Hawaii Five-0 (2010–…): Season 2, Episode 17 - Kupale - full transcript

WOMAN:
Please! Wait a minute! Please.

Please, don't make me do this.
I don't wanna do it! No! No!

[SCREAMS]

[ALL CHEERING AND LAUGHING]

Seriously, this is what we
hiked two miles in the jungle for?

MAN:
Who is next?

- Chelsea, you're up.
- Yeah, no, I don't think so.

Well, come on.
Well, what's the problem?

The problem is this is my only vacation
in three years,

and I don't wanna waste another day

playing games
in the middle of nowhere.



You guys, we're in Hawaii.

We should be drinking mai tais
on the beach.

This trip's not about partying.

It's about team building.
So let's go. Come on.

Okay, who would like
to be on my drinking team?

I'm buying.

Janine, go.

[ALL MURMURING]

[SCOFFS]

All right. Fine.
I'll see you all back at the hotel.

Have fun bonding.

Yeah, does your lavender
body scrub include a facial?

Oh!

I'm gonna need like three after my day,
but I'll take one.



Hello? Can you hear me?
Hello? Shoot.

Hello? No, no, no. Hello?

Great. Damn it.

[MAN GRUNTING]

Hello?

Somebody there?

[GASPS]

No!

[SCREAMS]

[ALARM BEEPING]

[DANNY COUGHING]

Hey, what are you doing?

You're not supposed to be home
until tomorrow.

- What the hell is going on?
- No, no, no, Steve.

Hey, hey. No! Hey! Please don't.

Great.

You killed my frittata.

I put it out of its misery.

All right, I was just about to
do that, okay?

Frittata. Really?

[ALARM STOPS]

Hey, Grace had a spinach frittata
the other day for brunch.

She really enjoyed it.
So I was gonna make her one.

I was going to surprise her.

- You have aneurysm face. Why?
- What happened to my house?

Oh, this?
Okay, well, this is gonna be clean.

You see, I have a very intricate
pile system going here.

Your pile system? Do me a favor.

Remind me of your pile system
next time I ask you to house-sit, okay?

Just...

[DOG BARKING]

- What, the dog's here?
- Yeah.

- You like... What?
- You brought the dog.

I didn't mean to bring the dog, okay?
Rachel called me last minute.

She had to leave town,
I had to dog-sit.

Don't worry about it. I'm gonna
change the sheets immediately.

I was planning on doing it...

You let the dog... You let the dog
sleep in my bed?

Well, the couch does
not fit the two of us,

and that's where I like to sleep,
as you know. So...

How was your vacation with Catherine
on the battleship?

It wasn't a vacation, Danny.

It was a week's worth of AT
and it was on an aircraft carrier.

[CELL PHONE RINGING]

And that's, they're different boats.
Yeah.

- Okay.
- Yeah, it's McGarrett.

Yeah. Yeah, I'll be right there.

Okay, uh, Emeril, we got a body.

CHIN HO: Witness saw the victim
stumbling out of the jungle.

Left a blood trail.

Kono's with H.P.D. Right now looking
for the primary crime scene.

All right. We ID the vic?

No, and by all appearances,
he wasn't carrying a wallet.

- Or wearing pants, for that matter.
- Pants?

Gentlemen, welcome to early
Polynesia Hawaii.

This guy better have some
underwear under that loincloth.

Hawaiians call that a malo.

I call it an invitation to chafing.

All right, why is he dressed
like a kekoa?

It's quite the mystery.
His tattoos are genuine,

as are the articles of clothing.

Wormholes notwithstanding,

it's as if our Hawaiian warrior just
appeared from some other time period.

- Okay.
- Well, Max, time travel doesn't exist.

Oh, quite the contrary,
Commander McGarrett.

I can assure you
the theory is quite sound.

- In fact, there has been recent...
- Okay. Zip it, please, respectfully.

For argument's sake, let's say that
this guy did not own a DeLorean.

