The Best Episodes Written By David Wolkove

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.3/10(10 votes)

   #1 - Ua ʻeha ka ʻili i ka maka o ka ihe (The Skin Has Been Hurt By the Point of the Spear)

   S10:E19/27/2019

   A new ally helps McGarrett and Five-0 when mob bosses on the island are being targeted by an assassin. Also, Five-0 says goodbye to one of their own.

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   8.3/10(4 votes)

   #2 - The Big Squeeze

   S5:E201/3/2024

   Magnum and Higgins take a major step forward in their relationship. At the same time, the past comes back to haunt them when a previous suspect becomes their client. TC aims to scale up Island Hoppers. Rick gets a new business partner.

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   8.2/10(6 votes)

   #3 - Number One with a Bullet

   S5:E32/26/2023

   Katsumoto takes a job providing security for a chart-topping K-pop star. Higgins and Rick find themselves in peril while trying to help Rick's friend. Magnum harbors suspicions about Capt. Greene's death.

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   8.0/10(6 votes)

   #4 - Ka hopu nui ʻana (The Round Up)

   S8:E121/5/2018

   When an FBI agent who was cracking down on organized crime is killed, McGarrett rounds up every gang-related criminal on the island to find the culprit. Also, McGarrett tasks Adam with forming a new division within Five-0 to take on organized crime.

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   8.0/10(4 votes)

   #5 - The Harder They Fall

   S4:E210/8/2021

   While Magnum and Higgins reunite and work the case of a construction worker’s tragic death, TC and Shammy get skyjacked by a pair of drug runners posing as tourists.

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   8.0/10(4 votes)

   #6 - Run, Baby, Run

   S4:E142/25/2022

   A bail bondsman hires Magnum and Higgins to track down a woman who skipped out on her $250,000 bond. When they locate the body of another P.I. who was previously searching for her, they partner with Det. Lia Kaleo on the case. Also, T.C. and Katsumoto team up on an emotional search for Cade’s mother.

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   7.8/10(10 votes)

   #7 - Ku I Ka Pili Koko (Blood Brothers)

   S4:E194/11/2014

   Five-0 is set up when a bad tip leads them to an abandoned building that is rigged to explode with McGarrett and Danny trapped inside.

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   7.7/10(10 votes)

   #8 - Make me kai (Death at Sea)

   S8:E912/8/2017

   When investigating a deserted yacht adrift at sea, McGarrett, Danny, Tani and Junior are exposed to a deadly bioweapon and the rest of Five-0 have only eight hours to find an antidote.

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   7.7/10(3 votes)

   #9 - Charlie Foxtrot

   S5:E104/23/2023

   An armed hit team lays siege to Robin's Nest. TC is badly injured while Rick fights for his life. Mid Season Finale

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    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #10 - Run with the Devil

    S5:E1611/15/2023

    Magnum and Higgins agree to help a teenage Amish boy who has traveled to Hawaii in search of his runaway sister. Rick sets out to find TC a date to the Marine Corps Ball.

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    7.6/10(5 votes)

    #11 - The Long Sleep

    S4:E194/29/2022

    A disoriented man hires Magnum and Higgins to investigate a crime he doesn’t remember after he woke up on the beach covered in blood. Also, T.C. is taken aback when Cade’s biological grandmother makes a surprise visit, and Rick’s feelings for Suzy grow stronger as they prepare for the birth of their first child.

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    7.4/10(10 votes)

    #12 - Hoʻomāʻike (Unmasked)

    S5:E610/31/2014

    It's Halloween and Five-0 must track down a serial killer who is copying murders depicted in a cult slasher film. Meanwhile, McGarrett must help Jerry after he is kidnapped by the counterfeiters he has been tracking.

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    7.4/10(10 votes)

    #13 - Ka Papahana Holo Pono (Best Laid Plans)

    S6:E410/16/2015

    Five-0 investigates when a wealthy recluse is found dead in a remote field with nearly one million dollars in counterfeit bills. Also, Adam is kidnapped by the Yakuza and forced to torture one of Gabriel’s men.

