Hawaii Five-O (1968–1980): Season 11, Episode 15 - The Spirit Is Willie - full transcript

Author Millicent Shand, a friend of Gov. Jameson, is in Hawaii to promote her new novel based on her adventures. She approaches McGarrett and the governor again, this time about her niece, ...

What is it? Something's
wrong! He's not coming up!

He's not dead. It's all a plot.

Well, the police report
says otherwise, Miss Shand.

Mr. McGarrett, are you
here on official business?

Yes, I'm looking into
Jeremy Walker's death.

Miss Shand, you promised.

If you've got a positive
theory, move in.

If Rolande is a true psychic

he could come up with things
that would seem miraculous.

Millie, it's good
to see you again.

Who called, honey?



Um...
- Sebastian. JEREMY:
What'd he want?

To talk to you.

That'll have to wait
till next time around.

Tomorrow morning we're
up and away, as promised.

Jeremy, why tomorrow,
let's make it now.

Hey, it's my last dive, honey.

I told you. I want
some of that black coral.

Hold it for me, honey.

- Jeremy.
- Yep.

Hey, relax, Carole.

I'll stay down just long
enough to get a good size tree.

- Okay?
- Heh.

It's been 20 minutes, Elliott.
He should have his tree by now.

He's got to come up
in stages, Mrs. Walker.



What is it?

His air.

Something's wrong!

He's not coming up!

Do something, Elliott!

I'll radio the Coast Guard.

Jeremy!

Jeremy!

This package is
addressed to you, Steve.

- Where did you get it?
- A messenger brought it in.

Hear anything?

Steve, there's no
stamps, no return address.

Maybe we should have the
H.P.D. bomb squad open it.

There are lots of
kooks in the streets.

Oh, I know, Danno, but
this looks harmless enough.

Williams, Five-0.

Oh, yes sir, Governor. Hold on.

Steve, the Governor.

McGARRETT: Yes, sir?

I've got a surprise
visitor here, Steve.

Someone asking for you.

An old friend.

No, you will never
guess who it is.

I'll be right over, Sonny.

Heh, how did you know, Steve?

McGARRETT: I'm psychic.
Good morning, Miss Shand.

My goodness,
that's extraordinary.

- What's extraordinary?
- Your use of the word "psychic".

That's what's brought
me to Hawaii this time.

Aw. And here I thought
it was to bring me

an autographed copy
of your latest book.

That's just my
pleasure, young man.

Your contribution

to The Case Of The Frozen
Assets was satisfactory.

This new assignment

should be, how do you say it?

A piece of cake.

Assignment? What
assignment is that, Governor?

It's, uh... It's about that scuba
diver who, uh, drowned last week.

Drowned my foot.

It's perfectly obvious
Jeremy Walker did not drown,

and he's not dead.

It's all a plot. I'm
sure he's alive.

Well, the police report
says otherwise, Miss Shand.

Where is his body?

Where's a single piece of
real evidence he drowned?

Oh, McGarrett, the
police have been derelict.

They've done nothing
but poke down in that reef

with a couple of scuba divers,

and when they came up empty,
Jeremy was pronounced dead.

A team of four expert
scuba divers, is not a couple.

And, a 12 hour search is not
exactly poking around, Miss Shand.

Mr. McGarrett, Jeremy
Walker faked his own death.

He is hiding somewhere.

I've written 35 Henri
Reynaud mysteries.

I ought to be able to recognize
a conspiracy when I see one.

Conspiracy?

Where's the conspiracy?
I don't understand.

Perhaps, you should
start at the beginning.

Certainly.

I'll plot it all out for you.

Chapter One,

Jeremy Walker, a
suspected fortune-hunter,

marries my niece, Carole.

Suspected of
fortune-hunting by whom?

- Me.
- Oh.

Chapter Two.

Carole's father dies and
leaves a very large estate.

Carole's father was
Millicent's brother, Steve.

