Book 'em, Danno: An Old Hawaii Five-O Podcast: Recent Episodes
Book 'em, Danno: An Old Hawaii Five-O Podcast
. There's also a season wrap and a meaningless tallies that I didn't keep very good track of.
Season 7 kicks off with a radical group committing mayhem in "The Young Assassins" and extortion via volcanic eruption in "A Hawaiian Nightmare". Also my periodic reminders. Let's have some fun!
Season 6 ends with Five-O tying to catch a brazen thief in "30,000 Rooms and I Have the Key". Stick around for the season wrap and my unofficial, unnecessary tallies.
Season 6 begins to wrap up with Five-O receiving an unwanted helping hand in "Mother's Deadly Helper" and then Steve, Danny, and Duke take a cruise to catch a murderer in "Killer at Sea".
A murder turns Five-O on to an elaborate gold plot in "Murder with a Golden Touch" and a serial killer rapist is on the loose in "Nightmare in Blue". Trigger warning for sexual assault for "Nightmare in Blue".
Both a hitman and Five-O are looking for the same guy in "Secret Witness" and a young man with daddy issues is cooking up drugs with a vengeance in "Death with Father". Trigger warning for suicide for "Death with Father".
The back half of Season 6 continues as Five-O surfs for a hitman in "The Banzai Pipeline", and then hopes to con a con artist in "One Born Every Minute". Mild trigger warning for suicide for "One Born Every Minute".
Five-O is in search of five cents in "The 100,000 Nickel" and then try to track down clever bank robbers hiding in plain sight in "The Flip Side is Death". Come for Victor Buono, stay for the 8-track tapes.
We're officially at the half-way point of Season 6 with a group doing a little nuclear blackmail in "Anybody Can Build a Bomb" and an unconventional lottery in "Try to Die on Time". Minor trigger warnings for mentions of suicide.
The greed monster is back in the form of a questionable inheritance company in "Why Wait 'Til Uncle Kevin Dies?" and and some illegal opals in "Flash of Color, Flash of Death".
Political agendas and personal vendettas collide in "A Bullet for El Diablo" and counterfeit bonds and murder are the means to a million dollars in "The Finishing Touch". It's all very nice.
Five-O deals with a killer in their midst in "Murder Is a Taxing Affair" and then tries to keep a group of pimps from going to war with a loan shark in "Tricks Are Not Treats". Come for the soul crushing government jobs, stay for the '70s mack fashion.
Season 6 starts to find its groove with murderous hillbillies in "One Big Happy Family" and arson with an agenda in "The Sunday Torch". Heads up for some racism in the former and mental illness discussion in the latter.
Season 6 has barely started and we're already to my favorite episode. Dan Budnik from Eventually Supertrain joins me to talk about "Draw Me a Killer" and "Charter for Death". Minor trigger warning for animal death for "Charter for Death". We do discuss it. And of course, you can find spoilers for the episodes at 47:08 to 58:47 and 1:48:30 and 2:03:55.
Season 6 kicks off with a unique kind of bang. It's a compare and contrast episode between the 1968 Season 6 opener "Hookman" and the 2010 reboot's version. Spoiler Warning from about 30:01 to about 34:18 and 50:15 to about 54:19.
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.
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".
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.
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.
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."
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.
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.
Season 5 gifts us a three-parter. Five-O finds them 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.
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.
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".
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.
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.
Some 'Goodnight Baby- Time to Die!" chat that had to be edited out of Episode 49 of Book 'em, Danno. Warning! This is nothing but spoilers.
Season 4 comes to a close with "R&R&R". A killer is targeting the wives of servicemen who are meeting them in Hawai'i for R&R. I also do an inadequate season wrap-up as per tradition.
As the end of Season 4 looms, an interesting trio come together to assassinate a mob boss in "Didn't We Meet at a Murder?", and then Five-O goes gloriously undercover to bust a heroin ring in "Follow the White Brick Road". We're come to a close with some amazing aloha shirts.
Season 4 is almost over, but couldn't end before I talked with Dan about my favorite episode. Between "Cloth of Gold" and "Goodnight, Baby- Time to Die!" we've got a whole lotta comeuppance happening. Minor trigger warnings for watching "Cloth of Gold" as it has mentions of sexual assault. Also Spoiler Warnings for "Goodnight, Baby-Time to Die!" from about 1:02:18 to about 1:19:49. So, heads up!
