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The Best Episodes of Hawaii Five-O Season 5

Every episode of Hawaii Five-O Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Hawaii Five-O Season 5!

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 5 Ratings Summary

"Death Is A Company Policy" is the best rated episode of "Hawaii Five-O" season 5. It scored 8/10 based on 163 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/12/1972. This episode is rated 0.9 points higher than the second-best, "Death Wish On Tantalus Mountain".

  • Death Is A Company Policy
    8.0/10163 votes

    #1 - Death Is A Company Policy

    Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 9/12/1972

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Death Wish On Tantalus Mountain
    7.1/10155 votes

    #2 - Death Wish On Tantalus Mountain

    Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 9/19/1972

    When two of a egotistical racing driver's support staff are murdered, suspicions of sabotage fall upon his attractive girlfriend.

    Director: Allen Reisner

    Writer: N/A

  • You Don't Have To Kill To Get Rich -- But It Helps.
    7.8/10180 votes

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

    Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 9/26/1972

    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.

    Director: Alf Kjellin

    Writer: N/A

  • Pig In A Blanket
    7.6/10119 votes

    #4 - Pig In A Blanket

    Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 10/3/1972

    Danno shoots an apparently armed teenager but finds that he was mistaken, and public opinion and the teen's brother turn against him. McGarrett must act to defuse the potentially explosive situation.

    Director: Marvin J. Chomsky

    Writer: Bill Stratton

  • The Jinn Who Clears The Way
    8.2/10145 votes

    #5 - The Jinn Who Clears The Way

    Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 10/10/1972

    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.

    Director: Harry Falk

    Writer: N/A

  • Fools Die Twice
    7.4/10131 votes

    #6 - Fools Die Twice

    Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 10/17/1972

    Army computer technician Jack Gulley kidnaps a scientist and then uses a planned heist by three accomplices on a military base to divert Five-O's attention from his sale of the scientist to the highest bidder.

    Director: Michael O'Herlihy

    Writer: N/A

  • Chain Of Events
    7.6/10133 votes

    #7 - Chain Of Events

    Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 10/24/1972

    A doctor tracking venereal disease is murdered, and Five-O must track the series of encounters to find out who is a carrier. Their investigation is made doubly important by the murder of a young woman who is close to a upcoming politician. He seems a likely suspect but McGarrett suspects a deeper plot.

    Director: Ron Winston

    Writer: N/A

  • Journey Out Of Limbo
    7.0/10140 votes

    #8 - Journey Out Of Limbo

    Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 10/31/1972

    Danno is found in the back of a truck, dazed and confused, and McGarrett and the others must help him piece together how he came to be in that situation.

    Director: Michael O'Herlihy

    Writer: N/A

  • 'V' For Vashon: The Son (1)
    8.5/10222 votes

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

    Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 11/14/1972

    McGarrett becomes involved with the Vashon mafioso family after the youngest member, Chris, is implicated in a daring raid on a hotel.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • 'V' For Vashon: The Father (2)
    8.7/10215 votes

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

    Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 11/21/1972

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • 'V' For Vashon: The Patriarch (3)
    8.6/10202 votes

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

    Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 11/28/1972

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Clock Struck Twelve
    6.9/10123 votes

    #12 - The Clock Struck Twelve

    Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 12/5/1972

    When McGarrett arrests a group of vigilante nationalists, hidden bombs at the courthouse threaten to destabilise the islands.

    Director: Ron Winston

    Writer: Anthony Lawrence

  • I'm A Family Crook -- Don't Shoot!
    7.9/10191 votes

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

    Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 12/19/1972

    A husband and wife team of scam merchants get caught between some of Hawaii's most powerful mobs.

    Director: Bob Sweeney

    Writer: N/A

  • The Child Stealers
    6.9/10144 votes

    #14 - The Child Stealers

    Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 1/2/1973

    Two drifters, Gar and Nina, steal children and sell them on to a mainland adoption agency in order to raise the cash to buy a boat and go cruising.

    Director: Corey Allen

    Writer: Larry Brody

  • Thanks For The Honeymoon
    7.5/10157 votes

    #15 - Thanks For The Honeymoon

    Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 1/9/1973

    McGarrett agrees to let Toni, a tough female convict, get married and have a honeymoon in protective custody as long as she will testify against a local hood.

    Director: Richard Benedict

    Writer: N/A

  • The Listener
    8.3/10157 votes

    #16 - The Listener

    Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 1/16/1973

    A crazed electronics wizard threatens the lives of a psychiatrist and his patients by using electronic devices and gadgets.

    Director: Richard Benedict

    Writer: Meyer Dolinsky

  • Here Today, Gone Tonight
    7.7/10157 votes

    #17 - Here Today, Gone Tonight

    Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 1/23/1973

    Five-O has a suspect for a murder, but they have one problem. How can the suspect have been in two places at the same time?

    Director: Michael O'Herlihy

    Writer: N/A

  • The Odd Lot Caper
    7.6/10131 votes

    #18 - The Odd Lot Caper

    Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 1/30/1973

    A senior partner in a stock exchange firm comes up with a foolproof plan to rob the Honolulu Stock Exchange.

    Director: Michael O'Herlihy

    Writer: Meyer Dolinsky

  • Will The Real Mr. Winkler Please Die?
    7.4/10140 votes

    #19 - Will The Real Mr. Winkler Please Die?

    Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 2/6/1973

    McGarrett and company must break through a tissue of lies in order to protect a Russian defector from being killed.

    Director: Michael O'Herlihy

    Writer: N/A

  • Little Girl Blue
    6.3/10148 votes

    #20 - Little Girl Blue

    Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 2/13/1973

    Two simple criminals kidnap a young girl, and hide out in a bunker at Diamond Head. McGarrett must unravel the reason why they are there and get the girl safely away from them.

    Director: Bob Sweeney

    Writer: N/A

  • Percentage
    7.6/10134 votes

    #21 - Percentage

    Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 2/20/1973

    A travel agent who operates gambling trips is killed in order to send a warning to others that the syndicates will not tolerate competition.

    Director: Robert Butler

    Writer: Norman Lessing

  • Engaged To Be Buried
    7.6/10158 votes

    #22 - Engaged To Be Buried

    Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 2/27/1973

    Chin Ho must face the fact that his daughter, Alia, is in love with the son of a local criminal under investigation, and that she plans to get married to him.

    Director: Michael O'Herlihy

    Writer: N/A

  • The Diamond That Nobody Stole
    7.1/10137 votes

    #23 - The Diamond That Nobody Stole

    Season 5 Episode 23 - Aired 3/6/1973

    A burglary at the home of a well known island family sets off a series of events that ends in murder.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Jury Of One
    7.6/10137 votes

    #24 - Jury Of One

    Season 5 Episode 24 - Aired 3/13/1973

    A single person is holding out in a Five-O trial, and McGarrett and the team have to find out who is stalling and why they are doing it.

    Director: Alf Kjellin

    Writer: Ken Pettus