Hawaii Five-O: Season 5
Season 5 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-O Season 4.
- 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.
Episode Guide
Season 5 Progress Shield
Death Is A Company Policy
Sep 12, 1972
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 Kok
Death Wish On Tantalus Mountain
Sep 19, 1972
When two of a egotistical racing driver's support staff are murdered, suspicions of sabotage fall upon his attractive girlfriend.
You Don't Have To Kill To Get Rich -- But It Helps.
Sep 26, 1972
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
Pig In A Blanket
Oct 3, 1972
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 e
The Jinn Who Clears The Way
Oct 10, 1972
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.
Fools Die Twice
Oct 17, 1972
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 sci
Chain Of Events
Oct 24, 1972
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 mur
Journey Out Of Limbo
Oct 31, 1972
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.
'V' For Vashon: The Son (1)
Nov 14, 1972
McGarrett becomes involved with the Vashon mafioso family after the youngest member, Chris, is implicated in a daring raid on a hotel.
'V' For Vashon: The Father (2)
Nov 21, 1972
McGarrett must contend with Honore Vashon, who wants revenge for his son's death.
'V' For Vashon: The Patriarch (3)
Nov 28, 1972
Dominick Vashon, the patriarch of the clan, makes his attempt to bring down McGarrett and Five-O.
The Clock Struck Twelve
Dec 5, 1972
When McGarrett arrests a group of vigilante nationalists, hidden bombs at the courthouse threaten to destabilise the islands.
I'm A Family Crook -- Don't Shoot!
Dec 19, 1972
A husband and wife team of scam merchants get caught between some of Hawaii's most powerful mobs.
The Child Stealers
Jan 2, 1973
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.
Thanks For The Honeymoon
Jan 9, 1973
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.
The Listener
Jan 16, 1973
A crazed electronics wizard threatens the lives of a psychiatrist and his patients by using electronic devices and gadgets.
Here Today, Gone Tonight
Jan 23, 1973
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?
The Odd Lot Caper
Jan 30, 1973
A senior partner in a stock exchange firm comes up with a foolproof plan to rob the Honolulu Stock Exchange.
Will The Real Mr. Winkler Please Die?
Feb 6, 1973
McGarrett and company must break through a tissue of lies in order to protect a Russian defector from being killed.
Little Girl Blue
Feb 13, 1973
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.
Percentage
Feb 20, 1973
A travel agent who operates gambling trips is killed in order to send a warning to others that the syndicates will not tolerate competition.
Engaged To Be Buried
Feb 27, 1973
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.
The Diamond That Nobody Stole
Mar 6, 1973
A burglary at the home of a well known island family sets off a series of events that ends in murder.
Jury Of One
Mar 13, 1973
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.