Season 4 is winding down as Five-O attempts to put away a man who attacked a woman in "Skinhead" and figure out a bizarre shooting in "While You're at It, Bring in the Moon". Major Trigger Warning! for "Skinhead" as it is a sexual assault case.
It's finally time for Season 4's two-parter and it's a doozy! "The Ninety Second War" starts off with a car wreck and ends with a missile launch, with an extensive frame job, a doppelganger, and a trip to Switzerland along the way.
Steve finds himself being used to help eliminate a witness in "Bait Once, Bait Twice". And the reboot crew tackles an assassination plot during Thanksgiving in "Hau'oli La Ho'omaika'i". Come for the short shorts, stay for the turkey shenanigans.
Five-O once again tackles environmental concerns in "Is This Any Way to Run a Paradise?". Mild trigger warning: we've got a bigoted character with strong anti-Asian feelings in the ep. And the return of Lewis Avery Filer in "Odd Man In" means the return of Daniel R. Budnik to the show. As always, we'll be talking spoilers from about 1:07:40 to about 1:24:17.
We're getting mobbed in this episode! In "A Matter of Mutual Concern" there's a mob war a' brewin'. And in "Nine, Ten, You're Dead", a man uses mob resources to avenge his injured fighter. Minor trigger warning for the use of some Asian racial slurs in "A Matter of Mutual Concern" and cockfighting in "Nine, Ten, You're Dead".
Steve shows his disdain for a neat case in "Burning Ice" and then Five-O finds themselves on the receiving end of a psychological game in "Rest in Peace, Somebody". You'll definitely want to watch these episodes before you listen.
We've got a clever theft ring in "Air Cargo -Dial for Murder" and a wild robbery plot in "For a Million...Why Not?" There is an excessive number of corpses being shipped in this episode.
A charming panhandler and his girlfriend steal money from an embezzler in "Two Doves and Mr. Heron"; and a sniper opens fire on a busy road and a stand off with HPD and Five-O ensues in "...And I Want Some Candy and a Gun That Shoots". Minor trigger warnings for mild homophobia, a sniper situation with mass shooting vibes, and mental illness.
A killer targets women to fulfill a specific fantasy in "Wednesday, Ladies Free"; and in "3,000 Crooked Miles to Honolulu", a faculty group is a cover for a half-a-million scheme. Monte Markham, Soon-Tek Oh, Buddy Ebsen, and David Canary. All-star shenanigans.
Welcome to Season 4 of Book 'em, Danno! Season 4 of Hawaii Five-O kicks off with a couple of skeletons and a beguiling portrait in "Highest Castle, Deepest Grave"; and in "No Bottles...No Cans...No People", Five-O attempts to stop an up and coming mob player with an unconventional way to get rid of bodies.
In this very special episode of Book 'em, Danno, I discuss the "lost" episode of Hawaii Five-O, "Bored, She Hung Herself" from the second season. Very mild trigger warning: there's mention of sexual assault, but it's not explicitly discussed. Also Spoiler Alert! Spoilers are discussed from around 18:50 to 22:41.
Season 3 ends with a two-parter. In "Grandstand Play" baseball star Lon Phillips's son Gary is in big trouble and only Five-O can save him. I also wrap up the season with my final thoughts and arbitrary tallies.
A man seeking revenge meets his match in an old lady when he takes hostages in the Five-O offices in "The Bomber and Mrs. Maroney". And the games continue in the Season 3 2010 Hawaii Five-0 episode "Pa'ani".
In "The Gunrunner" we get a suspicious kidnapping and the 1971 version of a burner phone. In "Dear Enemy" Vera Miles insists that Steve re-open the case that sent her husband to jail for murdering his mistress. Season 3 still has a few swerves.
Season 3 begins to wind down with this two-parter. In "FOB Honolulu", Five-O is looking to recover counterfeit currency plates that people everywhere are dying to acquire and of course, Wo Fat is in the mix.
It's a triple feature! An old cowboy struggles to hold onto his ranch with tragic consequences in "Paniolo"; Five-O tries to thwart an elaborate heist in "Ten Thousand Diamonds and a Heart"; and the death of a soldier puts his drafted brother in a tight spot in "To Kill or Be Killed".
