock
Five-O has to protect a hated dictator from assassination after his plane is forced to make an emergency landing in Honolulu.

035 The devil and Mr. Frog
The abduction of a young boy gets complicated when the kid escapes after ransom is paid and one of the two men who grabbed the boy murders his partner.

036 The joker's wild, man, wild!
A woman and two men, a playboy and a beach boy, play a "sick game" where points are collected for crimes committed and the prize is the woman herself.

037 Which way did they go
An adversary from McGarrett's past manages to commit a seemingly perfect robbery right under Five-O's nose.

038 Blind tiger
Temporarily blinded after a bomb is planted in his car, McGarrett later butts heads in the hospital with a nurse who has been assigned to look after him.

039 Bored she hung herself
The supposed suicide of a prominent psychiatrist's daughter seems to involve her malingering boyfriend who is into New Age pursuits like hanging himself from the neck.

040 Run, Johnny, Run
McGarrett investigates the alleged shooting of one of two shore patrolmen by a native Hawaiian boy who he previously helped get out of a jam.

041 Killer bee
To cover up his complicity in murdering members of his platoon in Vietnam, a veteran is intentionally driving another soldier who survived the massacre crazy.

042 The one with the gun
Five-O's investigation of the murder of a poker player is hampered by the man's brother who sets out to track down the killer himself.

043 Cry, Lie
Chin Ho Kelly is accused of taking a bribe from a narcotics dealer, part of a large-scale plot to discredit Five-O.

044 Most likely to murder
When a cop's wife is murdered, the officer, a friend of Danno for many years, attempts to take the law into his own hands to track down and execute the killer.

045 Nightmare Road
After a research scientist, duped into believing he shot a man, disappears from his government post, foreign agents convince him to leave the country.

046 Three dead cows at Makapuu, part I
047 Three dead cows at Makapuu, part II
A microbiologist has developed a mutation which he wants to unleash on Oahu as a protest against the government using it as a weapon.

048 Kiss the queen goodbye
A female jewel thief and an accomplice set out to steal a treasured gem which has great historical significance to Hawaii.

THIRD SEASON (1970-1971):

049 And a time to die...*
Wo Fat kidnaps a neurosurgeon's daughter to coerce the doctor to let a wounded undercover operative die during an operation.

050 Trouble in mind
Heroin contaminated with arsenic poses a threat to a jazz singer who is desperate to feed her addiction

051 The second shot
Five-O must thwart an elaborate assassination attempt on the life of a self-exiled Greek politician living in Hawaii.

052 Time and memories
McGarrett becomes personally involved in a murder case when a former girlfriend of his is the prime suspect.

053 The Guarnerius caper
The theft of a priceless violin belonging to a Russian musician threatens to explode into an international incident.

054 The ransom
Efforts by Five-O to rescue an abducted young boy backfire when Kono becomes a prisoner of the kidnappers.

055 Force of waves
Five-O investigates the murder of a wealthy businessman in a boat explosion which also injures McGarrett.

056 The reunion
A Japanese businessman is accused by three former prisoners of war of being the officer responsible for torturing them during World War II.

057 The late John Louisiana
A contract killer's past catches up with him when he is ordered to kill a woman he was supposed to murder but instead fell in love with.

058 The last Eden
Businessmen attempt to frame a nightclub star who is outspoken against pollution after a disposal plant is demolished in an explosion.

059 Over fifty? Steal
An aggrieved senior who is a master burglar plays cat and mouse with Five-O in a series of publicity-grabbing thefts.

060 Beautiful screamer
A strangler writes poetry by Byron in lipstick on the legs of two victims he murdered, one of whom is Danno's girl friend.

061 The payoff
Two members of a gang involved in a kidnapping for ransom on the mainland several years ago show up in Hawaii to take revenge for being screwed out of the money.

062 The double wall
When a real estate developer hears a dying convict confess to the killing which put him in jail, he takes the prison doctor hostage and demands McGarrett reopen the case.

063 Paniolo
An old cowboy rancher and his connection to the death of a real estate agent brings Five-O to the island of Maui.

064 Ten thousand diamonds and a heart
An electronics genius is sprung from police custody by a wealthy gangster to mastermind a $10 million robbery of the Honolulu Diamond Exchange.

