50. Trouble in Mind
Original air date: 9/23/70
Singer Nancy Wilson gives an excellent performance as singer Eadie
Jordan who has not only a concert to perform, but a serious heroin
addiction problem. Trouble is, there's a batch of smack laced with
arsenic circulating around Oahu. Series and main theme composer Morton
Stevens plays Hank, a drummer who dies from using the poisoned dope in
the opening scene. The jazzy score is by Stevens as are presumably the
arrangements for Wilson (she sings part of at least five different
songs). Harry Guardino plays Mike, Eadie's
manager/arranger/accompanist. There is some inter-racial embracing
between the two which probably raised eyebrows way back then, plus a
disturbing scene with a very young kid (Remi Abellira) who claims to
be a heroin addict. When Guardino berates the kid for his habit, the
kid says Guardino is talking "fuzz jive." This show has McGarrett
using a cassette tape recorder (which he pronounces "case-sette"), as
opposed to the reel-to-reel variety.
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