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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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Season 1

  • Cocoon (1)
    7.7/10407 votes
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    Cocoon (1)

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/20/1968

    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?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Leonard Freeman

  • Cocoon (2)
    7.2/10296 votes
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    Cocoon (2)

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/20/1968

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Leonard Freeman

  • Full Fathom Five
    7.3/10290 votes
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    Full Fathom Five

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/26/1968

    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.

    Director: Richard Benedict

    Writer: N/A

  • Strangers In Our Own Land
    7.3/10278 votes
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    Strangers In Our Own Land

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/3/1968

    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.

    Director: Herschel Daugherty

    Writer: Herman Groves

  • Tiger By The Tail
    7.5/10267 votes
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    Tiger By The Tail

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/10/1968

    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.

    Director: Richard Benedict

    Writer: N/A

  • Samurai
    7.1/10230 votes
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    Samurai

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/17/1968

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • ... And They Painted Daisies On His Coffin
    7.2/10230 votes
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    ... And They Painted Daisies On His Coffin

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/7/1968

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Twenty-Four Karat Kill
    6.7/10239 votes
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    Twenty-Four Karat Kill

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/14/1968

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Ways Of Love
    7.3/10242 votes
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    The Ways Of Love

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/21/1968

    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.

    Director: Charles S. Dubin

    Writer: Laurence Heath

  • No Blue Skies
    7.8/10235 votes
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    No Blue Skies

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/5/1968

    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.

    Director: Herschel Daugherty

    Writer: Herman Groves

  • By the Numbers
    7.7/10215 votes
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    By the Numbers

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/12/1968

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

    Director: Seymour Robbie

    Writer: N/A

  • Yesterday Died And Tomorrow Won't Be Born
    7.6/10228 votes
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    Yesterday Died And Tomorrow Won't Be Born

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/19/1968

    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.

    Director: Herschel Daugherty

    Writer: N/A

  • Deathwatch
    7.2/10241 votes
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    Deathwatch

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/25/1968

    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…

    Director: Herschel Daugherty

    Writer: N/A

  • Pray Love Remember, Pray Love Remember
    6.7/10225 votes
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    Pray Love Remember, Pray Love Remember

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/1/1969

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

    Director: Richard Benedict

    Writer: N/A

  • King Of The Hill
    7.5/10200 votes
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    King Of The Hill

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/8/1969

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

    Director: Jack Shea

    Writer: John D. F. Black

  • Up Tight
    7.1/10212 votes
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    Up Tight

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/15/1969

    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.

    Director: Seymour Robbie

    Writer: N/A

  • Face Of The Dragon
    7.3/10205 votes
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    Face Of The Dragon

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/22/1969

    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.

    Director: Richard Benedict

    Writer: Robert C. Dennis

  • The Box
    7.0/10186 votes
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    The Box

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/29/1969

    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.

    Director: Seymour Robbie

    Writer: John D. F. Black

  • One For The Money
    7.7/10219 votes
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    One For The Money

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/5/1969

    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.

    Director: Paul Stanley

    Writer: N/A

  • Along Came Joey
    7.7/10206 votes
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    Along Came Joey

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/12/1969

    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.

    Director: Richard Benedict

    Writer: N/A

  • Once Upon A Time (1)
    6.0/10201 votes
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    Once Upon A Time (1)

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/19/1969

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Leonard Freeman

  • Once Upon A Time (2)
    7.4/10194 votes
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    Once Upon A Time (2)

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 2/26/1969

    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.

    Director: Abner Biberman

    Writer: Leonard Freeman

  • Not That Much Different
    6.6/10194 votes
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    Not That Much Different

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/5/1969

    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.

    Director: Abner Biberman

    Writer: N/A

  • Six Kilos
    7.9/10178 votes
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    Six Kilos

    Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/12/1969

    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.

    Director: Seymour Robbie

    Writer: Meyer Dolinsky

  • The Big Kahuna
    7.7/10137 votes
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    The Big Kahuna

    Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/19/1969

    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.

    Director: Herschel Daugherty

    Writer: Norman Hudis, Gilbert Ralston