Big Hawaii

Big Hawaii
Genre	Drama
Created by	William Wood
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	12 (3 unaired) (list of episodes)
Production
Producer	William Finnegan
Running time	60 minutes
Production companies	Finnegan Associates Filmways
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	September 21 (1977-09-21) – November 23, 1977 (1977-11-23)

Big Hawaii is an American drama television series that aired from September 21 until November 23, 1977 on NBC. The pilot film Danger In Paradise aired on May 12, 1977 (the series was also screened on ITV in Britain under that title).

Premise

A wealthy family owns the massive Paradise Ranch on the island of Hawaii.

Cast

• Cliff Potts as Mitch Fears
• John Dehner as Barrett Fears
• Lucia Stralser as Karen "Keke" Fears
• Bill Lucking as Oscar Kalahani
• Elizabeth Smith as Lulu (Auntie Lu)
• Moe Keale as Garfield
• Remi Abellira as Kimo
• Josie Over as Asita

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	"Gandy"	Unknown	Story by : Donald P. Bellisario Teleplay by : Tim Maschler	September 21, 1977 (1977-09-21)
Barrett's niece loses a large sum of money when she is conned by a pilot.
2	"The Sun Children"	Unknown	Unknown	September 28, 1977 (1977-09-28)
The members of a new commune gets blamed for a typhoid epidemic.
3	"Pipeline"	Unknown	Unknown	October 12, 1977 (1977-10-12)
Mitch protects a friend from a vicious ex-husband.
4	"Red Midnight"	Unknown	Unknown	October 19, 1977 (1977-10-19)
Mitch crash-lands a plane near an erupting volcano.
5	"Graduation Eve"	Unknown	Unknown	October 26, 1977 (1977-10-26)
Mitch and Oscar are deputized on the same night as a high school graduation.
6	"Yesterdays"	Unknown	Unknown	November 2, 1977 (1977-11-02)
7	"You Can't Lose 'Em All"	Unknown	Unknown	November 9, 1977 (1977-11-09)
The sidekick of a rodeo star plans to manipulate a match.
8	"The Trouble with Tina"	Unknown	Unknown	November 16, 1977 (1977-11-16)
Mitch is falsely accused of rape.
9	"Sarah"	Unknown	Unknown	November 23, 1977 (1977-11-23)
The leader of a halfway house for runaway girls becomes emotionally involved with a self-destructive teenager.
10	"Blind Rage"	TBD	TBD	UNAIRED
11	"The Sugar War"	TBD	TBD	UNAIRED
12	"Tightrope"	TBD	TBD	UNAIRED

External links

• Big Hawaii at IMDb
• Big Hawaii at TV Guide
• Big Hawaii at epguides.com