95. Die geniale Ttowierung

[Serpico]

Follow the White Brick Road ***
Original air date: 3/7/72

    This episode starts with a blurb saying "The producers gratefully acknowledge the assistance of the Department of Defence and the United States Navy." One wonders why they were co-operative, since the show is about sailors smuggling heroin into Hawaii! Maybe the show was intended as a large-scale public service announcement, since at the beginning of the show, Admiral Sample says, "Some of our men face bigger risks from drugs than they do from bullets." (He's played by real-life Admiral Joseph McGoldrick.) Danno goes undercover on board a Navy ship posing as a doctor to try and track down the "route of the horse." There are weird camera angles at the beginning of the show when a sailor is under the influence. Near the end of the show, McGarrett and Danno are seen in civilian clothes driving a white Mustang. The "military theme" is heard briefly during the score by Ray.


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Innerhalb der amerikanischen Marine hat sich ein Drogenschmugglerring breitgemacht, der die Soldaten mit Rauschgift versorgt. Als ein junger Marinesoldat tot auf der Strae zusammenbricht, nehmen McGarrett und seine Mannschaft von "Hawaii 5 - 0" die Ermittlungen auf. Eine erste Spur scheint sich aus einer uerst seltsamen Ttowierung am Krper des Toten zu ergeben. Die Beamten geraten bei ihren Ermittlungen in ein Dickicht aus Korruption und Verbrechen.