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'{{Infobox television season | show_name = | season_name = Hawaii Five-O (season 8) | season_number = | bgcolour = #283275 | image = | image_alt = | caption = | starring = | country = United States | num_episodes = 23 | network = [[CBS]] | first_aired = {{Start date|1975|09|12}} | last_aired = {{End date|1976|03|04}} | prev_season = [[Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series, season 7)|Season 7]] | next_season = [[Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series, season 9)|Season 9]] | episode_list = List of Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series) episodes }} This is a list of episodes from the eighth season of ''[[Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series)|Hawaii Five-O]]''. ==Broadcast history== The season originally aired Fridays at 9:00-10:00 pm (EST) from September 12<ref>[http://tvtango.com/listings/1975/09/12/hawaii_five_o TV Listings for September 12, 1975]</ref> to November 28, 1975<ref>[http://tvtango.com/listings/1975/11/28/hawaii_five_o TV Listings for November 28, 1975]</ref> and Thursdays at 9:00-10:00 pm (EST) from December 4, 1975<ref>[http://tvtango.com/listings/1975/12/04/hawaii_five_o TV Listings for December 4, 1975]</ref> to March 4, 1976.<ref>[http://tvtango.com/listings/1976/03/04/hawaii_five_o TV Listings for March 4, 1976]</ref> ==DVD release== The season was released on DVD by Paramount Home Video. ==Episodes== <onlyinclude> {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%; margin:auto;" |-style="color:white" ! scope="col" style="background-color:#283275;"|No. in<br />series ! scope="col" style="background-color:#283275;"|No. in<br />season ! scope="col" style="background-color:#283275;"|Title ! scope="col" style="background-color:#283275;"|Directed by ! scope="col" style="background-color:#283275;"|Written by ! scope="col" style="background-color:#283275;"|Original air date {{Episode list/sublist|Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series, season 8) |EpisodeNumber=170 |EpisodeNumber2=1 |Title=Murder – Eyes Only |DirectedBy=Michael O'Herlihy |WrittenBy=''Story by'': Orville H. Hampton<br />''Teleplay by'': Orville H. Hampton and Jerome Coopersmith |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1975|09|12}} |ShortSummary=The letter-bomb murder of a Navy intelligence officer interrupts McGarrett's annual naval reserve duty and involves him in another Wo Fat plot. [[Harry Guardino]], [[David Birney]], [[Lloyd Bochner]] and [[Donna Mills]] guest star in the first feature-length episode since the pilot, later shown in syndication in two parts. |LineColor=283275 }} {{Episode list/sublist|Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series, season 8) |EpisodeNumber=171 |EpisodeNumber2=2 |Title=McGarrett is Missing |DirectedBy=Bruce Bilson |WrittenBy=Jerome Coopersmith |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1975|09|19}} |ShortSummary=Armed, escaped convict Charlie Bombay ([[Charles Cioffi]]) holds a badly wounded McGarrett hostage after their plane goes down in a severe storm. Bombay was played by [[Albert Paulsen]] in season two's "Just Lucky, I Guess," with his first name spelt "Charley." |LineColor=283275 }} {{Episode list/sublist|Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series, season 8) |EpisodeNumber=172 |EpisodeNumber2=3 |Title=Termination with Extreme Prejudice |DirectedBy=Michael O'Herlihy |WrittenBy=Norman Lessing |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1975|09|26}} |ShortSummary=McGarrett searches for a missing Englishman suspected of passing secrets to enemy agents. [[Juliet Mills]] and [[Dan O'Herlihy]] (whose brother, Michael O'Herlihy, directed) guest star. |LineColor=283275 }} {{Episode list/sublist|Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series, season 8) |EpisodeNumber=173 |EpisodeNumber2=4 |Title=Target? The Lady |DirectedBy=[[Charles S. Dubin]] |WrittenBy=Tim Maschler |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1975|10|03}} |ShortSummary=The Honolulu murder of a gambler sends Five-O in pursuit of a Las Vegas courier. [[Susan Dey]], [[Andrew Prine]] and [[Marc Singer]] guest star. |LineColor=283275 }} {{Episode list/sublist|Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series, season 8) |EpisodeNumber=174 |EpisodeNumber2=5 |Title=Death's Name is SAM |DirectedBy=Michael O'Herlihy |WrittenBy=Jerome