Yes, and that's Chapter Two.

Now what about Chapter Three?

Jeremy Walker,

as an alternative to
spending the rest of his life

with a sweet but rather
shallow young woman,

enters into a conspiracy
with a phony spiritualist

named Sebastian Rolande
to bilk my niece of her fortune.

How? How would he do that?

By faking Jeremy's death.

And then by bringing
him back in a seance

where he tells
Carole to give Rolande

half a million dollars so that
they can keep on communicating.

I see.

So, you think that her
husband and this spiritualist

- are in cahoots?
- Yes.

And, your niece?
How does she fit in?

Well, Carole is a dear,
innocent, ingenuous child,

head over heels in
love with a scamp.

Easy prey for those two rogues.

Oh, she's hooked
on spiritualism now.

Miss Shand, you realize that
even if what you say is true,

if your niece wants to turn
over that money voluntarily...

Ignorance, if it is
voluntary, is criminal.

Samuel Johnson said
that, and he is right.

My brother's will
appointed me her adviser.

That doesn't mean
I can stop her.

But, it gives us a precious
little time in which to operate.

Us? Us, Governor?

Your assignment, McGarrett.

To expose the conspiracy.

I'm staying aboard
the family yacht,

if you care to call
on Henri Reynaud.

He isn't hampered by
ordinary police routine.

Governor, I think we
should have a serious talk.

I'll tell you what. Run a check
on Rolande's background,

reputation, credentials.

There are research centers at,
uh, Palo Alto and Duke Universities.

Do it by phone, it's urgent.

I think the whole
thing's a put-on.

There are a lot of
believers in the occult.

You bet. And, Duke,
you might also check

with the London
Psychical Society.

I think there's an
Institute in Paris, too.

Right.

I, uh... I'm gonna meet Carole
Walker, Miss Shand's niece,

I'll be out at Rolande's
place, if you need me.

When Jeremy was alive,

he was hooked on
spiritualism, Mr. McGarrett.

Did he ever ask you to
make a substantial gift

to Rolande's Research Group?

He suggested it once or twice.

But I didn't share his
enthusiasm, or his beliefs, then.

- And do you now?
- Now.

I've seen and talked
to Jeremy in a seance,

and it's a great comfort
to me, Mr. McGarrett.

I'd like to think
Aunt Millicent's right

about Jeremy being
alive, whatever the reason,

but I know he isn't.
I know he's dead.

And no doubts about
Rolande, Carole?

No, Mr. McGarrett.

He's made a believer out of me.

Seeing Jeremy, and talking to
him, couldn't have been a fake.

There are still areas of
non-communication in the occult,

and a medium can
only do so much.

Rolande says that's why his
Research Group needs funding.

And that's why I wanna help.

Uh, Ms. Walker,

Mr. Rolande is free.
He can see you now.

This way, please.

Rolande, this is Mr. McGarrett.

Hawaii Five-0.

- Mr. McGarrett.
- Mr. Rolande.

Thank you, Willie. You can
return to the correspondence now.

Excuse me, that gentleman
looks very familiar to me.

Fitzwilliam?

Oh, he's an invaluable helper.

But, you're right, he does
have kind of a universal face.

Mr. McGarrett, are you
here on official business?

Yes, I'm looking into
Jeremy Walker's death.

Oh, yes.

That was tragic, wasn't it?

Well, part of the tragedy is the
lack of proof that he really is dead.

Carole, did you bring the watch?

Oh, yes.

Rolande has promised to
try and locate Jeremy's body.

He was wearing this
before he went diving?

Yes, Rolande.

Jeremy Walker was a
personal friend, wasn't he?

Yes.

Interested in psychic
phenomena, too.

A believer.

We're all believers
Mr. McGarrett, deep down,

whether we like to
acknowledge it or not.

In the very atoms
of our subconscious.