065 To kill or be killed
Five-O meets resistance from Army intelligence after a Vietnam combat hero is found dead under mysterious circumstances.

066 F.O.B. Honolulu, part I*
067 F.O.B. Honolulu, part II*
Counterfeit plates for U.S. twenty-dollar bills are sought by various international agents including Wo Fat, resulting in murder, treason and double cross.

068 The gunrunner
After a munitions dealer makes a cold-blooded deal with revolutionaries to kidnap and murder his wife for compensation, his plot backfires.

069 Dear enemy
A woman tricks McGarrett into reinvestigating the homicide charge for which her husband was convicted.

070 The bomber and Mrs. Moroney
When a man comes to the Five-O office to avenge his brother's killing by Danno and finds Danno is not there, he takes people hostage.

071 The grandstand play, part I
072 The grandstand play, part II
The developmentally challenged son of a professional baseball player witnesses a murder at the ballpark, but he is reluctant to tell his father or the authorities.

FOURTH SEASON (1971-1972):

073 Highest castle, deepest grave
A ten-year-old missing persons case is reopened, uncovering family secrets, when an anthropological dig reveals the bodies of a man and a woman.

074 No bottles ... no cans ... no people
A local hoodlum tries to eliminate the competition and open the way for a mainland crime syndicate to operate in Hawaii.

075 Wednesday, ladies free
A detective with an interest in a case where a strangler murders women, leaving them wearing a wig and garish makeup, keeps interfering with the investigation.

076 3,000 crooked miles to Honolulu
A clever college professor, working in cahoots with the Mob, plots an elaborate scheme to cash $750,000 worth of stolen travelers checks in Hawaii.

077 Two doves and Mr. Heron
A tourist takes the law into his own hands after being robbed of his wallet with a key to a storage locker containing a stolen $250,000.

078 ...And I want some candy and a gun that shoots
A deranged sniper endangers the lives of motorists as he fires at cars from a hillside bunker overlooking a major highway.

079 Air cargo...dial for murder
Employees of an air cargo company conspire to steal expensive shipments including drugs, resulting in a woman's death.

080 For a million...why not?
While McGarrett is at a trial on the Big Island, Danno leads the investigation of a robbery of $6 million being transferred between bank branches.

081 The burning ice
A doctor becomes a suspect in the murder of his wife when McGarrett finds holes in the confessed killer's story.

082 Rest in peace, somebody
McGarrett receives cryptic messages and phone calls threatening to kill someone important, as well as clues to the identity of the victim.

083 A matter of mutual concern
A gang war is about to break out when a mainland syndicate is trying to take over several operations run by ethnic types.

084 Nine, ten -- you're dead
A syndicate boss seeks revenge when his light-heavyweight boxer's hand is smashed by a punchy ex-fighter.

085 Is this any way to run a paradise
McGarrett searches for an ecology fanatic whose pranks are harmless until he threatens the lives of those people he feels are the cause of the islands' pollution.

086 Odd man in
Lewis Avery Filer from "Over Fifty? Steal!" escapes from prison after devising to steal $4 million from drug smugglers.

087 Bait once, bait twice
A woman is forced to act like she is going to commit suicide so her fiancé in protective custody will come out of hiding and expose himself to assassination.

088 The ninety-second war, part I*
089 The ninety-second war, part II*
McGarrett is framed as a thief by Wo Fat, who needs 90 seconds to carry out a plot against a U.S. missile tracking base.

090 Skinhead
After a young woman is raped and a soldier is arrested and tried for the crime, McGarrett begins to suspect the soldier didn't do it.

091 While you're at it, bring in the moon
An eccentric billionaire suspected of killing one of his business associates is afraid to leave his antiseptic yacht and clear himself of the crime.

092 Cloth of gold
Partners in a crooked real estate company become victims of poison from a rare shellfish.

093 Good night, baby, time to die
McGarrett sets up an elaborate protective system around a young woman to capture her former boyfriend who seemingly has escaped from prison.

094 Didn't we meet at a murder?
Three people with something to hide in their pasts are blackmailed to participate in an intricate plot involving the murder of a Chicago mobster.

095 Follow the white brick road
Danno goes undercover to flush out a drug ring operating from a vessel in the U.S. Seventh Fleet.

