Tonight 50 years ago, CBS aired S06E23 "Killer at Sea".

Not one of the best Season 6 episodes but here goes.

Vincent Gordon (Curtis Keene) goes to several banks and makes large withdrawals. He's acting squirrely and for good reason – he's being forced to do this. The thug at his side is the first clue.

At the last location, a shootout ensues killing the thug and injuring a security guard. On top of that, a 'civilian' is shot and later dies in surgery. Turns out, that guy was a US Congressman for Hawaii.

The driver escapes to the port and gets lost in the boarding of a ship bound for the mainland. Gordon isn't much help and keeps trying to throw Five-O off. So much so, McGarrett, Danno and Gordon get on the ship. They have until the docking at San Francisco to figure out what's going on.

Along the way, there's an emergency drill where Gordon can't pick out his kidnapper. Also, McGarrett meets Elena Lewis (Gail Strickland) and Duffy Malone (John Byner). Malone is an unfunny comic who provides entertainment during one of the dinners.

When all is said and done, McGarrett and Danno corner Frank Fallon (William Devane) who was part of a conspiracy with Gordon (no wonder he wasn't helping) to rip off investors. The pair is arrested in San Francisco thanks with help from SFPD.

Mr. Mike's review that covers everything is here: https://www.fiveohomepage.com/5-0log6.htm#143

I'm not super excited by this episode. As a matter of fact, at one time when I was rewatching this it occurred to me that Malone wasn't funny at all. Talk about forced writing.

Elena is an okay character, but she isn't given enough time to delve deeper into character development. Not only was she a red herring, she was a total distraction and not needed. The writers would have been better off concentrating on the main story and not throwing in these extra people. But that's my two cents.

Happy 50th, "Killer at Sea"!!