Hawaii Five-O (TV Series) Pray Love Remember, Pray Love Remember (1969) User Reviews

A classic

[zboston3 · 8/10 · 30 July 2008]

To me this is one of the first classic episodes of H5O, an episode that really uses the differences of Hawaii in the plot to drive the story.

I mean the koi, the burning sugar field, and some the lines are great trivia questions : if you had ten cats and all of them were in a room, would you know if two were missing, and Mister, I have to go to the bathroom.

The actors, both the regulars, and the guest stars really fill their roles in this episode.

I've remembered this episode for over 30 years. Now if they could only figure out how to make a good movie series out this show.

A Case of Missing Fish

[Sylviastel · 7/10 · 9 September 2017]

When a young Indonesian woman is killed at an institute, Hawaii Five O is on the scene to investigate the case. Of course, the case is more complicated than as it seems to viewers. It becomes a case of missing valuable Koi fish at the institute too. A young girl knows all the Koi fish pond. She knows when two fish are missing and what they look like. She draws pictures of them and helps MacGarrett and Five-O police. It is an interesting episode.

Full of local references

[cbmd-37352 · 9/10 · 8 February 2022]

The fictional Pacific Institute is based on the EastWest Center at the University of Hawaii, which has students from many Pacific nations. The murder scene was filmed at Byodo-In, a Buddhist temple, modeled on one in Japan . The Disney film PEARL HARBOR featured shots of it. The burning of sugar cane prior to harvest was true to life. When the fields were burned the roads were covered in smoke so thick you could barely see to drive. Koi are still sought out and expensive and very individual.

I remain impressed by Ron Feinberg,s performance as the developmentally challenged suspect.

"Peace and joy, strong brother..."

[woody0023 · 8/10 · 7 July 2023]

I found this episode to be quite enjoyable, despite the riffing on John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men". The plot developed at a nice pace and the direction by Richard Benedict was solid, with some interesting camera angles and movements employed to accentuate what is happening on screen. Plenty of different locations and scene changes, with a variety of characters popping in and out. The acting overall was well done, and the character actors and actresses involved really mixed things up a bit compared to the last handful of episodes. Even former Waikiki beach boy and local DJ Zulu seemed to be getting the hang of the acting biz in his scenes, which was great to see. Worth a watch.

Not enough plot twists--the story is a bit simplistic for the series.

[planktonrules · 6/10 · 22 October 2009]

"Pray Love Remember Pray Love Remember" is not a bad episode of "Hawaii Five-O" but certainly isn't among the better ones. This is because the story is so incredibly simplistic and derivative. In many ways, the show seemed finished about 10 minutes early and they just padded it out to the standard 51 minutes.

The story begins with an Indonesian student found murdered. Her American boyfriend is the assumed culprit and the case seems closed--but McGarrett has one of his hunches. In a gift from Heaven (almost) a little girl provides the clue needed to bust the case--two of the koi in the pond next to the dead lady's body have disappeared. Could the two incidents be connected? Eventually the suspicion switches to another man--a simple-minded guy played by Ron Feinberg. In many ways his performance seems strongly inspired by Lenny from Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men". Although Feinberg did a good job playing the part, it was just too similar to the classic novel and it's obvious the writer of the episode took an easy way out creating such a character. Still, there is nothing wrong about the episode exactly--it's just weak on story though it is fun to see McGarrett fight it out with the man-mountain, Feinberg--and come off on the short end of it!!! Worth seeing but hardly compelling.

Reminiscent of "Of Mice and Men." Complete spoiler but worthy a mention indeed.

[mjlohman-junk · 3/10 · 21 July 2009]

In my humble opinion, the story is kind of how Steinbeck would have put Lenny into a little more a modern Hawaii Five-O detective show.

We begin with the murder of a girl in front of a Japanese Temple (this is Hawaii after all).

Somebody is on the run, much like George and Lenny in "Of Mice and Men."

The acting was borderline on this one, Denny was barely convincing, the story borrowed a bit too much from Steinbeck.

Has a big man, not too intelligent, unaware of his actions. Likes animals and ends up "quieting" a young lady in the same fashion as described in Steinbeck's book.

Rooster = Rabbits, "Denny" = "Lenny"

Of course Steinbeck never would have used "Lenny" in this manner but it's clear to see where the character influence came from.