096 R&R -- & R
A psychotic soldier targets wives of Army men who have come to Hawaii to meet their husbands on furlough.

FIFTH SEASON (1972-1973):

097 Death is a company policy
Duke Lukela is implicated in shady financial dealings and suspected of leaking information which kept some underworld figures from being arrested.

098 Death wish on Tantalus Mountain
Five-O has to figure out who is responsible for the death of two of an egomaniacal racing car driver's mechanics.

099 You don't have to kill to get rich, but it helps
Suicides of well-to-do businessmen are connected to a lucrative blackmail operation.

100 Pig in a Blanket
After Danno shoots a teenager suspected to be connected with a drugstore robbery, there is a public outcry.

101 The jinn who clears the way*
Five-O has to stop a secret ballistic device stolen by associates of Wo Fat from leaving the islands.

102 Fools die twice
An Army officer devises a scheme to kidnap a top government scientist and collect a ransom of one million dollars in diamonds.

103 Chain of events
The slaying of a public health official while conducting an investigation into venereal disease has connections into the world of politics.

104 Journey out of limbo
After Danno stumbles on a plot to assassinate a Chinese diplomat, he suffers a memory loss and the Five-O team has to try and help him reconstruct the details.

105 "V" for Vashon: the son
Chris, son of Honoré, the head of the Vashon crime family, pulls off robberies to make his ineffectual father "flip his wig."

106 "V" for Vashon: the father
Crime boss Honoré Vashon imports a hit man to knock off McGarrett to avenge the top cop's killing of his son.

107 "V" for Vashon: the patriarch
McGarrett finds himself the victim of an almost perfect frame orchestrated by Dominick, the now-retired head of the Vashons.

108 The clock struck twelve
Five-O is assigned to preserve security and ensure an orderly trial after a series of bomb threats follows the arrest of a band of Hawaiian vigilantes.

109 I'm a family crook -- don't shoot
A family of con artists gets in big trouble when they rip off an attaché case from the bagman of a local mobster.

110 The child stealers
After young children are abducted in Hawaii, Five-O tracks them to a child-adoption racket on the Mainland run by a crooked attorney.

111 Thanks for the honeymoon
A convicted woman agrees to turn state's evidence against a mobster if McGarrett releases her from prison and arranges her wedding to the father of her unborn child.

112 The listener
A psychotic electronics wizard threatens a psychiatrist and his patients through a series of ingenious electronic bugs.

113 Here today, gone tonight
Five-O has to solve the riddle of how a suspected killer could appear to be in two places at the same time.

114 The odd lot caper
The owner of a Honolulu brokerage firm conceives a daring and seemingly foolproof scheme to finance a development venture.

115 Will the real Mr. Winkler please die
An obscure shopkeeper becomes the catalyst in a plot to assassinate a high-level Iron Curtain defector.

116 Little girl blue
Two amateur kidnappers flee to a hillside bunker with their young victim when their plans go awry, prompting a huge police presence to resolve the situation.

117 Percentage
A travel agent operating gambling junkets is slain as a warning to his partner to stop competing for similar business run by local gangsters.

118 Engaged to be buried
A hoodlum who acts as an enforcer for his father's vending machine business is dating the daughter of Chin Ho and intends to marry her.

119 The diamond that nobody stole
A cat burglar strikes at the home of a socially prominent island family, setting off a series of fast-moving events that involve espionage.

120 Jury of one
Five-O has to find out the motive behind the consistent "not guilty" vote by a juror which may lead to a mistrial in a court case.

SIXTH SEASON (1973-1974):

121 Hookman
A man who lost his arms in an explosion at a bank robbery is out for revenge against the cops who he feels responsible for his predicament, including Steve McGarrett.

122 Draw me a killer
A series of apparently motiveless slayings that occur at six-week intervals lead Five-O to the comic section of the daily newspaper.

123 Charter for death
A gangster, his daughter and son-in-law arrive in Hawaii infected with bubonic plague, resulting in the Governor sealing off the island.

124 One big happy family
A serial killer family, having left a trail of death on the mainland, start a new wave of terror when they reach Hawaii.

125 The Sunday torch
A young man who fits the classic profile of a pyromaniac is carefully set up in what appears to be a foolproof frame.

