Woman's Work beginning 50 years ago

50 years ago tonight, CBS aired S07E16, "A Woman's Work Is With A Gun".

It's a long title for a bit of a crazy episode. Dina Hale (Patricia Hindy) is a tweaked out junkie who finds friendship at the Oahu Women's Center. She knocks off her dealer (James J. Borges) at the beginning.

Fay Scott (Patrecia Wyland) and Maggie Hudson (Dale Morse) are two women stuck in rough situations. Fay is divorced and has a son Johnny who is very sick and the medical bills are piling up. Maggie is a loveless marriage with a slob of a husband (Eugene Roche).

The three conspire to make some fast cash by robbing tourist buses. The first robbery goes okay, but Fay and Maggie realize they're in over their heads. On the second robbery, Dina goes nuts shooting out several windows.

By this time, they get the attention of the police. The third robbery goes sideways in the worst way when Maggie is shot dead by Tom Kamaka, an HPD cop. Dina nails him with her gun and it takes everything she has to get Fay out of there.

When Danno and Chin notify Maggie's husband, he proves how much of a slob he is. However, he gives them a lead to the Oahu Women's Center. Unfortunately, because they don't use their real names, it takes Five-O a bit longer to find Fay. But they do.

Fay takes matters into her own hands but hiring Maggie's husband to take out Dina. But he's knocked by the nut-case before he can kill her. Dina races to Fay's where Five-O is waiting for her. In the closing shot, Dina has body-slammed Danno against the wall!

Mr. Mike has a great review here: https://www.fiveohomepage.com/5-0log7.htm#160

I'm just going to say it – Dina is nuts. Perhaps all the drugs fried her brains. I feel sorry for Fay – she's the one in the worst lot. Not that Maggie's situation is great but she's not drowning in medical debt. It's that her husband is a total loser.

Some of the ways they discover the robbers' identifications are far-fetched, especially considering they're dealing with film cameras and not digital. Perhaps if we were dealing with digital files, maybe what Che Fong (Harry Endo) explains is more plausible. But film is kind of one and done. I did like how they showed the methodology of tracking down the driver's licenses.

Happy 50th, “A Woman's Work Is With A Gun”!! :cool: