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.

Last Updated: 12/16/2024Network: CBSStatus: Ended
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#1 - 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.

Directors: Don Weis
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#2 - 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.

Directors: Don Weis
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#3 - Number One With A Bullet (2)

Season 11 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/4/1979

The rival gangs are on the brink of all out war, and Five-O must struggle to stop them.

Directors: Don Weis
Writer: Robert Janes
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#4 - The Miracle Man

Season 11 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/21/1978

When a preacher is attacked by a man convinced that he is responsible for his wife's death, Five-O investigate more closely and discover some less than godly motives.

Directors: Lawrence Dobkin
Writer: Robert Janes
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#5 - A Distant Thunder

Season 11 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/9/1978

Five-O must deal with the plans of a Neo Nazi organisation to kill Bobby Tamara, the "Hawaiian Kennedy".

Directors: Dennis Donnelly
Writer: Al Martinez
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The Moroville Covenant
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#6 - 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.

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A Bird In Hand...
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#7 - 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.

Writer: Samuel Roeca
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Clash Of Shadows
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#8 - 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...

Directors: Ralph Levy
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The Flight Of The Jewels
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#9 - 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.

Directors: Don Weis
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A Shallow Grave
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#10 - 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.

Directors: Dennis Donnelly
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The Kahuna
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#11 - 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...

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Voice Of Terror
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#12 - 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.

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School For Assassins
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#13 - School For Assassins

Season 12 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/1/1980

McGarrett and Kimo must stop a gang of trained assassins from disrupting a meeting of energy ministers.

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Image Of Fear
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#14 - Image Of Fear

Season 12 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/8/1979

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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Good Help Is Hard To Find
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#15 - Good Help Is Hard To Find

Season 12 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/1/1979

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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Sign Of The Ram
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#16 - Sign Of The Ram

Season 12 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/25/1979

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.

Directors: Ralph Levy
Writer: Samuel Roeca
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Though The Heavens Fall
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#17 - Though The Heavens Fall

Season 12 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/18/1979

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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#18 - Frozen Assets

Season 10 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/30/1978

A cryogenics institute comes under suspicion when an investigative writer becomes involved.

Directors: Reza Badiyi
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Paniolo
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#19 - 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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Most Likely To Murder
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#20 - Most Likely To Murder

Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/11/1970

Lew Morgan and his wife are friends of Danno, but she is murdered, and Morgan sets out to find the culprit. However, his wife seems to be hiding secrets that may have caused her death.

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#21 - When Does A War End?

Season 10 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/16/1978

A Japanese businessman comes under attack from a young man whose father suffered in an Japanese Prisoner of War camp.

Directors: Ernest Pintoff
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The Capsule Kidnapping
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#22 - 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...

Directors: Bernard McEveety
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#23 - My Friend, The Enemy

Season 10 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/13/1978

Five-O must deal with the kidnapping of an Arab princess, and Steve must also deal with an Italian female journalist's constant interruptions.

Directors: Noel Black
Writer: Gerry Day
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For Old Times Sake
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#24 - For Old Times Sake

Season 12 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/8/1980

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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#25 - Tread The King's Shadow

Season 10 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/5/1978

McGarrett becomes involved in a love triangle between a young local man, a rich girl and her father who hates the Hawaiian origins of the boy.

Directors: Reza Badiyi
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