126 Murder is a taxing affair
A corrupt IRS investigator, pursuing a criminal under indictment for federal tax evasion, kills the fugitive for $600,000 in hot money, then loses it.

127 Tricks are not treats
The assassination of one of Honolulu's most active pimps threatens to start an all-out gang war.

128 Why wait until Uncle Kevin dies?
McGarrett enlists the aid of a man from the mainland to work undercover and expose a pay-before-death inheritance scheme.

129 Flash of color, flash of death
When a courier for opals has jewels he is smuggling into Hawaii stolen from him, he takes the law into his own hands to recover them and take care of the robbers.

130 A bullet for El Diablo
A dictator is murdered by a look-alike for his daughter.

131 The finishing touch
McGarrett becomes suspicious of a documents expert he enlists to help investigate forgeries of government securities.

132 Anybody can build a bomb
A nuclear physicist becomes involved in an extortion scheme to blow up Honolulu with an atomic bomb.

133 Try to die on time
Five-O must unravel a complicated web of relationships surrounding a macabre $240,000 lottery based on the projected hour of a gambler's death.

134 The $100,000 nickel
A sleight-of-hand artist is enlisted to steal a nickel valued by coin experts at $100,000, but after the robbery, everything goes wrong.

135 The flip side is death
A bank robbery carried out under the cover of a mock military emergency sends Five-O to a hotel on the north of Oahu to investigate.

136 Banzai pipeline
Five-O gets involved with three murders which take place at one of the world's most famous surfing beaches.

137 One born every minute
A bunco game using phony diamonds and preying on well-heeled male tourists sends McGarrett and Five-O into action in an attempt to head off a sinister racket.

138 Secret witness
A man who is an eyewitness to a murder finds himself, his wife and child the object of a hunt by the killer.

139 Death with father
The son of a retired law enforcement official becomes embroiled in a heroin refining operation.

140 Murder with a golden touch
A scheme involving around a million dollars in stolen gold sends Five-O on an investigation that stretches to the depths of the ocean off Oahu.

141 Nightmare in blue
A series of brutal rape/murders seems to have been committed by a policeman.

142 Mother's deadly helper
An extremist embarks on a murderous crusade against what he considers laxity in law enforcement and too-lenient judges.

143 Killer at sea
McGarrett and Five-O become involved in the investigation of a robbery-kidnapping which ends up with them on board an ocean liner.

144 30,000 rooms and I have a key
A well-to-do jewel thief steals from Waikiki hotel rooms for the thrill of the chase, leaving taunting clues behind.

SEVENTH SEASON (1974-1975):

145 The young assassins
Danno and a college professor are kidnapped and held as hostages by a revolutionary group which previously assassinated a tourist on a crowded Honolulu beach.

146 A Hawaiian nightmare
An expert in geothermal energy, plagued by financial problems, plots an extortion scheme involving a volcanic eruption which would wipe out the city of Hilo.

147 I'll kill 'em again
Postcards from a psychopath preceding a series of re-enacted murders taunt McGarrett to remember victims of past crimes.

148 Steal now--pay later
A suave crook peddles stolen goods to legitimate businessmen.

149 Bomb, bomb, who's got the bomb?
Handwriting analysis and psychiatric profiling are used to track down who is threatening the life of a state Senate crime committee chairman.

150 Right grave, wrong body
Liquor store robberies are connected to a five-year-old bank robbery where neither a gun involved nor the $250,000 stolen were ever found.

151 We hang our own
A powerful Hawaiian cattle baron takes the law into his own hands to avenge the death of his son.

152 The two-faced corpse
A gangland-style execution investigation takes a bizarre turn when an autopsy reveals the victim had two physical identities.

153 How to steal a masterpiece
Irreplaceable artworks mysteriously vanish from a millionaire's private collection despite multiple fail-safe electronic security systems.

154 A gun for McGarrett
McGarrett is the object of an assassination attempt by a crime kingpin from England who wants to take over the local rackets.

155 Welcome to our branch office
Two mainland con men duplicate the Five-O office in minute detail and use a quartet of Five-O look-a-likes to extort money out of Honolulu businessmen.

156 Presenting...in the center ring...murder*
Wo Fat returns to Hawaii to kill the visiting Red Chinese foreign minister who is under the protection of Five-O while at the circus with his grandson.

