The BEST episodes of Hawaii Five-O
Every episode of Hawaii Five-O ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Hawaii Five-O!
The investigations of Hawaii Five-O, an elite branch of the Hawaii State Police answerable only to the governor and headed by stalwart Steve McGarrett.
#1 - Woe To Wo Fat
Season 12 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/5/1980
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.
#2 - The Waterfront Steal
Season 8 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/21/1975
When Five-O fail to prevent a series of thefts at dockside warehouses, an influential owner creates trouble for McGarrett.
#3 - Pray Love Remember, Pray Love Remember
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/1/1969
When a young female student is found murdered on campus, suspicions fall on her boyfriend but McGarrett senses that something is not right.
#4 - Deathwatch
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/25/1968
McGarrett must protect a protect a mob underboss so he is able to testify against his superior, Joe Matsukino. However, Matsukino has many tricks up his sleeve to silence his former colleague permanently.
#5 - F.O.B. Honolulu (2)
Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/3/1971
Five-O must deal with treason, murder and double-crosses in order to solve the case and prevent the U.S. from being flooded by fake currency.
#6 - Charter For Death
Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/25/1973
When a large amount of diseased rats are found on a boat with all the crew dead, Five-O must contend with an outbreak of bubonic plague.
#7 - How To Steal A Submarine
Season 8 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/14/1975
A vice-principal enlists the help of his students and a submarine to smuggle drugs.
#8 - Deadly Persuasion
Season 8 - Episode 16 - Aired 12/18/1975
A disturbed young man steals nerve gas to use against a visiting royal family as revenge for the death of his father.
#9 - A Lion In The Streets (2)
Season 12 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/4/1979
Labouring under a ban on cooperation by native Hawaiians because of a Kahuna, McGarrett must try to prevent war on the streets...
#10 - King of the Hill
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/8/1969
Danno is taken hostage by a Vietnam veteran who is suffering delusional flashbacks and sees everyone as forces sent to kill him.
#11 - 'V' For Vashon: The Patriarch (3)
Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/28/1972
Dominick Vashon, the patriarch of the clan, makes his attempt to bring down McGarrett and Five-O.
#12 - Why Wait Till Uncle Kevin Dies?
Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/30/1973
A string of five murders of wealthy men leads McGarrett to a crooked inheritance scheme.
#13 - Murder - Eyes Only (2)
Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/12/1975
McGarrett must try his utmost to foil Wo Fat's plans which include hostages and brainwashing.
#14 - The Grandstand Play (2)
Season 3 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/10/1971
The son of the baseball player becomes the vital witness in a murder, but he is reluctant to tell either his father or Five-O of the crime.
#15 - For A Million - Why Not?
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/2/1971
Five seemingly good citizens with different motives band together to steal $6,000,000 while McGarrett is away on Maui at a trial.
#16 - Hookman
Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/11/1973
A amputee with no hands sets out to kill every police officer who contributed to his injury, and that includes Steve McGarrett.
#17 - Flash Of Color, Flash Of Death
Season 6 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/6/1973
A glamorous woman sets up an opal smuggler so her accomplices can rob both the smuggler and a jewellery store at the same time.
#18 - The Sleeper
Season 11 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/28/1978
After a government agent is murdered, McGarrett must identify the traitor in a scientific facility.
#19 - Six Kilos
Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/12/1969
Chin Ho and Dan Williams are tracking a safecracker but he pulls a gun and Danno ends up shooting him. McGarrett takes his identity of Harry Brown and must infiltrate a sophisticated gang of international thieves.
#20 - Up The Rebels
Season 10 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/15/1977
An Irish terrorist uses disguise and deception in order to be able to smuggle explosives for the Troubles.
#21 - Journey Out Of Limbo
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/31/1972
Danno is found in the back of a truck, dazed and confused, and McGarrett and the others must help him piece together how he came to be in that situation.
#22 - Dealer's Choice -- Blackmail
Season 9 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/3/1977
A hit and run incident leads Five-O to a gambling syndicate and Officer Welles's brother.
#23 - Horoscope For Murder
Season 11 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/5/1978
When an astrologer visits McGarrett to inform him of a murderer with a terrible temper, his antagonism lessens when her assumptions seem to be partly true.
#24 - Deadly Courier
Season 11 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/12/1978
While McGarrett follows a false lead, an undercover Danno is discovered and brainwashed to carry out the assassination of Steve...
#25 - The Case Against Philip Christie
Season 11 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/19/1978
McGarrett is the lone hold-out in a trial where the guilt of the accused seems certain.