Let's also say he's from the
21 st century, 30s, male.

What else do we know?

Well, there is bruising around
the neck and head area,

which indicates that he
suffered blunt force trauma.

However, it is the severing of the
carotid that led to his death,

which leads me to this discovery.

- That a shark's tooth?
- Indeed.

Let's assume that a shark didn't roll up
into the jungle and kill this guy.

- What did?
CHIN HO: From his appearance

and how he died,
I'd go with a leiomano.

- Yeah.
- A what?

A leiomano. It's a small paddle with
shark teeth sewn around the edges.

Weapon of choice for
Hawaiian warriors.

Two hundred years ago. Question
is who has access to one today?

How about a hundred
Hawaiian warriors?

[ALL YELLING]

Anyone want to reconsider
my time travel hypothesis?

[ALL GRUNTING]

[AIR HORN BLARES]

- Game off!
MAN: What?

Collect everybody's weapons.

Get everybody's info
and nobody leaves, okay?

- Nobody leaves.
- Careful with that.

MAN:
What's going on?

[ALL CHATTERING]

- Steve.
- Mamo.

Didn't know you were, uh,
involved in these reenactments.

I'm one of the founders. We staged the
great battles of King Kamehameha.

- I take it you're not here to sign up.
- I'm afraid not, Mamo.

Your, uh, fake battles just had
a real casualty.

My God.

That's Brandon Koruba.

Yeah, his body was found a couple
hundred yards away from here.

When was the last time you saw him?

At the last reenactment, months ago.

He was supposed to be here
today but never showed.

It's strange because
I saw his car in the parking lot.

Thought maybe he was just
taking his time getting ready.

He have a beef with any of
these guys? Do you know?

No way. No way. Brandon was ohana.
Everyone liked him.

Besides these men
wouldn't hurt anyone.

They're doctors, teachers, engineers.

They're also armed.

Mamo, is it possible something
like this could happen by accident?

No way. We're all history buffs

trying to preserve
and celebrate our culture.

The worst that happens, dehydration,
maybe a broken ankle.

- Yeah, well, not today.
- Mamo, we need a list of everybody

who signed on for this event, okay?
No-shows included, all right?

Sure, whatever you need.

Thanks. Thanks, Mamo.

There's some more
blood drops over here.

Broken branches,
ground's been disturbed.

Definitely some sort
of a struggle went down.

Got arterial blood splatter.

Likely due to the strike
to the victim's neck.

Okay, well, looks like
we found our primary crime scene.

Hey, I got something.

What is it?

KONO: Looks like a bone fragment
of some kind.

There's tool markings
and a drilled hole.

Our victim wasn't
wearing anything like this.

MAX: Hmm. Based on the crazing
and discoloration,

I'd say it's at least
a hundred years old.

KONO: What's that?
- Appears to be a strand of hair.

All right. Let's get this to Fong
and see if he can run DNA.

Here, hold this.

[TABLET CHIMES]

- Hey, Chin.
- Hey, Kono. What's up?

We found the primary crime scene.

We ran a preliminary process,
and we found something.

A fragment that doesn't match
anything the victim was wearing.

Hmm. Okay, let's have a look.

Okay. It's on its way.

Could belong to the killer
and broke off during the struggle.

Okay, we have any idea what it is?

KONO: Um, part of a larger artifact
of some kind?

Oh, it's lucky for us
we know an expert.

Who are you talking about?
Gabby?

Yeah, are you and Dr. Asano
on the outs or something?

- No, we're good. Why?
- You sure?

- Yeah, I'm sure.
KONO: Okay, well, that's a relief.

- Why is that a relief?
- Because she makes you happy.

- And I like to see you happy, brah.
- Aww!

So you gonna ask her
about the fragment?

- Yeah, I'll ask her about the fragment.
- All right.

Kono and I will go talk to the vic's
wife, see what she knows.

All right. Shoots.

You ever need advice on relationships,
my door's always open.

Oh, good. Well, you go ahead and
keep that door closed, but thank you.

[CHUCKLES]

KONO:
Mrs. Koruba, can you think of anyone

who might wanna hurt your husband?

No, nobody.

We're looking into everyone
who was at the reenactment.

He loved those events.

He used to say the battles were great
stress relievers, if you can believe that.

Plus, being part of the living history
of the island, it meant a lot to him.

- What kind of work did he do?
- Brandon designed boats.

He built the company
from the ground up.

He was lucky.

His job was his passion.

He loved being out on the water,
exploring the islands.

Even after all these years,

he said he learned something new
every time he went out.

I feel that same way too.

MEGAN:
Then you would've liked Brandon.

He grew up here,
and he arrived at a place in his life

where he was proud of his roots,
proud of his connection to this island.

You can see that. This is quite an
impressive collection of Hawaiian art.

It's another one of Brandon's passions.

Each piece was
culturally significant to him.

Maybe you can help us
identify something.

We found it at the crime scene.
Do you recognize it?

I'm sorry. I'm sure Brandon
would've, but I don't.

I'm sorry to just drop in on you
like this.

Oh, it's okay. Glad you did.

Is there any chance that hair
was found on this fragment?

Yes, actually there was.

- How did you know that?
- Follow me.

So I'm sorry that
Grace was sick last weekend.

- Is she feeling better?
- Yes, full recovery. She's good.

- That's great.
- Thanks for asking.

I was really looking forward to you
bringing her by the museum.

- I was too. We'll, we'll reschedule.
- Anytime.

Okay, I'll call you. We'll set it up.

GABRIELLE: Okay.
- All right.

GABRIELLE: It's called a lei niho
palaoa. It's early 19th century.

The hook is made
from the tooth of a sperm whale,

and suspended from
numerous thin braids of human hair.

- That would explain the hair.
- Yeah.

High-ranking men or women
wore them as emblems of status.

They are extremely rare.

Okay, so how would somebody get
their hands on something like this?

Well, they come up
for sale every once in a while,

but there aren't many
private collectors worldwide.

Though I think one of them
lives here on the island.

- Really? Well, could we get his name?
- Absolutely.

Give me one second.

- His name is Brandon Koruba.
- Good.

- That bad news?
- He's our victim.

But he wasn't wearing the necklace
when we found the body.

All we found was a fragment.

Maybe the killer knew it was
valuable and so he took it.

How much could you get
for something like this?

It's difficult to say. But the last one
to sell at auction went for $27,000.

Twenty-seven thousand.
That sounds like motive.

Yeah. Yeah, it sounds like motive.

- So, what was that all about?
- What was what all about?

Well, I know Grace
wasn't sick last weekend.

- Yes, she was. You calling me a liar?
- Yeah.

- I mean, you do a thing when you lie.
- I do a thing?

- What do I do?
- You're doing it now.

You mean sitting here,
having a conversation? That thing?

You're squinting. You squint.

- Oh, I'm a squinter.
- Yeah.

If you haven't noticed,
the sun is blasting me in my face

- all the time.
- Okay.

Where I'm from, there's
a break from that sort of torture,

they are called clouds, weather.

Here, we don't have that so much,
you see?

Right. So now you're avoiding.

I'm not avoiding anything.

I know Grace wasn't sick last weekend
because you guys went to the zoo.

You told me about the zoo.
I'm just wondering why you lied.

You don't have to tell me
if you don't want.

Would you shut up?
Please? Okay?

It's not like it was premeditated.
I was put on the spot.

I wanna make sure things
are good between Gabby and I

before she meets my daughter.

- That doesn't make sense to you?
- I do understand.

Will that be when Grace is 30?

You've been dating for 3 months.
Isn't it time they met?

DANNY:
Three months is not a long time.

McGARRETT: Three months
is a lifetime for a kid.

Don't you want Grace to know that
you're happy? You're her daddy.

- Hey, I am happy.
- You're never happy.

- I'm happy when I'm not around you.
- That's a lie too.

You love me.
You know what I think?

This is less about
you protecting Gracie,

and more about you protecting you.

Right, I forgot, because you're
an expert on relationships.

You're married with kids.
You know everything.

So let me ask you a question.

Okay, what happens
when Grace gets attached,

and things don't work out
between me and Gabby, huh?

Or what happens when things do work
out between Gabby and I,

and then Grace doesn't like her?
Then what do I do?

How are you gonna know
if you don't try?

What happens if you let me
run my own camp,

and they'll meet when
it's the right time.

[CELL PHONE RINGS]

- Hold on for a second?
- Sure.

Excuse me. Chin, hey, what's up?

So we checked into the background of
all the participants in the reenactment.

We got a hit with H.P.D.

Seth Burgess,
he was arrested four years ago

for trafficking stolen antiquities.

Okay, so he's a smart perp.

By doing these battle reenactments

he puts himself in the world of big-time
collectors like Brandon Koruba.

I checked with Mamo. He said that
he saw Seth before the reenactment,

- but he slipped out early.
McGARRETT: Okay.

- We get an address?
- I'm sending it over.

Duke?
What are you doing here?

Guy inside's squatting.
Why are you here?

Well, the guy inside's our murder
suspect. His name is Seth Burgess.

Yeah? Well, we evicted
him a few times before,

but this time he's barricaded
himself in.

- Anybody else in there with him?
- Not that we know of.

All right.

DUKE: Got a report he might be armed.
- Okay.

DANNY:
Okay.

All right, we're gonna have to breach.
I'll get the TAC gear.

[WHISTLES]

- What's he doing?
- Undoubtedly something insane.

You might wanna pull your guys
off the house.

All units, move back and away
from the house. Move! Move! Move!

Back and away! Move!
Move your positions. Come on!

[OFFICERS CHATTERING]

It's my house. Yeah?

[FOOTSTEPS ON ROOF]

[COUGHING]

DUKE: All units, move in. The suspect
is out of the house. Move in!

Turn around, face the house.

Hands above your head.

Very subtle, buddy.
I mean, who would've thought?

Tear gas grenade down the skylight?

Oh, yeah, yeah. You.

It was either that or you cook one
of your frittatas. Know what I mean?

[CHUCKLES]

That's, that's good.

Clear.

Danny.

Looks like I found our motive.

I see your motive and raise you
a murder weapon.

McGARRETT:
Congratulations, Seth.

Your squatting days are over. You got
a bunk and three squares a day,

courtesy of the taxpayers of Hawaii.

Did you really kill Brandon Koruba
so you could take his necklace

- and pay your rent?
- You got it wrong. I didn't kill him.

Mm. Well, why was the murder
weapon in your house?

DANNY:
We're processing it right now.

As soon as the prints
and the DNA come back,

- you will be charged with murder.
- Test it all you want. I didn't kill him.

We found Brandon's necklace in
your house with his blood still on it.

You know how that looks?

Okay, look.

I was on my way to the reenactment,
I heard a woman scream.

I went to help, and that's when
I found Brandon lying in the woods.

But he was already dead.

I took the necklace.

It was worth a fortune.

All I could think about was
how much I needed the money.

And Brandon sure as hell
didn't need it anymore.

Wow, you're a sentimental guy.

What I did was wrong.
But I didn't kill anybody.

CHIN HO:
Just got off the phone with Fong.

The shark tooth we pulled
from the vic's wound is real.

Problem is the shark teeth
on Seth's leiomano are plastic.

Meaning it can't be
the murder weapon.

Yes, also meaning that Seth probably
is just an opportunistic dumbass.

Okay, maybe Koruba wasn't killed over
this necklace.

We need to dig into Koruba's life,
business and personal.