And you claim that
Jeremy's, uh, appearance

at your seance is proof

of the ability to bridge the gap

between life and the Hereafter?

It was proved long
before now, sir.

Water.

Very deep.

He's choking.

There's water in his nose,
and mouth, and throat

and lungs.

He's choking.

I'm sorry, Carole.
Maybe you'd...

Please go on, Rolande.

I want to go to the yacht,

on the deck.

Where is it now?

Still anchored offshore.

But aunt Millicent's aboard.

Your aunt's antagonism
doesn't bother me, Carole.

I'm getting very strong
messages from Jeremy's watch.

He's here.

Somewhere close.

Dead.

Yes.

And you are
communicating with him now.

I'm trying, Miss Shand.

So he can tell you exactly
where his dead body is.

Below.

He went down too far.

He was searching.

Over there!

About 25 or 30 meters.

He's caught in an
underwater fissure.

Uh, you say he's caught?

He's trapped.

Foot in a crevice.

He's down there now, Carole.

Deep.

Very deep.

Yes. I'll get back to
you as soon as I can.

How long has the
diver been down now?

Just about 40 minutes, I'd say.

Well, he can stay down there
all day for all the good it will do.

I must say, heh, you put
on a good show, Rolande.

Fiddle-faddling around with
that watch the way you did.

Now you can say
the spirits aren't right

or that the psychic
forces were all wrong,

because you know
that Jeremy isn't dead.

There he is.

We found him. About 275.

His ankle's caught
in an outcropping.

Can't fault Rolande's
credentials, Steve.

He's highly regarded as a medium
by the London Research Society,

and as a genuine psychic

and clairvoyant by the
Psychical Institute in Marseilles.

What does "highly regarded"
and "genuine" mean?

It's not really a science,

so there are always
controlled experiments.

- I'm still waiting for some reports.
- Danno?

I checked with Palo
Alto, Duke University,

and an outfit in Connecticut.

They all know Rolande
and respect him.

Well, there you are, Miss Shand.

Well, with Jeremy dead,

I was wrong about the conspiracy
between him and Rolande.

But, I am not wrong about
Rolande being a fake.

He is an unprincipled
opportunist.

Capitalizing on Jeremy's
death to bilk Carole

out of half a million dollars.

Rubbing a watch and describing
exactly how and where Jeremy died.

How do you think he
located the body, Miss Shand?

He must have known

exactly how and
where Jeremy died.

And if that was the case, we'd
be looking at murder, wouldn't we?

Yes.

Yes, McGarrett.

But, then again,

he may be a genuine psychic.

And, we'd all look foolish if
we charged him, wouldn't we?

Pfft!

Not in my book.

By the way, Steve,

one of the Duke University
researchers is living in the Islands now.

He's semi-retired,
on the North Shore.

A Professor MacKinnon. I
thought you might like to talk to him.

Yes. Good idea, Danno.

You ask is whether it's possible

to touch an article
of clothing or jewelry

and receive an
impression of the owner,

something startling
that the psychic

couldn't possibly have
known beforehand.

Yes.

And, of course,
the answer is yes,

certainly.

Beyond logic or reason?

Beyond our intellectual
acceptance of things.

Because we are
not gifted psychically.

Professor, what is the basic difference
between a psychic and a medium?

Well, speaking simplistically,

a medium or contact is
just what the word implies.

He or she is an intermediary

between us and the
world of the dead.

A psychic has an almost
unbelievable ability to feel

or receive telepathic
messages or signals.

Well can the psychic
or the medium

cross over into
each other's fields?

For instance,

could Rolande
locate a dead body,

pinpoint its location?
Tell the cause of death?

Feel the emotions of a man
at the very moment of death?

Mr. McGarrett, I'm not
going to state categorically

that anything is impossible.

There are documented
police cases

on the Mainland, and in Europe,

where psychics have helped
the authorities solve crimes.

