WELCOME TO THE HAWAII FIVE-O HOME PAGE!
"A wonderful site which I call 'the ultimate Hawaii Five-O Page.'" -- Mick Williams, Cyber-Line
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Hawaii Five-O aired from September 1968 to April 1980, one of the longest continuous-running police series in U.S. television history. With few exceptions, it was filmed entirely on location in Hawaii. Its fans list the authenticity and beauty of the scenery
as its number one draw; second come the actors and the characters they portrayed.
Another attraction is the series' intelligent writing and intriguing plots, and its title
sequence and musical theme (regarded by one critic as "the greatest TV theme of all time"). Its authenticity was further enhanced by the use of many local Island residents in
guest roles, which for some led to further roles in other series.
Jack Lord played Steve McGarrett, head of an elite state police unit investigating "organized crime, murder, assassination attempts, foreign agents, felonies of every type." James MacArthur played his second-in-command Danny ("Danno") Williams, with local actors Kam Fong,
Zulu, Al Harrington, and Herman Wedemeyer, among others, playing members of the Five-O team. The series was
famous for the stellar guest actors who appeared in episodes, including Helen Hayes, Ricardo Montalban, Leslie Nielsen, Herbert Lom, Hume Cronyn, and many more. McGarrett's nemesis, the evil Wo Fat — "a Red Chinese agent in charge of the entire Pacific
Asiatic theatre" — was played by Khigh Diegh.
HAWAII FIVE-O ON DVD
ORDER FROM AMAZON.COM:
ORDER SEASON FOUR (released June 10, 2008).
SEASON ONE • SEASON TWO • SEASON THREE
Jeff Herman reports: I confirmed with a source at CBS-Paramount
that Hawaii Five-O: The Fifth Season will be released on Tuesday,
November 18th, along with a multi-pack collection of the first five
seasons. TVShowsonDVD.com should be announcing this in the next week or
two, I suspect. I also confirmed with another industry source that the
first three seasons continue to sell at a healthy pace each week, and the
fourth season in just 1 month has already sold 60% of what the previous
season (three) sold, which by industry standards is a very good retention
rate for ongoing TV show DVDs. Based on this info, who knows how many
more seasons we will continue getting, but this is fantastic news.
The fourth season of Hawaii Five-O was released on Tuesday, June 10, 2008. The cover art for the box set is displayed above on the right. The only bonus feature is episode promos. As in previous sets, the color for the episodes is excellent. A couple of minor annoyances with this set. First, Paramount persists in using the title card for James MacArthur identifying him as "Danny," rather than "Dan Williams" at the beginning. And second, the two-part show The 90-Second War is spread across two discs, presumably because to keep the order of the shows. I would not have complained if they bumped the show ahead of this to the next disc.
Because several seasons are now available on DVD, I have created a separate WWW page with information about the DVDs.
Quick Frequently Asked Questions
(Quick FAQ)
The Five-O Guestbook is open again -- click here.
Tell us what you think about the DVDs!
A Message From Mrs. Freeman
Mrs. Rose Freeman, whose husband Leonard created Hawaii Five-O, sends along the following message: "Would you convey to all --
and there are so many -- who still are fans of the show that I am so very appreciative of their comments. It's truly amazing to me
that so many years have passed since Len produced the first show and fans still remember. It does my heart good to read about
Jack and Jimmy, Kam and Zulu, and others in the cast. It's fun to read how people feel about the movie and their interest in the
casting of it. My only comment on the movie is that it won't be done until it can be done right and if we have to wait, we will..."
Click here for the latest developments on the Five-O movie.
Search our site for your favorite actor or show!
WARNING: FIVE-O (AND OTHER) DVDS SOLD THROUGH SITES LIKE THOSE ADVERTISED BELOW MAY BE BOOTLEGS.
EPISODE GUIDE — GOOFS, TRIVIA AND MORE...
A collection of facts and trivia about Five-O, usually combined with "turgid anal-ysis." Some of this information may not be considered "politically correct" today — there are words which will be objectionable to certain sensitive individuals, so if you might be offended, then read no further! There are also plenty of spoilers. Mrs. Rose Freeman, wife of the late creator of Hawaii Five-O, describes this part of our site as an "outstanding presentation." Enjoy! Copyright ©1994-2002 by Mike Quigley. No reproduction of any kind without permission.
OUR RATINGS:
= One of the very best episodes, a must-see.
= Better than average, worthy of attention.
= Average, perhaps with a few moments of interest.
= One of the very worst, a show to avoid.
