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 - 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.
#2 - 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.
#3 - 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.
#4 - 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.
#5 - 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.
#6 - 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.
#7 - 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.
#8 - Fools Die Twice
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/17/1972
Army computer technician Jack Gulley kidnaps a scientist and then uses a planned heist by three accomplices on a military base to divert Five-O's attention from his sale of the scientist to the highest bidder.
#9 - A Hawaiian Nightmare
Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/17/1974
A geophysics expert, Bernard Brown, is heavily in debt, so he comes up with a plan to cause an explosion in the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, which will cause lava to pour all down the hillside and into the city of Hilo, unless the Governor comes up with half a million dollars as a ransom.
#10 - 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?
#11 - A Gun For McGarrett
Season 7 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/26/1974
After an attempt is made on Steve McGarrett’s life, he is drawn towards a female art dealer, but she too may not be good for his health…
#12 - Steal Now -- Pay Later
Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/1/1974
A sophisticated thief is selling his goods to legitimate businessmen, and Five-O must find a way of trapping him.
#13 - Chain Of Events
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/24/1972
A doctor tracking venereal disease is murdered, and Five-O must track the series of encounters to find out who is a carrier. Their investigation is made doubly important by the murder of a young woman who is close to a upcoming politician. He seems a likely suspect but McGarrett suspects a deeper plot.
#14 - Blind Tiger
Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/31/1969
McGarrett gets a surprise birthday party, but when he goes to pack the presents in his car, it explodes and blinds him. Danno, Chin Ho and Kono must work to catch those responsible, whilst McGarrett has to get used to not having his eyesight.
#15 - 'V' For Vashon: The Son (1)
Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/14/1972
McGarrett becomes involved with the Vashon mafioso family after the youngest member, Chris, is implicated in a daring raid on a hotel.
#16 - Bomb, Bomb, Who's Got The Bomb?
Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/8/1974
Senator Harlan Henderson suffers from multiple personalities, and one side of him wants to kill himself. However, he ends up blowing up his secretary, and McGarrett uses handwriting and a diagnosis from a psychiatrist to try to crack the case.
#17 - Presenting... In The Center Ring... Murder
Season 7 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/10/1974
Wo Fat returns to Hawaii in order to have a Chinese diplomat whom he classes as a foolish peace-maker assassinated.
#18 - Pig In A Blanket
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/3/1972
Danno shoots an apparently armed teenager but finds that he was mistaken, and public opinion and the teen's brother turn against him. McGarrett must act to defuse the potentially explosive situation.
#19 - The Clock Struck Twelve
Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/5/1972
When McGarrett arrests a group of vigilante nationalists, hidden bombs at the courthouse threaten to destabilise the islands.
#20 - Right Grave, Wrong Body
Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/15/1974
A criminal, Hobart, is robbing liquor stores using a policeman's former gun, but the officer wants it back as he used it to kill a bankrobber five years before and the body has been uncovered.
#21 - The Young Assassins
Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/10/1974
Danno and a college professor are kidnapped by a revolutionary group of young radicals led by a hardened criminal.
#22 - The Listener
Season 5 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/16/1973
A crazed electronics wizard threatens the lives of a psychiatrist and his patients by using electronic devices and gadgets.
#23 - 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.
#24 - Killer At Sea
Season 6 - Episode 23 - Aired 2/19/1974
While investigating a robbery and kidnapping, the trail of clues leads McGarrett and the team to an ocean liner with a deadly passenger.
#25 - Murder With A Golden Touch
Season 6 - Episode 20 - Aired 1/29/1974
When a man is found dead with gold dust on him, McGarrett and his team must investigate where the stolen gold came from and how it is being bought onto the market.