Ahem, if Rolande
is a true psychic,

and there is evidence
on file that he is,

he could come up with things
that would seem miraculous.

Very well, Miss Shand. You
may ask your questions now.

I have no questions.

I have an opinion.

- And what is that, pray tell?
- Rubbish!

I must confess, I was
impressed, Rolande.

I didn't believe in
psychic phenomena.

But when you told us

exactly where to find Jeremy,

you removed all my doubts.

So, now you want me
to conduct a seance?

Please.

I want to talk to
Carole's father,

my late brother.

It has been a source of deep regret
that I wasn't with him when he died.

With your help, perhaps
I can rectify that now.

When do you want this seance?

This evening.

What did you do?

Arranged for a seance tonight.

I've already invited Professor
MacKinnon, and Carole will be there.

Miss Shand, you're interfering

in the course of an official
police investigation again.

When Rolande flunks this test,

it will expose him to
Carole as the charlatan he is.

Miss Shand, do you realize, if
Jeremy Walker was murdered,

and Rolande is responsible, you're
putting yourself in great jeopardy?

Nine o'clock, young man,
tonight at Rolande's house.

- Will you be there?
- Ugh.

What choice do I have?

Martin.

Martin Shand.

Are you near?

Is your spirit free?

Will you appear to us,

speak to your sister Millicent,

who wishes to speak to you.

And to your daughter Carole,

whose love for you reaches
through me to your spirit.

It has been more than two
years since your material form

passed from this earth beyond.

Now is the time to reach
out across the dark abyss

to the ones who love you.

Martin.

Martin.

Bridge the two worlds.

Speak,

let us hear your voice,

let us see you as
we remember you,

in earthly form.

Martin.

Martin.

Millie, it's good
to see you again.

Carole, my dear daughter,
I am so sorry about Jeremy.

Martin,

you called me Millie.

I know you always disapproved.

Martin, do you remember...

Do you remember my first beau?

So long ago, so long.

Wasn't it Tommy?

I remember the night Tommy
took you to the school prom

and you came home alone.

I remember you
couldn't stop crying.

Ah!

Ah!

Oh, Martin!

Daddy.

Don't despair,
child. Jeremy is well.

He can come again
and again to talk to you.

There are even other things
possible undreamed of on your earth.

Be happy, Carole.

And be wise, Millie.

I love you both. Be patient.

Let your heart rule.

It's the heart that counts.

Miss Shand?

It was extraordinary.

- Good morning, Carole.
- Oh.

Good morning, Mr. McGarrett.

Where's Miss Shand?

She left right after breakfast.

- Have you spoken to her?
- No, I haven't.

Aunt Millicent said she
wanted to talk to you too.

But, she's at King's Alley
autographing her book.

After last night, I guess...

I guess you know why I changed
my mind about Sebastian Rolande.

Uh, have you got a moment?
I'd like to speak to you.

- Sure.
- Thank you.

How long were you
married, Carole?

Nine months.

Did you meet Jeremy
here in Hawaii?

Boston.

- Before your father died?
- After.

Jeremy and I lived in my
Daddy's home in Boston

the first three months
of our marriage.

And then we outfitted this
yacht and came out here.

Now, that day, last week, when
you decided to leave Hawaii,

was that your idea or Jeremy's?

Well, I wanted
to leave long ago.

But, that morning he said

that he'd settled
things and we could go.

Settled things?

Well, he had changed
his mind about spiritualism.

And he said I
was right all along.

And he told me he
was glad that I hadn't...

listened to him...

about giving Rolande
all that money.

What about the
money? Tell me about it.

Um...

Aunt Millicent made me
promise to wait just a little while,

and then, if I still wanted to,

that she wouldn't object.

But I added a codicil
to my will, just in case.

Because if...

Well, if I die, I
would like to think

that someone, somewhere,

might be trying to
help Jeremy and me.

I see.

And after last night,
what about Aunt Millicent?

She was very subdued.

