A cowboy fears the loss of his land to a crooked estate agent and accidentally kills him by hitting him. McGarrett and his team must track the cowboy into the mountains and persuade him to give himself up.

Five-O investigates the death of Vietnam hero Jack Rigney, who fell from a balcony. His father is a World War II veteran, but his brother Michael is a peacenik, and Danno goes undercover as a draft dodger to help solve the mystery of Jack's death.