Hawaii Five-O: Season 2
Filmed entirely on location in Hawaii, the show followed Jack Lord as he 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. Guest stars included Helen Hayes, Ricardo Montalban, Leslie Nielsen, Herbert Lom, Hume Cronyn among others. McGarrett's nemesis is the evil Wo Fat — "a Red Chinese agent in charge of the entire Pacific Asiatic theatre.
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Still a fairly good cop show - Crumit
This cop show was designed to show off the grit behind the glamour of the US's newest state, and it still has a good style. The plots are fairly standard 60s/70s cop show fare, and occasionally a guest star you recognize will pop--Gavin McLeod, or Loretta Swit. The stories often have a more tolerant slant than, say, Kojak did, although there's still a strong crime-doesn't-pay message. And let's face it, even if an episode lays an egg, you still get to listen to that incredible theme song and watch Jack Lord hold his pose on the skyscraper while the wind gently blows his perfect hair.
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Still a fairly good cop show - Crumit
This cop show was designed to show off the grit behind the glamour of the US's newest state, and it still has a good style. The plots are fairly standard 60s/70s cop show fare, and occasionally a guest star you recognize will pop--Gavin McLeod, or Loretta ...