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Hawaii Five-O: A Hawaiian Nightmare (1974)
A Hawaiian Nightmare
While this one is a step down from the fantastic season opener, it's still very good. Love all the wiring of the explosives at the Volcanoes National Park at the start, all to the tune of a very cool Morton Stevens cue! This is the second of James Olson's 5 appearances on the show. His relationship with his wife Sheree North is interesting. And again the top expert in the field that is working with Five-O on the case is the mastermind himself. For whatever reason I always thought the garage opener remote control at the end to stop the explosives was ridiculous, even as a kid. I guess it's not so much the garage opener that's ridiculous (I suppose it could operate on the same frequency as the bomb) but the fact that somehow McGarrett is able to mentally flashback to the garage opener and somehow figure out that that's the remote for the bomb. I mean why would that be a clue? Were garage openers not common back then? Was it something too unique and therefore was a tip-off? I don't get it. I know that McGarrett was running out of time and basically grasping at straws but the fact that he thought about the garage door opener and it actually WORKED seems far-fetched to me. Other than that it was a very good episode.
Hawaii Five-O: The Young Assassins (1974)
The Young Assassins
I remember this one from way back when and it's always been a big favorite of mine. It's my second favorite of the season! Probably saw it when I was in middle school. The beginning always creeped me out - a couple finally made it to Hawaii and just enjoying a perfect day in paradise on the beach in Waikiki when some punk (seemingly friendly) approaches them and blows the husband away. Then we find out it was just a part of some initiation. Totally senseless and random killing. I remember as a kid thinking that this "paradise" is pretty scary - nothing but psychos and gangsters and random killings and people falling out of high rises! LOL! But that was the allure of the show. That's what Leonard Freeman had in mind from the start. He wanted to juxtapose the ugliness of the criminal element against the backdrop of this tropical paradise. And it worked! I think Lenny even said that he wanted the criminals to be particularly nasty. I think that's what gave Five-O that edge at the time. Because it wasn't set in the grimy NYC (like KOJAK was) where you would expect this ugliness. But it was set in paradise and that made it unique. Anyway, I loved the beatdown that McGarrett gave Stanwood/Army at the end. Sweeeet!! :) But wait till you get to season 9. There's a beatdown that McGarrett gives a perp in the surf that has to be seen to be believed! It's very personal. I won't divulge anymore. It's a great episode!
One other thing to note about this episode is the music. I believe it's all stock music from Morton Stevens but what's interesting is that it's pretty much all from season 1. By this point in the series you didn't hear any cues from the very early seasons (1 & 2). So whenever I watch it it really stands out to me. It's all very early Five-O music and it has a lot of that suspense element in it that I love. The drums when Larry Wilcox is running away at the beginning are from season 1. The attempted hit at the shopping mall parking lot and later following Vera is all season 1 suspense music. Love it!
Hawaii Five-O: 30,000 Rooms and I Have the Key (1974)
30,000 Rooms and I Have the Key
Fun, fun, fun! A nice and breezy way to end a pretty hard-hitting season.
Even though it's not as good as the classic "Over Fifty? Steal" (but then what is??) it's probably on par with the second Filer episode "Odd Man In". Or at the very least close to it. The interesting thing is that I saw this episode first - before either of the Filer episodes. I must have seen "30,000 Rooms" when I was in middle school (1994 maybe?) and instantly loved it. Of course it stood out for me because I knew Five-O as being a very serious show, so this one was definitely a departure. I loved the playful cat-and-mouse game between McGarrett and the witty crook. Then I saw "Over Fifty" when I was in high school (summer of 1997 for sure) and absolutely LOVED it! Of course in my mind I must have flashed back to "30,000 Rooms" because of the playful nature and the cat-and-mouse game and I then knew where they got the inspiration for the latter one. I didn't see "Odd Man In" until I was in college. All these I first saw in reruns, before the DVDs started coming out in 2007. I think close to 20 years passed until I saw "30,000 Rooms" again since my initial viewing in middle school. I didn't see it again until I got the season 6 DVD. I think that's the one I most looked forward to seeing on the DVD, in addition to "Nightmare in Blue" which I had never seen in reruns.
As for the music in this episode it's all stock music from previous episodes. You've got music from 3 different composers. The obvious one is the classic Morton Stevens piece from the Filer episodes ("Filer's theme"). But you also hear Don Ray's heist theme from "Ten Thousand Diamonds and a Heart" as well as Bruce Broughton's forgery theme from "The Finishing Touch" (when Norman Cargill was forging the bonds while being under surveillance by Five-O).
