The Hostage

This episode had a lot of bones to pick with society.

There was a former army commander tired of the attention sought by a troubled man once under his command. McGarrett didn't have much use for him, and dressed him down a bit although the man did help by getting the troubled former soldier's military history, plus remembering what he could himself.

There was a would-be hero who created a disturbance which set back McGarrett's efforts, and the would-be hero got himself shot in the shoulder.

There was the SWAT Captain who had his own ideas of how to solve a hostage crisis ... ideas at odds with McGarrett ... who was more concerned with making sure they got the hostage out alive.

There was the late-night news anchor who wanted a sensational exclusive more than anything ... the ex-wife who hadn't given the man any understanding in years, and a preacher who no one really knows what his deal was ... but he wasn't helping.

McGarrett had to wade through this sea of wrong-headed people and still try to talk the guy out.

As a bonus, this episode featured a young Linda Purl (as the hostage) early in her career, and she was quite easy to look at. :-)