Barry Dean (Monte Markham), the VP of the very powerful and very paranoid Mr. Fleming (Douglas Kennedy), pulls McGarrett aside at one of the governor’s parties to inform him he has a lot of information on Fleming’s corrupt business transactions. McGarrett sends Danno out to gather up Dean’s documents and statement and, while he’s there, Fleming is murdered. Trouble is, the man who murdered Fleming appears to be Dean — although he was a good hour’s travel away.
Luigi’s Useless Information: Wow, it’s a buffet of Star Trek guest stars: Monte Markham, Sandra Smith, Madlyn Rhue, and Lawrence Montaigne, too! Give yourself 4 more points there, sporto!
Episode 5.18: “The Odd Lot Caper”
Directed by Michael O’Herlihy
The great Richard Basehart is a crippled and bitter businessman whose partners refuse to back his latest project, so he devises a scheme to steal his own stocks and bonds with the help of a psychotic ex-PI (Ron Hayes, whose chin steals the show). Combat! star Jack Hogan guest stars as Basehart’s honest son.
Luigi’s Useless Information: Be sure to enjoy the dramatic and suspenseful music queue as Richard Basehart hit’s a switch and shuttles away in his motorized wheelchair.
Episode 5.19: “Will The Real Mr. Winkler Please Die?”
Directed by Bob Sweeney
A man named Winkler (Nehemiah Persoff) is questioned on television by a news crew and assaults the reporter. Winkler informs Danno, Ben, and Chin that he is actually a witness who went into protective custody, but that story changes when another man named Reeves (Malachi Throne) shows up and leaves Mr. Winkler with a corpse. Steve is away in Washington for the first part of the episode, but returns with the only man in the world (Mark Lenard) who may be able to tell them who Winkler really is.
Luigi’s Useless Information: There are three more Trek guest stars in this episode…which will give you 7 more points. Figure their names out on your own…I’m sick of babysitting you.
Episode 5.20: “Little Girl Blue”
Directed by Bob Sweeney
The weakest episode of the season. Two bungling stooges (Ron Feinberg and Jackie Coogan, the original Uncle Fester) kidnap the bastard redheaded child (literally) of Eadie Scott (Tisha Sterling), the daughter of Scott Fortune heiress Marion Scott (Nina Foch). After murdering a police officer who stopped them on the road, the “Lenny and George” pair run up the hill of Diamond Head, hide out in an abandoned army bunker, and start shooting at the police.
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