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King Of The Hill

Episode Number: 15    Season Num: 1    First Aired: January 8, 1969    Prod Code: 1729-0208
Danno is shot in a hospital by a delusional soldier who thinks he is still fighting in Vietnam. McGarrett has to save Danno before he bleeds to death, but he can't risk a shootout with so many frail patients in the immediate vicinity.

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Writer: John D.F. Black, Leonard Freeman
Director: Jack Shea
Star: Zulu (Kono Kalakaua),  Kam Fong (Chin Ho Kelly),  Jack Lord (Steve McGarrett),  James MacArthur (Danny "Danno" Williams)
Guest Star: Douglas Mossman (Lt. George Kealoha),  Chester Dods (Officer Tuck),  Danny Kamekona (Charley Takahashi),  Robert H. Krewson (Abe),  Jack McCoy (Jack Francis),  Yaphet Kotto (John Auston),  Jeff Corey (Doctor Hanson),  L.Q. Jones (Colonel Lew Cardell),  Richard Bull (Doctor Shirmer),  Gina Villines (Mary Karabinos),  Lawrence Templar (Cutter),  Seth Riggs (Peter Miller),  Alex Todd (Reporter),  Douglas E. Barden (Lance Corporal Bert Rosen),  Napua Stevens (Nurse Rizzo)

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Harry Geller is credited for the music in this episode, the first time someone other than Morton Stevens received a Music credit in the series. Stevens, of course, composed the memorable theme for the series. (edit)
Most of the episode took place in and around Castle Memorial Hospital. The hospital is located at 640 Ulukahiki Street in Kailua, on the windward coast of Oahu, northeast of Honolulu. It opened on Jan. 16, 1963, as the first community hospital in Kailua. In 1983, the facility changed its name to Castle Medical Center. (edit)
Danny Kamekona (playing Charley Takahashi in this episode) appeared as Che Fong in the previous episode. (edit)
Additional credits:

Automobiles furnished by Ford Motor Company
Filmed entirely on location in Hawaii
A Leonard Freeman Production
In Association With
The CBS Television Network (edit)
The official syndication number for this episode is 6813. (edit)

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Details of Danny ("Danno") Williams' biography are revealed in the episode. He is a local boy, born and raised in Hawaii. He attended the University of Hawaii for one year before transferring to the University of California, Berkeley. He was a psychology major, but became a police science major when he moved to the mainland. (edit)
Though Zulu (Kono) is listed in the opening credits, he has only one brief scene in the episode. Douglas Mossman (guest starring as Lt. Kealoha) has a much more prominent role. (edit)
The close-up views of the bystanders near the television camera crew do not match the arrangement of the crowd in the wide-angle shots. (edit)
The Hawaiian CBS affiliate, KGMB Channel 9, is featured prominently in this episode. (edit)

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7.9
Good
King Of The Hill
"Average"
A Vietnam veteran is on leave in Honolulu when he takes a whack on the head. While at the hospital he freaks out, takes a cops gun and shoots Danny in the gut. A hostage crisis takes place with the vet thinking he's still in Vietnam and chased by the VC.
Continue » Posted Apr 2, 2008 9:52 am PST
9.7
Superb
King Of The Hill
"Series classic"
Definitely in my top ten all-time Five-0 episodes...and I've seen them all dozens of times!
Continue » Posted Mar 30, 2008 6:52 pm PST

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10.0
Perfect
King Of The Hill
"Series classic"
A flashbacking military lunatic holds a seriously injured Danno hostage with a gun in Castle Hospital.
Continue » Posted Dec 26, 2007 6:31 pm PST

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4.4
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King Of The Hill
"Nothing happened"
"King of the Hill" is a highly disappointing and problematic episode from Season 1. Not much action or drama, and a muddled attempt at revealing racial tensions among U.S. soldiers in Vietnam.
Continue » Posted Aug 19, 2007 8:57 pm PST
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