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The Best Episodes of Hawaii Five-O Season 2

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Hawaii Five-O Season 2 Episode 3 - Forty Feet High And It Kills!
    7.8/10(237 votes)

    S2:E3

    A tsunami warning is called and a geneticist is evacuated from a conference. He is then kidnapped under the orders of Wo Fat, but he uses his diabetic medical condition as a ploy to stop Wo Fat from carrying out the plan to return him to China.

    Director:Michael O'Herlihy
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Hawaii Five-O Season 2 Episode 14 - Which Way Did They Go?
    7.8/10(206 votes)

    S2:E14

    A career criminal, Connors, fools McGarrett and the team into protecting the wrong bank, and robs a nearby one, taking the wife of the manager hostage. Things turn ugly when one of his goons assaults and murders her. McGarrett must race to capture Connors before he can do any more damage.

    Director:Abner Biberman
    Writer:Meyer Dolinsky

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  3. Hawaii Five-O Season 2 Episode 19 - The One With The Gun
    7.8/10(202 votes)

    S2:E19

    Peter Corman is murdered during a game of poker, and his brother Lorenzo arrives in Hawaii for revenge. McGarrett must work out what happened and prevent Lorenzo from carrying out his intentions.

    Director:Murray Golden
    Writer:Robert C. Dennis

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  4. Hawaii Five-O Season 2 Episode 1 - A Thousand Pardons -- You're Dead!
    7.7/10(268 votes)

    S2:E1

    An army sergeant and a office worker have a scam in which they use bar girls to claim G.I. widow benefits, and then murder them to take the cash. McGarrett and company must use the girls to get to the core of the plot.

    Director:Nicholas Colasanto
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Hawaii Five-O Season 2 Episode 10 - All The King's Horses
    7.7/10(211 votes)

    S2:E10

    An assassination attempt on a prominent politician, Charles Irwin, leads Five-O to Mike Finney, a former racketeer who has been clean for nine years. However, Finney insists he is innocent, and the trail of clues leads right back to Irwin.

    Director:Richard Benedict
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Hawaii Five-O Season 2 Episode 13 - The Joker's Wild, Man, Wild!
    7.7/10(236 votes)

    S2:E13

    Two young men play an increasingly dangerous and deadly game for the attentions of a beautiful but spoiled heiress, who plays them off against each other.

    Director:Gene Nelson
    Writers:Leonard Freeman, Jack Turley

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  7. Hawaii Five-O Season 2 Episode 15 - Blind Tiger
    7.7/10(226 votes)

    S2:E15

    McGarrett gets a surprise birthday party, but when he goes to pack the presents in his car, it explodes and blinds him. Danno, Chin Ho and Kono must work to catch those responsible, whilst McGarrett has to get used to not having his eyesight.

    Director:Abner Biberman
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Hawaii Five-O Season 2 Episode 4 - Just Lucky, I Guess
    7.6/10(243 votes)

    S2:E4

    A middle-aged mainland hardware salesman uses a prostitute, and then witnesses her murder by a mobster. He refuses to testify because of the damage to his reputation and that he doesn't want to be involved. McGarrett must persuade him to do the right thing.

    Director:Nicholas Colasanto
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Hawaii Five-O Season 2 Episode 17 - Run, Johnny, Run
    7.6/10(224 votes)

    S2:E17

    Two military policeman spot John Mala, a man who McGarrett has helped in the past, but who has gone AWOL. One of the policemen is shot, and tensions rise as Five-O and the army police clash in their techniques of investigation and their treatment of the local population.

    Director:Michael O'Herlihy
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Hawaii Five-O Season 2 Episode 21 - Most Likely To Murder
    7.6/10(186 votes)

    S2:E21

    Lew Morgan and his wife are friends of Danno, but she is murdered, and Morgan sets out to find the culprit. However, his wife seems to be hiding secrets that may have caused her death.

    Director:Nicholas Colasanto
    Writers:Leonard Freeman, Robert Hamner

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  11. Hawaii Five-O Season 2 Episode 23 - Three Dead Cows At Makapuu (1)
    7.6/10(202 votes)

    S2:E23

    Dr. Alexander Kline, a biological scientist, views his work as evil, and to prove it, he plans to unleash a deadly germ that would kill thousands. Three dead cows lead McGarrett on a desperate chase to track down the toxin, involving a friendly telephone operator and top Washington agents.

    Director:Marvin J. Chomsky
    Writer:Anthony Lawrence

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  12. Hawaii Five-O Season 2 Episode 7 - Sweet Terror
    7.5/10(208 votes)

    S2:E7

    McGarrett must counter a threat by international terrorist Erich Stoss to use a fungus to wipe out Hawaii's sugar cane, half of the world's supply.

    Director:Richard Benedict
    Writer:Robert C. Dennis

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  13. Hawaii Five-O Season 2 Episode 20 - Cry, Lie
    7.5/10(204 votes)

    S2:E20

    Chin Ho is accused of bribery, and cannot provide alibis for the nights in question. Worse, he is called to the middle of nowhere for a set-up. Chin's position is threatened, and the Governor orders an inquiry. McGarrett and the others must work out how Chin was framed and clear him of the accusations.

