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'{{Refimprove|date=September 2012}} {{Distinguish|Hawaii Five-0 (2010 TV series, season 6)}} {{Infobox television season | show_name = ''[[Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series)|Hawaii Five-O]]'' | season_name = Hawaii Five-O Season 6 | season_number = | bgcolour = #86378A | image = Hawaii Five-O Season 6 DVD cover.jpg | image_alt = | caption = Season 6 DVD cover | starring = | country = United States | num_episodes = 24 | network = [[CBS]] | first_aired = {{Start date|1973|9|11}} | last_aired = {{End date|1974|2|26}} | prev_season = [[Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series, season 5)|Season 5]] | next_season = [[Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series, season 7)|Season 7]] | episode_list = List of Hawaii Five-O episodes }} The '''sixth season''' of Hawaii Five-O premiered on September 11, 1973 and ended February 26, 1974. 24 episodes aired during this season. The [[DVD region codes|Region 1]] DVD was released on April 21, 2009. Creator and executive producer [[Leonard Freeman]] died during this season. == Episodes == {{See also|List of Hawaii Five-O episodes}} <onlyinclude>{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width: 100%; margin-right: 0;" |- |-style="color:#FFFFFF" ! style="background: #86378A;" width="0" |No. in<br />series ! style="background: #86378A;" width="0" |No. in<br />season ! style="background: #86378A;"|Title ! style="background: #86378A;"|Directed by ! style="background: #86378A;"|Written by ! style="background: #86378A;" width="125" |Original air date |- {{Episode list/sublist|Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series, season 6) |EpisodeNumber=122 |EpisodeNumber2=1 |Title=Hookman |WrittenBy=Glen Olson and Rod Baker |DirectedBy=Allen Reisner |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1973|9|11}} |ShortSummary=A double amputee sets out to avenge the loss of his hands by killing every law enforcement officer who contributed to his maiming, including Steve McGarrett. [[Jay J. Armes]] guest stars. [[Morton Stevens]] won an Emmy for his score to this episode (in fact, all the nominees in this category at that year's Emmys were from ''Hawaii Five-O''!). On this and all subsequent episodes, Jack Lord receives a "Starring" credit on the end titles as well as in the opening. The episode was remade on the [[Hawaii Five-0 (2010 TV series)|updated remake]] on 4th February 2013. |LineColor=86378A }} {{Episode list/sublist|Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series, season 6) |EpisodeNumber=123 |EpisodeNumber2=2 |Title=Draw Me a Killer |WrittenBy=Walter Black |DirectedBy=[[Charles S. Dubin]] |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1973|9|18}} |ShortSummary=McGarrett attempts to solve the riddle of a series of apparently motiveless slayings that occur at six-week intervals, and his investigations lead him to the comic section of the daily newspaper. |LineColor=86378A }} {{Episode list/sublist|Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series, season 6) |EpisodeNumber=124 |EpisodeNumber2=3 |Title=Charter for Death |WrittenBy=Carey Wilber and Sheldon Wile |DirectedBy=Michael O'Herilhy |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1973|9|25}} |ShortSummary=A gangster, his daughter and son-in-law arrive in Hawaii carrying the plague, causing the Governor to seal off the island in an effort to prevent an outbreak of the disease. [[Nehemiah Persoff]] and [[Bert Convy]] guest star. |LineColor=86378A }} {{Episode list/sublist|Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series, season 6) |EpisodeNumber=125 |EpisodeNumber2=4 |Title=One Big Happy Family |WrittenBy=Alvin Sapinsley |DirectedBy=Alf Kjellin |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1973|10|2}} |ShortSummary=A family of serial killers, having left a trail of death on the mainland, start a new wave of terror when they reach Hawaii. [[Slim Pickens]] and [[Bo Hopkins]] guest star. |LineColor=86378A }} {{Episode list/sublist|Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series, season 6) |EpisodeNumber=126 |EpisodeNumber2=5 |Title=The Sunday Torch |WrittenBy=Jerome Coopersmith |DirectedBy=Michael O'Herilhy |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1973|10|9}} |ShortSummary=A young man who fits the classic profile of a pyromaniac is carefully set up in what appears to be a foolproof frame. |LineColor=86378A }} {{Episode list/sublist|Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series, season 6) |EpisodeNumber=127 |EpisodeNumber2=6 |Title=Murder is a Taxing Affair |WrittenBy=''Story by'': Jerome Coopersmith and Tony Palmerio<br />''Teleplay by'': Jerome