User Reviews

This episode begins with a lady drug addict going through the throes of withdrawal. However, her supplier could care less--no heroin until she pays for it. In desperation, she shoots him and takes the drug. You almost feel sorry for her--after all, she is an addict and can't help herself...right?! Later, this same strung out lady looks fine--sober and relaxed. She shows up at a Women's Center and meets her two friends. She lies and says she's gotten off the drugs. She also has a proposition--let's all go in for a life of crime! It isn't as crazy as it sounds--one friend is married to an abusive spouse and the other is a single mother with a sick child in need of expensive medical care. And, reluctantly, the two agree and begin a series of robberies. However, this turns out to be a serious problem, as their red-headed ringleader is a nut case!! She is very trigger-happy and her two friends are afraid of her--and afraid to quit. What will happen next? See the show for yourself to see.

Patricia Hindy is great in her florid portrayal of the drug-using gang leader. Without her crazed performance, this one would have only gotten a 7. See it...it's like Thelma and Louise being led by Squeaky Fromme! Wild and crazy.

Dina (Patricia Hindy), a drug addict, has no money but needs a fix. Her dealer (Jimmy Borges) tells her no go, and even rejects her offer of sex in exchange for drugs, telling her "the only thing you can do for me is turn my stomach." As he walks away, she shoots him and takes the drugs. Later, after she has had her fix and cleans herself up, she goes to the Women's Center and meets up with a couple of friends she made there. All three women are in serious financial difficulty. At first Margaret (Dale Morse) and Fay (Patrecia Wynand) reject Dina's suggestion that they solve their problems by stealing the money they need. But after the hospital accounting office lowers the boom on Fay for the bills her son is racking up, and Margaret has to contend with her unpleasant sexist boor of a husband (Eugene Roche), they reconsider. Their plan is not too bad: Dina and Margaret get on tour buses wearing wigs and glasses, and when the bus is in a fairly isolated location (i.e. Sherwood Forest), they make the driver stop, and rob all the passengers of their jewelry, money, cameras and other valuables. Then they force the driver to drive on while they run to the getaway car that Fay is driving. It works the first few times but then one time, one of the passengers won't cooperate, and unstable Dina goes wild and shoots out the windows of the bus. 5-0 is working on the killing of the drug dealer, but solving the bus robberies is high priority since tourism is hugely important to Hawaii. Margaret and Fay want to stop, but Dina coerces them to go on. So during one heist, a cop notices the bus is pulled over, and tries to arrest the women. Dina shoots the cop, whose gun goes off and kills Margaret. Once 5-0 has the identity of one of the robbers, they are able to go forward and solve the case, and that portion of the show also has excellent drama. Very interesting, with strong performances from the cast. Patricia Hindy, Dale Morse and Patrecia Wynand do not have very many acting credits, but they all did an excellent job here. Sadly, Patrecia Wynand (Fay) died just 2 years after this episode aired.