# Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series) season 5

The fifth season of Hawaii Five-O premiered on September 12, 1972, and ended March 13, 1973. 24 episodes aired during this season. The Region 1 DVD was released on November 18, 2008. Herman Wedemeyer became a main cast member. This season also introduced Al Harrington as part of the main cast as police officer Ben Kokua, replacing the character of Kono (played by Zulu).

## Episodes

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
| 98 | 1 | "Death is a Company Policy" | Charles S. Dubin | Jerome Coopersmith | September 12, 1972 (1972-09-12) | 1729-0405 |
| After officer Duke is implicated in the slaying of an underworld figure, McGarrett and the Five-O team must clear Duke and uncover the real killers. Michael Ansara and George Chakiris guest star. NOTE: The full name of Herman Wedemeyer's character Duke is revealed as Edward "Duke" Lukela (HPD badge number 251). |||||||
| 99 | 2 | "Death Wish on Tantalus Mountain" | Allen Reisner | Jerome Coopersmith | September 19, 1972 (1972-09-19) | 1729-0411 |
| When two of an egomanical racing car driver's mechanics are murdered, suspicion falls on the driver's glamorous fiancee. Ricardo Montalbán and Diana Muldaur guest star. A stock shot of a exploding car wrecks is from 4/1 "Highest Castle, Deepest Grave" |||||||
| 100 | 3 | "You Don't Have to Kill to Get Rich--But it Helps." | Alf Kjellin | Abram S. Ginnes | September 26, 1972 (1972-09-26) | 1729-0409 |
| A series of deaths of well-to-do businessmen gets Five-O involved in the investigation of a lucrative blackmail operation. William Shatner and Ric Marlowe guest star. |||||||
| 101 | 4 | "Pig in a Blanket" | Marvin Chomsky | Bill Stratton | October 3, 1972 (1972-10-03) | 1729-0404 |
| After Danno shoots a teenager, a public outcry goes up to sacrifice him to public opinion. John Rubinstein guest stars. |||||||
| 102 | 5 | "The Jinn Who Clears the Way" | Harry Falk | John D.F. Black | October 10, 1972 (1972-10-10) | 1729-0418 |
| Wo Fat is suspected of being behind the theft of a secret ballistic missile device, and McGarrett uncovers a plot to get the device into the hands of the highest bidder. Wo Fat is arrested for espionage and murder by McGarrett, who in a last second twist ending receives a shocking secret from Jonathan Kaye (Joseph Sirola). Soon-Tek Oh appears as Tom Wong. Chin Ho Kelly's matenal uncle is head of the Wong tong. A shot of a hit and run accident would be repeated. NOTE: Final series appearance of Joseph Sirola as Jonathan Kaye. |||||||
| 103 | 6 | "Fools Die Twice" | Michael O'Herilhy | Abram S. Ginnes | October 17, 1972 (1972-10-17) | 1729-0402 |
| An Army officer devises a bizarre scheme to kidnap a top government scientist and collect a ransom of one million dollars in diamonds. Bill Edwards as Jonathan Kaye. Clu Gulager and Michael Conrad guest star. NOTE: Bill Edwards takes over the role of Jonathan Kaye and would continue the role until Season 10. |||||||
| 104 | 7 | "Chain of Events" | Ron Winston | Jerome Coopersmith | October 24, 1972 (1972-10-24) | 1729-0407 |
| The slaying of a public health official while conducting an investigation into venereal disease leads McGarrett into the world of politics and intrigue. Jay Stewart, Dirk Benedict, Mary Frann and Ray Buktenica guest star. |||||||
| 105 | 8 | "Journey Out of Limbo" | Michael O'Herilhy | Frank Telford | October 31, 1972 (1972-10-31) | 1729-0401 |
| Danno stumbles on a plot to assassinate a Chinese diplomat and suffers memory loss. McGarrett, Chin and Ben have to try to help him reconstruct the details. Philip Ahn and Keenan Wynn guest star in this episode. |||||||
| 106 | 9 | "V for Vashon: The Son (Part 1)" | Charles S. Dubin | Alvin Sapinsley | November 14, 1972 (1972-11-14) | 1729-0412 |
| The son (Robert Drivas) of the head of a family-dominated crime syndicate (Harold Gould) masterminds a series of small-time robberies. Eventually McGarrett catches him, but it doesn't end there... Luther Adler also guest stars as the Vashon patriarch. |||||||
| 107 | 10 | "V for Vashon: The Father (Part 2)" | Charles S. Dubin | Alvin Sapinsley | November 21, 1972 (1972-11-21) | 1729-0413 |
| With his son shot dead by McGarrett, Honore Vashon (Harold Gould) and his father Dominic (Luther Adler) are determined to see the Five-O chief pay the ultimate price. |||||||
| 108 | 11 | "V for Vashon: The Patriarch (Part 3)" | Charles S. Dubin | Alvin Sapinsley | November 28, 1972 (1972-11-28) | 1729-0414 |
