TV series
Book 'Em, Danno!
Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired for 12 seasons from 1968 to 1980, and continues in reruns. Jack Lord portrayed Detective Lieutenant Steve McGarrett, the head of a special state police task force which was based on an actual unit that existed under martial law in the 1940s. The theme music composed by Morton Stevens became especially popular. Many episodes would end with McGarrett instructing his subordinate to "Book 'em, Danno!", sometimes specifying a charge such as "murder one".
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired for 12 seasons from 1968 to 1980, and continues in reruns. Jack Lord portrayed Detective Lieutenant Steve McGarrett, the head of a special state police task force which was based on an actual unit that existed under martial law in the 1940s. The theme music composed by Morton Stevens became especially popular. Many episodes would end with McGarrett instructing his subordinate to "Book 'em, Danno!", sometimes specifying a charge such as "murder one".
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Episode 1
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.
Guest stars Donald Moffat, Gerald S. O'Loughlin
Episode 2
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.
Directed by Danny ArnoldGuest stars Morton Stevens, Nancy Wilson, Milton Selzer, Harry Guardino
Episode 3
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.
Directed by Michael O'HerlihyGuest stars Walter Brooke, Nicholas Georgiade, John Marley, Eric Braeden
Episode 4
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.
Directed by John Llewellyn MoxeyGuest stars Diana Muldaur, Edward Andrews, Katherine Cannon, Martin Sheen
Episode 5
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.
Directed by Anton LeaderGuest stars Anthony James, Albert Paulsen, Ed Flanders
Episode 6
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.
Directed by Michael O'HerlihyGuest stars Peter Bonerz, Ron Hayes, Lloyd Gough, Andrew Duggan
Episode 7
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.
Guest stars Dewey Martin, John Vernon, Linda Marsh, Carole Kai
Episode 8
A Japanese computer research company executive is recognised by a veteran as his former captor in a Phillippine prison camp in World War II.
Directed by Michael O'HerlihyWritten by Paul PlaydonGuest stars Teru Shimada, Joe Maross, Simon Oakland
Episode 9
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.
Directed by Paul StanleyGuest stars Alfred Ryder, Don Stroud, Marianne McAndrew
Episode 10
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.
Directed by Paul StanleyGuest stars Ray Danton
Episode 11
McGarrett and company must pit their wits against a veteran thief and robber who leaves Monopoly money at the scene of his crimes.
Directed by Bob SweeneyGuest stars Les Keiter, Hume Cronyn
Episode 12
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.
Directed by Anton LeaderGuest stars Lloyd Bochner, Anne Archer
Episode 13
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.
Directed by John Llewellyn MoxeyGuest stars Joyce Van Patten, Madlyn Rhue, Paul Carr, Albert Salmi
Episode 14
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.
Directed by Michael O'HerlihyGuest stars Joan Van Ark, Monte Markham, Peter Whitney, Sorrell Booke, Mills Watson, R.G. Armstrong, William Schallert
Episode 15
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.
Directed by Michael O'HerlihyWritten by Ed AdamsonGuest stars Marilyn Chris, Frank Silvera, Royal Dano
Episode 16
An electronics genius is busted out of prison so he can mastermind a massive robbery of diamonds from the Honolulu Diamond Exchange.
Directed by Paul StanleyGuest stars Paul Stewart, Logan Ramsey, Tim O'Connor
Episode 17
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.
Directed by Paul StanleyWritten by Anthony LawrenceGuest stars Peter Jason, Michael Anderson Jr., John Anderson, Dorothy Green
Episode 18
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.
Directed by Michael O'HerlihyGuest stars John McMartin, Monte Landis, Roger C. Carmel
Episode 19
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.
Directed by Michael O'HerlihyGuest stars John McMartin, Monte Landis, Roger C. Carmel
Episode 20
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…
Directed by Anton LeaderWritten by James D. BuchananGuest stars Paul Burke, George Murdock, Arthur Batanides, Marian McCargo, Phillip Pine
Episode 21
The wife of a convicted man fakes evidence in a new crime so that McGarrett will have to re-open her husband's case.
Guest stars Gary Collins, John Lupton, Vera Miles, Dub Taylor
Episode 22
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.
Directed by Paul StanleyGuest stars Hope Summers
Episode 23
A baseball player, Lon Phillips, brings his backward son to Hawaii to escape threats on his life on the mainland.
Directed by Paul StanleyWritten by Adrian SpiesGuest stars Peggy Ryan, Richard Denning, Pernell Roberts, Don Chastain, Jock Mahoney, Josie Over, Barry Atwater, Elliott Street
Episode 24
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.
Directed by Paul StanleyWritten by Adrian Spies, Jerrold L. Ludwig, Adrian Spies, Eric BercoviciGuest stars Pernell Roberts, Don Chastain, Jock Mahoney, Josie Over, Barry Atwater, Elliott Street, Tim Tindall, Soo Yong
Episode information updated Jul 24, 2026
James MacArthurDanny Williams
Jack LordDet. Steve McGarrett
Kam FongChin Ho
ZuluKono
Al HarringtonBen
William SmithDet. James 'Kimo' Carew
Harry EndoChe Fong
Richard DenningGovernor
CBSUnited States
CBS StudiosUnited States
