Twenty-Four Karat Kill

Twenty-Four Karat Kill. Episode 6, Season One. Originally aired Novemeber 14, 1968. A gold-smuggling operation takes out a pregnant woman who accidentally buys a big fish (too big for a single family!) stuffed with ingot. When Chin-Ho gets close to the operation, he lands in the hospital which really gets McGarrett on his high horse, ready to go after the whole "gambling syndicate" headed by local smartass Johnny Fargo who is running between other crime heads Denison and Wong Tu. The Governor helps shape Steve's plan with an undercover hottie (the statuesque Marj Dusay) Fargo can't resist even though McGarrett shouts "No dames!" This episode is the first time McGarret ever says "Book 'em Dan-o" which is a good enough occasion to briefly explain that while most Five-O sites and literature note Dan's nicknmae as "Danno" I think (fussy I am) the proper manner of notation is "Dan-o." Not only is this consistent with "Five-O" and with Pee Wee Hermann's dictum about adding an O to every one's names, it captures more of the spirit with which it is coined. Amazing film sequences of the cars driving through the streets of Honolulu, culminating in a gun fight between McGarrett and Fargo.

Highlight: When McGarrett visits Chin Ho in the hospital, ever the sentimentalist, he says "You okay, fatso?"