27. Heier Schnee

Just Lucky, I Guess****
Original air date: 10/15/69

Another excellent show about Marty Sloane (John Randolph), a middle-aged hardware salesman attending a convention who witnesses the brutal murder of a drug-addicted hooker by sleazy mobster Charley Bombay (Albert Paulsen). Marty is reluctant to testify against Bombay because of the potential for scandal back home. Bombay is a total creep, addressing the murder victim, Angela Carlson (Elaine Joyce) as "you silly broad" before he tosses her off the balcony. Five-O uses a policewoman (Anne Helm as Joyce) posing as Angela's sister, but after her job is finished, she disappears from the case. A couple of interesting prices -- a kilogram of heroin goes for $250,000, a 4-minute phone call from Honolulu to Jersey City costs $12.80 plus tax. During the final confrontation with Bombay in McGarrett's office, the microphone is very visible on the rear wall. McGarrett describes Bombay as "a cancer that feeds on society" and "a procurer." The episode is nearly derailed by McGarrett's profound speech at the end: "You know, when people like you [Marty] get involved, really involved ... wake up, the rats, the snakes like Bombay, they're dead. I read somewhere: 'any man's death diminishes me because I am involved in mankind'." Robert Costa appears as Shoe Shine Man; the episode is directed by Nicholas Colisanto.

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Der unbescholtene Eisenbahner Sloane wird zufllig Zeuge, als der Drogenhndler Charles Bombay die junge Angela vom Balkon strzt. Sloane weigert sich, als Zeuge gegen den Gangster aufzutreten, weil er furchtbare Angst vor ihm hat. Doch dieser hat lngst einen Killer auf Sloane angesetzt. McGarrett ist klar, dass er mit Sloanes Kooperation nicht rechnen kann. Deshalb versucht er, Bombay mit Heroin zu kdern. Aber der Dealer ist zu gerissen - zunchst jedenfalls.