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Serpico
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Sweet Terror**
Original air date: 11/5/69
This show has an interesting premise similar to #46-#47, Three Dead Cows at Makapuu. Theodore Bikel as the ultra-terrorist Professor Erich Stoss (a.k.a. "The Beast") wants to wipe out the Hawaiian sugar cane industry (41.6% of the world's supply) with a fungus so countries will have to buy their sugar from a certain "island" (Cuba, which is never specifically mentioned). However, Stoss is just too bland a villain for someone with a heavy-handed nickname conjuring up images of terrorists like Carlos and Nazi sadists. As well, there are annoying gaps in plot logic. For example, at the beginning, why does McGarrett suspect the woman that intelligence agent Hendricks (Bill Reddick) sketched on the plane has any relation to the conspiracy? Hendricks is known to be a "weekend artist." The woman, Mariana de Nava (Linda Marsh) does turn out to be involved, but this is just a coincidence. When Stoss murders Hendricks by stabbing him through the back of the airplane seat, Hendricks reacts by noticeably moving up and then back into his seat. There is seemingly no one sitting beside him (if there was, they surely would have noticed this). But after the plane lands, a woman comes out of the next seat and leaves the plane. Hendricks writes on a stewardess's notepad and Bikel drops some cigar ash on it to reveal the deep indentations in the next sheet of paper. But Henricks is hardly pushing down to make the one letter we see. The doctor's explanation later as to why Hendricks made no noise when he was stabbed is totally incomprehensible. Stoss freaks when a servant tries to touch his briefcase containing various toxic substances. If Stoss was so concerned, why did he set the briefcase down in the first place? Later Danno is seen doing surveillance, and you can see Danno's face in the rear view mirror, which probably means he has a nice view of the camera in the rear seat of the car! Stoss provides a good laugh when he complains, "There used to be a day when they made cars large enough so a man could get in and out with ease." We're talking about a 1969-style car here! Chin Ho also provides some comic relief. When Chin comes up with solutions during a Five-O rap session, Kono says, "Give that man a free foo yong." Chin laughs, saying, "Haole food." Kono responds, "Not exclusively, brother!" When Chin is checking out airports, he blabs in his native tongue to Galem Kam who says, "Sorry, I don't speak Chinese." When Kam shows Chin his crop-duster that he was going to convert into a playhouse for his kids, he says, "Nice plane, eh, honorable cop?" When Stoss is about to split at the end, leaving Lao (Soon Taik Oh) behind, he tells the complaining Lao, "I would expect a little more fatalism from a man of your race." There's a stock shot of McGarrett arriving at the hospital, and the scenes of burning cane field are probably from Pray Love, Remember... A sign on the wall of the Chinese herbalist shop seems to say "POSITIVELY NO STEALING."
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"Die Bestie" wird der gnadenlose Erich Stoss genannt. Als ihm der Geheimagent Bridger auf die Spur kommt, ttet Stoss ihn auf dem Flug nach Honolulu. Auch Mariana, die zur "Organisation Stoss" gehrt, muss sterben, weil sie den Beamten von "5 - 0" aufgefallen war. Stoss hat einen Pilz gezchtet und will damit die gesamte hawaiianische Zuckerrohrernte vernichten. Zwar kann er noch einige Felder infizieren, aber dann kommt McGarrett zum Zug.
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