Let's Watch an Episode - Week 3 - Discussion
- H50 1.0 FOREVER
- Sep 24, 2021
- 1 min read
The Gigli bone saw was far from new technology when it appeared in “The Flip Side is Death.” It was invented in 1894 by Leonardo Gigli in Italy to help surgeons cut through bone, primarily in amputations, where cuts have to be clean. It was also taken on Skylab missions as an efficient means of cutting through metal.
In the episode, the Gigli saw cut through both metal and bone. The fake army soldiers cut through metal bars when they broke into the bank in Kahuku. Tally Green (Don Stroud) used it to saw through Joe Keao’s (Gerald Waialae) neck before leaving his body in the back of the delivery van in the middle of the countryside.
For reasons unknown, Tally chose a different weapon when he killed Louie Pahia (Frank Liu), a shiv in the back aboard an elevator at the Kuilima Resort (now Turtle Bay) on Oahu’s North Shore. Further, at the sugar mill, Tally used still another weapon, a gun, when he tried to kill Danno.
Gruesome all around, but then, that’s the kind of man Tally Green was. I surely wouldn’t want to be in the same room with him.
SorryH 50, I haven't the faintest idea.
All good questions, H5O. Perhaps we're not supposed to think that much about it. But I'll take a stab at answering your first question. Perhaps Tally and Art thought that by staying at a crowded resort, they would be more anonymous than at a smaller "mom and pop" motel. The staff at the Kuilima were busy with all their guests, so couldn't afford the luxury of being overly nosy about Tally and Art. At least that's my guess.
Questions I Have:
-- Why did Tally and Art go to the Kuilima, instead of a deserted shack in the middle of nowhere, where no one would think to look for them, to fill the cassettes with money?
-- Why did they stash empty cassettes in a sugar mill, then stash cassettes filled with money at Walker Music Company?
-- Why did they use cassettes bearing the Walker Music Company name?
-- Why did they steal army equipment when any old panel van and ski mask would do to rob the bank?
-- If Art Walker was stashing his cash at his music company for mailing to Los Angeles, where was Tally stashing his share of the take?
-- Are…
I did not know that about Don Stroud. Thanks for the bit of trivia, Steve's Girl! And I completely agree - I love seeing the old-fashioned leg work and brain work used to solve crimes on Hawaii Five-O. It is much more interesting to me than car chases and over-the-top violence. This is also why I liked Mission: Impossible. In that show, the team put together very elaborate plans to foil the plans of bad guys, and often it was by playing mind games with very little, if any, violence. And I always love a good "solve the puzzle" episode and Hawaii Five-O had a good share of those!
I agree with you, H50, Honu made very excellent points, chapeau, Honu!
Yes, and the discarded cartridges - you seem to know this episode ery well, H50.
What stands out for me is that this episode is a very good example that "solving a crime"usually isn't about breathtaking car chases at very high speed 'round the island, but about teamwork ( a lot of it) and of course a lot of legwork and thoroughly reseaching even if the object is something as common as a hotel's guest list.
And we see Don Stroud again ( the other episodes being "The Late John Louisiana" and "Target - a Cop") portraying a bad guy well.
Some trivia: Did you know Don Strou…