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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. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Tiger By The Tail

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    S1:E5

    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.

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    Writer:N/A
  2. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Samurai

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    S1:E6

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

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  3. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - 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
  4. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - Here Today, Gone Tonight

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    S5:E17

    Five-O has a suspect for a murder, but they have one problem. How can the suspect have been in two places at the same time?

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  5. 7.5/10(2 votes)

    #5 - 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
  6. 1.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - Full Fathom Five

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    S1:E3

    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.

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  8. 1.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - R&R -- &R

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    S4:E24

    A psychotic man named Ralston is killing the wives of members of his army unit, and Five-O, including Kono on his last case, must stop him before he commits any more crazed attacks.

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    Director:Leo Penn
    Writer:N/A
  9. 1.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - The Child Stealers

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    S5:E14

    Two drifters, Gar and Nina, steal children and sell them on to a mainland adoption agency in order to raise the cash to buy a boat and go cruising.

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    Director:Corey Allen
  10. 1.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - Tricks Are Not Treats

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    S6:E7

    The killing of an important pimp threatens an all out war between two competing vice empires.

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    Director:Corey Allen
    Writer:N/A
  11. 1.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - A Bullet For El Diablo

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    S6:E10

    A dictator must evade a female assassin sent to kill him, one that looks just like his own daughter.

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    Director:Allen Reisner
    Writer:N/A
  12. 1.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - The Bark And The Bite

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    S11:E16

    A vacationing heiress seems unconcerned when McGarrett warns her that someone is after her ruby.

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    Director:Don Weis
    Writer:N/A
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    #12 - Cocoon (2)

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    S1:E2

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

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    Director:N/A
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    #13 - Strangers In Our Own Land

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    S1:E4

    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.

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    #14 - ... And They Painted Daisies On His Coffin

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    S1:E7

    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.

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    #15 - Twenty-Four Karat Kill

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    S1:E8

    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.

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    #16 - The Ways Of Love

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    S1:E9

    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.

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    #17 - 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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    #18 - By the Numbers

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    S1:E11

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

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    #19 - Yesterday Died And Tomorrow Won't Be Born

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    S1:E12

    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.

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    #20 - Deathwatch

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    S1:E13

    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…

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    #21 - Pray Love Remember, Pray Love Remember

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    S1:E14

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

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    #22 - King Of The Hill

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    S1:E15

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

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    #23 - Up Tight

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    S1:E16

    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.

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    #24 - Face Of The Dragon

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    S1:E17

    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.

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    #25 - The Box

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    S1:E18

    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.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Tiger By The Tail" is the best rated episode of "Hawaii Five-O". It scored 9/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Richard Benedict and written by N/A, it aired on 10/10/1968. This episode scored 1.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Samurai".