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Hawaii Five-O

  • TV-PG
  • 1969–1980
  • 12 seasons
  • Action & Adventure, Drama
  • 7.2

Book 'Em, Danno!

Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired for 12 seasons from 1968 to 1980, and continues in reruns. Jack Lord portrayed Detective Lieutenant Steve McGarrett, the head of a special state police task force which was based on an actual unit that existed under martial law in the 1940s. The theme music composed by Morton Stevens became especially popular. Many episodes would end with McGarrett instructing his subordinate to "Book 'em, Danno!", sometimes specifying a charge such as "murder one".

Episodes

The first season of Hawaii Five-O, an American television series, began September 20, 1968, and ended on March 19, 1969. It aired on CBS. The region 1 DVD was released on March 6, 2007.

25 episodes
  1. 1Cocoon (1)

    51 minJun 4, 1969

    Red Chinese agent Wo Fat uses a sensory deprivation chamber to procure information from U.S. agents. Steve McGarrett, head of Hawaii Five-O, investigates the death of a close friend who appears to have drowned. Steve's knowledge about his friend and a mysterious white substance lead him into a high-level intelligence matter involving a foreign agent. McGarrett, head of Hawaii's state police force, poses as "control," possessor of the names of other agents. He allows himself to be captured and placed in the chamber; will he be able to withstand the torture?

  2. 2Cocoon (2)

    51 minJun 11, 1969

    McGarrett is caught and cocooned, and must escape this torture and shut down Wo Fat's operation.

  3. 3Full Fathom Five

    51 minSep 26, 1968

    Victor Reese and his wife Nora are conning rich widows out of their savings, and then poisoning them and dumping them in the ocean. McGarrett and company hatch a plan to use a female officer to trap the duo.

  4. 4Strangers In Our Own Land

    51 minOct 3, 1968

    Five-O probes into the death of an official who was instrumental in the development of the islands, and discovers a tangled web of lies and deception.

  5. 5Tiger By The Tail

    51 minOct 10, 1968

    A young singer, Bobby George, plans his own kidnapping as a stunt, but when his father offers $500,000 for his release, his co-conspirators decide to double-cross him and take the money.

  6. 6Samurai

    51 minOct 17, 1968

    McGarrett and the gang must simultaneously protect a gangster from Japanese assassins and also try to convict him for his underworld activities.

  7. 7... And They Painted Daisies On His Coffin

    51 minNov 7, 1968

    Danny Williams is accused of shooting an apparently unarmed young boy. Meanwhile, in his investigation, McGarrett comes up against Big Chicken, a nasty dope dealer.

  8. 8Twenty-Four Karat Kill

    51 minNov 14, 1968

    A woman buys fish from a monger, and is followed home and murdered. McGarrett and the team must discover who killed her and stop smugglers from completing their operation.

  9. 9The Ways Of Love

    51 minNov 21, 1968

    After a girl dies during a high speed chase, a trail of clues leads McGarrett to a Los Angeles prison, where he must act the part of convict Steve Crowley to gain the trust of his cellmate for a break-out, which will help reveal the plans of the crime.

  10. 10No Blue Skies

    51 minDec 5, 1968

    When a singer, Joey Rand, finds that his career doesn't pay well enough, he turns to cat burglary. However he doesn't reckon on Hawaii Five-O.

  11. 11By the Numbers

    51 minDec 12, 1968

    A winning lottery ticket drags an army private into a the murky world of mob politics and vice.

  12. 12Yesterday Died And Tomorrow Won't Be Born

    51 minDec 19, 1968

    When McGarrett is shot and badly wounded on a beachside jog, Danno and the team must work feverishly to find the culprit and prevent him from committing any more murders.

  13. 13Deathwatch

    51 minDec 25, 1968

    McGarrett must protect a protect a mob underboss so he is able to testify against his superior, Joe Matsukino. However, Matsukino has many tricks up his sleeve to silence his former colleague permanently…

  14. 14Pray Love Remember, Pray Love Remember

    51 minJan 1, 1969

    When a young female student is found murdered on campus, suspicions fall on her boyfriend but McGarrett senses that something is not right.

