7.7/10409 votes#1 - 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
7.2/10298 votes#2 - 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
7.3/10293 votes#3 - 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
7.3/10281 votes#4 - 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
7.5/10268 votes#5 - 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
7.1/10231 votes#6 - 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
7.2/10231 votes#7 - ... 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
6.7/10240 votes#8 - 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
7.3/10244 votes#9 - 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
7.8/10236 votes#10 - 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
7.7/10217 votes#11 - 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
7.6/10231 votes#12 - 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
7.2/10242 votes#13 - 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
6.7/10228 votes#14 - 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
7.5/10201 votes#15 - 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
7.1/10212 votes#16 - 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
7.3/10206 votes#17 - 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
7.0/10188 votes#18 - 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
7.7/10220 votes#19 - 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
7.7/10207 votes#20 - 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
6.0/10201 votes#21 - 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
7.4/10194 votes#22 - 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
6.6/10194 votes#23 - 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
7.9/10178 votes#24 - 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
7.7/10137 votes#25 - 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
The Best Episodes of Hawaii Five-O Season 1
Every episode of Hawaii Five-O Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Hawaii Five-O Season 1!
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Cocoon (1)" is the best rated episode of "Hawaii Five-O" season 1. It scored 7.7/10 based on 409 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Leonard Freeman, it aired on 9/20/1968. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Cocoon (2)".