Coopersmith |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1975|10|10}} |ShortSummary=Five-0 investigates a radical terrorist group smuggling a surface-to-air missile piecemeal. [[George Takei]] guest stars. |LineColor=283275 }} {{Episode list/sublist|Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series, season 8) |EpisodeNumber=175 |EpisodeNumber2=6 |Title=The Case Against McGarrett |DirectedBy=Charles S. Dubin |WrittenBy=Alvin Sapinsley |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1975|10|17}} |ShortSummary=McGarrett allows rebelling convicts, led by his old enemy Honore Vashon ([[Harold Gould]]), to try him for murder in exchange for hostages. This episode is a sequel to the three-part story "V For Vashon," from the same writer and director. |LineColor=283275 }} {{Episode list/sublist|Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series, season 8) |EpisodeNumber=176 |EpisodeNumber2=7 |Title=The Defector |DirectedBy=Jerry Jameson |WrittenBy=Stephen Kandel |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1975|10|24}} |ShortSummary=A scientist ([[Pat Hingle]]) demands immunity for a defecting Asian physicist ([[Soon-Teck Oh]]) who has to kill a man in self defense. |LineColor=283275 }} {{Episode list/sublist|Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series, season 8) |EpisodeNumber=177 |EpisodeNumber2=8 |Title=Sing a Song of Suspense |DirectedBy=Bruce Bilson |WrittenBy=Bill Stratton |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1975|10|31}} |ShortSummary=McGarrett protects a singer ([[Lois Nettleton]]) who was a witness to a mob hit. |LineColor=283275 }} {{Episode list/sublist|Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series, season 8) |EpisodeNumber=178 |EpisodeNumber2=9 |Title=Retire in Sunny Hawaii...Forever |DirectedBy=Bruce Bilson |WrittenBy=Jerome Coopersmith |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1975|11|07}} |ShortSummary=The murder of the airplane seatmate of Danny's aunt ([[Helen Hayes]], James MacArthur's real-life mother, who received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Single Performance for this episode - the show's final Emmy nomination) is linked to abandoned bank accounts. [[Charles Durning]] also guest stars. |LineColor=283275 }} {{Episode list/sublist|Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series, season 8) |EpisodeNumber=179 |EpisodeNumber2=10 |Title=How to Steal a Submarine |DirectedBy=Michael O'Herlihy |WrittenBy=Walter Black |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1975|11|14}} |ShortSummary=A high-school vice principal is using a submarine to smuggle narcotics. [[Jack Cassidy]] guest stars. |LineColor=283275 }} {{Episode list/sublist|Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series, season 8) |EpisodeNumber=180 |EpisodeNumber2=11 |Title=The Waterfront Steal |DirectedBy=Allen Reisner |WrittenBy=Albert Aley |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1975|11|21}} |ShortSummary=A warehouse burglary investigation turns up unusual loot...and an interwoven connection between the young burglar, his girlfriend/accomplice, and her businessman father. [[Simon Oakland]], [[Kathleen Beller]] and [[Richard Hatch (actor)|Richard Hatch]] guest star. |LineColor=283275 }} {{Episode list/sublist|Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series, season 8) |EpisodeNumber=181 |EpisodeNumber2=12 |Title=Honor is an Unmarked Grave |DirectedBy=[[Jack Lord]] |WrittenBy=Bud Freeman |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1975|11|28}} |ShortSummary=An investigative reporter unearths a seven-year-old murder case. [[Eileen Heckart]] guest stars. |LineColor=283275 }} {{Episode list/sublist|Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series, season 8) |EpisodeNumber=182 |EpisodeNumber2=13 |Title=A Touch of Guilt |DirectedBy=Joe Manduke |WrittenBy=Anne Collins |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1975|12|04}} |ShortSummary=The investigation of a stabbed college football star points to a gang-rape cover-up and a U.S. Senator's son. [[Richard Masur]] guest stars. |LineColor=283275 }} {{Episode list/sublist|Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series, season 8) |EpisodeNumber=183 |EpisodeNumber2=14 |Title=Wooden Model of a Rat |DirectedBy=Phillip Leacock |WrittenBy=Alvin Sapinsley |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1975|12|11}} |ShortSummary=McGarrett's