Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series, season 5)
The fifth season of Hawaii Five-O premiered on September 12, 1972 and ended March 13, 1973. 24 episodes aired during this season. The Region 1 DVD was released on November 18, 2008.
| Hawaii Five-O | |
|---|---|
| Season 5 | |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 24 |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | September 12, 1972 – March 13, 1973 |
| Season chronology | |
Episodes
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99 | 1 | "Death is a Company Policy" | Charles S. Dubin | Jerome Coopersmith | September 12, 1972 | 1729-0405 |
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Duke Lukela of the Five-O team is implicated in the slaying of an underworld figure's "business associate," as part of a plan to protect a investment that is tied to a building that had Duke's name on the list of investors. The "Boss" is trying to throw the team off by making sure that anyone associated with (or betrayed by) him are sent to the bottom of the ocean...personally. And he is using a mole to leak the information to him. Michael Ansara and George Chakiris guest star. NOTE: First appearance of series regular Al Harrington as Ben. | ||||||
| 100 | 2 | "Death Wish on Tantalus Mountain" | Allen Reisner | Jerome Coopersmith | September 19, 1972 | 1729-0411 |
| When two of an egomanical racing car driver's mechanics are murdered, suspicion falls on the driver's glamorous fiancee. Ricardo Montalban and Diana Muldaur guest star. | ||||||
| 101 | 3 | "You Don't Have to Kill to Get Rich--But it Helps." | Alf Kjellin | Abram S. Ginnes | September 26, 1972 | 1729-0409 |
| A series of deaths of well-to-do businessmen gets Five-O involved in the investigation of a lucrative blackmail operation. William Shatner guest stars. | ||||||
| 102 | 4 | "Pig in a Blanket" | Marvin Chomsky | Bill Stratton | October 3, 1972 | 1729-0404 |
| After Danno shoots a teenager, a public outcry goes up to sacrifice him to public opinion. John Rubinstein guest stars. | ||||||
| 103 | 5 | "The Jinn Who Clears the Way" | Harry Falk | John D.F. Black | October 10, 1972 | 1729-0418 |
| Wo Fat is suspected of being behind the theft of a secret ballistic missile device, and McGarrett uncovers a plot to get the device into the hands of the highest bidder. Wo Fat is arrested by McGarrett who receives a shocking secret from Jonathan Kaye. | ||||||
| 104 | 6 | "Fools Die Twice" | Michael O'Herilhy | Abram S. Ginnes | October 17, 1972 | 1729-0402 |
| An Army officer devises a bizarre scheme to kidnap a top government scientist and collect a ransom of one million dollars in diamonds. Clu Gulager and Michael Conrad guest star. | ||||||
| 105 | 7 | "Chain of Events" | Ron Winston | Jerome Coopersmith | October 24, 1972 | 1729-0407 |
| The slaying of a public health official while conducting an investigation into venereal disease leads McGarrett into the world of politics and intrigue. Jay Stewart, Dirk Benedict and Mary Frann guest star. | ||||||
| 106 | 8 | "Journey Out of Limbo" | Michael O'Herilhy | Frank Telford | October 31, 1972 | 1729-0401 |
| After Danno stumbles on a plot to assassinate a Chinese diplomat, he suffers a memory loss and McGarrett, Chin, and Ben have to try to help him reconstruct the details. Philip Ahn and Keenan Wynn guest star in this episode. | ||||||
| 107 | 9 | "V for Vashon: The Son (Part 1)" | Charles S. Dubin | Alvin Sapinsley | November 14, 1972 | 1729-0412 |
| The son (Robert Drivas) of the head of a family-dominated crime syndicate (Harold Gould) masterminds a series of small-time robberies. Eventually McGarrett catches him, but it doesn't end there... Luther Adler also guest stars as the Vashon patriarch. | ||||||
| 108 | 10 | "V for Vashon: The Father (Part 2)" | Charles S. Dubin | Alvin Sapinsley | November 21, 1972 | 1729-0413 |
| With his son shot dead by McGarrett, Honore Vashon (Harold Gould) and his father Dominic (Luther Adler) are determined to see the Five-O chief pay the ultimate price. | ||||||
| 109 | 11 | "V for Vashon: The Patriarch (Part 3)" | Charles S. Dubin | Alvin Sapinsley | November 28, 1972 | 1729-0414 |
