Full Fathom Five

Full Fathom Five. Episode 1. Season One. Originally aired September 26 1968. It really amazing how well produced the concept of the show is straight out of the box. The first episode does much to establish the basic demeanour of the show, particularly its relationship with Hawaiian locals and tourists. In this episode, McGarrett and Dan-o set up a sting to catch a serial killing / serial defrauding couple with an attractive fem. agent who the Five-O agents constantly worry about putting into danger. It's amazing in some ways that the wack-job played by Kevin McCarthy has had so much success (as often in Five-O, the killers tend to spree before being caught) considering how slimy and crazy he looks. The show backstories Chin-Ho a bit (his uncle works a laundry) and Kono. It also introduces The Governor as a character / friend of McGarrett. McGarrett is seen, for the first time, in his long-sleeved aloha shirt, which Dan-o complains is "blinding him." Awesome!

Highlight: When Kono is told by McGarrett to imagine what a haole woman would do, Kono laconically relies "that'll take a lot of imagining."