The Best Episodes of Hawaii Five-0 Season 8
Every episode of Hawaii Five-0 Season 8 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Hawaii Five-0 Season 8!
Steve McGarrett returns home to Oahu, in order to find his father's killer. The governor offers him the chance to run his own task force (Five-0). Steve's team is joined by Chin Ho Kelly, Danny "Danno" Williams, and Kono Kalakaua.
Season 8 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Hawaii Five-0" season 8 is "A'ole e 'olelo mai ana ke ahi ua ana ia (Fire Will Never Say that It Has Had Enough)", rated 6.4/10 from 716 user votes. It was directed by Bryan Spicer and written by Eric Guggenheim, Peter M. Lenkov, Rob Hanning. "A'ole e 'olelo mai ana ke ahi ua ana ia (Fire Will Never Say that It Has Had Enough)" aired on 9/29/2017 and is rated 1.4 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Nā lā 'īlio (Dog Days)".
6.4/10 716 votes#1 - A'ole e 'olelo mai ana ke ahi ua ana ia (Fire Will Never Say that It Has Had Enough)
Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/2017
McGarrett and Danny recruit Tani Rey to join the task force when diabolical hacker Aaron Wright releases a dangerous arsonist from prison.
Director: Bryan Spicer
Writer: Eric Guggenheim, Peter M. Lenkov, Rob Hanning
7.8/10 528 votes#2 - Nā lā 'īlio (Dog Days)
Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 10/6/2017
McGarrett and Five-0 work with an injured police dog who is the only witness to an ambushed drug bust. Also, McGarrett is visited by Junior Reigns, a former SEAL, who is looking to join the task force.
Director: Tara Miele
Writer: David Wolkove, Matt JL Wheeler
7.5/10 476 votes#3 - Kāu pahi, ko’u kua. Kāu pū, ko’u po’o. (Your Knife, My Back. My Gun, Your Head.)
Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 10/13/2017
Five-0 enlists the help of an old friend when the boss of a major crime family is murdered, triggering revenge killings across the island. Also, MacGarrett and Danny begin sorting out particulars in their new restaurant venture,
Director: Eagle Egilsson
Writer: David Wolkove, Matt JL Wheeler
7.4/10 464 votes#4 - E uhi wale no 'a'ole e nalo, he imu puhi (No Matter How Much One Covers a Steaming Imu, The Smoke Will Rise)
Season 8 Episode 4 - Aired 10/20/2017
The lives of Five-0’s informants are in danger when the HPD system is hacked and one ends up dead, forcing McGarrett to enlist the help of hacker Aaron Wright (Joey Lawrence), who he just imprisoned
Director: Antonio Negret
Writer: Rob Hanning
7.2/10 474 votes#5 - Kama’oma’o, ka ‘aina huli hana (The Land of Activities)
Season 8 Episode 5 - Aired 11/3/2017
At Halloween, Five-0 must investigate a string of murders that mirror stories from well-known Hawaiian folklore. Also, Grover is called to visit a man hours away from execution who may hold the key to a case that has plagued Grover for years.
Director: Bronwen Hughes
Writer: Eric Guggenheim, Peter M. Lenkov
7.0/10 488 votes#6 - Mōhala i ka wai ka maka o ka pua (Unfolded by the Water are the Faces of the Flowers)
Season 8 Episode 6 - Aired 11/10/2017
The murder of two tourists leads Five-0 to a man suffering from multiple personality disorder, where one of them becomes violent and another is a child. McGarrett is accompanied on the case by a stress management consultant, whom Danny and the others have hired to help him manage his health.
Director: Carlos Bernard
Writer: Eric Guggenheim, Zoe Robyn
7.6/10 459 votes#7 - Kau ka 'onohi ali'i i luna (The Royal Eyes Rest Above)
Season 8 Episode 7 - Aired 11/17/2017
Junior and Adam back up McGarrett when a bank heist in progress forces Steve to make a potentially heartbreaking mistake. Also, Adam is forced to face an empty home without Kono
Director: Bryan Spicer
Writer: Eric Guggenheim, Peter M. Lenkov
7.4/10 427 votes#8 - He Kaha Lu'u Ke Ala, Mai Ho'okolo Aku (The Trail Leads to a Diving Place, Do Not Follow After)
Season 8 Episode 8 - Aired 12/1/2017
McGarrett poses as a pilot to investigate a plane crash that led to the death of a pilot in an air race.