Hawaii Five-O: Killer at Sea (1974)
Killer at Sea
Not a big fan of this one. I used to have fonder memories it though. I mean the title looks promising, right? But with the last few watches I found it a bit of a chore to get through. Just not enough suspense once they're on the cruise. We're mostly just following some red herrings around. Could it be him? Could it be her? Then some comic's life is threatened via some note? But it's unrelated to the plot. I don't even remember what happened there. John Byner did throw out some jokes which were okay I guess. Then some news reporter chick (who is liberated, lol) is flirting with McGarrett. I did like the beginning at the bank and the twist at the end with Keene Curtis and William Devane but the episode just meanders for the most part. Again, the episode title suggests something more suspenseful. The next one is MUCH better. A great capper to a great season!
Hawaii Five-O: Mother's Deadly Helper (1974)
Mother's Deadly Helper
Another season 6 winner!! I love stories about vigilantes taking the law into their own hands. Big fan of the Dirty Harry film MAGNUM FORCE where Callahan has to take on 4 motorcycle cops (David Soul, Robert Urich, Tim Matheson, Kip Niven) who've been executing criminals. Seems like every cop show had this type of episode. STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO had an excellent episode featuring Bill Bixby as a wannabe cop who begins to execute criminals and sends letters to Karl Malden. A very similar scenario to this episode where Anthony Zerbe is the "concerned citizen" who idolizes McGarrett and sends him letters, seeking his approval. Zerbe is just perfect in this type of role. He honestly believes that McGarrett is on his side, when any rational person would have no reason to think such a thing. After all, McGarrett having the reputation that he has (tough on crime but very by the book) is the last person you would expect to just ignore these killings or worse yet cheer this "mother's helper" on. But Zerbe is delusional enough to believe this. Which is why at the end when he realizes he's been "betrayed" he totally snaps and promises to zap McGarrett when he gets out. Zap! Zap! LOL!
The scenes with Casey Kasem interviewing McGarrett were good. Steve-O Five-O made excellent points :) Frank Cady from GREEN ACRES played the judge kidnapped by Zerbe.
Hawaii Five-O: Nightmare in Blue (1974)
Nightmare in Blue
Gripping, disturbing, excellent - all perfect adjectives for this one. I know many claim "One Big Happy Family" is the most disturbing episode in the entire series (because it's about a white trash family of serial killers) but in my book this one takes the top spot as the single most disturbing episode! The thing about the other episode is while it's creepy and unsettling most of what happens is off-screen. So we don't actually see any of it. It's all just left to our imaginations. With this one we actually see a woman brutally attacked and John Beck's rapist character is particularly vicious towards her. Same thing happens again at the end with the other woman at his apartment building. Or the image of the first victim being dumped out of the car as the car door opens - a chilling scene! Don Ray's score makes it even more creepy with those high pitched screeching violins! It's a really unsettling score and was rightly Emmy nominated. I also love the POV of the police light on top of Beck's car as he prowls the streets looking for his next victim. It reminds me of the shark's fin from JAWS. It's during those POV shots of that police light that Don Ray's screeching violins really get a workout!
Beck is perhaps the nastiest and most vicious character in the entire series and really sends a chill down your spine. He's a psycho alright but he's not the usual Five-O psycho - paranoid, schizophrenic, confused, or babbling. This one is fairly handsome and can put on the charms when needed. And in his cop uniform he looks downright trustworthy. But inside he's basically a primal animal. When he gets blasted at the end off the balcony it's a moment to jump off the couch and pump your fist - YEAAH!!! :) Love the freeze frame and Leonard Freeman's credit over his sunglasses. Jack Lord was on fire here and I do agree that he was a bit too hard on Andrea (who obviously was in shock after what happened) but we've also rarely seen McGarrett so obsessed with stopping this animal. It's understandable that he didn't want another dead body on his hands and since he really had zero leads he literally was grasping at the only thing he had (Andrea) to try to put a stop to these rapes and murders. Anyway, Katherine Justice did an exceptional job as the terrified victim Andrea and also Alan Fudge as her less than supportive husband was very good too. We also see Melody Patterson (Wrangler Jane from F TROOP) as Sherry, the airline stewardess friend of the first victim. She of course was married to James MacArthur at the time. This is my second favorite episode of the season! Used to be "Draw Me a Killer" but recently I've nudged it over to the #3 spot. There's just so many classic episodes this season!
