Friday, May 19, 2006

Murder is a Taxing Affair

Murder is a Taxing Affair. Episode 126, Season Six. Originally aired Oct. 16 1973.

Starts with a familiar Five-O trope: a plane lands with a troublesome dead body. A sneaky IRS agent in a clearly evil-person disguise (goatee and sunglasses) kills a tax-evader for $200, 000. Trouble is, he takes the wrong bag while some unsuspecting tourists (Mayberry’s Howard and a young Sally Kirkland) take the one with the loot. Then the stewardess cheats those tourists out of the bag making her a mark for the evil IRS man. In his office with the naval memorabilia, McGarrett admits he’s been in Hawaii for 12 years (since 1961?). A cliffside helicopter intervention saves the doddering tourists and the episode ends with another classic Five-O trope: the falling off an Oahu cliff.

Favorite moment: McGarrett’s absolutely crazy hat (almost pimp like) during the final bust.

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