Subdued, huh?

Subdued? Nonsense.

Thoughtful, perhaps.
There's a difference, you know.

The only puzzle to
me is how he did it.

You recognized your brother?

- No mistake?
- Mm-hm, mm-hm.

And his voice, though
it was kind of muffled.

But, his remembering Tommy,

that's what I keep
thinking about, McGarrett.

I understand that some first editions
of Henri Reynaud's earlier cases

are going at a premium.

- Happy reading.
- Thank you very much.

- I've read every one of them.
- Oh, good.

Business looks good.

- How's your business?
- I'd say we were progressing.

We're checking
Rolande's credentials.

Exploring possibilities.

That's police jargon,
McGarrett, heh.

Thank you, sir.

Happy reading.

Just because I was
wrong about a conspiracy

between Rolande and Jeremy.

You might've been right.

What do you mean I
might've been right?

Maybe Jeremy did enter
into a conspiracy with Rolande,

in the beginning.

But then changed his mind

and decided to stick
with Carole and marriage.

Carole did feel that she and
Jeremy were growing closer.

McGarrett, if it was true,

and Jeremy did call off
his deal with Rolande,

couldn't that have been
a motive for murder?

A theory, Miss Shand. Theory.

If you've got a positive
theory, move on it. Close in.

Duke, have you received a report
from the London Society on Rolande, yet?

Not yet. Nor from Marseille.

Professor MacKinnon was
impressed with that seance last night.

He can't explain
it. But, I think I can.

I asked the professor
to run a test of his own.

How?

He's going to ask Rolande to try
to bring back a dearly departed wife.

A wife he never had.

Miss Shand is not
involved in this, is she?

No, no, no. No,
no. She'll behave.

I made it absolutely clear that
she was not to operate on her own.

Has the material from the London
Research Society arrived yet, Willie?

Yeah, it has.

All right, I'll be in the room.
Let me know when he arrives.

The car's arriving.

Shh!

Right this way.

Please sit down.

There.

Now, you understand a
"contact" is not always successful,

especially the first time.

I am very hopeful.

Success depends on
the will of the subject

and the strength of the appeal.

A Ruth MacKinnon,

are you near?

Your husband David
wishes to speak to you.

Ruth.

Ruth.

Is your spirit near?

Can you come to us?

Something disturbing here.

A contrary aura.

Something alien.

Hostile.

Ruth, can you reach out
across the dark abyss,

and respond to the
love you left behind?

There is some difficulty.

I feel it.

My God! Ruthie.

You call me without credentials.

How could we get married?

You never even asked
me to marry you, David.

Why are you reaching for
me now when it's too late?

You always were
devious David MacKinnon.

You never told me what
was really in your heart.

You were not truthful
with me 18 years ago.

You are not truthful now.

Why are you lying now?

You're a fraud, Mr. MacKinnon.

It's Ruthie.

Ruthie Sommers.

I don't know why you
came here, Mr. MacKinnon.

I don't know why you lied
to me about being married.

But I do know that you
troubled this poor soul in life,

as you are now
tormenting her in death.

It's not true.

I never promised her anything.

Willie! I don't care to
hear your explanation.

It's obvious you are playing
out some devious scenario here.

But, I want to warn you

that practical jokers have tempted
the Unknown before, Mr. MacKinnon,

at their own peril.

Show him out.

Did you put him up to
this, Miss Shand? Mm-hm?

Why are you
tempting the Unknown?

It would be a pity if you never got
a chance to write your next book.

Are you threatening me, Rolande?

When you meddle with things
beyond your comprehension,

the Unknown threatens.

Rolande, in spite of the fact
that I consider you a fraud,

I must admit you
have distracted me.

Distracted you.

Shaken me. Three times now.

I have a deal for you.

- What kind of a deal?
- I challenged him, McGarrett.

Challenged him, Miss Shand?
Are you meddling again?

Listen, McGarrett.