| With his grandson dead and his son in prison, Dominic (Luther Adler) sets in motion a scheme to frame McGarrett for the murder of a just-released drug pusher. NOTE: The sequel to this episode appears in Season 8, titled "The Case Against McGarrett". |||||||
| 109 | 12 | "The Clock Struck Twelve" | Ron Winston | S : Leonard Freeman T : Anthony Lawrence | December 5, 1972 (1972-12-05) | 1729-0410 |
| McGarrett is assigned to preserve security and ensure an orderly trial after a series of bomb threats follows the arrest of a band of Hawaiian vigilantes. |||||||
| 110 | 13 | "I'm a Family Crook--Don't Shoot!" | Bob Sweeney | Jerome Coopersmith | December 19, 1972 (1972-12-19) | 1729-0403 |
| In this comic relief episode, a husband-and-wife team of con artists accidentally make a bigger score than they ever imagined. The problem is not only have they've ripped off a mobster who wants his money back -- and will gladly kill to do so-but they find themselves stalked by another crime gang after the money as well!.Andy Griffith, Joyce Van Patten and Harold Sakata guest stars. |||||||
| 111 | 14 | "The Child Stealers" | Corey Allen | Larry Brody | January 2, 1973 (1973-01-02) | 1729-0417 |
| Five-O investigates after children are kidnapped and sold to an attorney operating a child-stealing racket on the Mainland. Richard Hatch, Meg Foster, Richard Anderson and Jack Hogan guest stars. |||||||
| 112 | 15 | "Thanks for the Honeymoon" | Richard Benedict | Mel Goldberg | January 9, 1973 (1973-01-09) | 1729-0418 |
| An underworld fringe character (Patty Duke) agrees to turn state's evidence against a mobster (Lane Bradford) if McGarrett releases her from prison and arranges her wedding to the father (Larry Kert) of her unborn child. McGarrett reconnects with a former lover (Carol Lawrence). |||||||
| 113 | 16 | "The Listener" | Richard Benedict | Meyer Dolinsky | January 16, 1973 (1973-01-16) | 1729-0421 |
| A psychotic electronics wizard (Greg Mullavey) threatens a psychiatrist (Robert Foxworth) and his patients through wiretapping. |||||||
| 114 | 17 | "Here Today, Gone Tonight" | Michael O'Herilhy | Jerome Coopersmith | January 23, 1973 (1973-01-23) | 1729-0419 |
| Five-O has to solve the riddle of how a suspected killer (Monte Markham) can appear to be in two places at the same time. |||||||
| 115 | 18 | "The Odd Lot Caper" | Michael O'Herilhy | T : Norman Lessing S/T : Meyer Dolinsky | January 30, 1973 (1973-01-30) | 1729-0424 |
| A brilliant but unscruplious businessman (Richard Basehart) conceives a daring and seemingly foolproof scheme to rob the Honolulu Stock Exchange. Jack Hogan guest stars. |||||||
| 116 | 19 | "Will the Real Mr. Winkler Please Die?" | Michael O'Herilhy | Jerome Coopersmith | February 6, 1973 (1973-02-06) | 1729-0422 |
| An obscure shopkeeper (Nehemiah Persoff) becomes the catalyst in a plot to assassinate a high-level Iron Curtain defector (Mark Lenard). Malachi Throne guest stars. NOTE: Bill Edwards as W.D. "Bill" Druthers. |||||||
| 117 | 20 | "Little Girl Blue" | Bob Sweeney | S : Leonard Freeman T : Mel Goldberg | February 13, 1973 (1973-02-13) | 1729-0423 |
| Two ineffectual crooks (Jackie Coogan and Ron Feinberg) kidnap a little girl and hold her hostage on a hillside bunker. Tisha Sterling and Nina Foch guest stars. NOTE: Due to poor health, this was the final episode to be co-written by series creator Leonard Freeman. Same bunker location and footage used for "…And I Want Some Candy and a Gun That Shoots" (season 4, episode 6). |||||||
| 118 | 21 | "Percentage" | Robert Butler | Norman Lessing | February 20, 1973 (1973-02-20) | 1729-0425 |
| A travel agent operating gambling junkets is slain as a warning to his partners to stop competing for the gambling business. Milton Selzer and Carole Kai guest star. Kwan Hi Lim as Hank Yoshigo. |||||||
| 119 | 22 | "Engaged to Be Buried" | Michael O'Herilhy | T : Ken Pettus S/T : Bill Stratton | February 27, 1973 (1973-02-27) | 1729-0420 |
| 120 | 23 | "The Diamond That Nobody Stole" | Charles S. Dubin | John Furia, Jr. | March 6, 1973 (1973-03-06) | 1729-0406 |
| A cat burglar strikes at the home of a socially prominent island family, setting off a series of fast-moving events that lead to his death. It soon develops that the dowager at the center of these events belongs to a noble, if not royal, family and has plans for reinstating the overthrown monarchy of the nation of her birth. Eric Braeden and Beulah Quo guest stars. |||||||
| 121 | 24 | "Jury of One" | Alf Kjellin | Ken Pettus | March 13, 1973 (1973-03-13) | 1729-0415 |
| One of the jurors in a murder trial is being blackmailed to produce a hung jury, and Five-O has to find out the motive behind his consistent "not guilty" vote and prevent a mistrial. |||||||