Didn't We Meet At A Murder? Season 4 (6 Stars out of 6 Stars) receives my highest honor at 6 stars. It is currently in my Top 10 Classic Hawaii Five-O and 1 of my FAV episodes. The episode is a creative and intelligent one. 3 different people are blackmailed by Chang into murdering an important Chicago syndicate man, Marty Mauritany. They are a blonde, wealthy widow Bonnie Soames, former active duty, Reservist, and TV Repairman, Clem Brown, and Frank Wellman, from The Honolulu Travel Committee.

Mauritany arrives in Hawaii checking on 1 of his investments. He has the highest bid on The Lanai Carpet Company. A place selling fine high quality carpeting and the like. Soames makes contact with Mauritany on the plane and they have good conversation. They agree to meet up later at his hotel room for a drink. After a few minutes of small talk with Mauritany, Soames meets the other arriving conspirators. Clem Brown enters to fix the television. He has a contract with the hotel. Frank Wellman welcomes Mauritany to Hawaii from his organization. At the right time, all 3 point their specially designed weapons at a surprised Mauritany. All 3 shots are true and find their target Mauritany. They then depart the hotel with the weapons encased and a deceased Mauritany is later found by his bodyguards hours later.

McG and the HFO team arrive. It appears to be some kind of syndicate hit. They do have the 3 names Brown, Soames, Wellman who checked in at the front desk. Each passes their HFO interview with flying colors and they are allowed to leave. Clem Brown later meets Chang to dispose of the murder weapons into the ocean. Strangely, their 3 pictures are enclosed inside. I wonder if it's a similar location to Not That Much Different.

With no other leads, McG decides to have surveillance on the Lanai Carpet Company. It's the building Mauritany had the highest bid. The surveillance pays off as Wellman arrives at Lanai. He receives an envelope at the door and quickly drives off. Danno stops Wellman who does not agree to the search of the envelope. He overpowers Danno and escapes into his building. Several stories high. Wellman commits suicide or is pushed (Clem Brown?) and lands on the ground dead. McGarrett arrives at Wellman's place and the blackmail idea seed is planted. There are numerous pictures on Wellman's wall. At 1st blush, they appear to be women but all are actually men. The inference is Wellman has sexual persuasions. Gay probably.

McGarrett arrives at the Lanai Carpet Company to visit the building. It received several bids. Mauritany had the high bid. What was so special about it. Chang gives McG a tour of the carpet factory but nothing special about it. McGarrett does notice an ex-con PI who is now working there. Operating machinery. McG makes a mental note of this and leaves.

As the episode churns on, Bonnie Soames and Clem Brown secrets are unveiled. Soames had her much younger blond lover, Rick Marlowe, tamper with her husband's car. Leading to his death. Brown tried to run away early in Vietnam action... Seeing too much of the shooting and death. He was caught up to by a superior but shot and killed right there by the Vietnamese. Brown did nothing to save the soldier but returned to his unit. He could still be court-martialed as a Reservist.

McGarrett finds the final piece of the puzzle thanks to 1 of the planners. Steve asks him what is around or close to the building. A bank! The Hawaiian Fourth Federal! The Lanai Carpet Company are back to back! The workers will make a tunnel into the bank and steal thousands and th