118. Die Lüge Vadagos

Engaged to be Buried ***
Original air date: 2/27/73

Perhaps Kam Fong's most dramatic performance, as Chin Ho has to face the fact that his daughter Alia (Irene Tsu) is involved with Rono Vidalgo (Erik Estrada), a punk whose father Shako (Simon Oakland) is boss of a local vending machine racket. Shako is in a wheelchair with a cop's bullet in his spine. (Interesting this comes only 4 shows after The Odd Lot Caper, also starring a major character in a wheelchair.) When Chin raids Shako's company, Shako calls him "Pork Chop." Chin freaks out totally when he confronts one of Shako's goons Bertie (Donald Roessler) in McGarrett's office. An invoice from Shako's Star Island Company is shown for an order of "boxes of dynamite fuse" from the Stonehurst Construction Company, 28000 Kilho Blvd., Honolulu 96816. When an undercover cop takes pictures of Rono and Alia, one view from the rear of the car is totally wrong, since the cop is parked to the left front of Rono's Cadillac (license number 5B-7032). A car wired with a bomb that Bertie parks early in the show has an unusual license -- 7B-60. Yankee Chang appears as pool hall owner Harold Hanolo. One of Kam Fong's favorite episodes.

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Rono und Alia sind eigentlich ein recht nettes Paar. Allerdings gibt es in ihrem Leben ein Problem: Whrend Rono ein Spross der Gangsterfamilie Vadago ist, ist Alias Vater der Polizeibeamte Chin Ho, ein Mitarbeiter McGarretts. Als ein pensionierter Polizist eine Bowlingbahn erffnet und die Vadagos diese unter Kontrolle bringen wollen, beschliet das Team von "Hawaii 5 - 0" einzugreifen: Rono muss sich entscheiden - und das ist schlielich keine einfache Angelegenheit.