16. Ihr letzter Trip (Uptight)

Ein Mädchen hat sich unter Drogen von einer Klippe gestürzt. Über ihre beste Freundin, die ebenfalls drogenabhängig ist, kommen die Männer von „Hawaii 5 – 0“ einem ehemaligen Chemieprofessor auf die Spur, der die Jugendlichen mit synthetischen Drogen versorgt. Aber nicht nur die Polizei, auch der Vater der Toten kommt dem Verbrecher auf die Schliche. Er zwingt ihn, eine Überdosis zu schlucken. (Text: Kabel 1)

Deutsche TV-PremiereDo 05.10.1989PRO 7
Original-TV-PremiereMi 15.01.1969CBS

This episode stars Ed Flanders as drug-dispensing Timothy Leary-like professor David Stone who spouts hippie platitudes about love and peace like "laughter should be beautiful." (The significance of the name "Stone" is not to be underestimated!) There is plenty of talk of speed, acid and mescaline. After Danno fails to save Eadie Hastings, one of Stone's drug converts, from a cliff high above the ocean at the beginning, McGarrett comments, "You're up pretty tight, Danno." McGarrett visits the snotty rich brat Donna Wales (Brenda Scott), one of Stone's followers. As she comes out of her parents' swimming pool, her bathing suit top almost slips off. She refers to McGarrett as "fuzz" and makes references to police brutality and harassment. As he leaves, McGarrett says "That's pretty cool, baby, pretty cool." Later when McGarrett confronts Stone at the latter's country retreat, McGarrett uses the expression "turning on and tuning out." Danny becomes an unconvincing surfer/hippie type, using phrases like "Sure, baby, let's let it happen!" The music by Stevens covers a wide range of moods, including a drug-crazed ride on a motorbike by Donna. Some of the hallucinations in this show seem very similar to those suffered by Yaphet Kotto in the previous episode. Donna ends up in a hospital ward for "acid heads and speed trippers." There is a continuity goof -- after Danno meets Donna on the beach, they return to her parents' house where she meets a character called Zero (Gray Gleason) who tells her about an upcoming party. But later, Stone later confronts Donna about her friendship with Danno whom he recognizes as a cop, saying that "the day after Eadie killed herself" one of the Five-O "stalwarts" (i.e., Danno) paid a visit to Zero. If this is the case, why didn't Zero warn Donna during the previous scene?