- What have we got so far?
- Koruba ran a company,

Pacific Shipyards. They design
and built cutters, high-end yachts.

According to his financials,

the guy was loaded.

I just checked Koruba's phone records.

He got a call from his company
right around TOD.

Who was he talking to?

Call came from his business
partner's line, Tony Dennison.

- How long did they talk?
- About 12 minutes.

He was talking business when he
should have been participating

- in the reenactment?
- His wife said he loved those.

So whatever the call was about,
it must've been important.

Yeah, and it might have something
to do with his murder.

I hear you're inviting people
to the Hilton on Friday night.

- You sound surprised?
- Well, when I heard

that you offered to pay the tab,
yeah, I was surprised.

- Ah. Well, you heard right.
- Okay.

You gonna conveniently forget
your wallet on Friday?

- No, that is your move.
- That is my move. You're right.

- So, what's the occasion?
- No occasion.

- No occasion?
- No.

Oh. Okay. Who's going?

Do you need a guest list
before you decide to come?

- I just wanna know who's going.
- Friends are going.

- Good. What's the deal?
- There's no deal.

There's gotta be a deal
because I invite my friends?

- You never invite your friends out.
- Incorrect. I just did.

Okay.

Is Gabby going?

Okay, now you're
making a deal out of it.

You're doing it. Stop, all right?
Just show up to dinner, please.

- I would love to come to dinner.
- Thank you.

DENNISON:
Just an ordinary phone call.

We talked about boat specs, uh,
concept delivery estimates.

- We needed to nail down a few dates.
- Okay, did he sound stressed?

DENNISON:
No, he was in a good mood.

Battle reenactments always put
Brandon in a good mood.

He said the war cries were cathartic.

Makes sense to me.

He invited me to go along,
but really wasn't my thing.

How long were you guys partners?

Fifteen years.

- We built nearly 100 vessels together.
- Long time.

What's this all about?

DENNISON:
Environmental activists.

We're a frequent target
because of the work we do.

Boats are like cars. There's fuel
and oil pollution you just can't avoid.

This is from a group that
calls itself Urthstrike.

You know, we try to minimize our
carbon footprint, be eco-friendly.

But short of going out of business,
you can't please everyone.

- These guys hit you often?
- Once a month.

We upped our security,
added a few night guards,

but they still manage
to get their point across.

But up until now,
it's just been vandalism.

DANNY:
You ever call the cops?

They can't find these guys.
They're good at covering their tracks.

These guys ever threaten you
or Brandon personally?

I'll show you.

MAN [ON MONITOR]:
Brandon Koruba.

You'd have us believe that
you're a friend to the environment.

Truth is, you're nothing
more than a fraud.

You've turned a blind eye
while your company looks to profit

off the death of endangered
marine life. Might mean little to you.

Nothing more than casualties
along the way of making a buck.

But here's the deal, Brandon.

You build this new machine
of death.

And I'll make sure
you're casualty number one.

Hell, I'll see to it personally.

Why doesn't he tell us
how he really feels?

Yeah, the man on the screen
is Urthstrike's big gun.

It sounds like he's made the fight
against Koruba's company personal.

- Has this big gun got a name?
CHIN HO: I'm still working on that.

Despite his company's
heavy online presence,

he's done a good job
of keeping his identity under wraps.

Koruba's wife never
mentioned any threats.

No, Dennison said he kept them
from her, didn't want her to worry.

Okay, so, what's this
machine of death he's talking about?

That is Pacific Shipyards'
new inter-island transport carrier.

It goes into production
later this month.

Promises to ferry over 100 people
from various ports around the islands.

So Urthstrike says that the traffic
will hurt Hawaii's humpback

and monk seal populations,
which are on the endangered list.

Okay, wait, this guy kills
Koruba over monk seals?

- Makes it pretty clear on the video.
- Okay, wait.

We're not actually considering
Urthstrike as a viable suspect, are we?

- What are you saying?
- They're environmentalists.

