Hawaii Five-O: Season 2

1969 · 25 episodes · ★ 7.9

What Season 2 of Hawaii Five-O

Season 2 kicks off with McGarrett leading his elite unit, a state police task force based in Oahu that reports directly to Governor Paul Jameson. Alongside Danny Williams, Chin Ho Kelly and Kono Kalakaua, the captain investigates cases that force him to move between Honolulu and the rest of the island chain. The episodes feature scams targeting veterans, political intrigue, a scientist plotting to release a deadly toxin and a thief who sets his sights on a queen's emerald. Chin Ho is also accused of bribery, and the team must prove he is innocent.

25episodes

Sep 23, 1969premiered

Mar 11, 1970Latest episode

25 hrtotal runtime

Season 2 Episodes

2x01 A Thousand Pardons -- You're Dead!
Sep 24, 1969 · 60 min
An army sergeant and a office worker have a scam in which they use bar girls to claim G.I. widow benefits, and then murder them to take the cash. McGarrett and company must use the girls to get to the core of the plot.
Directing: Nicholas Colasanto · Writing: Mel Goldberg · Starring: James Hong, Loretta Swit, Barbara Nichols, BarBara Luna
2x02 To Hell With Babe Ruth
Oct 1, 1969 · 60 min
A Japanese World War II veteran, Yoshio Nagata, escapes from a mental hospital and tries to carry out his wartime orders to blow up a refinery.
Directing: Nicholas Colasanto · Writing: Anthony Lawrence · Starring: Mark Lenard, Robert Brilliande, Beau Vanden Ecker, Tommy Fujiwara
2x03 Forty Feet High And It Kills!
Oct 8, 1969 · 60 min
A tsunami warning is called and a geneticist is evacuated from a conference. He is then kidnapped under the orders of Wo Fat, but he uses his diabetic medical condition as a ploy to stop Wo Fat from carrying out the plan to return him to China.
Directed by: Michael O'Herlihy · Written by: Robert C. Dennis · Starring: Will Geer, Khigh Dhiegh, Sabrina Scharf, Herman Wedemeyer
2x04 Just Lucky, I Guess
Oct 15, 1969 · 60 min
A middle-aged mainland hardware salesman uses a prostitute, and then witnesses her murder by a mobster. He refuses to testify because of the damage to his reputation and that he doesn't want to be involved. McGarrett must persuade him to do the right thing.
Directing: Nicholas Colasanto · Starring: John Randolph, Adnan Al-Kaissie, Elaine Joyce, Albert Paulsen
2x05 Savage Sunday
Oct 22, 1969 · 60 min
McGarrett must interrupt his Sunday to deal with both terrorists and politics when a revolutionary group steal guns from a barracks for their overseas cause.
Directed by: Reza Badiyi · Starring: Julie Gregg, Nick Bockwinkel, Henry Silva, John Stalker
2x06 A Bullet For McGarrett
Oct 29, 1969 · 60 min
A university professor, Dr. Paul Farrar, is using hypnosis to programme students into becoming assassins. McGarrett uses a policewoman as bait for Dr. Farrar, but the plan goes wrong and her life is put in danger.
Directed by: Paul Stanley · Written by: Anthony Lawrence · Starring: Marianne McAndrew, Eric Braeden, Sheila Larken, Danny Kamekona
2x07 Sweet Terror
Nov 5, 1969 · 60 min
McGarrett must counter a threat by international terrorist Erich Stoss to use a fungus to wipe out Hawaii's sugar cane, half of the world's supply.
Directed by: Richard Benedict · Written by: Robert C. Dennis · Starring: Richard Denning, Linda Marsh, Theodore Bikel, Victor A. Young
2x08 King Kamehameha Blues
Nov 12, 1969 · 60 min
Four university students hatch a plot to steal the robes of King Kamehameha, and McGarrett and the team must apply pressure to the gang's weak point to retrieve the robes and catch the thieves.
Directing: Barry Shear · Writing: Robert Hamner · Starring: Jennifer Leak, Brandon De Wilde, Vince Eder, Randall Duk Kim
2x09 The Singapore File
Nov 19, 1969 · 60 min
McGarrett gets a phone call from Singapore and goes to rescue Nicole Wylie, a witness who has changed her mind and wants to testify. However, the pair must face many dangers on their return trip back to Hawaii.
Directed by: Robert Gist · Written by: Robert C. Dennis · Starring: Marj Dusay, Freda May Bird, Raymond Tan, Bunny Kahanamoku
2x10 All The King's Horses
Nov 26, 1969 · 60 min
An assassination attempt on a prominent politician, Charles Irwin, leads Five-O to Mike Finney, a former racketeer who has been clean for nine years. However, Finney insists he is innocent, and the trail of clues leads right back to Irwin.
Directed by: Richard Benedict · Starring: Richard Denning, Keye Luke, Jason Evers, James Gregory
2x11 Leopard On The Rock
Dec 3, 1969 · 60 min
When a dictator's plane is diverted to Hawaii as part of a plan to kill him, McGarrett must deal with the complex politics of the situation and protect the hated leader.
Directed by: Irving J. Moore · Starring: Joe De Santis, Paul Stevens, Titos Vandis, Cynthia Hull
2x12 The Devil And Mr. Frog
Dec 10, 1969 · 60 min
When a young son of a businessman escapes from captivity by â€˜The Devil' and â€˜Mr. Frog', Five-O must recover the $300,000 ransom money that the desperate father paid.
Directing: Michael O'Herlihy · Writing: Robert C. Dennis · Starring: Frank Marth, Melody Patterson, James Hong, Bill Zuckert
