Tonight, CBS aired S04E04 "3,000 Crooked Miles To Honolulu".

This episode begins with a bang and kind of fizzles due to the convoluted plot. Buddy Ebsen of "The Beverly Hillbillies" and "Barnaby Jones" fame acts against type as a mathematical genius trying to rip off Honolulu. It involves stolen travel checks and a whole bunch of people. It also includes the mob, although the scheme seems small fry for them.

McGarrett and the Five-O team are tripped up more than once while trying to outsmart Ebsen's Professor Ambrose Pierce. There's even a scene where McGarrett is at a total loss when his friend, Elias Jordan (Bill Edwards), does indeed know the professor. McGarrett was certain the professor was a fake. Whoops! This is after a guy has a weird anxiety attack on the flight over to Honolulu. The guy is played by Glenn Cannon, who would later portray Manicote. In this episode, he's shot dead in the hospital!

Mr. Mike does a much better job in his review to include the "this episode is a head scratcher": http://www.fiveohomepage.com/5-0log4.htm#76

This episode would have been so much better if the execution was more streamlined and made more sense. On the up side, the Five-O team's determination comes through as we watch Danno and Kono searching for a missing secretary on a Sunday. Unfortunately, they find her stuffed in a garbage can.

Also of note, there are several HPD patrol car scenes that will become stock footage and reused in future episodes. These shots are used to fetch Frank Okawa (Tommy Fujiwara) off the golf course. This is after being tipped that hot traveler checks are indeed being used in Honolulu.

The episode wraps with a classic line from McGarrett, "Aloha, suckers!"

Happy 50th, "3,000 Crooked Miles To Honolulu"!!