The seventh season of the CBS police procedural drama series Hawaii Five-0 premiered on Friday September 23, 2016,[1] and concluded on May 12, 2017.

[4] This season also marks the final appearances of Daniel Dae Kim, Grace Park, and Masi Oka as Chin Ho Kelly, Kono Kalakaua, and Max Bergman respectively.

[5] As Steve McGarrett (Alex O'Loughlin) and Danny Williams (Scott Caan) recover from their transplant, a vigilante begins killing serial killers and leaves their bodies on Five-0 property with ivory chess pieces in their mouths.

As Five-0 searches for the killer, Steve must help the new governor, Mahoe (Rosalind Chao) quell the fear that Oahu is no longer safe.

Kono makes a decision to join a multi-agency task force combating sex trafficking in Carson City, Nevada.