Coopersmith |DirectedBy=Michael O'Herilhy |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1973|10|16}} |ShortSummary=A corrupt federal tax agent, pursuing a criminal under indictment for tax evasion, kills the fugitive for $600,000 in hot money, then loses it. [[Don Porter]] guest stars. |LineColor=86378A }} {{Episode list/sublist|Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series, season 6) |EpisodeNumber=128 |EpisodeNumber2=7 |Title=Tricks are Not Treats |WrittenBy=Bill Stratton |DirectedBy=Corey Allen |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1973|10|23}} |ShortSummary=The assassination of one of Honolulu's most active pimps threatens an all-out war between two competing vice empires. |LineColor=86378A }} {{Episode list/sublist|Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series, season 6) |EpisodeNumber=129 |EpisodeNumber2=8 |Title=Why Wait Till Uncle Kevin Dies? |WrittenBy=Jerome Coopersmith |DirectedBy=Michael O'Herilhy |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1973|10|30}} |ShortSummary=McGarrett investigates a string of five murders of wealthy men and enlists the aid of an undercover agent from the mainland to reveal a pay-before-death inheritance scheme. |LineColor=86378A }} {{Episode list/sublist|Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series, season 6) |EpisodeNumber=130 |EpisodeNumber2=9 |Title=Flash of Color, Flash of Death |WrittenBy=''Story by'': Norman Lessing and [[Meyer Dolinsky|Michael Adams]]<br />''Teleplay by'': Norman Lessing |DirectedBy=Alf Kjellin |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1973|11|6}} |ShortSummary=An opal smuggler is set up by a glamorous woman who clears the way for her accomplices to enter a Honolulu jewelery store and rob him and the jeweler of a fortune in opals. |LineColor=86378A }} {{Episode list/sublist|Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series, season 6) |EpisodeNumber=131 |EpisodeNumber2=10 |Title=A Bullet for El Diablo |WrittenBy=Tim Maschler |DirectedBy=Allen Reisner |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1973|11|13}} |ShortSummary=A dictator is murdered by a look-alike for his daughter. |LineColor=86378A }} {{Episode list/sublist|Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series, season 6) |EpisodeNumber=132 |EpisodeNumber2=11 |Title=The Finishing Touch |WrittenBy=Walter Black |DirectedBy=[[Charles S. Dubin]] |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1973|11|20}} |ShortSummary=McGarrett becomes suspicious of a documents expert he enlists to help investigate a destructive ring of forgeries of government securities. [[George Voskovec]] guest stars. |LineColor=86378A }} {{Episode list/sublist|Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series, season 6) |EpisodeNumber=133 |EpisodeNumber2=12 |Title=Anybody Can Build a Bomb |WrittenBy=Walter Black |DirectedBy=[[Charles S. Dubin]] |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1973|11|27}} |ShortSummary=A nuclear physicist becomes involved in an extortion scheme to blow up a portion of Honolulu with an atomic bomb. [[Lew Ayres]] guest stars. |LineColor=86378A }} {{Episode list/sublist|Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series, season 6) |EpisodeNumber=134 |EpisodeNumber2=13 |Title=Try to Die on Time |WrittenBy=''Story by'': Jacqueline Lynch and E. Arthur Kean<br />''Teleplay by'': E. Arthur Kean |DirectedBy=[[Charles S. Dubin]] |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1973|12|4}} |ShortSummary=Five-O must unravel a complicated web of relationships surrounding a macabre $240,000 lottery based on the projected hour of a gambler's death. |LineColor=86378A }} {{Episode list/sublist|Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series, season 6) |EpisodeNumber=135 |EpisodeNumber2=14 |Title=The $100,000 Nickel |WrittenBy=Dick Nelson |DirectedBy=Allen Reisner |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1973|12|11}} |ShortSummary=A thief ([[Victor Buono]]) steals a very rare, illegally minted [[1913 Liberty Head nickel]] valued at $100,000 (equal to ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|100000|1973}}}} today in inflation, but actually sold for $3,737,500 in 2010), which his panicked accomplice later drops into a vending machine. [[Bruce Broughton]] received an Emmy nomination for his score. |LineColor=86378A }} {{Episode list/sublist|Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series, season 6) |EpisodeNumber=136 |EpisodeNumber2=15 |Title=The Flip Side is Death |WrittenBy=Glen Olson and Rod Baker |DirectedBy=Paul Stanley |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1973|12|18}} |ShortSummary=Bank robbers fake a military emergency to cover up their