Albert Salmi is out here double-crossing people in "The Payoff" and Monte Markham is behind bars in "The Double Wall". Come for Joyce Van Patten, stay for Joan Van Ark.
Dan Budnik is back and that can only mean one thing...we're talking about my favorite episode of the season. Hume Cronyn is the master of disguises in "Over 50? Steal" and Danno suffers a loss in "Beautiful Screamer". Join us, won't you?
Take note this episode does contain spoilers for "Over 50? Steal" from about 47:16 to 51:52 and for "Beautiful Screamer" from about 1:36:45 to 1:52:45, so listening wisely.
Two lovers go on the run after killing a man, but this romance has a serious twist in "The Late John Louisiana" and "The Last Eden" is a novel take on eco-terrorism.
As per show tradition, Steve is blown up, but survives to fix up a boat and help Danno investigate the case in "Force of Waves". Then a reunion of World War II vets ends in murder in "The Reunion". Minor trigger warning as both episodes deal with mental illness and PTSD.
It's a tale of two ransoms this time around as a priceless violin is inadvertently stolen in "The Guanerius Caper" and then our beloved Kono gets taken in "The Ransom".
This episode has more soap opera vibes than you'd expect thanks to a shirtless Eric Braeden in "The Second Shot" and Steve's old flame suspected of murdering her husband in "Time and Memories".
Welcome to Season Three! Wo Fat is back in "...And a Time to Die"; and in "Trouble in Mind", Nancy Wilson is singing more blues than jazz. Come for the State Dept. hassles, stay for songs.
It's a short episode as I don't have a lot to say about the Season 2 finale, episode 25 "Kiss the Queen Goodbye". I also do a quick little season 2 wrap-up.
It's time for a two-parter! In part one of "Three Dead Cows at Makapu'u", Five-O is looking for a brilliant scientist who seems to have recreated his deadly bacteria and in part two, they're looking for the test tube containing this death formula. Mild trigger warning for, well, a dead cow at the very beginning of part one and a brief discussion about it at the beginning of my commentary.
It's an old season 2 episode, episode 22 "Nightmare Road", and a new season 2 episode, episode 18 "Lekio". Come for the questionable science and dramatic evil plots of the classic and stay for the quick wit and stolen bodies of the reboot. Also, James Caan calling son Scott "Hairdo". It's magic.
Dan Budnik is back to talk a couple of season 2 episodes. In episode 20 "Cry, Lie" Chin Ho is accused of bribery and in episode 21 "Most Likely to Murder" the wife of a police officer, who is Danny's friend, is murdered. It's Martin Sheen with a mustache and Tom Skerritt without one.
Spoiler warning! Spoilers for "Cry, Lie" happen about 41:35 to 47:18; spoilers for "Most Likely to Murder" happen about 1:34:17 to 1:52:09. Better yet, watch before you listen.
We're in the back half of season 2 with episode 18 "Killer Bee" and episode 19 "The One with the Gun". Five-O is dealing with a string of puzzling kidnappings and then chasing after a man looking for his brother's killer. This episode has been blessed by John Colicos and Jack Soo in a fabulous robe.
Three -yes three!- season 2 episodes! A bomber intending to kill Steve only blinds him in "Blind Tiger"; "Bored, She Hung Herself", the infamous lost episode of the show; and Steve tries to help an AWOL seaman in "Run, Johnny, Run". Marion Ross and Christopher Walken. You can't miss.
It's all about dangerous games in "The Joker's Wild, Man, Wild" and a brilliant, but deadly heist in "Which Way Did They Go?" William Windom is present in one of these season two episodes. This is not a drill!
Just a heads up: There is a brief discussion about sexual assault and there's a trigger warning beforehand.
Just about half-way through season 2 with episode 11, "Leopard on the Rock", and episode 12, "The Devil and Mr. Frog". Five-O has their hands full, first babysitting the uninvited, largely disliked leader of an unnamed country, and then tracking down a kidnapper in possession of the ransom money.
Two more Season 2 gems with "The Singapore File" and "All the King's Horses". Take a cruise with Marj Dusay and grow some flowers with James Gregory. There's also several hired killers. For flavor.
