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Serpico
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Forty Feet High and It Kills!****
Original air date: 10/8/69 -- Opening Credits -- End Credits
An outstanding show, with Wo Fat (Khigh Dhiegh) making his first appearance during the series itself. McGarrett defines Wo as a "Red Chinese agent in charge of the entire Pacific Asiatic theatre." Will Geer plays the cantankerous Dr. Harold Lochner, a genetics genius who Wo wants to kidnap and take back to China to become the boss of the "Institute for Genetic Engineering at Peking." The interaction between Lochner and Wo is delightful -- Lochner tells Wo: "I think you are a maniac." When he calls the evil agent "Mr. Fat", Wo flinches. Near the beginning of the show, McGarrett hustles Lochner's daughter Victoria (the attractive Sabrina Scharf) at the beach in Honolulu where they watch people surfing. There are a few questions, of course. If the weather institute at the beginning is so important, why aren't there guards outside as well as inside? Why is Five-O involved in the tsunami warning prior to any suspicion of sabotage? When Chin Ho captures Wo's first agent, why does Chin have to use a dime for the phone to call an ambulance? (Someone suggested this was because in Honolulu at that time you needed a dime to get a dial tone ... not very practical in an emergency! Chin dials five numbers, by the way.) Although the pharmacy where Lochner got his insulin was in the "Japanese section" of Honolulu, why does the proprietor speak Chinese? (The pharmacy is near the corner of Campbell (a real street in the area known as Kaimuki) and "Mohua" ... maybe they mean "Mooheau", which is in the same area as Campbell ... but it doesn't actually cross it.) And if Wo wants to find out the brand of insulin and where Lochner got it, why doesn't he just check the label of the insulin bottle that Lochner smashed? Oh well, never mind ... the final confrontation between McGarrett and Wo is a classic. McGarrett tells Wo, "Someone handed you the wrong fortune cookie." During the pursuit by various cop cars from the pharmacy to the docks, McGarrett plots the action on his transparent map. Almost all of the street names where McGarrett keeps directing the cars are bogus. Herman ("Duke") Wedemeyer appears very briefly in this show as a police dispatcher and bald-headed Bill Bigelow ("William F. Bigelow II" in the credits) plays Padway. Winston Char plays Ling Po, identified in the credits as "First Chinese," and Gary Ah Vah is "Second Chinese." Wright Esser, who was the nasty boat captain in the pilot, is Crighton. Danno's license number is 2H3524, the car driven from the pharmacy by Wo's second agent has plate number 6942. During one scene, Wo Fat smokes a cigar. The music by Shores is excellent.
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Auf Hawaii wird ein Seminar abgehalten, zu dem bedeutende internationale Geisteswissenschaftler erscheinen. Unter ihnen ist auch Professor Harold Lochner. Der rotchinesische Agent Wo Fat bekommt den Auftrag, Professor Lochner zu entfhren und nach Peking zu bringen. Durch einen Trick gelingt es Wo Fat, McGarrett zu narren. Der Agent bringt den Professor in seine Gewalt. Aber auch McGarrett hat ein paar Tricks auf Lager.
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