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Hawaii Five-O is a United States television series produced and aired by the CBS television network from September 1968 to April 1980. It is currently aired in syndication throughout the world and dubbed in every major language. Created by Leonard Freeman, Hawaii Five-O was shot on location in Honolulu, Hawaii and throughout the island of Oahu — with rare occassional filming in Los Angeles, California. Hawaii Five-O centers around a fictional state police force of the same name — in honor of Hawaii's status as the Fiftieth State — led by former United States NavyThe United States Navy USN is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. Navy consists of slightly fewer than 300 ships and over 4,000 operational aircraft. It has over a half million men and women on active or ready re OfficerIn the military, a commissioned officer is a member of the service who derives authority directly from a sovereign power, and as such holds a commission from that power. Commissioned officers are authorized to use deadly force to carry out the lawful orde Steve McGarrett, appointed by Hawaii GovernorIolani Palace. The Governor of Hawaii also called Ke Kia‘aina o Hawai‘i is the chief executive of the State of Hawaii and its various agencies and departments, as provided in the Hawaii State Constitution Article V, Sections 1 through 6. It is a directly Paul Jameson. McGarrett was assisted by Danny Williams and a cadre of elite detectives — most notably Chin Ho Kelly and Honolulu Police DepartmentThe Honolulu Police Department popularly known as HPD is the principal law enforcement agency of the City & County of Honolulu, USA, under the jurisdiction of the mayor of Honolulu. It is nationally accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Law En OfficerFor the band, see The Police. For the Polish town, see Police, Poland. Police forces are government organisations ostensibly charged with the responsibility of maintaining law and order. The word comes from the French, and less directly from the Greek pol Duke Lukela.For twelve seasons, McGarrett and his team hounded criminals and mobThe word mob has multiple meanings. A mob is a crowd see mob rule, and crowd psychology # A worldwide e-mail-driven experiments in organizing groups of people who suddenly materialize in public places, interact with others according to a loose script and syndicates plaguing the Hawaiian IslandsThe Hawaiian Islands are an archipelago of numerous islands and atolls trending northwest by southeast in the North Pacific Ocean between latitudes 19° N and 29° N. The archipelago takes as its name that of the largest island in the group. It extends some. With the aide of District Attorney and later Hawaii Attorney General John Manicote, McGarrett was successful in sending most of his enemies to prison. One such mob syndicate was led by crime family patriarch Honore Vachon, a character introduced in the fifth season. Blaming McGarrett for the death of his son, Vachon swore vengeance using all the resources available to him. Most episodes of Hawaii Five-O ended with the arrest of criminals with McGarrett's catch phrase to Williams, "Book 'em, Danno!"
In many episodes, McGarrett was drawn into the world of international espionage and national intelligence. McGarrett's archnemesis on Hawaii Five-O was an intelligence officer of the People's Republic of China, Wo Fat. The Communist rogue agent was played by North African Kenneth Dickerson, whose stage name was Khigh Dhiegh. Dhiegh was famous for his role as a Chinese spy in the 1962 John Frankenheimer movie Manchurian Candidate.
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