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The Worst Episodes of Hawaii Five-O

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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 seasons from 1968 to 1980, and continues in reruns. Jack

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Hawaii Five-O Season 8 Episode 24 - A Sentence To Steal
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #1 - A Sentence To Steal

    S8:E24

    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
    Writers:Glen Olson, Rod Baker

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  2. Hawaii Five-O Season 9 Episode 24 - Practical Jokes Can Kill You
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #2 - Practical Jokes Can Kill You

    S9:E24

    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. Hawaii Five-O Season 11 Episode 22 - The Year Of The Horse (2)
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #3 - The Year Of The Horse (2)

    S11:E22

    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. Hawaii Five-O Season 12 Episode 20 - Woe To Wo Fat
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #4 - Woe To Wo Fat

    S12:E20

    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. Hawaii Five-O Season 12 Episode 4 - Though The Heavens Fall
    5.2/10(82 votes)

    #5 - Though The Heavens Fall

    S12:E4

    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. Hawaii Five-O Season 12 Episode 14 - For Old Times Sake
    5.3/10(80 votes)

    #6 - For Old Times Sake

    S12:E14

    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:Unknown

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  7. Hawaii Five-O Season 12 Episode 18 - A Bird In Hand...
    5.3/10(84 votes)

    #7 - A Bird In Hand...

    S12:E18

    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. Hawaii Five-O Season 10 Episode 14 - A Short Walk On The Longshore
    5.4/10(92 votes)

    #8 - A Short Walk On The Longshore

    S10:E14

    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. Hawaii Five-O Season 11 Episode 5 - Small Potatoes
    5.5/10(99 votes)

    #9 - Small Potatoes

    S11:E5

    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. Hawaii Five-O Season 12 Episode 7 - Image Of Fear
    5.6/10(94 votes)

    #10 - Image Of Fear

    S12:E7

    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. Hawaii Five-O Season 12 Episode 12 - Labyrinth
    5.6/10(83 votes)

    #11 - Labyrinth

    S12:E12

    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. Hawaii Five-O Season 2 Episode 2 - To Hell With Babe Ruth
    5.7/10(228 votes)

    #12 - To Hell With Babe Ruth

    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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  13. Hawaii Five-O Season 12 Episode 9 - Voice Of Terror
    5.9/10(80 votes)

    #13 - Voice Of Terror

    S12:E9

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Hawaii Five-O Season 9 Episode 21 - To Kill A Mind
    6.0/10(82 votes)

    #14 - To Kill A Mind

    S9:E21

    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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  15. Hawaii Five-O Season 10 Episode 19 - When Does A War End?
    6.0/10(91 votes)

    #15 - When Does A War End?

    S10:E19

    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. Hawaii Five-O Season 11 Episode 3 - Deadly Courier
    6.0/10(78 votes)

    #16 - Deadly Courier

    S11:E3

    An assassin who doesn't know he's an assassin? Sounds like a punch line from "The Naked Gun," but it's the story of this episode, where a diplomatic courier with a briefcase chained to his wrist is hypnotized and programmed to rig the case with a bomb. When Danno goes undercover to ferret out the assassination ring, he himself is brainwashed and programmed to kill McGarrett.

    Director:Reza Badiyi
    Writers:Sam Neuman, Seeleg Lester

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  17. Hawaii Five-O Season 11 Episode 10 - Why Won't Linda Die?
    6.0/10(81 votes)

    #17 - Why Won't Linda Die?

    S11:E10

    The death of a prominent politician reveals a strange love triangle.

    Director:Jack Lord
    Writer:Ken Pettus

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  18. Hawaii Five-O Season 11 Episode 16 - The Bark And The Bite
    6.0/10(92 votes)

    #18 - The Bark And The Bite

    S11:E16

    A vacationing heiress seems unconcerned when McGarrett warns her that someone is after her ruby.

    Director:Don Weis
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Hawaii Five-O Season 12 Episode 10 - A Shallow Grave
    6.0/10(73 votes)

    #19 - A Shallow Grave

    S12:E10

    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:Unknown

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  20. Hawaii Five-O Season 1 Episode 21 - Once Upon A Time (1)
    6.1/10(214 votes)

    #20 - Once Upon A Time (1)

    S1:E21

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Leonard Freeman

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  21. Hawaii Five-O Season 12 Episode 8 - Use A Gun, Go To Hell
    6.1/10(87 votes)

    #21 - Use A Gun, Go To Hell

    S12:E8

    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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  22. Hawaii Five-O Season 12 Episode 16 - The Flight Of The Jewels
    6.1/10(74 votes)

    #22 - The Flight Of The Jewels

    S12:E16

    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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  23. Hawaii Five-O Season 2 Episode 16 - Bored, She Hung Herself
    6.2/10(88 votes)

    #23 - Bored, She Hung Herself

    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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  24. Hawaii Five-O Season 10 Episode 12 - Tread The King's Shadow
    6.2/10(95 votes)

    #24 - Tread The King's Shadow

    S10:E12

    McGarrett becomes involved in a love triangle between a young local man, a rich girl and her father who hates the Hawaiian origins of the boy.

    Director:Reza Badiyi
    Writer:Harold Swanton

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  25. Hawaii Five-O Season 11 Episode 6 - A Distant Thunder
    6.2/10(95 votes)

    #25 - A Distant Thunder

    S11:E6

    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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Worst Episodes Summary

"A Sentence To Steal" is the worst rated episode of "Hawaii Five-O". It scored /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 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Practical Jokes Can Kill You".