To me this is a companion piece to “Deathwatch”. Like “Pig in a Blanket” is a companion piece to “Daisies on His Coffin”. In both we have McG protecting someone who is set to testify against a major mafioso. In both cases the character that McG is protecting gives McG a lot of mouth and is not very likable. In both cases McG tries to protect the witness at the Kahala Hilton while the baddie’s goons try every trick to get in there and rub the witness out. Also both involve poisoning/gassing the witness and in both Five-O make it look like the witness has died, with the reveal at the end for the mafioso to be shocked that the witness is still alive. I love both but I would give “Deathwatch” the edge just because of the performances of Nehemiah Persoff and James Shigeta who are electric in their respective roles. Though Patty Duke is very good too.
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