The Defector

Episode aired Oct 24, 1975
Not Rated
51m

IMDb RATING

7.6/10

114

YOUR RATING

Crime Drama Mystery

A spy ring targets a U.S. missile project headed by Dr. Grant Ormsbee, a headstrong scientist. The bait is an agent posing as an Asian scientist Orsmbee had met 12 years previously and who h... Read allA spy ring targets a U.S. missile project headed by Dr. Grant Ormsbee, a headstrong scientist. The bait is an agent posing as an Asian scientist Orsmbee had met 12 years previously and who had maintained correspondence with Ormsbee. McGarrett clashes with Ormsbee initially when t... Read allA spy ring targets a U.S. missile project headed by Dr. Grant Ormsbee, a headstrong scientist. The bait is an agent posing as an Asian scientist Orsmbee had met 12 years previously and who had maintained correspondence with Ormsbee. McGarrett clashes with Ormsbee initially when the scientist refuses to cooperate with Five-O's investigation of the death of a member of ... Read all

Director
- Jerry Jameson
Writers
- Leonard Freeman
- Stephen Kandel
Stars

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IMDb RATING

7.6/10

114

YOUR RATING

Director
- Jerry Jameson
Writers
- Leonard Freeman
- Stephen Kandel
Stars

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VetteRanger

Curious show

Now we're back to another spy versus spy show. A Chinese man lands on Oahu and immediately murders the man sent to meet him, trying to make it look like self-defense.

He's the scientist friend of a scientist working on a current missile project, but he hasn't seen him in twelve years. The scientist seeks to protect him from criminal charges and work a deal for his defection. In the meantime, he wants to know more about the research.

We have another script where McGarrett makes an unlikely leap of logic, deciding the man must be a plant ... not the real scientist. But McGarrett wants to capture the entire spy ring, which puts Pat Hingle, the US scientist in no little danger.

The show is tense and interesting, but I find certain elements of it quite unlikely.

Trivia
The sounds in the missile room of the Navy ship are the same as those on the bridge of the USS Enterprise (NCC1701) on the original Star Trek series. In fact, some of the consoles and displays look similar to those on the Enterprise.

Goofs
As McGarrett and the Navy begin their surveillance of Ormsby and Chiang, McGarrett initially gets into his old Park Lane but several minutes later during the surveillance, he's driving his newer Marquis Brougham.