EPISODE LIST:
Complete list with plot descriptions
Complete list without plot descriptions
Complete list in production order
TV Guide site devoted to Five-O with their descriptions for the episodes
Listings at the Viacom (Paramount TV) WWW site for Five-O:
1.
Complete listing
2.
"Digital" remastered episodes (a.k.a. "Family Channel")
3.
Non-digitally mastered episodes
4.
Two-hour features
JUMP TO A SEASON:
| Pilot Movie (Episode "0") | | 1st Season (Episodes 1-23) | | 2nd Season (Episodes 24-48) | | 3rd Season (Episodes 49-72) | | 4th Season (Episodes 73-96) | | 5th Season (Episodes 97-120) | | 6th Season (Episodes 121-144) | | 7th Season (Episodes 145-168) | | 8th Season (Episodes 169-191) | | 9th Season (Episodes 192-214) | | 10th Season (Episodes 215-238) | | 11th Season (Episodes 239-259) | | 12th Season (Episodes 260-278) |
SEARCH:
Search using an actor's name or other keyword.
"GENTLEMEN, FIRST I WANT YOU TO TURN THESE WEB PAGES INSIDE OUT:"
- DANNO, FIGURE OUT THE BASIC M.O.:
- CHIN HO, YOU'RE IN CHARGE OF THE INQUIRY INTO THE MUSIC BUSINESS:
- Composers for the Five-O episodes
- Check the CBS Collection at the UCLA Library for Five-O scores (see "H" under "Title Index").
- Photo of Morton Stevens, composer of the Five-O Theme and numerous episode scores.
- There was a Five-O soundtrack album... REVISED!
- Sheet music to the main theme -- page one and page two.
- Lyrics to the Five-O theme ... hard to believe.
- Lyrics to "It Ain't No Big Thing," heard numerous times during the series.
- The Five-O theme song in MIDI format, 10K in size (for those with slow connections)
- The Five-O main theme (623K) and end titles (334K) from TV broadcast, both in WAV format
- Main theme (by Morton Stevens) for the failed TV pilot movie in MP3 format, about 900K in size.
- The Five-O main theme (1.3 megs) taken from the Capitol soundtrack album, in MP3 format
- Five-O theme, performed by Dweezil Zappa on his "Automatic" album.
- Five-O theme, performed by Brian Setzer and his band, live in Japan (.AVI format).
- Australian sub-pop band Radio Birdman's tribute song, Aloha Steve and Danno.
- Classic version of the title music played by The Ventures.
- Five-O theme (and other music), performed by Debbie Curtis Radio Big Band (YouTube).
- Bill Murray as Nick the Lounge Singer sings the Five-O theme on Saturday Night Live (WAV format, 458K).
- The Post-Industrial-Acoustic-Counterpunk band Hookahman from Edmonton, Canada is proud to have recorded the worst version of the classic Five-O theme song. It's on one of their albums (WAV format, about 600K).
- The Quebec group Les Baronics has recorded a version of the Five-O main theme (requires Real Player).
- A song called This is McGarrett, created by Craig A. Little, using samples from the show.
- Musical themes from the show, all in WAV format: "Memories" (185K); The "military" theme (349K); The "violin" theme (101K)
- "You Can Count on Me," vocal version of the main theme, done by Sammy Davis Jr., Real Audio format.
- Theme from the CBS Special Presentation banner, that opened all of the CBS special programming during the 1970s and 1980s, composed by Morton Stevens, from the music he did for "Hawaii Five-O" (it's on the Capitol Records soundtrack LP) -- requires MP3 player.
- Home page of Don Ray, who scored or was music supervisor for numerous episodes of the show.
- A blatant plug for my own music!!
- KONO, ANALYZE THESE NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINE STORIES FOR CLUES:
- CHE FONG, RUN THESE SOUNDS THROUGH THE OSCILLOGRAPH...
- DUKE, SOMEONE IS TRYING TO MAKE FIVE-O LOOK SILLY...
- The Five-O Drinking Game (Sirah style)
- Five-O parodies by SCTV and Paul Hogan/Benny Hill.
- Click here to see the SCTV parody (requires QuickTime -- iPod compatible).
- Click here to see the Paul Hogan/Benny Hill parody (requires QuickTime -- iPod compatible).
NOTE: Revised - video lifted from YouTube (better quality and more complete than the one I had before).
- Jay Leno comments on the 1996 Five-O Convention in Burbank (requires QuickTime -- iPod compatible).