probe of Oriental-art smuggling grinds to a halt when he is charged with possession of one of the items. [[Edward Asner]] guest stars as August March; Asner would reprise the role 37 years later on ''[[Hawaii Five-0 (2010 TV series)|Hawaii Five-0]]''. |LineColor=283275 }} {{Episode list/sublist|Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series, season 8) |EpisodeNumber=184 |EpisodeNumber2=15 |Title=Deadly Persuasion |DirectedBy=Allen Reisner |WrittenBy=Tim Maschler |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1975|12|18}} |ShortSummary=A group of crooks steals a deadly nerve gas to be used during a visiting foreign head of state. |LineColor=283275 }} {{Episode list/sublist|Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series, season 8) |EpisodeNumber=185 |EpisodeNumber2=16 |Title=Legacy of Terror |DirectedBy=Bruce Bilson |WrittenBy=Larry Forrester |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1976|01|01}} |ShortSummary=An aged Japanese importer, an ex-spy who may have known the location of a fortune in gold, is slain. [[Lew Ayres]] guest stars. |LineColor=283275 }} {{Episode list/sublist|Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series, season 8) |EpisodeNumber=186 |EpisodeNumber2=17 |Title=Loose Ends Get Hit |DirectedBy=Charles S. Dubin |WrittenBy=Jerome Coopersmith |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1976|01|08}} |ShortSummary=The airtight murder case against a racketeer crumbles when McGarrett learns a witness duped him. [[Henry Darrow]] guest stars. |LineColor=283275 }} {{Episode list/sublist|Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series, season 8) |EpisodeNumber=187 |EpisodeNumber2=18 |Title=Anatomy of a Bribe |DirectedBy=Joeseph Manduke |WrittenBy=Jerome Coopersmith |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1976|01|15}} |ShortSummary=Hawaii Five-0 investigates the arson of a new building. |LineColor=283275 }} {{Episode list/sublist|Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series, season 8) |EpisodeNumber=188 |EpisodeNumber2=19 |Title=Turkey Shoot at Makapuu |DirectedBy=Ernest Pintoff |WrittenBy=Bill Stratton |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1976|01|29}} |ShortSummary=A murder victim's roommate puts herself in danger to help catch the killer. [[Lee Purcell]] guest stars. |LineColor=283275 }} {{Episode list/sublist|Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series, season 8) |EpisodeNumber=189 |EpisodeNumber2=20 |Title=A Sentence to Steal |DirectedBy=David Friedkin |WrittenBy=Glen Olson and Rod Baker |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1976|02|05}} |ShortSummary=The theft of gold leads Five-0 to a half-way house for juvenile offenders |LineColor=283275 }} {{Episode list/sublist|Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series, season 8) |EpisodeNumber=190 |EpisodeNumber2=21 |Title=The Capsule Kidnapping |DirectedBy=Bernard McEveety |WrittenBy=Jack Epps Jr. and Anderson G. House |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1976|02|12}} |ShortSummary=Terrorists lock an industrialist's son in an underwater capsule with a limited air supply and the U.S. Coast Guard is enlisted to help in the search. [[Bruce Boxleitner]], [[Liam Sullivan]] and Peter Boyd guest star. |LineColor=283275 }} {{Episode list/sublist|Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series, season 8) |EpisodeNumber=191 |EpisodeNumber2=22 |Title=Love Thy Neighbor – Take His Wife |DirectedBy=Charles S. Dubin |WrittenBy=James Henderson |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1976|02|26}} |ShortSummary=Five-0 investigates the kidnapping of the wife of a wealthy land developer. [[David Huddleston]] guest stars. |LineColor=283275 }} {{Episode list/sublist|Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series, season 8) |EpisodeNumber=192 |EpisodeNumber2=23 |Title=A Killer Grows Wings |DirectedBy=Philip Leacock |WrittenBy=Orville Hampton |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1976|03|04}} |ShortSummary=Five-0 goes after agricultural terrorists who are out to destroy Hawaii's sugar crop with a special moth. [[Richard Kiley]] guest stars. |LineColor=283275 }} |} </onlyinclude> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Hawaii Five-O}} [[Category:Hawaii Five-O seasons|08]] [[Category:1975 American television seasons]] [[Category:1976 American television seasons]]'