The BEST episodes of Hawaii Five-O season 9

Every episode of Hawaii Five-O season 9, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Hawaii Five-O season 9!

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: 10/10/2025Network: CBSStatus: Ended
The Last Of The Great Paperhangers
star
8.67
6 votes

#1 - The Last Of The Great Paperhangers

Season 9 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/4/1976

A masterful forger plans a massive robbery of Navy funds, and McGarrett is made to look rather inept...

Directors: Philip Leacock
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Dealer's Choice -- Blackmail
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8.50
6 votes

#2 - 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.

Directors: Ernest Pintoff
Writer: Tim Maschler
Man In A Steel Frame
star
8.43
7 votes

#3 - Man In A Steel Frame

Season 9 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/13/1977

McGarrett is the top suspect in the murder of his girlfriend, and the evidence against him is seemingly overwhelming...

Directors: Allen Reisner
Heads, You're Dead
star
8.40
5 votes

#4 - Heads, You're Dead

Season 9 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/11/1976

When yacht racers are found dead on their craft, Five-O launches a desperate search for high-seas buccaneers.

Directors: Bruce Bilson
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Elegy In A Rain Forest
star
8.33
6 votes

#5 - Elegy In A Rain Forest

Season 9 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/27/1977

The daughter of Attorney General John Manicote is kidnapped by a deranged rapist and murderer, and Steve must not only contend with the criminal but Manicote's emotional state as well...

Directors: Sutton Roley
Let Death Do Us Part
star
8.25
8 votes

#6 - Let Death Do Us Part

Season 9 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/18/1976

A escaped convict may well have a strong case of innocence, when Five-O become involved in the paranormal...

Directors: Barry Crane
Writer: Bud Freeman
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The Bells Toll At Noon
star
8.20
5 votes

#7 - The Bells Toll At Noon

Season 9 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/6/1977

The boyfriend of an overdose victim re-enacts famous film murders in a revenge on all the people he sees as responsible.

A Capitol Crime
star
8.20
5 votes

#8 - A Capitol Crime

Season 9 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/17/1977

A pensioner threatens to blow himself and his hostages up if he doesn't stop the demolition of his home.

See How She Runs
star
8.14
7 votes

#9 - See How She Runs

Season 9 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/31/1977

The daughter of a LA detective and friend of McGarrett is framed for murder and then joins a cult.

Directors: Harvey Laidman
Writer: Anne Collins
Tour De Force, Killer Aboard
star
8.13
8 votes

#10 - Tour De Force, Killer Aboard

Season 9 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/28/1976

Two seemingly unconnected deaths lead McGarrett into a desperate race to prevent the assassination of a visiting Sheikh.

Directors: Jerry London
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Practical Jokes Can Kill You
star
8.00
7 votes

#11 - Practical Jokes Can Kill You

Season 9 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/5/1977

A gang of thieves steal army rifles by peculiar means - hang-gliding into the armoury!

Directors: Ernest Pintoff
Target -- A Cop
star
8.00
7 votes

#12 - Target -- A Cop

Season 9 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/23/1976

Police are being lured into traps and shot, and Five-O have difficulty nailing a suspect when their primary lead turns out to be a paraplegic.

Directors: Robert Scheerer
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Double Exposure
star
8.00
9 votes

#13 - Double Exposure

Season 9 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/2/1976

A press photographer is pursued relentlessly after she takes a photo of a supposedly dead gangster who has returned to the islands to take control of the local syndicate.

Directors: Sutton Roley
star
7.86
7 votes

#14 - Nine Dragons (2)

Season 9 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/1976

In Hong Kong, Steve is caught by Wo Fat and mentally and physically tortured by being 'reconditioned'. He must beat these problems to save the day again.

Yes, My Deadly Daughter
star
7.86
7 votes

#15 - Yes, My Deadly Daughter

Season 9 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/16/1976

When $10 million goes missing from a crimelord, the culprit seems to be dangerously close to home...

Writer: Tim Maschler
Man On Fire
star
7.78
9 votes

#16 - Man On Fire

Season 9 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/21/1976

Five bodies are found in the crater of Mauna Loa contaminated by radiation from illegal plutonium, and Five-O must find and confiscate this deadly toxin.

Directors: Gordon Hessler
To Kill A Mind
star
7.75
8 votes

#17 - To Kill A Mind

Season 9 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/17/1977

While searching for parts from a sunken Soviet submarine, McGarrett become suspicious about the particular parts that are being recovered.

Directors: Gordon Hessler
Requiem For A Saddle-Bronc Rider
star
7.75
8 votes

#18 - Requiem For A Saddle-Bronc Rider

Season 9 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/24/1977

A missing rodeo cowboy and the murder of a young couple pose a puzzling mystery for Five-O.

Directors: Harry Harris
Assault On The Palace
star
7.71
7 votes

#19 - Assault On The Palace

Season 9 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/7/1976

McGarrett must solve a daring bank robbery committed during the King Kamehameha Day Parade under the cover of a historic re-enactment.

Directors: Ernest Pintoff
Ready... Aim...
star
7.57
7 votes

#20 - Ready... Aim...

Season 9 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/20/1977

Five-O must work with a Japanese officer to find the source of handsguns that are flooding the black market in Tokyo.

Directors: Jerry London
Writer: Tim Maschler
Oldest Profession -- Latest Price
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7.56
9 votes

#21 - Oldest Profession -- Latest Price

Season 9 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/14/1976

The murder of island prostitutes seems to be linked to an extortion racketeer who is determined to make a return...

Directors: Philip Leacock
Writer: Anne Collins
Blood Money Is Hard To Wash
star
7.50
8 votes

#22 - Blood Money Is Hard To Wash

Season 9 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/3/1977

A gangster attempts to buy an interest in a football club so that he can launder money through it.

To Die In Paradise
star
7.38
8 votes

#23 - To Die In Paradise

Season 9 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/24/1977

A lady singer is kidnapped and it looks as if she and her captors have died at sea.

Directors: Joe Manduke
Nine Dragons (1)
star
6.64
36 votes

#24 - Nine Dragons (1)

Season 9 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/30/1976

When Wo Fat steals toxins in an attempt to take out the leaders of Communist China, McGarrett must track him to Hong Kong.

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