Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired for 12 seasons from 1968 to 1980, and continues in reruns. Jack Lord portrayed Detective Lieutenant Steve McGarrett, the head of a special state police task force which was based on an actual unit that existed under martial law in the 1940s. The theme music composed by Morton Stevens became especially popular. Many episodes would end with McGarrett instructing his subordinate to "Book 'em, Danno!", sometimes specifying a charge such as "murder one".
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- Seasons
- 12
- Episodes aired
- 284
- Latest aired
- S12E20
- Total runtime
- 11d 16h
Timeline when each season aired
- Season 1 September 1968 – March 1969 25 episodes
- Season 2 September 1969 – March 1970 25 episodes
- Season 3 September 1970 – March 1971 24 episodes
- Season 4 September 1971 – March 1972 24 episodes
- Season 5 September 1972 – March 1973 24 episodes
- Season 6 September 1973 – February 1974 24 episodes
- Season 7 September 1974 – March 1975 24 episodes
- Season 8 September 1975 – March 1976 24 episodes
- Season 9 September 1976 – May 1977 24 episodes
- Season 10 September 1977 – May 1978 24 episodes
- Season 11 September 1978 – April 1979 22 episodes
- Season 12 October 1979 – April 1980 20 episodes
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S12E01 A Lion In The Streets (1)
October 4 · 60min find the promo
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McGarrett finds himself stymied when Hawaiian nationalists and local underworld mobsters clash over a union election.
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S12E02 A Lion In The Streets (2)
October 4 · 60min find the promo
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Labouring under a ban on cooperation by native Hawaiians because of a Kahuna, McGarrett must try to prevent war on the streets...
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S12E03 Who Says Cops Don't Cry
October 11 · 60min find the promo
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When the husband of a policewoman is gunned down by opportunist robbers, she resolves to catch them any way she can.
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S12E04 Though The Heavens Fall
October 18 · 60min find the promo
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A group of high society men set out to see that justice is done - the catch being that it is justice on their terms only...
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S12E05 Sign Of The Ram
October 25 · 60min find the promo
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Jessica Humboldt, an astrologer and friend of Agnes DuBois, comes to McGarrett with news that a forthcoming match will be disastrous for a boxer. McGarrett must overcome his suspicions and crack the case.
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S12E06 Good Help Is Hard To Find
November 1 · 60min find the promo
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Tony Alika and Guido Marioni, killer of Kimo's family, together hatch a plot to frame and embarrass the Five-O team by making them look stupid or corrupt.
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S12E07 Image Of Fear
November 8 · 60min find the promo
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When a woman is stalked by a strange figure, she seems to be seeing things and her friends are worried as to her mental health. However, events prove her case and an accomplice is revealed...
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S12E08 Use A Gun, Go To Hell
November 29 · 60min find the promo
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When two surfer bums use a gun to rob a shop, it starts off a trail of death and misery involving children, politics and blackmail.
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S12E09 Voice Of Terror
December 4 · 60min find the promo
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A group of terrorists capture a female officer and use her to further their aims, and McGarrett and the team must find a way to take them out without endangering the life of Officer Dean.
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S12E10 A Shallow Grave
December 11 · 60min find the promo
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A young man on vacation has strange visions that lead him to the site of an old murder and help him discover a lost family.
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S12E11 The Kahuna
December 18 · 60min find the promo
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When two healthy young people die mysteriously, local traditions prevent post mortems, and a strange conspiracy is gradually uncovered when Truck seems to fall under the power of a Kahuna...
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S12E12 Labyrinth
December 25 · 60min find the promo
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When a rich socialite is kidnapped, her husband insists that Five-O stay out of the case. However, his reasons may not all be on the level as events take a series of twists and turns...
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S12E13 School For Assassins
January 1 · 60min find the promo
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McGarrett and Kimo must stop a gang of trained assassins from disrupting a meeting of energy ministers.
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S12E14 For Old Times Sake
January 8 · 60min find the promo
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A aging crook decides to use dollar bill printing plates he made to raise cash for a charity, but he fails to realise the trouble that this will cause.
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S12E15 The Golden Noose
January 15 · 60min find the promo
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McGarrett is suspicious of an aide who arrives in Hawaii to retrieve millions of dollars held in trust for a Southern Asian state and he must prevent a daring gold robbery.
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S12E16 The Flight Of The Jewels
March 1 · 60min find the promo
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A gang of clever students use radio-controlled planes to execute the theft of Queen Liliokalani's jewels.
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S12E17 Clash Of Shadows
March 8 · 60min find the promo
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The murder of a Nazi-hunter and discovery of a World War II medal set McGarrett and the team on the trail of a Nazi war criminal living in Honolulu...
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S12E18 A Bird In Hand...
March 22 · 60min find the promo
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A group of seemingly harmless birdwatchers are the target of a vendetta. Five-O must discover why they were a target and stop any further violence.
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S12E19 The Moroville Covenant
March 29 · 60min find the promo
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A politician trying for the Senate is weakened by the murder of the man who is blackmailing him.
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S12E20 Woe To Wo Fat
April 5 · 60min find the promo
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The series concludes with the final showdown between McGarrett and Wo Fat. Three scientists have gone missing. They have one thing in common: they all attended a symposium that discussed a possible space-based, laser defense system. McGarrett impersonates a fourth scientist, Dr. Elton Raintree, who attended the same gathering and is soon abducted. Wo Fat is behind it all and wants the scientists to complete their work and produce such a device.