The Best Episodes of Hawaii Five-O Season 12

McGarrett finds himself stymied when Hawaiian nationalists and local underworld mobsters clash over a union election.

Director: Reza Badiyi

Writer: Robert Janes

When the husband of a policewoman is gunned down by opportunist robbers, she resolves to catch them any way she can.

Director: Jack Lord

Writer: Robert Janes

Labouring under a ban on cooperation by native Hawaiians because of a Kahuna, McGarrett must try to prevent war on the streets...

Director: Reza Badiyi

Writer: Robert Janes

A politician trying for the Senate is weakened by the murder of the man who is blackmailing him.

Director: Robert L. Morrison

Writer: Seeleg Lester

When two healthy young people die mysteriously, local traditions prevent post mortems, and a strange conspiracy is gradually uncovered when Truck seems to fall under the power of a Kahuna...

Director: Robert L. Morrison

Writer: James Menzies

McGarrett and Kimo must stop a gang of trained assassins from disrupting a meeting of energy ministers.

Director: Don Weis

Writer: N/A

Jessica Humboldt, an astrologer and friend of Agnes DuBois, comes to McGarrett with news that a forthcoming match will be disastrous for a boxer. McGarrett must overcome his suspicions and crack the case.

Director: Ralph Levy

Writer: Samuel Roeca

McGarrett is suspicious of an aide who arrives in Hawaii to retrieve millions of dollars held in trust for a Southern Asian state and he must prevent a daring gold robbery.

Director: Beau Vanden Ecker

Writer: George F. Slavin

The murder of a Nazi-hunter and discovery of a World War II medal set McGarrett and the team on the trail of a Nazi war criminal living in Honolulu...

Director: Ralph Levy

Writer: George F. Slavin

A gang of clever students use radio-controlled planes to execute the theft of Queen Liliokalani's jewels.

Director: Don Weis

Writer: James Menzies

Tony Alika and Guido Marioni, killer of Kimo's family, together hatch a plot to frame and embarrass the Five-O team by making them look stupid or corrupt.

Director: Beau Vanden Ecker

Writer: Frank Telford

When two surfer bums use a gun to rob a shop, it starts off a trail of death and misery involving children, politics and blackmail.

Director: Edward M. Abroms

Writer: Samuel Roeca

A group of terrorists capture a female officer and use her to further their aims, and McGarrett and the team must find a way to take them out without endangering the life of Officer Dean.

Director: N/A

Writer: N/A

A young man on vacation has strange visions that lead him to the site of an old murder and help him discover a lost family.

Director: Dennis Donnelly

Writer: N/A

When a woman is stalked by a strange figure, she seems to be seeing things and her friends are worried as to her mental health. However, events prove her case and an accomplice is revealed...

Director: Herbert Hirschman

Writer: James Schmerer

When a rich socialite is kidnapped, her husband insists that Five-O stay out of the case. However, his reasons may not all be on the level as events take a series of twists and turns...

Director: Barry Crane

Writer: Michael Janover

A aging crook decides to use dollar bill printing plates he made to raise cash for a charity, but he fails to realise the trouble that this will cause.

Director: Dennis Donnelly

Writer: N/A

A group of seemingly harmless birdwatchers are the target of a vendetta. Five-O must discover why they were a target and stop any further violence.

Director: Beau Vanden Ecker

Writer: Samuel Roeca

A group of high society men set out to see that justice is done - the catch being that it is justice on their terms only...

Director: Harry F. Hogan

Writer: Frank Telford

The series concludes with the final showdown between McGarrett and Wo Fat. Three scientists have gone missing. They have one thing in common: they all attended a symposium that discussed a possible space-based, laser defense system. McGarrett impersonates a fourth scientist, Dr. Elton Raintree, who attended the same gathering and is soon abducted. Wo Fat is behind it all and wants the scientists to complete their work and produce such a device.

Director: Barry Crane

Writer: Frank Telford