- That apartment building where Beck lived and got blasted away at the end has a very unique look. Kind of a futuristic look to it. Must have been very modern back in the day. It's still there today. I drove past it. It's in Hawaii Kai and called The Esplanade. Just across from Koko Crater.
- The scene at the start where the first victim's car breaks down is just above the gun range at the foothills of Koko Crater. I was there too, doing the Koko hike to the top! Fantabulous view from the top! :)
- The house where Andrea is attacked by Beck is also still there. That's actually just behind Diamond Head (right at the foothills) on the corner of Paikau St. And 22nd Ave.
Hawaii Five-O: Murder with a Golden Touch (1974)
Murder with a Golden Touch
Not a classic but a pretty good episode. I like it enough for the "sunken treasure" part of it. I like the whole scheme of depositing the gold underwater and then "discovering" it later. The 2 brothers getting deep-sixed like that was pretty cold blooded and creepy as we see their dead bodies floating underwater. Season 6 keeps stacking the body count.
Hawaii Five-O: Death with Father (1974)
Death With Father
"No dad, you're coming with me". That last line is what really makes this episode. Then "spark spark" and KABOOM! Freeze frame. Classic Five-O ending. Overall it's not as superb as some of the previous episodes (certainly not as strong as "Secret Witness" just prior to this) but it's all worth it just for that epic conclusion. Andrew Duggan and Peter Strauss are well cast and very good as father and son. I also dig Kwan Hi Lim and Seth Sakai as the 2 big timers in the drug trade. They look like they mean business. I like the scenes at the War Natatorium where they meet with Strauss. Yes, Jack Lord getting behind the camera is noteworthy here and he certainly knows what he wants the camera to do. He also liked to get Morton Stevens to score the episodes he directed. Isn't there a musical punch when "directed by Jack Lord" appears on the screen? LOL! You know Lord Jack insisted on that! :) He would go on to direct one episode per season from here on out. His best was season 9's "The Bells Toll at Noon" with Rich Little.
Hawaii Five-O: Secret Witness (1974)
Secret Witness
Superb episode! I would rank it #4 for the season. Really love this one, ever since I saw it many moons ago as a young lad in middle school probably. The hitman really is vicious, holding a gun on a baby! My gosh! Even before I had a baby of my own I found it very unsettling. Glad he got plugged in the back by sniper Danno at the end! Loved the detail of the fly landing on his face as he expires. The apartment building where the standoff happens is located in Kaimuki, on the corner of Sierra Dr. And Keanu St. I made a point 3 years ago to visit this spot and the apartment still looks exactly as it did in 1974. Also walked by the place where Ted worked and where the hit at the start happened - also in Kaimuki. It's funny that all 3 male guest stars are Marks. :) Mark Jenkins, Mark Lenard, Mark Gordon. Mark Jenkins, who plays Ted the "secret witness" here, was memorable as the guy strapped with a bomb who walks into the Five-O office in "The Bomber and Mrs. Moroney" back in season 3. He guested again in season 4's "Follow the White Brick Road" as the junkie aboard the navy ship. Mark Lenard also appeared twice earlier. Also we get a pre-LAVERNE & SHIRLEY Cindy Williams here as the wife with the baby. Great episode, with lots of cool camera angles as is usually the case with episodes directed by Michael O'Herlihy. Don Ray provides his usual excellent music score as well.
Hawaii Five-O: One Born Every Minute (1974)
One Born Every Minute
An excellent scam episode! After the first couple is scammed and we shift to Harry it really takes off and we're hooked, just as Harry is. What unfolds is a very interesting tale, something we never saw before or will see again on this show. When poor Harry jumped to his death that was gut-wrenching. Hated his nagging wife - total lack of sympathy. There's also a great scene before he jumps - he runs out of the restaurant with they key dangling on his finger. You can almost sense his heart racing. Total despair moment for poor Harry. That moment always stuck with me. Ed Flanders played a real scumbag here - total narcissist. He can't believe Harry jumped but there's zero sympathy. At the end he can't believe he got nailed by a "dumb cop". Hope McGarrett got him for murder!
Lots of stock actors here - Tommy Fujiwara, Jimmy Borges, Douglas Mossman, John Stalker, Patricia Herman, etc.