157 Hara-kiri: Murder
McGarrett wants to know why a shamed Japanese banker ritualistically killed himself.

158 Bones of contention
Five-O digs into a 34-year-old mystery when a Honolulu murder is linked to a valuable missing human fossil that disappeared before Pearl Harbor.

159 Computer killer
A computer genius manipulating data to get someone off a murder rap takes a sharp turn when his scheme involves him also committing murder.

160 A woman's work is with a gun
A desperate female junkie short of funds asks two friends to go on a crime spree with her to rob tourists on sightseeing buses.

161 Small witness, large crime
After McGarrett arrests a young boy who was a witness to a murder for the kid's own protection, he receives harsh criticism from a deputy public defender.

162 Ring of life
The million dollar reward offered for the return of five rare Indian figurines touches off a global trail of murder and robbery that leads to Hawaii.

163 A study in rage
Clues from a surreal painting help Five-O track down a psychotic killer obsessed with a woman he met while she was on vacation in Hawaii.

164 And the horse jumped over the moon
An elaborate plan to smuggle heroin into Hawaii involving skydiving goes undetected until someone connected to the crooks tries unsuccessfully to contact Five-O.

165 Hit gun for sale
McGarrett goes all out to keep the lid on a threatened organized crime war by tracking both an unknown hit man and his target.

166 The hostage
After an ex-Army sergeant shoots a cop and kidnaps a young girl, McGarrett is at odds with a police captain who wants to resolve the situation "by the book."

167 Diary of a gun
A cheap revolver passing from hand to hand causes mayhem as Five-O pursues its bloody trail.

168 6,000 deadly tickets
Five-O joins forces with a federal investigator to stop an airline ticket racket that has led to fraud and murder.

EIGHTH SEASON (1975-1976):

169 Murder--eyes only*
While McGarrett is on active duty with the naval reserve, he is ordered to help investigate the murder of an intelligence officer by letter bomb. Wo Fat is not far away.

170 McGarrett is missing
After a plane transporting McGarrett and a prisoner crashes, the Five-O chief finds himself at the mercy of the dangerous convict.

171 Termination with extreme prejudice
Five-O as well as a British intelligence agent both search for an English Lord who seemingly vanished while swimming.

172 Target? The lady
Five-O races a hitman to find a female gambling courier who they think is involved with murder.

173 Death's name is Sam
Five-O has to find who is planning to shoot down an airplane using a surface-to-air missile.

174 The case against McGarrett
Honore Vashon exchanges several prison hostages for McGarrett and tries him for murder.

175 The defector
McGarrett locks horns with a cantankerous physicist sheltering a former colleague from Red China who is actually an imposter.

176 Sing a song of suspense
Five-O has to protect a singer who witnessed a death resulting from the actions of a gangster with ties to the Hawaiian music industry.

177 Retire in sunny Hawaii--forever
After Danno's Aunt Clara arrives in Hawaii to visit her nephew, she becomes involved in a Five-O murder investigation.

178 How to steal a submarine
A high school vice-principal is involved in a drug smuggling operation.

179 The waterfront steal
Five-O is called in to investigate after the owner of several warehouses in Honolulu creates an uproar over the failure of police to halt a wave of burglaries.

180 Honor is an unmarked grave
A publicity-hungry crime writer discovers the remains of a youth missing for seven years, and brands Five-O as incompetent for never having solved the case.

181 A touch of guilt
The son of a U.S. senator is involved in the coverup of a brutal gang rape.

182 Wooden model of a rat
While investigating a smuggling ring, McGarrett finds himself under public attack and indicted on a charge of possessing one of the contraband articles.

183 Deadly persuasion
The son of a former cop kicked off the force for corruption enmeshes Danno in a complicated frame and threatens to use a deadly nerve gas against a visiting royal family.

184 Legacy of terror
Five-O seeks the killer of an aged importer who was a Japanese spy in Hawaii before the Pearl Harbor attack.

185 Loose ends get hit
The state's rock-solid murder case against an Island racketeer vaporizes because McGarrett is suckered by the prosecution's star witness.

186 Anatomy of a bribe
A crooked contractor and a building inspector are suspects after a devastating fire destroys the new Global Trade Center in Honolulu.

