Show #121 - Hookman
Mike Quigley
My second-favorite Five-O episode. Curt Stoner is one of the nastiest of
Five-O's villains, played by real-life handless detective Jay J. Armes -
- many of his moves seem designed to highlight his abilities with his
hook hands. After Stoner kills the policeman Keoki at the beginning, a
newspaper headline identifies him as a "roofstop sniper," and McGarrett
asks "how did the rifle end up on a rooftop," but Stoner was actually on
top of a hill. (The crosshairs of his rifle seem to be everywhere but on
the target prior to the shooting.) McGarrett snaps his fingers more
times than normal at this crime scene ... obviously he is very pissed!
Donald (later Billy) Roessler briefly appears as McKinney, who engages
in a wild gun battle with the cops. Chin says McKinney was on drugs
which "scrambled his brains." When McGarrett figures out that Stoner is
behind the first two cop killings, McG puts in an immediate call to
future victim Larry Thompson. Central Dispatch says he is "off duty,"
but when Danno appears a minute later, he already knows that Thompson is
dead! The opening scene with the casket falling out of the hearse is
brilliant -- it reminds me of John Waters' films. Beau Van Den Ecker is
the driver of the hearse, by the way. An outstanding score by Morton
Stevens which won Five-O's only Emmy. Collectors of classic cars will
cry big tears at seeing Stoner's Mustang (license number E-4193) being
hauled out of the harbour!
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Robert Fechter
Mike Quigley (Mr_Gi...@mindlink.net) wrote:
: My second-favorite Five-O episode. Curt Stoner is one of the nastiest of
: - many of his moves seem designed to highlight his abilities with his
: hook hands. After Stoner kills the policeman Keoki at the beginning, a
ROTFL!!!
: The opening scene with the casket falling out of the hearse is
: brilliant -- it reminds me of John Waters' films.
I agree - very harrowing when the widow screams.
Joan Fechter
CollinF
Mike:
This is one of my favorite episodes, also. I read a biography about Jay
J. Armes years ago and he is really an amazing man. The photos seen in
the episode where he has hands are actually specially constructed
prosthetic hands that he has worn on cases where he needs to where a
disguise. His most famous case was the recovery of Marlon Brando's
kidnapped son, Christian. They should have made a TV series about Armes!
Collin Freeman
Lenexa, Kansas
Mr. Mike
col...@aol.com (CollinF) writes:
Is this the book Jay J. Armes, Investigator -- by JJA as told to
Frederick Nolan (Avon Books, 1976)?
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Mr. Mike
si...@aol.com (Sirah) writes:
>Did Armes have ANY spoken lines in this episode?
Yes, he spoke to McGarrett on the phone and screamed abuse at McG as he
tried to escape in his car (thus allowing Danno to blast Hookman).
Sirah
Did Armes have ANY spoken lines in this episode?
Blurb
In article <4t9mfi$h...@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, si...@aol.com (Sirah)
writes:
>Did Armes have ANY spoken lines in this episode?
Not on camera, but there is the conversation on the telephone when
McGarrett is in Stoner's flophouse room and Stoner takes a shot at him
while he's looking at the prostheses in the drawer that have his name on
them.
Karen Rhodes
"Be here! Aloha!"
Sirah
Mike sez:
>>Yes, he spoke to McGarrett on the phone and screamed abuse at McG as he
tried to escape in his car (thus allowing Danno to blast Hookman).<<
Must've missed it... but surely Hookman must be one of Five-O's least
talkative bad guys. (You sure the voice was Armes'?)
Blurb
In article <31f188f4...@news.mindlink.net>, Mr_Gi...@mindlink.net
(Mike Quigley) writes:
>My second-favorite Five-O episode.
This is a corking good one.
> After Stoner kills the policeman Keoki at the beginning, a
>newspaper headline identifies him as a "roofstop sniper," and McGarrett
>asks "how did the rifle end up on a rooftop," but Stoner was actually on
>top of a hill
Glad you noticed, too. That one does bug me. Heehee.
> McG puts in an immediate call to
>future victim Larry Thompson. Central Dispatch says he is "off duty,"
>but when Danno appears a minute later, he already knows that Thompson is
>dead!
H'mmm . . . does seem odd, but you know that police departments of
any size don't have just ONE dispatcher, and any one dispatcher at any
particular time may not have that much of an idea of the cases and
incidents being handled by the other dispatchers.
Mr. Mike
Mike Quigley
bl...@aol.com (Blurb) wrote:
>In article <4t9mfi$h...@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, si...@aol.com (Sirah)
>writes:
>
>>Did Armes have ANY spoken lines in this episode?
>
> Not on camera...
Not so ... as Stoner shoots at McG at the end, he screams "McGarrett, come
back, you..." This is the only time you >see< Stoner speaking in the entire
show.
Blurb
In article <4tf6qs$h...@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, si...@aol.com (Sirah)
writes:
>Mike sez:
>
>>>Yes, he spoke to McGarrett on the phone and screamed abuse at McG as he
>tried to escape in his car (thus allowing Danno to blast Hookman).<<
>
>Must've missed it... but surely Hookman must be one of Five-O's least
>talkative bad guys. (You sure the voice was Armes'?)
>
Reasonably so. And there is a bad guy who is even less talkative -- the
nearly-silent (or possibly completely silent, if my copy has nothing
missing) killer in "Small Target -- Large Crime."
Blurb
In article <31fc4883...@news.mindlink.net>, Mr_Gi...@mindlink.net
(Mike Quigley) writes:
>Not so ... as Stoner shoots at McG at the end, he screams "McGarrett,
come
>back, you..." This is the only time you >see< Stoner speaking in the
entire
>show.
Oh, yeah, forgot about that. Getting senile.
And I won't be able to see that again until I get back home in November.
Blurb
In article <4ti939$l...@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, bl...@aol.com (Blurb)
writes, and now talks to herself:
>
>Reasonably so. And there is a bad guy who is even less talkative -- the
>nearly-silent (or possibly completely silent, if my copy has nothing
>missing) killer in "Small Target -- Large Crime."
Loser! It's "Small WITNESS -- Large Crime". See what happens when you're
3000 miles from your videos?
Karen