Director: Ron Underwood
Writer: Liz Alper, Ally Seibert
7.6/10 473 votes#9 - Make me kai (Death at Sea)
Season 8 Episode 9 - Aired 12/8/2017
When investigating a deserted yacht adrift at sea, McGarrett, Danny, Tani and Junior are exposed to a deadly bioweapon and the rest of Five-0 have only eight hours to find an antidote.
Director: Maja Vrvilo
Writer: David Wolkove, Matt JL Wheeler
7.7/10 522 votes#10 - I ka wa ma mua, I ka wa ma hope (The Future Is in the Past)
Season 8 Episode 10 - Aired 12/15/2017
When Danny is shot while quarantined in the hospital with McGarrett, Tani and Junior, he's left unconscious and clinging to life, imagining a future for everyone in Five-0.
Director: Peter Weller
Writer: Zoe Robyn
6.6/10 537 votes#11 - Oni kalalea ke ku a ka la'au loa (A Tall Tree Stands Above the Others)
Season 8 Episode 11 - Aired 12/15/2017
It's Christmas Eve and Danny tells Charlie a bedtime story about a recent Five-0 case involving criminals dressed as Santas and a holiday miracle.
Director: Tara Miele
Writer: Rob Hanning
7.6/10 445 votes#12 - Ka hopu nui 'ana (The Round Up)
Season 8 Episode 12 - Aired 1/5/2018
When an FBI agent who was cracking down on organized crime is killed, McGarrett rounds up every gang-related criminal on the island to find the culprit. Also, McGarrett tasks Adam with forming a new division within Five-0 to take on organized crime.
Director: Eagle Egilsson
Writer: David Wolkove, Matt JL Wheeler
7.4/10 482 votes#13 - O ka mea ua hala, ua hala ia (What is Gone is Gone)
Season 8 Episode 13 - Aired 1/12/2018
When a man accused of killing his wife threatens to commit suicide, Grover reveals how he too was once on the brink of taking his own life.
Director: Roderick Davis
Writer: Sean O'Reilly
7.1/10 399 votes#14 - Nā keiki a Kalaihaohia (The Children of Kalaihoahia)
Season 8 Episode 14 - Aired 1/19/2018
When the corpse of a diamond smuggler is stolen from a graveyard, Five-0 tracks down his partner, Voss, who will stop at nothing to retrieve their latest batch of contraband. Also, Adam recruits a new confidential informant, Jessie Nomura; Tani gets a devastating call; and McGarrett tasks Pua to find his and Danny's stolen tools.
Director: Peter Weller
Writer: Eric Guggenheim
7.3/10 400 votes#15 - He puko'a kani 'aaina (A Coral Reef Strengthens Out Into Land)
Season 8 Episode 15 - Aired 2/2/2018
McGarrett and Danny investigate the murder of a private detective whose client was killed the same way, and Adam sends Jessie into a dangerous situation with disastrous consequences. Also, Danny’s uncle, Vito, comes to town to help Danny and McGarrett get their restaurant up and running.
Director: Bryan Spicer
Writer: David Wolkove, Matt JL Wheeler
7.3/10 406 votes#16 - O na hoku o ka lani ka i 'ike ia Pae' (Only the Stars of Heaven Know Where Pae Is)
Season 8 Episode 16 - Aired 3/2/2018
Tani and Junior go undercover as prospective parents in order to infiltrate a private school where the headmaster was murdered. Also, Adam's life is on the line when he is held captive and forced to produce a hidden massive amount of money.
Director: Jerry Levine
Writer: David Wolkove, Matt JL Wheeler
7.2/10 399 votes#17 - Hōlapu ke ahi, koe iho ka lehu (The Fire Blazed Up, Then Only Ashes Were Left)
Season 8 Episode 17 - Aired 3/9/2018
Adam's mission to take down organized crime on the Island goes sideways when deadly chlorine gas he was using to bait a big fish falls into the wrong hands. Also, Adam begins to doubt Jessie's allegiance.
