Book 'em, Danno: An Old Hawaii Five-O Podcast

Welcome to Season 4 of Book 'em, Danno! Season 4 of Hawaii Five-O kicks off with a couple of skeletons and a beguiling portrait in "Highest Castle, Deepest Grave"; and in "No Bottles...No Cans...No People", Five-O attempts to stop an up and coming mob player with an unconventional way to get rid of bodies.

In this very special episode of Book 'em, Danno, I discuss the "lost" episode of Hawaii Five-O, "Bored, She Hung Herself" from the second season. Very mild trigger warning: there's mention of sexual assault, but it's not explicitly discussed. Also Spoiler Alert! Spoilers are discussed from around 18:50 to 22:41.

Season 3 ends with a two-parter. In "Grandstand Play" baseball star Lon Phillips's son Gary is in big trouble and only Five-O can save him. I also wrap up the season with my final thoughts and arbitrary tallies.

A man seeking revenge meets his match in an old lady when he takes hostages in the Five-O offices in "The Bomber and Mrs. Maroney". And the games continue in the Season 3 2010 Hawaii Five-0 episode "Pa'ani".

In "The Gunrunner" we get a suspicious kidnapping and the 1971 version of a burner phone. In "Dear Enemy" Vera Miles insists that Steve re-open the case that sent her husband to jail for murdering his mistress. Season 3 still has a few swerves.

Season 3 begins to wind down with this two-parter. In "FOB Honolulu", Five-O is looking to recover counterfeit currency plates that people everywhere are dying to acquire and of course, Wo Fat is in the mix.

It's a triple feature! An old cowboy struggles to hold onto his ranch with tragic consequences in "Paniolo"; Five-O tries to thwart an elaborate heist in "Ten Thousand Diamonds and a Heart"; and the death of a soldier puts his drafted brother in a tight spot in "To Kill or Be Killed".

Albert Salmi is out here double-crossing people in "The Payoff" and Monte Markham is behind bars in "The Double Wall". Come for Joyce Van Patten, stay for Joan Van Ark.

Dan Budnik is back and that can only mean one thing...we're talking about my favorite episode of the season. Hume Cronyn is the master of disguises in "Over 50? Steal" and Danno suffers a loss in "Beautiful Screamer". Join us, won't you? Take note this episode does contain spoilers for "Over 50? Steal" from about 47:16 to 51:52 and for "Beautiful Screamer" from about 1:36:45 to 1:52:45, so listeni...

Two lovers go on the run after killing a man, but this romance has a serious twist in "The Late John Louisiana" and "The Last Eden" is a novel take on eco-terrorism.

As per show tradition, Steve is blown up, but survives to fix up a boat and help Danno investigate the case in "Force of Waves". Then a reunion of World War II vets ends in murder in "The Reunion". Minor trigger warning as both episodes deal with mental illness and PTSD.

It's a tale of two ransoms this time around as a priceless violin is inadvertently stolen in "The Guanerius Caper" and then our beloved Kono gets taken in "The Ransom".

This episode has more soap opera vibes than you'd expect thanks to a shirtless Eric Braeden in "The Second Shot" and Steve's old flame suspected of murdering her husband in "Time and Memories".

Welcome to Season Three! Wo Fat is back in "...And a Time to Die"; and in "Trouble in Mind", Nancy Wilson is singing more blues than jazz. Come for the State Dept. hassles, stay for songs.

It's a short episode as I don't have a lot to say about the Season 2 finale, episode 25 "Kiss the Queen Goodbye". I also do a quick little season 2 wrap-up.

It's time for a two-parter! In part one of "Three Dead Cows at Makapu'u", Five-O is looking for a brilliant scientist who seems to have recreated his deadly bacteria and in part two, they're looking for the test tube containing this death formula. Mild trigger warning for, well, a dead cow at the very beginning of part one and a brief discussion about it at the beginning of my commentary.

It's an old season 2 episode, episode 22 "Nightmare Road", and a new season 2 episode, episode 18 "Lekio". Come for the questionable science and dramatic evil plots of the classic and stay for the quick wit and stolen bodies of the reboot. Also, James Caan calling son Scott "Hairdo". It's magic.

Dan Budnik is back to talk a couple of season 2 episodes. In episode 20 "Cry, Lie" Chin Ho is accused of bribery and in episode 21 "Most Likely to Murder" the wife of a police officer, who is Danny's friend, is murdered. It's Martin Sheen with a mustache and Tom Skerritt without one. Spoiler warning! Spoilers for "Cry, Lie" happen about 41:35 to 47:18; spoilers for "Most Likely to Murder" happen a...

We're in the back half of season 2 with episode 18 "Killer Bee" and episode 19 "The One with the Gun". Five-O is dealing with a string of puzzling kidnappings and then chasing after a man looking for his brother's killer. This episode has been blessed by John Colicos and Jack Soo in a fabulous robe.

Three -yes three!- season 2 episodes! A bomber intending to kill Steve only blinds him in "Blind Tiger"; "Bored, She Hung Herself", the infamous lost episode of the show; and Steve tries to help an AWOL seaman in "Run, Johnny, Run". Marion Ross and Christopher Walken. You can't miss.

It's all about dangerous games in "The Joker's Wild, Man, Wild" and a brilliant, but deadly heist in "Which Way Did They Go?" William Windom is present in one of these season two episodes. This is not a drill! Just a heads up: There is a brief discussion about sexual assault and there's a trigger warning beforehand.

Just about half-way through season 2 with episode 11, "Leopard on the Rock", and episode 12, "The Devil and Mr. Frog". Five-O has their hands full, first babysitting the uninvited, largely disliked leader of an unnamed country, and then tracking down a kidnapper in possession of the ransom money.

Two more Season 2 gems with "The Singapore File" and "All the King's Horses". Take a cruise with Marj Dusay and grow some flowers with James Gregory. There's also several hired killers. For flavor.

Episode 7 of Season 2, "Sweet Terror", features a fun terror plot headed by an eccentric villain. Episode 8, "King Kamehameha Blues", just straight up gives me the blues. There's ranting, raving, and Kono speculating about using a giraffe to commit a theft. Tune in.

Episode 16 features two more second season episodes. "Savage Sunday" calls Five-O in on their day off to take care of some Latin American revolutionaries and "A Bullet for McGarrett" features a seriously mesmerizing Eric Braeden. But then isn't he always?