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| Hawaii Five-O | |
|---|---|
| Season 5 | |
| No. of episodes | 24 |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | September 12, 1972 (1972-09-12) – March 13, 1973 (1973-03-13) |
| Season chronology | |
| ← Previous Season 4Next → Season 6 | |
| List of episodes | |
The fifth season of Hawaii Five-O premiered on September 12, 1972, and ended March 13, 1973. 24 episodes aired during this season. The Region 1 DVD was released on November 18, 2008. Herman Wedemeyer became a main cast member. This season also introduced Al Harrington as part of the main cast as police officer Ben Kokua, replacing the character of Kono (played by Zulu).
Episodes
See also: List of Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series) episodes| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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| 98 | 1 | "Death is a Company Policy" | Charles S. Dubin | Jerome Coopersmith | September 12, 1972 (1972-09-12) | 1729-0405 |
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After officer Duke is implicated in the slaying of an underworld figure, McGarrett and the Five-O team must clear Duke and uncover the real killers. Michael Ansara and George Chakiris guest star. NOTE: The full name of Herman Wedemeyer's character Duke is revealed as Edward "Duke" Lukela (HPD badge number 251). | ||||||
| 99 | 2 | "Death Wish on Tantalus Mountain" | Allen Reisner | Jerome Coopersmith | September 19, 1972 (1972-09-19) | 1729-0411 |
| When two of an egomanical racing car driver's mechanics are murdered, suspicion falls on the driver's glamorous fiancee. Ricardo Montalbán and Diana Muldaur guest star. A stock shot of a exploding car wrecks is from 4/1 "Highest Castle, Deepest Grave" | ||||||
| 100 | 3 | "You Don't Have to Kill to Get Rich--But it Helps." | Alf Kjellin | Abram S. Ginnes | September 26, 1972 (1972-09-26) | 1729-0409 |
| A series of deaths of well-to-do businessmen gets Five-O involved in the investigation of a lucrative blackmail operation. William Shatner and Ric Marlowe guest star. | ||||||
| 101 | 4 | "Pig in a Blanket" | Marvin Chomsky | Bill Stratton | October 3, 1972 (1972-10-03) | 1729-0404 |
| After Danno shoots a teenager, a public outcry goes up to sacrifice him to public opinion. John Rubinstein guest stars. | ||||||
| 102 | 5 | "The Jinn Who Clears the Way" | Harry Falk | John D.F. Black | October 10, 1972 (1972-10-10) | 1729-0418 |
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Wo Fat is suspected of being behind the theft of a secret ballistic missile device, and McGarrett uncovers a plot to get the device into the hands of the highest bidder. Wo Fat is arrested for espionage and murder by McGarrett, who in a last second twist ending receives a shocking secret from Jonathan Kaye (Joseph Sirola). Soon-Tek Oh appears as Tom Wong. Chin Ho Kelly's matenal uncle is head of the Wong tong. A shot of a hit and run accident would be repeated. NOTE: Final series appearance of Joseph Sirola as Jonathan Kaye. | ||||||
| 103 | 6 | "Fools Die Twice" | Michael O'Herilhy | Abram S. Ginnes | October 17, 1972 (1972-10-17) | 1729-0402 |
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An Army officer devises a bizarre scheme to kidnap a top government scientist and collect a ransom of one million dollars in diamonds. Bill Edwards as Jonathan Kaye. Clu Gulager and Michael Conrad guest star. NOTE: Bill Edwards takes over the role of Jonathan Kaye and would continue the role until Season 10. | ||||||
| 104 | 7 | "Chain of Events" | Ron Winston | Jerome Coopersmith | October 24, 1972 (1972-10-24) | 1729-0407 |
| The slaying of a public health official while conducting an investigation into venereal disease leads McGarrett into the world of politics and intrigue. Jay Stewart, Dirk Benedict, Mary Frann and Ray Buktenica guest star. | ||||||
| 105 | 8 | "Journey Out of Limbo" | Michael O'Herilhy | Frank Telford | October 31, 1972 (1972-10-31) | 1729-0401 |
| Danno stumbles on a plot to assassinate a Chinese diplomat and suffers memory loss. McGarrett, Chin and Ben have to try to help him reconstruct the details. Philip Ahn and Keenan Wynn guest star in this episode. | ||||||
| 106 | 9 | "V for Vashon: The Son (Part 1)" | Charles S. Dubin | Alvin Sapinsley | November 14, 1972 (1972-11-14) | 1729-0412 |
| The son (Robert Drivas) of the head of a family-dominated crime syndicate (Harold Gould) masterminds a series of small-time robberies. Eventually McGarrett catches him, but it doesn't end there... Luther Adler also guest stars as the Vashon patriarch. | ||||||
| 107 | 10 | "V for Vashon: The Father (Part 2)" | Charles S. Dubin | Alvin Sapinsley | November 21, 1972 (1972-11-21) | 1729-0413 |
| With his son shot dead by McGarrett, Honore Vashon (Harold Gould) and his father Dominic (Luther Adler) are determined to see the Five-O chief pay the ultimate price. | ||||||
| 108 | 11 | "V for Vashon: The Patriarch (Part 3)" | Charles S. Dubin | Alvin Sapinsley | November 28, 1972 (1972-11-28) | 1729-0414 |
