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The Ransom

Drama

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Oct 20, 1970

The efforts of McGarrett's Five-O police unit to rescue a wealthy young boy from his ransom-hungry abductors backfire when McGarrett's own man, Kono, also becomes a prisoner of the thugs. Kono helps Timmy escape, but is unable to make a getaway himself.

Full Episodes

Season 3, 24 episodes

And Time To Die,

Five-O is confronted with the problem of corralling foreign agents responsible for critically wounding a U.S. government undercover agent upon his return from a 10-year mission in Red China.

50m Sep 15, 1970

Trouble In Mind,

Contaminated heroin shatters a failing singer's desperate attempt at a comeback. Caught in the same quagmire of crime is the singer's drummer friend who dies from the toxic dope; Mike, who offers much needed help to McGarret.

50m Sep 22, 1970

The Second Shot,

McGarrett must thwart an elaborate assassination attempt on the life of a self-exiled Greek doctor.

51m Sep 29, 1970

Time And Memories,

A tender memory in McGarrett's past is suddenly shaken when his former fiancée, Cathy Wallis, finds her husband slain. McGarrett becomes personally involved in the case and jeopardizes his job when Cathy becomes the prime suspect.

51m Oct 6, 1970

The Guarnerius Caper,

The theft of a priceless violin belonging to a Russian musician touring in Honolulu threatens to explode into an international incident

51m Oct 13, 1970

The Ransom,

The efforts of McGarrett's Five-O police unit to rescue a wealthy young boy from his ransom-hungry abductors backfire when McGarrett's own man, Kono, also becomes a prisoner of the thugs. Kono helps Timmy escape, but is unable to make a getaway himself.

51m Oct 20, 1970

Force Of Waves,

The investigation of a boat explosion in which a wealthy businessman dies and McGarrett is seriously injured leads the Five-O team to believe that the widow's former husband is responsible for the sabotage.

50m Oct 27, 1970

Reunion,

A millionaire businessman is accused of being a former Japanese officer responsible for extreme physical and mental cruelty to U.S. World War II prisoners of war.

51m Nov 3, 1970

The Late John Louisiana,

McGarrett leads an all-out search for the witness to a two-year-old murder in order to protect her from Harry Quon, one of Hawaii's most-wanted criminals and the crime's prime suspect.

50m Nov 10, 1970

The Last Eden,

McGarrett's unit searches for the conspirators who framed nightclub star Jimmy Nuanu, a crusader for ecological balance in Hawaii, to make him appear to be the saboteur of an inadequate sewage treatment plant.

51m Nov 17, 1970

Over Fifty? Steal,

Distinguished actor Hume Cronyn guest stars as Avery Filer, a master burglar of such brazen daring that he ignites a political inferno.

50m Nov 24, 1970

Beautiful Screamer,

A strangler who writes the poetry of Byron in lipstick on the legs of two victims, one of them Danny's fiancée, must be stopped in time to prevent a third murder.

51m Dec 1, 1970

The Payoff,

Steve McGarrett must apprehend a hoodlum and his girlfriend in order to save their lives. The two are being sought by two men from whom they stole a large cash ransom which they acquired by carrying out an abduction.

50m Dec 8, 1970

The Double Wall,

Monte Markham plays convicted murderer Harry Kellem, whom Five-O must try to prove innocent in order to save the life of a prison doctor who Kellem is holding hostage

51m Dec 15, 1970

Paniolo,

McGarrett's investigation into the death of a real estate agent leads to the island of Maui.

51m Dec 29, 1970

Ten Thousand Diamonds And A Heart,

A prisoner is broken out of prison by a wealthy gangster so he can mastermind a $10 million robbery of the Honolulu Diamond Exchange.

51m Jan 5, 1971

To Kill Or Be Killed,

A combat hero, returning from Vietnam, is found dead under mysterious circumstances, and McGarrett and his Five-O unit find their investigation is obstructed for some unknown reason by Army Intelligence.

51m Jan 12, 1971

Fob Honolulu (Part 1),

Almost-perfect counterfeit plates for U.S. twenty dollar bills are desperately sought, not only by American but by various international agents as the ultimately successful trail leads to Hawaii where Five-O must deal with murder, treason and double cross.

51m Jan 26, 1971

Fob Honolulu (Part 2),

Almost-perfect counterfeit plates for U.S. twenty dollar bills are desperately sought, not only by American but by various international agents as the ultimately successful trail leads to Hawaii where Five-O must deal with murder, treason and doublecross.

50m Feb 2, 1971

The Gunrunner,

An investigation by Five-O reveals that a munitions' dealer has arranged for the kidnapping of his own wife so that he can induce a beleaguered government to pay a higher price for an arms shipment.

50m Feb 9, 1971

Dear Enemy,

Vera Miles guest stars as a wife who fakes evidence appearing to link two murders, in an attempt to trick McGarrett into reinvestigating the homicide charge for which her husband was convicted.

51m Feb 16, 1971

The Bomber And Mrs. Moroney,

An armed lunatic who blames Danny Williams for his brother's death invades Five-O headquarters seeking revenge, takes four people hostage, booby-traps the door with dynamite, and reveals that he, himself, is a walking time bomb.

51m Feb 23, 1971

The Grandstand Play (Part 1),

The son of a professional baseball player is witness to a murder that takes place in a ballpark, but he's too frightened to tell his father or the authorities.

50m Mar 2, 1971

The Grandstand Play (Part 2),

The son of a professional baseball player is witness to a murder that takes place in a ballpark, but he's too frightened to tell his father or the authorities.

50m Mar 9, 1971