Hawaii Five-O Worst Episode of Each Season (as voted by IMDB users)
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- DirectorAbner BibermanStarsJack LordJames MacArthurZuluThe leader of a band of protesters is killed while confronting the general of a foreign nation. Authorities initially believe it was an assassination attempt on the general's life. Five-O, however, turns up leads that the lead protester was the intended victim of the killer. McGarrett & Co. probe the backgrounds of the other protesters. While the young people protested for peace, it turns out some of them did have motive.
- DirectorNicholas ColasantoStarsJack LordJames MacArthurZuluNagata escapes from a mental institution, thinking it is December 1941. He had been part of a group called Black Dragons, a Japanese group that engaged in "fifth column" activities. Nagata upon escaping kills a guard, steals dynamite and constructs a time bomb. It turns out Nagata was supposed to blow up a fuel-storage facility at Pearl Harbor. McGarrett & Co. race to stop Nagata who also has his grown daughter, who he has mistaken for his wife, as a hostage.Voted worst episode of the series!
- DirectorAnton LeaderStarsJack LordJames MacArthurZuluA group of masked men break into the home of an international arms dealer and kidnap his wife. McGarrett soon realizes the case is far more than a simple kidnapping - he's now involved with agents of a foreign civil war.
- DirectorCharles S. DubinStarsJack LordJames MacArthurZuluTwo hippies, panhandling for money, decide to approach a tourist. The first hippie, a young woman, is rebuffed. However, the tourist comes on to the male hippie who freaks out and bludgeons the tourist, taking the man's wallet in the process. The wallet contains a key to an airport locker which contains a briefcase full of money. It turns out the tourist was an embezzler whose bounty is being sought by persons unknown who will do whatever it takes to get the money back.
- 1968–198050mNot Rated6.9 (125)TV EpisodeDirectorCharles S. DubinStarsJack LordJames MacArthurAl HarringtonA cat burglar robs a former CIA agent of a diamond pendant and a roll of microfilm. The film contains military secrets and soon agents from China and Russia, along with its original owner, begin vying for its possession.
- DirectorCorey AllenStarsJack LordJames MacArthurAl HarringtonA war breaks out among the pimps in Honolulu, resulting in several murders.
- DirectorDouglas GreenStarsJack LordJames MacArthurKam FongA Saturday Night Special handgun that appears to have a mind of its own goes from one person to another, leaving a trail of dead and injured people in its path. McGarrett and the Five-0 Team work frantically to find the gun, and stop the shootings.
- DirectorAllen ReisnerStarsJack LordJames MacArthurKam FongDeadly liquefied nerve gas is stolen. Five-O investigates the theft; the substance can kill a person if only a drop touches their skin and a small quantity can cause mass casualties. But the thief isn't a terrorist or master criminal, he's a young man seeking revenge against Dan Williams. Danno investigated the young man's father, a corrupt police officer. The young man concocts a frame for Williams that Five-O will find difficult to prove false.
- DirectorJack LordStarsJack LordJames MacArthurKam FongAfter a young woman has died from a drug overdose, Johnny Kling moves to avenge the death by killing those who sold and distributed the drugs. Kling performs the killings in such a way to evoke scenes from old movies. For his final target, he intends to copy the explosive ending from "White Heat."
- DirectorErnest PintoffStarsJack LordJames MacArthurKam FongThe answer to the title question is never for a fanatic who recently lost his best friend, a man determined to track down the commander of a brutal Philippine prison camp in World War II. The former commander is now a well-respected Hawaiian manufacturer, so the young punk -- with surprising help from an unexpected source -- begins setting off WWII ordinance explosives at the manufacturer's plants, killing one and injuring several. McGarrett must find the bomber before he exacts elaborate eye-for-eye "justice" with a bayonet.
- DirectorRalph LevyStarsJack LordJames MacArthurHerman WedemeyerFour stabbings have taken place in Honolulu, but Five-O hasn't been able to come up with anything linking the victims, or any consistent pattern among the killings except the murder weapon used. Then McGarrett is unexpectedly visited by Agnes DuBois, a young Englishwoman whose profession is preparing horoscopes. She claims that all of the victims shared certain astrological characteristics. Though McGarrett and the other members of Five-O are initially skeptical, they become intrigued when she correctly predicts the time and place of a fifth murder.
- DirectorRobert L. MorrisonStarsJack LordWilliam SmithHerman WedemeyerKimo and Truck are sent to a remote location to help a scientist who is investigating several mysterious deaths by inhalation. Before long, Truck also shows signs of illness which he attributes to unknowingly violating a native curse (later revealed to be as a result of being exposed to plutonium on a previous assignment). The attractive doctor and Kimo hit it off, which makes both of them targets for the murderer, who is secretly harvesting coral from offshore and selling it.