crime, sending Five-O to the windward side of Oahu to investigate. |LineColor=86378A }} {{Episode list/sublist|Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series, season 6) |EpisodeNumber=137 |EpisodeNumber2=16 |Title=The Banzai Pipeline |WrittenBy=Bill Stratton |DirectedBy=Richard Benedict |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1974|1|1}} |ShortSummary=The Banzai Pipeline surfing beach is the setting for three murders connected to a film production. |LineColor=86378A }} {{Episode list/sublist|Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series, season 6) |EpisodeNumber=138 |EpisodeNumber2=17 |Title=One Born Every Minute |WrittenBy=Alvin Sapinsley |DirectedBy=[[Charles S. Dubin]] |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1974|1|8}} |ShortSummary=A con game targeting wealthy male tourists goes awry when a victim falls to his death from a hotel window. [[Ed Flanders]] guest stars. |LineColor=86378A }} {{Episode list/sublist|Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series, season 6) |EpisodeNumber=139 |EpisodeNumber2=18 |Title=Secret Witness |WrittenBy=''Story by'': Sam Roeca and Ken Pettus<br />''Teleplay by'': Ken Pettus |DirectedBy=Michael O'Herilhy |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1974|1|15}} |ShortSummary=A professional killer pursues an eyewitness (Mark Jenkins), using the man's dropped library card as his clue. |LineColor=86378A }} {{Episode list/sublist|Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series, season 6) |EpisodeNumber=140 |EpisodeNumber2=19 |Title=Death with Father |WrittenBy=Anthony Lawrence |DirectedBy=[[Jack Lord]] |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1974|1|22}} |ShortSummary=A retired narcotics agent's ([[Andrew Duggan]]) son ([[Peter Strauss]]) is suspected of manufacturing heroin. This was the first episode to be directed by [[Jack Lord]]. |LineColor=86378A }} {{Episode list/sublist|Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series, season 6) |EpisodeNumber=141 |EpisodeNumber2=20 |Title=Murder with a Golden Touch |WrittenBy=''Story by'': Robert Schlitt and Jerome Coopersmith<br />''Teleplay by'': Jerome Coopersmith |DirectedBy=Michael O'Herilhy |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1974|1|29}} |ShortSummary=A search for sunken treasure leads into the Pacific off Oahu. [[James Sloyan|James J Sloyan]] and [[Peter Donat]] guest star. |LineColor=86378A }} {{Episode list/sublist|Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series, season 6) |EpisodeNumber=142 |EpisodeNumber2=21 |Title=Nightmare in Blue |WrittenBy=Mel Goldberg |DirectedBy=Michael O'Herilhy |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1974|2|5}} |ShortSummary=An investigation of five rape-murders points to the police. [[John Beck (actor)|John Beck]], [[Katherine Justice]] and [[Alan Fudge]] guest star. Don B. Ray received an Emmy nomination for his score. |LineColor=86378A }} {{Episode list/sublist|Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series, season 6) |EpisodeNumber=143 |EpisodeNumber2=22 |Title=Mother's Deadly Helper |WrittenBy=Walter Black |DirectedBy=Douglas Green |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1974|2|12}} |ShortSummary=An extremist ([[Anthony Zerbe]]) embarks on a deadly crusade against what he sees as law enforcement leniency. |LineColor=86378A }} {{Episode list/sublist|Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series, season 6) |EpisodeNumber=144 |EpisodeNumber2=23 |Title=Killer at Sea |WrittenBy=''Story by'': Jerome Coopersmith and Douglas Green<br />''Teleplay by'': Jerome Coopersmith |DirectedBy=Douglas Green |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1974|2|19}} |ShortSummary=A comedian ([[John Byner]]) complicates McGarrett's investigation of a robbery-kidnapping aboard a cruise ship. [[William Devane]] also guest stars. |LineColor=86378A }} {{Episode list/sublist|Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series, season 6) |EpisodeNumber=145 |EpisodeNumber2=24 |Title=30,000 Rooms and I Have the Key |WrittenBy=E. Arthur Kean |DirectedBy=[[Charles S. Dubin]] |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1974|2|26}} |ShortSummary=A stylish jewel thief and master of disguise ([[David Wayne]]) evades McGarrett and then sends the Five-O chief an invitation to his next performance. This episode is similar in tone to the Lewis Filer episodes "Over Fifty? Steal" and "Odd Man In" (with tracked-in Morton Stevens music composed for the former), from the same writer. |LineColor=86378A }} |}</onlyinclude> {{Hawaii Five-O}} [[Category:1973 American television seasons]] [[Category:1974 American television seasons]] [[Category:Hawaii Five-O seasons|06]]'