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Hawaii Five-0: Season 7

25 episodes Premiered Sep 23, 2016 Updated Sep 25, 2026

Role: Meticulous television and film archivist. Task: Produce a JSON object for "Hawaii Five-0" Season 7. Keys: overview (160-220 words), primer (array of exactly 4 concise bullet points). Constraints: Use ONLY provided synopsis and sources. No invented facts. No markdown. No asterisks. No headings. No bullet points in the text (except for the array structure in JSON). Output valid JSON only. Input: TMDB Season Synop

Previously on Hawaii Five-0

Season 7 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Hawaii Five-0 Season 6.
  • ⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • ⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • ⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.

Season overview

Role: Meticulous television and film archivist.
Task: Produce a JSON object for "Hawaii Five-0" Season 7.
Keys: overview (160-220 words), primer (array of exactly 4 concise bullet points).
Constraints: Use ONLY provided synopsis and sources. No invented facts. No markdown. No asterisks. No headings. No bullet points in the text (except for the array structure in JSON). Output valid JSON only.
Input: TMDB Season Synopsis + 5 Sources.
TMDB Season Synopsis: Season premiere: McGarrett refuses to listen to Danny's pleas to take it easy while recovering from surgery after the body of a serial killer is left in the Five-0 headquarters with an ivory chess piece in his mouth.
Source [1]: Steve McGarrett returns home to Oahu to find his father's killer. The governor offers h... (incomplete).
Source [2]: Stars Alex O'Loughlin and Scott Caan. Centers on a fictional special police major crimes task force operating at the behest of the governor of Hawaii.
Source [3]: American action crime TV series on CBS, airing since September 20, 2010.
Source [4]: Rating 60% (not useful for narrative).
Source [5]: Remake of the 1968-1980 series.
Overview:
Need 160-220 words.
Content: McGarrett is recovering from surgery. Danny advises him to take it easy. A serial killer's body is left at Five-0 headquarters. The body has an ivory chess piece in its mouth.
Wait, the provided text is extremely sparse.
Let's check the word count of available info: "In the season premiere, McGarrett refuses to listen to Danny's pleas to take it easy while recovering from surgery after the body of a serial killer is left in the Five-0 headquarters with an ivory chess piece in his mouth." (38 words).
The prompt asks for a 160-220 word summary.
Crucial Constraint Check: "You write ONLY verifiable facts that are explicitly supported by the provided SYNOPSIS and SOURCES. You never invent or guess... If a detail is not in the provided material, you omit it rather than guess."
If I cannot reach 160 words without inventing facts, I have a conflict. However, as an archivist, I must follow the "ONLY

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Season 7 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 7: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (4): Crucial lore & season climaxes
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S7·E1 Mytharc

Makaukau ʻoe e Paʻani? (Ready to Play?)

Sep 23, 2016 · 43 min

When the bodies of two serial killers are found on Five-0 property with chess pieces in their mouths, McGarrett and the team hunt for a vigilante as fear grows that tourists aren't

S7·E3 Core

He Moho Hou (New Player)

Oct 7, 2016 · 43 min

Alicia awakens in her bed to find another body with a chess piece in his mouth beside her. The team hunts for a cartel boss whose soldiers are gunning for a member of the team. Kon

S7·E5 Core

Ke Kū ‘Ana (The Stand)

Oct 21, 2016 · 41 min

When a cache of guns is stolen from a gun range, Five-0 discovers the culprit is intent on making a dramatic and potentially deadly statement on gun violence. Also, Kono and Adam a

S7·E6 Core

Ka hale hoʻokauweli (House of Horrors)

Oct 28, 2016 · 43 min

On Halloween, Five-0 investigates the murder of a medium with a checkered past who was apparently scared to death by a poltergeist. Also, Kono and Adam are kidnapped by what appear

S7·E7 Core

Ka makuahine a me ke keikikane (Mother and Son)

Nov 4, 2016 · 44 min

Five-0 must free McGarrett's mother, Doris, when Catherine informs them that she was captured and is about to be executed after attempting to free Wo Fat's imprisoned father. Also,

S7·E8 Core

Hana Komo Pae (Right of Passage)

Nov 11, 2016 · 43 min

While Danny chaperones Grace’s winter formal, terrorists seize the venue and hold everyone hostage in order to kidnap a diplomat’s son

S7·E9 Mytharc

Elua la ma Nowemapa (Two Days in November)

Nov 18, 2016 · 44 min

When a conspiracy theorist with compelling evidence that JFK's cabinet ordered his assassination is murdered, Five-0 investigate's one of history's most notorious unsolved mysterie

S7·E10 Core

Ka Luhi (The Burden)

Dec 9, 2016 · 43 min

Five-0 investigates the 10-year-old cold case of a missing teen when a boy suffering from PTSD undergoes hypnosis and realizes he may have witnessed her murder. Also, Danny's siste

S7·E11 Core

Kaʻili aku (Snatchback)

Dec 16, 2016 · 43 min

Five-0 races to Mexico where Chin puts his life on the line after his niece Sara is kidnapped.

S7·E12 Core

Ka ʻaelike (The Deal)

Jan 6, 2017 · 44 min

The team handles the fallout in Mexico after Chins problems, back on the Island Grover goes undercover and things get hot.

S7·E14 Core

Ka laina ma ke one (Line in the Sand)

Jan 20, 2017 · 43 min

Five-0 must go up against an aggressive U.S. marshall, Lincoln, when a man wanted for murder escapes capture and seeks asylum in the sovereign land belonging to the Nation of Hawai

S7·E15 Core

Ka Paʻani Nui (Big Game)

Feb 3, 2017 · 43 min

When working a murder case involving the illegal practice of shark finning, Five-0 uncovers the possibility that a former Nazi war criminal may be hiding out in an old leper colony

S7·E16 Core

Poniu I Ke Aloha (Crazy in Love)

Feb 10, 2017 · 43 min

While McGarrett and Danno celebrate Valentine's Day with their girlfriends, the rest of Five-0 investigates the murder of a man taking a class on how to land women.

S7·E17 Core

Hahai i nā pilikua nui (Hunting Monsters)

Feb 17, 2017 · 43 min

McGarrett and Five-0 once again become entangled in the twisted mind games of serial killer Dr. Madison Gray when she stumbles into HPD covered in blood that matches Alicia Brown's

S7·E18 Core

E malama pono (Handle with Care)

Feb 24, 2017 · 43 min

MacGarrett and Danny finally track down the missing uranium, which has been used to build a bomb located in the middle of the jungle. Now, they must carefully extract the unstable

S7·E19 Core

Puka ʻana (Exodus)

Mar 10, 2017 · 43 min

McGarrett and Kono suspect that an abused young girl may be the victim of a sex trafficking ring on the Island. Also, Chin and Grover investigate a murder at a sober living facilit

S7·E21 Core

Ua maloʻo ka wai (The Water Is Dried Up)

Apr 7, 2017 · 43 min

McGarrett and Five-0 are captured and face certain death after tracking a dangerous nemesis to the Island of Lanai. Also, Grover takes his son to Chicago where he testifies against

S7·E22 Core

Waimaka ʻeleʻele (Black Tears)

Apr 14, 2017 · 44 min

While working the murder case of one of the last survivors of the USS Arizona, McGarrett learns about his grandfather's important role at Pearl Harbor. Also, Adam uncovers bone fra

S7·E23 Core

Wehe ʻana (Prelude)

Apr 28, 2017 · 42 min

Danny protects a coma patient showing signs of waking who was the key witness from his last HPD case before he met Steve and joined Five-0.

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