'V' for Vashon: The Son

Episode aired Nov 14, 1972
Not Rated
50m

IMDb RATING

8.5/10

242

YOUR RATING

Crime Drama Mystery

Chris Vashon is male heir to the Vashon crime family, which now has considerable legitimate business holdings. The young Vashon, a rebellious sort, has been conducting robberies with friends... Read allChris Vashon is male heir to the Vashon crime family, which now has considerable legitimate business holdings. The young Vashon, a rebellious sort, has been conducting robberies with friends. McGarrett sees the development as a way of striking back at the Vashons. However, Five-O... Read allChris Vashon is male heir to the Vashon crime family, which now has considerable legitimate business holdings. The young Vashon, a rebellious sort, has been conducting robberies with friends. McGarrett sees the development as a way of striking back at the Vashons. However, Five-O discovers that's easier said than done, when Honare Vashon, Chris's father, bribes witnes... Read all

Director
- Charles S. Dubin
Writers
- Leonard Freeman
- Alvin Sapinsley
Stars

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IMDb RATING

8.5/10

242

YOUR RATING

Director
- Charles S. Dubin
Writers
- Leonard Freeman
- Alvin Sapinsley
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

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7bkoganbing

The punk of the litter

This was one of a series of episodes where Jack Lord and his 5-0 team had to deal with a Corleone like crime family called Vachon. Patriarch Luther Adler is semi-retired, his son Harold Gould is running the family enterprises now which are somewhat legitimate and he'd like to make that even more so.

Then there is the grandson Robert Drivas who is spoiled and gets his kicks with a couple of pals in heists. Can you imagine if Al Pacino's son had decided to do that instead of opera? The kid is putting at risk the family operations.

Of course the Hawaii Five-0 team sees an opportunity and takes it. They miss once, but the second time ends in tragedy.

The Vachons are a frightening group. Check them out.

9american7

A must see for fans of television history

This show, the only three-parter of the series, is one of, if not the best of the entire series. This three parter could have been on the big screen. The major actors (Harold Gould, Luther Adler, Robert Drivas, Don Knight) all give excellent performances, and many of the Five-O stock performers (Arthur Hee, Moki Palacio, Yankee Chang, David Espinda, Galen Kam, Robert Costa, Beau Vanden Ecker) are on hand as well. There are freeze-frames employed during a courtroom sequence in part one, and when McGarrett looks out his office to the building across the street in part two. Robert Luck plays Sullivan, who was "pushing junk to high school kids." During the final show, lawyer Harvey Mathieson Drew (John Stalker) is being blackmailed by the elder Vashon. Kwan Hi Lim plays the Vashons' very slimy henchman Tosaki.

VetteRanger

Want to see how great television is written, watch this

Hawaii-50 didn't last 12 seasons by accident. Great acting, particularly by Jack Lord, and some outstanding writing, carried this fine series ... and the Vashon trilogy provides a great example.

The Vashons are a generational crime family, and one which made so much money illegally they've bought their way into legal riches and respectability. However, the youngest male hates his father and decides to make his own name in the crime world. Unfortunately, he's not nearly as bright as he thinks he is.

5-0 figures out who is behind the string of hotel robberies immediately, and his last mistake is shooting at Steve McGarrett. Honore Vashon, his father, vows that McGarrett must die ...

10riddler68

Three hours of great TV

Hawaii Five-O (1968) thrived for over a decade as a well-above average cop show with the dominant Jack Lord and a great supporting cast, as well as interesting crooks of the week providing unique and interesting stories. Then, on occasion, Wo Fat would show up and take it to even higher levels with plots of international intrigue.

The Vashon trilogy is on the same or higher level as the Wo Fat episodes, dealing with a powerful local crime family. Each hour of the three are intense at a level I've never seen in network television. The progression through the three generations of criminals is a masterclass of TV, worthy of the "golden age" if television started in the late 90s by a certain NJ family. Binge watch the three back to back, it's the only way to go.

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Trivia
On April 10, 1973, all three parts of "'V' For Vashon" were edited and rerun as a two-and-a-half-hour feature. CBS preempted its regular 8:30-11:00 programming for this special event.

Goofs
When McGarrett arrives to talk to Vashon about Chris' activities at the time of the robbery, he is told to enter through the servants' entrance to avoid Vashon's wife and daughters who are breakfasting. But in the ensuing conversation with Vashon, the family is seen sitting a short distance away.

Quotes
Lo Wu Sing: Perhaps, while you are here, I might intrest you in some suitings?
Dan Williams: You got any idea what a cop makes?
Lo Wu Sing: Oh. I'm sorry.
Dan Williams: Me too.