About this season
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.
Episodes (24)
1. Death Is A Company Policy
7.0Aired 12 September 1972 • 60 min
A local thug, Piro Manoa, is trying to create the impression of corruption in the Five-O force, and Duke is implicated in a murder. McGarrett and the team, with new recruit Ben Kokua, must save Duke's position and work out the plot of the organisation behind the false accusations.
2. Death Wish On Tantalus Mountain
Aired 19 September 1972 • 60 min
When two of a egotistical racing driver's support staff are murdered, suspicions of sabotage fall upon his attractive girlfriend.
3. You Don't Have To Kill To Get Rich -- But It Helps.
Aired 26 September 1972 • 60 min
A private investigator, Sam Tolliver, arrives from Texas to help an old friend who is being blackmailed and is at risk of being killed if he doesn't pay up, but he ends up wanting to become part of the blackmail operation.
4. Pig In A Blanket
Aired 3 October 1972 • 60 min
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.
5. The Jinn Who Clears The Way
Aired 10 October 1972 • 60 min
Wo Fat is suspected of being behind the theft of a mobile ICBM device, and McGarrett with other top officials must stop him selling it off to the highest bidder.
6. Fools Die Twice
Aired 17 October 1972 • 60 min
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.
7. Chain Of Events
Aired 24 October 1972 • 60 min
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.
8. Journey Out Of Limbo
Aired 31 October 1972 • 60 min
Danno is found in the back of a truck, dazed and confused, and McGarrett and the others must help him piece together how he came to be in that situation.
9. 'V' For Vashon: The Son (1)
Aired 14 November 1972 • 60 min
McGarrett becomes involved with the Vashon mafioso family after the youngest member, Chris, is implicated in a daring raid on a hotel.
10. 'V' For Vashon: The Father (2)
8.0Aired 21 November 1972 • 60 min
McGarrett must contend with Honore Vashon, who wants revenge for his son's death.
11. 'V' For Vashon: The Patriarch (3)
Aired 28 November 1972 • 60 min
Dominick Vashon, the patriarch of the clan, makes his attempt to bring down McGarrett and Five-O.
12. The Clock Struck Twelve
Aired 5 December 1972 • 60 min
When McGarrett arrests a group of vigilante nationalists, hidden bombs at the courthouse threaten to destabilise the islands.
13. I'm A Family Crook -- Don't Shoot!
Aired 19 December 1972 • 60 min
A husband and wife team of scam merchants get caught between some of Hawaii's most powerful mobs.
14. The Child Stealers
1.0Aired 2 January 1973 • 60 min
Two drifters, Gar and Nina, steal children and sell them on to a mainland adoption agency in order to raise the cash to buy a boat and go cruising.
15. Thanks For The Honeymoon
Aired 9 January 1973 • 60 min
McGarrett agrees to let Toni, a tough female convict, get married and have a honeymoon in protective custody as long as she will testify against a local hood.
16. The Listener
Aired 16 January 1973 • 60 min
A crazed electronics wizard threatens the lives of a psychiatrist and his patients by using electronic devices and gadgets.
17. Here Today, Gone Tonight
8.0Aired 23 January 1973 • 60 min
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?
18. The Odd Lot Caper
Aired 30 January 1973 • 60 min
A senior partner in a stock exchange firm comes up with a foolproof plan to rob the Honolulu Stock Exchange.
19. Will The Real Mr. Winkler Please Die?
Aired 6 February 1973 • 60 min
McGarrett and company must break through a tissue of lies in order to protect a Russian defector from being killed.
20. Little Girl Blue
Aired 13 February 1973 • 60 min
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.
21. Percentage
Aired 20 February 1973 • 60 min
A travel agent who operates gambling trips is killed in order to send a warning to others that the syndicates will not tolerate competition.
22. Engaged To Be Buried
Aired 27 February 1973 • 60 min
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.
23. The Diamond That Nobody Stole
Aired 6 March 1973 • 60 min
A burglary at the home of a well known island family sets off a series of events that ends in murder.
24. Jury Of One
8.0Aired 13 March 1973 • 60 min
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.