187 Turkey shoot at Makapuu
Five-O searches for the killers of an airline stewardess and a hang-gliding pilot.

188 A killer grows wings
Criminals threaten to destroy the entire Hawaiian sugar cane industry by using imported moth larvae for which there is no known insecticide or natural enemy.

189 The capsule kidnapping
The son of a Japanese industrialist is kidnapped and held in an underwater capsule accompanied by a demand for $1.5 million in ransom money.

190 Love thy neighbor--take his wife
A militant ecologist is seemingly involved in the kidnapping of a wealthy land developer's wife.

191 A sentence to steal
McGarrett sends an undercover agent into a young offenders' rehabilitation institution to find out who is behind recent gold thefts at dental-supply warehouses. Back to Top of the Page • Site's Home Page

NINTH SEASON (1976-1977):

192 Nine Dragons*
After the theft of a deadly toxin in Hawaii, McGarrett tracks Wo Fat to Hong Kong where Wo kidnaps and tortures him.

193 Assault on the palace
A historical re-enactment during the Kamehameha Day parade is the coverup for a Honolulu bank heist.

194 Oldest Profession -- Latest Price
Prostitutes are extorted for protection money after one of them is seriously injured in a bomb blast and two others are murdered.

195 Man on fire
Five bodies found in Mauna Loa crater are contaminated with radiation, leading McGarrett on a search for the source — deadly plutonium.

196 Tour de Force--Killer Aboard
The murders of a CIA agent and the public relations director of the Ilikai Hotel are the prelude to a hit man knocking off visiting OPEC oil ministers.

197 The last of the great paperhangers
A master forger pulls off two capers, one involving Five-O ordering office furniture, the other ripping off the U.S. Navy and a Honolulu bank for $200,000.

198 Heads, you're dead
Five-O searches for a trio of yacht hijackers after the owners and crew of a boat following a race from California to Hawaii are found dead.

199 Let death do us part
A man who was wrongfully convicted of murdering his wealthy wife escapes from prison to try and prove his innocence.

200 Double exposure
A professional photographer is pursued by gangsters after she takes a picture of their boss who has "returned from the dead" in order to take over a Hawaiian crime syndicate.

201 Yes, my deadly daughter
The daughter of an organized crime leader betrays her father by stealing $4 million from him.

202 Target--a cop
A vengeful paraplegic ex-con turns sniper and begins shooting police officers.

203 The bells toll at noon
After a young girl dies of a drug overdose, a man who loved her and who is obsessed with old movies takes it upon himself to avenge her death.

204 Man in a steel frame
McGarrett is set up to be the prime suspect in the murder of his girlfriend, and the evidence is rock-solid.

205 Ready...Aim...
Working with a Tokyo police officer, Five-O tries to locate the source of a smuggling ring which is sending handguns to Japan.

206 Elegy in a rain forest
A maniacal rapist-murderer threatens the daughter of the Hawaiian Attorney-General.

207 Dealer's choice--blackmail
Policewoman Sandi Welles' brother gets up to his neck in trouble when he tries to blackmail a local gambling boss.

208 A Capitol crime
A senior citizen threatens to blow himself up with a group of hostages if his demands to stop the demolition of his home are not met.

209 To die in paradise
After a popular female country and western singer is kidnapped for $500,000 ransom it appears as if she and her abductors have perished at sea.

210 Blood money is hard to wash
A mainland gangster attempting to buy out legitimate businesses which can be used to launder syndicate money runs afoul of McGarrett and Five-O.

211 To kill a mind
When debris from a Russian submarine which sank off Oahu a year before suddenly turns up, McGarrett is suspicious that one of these pieces is going to be used to erase an already-recovered computer.

212 Requiem for a saddle bronc rider
The sister of a missing rodeo cowboy enlists McGarrett's help in finding out what happened to her brother.

213 See how she runs
The runaway teenage daughter of a legendary Los Angeles police detective is framed for murder, then vanishes into a hippie cult.

214 Practical jokes can kill you
Crooks enlist the aid of hang-glider enthusiasts to help them steal rifles from a military armory.

TENTH SEASON (1977-1978):

215 Up the rebels
An Irish terrorist pretending to be a priest in Hawaii masterminds the hijacking of explosives with the objective of smuggling them to Northern Ireland.