Director: Maja Vrvilo
Writer: Liz Alper, Ally Seibert
7.5/10 411 votes#18 - E ho’okō kuleana (To Do One’s Duty)
Season 8 Episode 18 - Aired 3/30/2018
The ex-wife of the man who shot Danny comes to Oahu and reveals how Danny’s protection during a dangerous domestic dispute when he was in New Jersey helped save her life. Also, Tani and Junior are assigned to walk the beat as uniformed officers for the day, and Adam is framed for the murder of the crime boss he has been tracking.
Director: Alex O'Loughlin
Writer: David Wolkove, Matt JL Wheeler
7.6/10 409 votes#19 - Aohe mea make i ka hewa, make no i ka mihi ole (No One Has Ever Died For the Mistakes He Has Made, Only Because He Didn’t Repent)
Season 8 Episode 19 - Aired 4/6/2018
A hitman, Leroy Davis, McGarrett’s father failed to arrest comes to McGarrett to finally confess his crimes and admit where he buried his victims. Also, Jessie makes a dangerous decision that could ruin Adam’s life.
Director: Jennifer Lynch
Writer: Rob Hanning, Ashley Dizon
7.4/10 416 votes#20 - He lokomaika’i ka manu o Kaiona (Kind is the Bird of Kaiona)
Season 8 Episode 20 - Aired 4/13/2018
Catherine Rollins recruits McGarrett and Jerry to help her track down a uranium deposit thought to be hidden on an abandoned Hawaiian island before a suspected terrorist can make dirty bombs with it. Also, when Junior falls and is trapped in a ravine, he reflects on his estranged relationship with his father.
Director: Bryan Spicer
Writer: Rob Hanning, Sean O'Reilly
7.4/10 409 votes#21 - Ahuwale ka nane huna (The Answer to the Riddle is Seen)
Season 8 Episode 21 - Aired 4/20/2018
Harry Langford enlists McGarrett and Danny's help to track down Lady Sophie, a teenage British royal who has run away while under his protection. Also, Grover, Tani and Junior work a 25-year-old murder case after a mysterious Betamax tape arrives at 5-0 headquarters.
Director: Eagle Egilsson
Writer: David Wolkove, Matt JL Wheeler
7.5/10 395 votes#22 - Kopi wale no i ka i’a a ‘eu no ka ilo (Though the Fish is Well Salted, the Maggots Crawl.)
Season 8 Episode 22 - Aired 4/27/2018
Harry Five-0 must help Duke after he is forced to steal crucial evidence from the police locker in exchange for his kidnapped granddaughter. Also, Jerry goes undercover at a mental health facility in order to solve a murder.
Director: Ruba Nadda
Writer: Rob Hanning
7.3/10 395 votes#23 - Ka Hana a ka makua, o ka hana no ia a keiki (What Parents Do, Children Will Do)
Season 8 Episode 23 - Aired 5/4/2018
McGarrett and Five-0 take on the mob when a former boss is killed and Junior's friend Cammy Lin is on the run after witnessing the hit.
Director: Jim Jost
Writer: Peter M. Lenkov, Matt JL Wheeler
7.4/10 398 votes#24 - Ka lala kaukonakona haki 'ole I ka pa a ka makani Kona (The Tough Branch that Does Not Break in the Kona Gale)
Season 8 Episode 24 - Aired 5/11/2018
McGarrett joins Junior and his SEAL Team on a high risk covert mission to capture an elusive target who is holding his mentor, Joe White, hostage. Also, Gerard Hirsch and Kamekona help Grover and Tani on a murder case involving masterpieces stolen by the Nazis during WWII and Tani makes a shocking discovery.
Director: Krishna Rao
Writer: N/A
6.9/10 441 votes#25 - Waiho wale kahiko (Ancients Exposed)
Season 8 Episode 25 - Aired 5/18/2018
McGarrett and Five-0 discover a Russian spy ring hiding in plain site on Oahu when a Russian nuclear attack submarine appears on the coast of Waikiki. Also, Tani is conflicted by her unnerving discovery at Adam's house.
Director: Bryan Spicer
Writer: Eric Guggenheim, Peter M. Lenkov