2x13 The Joker's Wild, Man, Wild!
Dec 17, 1969 · 60 min
Two young men play an increasingly dangerous and deadly game for the attentions of a beautiful but spoiled heiress, who plays them off against each other.
Directed by: Gene Nelson · Written by: Leonard Freeman, Jack Turley · Starring: Beverlee McKinsey, Eddie Firestone, Lani Kai, Kaz Garas
2x14 Which Way Did They Go?
Dec 24, 1969 · 60 min
A career criminal, Connors, fools McGarrett and the team into protecting the wrong bank, and robs a nearby one, taking the wife of the manager hostage. Things turn ugly when one of his goons assaults and murders her. McGarrett must race to capture Connors before he can do any more damage.
Directed by: Abner Biberman · Written by: Meyer Dolinsky · Starring: William Windom, Jackie Coogan, Phillip Pine, Donald Mundell
2x15 Blind Tiger
Dec 31, 1969 · 60 min
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.
Directed by: Abner Biberman · Starring: Richard Denning, Marion Ross, Robert Edwards, Robert Gleason
2x16 Bored, She Hung Herself
Jan 7, 1970 · 60 min
Don Miles, a health freak, uses a hanging-type exercise to promote his wellbeing, but his girlfriend Wanda tries it, and seemingly dies in the attempt. However, all is not what it seemsâ€¦
Directed by: John Newland · Starring: William Smithers, Ted Thorpe, Herman Wedemeyer, Don Quine
2x17 Run, Johnny, Run
Jan 14, 1970 · 60 min
Two military policeman spot John Mala, a man who McGarrett has helped in the past, but who has gone AWOL. One of the policemen is shot, and tensions rise as Five-O and the army police clash in their techniques of investigation and their treatment of the local population.
Directed by: Michael O'Herlihy · Starring: Peggy Ryan, Jack Ging, Al Michaels, Christopher Walken
2x18 Killer Bee
Jan 21, 1970 · 60 min
A psychiatric worker, George Loomis, is trying to drive a fellow Vietnam veteran Ted Frazer crazy in order to cover up the fact that he massacred his own platoon during an action. Loomis kidnaps boys and drugs Frazer to make it look like Frazer is mad and to blame for the tragedy. McGarrett and the team must unravel this web of lies and clear Frazer.
Directed by: Paul Stanley · Written by: Anthony Lawrence · Starring: David Arkin, Jeff Pomerantz, Doreen Lang, Douglas Mossman
2x19 The One With The Gun
Jan 28, 1970 · 60 min
Peter Corman is murdered during a game of poker, and his brother Lorenzo arrives in Hawaii for revenge. McGarrett must work out what happened and prevent Lorenzo from carrying out his intentions.
Directed by: Murray Golden · Written by: Robert C. Dennis · Starring: Jack Soo, Arthur Franz, John Colicos, Julie Gregg
2x20 Cry, Lie
Feb 4, 1970 · 60 min
Chin Ho is accused of bribery, and cannot provide alibis for the nights in question. Worse, he is called to the middle of nowhere for a set-up. Chin's position is threatened, and the Governor orders an inquiry. McGarrett and the others must work out how Chin was framed and clear him of the accusations.
Directed by: Paul Stanley · Starring: Richard Denning, Martin Sheen, Glenn Cannon, Douglas Mossman
2x21 Most Likely To Murder
Feb 11, 1970 · 60 min
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.
Directing: Nicholas Colasanto · Writing: Leonard Freeman, Robert Hamner · Starring: Tom Skerritt, Lani Kai, Sam Melville, Jennifer Billingsley
2x22 Nightmare Road
Feb 18, 1970 · 60 min
A research scientist, Dr. Royce, is set up by revolutionaries to be transported away from the islands in a submarine. McGarrett must stop this from happening and also has to contend with the interference of federal agents in the case.
Directing: John Newland · Writing: Jack Turley · Starring: Ronald Long, Charles Aidman, Pilar Seurat, Fred Beir
2x23 Three Dead Cows At Makapuu (1)
Feb 25, 1970 · 60 min
Dr. Alexander Kline, a biological scientist, views his work as evil, and to prove it, he plans to unleash a deadly germ that would kill thousands. Three dead cows lead McGarrett on a desperate chase to track down the toxin, involving a friendly telephone operator and top Washington agents.
Directing: Marvin J. Chomsky · Writing: Anthony Lawrence · Starring: Joseph Sirola, Richard Denning, Karl Swenson, H.M. Wynant
2x24 Three Dead Cows At Makapuu (2)
Mar 4, 1970 · 60 min
Dr. Kline's deadly toxin is lost, he is having second thoughts about his plan, and McGarrett has to find the vial before it disintegrates and poisons the whole island. Already the toxin is doing its deadly work as innocent people come into contact with it.
Directing: Marvin J. Chomsky · Writing: Anthony Lawrence · Starring: Joseph Sirola, Richard Denning, Karl Swenson, H.M. Wynant
2x25 Kiss The Queen Goodbye Season Finale
Mar 11, 1970 · 60 min
Camilla Carver, a con-artist, blackmails a politician to take her to an event where she can steal the priceless Queen of Polynesia emerald and swap it for a fake. However, McGarrett and the team are at the event and make sure that neither the gem, Carver or her accomplice vanish.
Directing: Abner Biberman · Writing: Jack Turley · Starring: Richard Denning, George Gaynes, George Herman, Joanne Linville