The WORST episodes of Hawaii Five-O
Every episode of Hawaii Five-O ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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 - The Moroville Covenant
Season 12 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/29/1980
A politician trying for the Senate is weakened by the murder of the man who is blackmailing him.
#2 - A Bird In Hand...
Season 12 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/22/1980
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.
#3 - 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.
#4 - The Capsule Kidnapping
Season 8 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/12/1976
The son of a Japanese businessman is kidnapped and held in a capsule underwater until a $1.5 million dollar ransom is paid...
#5 - One Born Every Minute
Season 6 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/8/1974
A pair of crooks team up with local criminals and use phony diamonds as bait to prey on wealthy male tourists. McGarrett and Five-O must shut off this sinister racket.
#6 - 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.
#7 - The Ninety-Second War (1)
Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/11/1972
McGarrett is framed in an elaborate set up by Wo Fat, and has to contend with a foreign double amongst other problems.
#8 - R&R -- &R
Season 4 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/7/1972
A psychotic man named Ralston is killing the wives of members of his army unit, and Five-O, including Kono on his last case, must stop him before he commits any more crazed attacks.
#9 - Here Today, Gone Tonight
Season 5 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/23/1973
Five-O has a suspect for a murder, but they have one problem. How can the suspect have been in two places at the same time?
#10 - Little Girl Blue
Season 5 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/13/1973
Two simple criminals kidnap a young girl, and hide out in a bunker at Diamond Head. McGarrett must unravel the reason why they are there and get the girl safely away from them.
#11 - Percentage
Season 5 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/20/1973
A travel agent who operates gambling trips is killed in order to send a warning to others that the syndicates will not tolerate competition.
#12 - Engaged To Be Buried
Season 5 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/27/1973
Chin Ho must face the fact that his daughter, Alia, is in love with the son of a local criminal under investigation, and that she plans to get married to him.
#13 - Jury Of One
Season 5 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/13/1973
A single person is holding out in a Five-O trial, and McGarrett and the team have to find out who is stalling and why they are doing it.
#14 - One Big Happy Family
Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/2/1973
A family of white-trash mass killers arrive on Hawaii after wreaking a trail of devastation on the mainland, and McGarrett must catch them before they can do more damage on the islands.
#15 - Try To Die On Time
Season 6 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/4/1973
Harry Foxton, a gambler, is himself the subject of huge bets over what hour he will die. McGarrett must work out the gambler's complex relationships to get to the bottom of this case.
#16 - The Flip Side Is Death
Season 6 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/18/1973
A mock military emergency leaves a bank open for a robbery, and Five-O must travel to the opposite side of Oahu to find out more in their investigation.
#17 - Death With Father
Season 6 - Episode 19 - Aired 1/22/1974
The son of a Federal Narcotics officer becomes involved in a heroin refining operation.
#18 - Clash Of Shadows
Season 12 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/8/1980
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...
#19 - The Flight Of The Jewels
Season 12 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/1/1980
A gang of clever students use radio-controlled planes to execute the theft of Queen Liliokalani's jewels.
#20 - The Kahuna
Season 12 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/18/1979
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...
#21 - A Shallow Grave
Season 12 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/11/1979
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.
#22 - Voice Of Terror
Season 12 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/4/1979
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.
#23 - The Year Of The Horse (2)
Season 11 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/5/1979
Five-O must close the heroin smuggling operation to exonerate the Governor and catch the figures behind the scheme.
#24 - The Year Of The Horse (1)
Season 11 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/5/1979
When a woman dies due to heroin packets bursting inside her and the Governor is implicated, McGarrett and Danno head off to Singapore to discover a smuggling operation.
#25 - Target? The Lady
Season 8 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/3/1975
Five-O must find a female courier who witnessed a murder before a hitman can...