User Reviews

This show begins with a stockbroker being killed. A bit later, a security guard in the same building is bludgeoned to death. Five-O cannot figure out how these killings are related or if they are.

This is an odd episode of "Hawaii Five-O" because the viewer really doesn't know what's going on until well into the episode. Yes, you know that somehow a ruthless businessman (Richard Basehart) is plotting SOMETHING and some horrible murders occur...but why?! As a result, the viewer's curiosity is piqued and you find yourself trying to figure out this complex crime. But, as I know little about stocks & bonds, I felt lost until it was all spelled out for me a bit later into the show. BUT, fortunately, the payoff was well worth it for two big reasons. First, Richard Basehart played a thoroughly conniving and despicable guy--a great villain. Second, it was very creative and written well.

Hawaii 5-0's writers often stretch for new ideas and unique plot focuses. Mostly they got it right, and rarely they fell short of that goal. This episode was a home run.

As viewers, we're kept in the dark for a long time about what's going on. We know a wealthy man who can't get funding for a pet building project is planning ... something. We know a disgraced PI who's capable of murder is in on it with him. We know the plot involves stock trading houses.

But then we're left to figure out how they could possibly make a big score on businesses which don't deal in cash.

Unfortunately, when one of my favorite actors, in this case Richard Basehart, guest stars on a show like this we know they're destined to be a "bad guy". LOL.