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Hawaii Five-O

The Cop on the Cover

Season 10, Episode 3, Aired 9/29/77

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McGarrett must solve both a mysterious kidnapping and the problem of having a nosy reporter analyzing his every move.

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Jack Lord

Steve McGarrett
James MacArthur

Danny "Danno" Williams
Herman Wedemeyer

Edward "Duke" Lukela

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Decently-written but at the same time instructive as documenting the series in a slide. The two together make for an interesting watch for die-hard fans.

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By Mac-Ale, May 22, 2008 Report Abuse

McGarrett is in the spotlight after the Governor orders that he cooperate with a magazine reporter working on a cover story just when he is in the middle of a tough kidnapping and extortion case.

First off, the female reporter watching McGarrett is admittedly over the top in her judgements and desire to participate in the case at hand. It's more of a device, but one that is getting slightly old as the series transitions into a decade of episodes. McGarrett's answers to her pointed questions very much show that he is becoming an antiquated dinosaur in his outlook, the "tough guy" who should have adapted slightly as the character (and Jack Lord) got older. It's still entertaining and there are some good lines delivered in the meantime. But, an exotic location and unlikely dramatic crime doesn't work forever in a series, though it is to the series' credit that it held up for a very long time.

Moe Keale gets his biggest dialog try-out in this episode, as a former con being framed for a crime he didn't commit. He is not bad nor very good, his delivery is stiff but not a huge problem for this episode (or even for when he joined the regular cast in the final season as Truck).

The episode opens with the Governor ordering McGarrett to be interviewed because of the publicity it will bring to the islands. You sort of wonder if the writers were fishing for an unusual approach to keep the series fresh. Ultimately, the characters showing more growth may have worked better than some of the more fantastic plots that were introduced in Season 10 - but this is still one of the interesting ones to watch when considering "Hawaii Five-O" as a total series.moreless

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- The official syndication number for this episode is 7703. Edit
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- McGarrett: The truth doesn't come floating in on the morning tide, Miss O'Brien; sometimes you have to dig for it.
  O'Brien: Confucius?
  McGarrett: No. McGarrett.
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- Danny: (Following a brief, pointed exchange between O'Brien and McGarrett) You two should issue hourly weather reports.
  O'Brien: Shut up.
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- McGarrett: (Reading something O'Brien handed to him) "Quarrels never last long, if only one party is wrong." Confucius?
  O'Brien: Ming's Chinese Fortune Cookies.
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