    Director:Paul Stanley
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Hawaii Five-O Season 2 Episode 9 - The Singapore File
    7.4/10(239 votes)

    S2:E9

    McGarrett gets a phone call from Singapore and goes to rescue Nicole Wylie, a witness who has changed her mind and wants to testify. However, the pair must face many dangers on their return trip back to Hawaii.

    Director:Robert Gist
    Writer:Robert C. Dennis

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  15. Hawaii Five-O Season 2 Episode 12 - The Devil And Mr. Frog
    7.4/10(213 votes)

    S2:E12

    When a young son of a businessman escapes from captivity by ‘The Devil' and ‘Mr. Frog', Five-O must recover the $300,000 ransom money that the desperate father paid.

    Director:Michael O'Herlihy
    Writer:Robert C. Dennis

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  16. Hawaii Five-O Season 2 Episode 24 - Three Dead Cows At Makapuu (2)
    7.4/10(192 votes)

    S2:E24

    Dr. Kline's deadly toxin is lost, he is having second thoughts about his plan, and McGarrett has to find the vial before it disintegrates and poisons the whole island. Already the toxin is doing its deadly work as innocent people come into contact with it.

    Director:Marvin J. Chomsky
    Writer:Anthony Lawrence

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  17. Hawaii Five-O Season 2 Episode 6 - A Bullet For McGarrett
    7.1/10(223 votes)

    S2:E6

    A university professor, Dr. Paul Farrar, is using hypnosis to programme students into becoming assassins. McGarrett uses a policewoman as bait for Dr. Farrar, but the plan goes wrong and her life is put in danger.

    Director:Paul Stanley
    Writer:Anthony Lawrence

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  18. Hawaii Five-O Season 2 Episode 25 - Kiss The Queen Goodbye
    7.1/10(193 votes)

    S2:E25

    Camilla Carver, a con-artist, blackmails a politician to take her to an event where she can steal the priceless Queen of Polynesia emerald and swap it for a fake. However, McGarrett and the team are at the event and make sure that neither the gem, Carver or her accomplice vanish.

    Director:Abner Biberman
    Writer:Jack Turley

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  19. Hawaii Five-O Season 2 Episode 22 - Nightmare Road
    7.0/10(171 votes)

    S2:E22

    A research scientist, Dr. Royce, is set up by revolutionaries to be transported away from the islands in a submarine. McGarrett must stop this from happening and also has to contend with the interference of federal agents in the case.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Jack Turley

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  20. Hawaii Five-O Season 2 Episode 11 - Leopard On The Rock
    6.8/10(188 votes)

    S2:E11

    When a dictator's plane is diverted to Hawaii as part of a plan to kill him, McGarrett must deal with the complex politics of the situation and protect the hated leader.

    Director:Irving J. Moore
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Hawaii Five-O Season 2 Episode 18 - Killer Bee
    6.7/10(178 votes)

    S2:E18

    A psychiatric worker, George Loomis, is trying to drive a fellow Vietnam veteran Ted Frazer crazy in order to cover up the fact that he massacred his own platoon during an action. Loomis kidnaps boys and drugs Frazer to make it look like Frazer is mad and to blame for the tragedy. McGarrett and the team must unravel this web of lies and clear Frazer.

    Director:Paul Stanley
    Writer:Anthony Lawrence

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  22. Hawaii Five-O Season 2 Episode 5 - Savage Sunday
    6.6/10(202 votes)

    S2:E5

    McGarrett must interrupt his Sunday to deal with both terrorists and politics when a revolutionary group steal guns from a barracks for their overseas cause.

    Director:Reza Badiyi
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Hawaii Five-O Season 2 Episode 8 - King Kamehameha Blues
    6.6/10(228 votes)

    S2:E8

    Four university students hatch a plot to steal the robes of King Kamehameha, and McGarrett and the team must apply pressure to the gang's weak point to retrieve the robes and catch the thieves.

    Director:Barry Shear
    Writer:Robert Hamner

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  24. Hawaii Five-O Season 2 Episode 16 - Bored, She Hung Herself
    6.2/10(90 votes)

    S2:E16

    Don Miles, a health freak, uses a hanging-type exercise to promote his wellbeing, but his girlfriend Wanda tries it, and seemingly dies in the attempt. However, all is not what it seems…

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Hawaii Five-O Season 2 Episode 2 - To Hell With Babe Ruth
    5.8/10(241 votes)

    S2:E2

    A Japanese World War II veteran, Yoshio Nagata, escapes from a mental hospital and tries to carry out his wartime orders to blow up a refinery.

    Director:Nicholas Colasanto
    Writer:Anthony Lawrence

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Forty Feet High And It Kills!" is the best rated episode of "Hawaii Five-O" season 2. It scored 7.8/10 based on 237 votes. Directed by Michael O'Herlihy and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/8/1969. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Which Way Did They Go?".