216 You don't see many pirates these days
A wealthy shipping magnate enlists the aid of Five-O and the Coast Guard when one of his freighters containing "highly sophisticated military equipment" is hijacked.

217 The cop on the cover
A woman magazine writer doing a story on Five-O becomes McGarrett's nagging, omnipresent critic as he investigates a puzzling kidnapping case.

218 The friends of Joey Kalima
McGarrett gets involved in a Honolulu Police Department Internal Affairs case involving a young officer, a friend of his, who is arrested during a police raid.

219 Descent of the torches
Five-O investigates the disappearance and death of an archaeologist on the Big Island.

220 The ninth step
The search for two fugitives involved in an armored truck robbery is complicated by the return of the disgraced Honolulu cop whose drunken behavior seemingly permitted the robbery.

221 Shake hands with the man on the moon
McGarrett has to crack the façade of a U.S. astronaut turned real estate huckster to help convict a developer of two murders.

222 Deadly doubles
A female Russian tennis star decides to defect during a match in Honolulu at the same time as a coach from her team is murdered.

223 Deep cover
McGarrett goes on reserve duty with the U.S. Navy to help an investigation into the murder of a submarine officer.

224 Tsunami
Students engineer a phony tidal wave alert to cover up their heist of millions of dollars worth of jewellery.

225 East wind--ill wind
After an exiled foreign leader dies in a swimming mishap that looks accidental, his widow is convinced it was murder.

226 Tread the king's shadow
At the Governor's order, McGarrett has to locate a young girl who has run away with her Hawaiian boyfriend her rich father detests because of his "native" background.

227 The big aloha
A young doctor is suspected in the murder of an elderly surgeon.

228 A short walk on the long shore
McGarrett goes undercover in the guise of a merchant seaman to find the killer of a labor-union reformer.

229 The silk trap
An aspiring politician considered prime presidential material is being blackmailed in an effort to force him to abandon a congressional investigation that he is directing.

230 Head to head
In pursuing a protected witness suspected of murdering an HPD officer, McGarrett finds himself in conflict with a federal agent.

231 Tall on the wave
After a surfer is involved with a woman's death, he plants evidence to make the cops and Five-O think that one of his competitors and a friend of Danno is her killer.

232 Angel in blue
An undercover woman cop used during an investigation becomes emotionally involved with a young man connected to the case.

233 When does a war end?
A man bombs companies owned by a Japanese-American who he feels was responsible for his father's death in a prison camp during the Second World War.

234 Invitation to murder
McGarrett is caught up in a series of puzzling deaths immediately following the death of a famed artist.

235 Frozen assets
A famous mystery writer investigates happenings at a Honolulu cryogenics institute.

236 My friend, the enemy
An international news reporter whose unwillingness to reveal her source regarding an impending kidnapping creates an international incident involving the Middle East.

237 A stranger in his grave
The discovery of the body of a wealthy rancher in a cane field conflicts with the fact that his wife had him buried four months earlier.

238 A death in the family
Chin Ho Kelly, a long time member of the Five-O team, is exposed during an undercover operation and then murdered.

ELEVENTH SEASON (1978-1979):

239 The sleeper
A planted agent has infiltrated a research organization where experimentation with forced hypnosis is being conducted.

240 Horoscope for murder
The only link in a series of seemingly unrelated killings may lie in a horoscope cast by an astrologer.

241 Deadly courier
The explosion of a bomb-rigged briefcase sets off a bizarre chain of events, including death, drugged deception and espionage.

242 The case against Philip Christie
McGarrett, serving on a jury, casts the only dissenting vote in a murder trial and holds out for finding the defendant innocent.

243 Small potatoes
When he is caught in a difficult situation, a low-level criminal connected with illegal gambling dens in Honolulu is persuaded to help entrap McGarrett.

244 A distant thunder
Danno goes undercover as a Nazi sympathizer to investigate the hate campaign against a Hawaiian Congressional hopeful.

245 Death mask
King Tutankhamun's golden mask is stolen during a Hawaiian exhibition.

246 The pagoda factor
McGarrett arranges for the escape of a convict so that the man can gather information about plans for a Chinese gang in Honolulu.

247 A long time ago
Danno encounters an old girl friend who has been arrested for shoplifting in Honolulu, and his life is further complicated when she is linked with a killer.