| With his grandson dead and his son in prison, Dominic (Luther Adler) sets in motion a scheme to frame McGarrett for the murder of a just-released drug pusher. | ||||||
| 110 | 12 | "The Clock Struck Twelve" | Ron Winston | Story by : Leonard Freeman Teleplay by : Anthony Lawrence | December 5, 1972 | 1729-0410 |
| McGarrett is assigned to preserve security and ensure an orderly trial after a series of bomb threats follows the arrest of a band of Hawaiian vigilantes. | ||||||
| 111 | 13 | "I'm a Family Crook--Don't Shoot!" | Bob Sweeney | Jerome Coopersmith | December 19, 1972 | 1729-0403 |
| A husband and wife team of confidence operators gets caught between the islands's most powerful mobs. Andy Griffith and Joyce Van Patten guest star. | ||||||
| 112 | 14 | "The Child Stealers" | Corey Allen | Larry Brody | January 2, 1973 | 1729-0417 |
| Five-O investigates after children are kidnapped and sold to an attorney operating a child-stealing racket on the Mainland. Richard Hatch and Meg Foster guest stars. | ||||||
| 113 | 15 | "Thanks for the Honeymoon" | Richard Benedict | Mel Goldberg | January 9, 1973 | 1729-0418 |
| An underworld fringe character agrees to turn state's evidence against a mobster if McGarrett releases her from prison and arranges her wedding to the father of her unborn child. Patty Duke guest stars. | ||||||
| 114 | 16 | "The Listener" | Richard Benedict | Meyer Dolinsky | January 16, 1973 | 1729-0421 |
| A psychotic electronics wizard threatens a psychiatrist and his patients through a series of ingenious electronic plants. Robert Foxworth and Greg Mullavey guest star. | ||||||
| 115 | 17 | "Here Today, Gone Tonight" | Michael O'Herilhy | Jerome Coopersmith | January 23, 1973 | 1729-0419 |
| Five-O has to solve the riddle of how a suspected killer can appear to be in two places at the same time. | ||||||
| 116 | 18 | "The Odd Lot Caper" | Michael O'Herilhy | Story by : Meyer Dolinsky Teleplay by : Meyer Dolinsky & Norman Lessing | January 30, 1973 | 1729-0424 |
| The senior partner in a stock exchange firm conceives a daring and seemingly foolproof scheme to rob the Honolulu Stock Exchange. Richard Basehart guest stars. | ||||||
| 117 | 19 | "Will the Real Mr. Winkler Please Die?" | Michael O'Herilhy | Jerome Coopersmith | February 6, 1973 | 1729-0422 |
| An obscure shopkeeper (Nehemiah Persoff) becomes the catalyst in a plot to assassinate a high-level Iron Curtain defector (Mark Lenard). Malachi Throne guest stars. | ||||||
| 118 | 20 | "Little Girl Blue" | Bob Sweeney | Story by : Leonard Freeman Teleplay by : Mel Goldberg | February 13, 1973 | 1729-0423 |
| Two ineffectual crooks kidnap a little girl and hold her hostage on a hillside bunker. This was the final episode to be co-written by series creator Leonard Freeman, whose health had already begun to fail by then. Jackie Coogan guest stars. | ||||||
| 119 | 21 | "Percentage" | Robert Butler | Norman Lessing | February 20, 1973 | 1729-0425 |
| A travel agent operating gambling junkets is slain as a warning to his partners to stop competing for the gambling business. | ||||||
| 120 | 22 | "Engaged to Be Buried" | Michael O'Herilhy | Story by : Bill Stratton Teleplay by : Bill Stratton & Ken Pettus | February 27, 1973 | 1729-0420 |
| A gang member (Erik Estrada) under investigation by Five-O for extortion is courting the daughter (Irene Tsu) of Chin Ho, and they appear headed for a wedding. | ||||||
| 121 | 23 | "The Diamond That Nobody Stole" | Charles S. Dubin | John Furia, Jr. | March 6, 1973 | 1729-0406 |
| A cat burglar strikes at the home of a socially prominent island family, setting off a series of fast-moving events that lead to a death. It soon develops that the dowager at the center of these events belongs to a noble, if not royal, family and has plans for reinstating the overthrown monarchy of the nation of her birth. | ||||||
| 122 | 24 | "Jury of One" | Alf Kjellin | Ken Pettus | March 13, 1973 | 1729-0415 |
| One of the jurors in a murder trial is being bribed to produce a hung jury, and Five-O has to find out the motive behind his consistent "not guilty" vote and prevent a mistrial. | ||||||
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