McGarrett, of course, is the main man in the islands’ crack, four-man police unit played by Jack Lord, he’s the guy memorably described by the New York Times as “beyond cool but still so square he could have been Lawrence Welk’s cop brother-in-law.” Not much has changed in his universe as the series moves into a new decade (these episodes aired in 1970 and ’71). In other words, all is right with the world as Hawaii Five-O: The Third Season arrives in a six-disc, 24-episode (including a pair of two-parters) box set. The sky is blue, the sea is a brilliant turquoise, the surf is up, the scenery is lush and gorgeous, and Steve McGarrett’s hair is as stiff as the breeze blowing in off the Pacific. McGarrett’s nemesis is the evil Wo Fat - “a Red Chinese agent in charge of the entire Pacific Asiatic theatre. Guest stars included Helen Hayes, Ricardo Montalban, Leslie Nielsen, Herbert Lom, Hume Cronyn among others. Filmed entirely on location in Hawaii, the show followed Jack Lord as he played Steve McGarrett, head of an elite state police unit investigating “organized crime, murder, assassination attempts, foreign agents, felonies of every type.” James MacArthur played his second-in-command Danny (“Danno”) Williams, with local actors Kam Fong, Zulu, Al Harrington, and Herman Wedemeyer, among others, playing members of the Five-O team.
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