They fight to preserve island life,
not destroy it.

How far are they willing to go
to protect their home?

This guy, whoever he is, and his crew,
they're anarchists. They're dangerous.

Okay, well, he might be guilty
of being a zealot,

but murdering Koruba in cold blood?

- I don't see it.
- You're defending these people.

Boss, I know people like this.
I grew up with them.

They may break the law, abuse a can
of spray paint, tag the hull of a boat,

- but they're not killers.
- If they get what they want.

Kono, they've made several
threatening videos like this,

all targeting Brandon Koruba.
That makes him a suspect.

Okay. All right.
So then, tell me this.

How is a guy, who has more Twitter
followers than Justin Bieber, a ghost?

He's careful. Look.

In all his videos, he wears a mask.

Hold on. He's not that careful.
Go back.

Stop.

- He touched the lens with his thumb.
McGARRETT: Put it in.

KONO:
Could be a viable print.

CHIN HO:
Bingo.

Kevin Creed.

He's got a couple of misdemeanors
and an address in Kailua.

[OFFICERS SHOUTING]

Stop right there. Don't move. Freeze.

Everybody, put your hands
behind your heads.

Interlock your fingers. Turn and face
the back wall. Understand?

Hey, you! Stop right now.
Hands behind your head.

Step forward.

- Who are you?
- I'm a pacifist.

- Really? What's your name?
- Allison.

- The rest of the house is clear.
- Where's Creed?

It's not a difficult question.
Go ahead. Tell her.

Where's Creed? Huh?

[ENGINE REVS OUTSIDE]

McGARRETT:
Hey!

[SIRENS WAILING]

Kono, listen. He's heading for Sand
Island. Take Libby and cut him off.

Copy that.

- Water.
- I see it.

Not the answer
I was looking for.

[SCREAMS]

Great.
You just drowned our only suspect.

Unh! Help!

- Help me!
- Can you hold this, please?

CREED:
Please!

[CREED GRUNTING]

Come on. On the ground.
Give me your other hand.

Fingers together.

I thought you couldn't swim.

Yeah, well, now you know.

Book him, Danno.

Book me a towel.

That's not the smartest move,
posting threatening videos online.

I mean, you basically tweeted
a murder confession.

We also found surveillance
tapes in the beach house.

We know you were stalking
Brandon Koruba.

You were just waiting for the right
opportunity to kill him, right?

- I never said I would kill Brandon.
- Oh, right, right.

All you said was you would personally
see to it he was casualty number one.

Yes, casualty as in death
of his business, not his life.

You think a jury's gonna believe that?

I don't care what they believe.
I didn't kill Brandon Koruba.

Yeah, I hated everything he stood for.

- And everybody knew it.
CREED: Okay.

Brandon portrayed himself
as some island patriot.

But the truth is, he was a liar,
a hypocrite.

He didn't care about the environment.
Never did.

It was all a marketing tool
so he could sell yachts

and fatten his bank account.

- And you were the one to stop him.
CREED: Someone needed to.

I drew the line
when he was gonna build a boat

that would butcher animals on the
endangered list. That should matter.

Matter so much it was
worth killing him over.

Are you deaf? I didn't kill him.

But I'd like to shake the hand
of the person who did.

[DOOR BUZZES]

Hey, boss?
Can I see you for a moment?

Creed's lawyer is upstairs.
He says we have the wrong guy.

An attorney who thinks
his client's innocent.

- That's a first.
- Yeah, I know.

But he's not going anywhere
until we release Creed.

- Where is he?
KONO: In your office.

Kevin Creed was on the Big Island
when Brandon Koruba was murdered.

So I insist you release him right now.

I bet you have witnesses
who can attest to that too.

Yes, I was with him.

That's convenient. Isn't it?

You know,
we dug into Creed's financials.

He's not a man who can afford
a beach house on Diamond Head.

But I bet you could.

