60. Die Tat eines Wahnsinnigen

Beautiful Screamer****
Original air date: 12/2/70

Danno's girlfriend Jane Michaels (Anne Archer) is killed as part of a complicated plot by Walter Gregson (Lloyd Bochner) to murder his own wife. The resulting emotional distress for Danno is unreal -- and produces James MacArthur's best performance of the entire series. There is a peculiar scene where Gregson locks himself in his construction trailer, then sneaks out a hole in the floor. Surely the workers who later say they were sitting right by the front door would have seen him! (But of course, no one does...) Gregson follows his wife Sally (Laraine Stephens) as she take some blind kids to a viewpoint as part of her volunteer work. (Was Five-O being "ahead of its time" in terms of "sensitivity to the handicapped"?) When he finally encounters Sally, Gregson lures her conveniently over to the steep cliff nearby. Why doesn't she just run in the other direction? Fortunately, Danno arrives ... the focus is on Danno at the end, rather than McGarrett for a change. The shot of the radio in Danno's car is the same as the one seen a few minutes before in the car of HPD cop Fujimara, who is supposedly protecting Sally (he is shot by Gregson) -- it's also seen in #56, The Reunion. The "memories" theme is heard briefly when Danno comforts Jane near the beginning of the show.

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Bauunternehmer Walter Gregson ist finanziell am Ende. Er ist vollstndig vom Geld seiner Frau Sally abhngig - und das bereitet ihm Sorgen, denn Sally will sich von ihm scheiden lassen. Gregson verfllt auf einen teuflischen Plan: Er will seine Frau ermorden, und damit die Tat nach einem Wahnsinnigen aussieht, bringt er vorher noch zwei andere Frauen um. Eines der gnzlich unbeteiligten Opfer ist Jane, Dannys Freundin. Eine gnadenlose Jagd nach dem Mrder beginnt.