248 Why won't Linda die?
When a Canadian politician is the victim of a hit-and-run accident, McGarrett is faced with one of Five-O's most bizarre cases.

249 The miracle man
A visiting evangelist's behavior draws suspicions after he is the object of an assassination attempt.

250 Number one with a bullet, part I
251 Number one with a bullet, part II
The mainland syndicate tries to muscle in on the Hawaiian music business, already under the control of local gangsters.

252 The Meighan conspiracy
A fortress-like, burglar-proof Honolulu bank is robbed of a fortune, and Five-O is stumped.

253 The spirit is Willie
Mystery writer Millicent Shand is convinced that the death of her niece's husband was part of a scheme to bilk the niece of her inheritance.

254 The bark and the bite
In this show, regarded as a "dog" by many, McGarrett's advice to an obnoxious socialite regarding a valuable ruby goes unheeded.

255 Stringer
A photographer attempts to blackmail an influence peddler after he takes a picture of the man meeting with a local mob boss.

256 The execution file
McGarrett goes after an ex-cop whom he suspects of gunning down Honolulu pimps.

257 A very personal matter
After the son of a Navy friend of McGarrett's dies from abusing drugs, McGarrett hounds the boy's doctor, convinced that he is guilty of murder.

258 The skyline killer
McGarrett's quest for a psychotic killer is hampered by a writer who wants to make a fortune by getting to the multiple murderer first.

259 The year of the horse
McGarrett and Danno head to Singapore to investigate a heroin-smuggling ring after the Governor's office is implicated in the operation.

TWELFTH SEASON (1979-1980):

260 A lion in the streets
McGarrett finds himself having to deal with a curse placed on him by a kahuna while caught in the crossfire as Hawaiian union workers take on the Islands' underworld.

261 Who says cops don't cry
After a Honolulu policewoman witnesses her husband being gunned down by robbers, she embarks on a personal crusade to bring them to justice.

262 Though the heavens fall
A group of high-society vigilantes are determined to see that justice is done -- even if they have to do it themselves.

263 Sign of the ram
Another astrologer's ominous warnings tempt the skeptical McGarrett to follow her clues in his investigation of a murder.

264 Good help is hard to find
The Five-O office is bugged and one of the team is accused of being crooked as a local mob boss attempts to make Five-O look foolish and inept.

265 Image of fear
A criminal put away by a woman's prosecutor ex-husband attempts to drive her crazy after he is paroled.

266 Use a gun, go to hell
Five-O follows the trail of pain and death left by a handgun, hoping to recover it before it can wreak more havoc.

267 Voice of terror
McGarrett has to deal with a pair of political terrorists threatening to kill a policewoman they have taken hostage unless their demands are met.

268 A shallow grave
A young man from the mainland who has returned to Hawaii is overwhelmed by visions that are connected to a crime that took place 20 years ago.

269 The kahuna
When the State Medical Examiner is denied access to the bodies of two young people who died recently, she turns to Five-O for help investigating the case.

270 Labyrinth
Five-O tries to solve the kidnapping of a wealthy socialite despite the objections of her husband, who insists that if the police are involved his wife will be killed.

271 School for assassins
Five-O provides security for a meeting between an oil billionaire and a representative from OPEC which is threatened by highly-trained killers.

272 For old times sake
An aging counterfeiter resumes his activities to help out a home for girls which is threatened with closure, but he fails to foresee the problems that result.

273 The golden noose
McGarrett is suspicious of the aide-de-camp to a southeast Asian premier who arrives in Honolulu to retrieve $150 million in gold being held for the country's treasury.

274 The flight of the jewels
Clever students use radio-controlled airplanes to steal priceless royal jewels from an exhibition in Honolulu.

275 Clash of shadows
The murder in Hawaii of a famous Nazi-hunter and his connection to a rare World War II German medal pulls Five-O into the search for a war criminal.

276 A bird in hand...
A band of innocuous birdwatchers is the target of a bloody vendetta by a paranoid con artist.

277 The Moroville covenant
A political candidate's promising bid for the U.S. Senate is endangered by the murder of a man who tried to blackmail him.

278 Woe to Wo Fat*
To investigate the disappearance of three famous scientists, McGarrett disguises himself as one of their colleagues and finds himself once again dealing with Wo Fat.

* Shows featuring Wo Fat