Well, let's just say that Kevin Creed
has some very influential people

invested in what he
and Urthstrike are doing.

Okay. Let me tell you something.

I don't care who his friends are.

I don't care how powerful
his connections are.

And murder charges aside,

we got him on reckless endangerment
and evading arrest. Understand?

You can hold him on as many charges
as you want, commander,

but you're barking up the wrong tree.

I don't think I am, counselor.
We know for a fact

that your client wanted to derail
Koruba's inter-island ferry at any cost.

My client didn't need
to derail the ferry.

- Koruba did that for him.
- Excuse me?

According to my sources, Koruba
let the permits lapse two days ago.

The inter-island ferry
wasn't happening.

Why?

I heard he had a change of heart,

realized the environmental impact
and pulled the plug.

You see, Kevin Creed won that battle.
So you tell me.

Why would he want to hurt Koruba?

Right.

Now, if you'll excuse me,
I'd like to see my client.

Thanks.

Hey, so Creed's alibi checked out.

There's video of Creed leaving the
Kona Marina on the Big Island at TOD.

- His lawyer was telling the truth.
KONO: This is what I don't get.

Pacific Shipyards
stood to net $100 million

from the inter-island ferry project.

Why throw that away?

Maybe Urthstrike scared him into
believing what he was doing was wrong.

Yeah, or maybe
there was another reason.

Okay, well, if anybody knows,
it's Koruba's business partner.

Kono, head to the
Department of Transportation,

find what you can
about those permits.

Danny and I will talk to Dennison,
find out why Koruba changed his mind.

KONO: Copy.
- Hey, hey, hey.

- You're coming Friday night, right?
- Yeah, the Hilton, 7:00?

- Mm-hm.
- I told you I'd be there.

Just, uh, don't forget your wallet.

Mrs. Koruba?

Officer Kalakaua,

I heard on the news that
you had somebody in custody.

I had to come here.
I need to know. Who is it?

It looks like the person we have
in custody didn't kill your husband.

Are you any closer to
finding out who did?

We're still looking.

There is something that you
might be able to help us with.

Did Brandon ever say why he
shut down the inter-island ferry?

I didn't know about that.

We heard he pulled the permits.
He never mentioned this to you?

No, I had no idea.

Do you think
that's why he was murdered?

It's possible. But we're not sure.

- Okay.
- Excuse me. Excuse me, ma'am.

Steve McGarrett, Five-0.
We're looking for a Tony Dennison.

I'm sorry. He just stepped out.

- You know where he went?
- I don't know. He got an urgent call.

- Urgent call from whom?
- Mrs. Koruba.

Mrs. Koruba.
How long ago was this?

- Fifteen minutes ago.
- Okay. Thank you.

Why would Tony be going
to see Megan Koruba?

I don't know.
Maybe they're commiserating.

[CELL PHONE RINGING]

They lost somebody
they are close to.

Yeah, maybe.
Kono, what do you got?

KONO: So I just left the DOT.
Looks like the lawyer was right.

Koruba did let the permits lapse.

- Did you find out why?
- Well, according to the DOT,

Koruba felt he couldn't move forward
knowing the environmental costs.

- So he finally had a change of heart.
- It makes sense, considering

Koruba's connection to the island.

But get this, a request
to renew the permits

was filed a few hours
after Koruba was murdered.

By whom?

Koruba's business partner,
Tony Dennison.

DANNY:
Right, there's our motive.

Dennison stood to lose the most
if Koruba killed the deal on the boat.

Yeah, and with him dead,
the most to gain.

Maybe Dennison killed his
partner to keep

- the inter-island ferry project alive.
McGARRETT: Kono, listen to me.

Get a lock
on Dennison's cell.

We just spoke to his
assistant who implied

that he was off to see
Megan Koruba.

That's strange.
I just saw Mrs. Koruba earlier.

You didn't, by any chance, tell her
anything about this case, did you?

I asked her about Brandon
and the permit's lapse,

but she didn't know
about it.