  15. 15King Of The Hill

    51 minJan 8, 1969

    Danno is taken hostage by a Vietnam veteran who is suffering delusional flashbacks and sees everyone as forces sent to kill him.

  16. 16Up Tight

    51 minJan 15, 1969

    Young Eadie Hastings cannot be saved by Danno from jumping of a cliff, and Five-O think that she was high on speed. They track her source to a crank teacher, Professor David Stone, and Danno must pose as a surfer to investigate the drug pushers and users.

  17. 17Face Of The Dragon

    51 minJan 22, 1969

    A man is found dead after having been robbed by a motorcyclist with a gun, and McGarrett is shocked to discover that the man was suffering from bubonic plague. The islands are quarantined, and the team must follow a series of clues to discover the cause of the outbreak.

  18. 18The Box

    51 minJan 29, 1969

    Big Chicken returns in a tense prison hostage drama when McGarrett has to give himself over to the criminals as a bargaining chip and use psychology to take control of the situation.

  19. 19One For The Money

    51 minFeb 5, 1969

    When a girl is found murdered and numbered 'one', McGarrett suspects a serial killer. However the killer seems to be very selective in targeting members of a particular company, and suspicion soon falls on two brothers who stand to inherit the firm from their aged aunt.

  20. 20Along Came Joey

    51 minFeb 12, 1969

    When the boxing son of a policeman, Phil Kalama, is killed, he starts a personal vendetta, and McGarrett must both solve the crime and stop Kalama from committing another murder.

  21. 21Once Upon A Time (1)

    51 minFeb 19, 1969

    When the son of McGarrett's sister falls ill with cancer and she becomes involved in ‘naturology', her husband calls in Steve to investigate and persuade her to stop paying for the useless treatments. However, the quack doctor sets up a court case to prevent McGarrett from closing her practice.

  22. 22Once Upon A Time (2)

    51 minFeb 26, 1969

    McGarrett must use all legal means possible to win the court case against Dr. C.L. Fremont, stopping her fake treatments and saving his sister from more anguish and pain.

  23. 23Not That Much Different

    51 minMar 5, 1969

    When a leader of a student peace movement is killed, McGarrett has to investigate the murder against a wall of silence and a distrust of the police by the activists.

  24. 24Six Kilos

    51 minMar 12, 1969

    Chin Ho and Dan Williams are tracking a safecracker but he pulls a gun and Danno ends up shooting him. McGarrett takes his identity of Harry Brown and must infiltrate a sophisticated gang of international thieves.

  25. 25The Big Kahuna

    51 minMar 19, 1969

    Sam Kalakua, a distant cousin of Kono, is being frightened into an early grave by an fake apparition of a Hawaiian god created by his nephew, who wants to sell the estate to a land merchant.

Where to watch Hawaii Five-O

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Series cast

Jack LordDet. Steve McGarrett284 episodes
James MacArthurDanny Williams264 episodes
Kam FongChin Ho242 episodes
Al HarringtonNoonan194 episodes
Harry EndoChe Fong171 episodes
ZuluKono98 episodes
Herman WedemeyerPolice Dispatcher (uncredited)90 episodes
Richard DenningGovernor88 episodes
Al EbenCoroner44 episodes
Glenn CannonJohn Manicote25 episodes
Danny KamekonaDr. Holmby25 episodes
Kwan Hi LimHank Yamura24 episodes
Sharon FarrellFrankie Demara23 episodes
Peggy RyanMildred22 episodes
William SmithDet. James 'Kimo' Carew20 episodes
Seth SakaiSeth Sakai18 episodes
Bill EdwardsWally Schuster17 episodes
Tommy FujiwaraSergeant Mirataki17 episodes

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