Hawaii Five-O
The Ways of Love
TV Flash files “The Ways of Love” as hour 9 of 284 in the TV Flash guide — Hawaii Five-O (1968–1980) on CBS, season 1, episode 9, aired 1968-11-21, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E09: listed hour 9 of 284 in the Hawaii Five-O guide, hour 9 of 25 in season 1. It aired 1968-11-21 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Twenty-Four Karat Kill” (S01E08). Next is “No Blue Skies” (S01E10).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
McGarrett goes under cover in a California prison to find the connection between a girl's death and the theft of a gem collection.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Ways of Love sit in the Hawaii Five-O guide?
S01E09 is listed hour 9 of 284 — hour 9 of 25 in season 1, season 1 episode 9.
When did Hawaii Five-O S01E09 air?
The Ways of Love aired 1968-11-21 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Where should I start?
Jack Lord's McGarrett in an early location-heavy hour is the command presence: theme, waves, 'Book 'em, Danno.' You do not need the 2010s reboot to understand the original.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Book 'em, Danno — Steve McGarrett's elite unit chased crime across an islands postcard for twelve CBS seasons. Jack Lord's granite intensity, the Morton Stevens theme, and location photography made procedural TV feel like a vacation with felonies. The most whistled badge theme in the language.
The theme hits before the warrant. CBS's *Hawaii Five-O* premiered September 20, 1968, and ran through 1980: twelve seasons of Steve McGarrett's elite state police unit chasing crime across an islands postcard. Jack Lord's granite intensity. James MacArthur's Danny Williams. Kam Fong's Chin Ho and Zulu's Kono in the unit. Leonard Freeman built cop drama as tourism board and iron discipline. Morton Stevens wrote the surf-orchestra swagger that still chases you. **Book 'em, Danno entered the language. The theme…
Filed against
- Jack Lord as Steve McGarrett
Jack Lord’s Steve McGarrett made Hawaii Five-O a twelve-season postcard with felonies — granite intensity, Morton Stevens theme, Book ’em, Danno as civic punctuation. CBS procedural as vacation weather that still whistles. TV Flash files…
- James MacArthur as Danny 'Dano' Williams
James MacArthur’s Danny “Danno” Williams took the order that became a national catchphrase — Book ’em, Danno, twelve CBS seasons of Hawaii Five-O as vacation-with-felonies television. Jack Lord’s granite needed a partner who would move.…
- Kam Fong as Chin Ho Kelly
Kam Fong’s Chin Ho Kelly rode Hawaii Five-O as islands-postcard procedural muscle — Book ’em, Danno, Steve McGarrett’s elite unit, twelve CBS seasons, Jack Lord’s granite, the Morton Stevens theme, location photography that made felonies…
- Zulu as Kono Kalakaua
Zulu’s Kono Kalakaua rode Hawaii Five-O as island-unit steel — Book ’em, Danno, Steve McGarrett’s elite squad chasing crime across an islands postcard for twelve CBS seasons. Jack Lord’s granite intensity, the Morton Stevens theme,…