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#1 - A Sentence To Steal
Season 8 Episode 24 - Aired 3/4/1976
McGarrett sends an undercover agent into a rehabilitation home for juvenile offenders to find out who is behind the theft of gold from dental supply warehouses.
Director: David Friedkin
Writer: Glen Olson, Rod Baker
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#2 - Practical Jokes Can Kill You
Season 9 Episode 24 - Aired 5/5/1977
A gang of thieves steal army rifles by peculiar means - hang-gliding into the armoury!
Director: Ernest Pintoff
Writer: Bill Stratton
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#3 - The Year Of The Horse (2)
Season 11 Episode 22 - Aired 4/5/1979
Five-O must close the heroin smuggling operation to exonerate the Governor and catch the figures behind the scheme.
Director: Don Weis
Writer: Richard DeLong Adams
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#4 - Woe To Wo Fat
Season 12 Episode 20 - Aired 4/5/1980
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
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#5 - Though The Heavens Fall
Season 12 Episode 4 - Aired 10/18/1979
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
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#6 - For Old Times Sake
Season 12 Episode 14 - Aired 1/8/1980
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
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#7 - A Bird In Hand...
Season 12 Episode 18 - Aired 3/22/1980
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
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#8 - A Short Walk On The Longshore
Season 10 Episode 14 - Aired 2/2/1978
In order to find out the identity of the murderer of a union leader, McGarrett goes undercover as a longshoreman.
Director: Don Weis
Writer: Richard DeLong Adams
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#9 - Small Potatoes
Season 11 Episode 5 - Aired 10/26/1978
Steve is framed on the orders of a gambling syndicate, and becomes involved with a woman who is part of the case.
Director: Reza Badiyi
Writer: Richard DeLong Adams
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#10 - Image Of Fear
Season 12 Episode 7 - Aired 11/8/1979
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
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#11 - Labyrinth
Season 12 Episode 12 - Aired 12/25/1979
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
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#12 - To Hell With Babe Ruth
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/1969
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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#13 - Voice Of Terror
Season 12 Episode 9 - Aired 12/4/1979
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
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#14 - A Shallow Grave
Season 12 Episode 10 - Aired 12/11/1979
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
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#15 - When Does A War End?
Season 10 Episode 19 - Aired 3/16/1978
A Japanese businessman comes under attack from a young man whose father suffered in an Japanese Prisoner of War camp.
Director: Ernest Pintoff
Writer: Arthur Bernard Lewis
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#16 - Why Won't Linda Die?
Season 11 Episode 10 - Aired 12/14/1978
The death of a prominent politician reveals a strange love triangle.
Director: Jack Lord
Writer: Ken Pettus
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#18 - Use A Gun, Go To Hell
Season 12 Episode 8 - Aired 11/29/1979
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
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#19 - Good Help Is Hard To Find
Season 12 Episode 6 - Aired 11/1/1979
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
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#20 - 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
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#21 - To Kill A Mind
Season 9 Episode 21 - Aired 3/17/1977
While searching for parts from a sunken Soviet submarine, McGarrett become suspicious about the particular parts that are being recovered.
Director: Gordon Hessler
Writer: Stephen Kandel
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#22 - A Distant Thunder
Season 11 Episode 6 - Aired 11/9/1978
Five-O must deal with the plans of a Neo Nazi organisation to kill Bobby Tamara, the ""Hawaiian Kennedy"".
Director: Dennis Donnelly
Writer: Al Martinez
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#23 - Death Mask
Season 11 Episode 7 - Aired 11/16/1978
When a street robber claims that he stole King Tutankhamun's mask for fun, McGarrett suspects there is more to the case than simple robbery.
Director: Ralph Levy
Writer: Robert I. Holt
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#24 - The Flight Of The Jewels
Season 12 Episode 16 - Aired 3/1/1980
A gang of clever students use radio-controlled planes to execute the theft of Queen Liliokalani's jewels.
Director: Don Weis
Writer: James Menzies
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#25 - Clash Of Shadows
Season 12 Episode 17 - Aired 3/8/1980
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
The Worst Episodes of Hawaii Five-O
Every episode of Hawaii Five-O ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Hawaii Five-O!
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Worst Episodes Summary
"A Sentence To Steal" is the worst rated episode of "Hawaii Five-O". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by David Friedkin and written by Glen Olson, Rod Baker, it aired on 3/4/1976. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "Practical Jokes Can Kill You".