Hawaii Five-O
Up the Rebels
TV Flash files “Up the Rebels” as the first listed hour of season 10 — Hawaii Five-O (1968–1980) on CBS, season 10, episode 1, aired 1977-09-15, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S10E01: listed hour 219 of 284 in the Hawaii Five-O guide, first listed hour of season 10. It aired 1977-09-15 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Practical Jokes Can Kill You” (S09E24). Next is “You Don't See Many Pirates These Days” (S10E02).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
An Irish terrorist uses disguise and deception in order to be able to smuggle explosives for the Troubles.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Up the Rebels sit in the Hawaii Five-O guide?
S10E01 is listed hour 219 of 284 — first listed hour of season 10, season 10 episode 1.
When did Hawaii Five-O S10E01 air?
Up the Rebels aired 1977-09-15 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,…