Hawaii Five-O: The Banzai Pipeline (1974)
The Banzai Pipeline
It's an episode I like more and more each time I watch it. The surfing action and those waves are obviously a big selling point with this episode but I really like it when they get away from Honolulu once in a while. Here, like in "The Flip Side is Death", the action is almost exclusively on the North Shore - at the Pipeline of the title. Well, at least the surfing footage is supposed to be at the Pipe. But the rest of the locations are almost all near beaches and water and brush area and then there's the shack where the 2 brothers live. I like all these out-of-the-way spots. I like to think most of this was shot on the North Shore. It also has a pretty grim ending which always gets me (a common theme with a lot of season 6) when the 2 brothers don't make it. You don't expect both of them to die like that. Usually the good guys win and the bad guys lose, right? Well, not here. It really gives you a jolt.
Hawaii Five-O: The Flip Side Is Death (1973)
The Flip Side is Death
This is a very good heist episode. Love the military convoy setup and with the 4 guys wearing those gas masks they looked kinda creepy, especially at the very start. Did you notice Morton Stevens' score from "Hookman" playing all throughout this episode? Especially during the convoy scenes at the start. Just love that theme! It actually has this cool militaristic sound so it fit those scenes like a glove! The 8-track tapes scheme and the crooks double-crossing each other were all great ideas. Loved that it was shot on the North Shore at Turtle Bay Resort (Kuilima Resort at the time).
Don Stroud (who was actually born in Honolulu and was a surfer in his youth) is of course a very recognizable character actor who appeared in pretty much every detective, cop, action, adventure show of the 70s and 80s, including 3 times on FIVE-O. His best episode comes in season 9! He was in a few films with Clint Eastwood (COOGAN'S BLUFF, JOE KIDD) always playing the baddie, THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY with Gary Busey, the Timothy Dalton Bond adventure LICENCE TO KILL, and other films. He lost an eye in the 90s after coming to the aid of someone getting mugged in NYC - he got stabbed ten times but survived. The last thing I saw him in was a small part in DJANGO UNCHAINED. He's the sheriff who's really an outlaw with a bounty on his head who gets shot by Christoph Waltz near the start.
Hawaii Five-O: The $100,000 Nickel (1973)
The $100,000 Nickel
I always liked this one. The chase after the nickel gets more and more harried. Eugene Troobnick as Arnie is quite good but the real scene stealer is Victor Buono as Eric Damian! He's always great in everything he turns up in. Hammy perhaps but that's his trademark. Doesn't McGarrett call him a "fat cat"? LOL. To me he's part fat cat, part sly fox. His scenes with McGarrett are priceless! He's so oily and transparent that McGarrett can't even keep a straight face talking to him. The ending with the coin hidden behind the ear was perhaps a bit forced (how did McGarrett know?) but it was fun, in keeping with the episode. This featured the second music score by Bruce Broughton (after "The Finishing Touch") and he was actually Emmy nominated for this one! Season 6 actually had a record 3 nominations for best dramatic score - this one, Don Ray's "Nightmare in Blue", and of course Morton Steven's "Hookman" which won the Emmy.
Hawaii Five-O: Try to Die on Time (1973)
Try to Die on Time
This one is definitely near the bottom of season 6. Truth be told, I actually like the concept here of people betting on the time when someone will die (as morbid as it sounds) but I just think the execution of it was way off. Needlessly convoluted and confusing. Last time I watched this one I kept thinking how much better this would have turned out if I was the writer of this episode, LOL! Seriously, it's an interesting concept which somehow gets squandered by murky and unclear storytelling. I like the early scenes up to the time when Harry Foxton (Jack Carter) expires and I like the scenes towards the end - the bugs in the office which lead to the van with all the surveillance equipment and the real culprit. But everything in the middle is... boring. Also I really like McGarrett's line at the end to McBain "I guess I'm a sloppy cop" for figuring things out differently than McBain anticipated.
Hawaii Five-O: Hookman (1973)
Hookman
This one is a stone cold classic for sure!! Pretty much tied for 1st place with season 4's "Rest in Peace, Somebody". I love these episodes where someone has a personal grudge against McGarrett! Hookman is pretty much a silent killer who doesn't contact McGarrett (unlike in "Rest in Peace" where McGarrett was taunted with phone calls). Stoner/Hookman is a creepy villain. So was Cameron in "Rest in Peace". I love the opening with the slow build-up where you watch the Hookman walking through the cemetery and then up to his perch where he sets up his rifle, scope, etc. All this is intercut with the funeral procession as the vehicles make their way down Kalakaua Ave. In Waikiki, then down some other streets, then going through the Diamond Head tunnel (which in reality doesn't make sense lol, why would they be inside Diamond Head crater?). All this is so well done (like a feature film!) and accompanied by a fantastic music score by Morton Stevens (his series best!) for which he won an Emmy award. His earlier Emmy win was for the season 2 opener "A Thousand Pardons -- You're Dead!" which was another awesome score.
