Top Five Favorite Episodes of "HAWAII FIVE-O" Season Three (1970-1971)

Below is a list of my top five favorite episodes from Season Three of "HAWAII FIVE-O". Created by Leonard Freeman, the series starred Jack Lord as Steve McGarrett: 



TOP FIVE FAVORITE EPISODES OF "HAWAII FIVE-O" SEASON THREE (1970-1971)



1. (3.22) "The Bomber and Mrs. Moroney" - A recently released convict, armed with a bomb, takes people hostage at Five-O headquarters and threatens to blow up the office, unless Danny Williams surrenders himself.





2. (3.01) "And Time to Die" - Five-O must move swiftly to prevent a threat against the kidnapped daughter of a surgeon, who is to operate on a wounded U.S. undercover agent. Khigh Dhiegh guest-starred as Chinese agent Wo Fat.





3. (3.08) "Reunion" - Three former prisoners of war accuse a Japanese millionaire of being the officer responsible for their torture during World War II. Teru Shimada and Simon Oakland guest-starred.





4. (3.18-3.19) "F.O.B. Honolulu" - Murder, treason and double-cross permeate in this two-part episode in which various international agents, including Wo Fat, search for counterfeit plates for U.S. twenty-dollar bills. Khigh Dhiegh, John McMartin and Roger C. Carmel guest-starred.





5. (3.09) "The Late John Louisiana" - The Five-O team searches for the witness to a two-year-old murder to protect her against one of Hawaii's most-wanted criminals. Don Stroud and Marianne McAndrew guest-starred.

Top Five Favorite Episodes of "HAWAII FIVE-O" Season Two (1969-1970)

Below is a list of my top five favorite episodes from Season Two of "HAWAII FIVE-O". Created by Leonard Freeman, the series starred Jack Lord as Steve McGarrett: 



TOP FIVE FAVORITE EPISODES OF "HAWAII FIVE-O" SEASON TWO (1969-1970)



1. (2.21) "Most Likely to Murder" - Tom Skerritt appears as a Honolulu police officer and old friend of Danny Williams, who seeks revenge for the murder of his wife in this intriguing episode.





2. (2.13) "The Joker's Wild, Man, Wild!" - A beach boy and a playboy compete for the attentions of provocative heiress, via a bizarre card game that leads them to commit crimes on her behalf.





3. (2.01) "A Thousand Pardons--You're Dead!" - Steve McGarrett investigate the deaths of brides of three Army soldiers killed in Vietnam and uncovers an insurance scam operated by an Army sergeant. Harry Guardino, Barbara Luna, James Hong and Loretta Swit guest starred.





4. (2.09) "The Singapore File" - McGarrett escorts the witness to a murder committed by a local gangster from Singapore to Honolulu.



 

5. (2.22) "Nightmare Road" - Federal agents nearly undermines Five-O's investigation into the disappearance of a very important research scientist.

Top Five Favorite Episodes of "HAWAII FIVE-O" Season One (1968-1969)

Below is a list of my top five favorite episodes from Season One of "HAWAII FIVE-O". Created by Leonard Freeman, the series starred Jack Lord as Steve McGarrett: 



TOP FIVE FAVORITE EPISODES OF "HAWAII FIVE-O" SEASON ONE (1968-1969)

1. (1.11) "Yesterday Died and Tomorrow Won't Be Born" - Danny Williams directs a methodical search for the unknown assailant who had critically wounded Steve McGarrett, while the latter was engaged in a morning jog.

2. (1.14) "King of the Hill" - A Marine Vietnam veteran (Yaphet Kotto) suffers a breakdown and, believing he is back in Vietnam, takes Danny hostage in a hospital ward.

3. (1.12) "Deathwatch" - Five-O fights to save the life of a gangster (Nehemiah Persoff), so that he can testify against his boss (James Shigeta).

4. (1.05) "Samurai" - McGarrett must protect a Japanese-born underworld kingpin (Ricardo Montalban) that he is trying to convict of racketeering activities.

5. (1.06) "…And They Painted Daisies on His Coffin" - The Five-O team works overtime when Danny is indicted for the murder of an apparently unarmed teenage boy.

My Ten Favorite TELEVISION VILLAINS

Here is a list of my ten (10) favorite television villains . . . so far:



MY TEN FAVORITE TELEVISION VILLAINS



1. Seska "Star Trek Voyager" (1995-2001) - Actress Martha Hackett portrayed my favorite television villain of all time, the Cardassian spy that had herself surgically altered as a Bajoran in order to infiltrate Chakotay's Maquis cell. Following Voyager's arrival in the Delta Quadrant, Seska was revealed as a spy and she became an ally and lover of the crew's first enemy, Kazon Nistrim leader Maje Cullah.






2. Nina Myers - "24" (2001-2010) - Sarah Clarke was excellent as Jack Bauer's second-in-command at CTU Los Angeles, who ended up killing his wife Teri and being exposed as a mole. Following her revelation as a mole, she appeared on the show for another two seasons before she was murdered in cold blood at the hands of her former boss and lover.






3. Wo Fat "Hawaii Five-O" (1968-1980) - Khigh Dheigh was a joy to watch as the Communist Chinese intelligence officer who became the main nemesis of Hawaii State Police chief, Steve McGarrett.






4. President Morgan Clark "Babylon Five" (1993-1998) - For at least three to four seasons, actor Gary McGurk appeared only a few times as the Earth politician who became head of state and dictator of Earth Alliance via political assassination. Despite his limited appearances, Clark proved to be one of the most effective villains in recent television history.






5. Owen Crawford "Taken" (2002) - Joel Gretsch first made a name for himself as the aggressive and ruthless Owen Crawford, an Air Force officer who schemed and murdered his way into control of the private program in charge of investigating aliens that crashed in New Mexico and the U.S. citizens who had been "taken" by said aliens.






6. The Borg Queen "Star Trek Voyager" (1995-2001) - Alice Kriege first became a science-fiction icon in her portrayal of the eader or avatar of the Borg Collective in the 1996 film, "STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT". But she did memorably reprised her role in the two-part series finale for "Star Trek Voyager".






7. Luther Mahoney "Homicide: Life on the Street" (1993-1999) - Erik Dellums gave a memorable performance in the recurring role as the Baltimore drug lord who made a big impact upon the lives of some of the police detectives in the series - in life and after his death.






8. Elkhanah Bent "North and South Trilogy" (1985; 1986; and 1994) - No fan of the television adaptations of John Jakes' trilogy could ever forget Philip Casnoff's twisted portrayal of the demented West Point cadet-turned Army officer-turned mercenary who made the lives of the Hazards and the Mains miserable before, during and after the Civil War.






9. The Borg Queen "Star Trek Voyager" (1995-2001) - Susanna Thompson also gave memorable performances as the Borg Collective's leader in two two-part episodes from the series. Whereas Kriege had "the voice", Thompson had "the eyes". And both were fantastic.






10. John Goetz "Jericho" (2006-2008) - D.B. Sweeney surprised the hell out of me in his chilling portrayal of the mercenary in post-apocalyptic Kansas, who inflicted a strong impact upon the town of Jericho. His cold-blooded murder of the adolescent deaf-mute Bonnie Richmond sent shock waves throughout the series' fandom.