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The Best Episodes of Hawaii Five-O

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The Best Episodes of Hawaii Five-O

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...

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  1. 8.9/10(307 votes)

    #1 - Over Fifty? Steal!

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    S3:E11

    McGarrett and company must pit their wits against a veteran thief and robber who leaves Monopoly money at the scene of his crimes.

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    Director:Bob Sweeney
    Writer:N/A
  2. 8.7/10(223 votes)

    #2 - 'V' For Vashon: The Father (2)

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    S5:E10

    McGarrett must contend with Honore Vashon, who wants revenge for his son's death.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  3. 8.6/10(210 votes)

    #3 - 'V' For Vashon: The Patriarch (3)

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    S5:E11

    Dominick Vashon, the patriarch of the clan, makes his attempt to bring down McGarrett and Five-O.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  4. 8.5/10(232 votes)

    #4 - 'V' For Vashon: The Son (1)

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    S5:E9

    McGarrett becomes involved with the Vashon mafioso family after the youngest member, Chris, is implicated in a daring raid on a hotel.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  5. 8.3/10(178 votes)

    #5 - The Reunion

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    S3:E8

    A Japanese computer research company executive is recognised by a veteran as his former captor in a Phillippine prison camp in World War II.

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  6. 8.3/10(147 votes)

    #6 - The Jinn Who Clears The Way

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    S5:E5

    Wo Fat is suspected of being behind the theft of a mobile ICBM device, and McGarrett with other top officials must stop him selling it off to the highest bidder.

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    Director:Harry Falk
    Writer:N/A
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  8. 8.3/10(163 votes)

    #7 - The Listener

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    S5:E16

    A crazed electronics wizard threatens the lives of a psychiatrist and his patients by using electronic devices and gadgets.

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  9. 8.2/10(152 votes)

    #8 - Ten Thousand Diamonds And A Heart

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    S3:E16

    An electronics genius is busted out of prison so he can mastermind a massive robbery of diamonds from the Honolulu Diamond Exchange.

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    Director:Paul Stanley
    Writer:N/A
  10. 8.1/10(192 votes)

    #9 - Trouble In Mind

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    S3:E2

    Singer Eadie Jordan has not only a comeback concert to perform, but also a serious heroin addiction. Poisoned heroin is being peddled on the islands, and McGarrett must try to save Eadie from scoring for the last time.

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    Director:Danny Arnold
    Writer:N/A
  11. 8.0/10(171 votes)

    #10 - ... And A Time To Die

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    S3:E1

    Five-O must act swiftly when the daughter of a top neurosurgeon is kidnapped by Wo Fat in order to make the surgeon operate on a wounded U.S. undercover agent who is carrying secret inforrmation of use to the Chinese.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  12. 8.0/10(139 votes)

    #11 - F.O.B. Honolulu (2)

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    S3:E19

    Five-O must deal with treason, murder and double-crosses in order to solve the case and prevent the U.S. from being flooded by fake currency.

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    Writer:N/A
  13. 8.0/10(170 votes)

    #12 - Death Is A Company Policy

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    S5:E1

    A local thug, Piro Manoa, is trying to create the impression of corruption in the Five-O force, and Duke is implicated in a murder. McGarrett and the team, with new recruit Ben Kokua, must save Duke's position and work out the plot of the organisation behind the false accusations.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  14. 8.0/10(195 votes)

    #13 - I'm A Family Crook -- Don't Shoot!

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    S5:E13

    A husband and wife team of scam merchants get caught between some of Hawaii's most powerful mobs.

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    Director:Bob Sweeney
    Writer:N/A
  15. 8.0/10(149 votes)

    #14 - I'll Kill 'Em Again

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    S7:E3

    Eddie Josephs is a paranoid schizophrenic who is carrying out murders based on old Five-O cases. McGarrett must follow his clues and catch him before more people die.

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    Writer:N/A
  16. 7.9/10(180 votes)

    #15 - Six Kilos

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    S1:E24

    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.

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  17. 7.9/10(154 votes)

    #16 - The Ransom

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    S3:E6

    Five-O's efforts to rescue a young boy from kidnappers go wrong when Kono is captured and beaten. An angry McGarrett must work out a way to rescue Kono without further endangering him.

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    Writer:N/A
  18. 7.9/10(144 votes)

    #17 - F.O.B. Honolulu (1)

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    S3:E18

    Wo Fat and other top international agents converge on Hawaii to place bids on printing plates for twenty dollar bills, which are in the possession of a former friend of McGarrett.

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    Writer:N/A
  19. 7.9/10(151 votes)

    #18 - The Bomber And Mrs. Moroney

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    S3:E22

    Danno's past comes back to haunt him when the brother of a young boy he shot is released and wants revenge. The brother takes Chin Ho, Jenny and others hostage in McGarrett's office and threatens to blow them up, and Danno must resolve the tense situation.

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    Director:Paul Stanley
    Writer:N/A
  20. 7.9/10(151 votes)

    #19 - Computer Killer

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    S7:E15

    An investigation into a murder is sent off track through the modification of computer information, and Five-O must use the latest technology to rescue the case.

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    Director:Alf Kjellin
  21. 7.9/10(140 votes)

    #20 - The Hostage

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    S7:E22

    When a deranged ex-Army officer shoots a policeman and takes a young girl hostage, McGarrett disagrees with a police captain over the best way to free her.

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    Director:Allen Reisner
    Writer:N/A
  22. 7.8/10(246 votes)

    #21 - No Blue Skies

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    S1:E10

    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.

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  23. 7.8/10(210 votes)

    #22 - Along Came Joey

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    S1:E20

    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.

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    Writer:N/A
  24. 7.8/10(184 votes)

    #23 - You Don't Have To Kill To Get Rich -- But It Helps.

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    S5:E3

    A private investigator, Sam Tolliver, arrives from Texas to help an old friend who is being blackmailed and is at risk of being killed if he doesn't pay up, but he ends up wanting to become part of the blackmail operation.

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    Director:Alf Kjellin
    Writer:N/A
  25. 7.8/10(107 votes)

    #24 - A Death In The Family

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    S10:E24

    Five-O's world is shattered when mobsters catch Chin Ho undercover and order him to be killed.

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    Director:Don Weis
  26. 7.7/10(423 votes)

    #25 - Cocoon (1)

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    S1:E1

    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?

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    Director:N/A

Best Episodes Summary

"Over Fifty? Steal!" is the best rated episode of "Hawaii Five-O". It scored 8.9/10 based on 307 votes. Directed by Bob Sweeney and written by N/A, it aired on 11/25/1970. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "'V' For Vashon: The Father (2)".