35. Der Teufel und der Frosch

The Devil and Mr. Frog***1/2
Original air date: 12/10/69

An excellent episode full of snappy dialogue, with McGarrett trying to track down the kidnapper of a young boy named Scotty (played by Geoffrey Thorpe, son of Location Casting Director Ted) who escapes to freedom during the teaser. The boy's father, Gainham (William Zuckert) looks rather old. At the beginning when McGarrett and Gainham are driving there is interesting camera work with two cameras in the back of the moving car and odd camera angles as the Five-O crew approaches the cabin where the boy was held hostage. The kid reveals his escape strategy to Danno: "I had to go [to the bathroom]." Danno remarks, "Pretty clever, Scotty." James Hong gives a delightfully oily performance as the money launderer Tot Kee, who is unusually friendly with his blond receptionist Missy (Melody Patterson, Mrs. James MacArthur at the time). McGarrett yucks it up in his office with Kee as well as three other cash converters. One of them, Mr. Ming (Galen Kam -- identified in the credits as "Garoyan") is too fat to sit on his chair. Near the end the Five-O crew are seen tailing the main suspect Gibbons (Frank Marth). Chin Ho dons a frog mask (seems like police harrassment in a major way), Kono is seen stuffing his face with food, and Danno sneaks behind a forklift and then climbs up into the rafters in a deserted warehouse to overhear when Gibbons is making a crucial phone call. This last incident is kind of dumb, since it's hard to see how the cautious Gibbons missed seeing Danno climbing up the support beam. Che Fong is mentioned in this show, but not seen.

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Der kleine Sohn eines reichen Geschftsmannes ist entfhrt worden. Die beiden Kidnapper trugen Frosch- und Teufelsmasken. Whrend sein Vater das geforderte Lsegeld bezahlt, kann sich der kleine Scotty befreien und entkommen. Dabei kommt einer der Entfhrer ums Leben. Der andere ahnt nicht, dass das Lsegeld gekennzeichnet worden ist. So ist McGarrett dem zweiten Banditen schon bald auf den Fer