Jay J. Armes, who played Hookman, is (or was) something of a celebrity I believe. He was a real-life private investigator and a very successful one at that who solved some pretty high profile cases. There was a cool article about him somewhere. He really did have hooks for hands and really mastered them. Could hold a gun no problem. There's even a book about him on Amazon.
Hawaii Five-O: Anybody Can Build a Bomb (1973)
Anybody Can Build a Bomb
Always really liked this one, ever since my first viewing many moons ago! Loved the ticking clock scenario with the bomb hidden inside the iconic Aloha Tower (I was up there) and Lew Ayres played an interesting character whose intentions were noble but who unfortunately got himself entangled with some rather nasty people. The doomsday scenario added some real suspense, with the constant cutting to the ticking inside the Aloha Tower. I can't speak for the accuracy of the whole bomb plot from a scientific perspective but the episode kept me engaged. Loved the helicopter shots over Kapiolani Park. Also a very good music score by Richard Shores! Oh, and did you know that the main bad guy with the mustache who calls himself "Mercury" is none other than director Allen Reisner who directed the classic "Hookman" and a score of other Five-O episodes (not this one)?
Hawaii Five-O: Draw Me a Killer (1973)
Draw Me a Killer
Superb episode! Yes, another 10/10!!
With "Hookman" and this one it's definitely the best start of any season! These 2 I would say are the best of season 6. Although there's another one late in the season which is just as great ("Nightmare in Blue"), one that I would say is also the most disturbing one in the entire series.
Elliott Street is back from "Grandstand Play" (where I also liked him, if not the episode) and again here he plays a mentally challenged individual, albeit one more disturbed and deadly. His Arthur character here is really "out there". Loved the comic strip angle and the joke about Danno the crooked cop stealing apples and sending the cores to Judy Moon. LOL! Anyway, it's just a perfect episode. The series at its best! The score by Richard Shores was very good, especially the inclusion of the thumping sound (for Arthur's heartbeat I guess) right before he kills someone.
Hawaii Five-O: Charter for Death (1973)
Charter for Death
This isn't one to watch when you're on Covid lockdown. Or coming out of Covid lockdown. LOL!
Never been a fan of this one. In fact it's definitely near the bottom of season 6. We already had a bubonic plague story in season 1 ("Face of the Dragon") and I never cared for that one either. I did like that plunge from the helicopter at the end. Pretty cool!
Nehemiah Persoff must have loved coming to Hawaii! You'll see more of him. He made 6 appearances total and this was #3.
Hawaii Five-O: The Sunday Torch (1973)
The Sunday Torch
This is a really great arson episode. Michael Anderson, Jr. Was very good as Ray Stokely, the poor patsy who really gets put through the ringer. You really feel for him! He played the draft dodger whose Vietnam vet brother committed suicide in season 3's "To Kill or Be Killed".
Hawaii Five-O: Murder Is a Taxing Affair (1973)
Murder is a Taxing Affair
Yet another winner!! Easily a top 5 for the season for me! I remember this one from when I was a kid and remembered the IRS guy being particularly brutal. That was before I even knew what IRS was LOL! I just remembered he was some government guy who was a killer. It took a long while before I saw this episode again and I remembered why I loved it so much. Don Porter was really good as Jonathan Cavell, the murderous IRS agent. Loved how his desperation grew as the money kept slipping away from him. Loved the trap our guys laid for him by having him come back into McGarrett's office to take a look at the hotel guest list. Loved McGarrett's brainstorm about Cavell when he began to shade in the beard and sunglasses on Cavell's picture. Really good detective work in this one! I gotta say that the casting of the couple was interesting because Sally Kirkland was young enough to be Jack Dodson's daughter. But somehow she looked older than she really was so it worked pretty well. Dodson played the town clerk Howard Sprague in the color episodes of THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW. You really feel their terror at the end when Cavell is about to order them to drive forward off the cliff. Cavell was one obsessed and cold-blooded dude! His leap off the cliff (major OUCH!!!) is probably my favorite ending of any episode! What a way to go and he sure deserved it.
