Hawaii Five-O (season 1)
Not to be confused with Hawaii Five-0 (season 1).
| Hawaii Five-O Season 1 | |
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DVD cover | |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 24 |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | CBS |
| Original run | September 20, 1968 – March 19, 1969 |
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DVD release | |
| Region 1 | March 6, 2007 |
The first season of Hawaii Five-O, an American television series, began September 20, 1968, and ended on March 19, 1969. It aired on CBS. The region 1 DVD was released on March 6, 2007.[1]
Episodes
See also: List of Hawaii Five-O episodes
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Cocoon" | Paul Wendkos | Leonard Freeman | September 20, 1968 | 1310-5246-2669 |
| Stephen Aloysius "Steve" McGarrett (Jack Lord) is embroiled in a tale of espionage and murder in this story, which marks the first appearance of villain Wo Fat (Khigh Dhiegh). | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Full Fathom Five" | Richard Benedict | Ken Kolb | September 26, 1968 | 1729-0202 |
| The governor of Hawaii assigns McGarrett to break a ring of con artists swindling/killing visiting rich widows. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Strangers in Our Own Land" | Herschel Daugherty | Story by: John Kneubuhl Teleplay by: John Kneubuhl & Herman Groves | October 3, 1968 | 1729-0203 |
| An official's death involves strange clues, including a woman with a camera and a man with a briefcase. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Tiger by the Tail" | Richard Benedict | Sy Salkowitz | October 10, 1968 | 1729-0206 |
| A publicity stunt by a rock singer (Sal Mineo) to stage his own kidnapping backfires when ransom is offered. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "Samurai" | Alvin Ganzer | Story by: Jerome Coopersmith Teleplay by: Jerome Coopersmith & Mel Goldberg | October 17, 1968 | 1729-0201 |
| McGarrett must protect an underworld kingpin (Ricardo Montalban) he is trying to convict of racketeering activities. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "…And They Painted Daisies on His Coffin" | John Peyser | John D. F. Black | November 7, 1968 | 1729-0204 |
| The Five-O team works overtime when Danny is indicted for the murder of an apparently unarmed teenage boy. | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "Twenty-Four Karat Kill" | Alvin Ganzer | David P. Harmon | November 14, 1968 | 1729-0205 |
| The owner of a tuna boat uses his craft to smuggle gold bars into the islands. | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "The Ways of Love" | Charles S. Dubin | Laurence Heath | November 21, 1968 | 1729-0207 |
| McGarrett goes under cover in a California prison to find the connection between a girl's death and the theft of a gem collection. | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | "No Blue Skies" | Herschel Daugherty | Herman Groves | December 5, 1968 | 1729-0209 |
| A singer (Tommy Sands) turns to cat burglary when his musical efforts fail to satisfy his mounting gambling debts. | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | "By the Numbers" | Seymour Robbie | Mark Rodgers | December 12, 1968 | 1729-0215 |
| After his best frined is killed by the brother of a racketeer after a winning ticket in a numbers game that he had turned out to be a loser, an Army corporal (Johnny Crawford), obsessed with finding out who murdered him, is tricked by a rival racketeer (of which the brother who committed the crime is also working for) by having his girlfriend take him to a house to set him up for the murder of his rival. Now the Five-O team must find the falsely accused corporal and hopefully clear his name before the racketeer does. | ||||||
| 11 | 11 | "Yesterday Died and Tomorrow Won't Be Born" | Herschel Daugherty | John D. F. Black | December 19, 1968 | 1729-0211 |
| Danny directs a methodical search for the unknown assailant who critically wounded McGarrett. | ||||||