Hold on. Why would you do that?

Well, she wasn't a suspect. Why?

Maybe she was lying.
I don't know. I'll call you back.

Okay, okay, okay.
Are you thinking what I am thinking?

If you're thinking that Megan
realized we were onto Dennison

and she tipped him off that we were
gonna see him today, yeah.

Dennison and Koruba's wife
were in on this together.

That is what I'm thinking.

Kono, did you get a lock
on Dennison's phone?

I'm pulling up a trace now.

If Koruba's wife tipped off Dennison
that we were onto them,

they're on the run now.

Kono, have the Coast Guard,
sheriffs, and TSA on alert.

Check if any airline tickets
have been purchased

- under either of their names.
- I followed up on Dennison's alibi.

Turns out the call we thought he made
from his office to Koruba around TOD

was actually patched through
his office to his cell phone.

Dennison's assistant says he told her
specifically when and where

to make that call.

- Did you pull his cell record?
CHIN HO: Yeah.

The cell tower he was closest to
was less than a mile

from the reenactment site.

All right. I got him.

Kualani Lane and Kahala Avenue.

That's Brandon
and Megan Koruba's house.

McGARRETT:
They haven't left.

McGARRETT:
Five-0!

[MEGAN WHIMPERING]

Megan.

Thank God. Do something.

Put the gun down, Megan.

Megan, you don't wanna do this.

- He killed my husband.
- She's crazy. Do something.

Brandon loved you like a brother.

Why? Just so you could build a ferry?

You killed him just so you
could make more money?

Megan.

[MEGAN GRUNTS]

Stay back. Stay back.

You stay back.
Stay back or I'll kill her.

[DENNISON GROANING]

[MEGAN SOBBING]

Turn over.
Roll over on your stomach.

- Hey, to Danny.
KONO: Yes.

ALL:
To Danny.

Thanks for checking.
And double-checking.

- Heh. And triple-checking.
DANNY: Hold on. Stop.

I don't know why you play hard to get
like you have anything better to do.

Hey, listen, pal.
The reason we're here is

because you're taking care
of the tab. You know that.

- I got the first round only.
- What?

KONO: What?
DANNY: I told you.

- No, what'd I tell you? I told you.
CHIN HO: Yep.

McGARRETT:
I should've bet money on that.

MAX:
Shrimp?

Don't you get enough
of that stuff at work?

Market research.
Gotta keep tabs on the competition.

[KONO LAUGHS]

McGARRETT: Hey. Hey, you.
- Yeah?

That was a good call
on Creed and Urthstrike.

Thanks. Mahalo.

- Mahalo. You listen to your gut.
- I learned it from you.

Will you relax? She's right there.

- She's right there, Danny.
- I'm completely fine.

- You did good, buddy. He did good.
- You did real good.

You picked a controlled environment,

reduce expectation
and pressure for all three of you.

- Good job.
- Thank you. Thanks.

Listen to me. Go over there.

This is my controlled
environment, okay? Not yours. Huh?

Not a word. Not a word. I'm done.

Now I feel like going over there, okay?
Of my own, you know, what have you.

Oh, beautiful. That's a good one.

- Yeah.
- Oh, pretty.

[GRACE SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY]

GABRIELLE:
This is looking really, really good.

- Ha, ha. That's really good.
- Hey.

- What are you guys making?
- A Kamehameha Butterfly.

- Did you know it's the state insect?
- I did know that.

And in Hawaiian,
it's called pulelehua.

- Here, Dad, help us.
- No, honey,

you're doing such a beautiful job.
I don't wanna mess it up. I'll ruin it.

You won't ruin it.
Here, this one goes, mm...

- How about right there?
- Yeah.

GABRIELLE: Yeah?
DANNY: All right.

- Right here?
- No, there.

- Ha, ha.
- Okay. Oh, I know. I know.

How'd I do?

GRACE:
Good.

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