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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...
  1. Background image for 'V' For Vashon: The Father (2)
    8.7/10(232 votes)

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

    S5:E10

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for 'V' For Vashon: The Patriarch (3)
    8.6/10(216 votes)

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

    S5:E11

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for 'V' For Vashon: The Son (1)
    8.5/10(242 votes)

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

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for The Jinn Who Clears The Way
    8.3/10(152 votes)

    #4 - The Jinn Who Clears The Way

    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:Unknown
  5. Background image for The Listener
    8.3/10(169 votes)

    #5 - The Listener

    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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  6. Background image for 3,000 Crooked Miles To Honolulu
    8.2/10(187 votes)

    #6 - 3,000 Crooked Miles To Honolulu

    S4:E4

    Five-O is up against a sophisticated gang who have come to Hawaii to cash $750,000 of traveller's cheques.

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    Director:Jerry Thorpe
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Rest In Peace, Somebody
    8.2/10(175 votes)

    #7 - Rest In Peace, Somebody

    S4:E10

    A policeman who was kicked off the force blames McGarrett and Five-O and plans to kill the Governor.

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    Director:Paul Stanley
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for Odd Man In
    8.2/10(176 votes)

    #8 - Odd Man In

    S4:E14

    A veteran criminal who has already had dealings with Five-O escapes, and plans to steal millions of dollars from drug smugglers.

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    Director:Paul Stanley
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for Over Fifty? Steal!
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - Over Fifty? Steal!

    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:Unknown
  11. Background image for Skinhead
    8.0/10(186 votes)

    #10 - Skinhead

    S4:E18

    When a young woman is beaten and raped and a soldier is arrested for the crime, McGarrett begins to have doubts about his guilt.

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    Director:Allen Reisner
    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for Death Is A Company Policy
    8.0/10(176 votes)

    #11 - Death Is A Company Policy

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for I'm A Family Crook -- Don't Shoot!
    8.0/10(203 votes)

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

    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:Unknown
  14. Background image for Six Kilos
    7.9/10(187 votes)

    #13 - Six Kilos

    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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  15. Background image for The Ninety-Second War (1)
    7.9/10(148 votes)

    #14 - The Ninety-Second War (1)

    S4:E16

    McGarrett is framed in an elaborate set up by Wo Fat, and has to contend with a foreign double amongst other problems.

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  16. Background image for Good Night, Baby - Time To Die!
    7.9/10(155 votes)

    #15 - Good Night, Baby - Time To Die!

    S4:E21

    McGarrett sets up a cordon of police around a young woman to capture her boyfriend who has escaped from jail, but all is not as it seems…

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    Director:Alf Kjellin
    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for Didn't We Meet At A Murder?
    7.9/10(143 votes)

    #16 - Didn't We Meet At A Murder?

    S4:E22

    A young widow becomes part of a blackmail plot involving the murder of a Chicago mobster.

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    Director:Paul Stanley
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for You Don't Have To Kill To Get Rich -- But It Helps.
    7.9/10(191 votes)

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

    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:Unknown
  19. Background image for No Blue Skies
    7.8/10(251 votes)

    #18 - No Blue Skies

    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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  20. Background image for Along Came Joey
    7.8/10(215 votes)

    #19 - Along Came Joey

    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:Unknown
  21. Background image for For A Million... Why Not?
    7.8/10(162 votes)

    #20 - For A Million... Why Not?

    S4:E8

    Five seemingly good citizens with different motives band together to steal $6,000,000 while McGarrett is away on Maui at a trial.

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    Director:Ron Winston
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for Cloth Of Gold
    7.8/10(166 votes)

    #21 - Cloth Of Gold

    S4:E20

    Three real estate crooks die horrible and mysterious shellfish related deaths, and McGarrett and the others must establish the link between them, and who has reason to want them dead.

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    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for R&R -- &R
    7.8/10(161 votes)

    #22 - R&R -- &R

    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:Unknown
  24. Background image for Cocoon (1)
    7.7/10(437 votes)

    #23 - Cocoon (1)

    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:Unknown
  25. Background image for By the Numbers
    7.7/10(224 votes)

    #24 - By the Numbers

    S1:E11

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

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    Writer:Unknown
  26. Background image for One For The Money
    7.7/10(231 votes)

    #25 - One For The Money

    S1:E19

    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.

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    Director:Paul Stanley
    Writer:Unknown

Best Episodes Summary

"'V' For Vashon: The Father (2)" is the best rated episode of "Hawaii Five-O". It scored 8.7/10 based on 232 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/21/1972. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "'V' For Vashon: The Patriarch (3)".