Starring Jack Lord, James MacArthur, Kam Fong, Al Harrington, Richard Denning, Peggy Ryan, and Harry Endo.

Guest Starring: Michael Ansara, George Chakiris, Laraine Stephens, Ricardo Montalban, Diana Muldaur, Michael Margotta, William Shatner, Ric Marrow, Tommy Fujiwara, Bill Edwards, Wisa D’Orso, John Rubenstein, Louise Latham, Khigh Dhiegh, Joseph Sirola, Soon-Tek Oh, Danny Kamekona, Clu Gulager, Michael Conrad, Anita Alberts, Linden Chiles, Mary Frann, Lou Frizzel, Ray Buktenica, Dirk Benedict, Keenan Wynn, Philip Ahn, Robert Drivas, Harold Gould, Luther Adler, Kwan Hi Lim, Don Knight, John Stalker, Manu Tupou, Patrick Adiarte, Henry Bal, Andy Griffith, Joyce Van Patten, Kimberly Louis, Bob Basso, Seth Sekai, Richard Hatch, Meg Foster, Richard Anderson, Patty Duke, Larry Kert, Carol Lawrence, Lane Bradford, Robert Foxworth, Greg Mullavey, Monte Markham, Madlyn Rhue, Sandra Smith, Douglas Kennedy, Richard Basehart, Ron Hayes, Jack Hogan, Nehemiah Persoff, Mark Lenard, Malachai Throne, Ron Feinberg, Jackie Coogan, Nina Foch, Tisha Sterling, Milton Selzer, Leonard Stone, Carole Kai, Irene Tsu, Erik Estrada, Richard Yniguez, Simon Oakland, Eric Braeden, Beulah Quo, Edward Binns, Arthur Malet, and more.

Episode 52- Welcome to Season 5! Things kick off with a big time criminal enterprise in “Death Is a Company Policy” and then Five-O untangles a web of lies in “Death Wish on Tantalus Mountain”. We’ve got Ben, Duke, and Ricardo Montalban. Soundcloud Apple Podcasts Spotify

Episode 53- We get a necessary dose of William Shatner in “You Don’t Have to Kill To Get Rich- But It Helps” and then Danny finds himself going through it after a friend is killed in the line of duty in “Pig in a Blanket”. I hope your blackmail insurance is up-to-date. Soundcloud Apple Podcasts Spotify

Episode 54- Season 5 continues with a couple of big plots. First Wo Fat needs to smuggle a stolen device out of the country in “The Jinn That Clears the Way” and then Clu Gulager has one hell of a heist going in “Fools Die Twice”. Soundcloud Apple Podcasts Spotify

Episode 55- The Season 5 fun continues with an STD-related murder in “Chain of Events” and then Danny struggles with amnesia in “Journey Out of Limbo”. Trigger warning for animal death in “Journey Out of Limbo” both in the episode and in the discussion. Soundcloud Apple Podcasts Spotify

Episode 56- Season 5 gifts us a three-parter. Five-O finds themselves up against a formidable crime family in “V for Vashon: The Son”, “V for Vashon: The Father”, and “V for Vashon: The Patriarch”. Heads up if you’re watching the episodes…The ending of “V for Vashon: The Patriarch” could be upsetting for some viewers. Soundcloud Apple Podcasts Spotify

Episode 57- We are officially at the half-way mark of Season 5 with “The Clock Struck Twelve”. Five-O is up against some bombers looking to take out the courthouse. And for fun, I’m also talking about the Season 5 Halloween episode of the 2010 reboot, “Ho’oma’ike”. There’s a mild trigger warning for “The Clock Struck Twelve” episode and discussion for brief mentions of sexual assault. Soundcloud Apple Podcasts Spotify

Episode 58- It’s time for my favorite episode of the season, which means the illustrious Dan Budnik of Eventually Supertrain fame is back to talk criminal couples with the episodes “I’m a Family Crook -Don’t Shoot!” and “The Child Stealers”. Spoiler Warning! Dan and I talk episode endings from about 51:39 to 1:08:18 and 1:48:22 to 1:58:48. Soundcloud Apple Podcasts Spotify

Episode 59- Season 5 rolls on with Five-O first charged with providing a couple of witnesses with a wedding and a honeymoon while protecting them from a mob boss in “Thanks for the Honeymoon”. Then they must track down a malicious stalker in “The Listener”. Slight trigger warning for animal death in “Thanks for the Honeymoon” and full blown trigger warning for suicide in “The Listener.” Soundcloud Apple Podcasts Spotify

Episode 60- Season 5 begins to wind down with a couple of big plot episodes. Five-O has to untangle an impossible murder in “Here Today…Gone Tonight” and unknot a stock exchange heist in “The Odd Lot Caper”. Come for the Monte Markham doubles, stay for the Richard Basehart villain laugh. Soundcloud Apple Podcasts Spotify

Episode 61- Season 5 is winding down, but the cases are still going full-tilt. In “Will the Real Mr. Winkler Please Die?”, Five-O finds themselves in the middle of a spy mess, and in “Little Girl Blue”, a kidnapping turns into a stand-off. Soundcloud Apple Podcasts Spotify

Episode 62- Season 5 is almost over but Five-O’s work is never done. First they have to solve a tricky murder in “Percentage” and then Chin Ho is beside himself when his daughter gets involved with the son of a criminal family in “Engaged To Be Buried”. Soundcloud Apple Podcasts Spotify

Episode 63- Season 5 comes to a close with Five-O baffled by a stolen diamond necklace in “The Diamond That Nobody Stole” and then trying to determine which juror has been compromised in “Jury of One”. And of course, my season wrap-up that nobody asked for. Soundcloud Apple Podcasts Spotify