When I last visited Oahu one of the reasons I was looking to stay at the Marriott is because of this episode! :) Always loved the scene where Cavell goes from one balcony to the next after tossing the room. Those Marriott balconies are very recognizable! Of course at the time it was the Hawaiian Regent. Ultimately I ended up staying at the Hyatt.
Hawaii Five-O: Tricks Are Not Treats (1973)
Tricks are Not Treats
Haha! Pimps, pimps, pimps! Doesn't Lolo (Gregory Sierra) call them "pimples"? LOL! But that's what's so funny about this episode. Out of nowhere we find out that Honolulu has a major black pimp problem! Never mind that we rarely see a black person on the show. Now all of a sudden there's a whole black ghetto here! LOL! Never to be seen or heard about again. This was at the height of blaxploitation cinema so I can see why they made this episode. Though ultimately it makes no sense, given the population demographics on the island. That's why we typically see rackets run by Asians, Hawaiians, and Caucasians - which makes more sense. That said, I do enjoy a lot of the jive talk here! It's certainly an oddity of an episode and not a great one by any stretch (ultimately it's near the bottom of season 6) but I don't hate it. It has its strange charms here and there. And I really do like the twist with the hitman at the end and who the REAL target was! But I do like the turf war episode from season 4 much more - "A Matter of Mutual Concern". There you had a real "race-o-rama" between the Chinese, Korean, Japanese, and Samoan crime bosses.
Hawaii Five-O: Why Wait Till Uncle Kevin Dies? (1973)
Why Wait Till Uncle Kevin Dies?
Actually the first time I saw it I thought it was just okay. Then on repeat viewings I liked it more and more. The whole scam run by Reversions, Inc. Was pretty clever and cold-blooded. Murray Matheson (who was in the George Peppard TV show BANACEK around this time) was really good as the slick and oily head of this "corporation". I liked the trapping of the bad guy in the house at the end to force a confession out of him. Pretty tense with the ticking clock! It actually reminded me of something out of the MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE tv series, where they would set up a clever sting to entrap the baddies.
Hawaii Five-O: Flash of Color, Flash of Death (1973)
Flash of Color, Flash of Death
This is another one that I thought was just okay on first watch. But it gets better on repeat viewings. Don Knight (yes, the hitman from V for Vashon) is really the main draw here. He plays the desperate Aussie so well - his obsession with his bloody opals leading to multiple murders, just like the IRS agent Cavell in "Murder is a Taxing Affair". Two desperate men trying to track down something that they feel is rightfully theirs. Love Knight's accent and he has some great lines. He always calls everybody "luv" and it's not just in this episode. It's the Don Knight trademark! Funny when he tells the guy in the parking garage to hide him in his car because his "old lady is outside ready to clobber" him. LOL!
Hawaii Five-O: The Finishing Touch (1973)
The Finishing Touch
Here's another one that gets better on rewatches. Normally I'm not into "financial" episodes - stocks, bonds, certificates, etc. But unlike the previous ones that were either confusing or boring (Odd Lot Caper, Percentage) this one actually has a cool premise. You still have to follow the story pretty closely to keep up with the scam involving the certificates but Norman Cargill (first of two appearances by George Voskovec - one of the original 12 ANGRY MEN) is an interesting character. He's a rarity in that he's both sympathetic and despicable at the same time. You understand his plight but he resorts to murder. He not only kills a fellow forger but a completely innocent woman as well. As McGarrett tells him "Forgery is one thing but murder... murder??!!". No deals. Murder one. Two counts. Classic ending! McGarrett won't let a friendship stand in the way of justice. Right is right and wrong is wrong. No room for gray areas here.
This was the first music score by Bruce Broughton (who was Oscar nominated for SILVERADO and scored a bunch of other movies too) and he composes a really cool lengthy track that plays for like 7 minutes or something while Cargill is forging those documents while being under surveillance. Broughton will do many more Five-O scores. My three favorite Five-O composers are Morton Stevens, Richard Shores, and Don Ray. But Broughton is up there too!
Hawaii Five-O: A Bullet for El Diablo (1973)
A Bullet for El Diablo
Top 5 (or maybe top 6) material for season 6 for me! Love the "doubles" plot and that whole stretch of evil Rita (pretending to be Maria) getting "rescued" and then taken to her father, whereupon she kills him, and then makes her escape (down the side of the Ilikai), and then Five-O discovering they've been had real good - just outstanding execution!! The standoff on the tower at the end with A. Martinez was excellent as well. Great episode!