Episode 7 of Season 2, "Sweet Terror", features a fun terror plot headed by an eccentric villain. Episode 8, "King Kamehameha Blues", just straight up gives me the blues. There's ranting, raving, and Kono speculating about using a giraffe to commit a theft. Tune in.
Episode 16 features two more second season episodes. "Savage Sunday" calls Five-O in on their day off to take care of some Latin American revolutionaries and "A Bullet for McGarrett" features a seriously mesmerizing Eric Braeden. But then isn't he always?
Season 2 is just getting started. In episode 3, "Forty Feet High and It Kills!", Wo Fat is back, baby, and kidnapping...Grandpa Walton? And in episode 4, "Just Lucky, I Guess", Five-O is searching for a killer and a witness. Come for my excessive praise. Stay for my complaining.
Episode 14 sees season 2 of Hawaii Five-O kick off with a murderous life insurance scheme (though it's not deadly how you think)in "A Thousand Pardons--You're Dead!" and then continue with a man carrying out a plot twenty-eight years too late in "To Hell With Babe Ruth". Danno goes undercover and Steve learns about ninjas. That's certainly one way to kick off a new season.
It's the final episode of season 1, "The Big Kahuna" and a quick little season 1 wrap-up. The Governor would like you to stick around for the final tallies.
Season 1 of Hawaii Five-O is winding down with episode 22 "Not That Much Different" and episode 23 "Six Kilos". There's peace demonstrators, a shooting, a heist, and Steve undercover in some very fetching aloha shirts. Quality entertainment.
Episode 11 is another long one, this time because I'm covering three episodes: "Along Came Joey" and the two-parter "Once Upon a Time". These eps will put your emotions through the ringer, so gird your loins accordingly.
Episode 10 is extra long and extra special due to very special guest Dan Budnik from the Eventually Supertrain podcast joining me to talk about two of my favorite episodes from the first season, "The Box" and "One for the Money". Spoiler alert! We talk about the endings of both of these eps. "The Box" spoilers run from about 50:34 to 58:27. "One for the Money" spoilers happen from about 1:53:04 to 1:59:38.
In this out-of-the-norm episode, I talk about "Face of the Dragon" before switching to the pilot episode of the 2010 reboot, aptly titled "Pilot". The plague, Uncle Fester, human trafficking, Spike and Daryl, arms dealing, espionage, shaved ice...there's a lot going on here.
Episode 8 of Book 'em, Danno is full of...well...Danno. First he's shot and held hostage in "King of the Hill". Then he goes undercover after failing to save a young woman in "Uptight". Come for the Yaphet Kotto excellence, stay for the acid trips.
Episode 7 of Book 'em, Danno features two more episodes from Season 1: "Deathwatch" and "Pray Love Remember, Pray Love Remember". Come for Nehemiah Persoff and James Shigeta being smug bastards, stay to have your heart broken by Denny Miller and Ron Feinberg.
The stakes are high in episode 6 of Book 'em, Danno as Johnny Crawford gets into some serious trouble in "By the Numbers" and the team works overtime to find out who shot Steve in "Yesterday Died and Tomorrow Won't Be Born."
Episode 5 of Book 'em, Danno is all about "The Ways of Love" and "No Blue Skies". Dating men with criminal tendencies can be hazardous to your health and theirs.
Things get heavy for episode 4 of Book 'em, Danno, which covers "...And They Painted Daisies on His Coffin" and "24 Karat Kill". Danny is at the center of a police involved shooting, there's a convoluted plot involving smuggling gold in fish, and Big Chicken isn't the only fowl in town.
Episode 3 of Book 'em, Danno discusses "Tiger By the Tail" and "Samurai". Sal Mineo with terrible friends and Ricardo Montalban with fake eyelids. Because we all make questionable life choices sometimes.
Episode 2 of Book 'em, Danno looks at "Full Fathom Five" and "Strangers in Our Own Land". We learn a valuable lesson about meeting men on cruise ships and why it's best to never accept briefcases that aren't yours.
The pilot episode of Book 'em, Danno discussing the pilot of Hawaii Five-O, "Cocoon". Enjoy my disclaimers.
Get out your sunscreen, sandals, and Hawaiian shirts. The Book 'em, Danno podcast is coming. Let's talk about the 1968 Hawaii Five-O.