- The MAD Magazine Five-O parody — pages one, two,
three,
four,
five,
six (each around 250K)
- The Cracked Magazine Five-O parody — pages one, two,
three,
four,
five,
six (each around 250K)
- The 13th Season (Some "lost" episodes I have uncovered)
- BEN, I WANT THE POLICE PHOTOGRAPHER OVER HERE ON THE DOUBLE!
- LORI, GET EDDIE SHERMAN TO LOOK IN THE STAR-BULLETIN'S BACK ISSUES!
- KIMO, SOME PEOPLE WANT TO WRITE ABOUT OUR "OTHER" CASES...
- Five-O comic from "TV Action", England, 1973 — pages one, two,
three,
four,
five,
six,
seven,
eight (each around 150K)
- A plug for Karen Rhodes' Hawaii Five-O book.
- Killer on the Loose by Deana Lisi
- A SHADO on Paradise by Pamela McCaughey, based on Five-O, UFO and Magnum, P.I.!
- Pau Hana — excerpts from Five-O fan fiction.
- A sneak preview of Bill Koenig's Five-O/Man From U.N.C.L.E. crossover story.
- TRUCK, CHECK OUT WHY WE'RE IN THE NEWS AGAIN...
- Vancouver Sun article on the Five-O Home Page.
- CBC interview about the Five-O Home Page.
- The Five-O Home Page featured on CBS News Up To The Minute.
- Our site was the winner in the Vancouver Province Super Site contest (November 6, 1997).
They wrote: "Talking about sheer work, takes us to the next winning site — The Hawaii
Five-O Home Page ... created by Mike
Quigley of Vancouver. As he said in his description of the site, it's 'more than you ever wanted
to know about the TV show' but it's still a lot of fun. Quigley has to be a
fanatic on this. Who else would put up the lyrics to the song 'It Ain't No
Big Thing,' which he says was heard numerous times during the series?"
- Honolulu TV news coverage of the 1996 Five-O convention (requires QuickTime -- iPod compatible).
- Jack Lord statue is dedicated on June 19, 2004 at Kahala Mall in this clip from Hawaii TV news broadcast. (requires QuickTime -- iPod compatible).
- Read the Hawaii Five-O Usenet newsgroup.
If your Internet service provider doesn't carry it, you can read it at Google News Groups.
- JENNY, HERE IS SOME MATERIAL THAT SHOULD BE FILED, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHERE...
- The Beau van den Ecker List, compiled by Inglewolf.
- Nice things people have said to me about the Five-O Home Page in e-mail.
- The Hawaii Five-O Guestbook (where visitors have left comments).
- Five-O actors and the Oscars — who's been nominated, who won.
- Covers of two Signet paperback novels by Michael Avallone, Hawaii Five-O and Terror in the Sun, published in 1968 and 1969
- Covers of two hardcover Whitman books (intended for kids!), Top Secret by Robert Sidney Bowen, published 1969 and The Octopus Caper by Leo R. Ellis, published 1971.
- Covers of two Five-O novels published in England, The Angry Battallion, depicting a macho McGarrett and Serpents in Paradise.
- Early review of the show from TV Guide, December, 1968.
- Photos of the Five-O game -- #1, #2 and #3.
- Five-O "Periscope Dart Gun" and "Dart Gun Set" (with badge and billy club)
- Five-O Machine Pistol
"THEN, GENTLEMEN, MAKE THESE WEB SITES A TOP PRIORITY:"
"AND FINALLY, CHECK OUT THIS 'MR. MIKE' CHARACTER ... WHY IS HE SO OBSESSED WITH OUR OPERATION? WHAT ARE HIS OTHER INTERESTS? WHAT MAKES HIM TICK?"
Psst! Send some e-mail to me, Mike Quigley.
But first, see if your question is answered in our Quick FAQ.
Be warned -- your question might end up on a special page!
"I'm pleased to say that no Internet site has ever frightened me more than
yours. Congratulations. When I found yours, especially the
episode by episode breakdown, allowing me to look up my particular favorite
— the bubonic plague hits Five-O — I knew the Internet had gone out of
control." — a visitor
"The fact that you have managed to not only capture every moment of 5-0 for 12 years, but catalog it to near perfection leaves me with no hope for civilization. Every bad plot line, including my favorite which consisted of evil 5-0 imposters, who even managed to construct a fake 5-0 office in an abandoned office to try an infiltrate McGarrett and his bunch, is covered."
WARNING: FIVE-O (AND OTHER) DVDS SOLD THROUGH SITES LIKE THOSE ADVERTISED BELOW MAY BE BOOTLEGS.
