Fifty years ago tonight, CBS aired S04E03 "Wednesdays, Ladies Free".

Five-O is on the trail of a warped serial killer (Soon Taik Oh) who strangles his victims and then "dolls" them up with blonde wigs and heavy makeup. The episode opens at the apartment of victim #5. There is a sixth victim during the course of the show. To complicate matters, private investigator Jerry Rhodes (Monte Markham) is in the mix because his wife was one of the killer's victims.

Turns out, the killer has been rejected by his favorite hooker, Cathy (Sheilah Wells), and goes off the deep end. Cathy has left her past behind her and married an Army officer (Norman Dupont). She's even pregnant at this point in her life. Cathy isn't interested in dredging up the past even to get the killer off the streets.

Jerry is the kind of guy that will stoop to any level as he sets up the killer to see Cathy at her new address! The confrontation ends with the killer shot dead by Jerry and Cathy traumatized after being choked. The twist when McGarrett and Danno show up is classic!

Mr. Mike's excellent review and gallery are here: http://www.fiveohomepage.com/5-0log4.htm#75

Another solid episode from the series and again, not one of my favorites but it's well done. I especially like how the team runs down all the commonalities between the victims - where they worked, shopped, and lived. The whole team runs it down even though we don't see every second of that part, it's not needed. We, as viewers, knew what they were doing. This run down leads them to a car wash on King Street where they give free car washes to women on Wednesdays, thus the title. The discovery also leads them straight to the killer, a mechanic who has only been working at the car wash for a few months.

Happy 50th, "Wednesdays, Ladies Free"!!