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With his grandson dead and his son in prison, Dominic (Luther Adler) sets in motion a scheme to frame McGarrett for the murder of a just-released drug pusher. NOTE: The sequel to this episode appears in Season 8, titled "The Case Against McGarrett". | ||||||
| 109 | 12 | "The Clock Struck Twelve" | Ron Winston | S : Leonard Freeman T : Anthony Lawrence | December 5, 1972 (1972-12-05) | 1729-0410 |
| McGarrett 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. | ||||||
| 110 | 13 | "I'm a Family Crook--Don't Shoot!" | Bob Sweeney | Jerome Coopersmith | December 19, 1972 (1972-12-19) | 1729-0403 |
| In this comic relief episode, a husband-and-wife team of con artists accidentally make a bigger score than they ever imagined. The problem is not only have they've ripped off a mobster who wants his money back -- and will gladly kill to do so-but they find themselves stalked by another crime gang after the money as well!.Andy Griffith, Joyce Van Patten and Harold Sakata guest stars. | ||||||
| 111 | 14 | "The Child Stealers" | Corey Allen | Larry Brody | January 2, 1973 (1973-01-02) | 1729-0417 |
| Five-O investigates after children are kidnapped and sold to an attorney operating a child-stealing racket on the Mainland. Richard Hatch, Meg Foster, Richard Anderson and Jack Hogan guest stars. | ||||||
| 112 | 15 | "Thanks for the Honeymoon" | Richard Benedict | Mel Goldberg | January 9, 1973 (1973-01-09) | 1729-0418 |
| An underworld fringe character (Patty Duke) agrees to turn state's evidence against a mobster (Lane Bradford) if McGarrett releases her from prison and arranges her wedding to the father (Larry Kert) of her unborn child. McGarrett reconnects with a former lover (Carol Lawrence). | ||||||
| 113 | 16 | "The Listener" | Richard Benedict | Meyer Dolinsky | January 16, 1973 (1973-01-16) | 1729-0421 |
| A psychotic electronics wizard (Greg Mullavey) threatens a psychiatrist (Robert Foxworth) and his patients through wiretapping. | ||||||
| 114 | 17 | "Here Today, Gone Tonight" | Michael O'Herilhy | Jerome Coopersmith | January 23, 1973 (1973-01-23) | 1729-0419 |
| Five-O has to solve the riddle of how a suspected killer (Monte Markham) can appear to be in two places at the same time. | ||||||
| 115 | 18 | "The Odd Lot Caper" | Michael O'Herilhy | T : Norman Lessing S/T : Meyer Dolinsky | January 30, 1973 (1973-01-30) | 1729-0424 |
| A brilliant but unscruplious businessman (Richard Basehart) conceives a daring and seemingly foolproof scheme to rob the Honolulu Stock Exchange. Jack Hogan guest stars. | ||||||
| 116 | 19 | "Will the Real Mr. Winkler Please Die?" | Michael O'Herilhy | Jerome Coopersmith | February 6, 1973 (1973-02-06) | 1729-0422 |
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An obscure shopkeeper (Nehemiah Persoff) becomes the catalyst in a plot to assassinate a high-level Iron Curtain defector (Mark Lenard). Malachi Throne guest stars. NOTE: Bill Edwards as W.D. "Bill" Druthers. | ||||||
| 117 | 20 | "Little Girl Blue" | Bob Sweeney | S : Leonard Freeman T : Mel Goldberg | February 13, 1973 (1973-02-13) | 1729-0423 |
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Two ineffectual crooks (Jackie Coogan and Ron Feinberg) kidnap a little girl and hold her hostage on a hillside bunker. Tisha Sterling and Nina Foch guest stars. NOTE: Due to poor health, this was the final episode to be co-written by series creator Leonard Freeman. Same bunker location and footage used for "…And I Want Some Candy and a Gun That Shoots" (season 4, episode 6). | ||||||
| 118 | 21 | "Percentage" | Robert Butler | Norman Lessing | February 20, 1973 (1973-02-20) | 1729-0425 |
| A travel agent operating gambling junkets is slain as a warning to his partners to stop competing for the gambling business. Milton Selzer and Carole Kai guest star. Kwan Hi Lim as Hank Yoshigo. | ||||||
| 119 | 22 | "Engaged to Be Buried" | Michael O'Herilhy | T : Ken Pettus S/T : Bill Stratton | February 27, 1973 (1973-02-27) | 1729-0420 |
| 120 | 23 | "The Diamond That Nobody Stole" | Charles S. Dubin | John Furia, Jr. | March 6, 1973 (1973-03-06) | 1729-0406 |
| A cat burglar strikes at the home of a socially prominent island family, setting off a series of fast-moving events that lead to his death. It soon develops that the dowager at the center of these events belongs to a noble, if not royal, family and has plans for reinstating the overthrown monarchy of the nation of her birth. Eric Braeden and Beulah Quo guest stars. | ||||||
| 121 | 24 | "Jury of One" | Alf Kjellin | Ken Pettus | March 13, 1973 (1973-03-13) | 1729-0415 |
| One of the jurors in a murder trial is being blackmailed to produce a hung jury, and Five-O has to find out the motive behind his consistent "not guilty" vote and prevent a mistrial. | ||||||
References
- Thesken, Joseph (1972). "TV series makes Jack be nimble". Green Bay Press-Gazette. Copley News Service. Retrieved February 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- Toone, Trent (October 3, 2010). "Actor Al Harrington recalls the original 'Hawaii Five-O'". Desert News. Retrieved February 9, 2024.