| 12 | 12 | "Deathwatch" | Herschel Daugherty | Shirl Hendryx | December 25, 1968 | 1729-0213 |
| Five-O fights to save the life of a gangster so that he can testify against his boss. | ||||||
| 13 | 13 | "Pray Love Remember, Pray Love Remember" | Richard Benedict | Story by: Leonard Freeman Teleplay by: John D. F. Black | January 1, 1969 | 1729-0216 |
| When a young Indonesian student is murdered, McGarrett searches for the prime suspect. The suspect is innocent but makes himself look guilty by repeatedly lying because he is trying to cover up the fact that he drove without a license. Real life professor Marla Kyo, who now lives in Tucson, AZ, played the precocious child who unwittingly alerts McGarrett of a key fact to solve the murder. | ||||||
| 14 | 14 | "King of the Hill" | Jack Shea | Story by: Leonard Freeman Teleplay by: John D. F. Black | January 8, 1969 | 1729-0208 |
| A Marine Vietnam veteran (Yaphet Kotto) suffers a breakdown and, believing he is back in Vietnam, takes Danny hostage in a hospital ward. | ||||||
| 15 | 15 | "Up Tight" | Seymour Robbie | Story by: David Harmon Teleplay by: Mel Goldberg | January 15, 1969 | 1729-0210 |
| McGarrett attempts to get the goods on David Stone (Ed Flanders), a professor-turned-guru who introduces young people to drugs, but does not use them himself. | ||||||
| 16 | 16 | "Face of the Dragon" | Richard Benedict | Robert C. Dennis | January 22, 1969 | 1729-0221 |
| A man carrying bubonic plague arrives in the islands the same time as plans for a top-secret weapon vanish. | ||||||
| 17 | 17 | "The Box" | Seymour Robbie | Story by: Leonard Freeman & John D. F. Black Teleplay by: John D. F. Black | January 29, 1969 | 1729-0220 |
| McGarrett offers himself as a hostage in an attempted prison break by two "lifers" (Gavin MacLeod). | ||||||
| 18 | 18 | "One for the Money" | Paul Stanley | Story by: Robert Stambler Teleplay by: Palmer Thompson | February 5, 1969 | 1729-0219 |
| Five-O receives an anonymous letter promising to go on a killing spree, a promise kept (with each victim numbered). | ||||||
| 19 | 19 | "Along Came Joey" | Richard Benedict | Story by: Jerry Ludwig Teleplay by: Jerry Ludwig & Mel Goldberg | February 12, 1969 | 1729-0214 |
| A successful young boxer is murdered, and McGarrett has to find the murderer before the grieving father (a policeman himself) does. | ||||||
| 20 | 20 | "Once Upon a Time (Part 1)" | Michael Caffey | Leonard Freeman | February 19, 1969 | 1729-0212 |
| McGarrett travels to Los Angeles to help his sister (Nancy Malone) deal with her child's cancer and make the correct decision about a faith-healer/quack (Joanne Linville). | ||||||
| 21 | 21 | "Once Upon a Time (Part 2)" | Michael Caffey and Abner Biberman | Leonard Freeman | February 26, 1969 | 1729-0212 |
| McGarrett continues his quest to put an end to the faith healer. (Other than the pilot, this is the only non-season 12 episode in which James MacArthur does not appear.) | ||||||
| 22 | 22 | "Not That Much Different" | Abner Biberman | Mark Rodgers | March 5, 1969 | 1729-0222 |
| A murder rocks the tight-knit group of hippies running "Peace" magazine. Law and order triumphs. | ||||||
| 23 | 23 | "Six Kilos" | Seymour Robbie | Meyer Dolinsky | March 12, 1969 | 1729-0217 |
| McGarrett goes undercover as a safe-cracker to join a gang planning a robbery at sea, with a mastermind who delivers instructions by tape. | ||||||
| 24 | 24 | "The Big Kahuna" | Herschel Daugherty | Story by: Leonard Freeman Teleplay by: Gilbert Ralston & Norman Hudis | March 19, 1969 | 1729-0218 |
| A beloved millionaire (John Marley) believes that he is being haunted by a malevolent spirit. | ||||||
References
- ↑ Hawaii Five-O - The Complete First Season. "Hawaii Five-O - The Complete First Season: Jack Lord, James MacArthur, Harry Endo, Gene Nelson: Movies & TV". Amazon.com. Retrieved November 14, 2012.
External links
- List of Hawaii Five-O episodes at the Internet Movie Database
- List of Hawaii Five-O season 1 episodes at TV.com
- Hawaii Five-O at epguides.com
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