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    7.3/10(12 votes)

    #14 - No ke aliʻi wahine a me ka ʻaina (For Queen and Country)

    S7:E29/30/2016

    Five-0 must work with rogue MI-6 agent Harry Langford to find a terrorist planning to cause nuclear reactors across Europe to meltdown. Also, McGarrett and Danny ask retired FBI profiler Alicia Brown to help them find their serial killer vigilante.

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    7.3/10(3 votes)

    #15 - Easy Money

    S3:E212/11/2020

    Higgins job to repo a plane goes south when she and Magnum discover that it was being used by a drug cartel who opens fire at the plane, forcing them to crash land in the jungle, where they find a stowaway on board with a target on his back. Also, Higgins has her first date with Dr. Ethan Shah.

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    7.3/10(8 votes)

    #16 - Waimaka ʻeleʻele (Black Tears)

    S7:E224/14/2017

    While working the murder case of one of the last survivors of the USS Arizona, McGarrett learns about his grandfather's important role at Pearl Harbor. Also, Adam uncovers bone fragments at his new construction job and asks Jerry to help him discreetly investigate.

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    7.0/10(3 votes)

    #17 - The Big Payback

    S3:E92/19/2021

    When Higgins is abducted, Magnum discovers its retaliation related to one of his first cases on the Island, and he, Rick and TC must break out an ex-client from prison in order to save her.

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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - All the Tears of Hell

    S1:E210/13/2008

    The amnesiac hunts down and kills the ops soldiers one by one as he searches for answers to help him restore his memory.

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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - Day of The Black Sun

    S1:E110/6/2008

    The first female President of the United States is assassinated by a sniper as she is giving a speech on Independence Day and it becomes evident that it's a conspiracy.

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    6.8/10(6 votes)

    #20 - Ke kanaka i hāʻule mai ka lewa mai (The Man Who Fell from the Sky)

    S9:E210/5/2018

    When a vacationing dad on a flight to Honolulu is kidnapped and force to parachute mid-flight, Danny, Tani and Junior track him through the jungle to discover that he may not be who he seems. Also, McGarrett is threatened with a secret from his past.

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    6.8/10(4 votes)

    #21 - Ahuwale ka nane huna (The Answer to the Riddle Is Seen)

    S8:E214/20/2018

    Harry Langford enlists McGarrett and Danny's help to track down Lady Sophie, a teenage British royal who has run away while under his protection. Also, Grover, Tani and Junior work a 25-year-old murder case after a mysterious Betamax tape arrives at 5-0 headquarters.

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    6.8/10(4 votes)

    #22 - Aloha (Goodbye)

    S10:E224/3/2020

    Danny is abducted and badly wounded by Wo Fat's wife, who is after the cypher Steve's mother left him. Steve works to solve the case his father left for him 10 years ago.

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    6.7/10(3 votes)

    #23 - He pukoʻa kani ʻaaina (A Coral Reef Strengthens Out Into Land)

    S8:E152/2/2018

    McGarrett and Danny investigate the murder of a private detective whose client was killed the same way, and Adam sends Jessie into a dangerous situation with disastrous consequences. Also, Danny’s uncle, Vito, comes to town to help Danny and McGarrett get their restaurant up and running.

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    6.7/10(3 votes)

    #24 - O na hoku o ka lani ka i ʻike ia Paeʻ (Only the Stars of Heaven Know Where Pae Is)

    S8:E163/2/2018

    Tani and Junior go undercover as prospective parents in order to infiltrate a private school where the headmaster was murdered. Also, Adam's life is on the line when he is held captive and forced to produce a hidden massive amount of money.

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    6.5/10(4 votes)

    #25 - Nā lā ʻīlio (Dog Days)

    S8:E210/6/2017

    McGarrett and Five-0 work with an injured police dog who is the only witness to an ambushed drug bust. Also, McGarrett is visited by Junior Reigns, a former SEAL, who is looking to join the task force.

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