The Two-Faced Corpse

The Two-Faced Corpse, Episode # 152, Season 7.
Originally aired: October 29 1974.

Huge star power: Jessica Walter as the cheating wife of a rcent mob hit, Abe Vigoda as an out-to-pasture mobster, and Sam Elliott as the protypical “tennis pro” type swinger that was a signature of 70s TV. The plot is incredibly convoluted, including a needless jurisdiction Hassle between Five-O and the Feds and a plastic surgery conspiracy which doesn’t quite explain the orginal hit. McGarrett boasts that he never “uses” alcohol, giving him the kind of wounded air of the recovered alcoholic in his set with the woman who seems a perfect McGarret “love.” Though McGarrett is shot in the arm, a strange ploy of using two fake hit men, eventually capture the Elliott character who seems a perfect prototype for TV’s Matt Houston (character’s name is Jack Houston!).

Highlight: McGarrett is called away from making a putt on a green with unknown friends. McGarrett at rest? He is wearing an outlandish all white golf suit with a rather thick jacket. Awesome!