The BEST episodes of Hawaii Five-O season 3

Every episode of Hawaii Five-O season 3, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Hawaii Five-O season 3!

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.

Last Updated: 12/16/2024Network: CBSStatus: Ended
The Payoff
star
9.00
3 votes

#1 - The Payoff

Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/9/1970

McGarrett must apprehend two abductors who are on the run with the proceeds of their crime in order to protect the lives of their co-conspirators.

Writer: Ken Pettus
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F.O.B. Honolulu (2)
star
8.50
4 votes

#2 - 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.

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F.O.B. Honolulu (1)
star
8.00
2 votes

#3 - F.O.B. Honolulu (1)

Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/27/1971

Wo Fat and other top international agents converge on Hawaii to place bids on printing plates for twenty dollar bills, which are in the possession of a former friend of McGarrett.

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The Grandstand Play (2)
star
8.00
3 votes

#4 - 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.

Directors: Paul Stanley
Writer: Adrian Spies
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The Ransom
star
7.89
9 votes

#5 - The Ransom

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/21/1970

Five-O's efforts to rescue a young boy from kidnappers go wrong when Kono is captured and beaten. An angry McGarrett must work out a way to rescue Kono without further endangering him.

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The Bomber And Mrs. Moroney
star
7.67
3 votes

#6 - The Bomber And Mrs. Moroney

Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/24/1971

Danno's past comes back to haunt him when the brother of a young boy he shot is released and wants revenge. The brother takes Chin Ho, Jenny and others hostage in McGarrett's office and threatens to blow them up, and Danno must resolve the tense situation.

Directors: Paul Stanley
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The Guarnerius Caper
star
7.50
6 votes

#7 - The Guarnerius Caper

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/14/1970

Shortly after giving a recital, the violin of a visiting Russian virtuoso is stolen, and McGarrett must retrieve it before the theft turns into an international incident.

Directors: Tony Leader
Writer: Ken Pettus
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The Reunion
star
7.50
4 votes

#8 - The Reunion

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/4/1970

A Japanese computer research company executive is recognised by a veteran as his former captor in a Phillippine prison camp in World War II.

Writer: Paul Playdon
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The Second Shot
star
7.25
8 votes

#9 - The Second Shot

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/30/1970

Dr. Lemira, an opposition leader for Greece, is living in exile in Hawaii, but Klaus Marberg is sent to assassinate him. His plan is to get himself shot and work his way into Dr. Lemira's confidence so he can kill him easily. McGarrett must work out this plot and save the day before it is too late.

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Ten Thousand Diamonds And A Heart
star
7.25
4 votes

#10 - Ten Thousand Diamonds And A Heart

Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/6/1971

An electronics genius is busted out of prison so he can mastermind a massive robbery of diamonds from the Honolulu Diamond Exchange.

Directors: Paul Stanley
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And A Time To Die...
star
7.18
39 votes

#11 - And A Time To Die...

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/16/1970

Five-O must act swiftly when the daughter of a top neurosurgeon is kidnapped by Wo Fat in order to make the surgeon operate on a wounded U.S. undercover agent who is carrying secret inforrmation of use to the Chinese.

Directors: Charles S. Dubin
Writer: Ken Pettus
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Trouble In Mind
star
7.10
10 votes

#12 - Trouble In Mind

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/23/1970

Singer Eadie Jordan has not only a comeback concert to perform, but also a serious heroin addiction. Poisoned heroin is being peddled on the islands, and McGarrett must try to save Eadie from scoring for the last time.

Directors: Danny Arnold
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The Double Wall
star
7.07
29 votes

#13 - The Double Wall

Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/16/1970

When a convicted murderer, Harry Kellem, hears a dying man say he committed the crime that Kellem was jailed for, he takes a doctor hostage and McGarrett must negotiate his way out of the situation.

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Force Of Waves
star
7.06
31 votes

#14 - Force Of Waves

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/28/1970

When a ruthless businessman is blown up in a boat explosion, Five-O has many suspects to choose from, and they use psychological methods to determine the guilty party.

Directors: Paul Krasny
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Time And Memories
star
7.00
11 votes

#15 - Time And Memories

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/7/1970

When a lawyer is murdered, his wife becomes the top suspect and McGarrett investigates. However, matters are complicated by the fact that the woman had a relationship with McGarrett, and he jeopardises his job because of this.

Writer: Jerry Ludwig
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To Kill Or Be Killed
star
7.00
4 votes

#16 - To Kill Or Be Killed

Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/13/1971

Five-O investigates the death of Vietnam hero Jack Rigney, who fell from a balcony. His father is a World War II veteran, but his brother Michael is a peacenik, and Danno goes undercover as a draft dodger to help solve the mystery of Jack's death.

Directors: Paul Stanley
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Dear Enemy
star
7.00
3 votes

#17 - Dear Enemy

Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/17/1971

The wife of a convicted man fakes evidence in a new crime so that McGarrett will have to re-open her husband's case.

Directors: Murray Golden
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The Grandstand Play (1)
star
7.00
2 votes

#18 - The Grandstand Play (1)

Season 3 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/3/1971

A baseball player, Lon Phillips, brings his backward son to Hawaii to escape threats on his life on the mainland.

Directors: Paul Stanley
Writer: Adrian Spies
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The Late John Louisiana
star
6.94
32 votes

#19 - The Late John Louisiana

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/11/1970

The hitman sent to kill the witness to a two year old murder instead falls in love with her and McGarrett and the team must lead the search to find her before duty overtakes love.

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Over Fifty? Steal!
star
6.94
32 votes

#20 - Over Fifty? Steal!

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/25/1970

McGarrett and company must pit their wits against a veteran thief and robber who leaves Monopoly money at the scene of his crimes.

Directors: Bob Sweeney
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The Gunrunner
star
6.67
3 votes

#21 - The Gunrunner

Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/10/1971

The wife of an arms dealer is kidnapped by revolutionaries who want the guns diverted from their original destination, but the arms dealer himself is not as innocent as matters would indicate…

Directors: Tony Leader
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The Last Eden
star
6.00
2 votes

#22 - The Last Eden

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/18/1970

Five-O search for the criminals who have set up Hawaiian singer and ecologist Jimmy Nuanu as the fall guy for a sewage plant bombing.

Directors: Paul Stanley
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Beautiful Screamer
star
6.00
4 votes

#23 - Beautiful Screamer

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/2/1970

Dan Williams's fiancee is murdered by a strangler who writes poetry in lipstick on his victims' legs. Danno resolves to catch the culprit who has other murderous plans to carry out.

Directors: Tony Leader
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Paniolo
star
5.00
3 votes

#24 - Paniolo

Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/30/1970

A cowboy fears the loss of his land to a crooked estate agent and accidentally kills him by hitting him. McGarrett and his team must track the cowboy into the mountains and persuade him to give himself up.

Writer: Ed Adamson
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