Up to now that man has
had everything his own way.

All these so-called "appearances"
have taken place in his own home,

under his conditions.

I've challenged him to perform
where he won't have that advantage.

- And where is that?
- Aboard this yacht.

And I promised him,

if he can bring Jeremy
back right here in this cabin,

I'll withdraw all my objections to
Carole giving him half a million dollars.

- Come in, Mr. McGarrett.
- Thank you. Thank you.

I had no idea she was in
the closet during the seance.

How well did you know
Ruth Sommers, Professor?

Well, I met her in England, when
I was teaching there for a year.

Almost 20 years ago.

- Serious affair?
- Yes. For a while.

Then I returned to the States
and, uh, she married a year later.

When did she die?

15 years ago.

Did you correspond with her?

Well, before she married.

Did you save any of her
letters by any chance?

Well, heh, as a
matter of fact, yes.

- Do you have a picture of her?
- Yes, but why.

Well, if Rolande is a fake, he
had to know all of this somehow.

What better way than
through old letters?

- Uh, where are they, by the way?
- They're in the bookcase.

- May I see them?
- Of course.

If Rolande is a fake,

how would he know about
Miss Shand and Tommy, uh,

well, her first beau?

Oh, he could have
found out from Jeremy.

Jeremy and Carole visited the family
home in Boston on their honeymoon.

You can be sure there were
mementoes around there too.

Well, everything seems
to be here, McGarrett.

I suppose.

Wait a minute.

This photograph of Ruth!

That's exactly the way
she looked at the seance.

The same hairstyle, the
expression. Exactly the same.

And these letters from Ruth.

They have all the information
about our relationship

that, uh, Rolande could
possibly have needed.

Let me see.

He knew in advance you
were coming to see him?

Heh, yes, of course. I made
arrangements by phone.

Well, he probably checked
up and found out who you were,

then he studies these letters
and duplicated that photo.

And, that wouldn't be difficult.

I live alone, and I'm
not here a great deal.

I must say, I was startled when
Ruth made her appearance.

But now I see
how Rolande did it.

- A photographic image?
- Exactly.

What about the voice?
How did she sound?

Well, it was obviously filtered.

But, heh,

of course, she was
speaking from another world.

Wait a minute.

That man, uh,
Fitzwilliam. Willie.

I know I've seen him
someplace before.

Yeah, I remember now.

We had a puppet
show on television.

- May I use your phone?
- Yes. It's right there.

Danno? Anything come in?

We got that report from the
London Psychical Society.

There were two "incidents"
involving Rolande during seances.

Incidents? DANNY Deaths.

He was charged the second time.

It seems he was the
beneficiary in each will.

The charges were later dropped.

I want to be at that
seance tonight, Danno.

- You think Miss Shand's in danger?
- I think Carole is.

She made Rolande the
beneficiary in her will.

I'm gonna need you
and Duke there too.

- Shall we meet you at the dock?
- Yeah, please. Uh...

And in the center drawer of my
desk there's a sealed envelope.

- Bring it along.
- Right.

Thank you, Professor.
I appreciate everything.

Well, thank you.

We ask you, Jeremy
Walker, to appear before us.

We come to you with open heart.

Can you hear me, Jeremy?

Carole is here.

And Millicent Shand.

We want to speak to you.

Reach out to us, Jeremy.

Reach out. We are waiting.

Touch us with open heart.

Jeremy, please.

Jeremy, can you hear me now?

Come to us, Jeremy.

Now.

The spirit is near.

Jeremy is close.

Come to us, Jeremy.

Now.

McGARRETT: Don't move, Rolande.

This is not Jeremy Walker.

This is Steve McGarrett,
I've come to seek retribution.

Recompense for evil done.

Jeremy can't come. He's dead.

He was brutally murdered
by someone in this very cabin.

And Jeremy is crying
out from the grave.

Justice must be done.

Retribution.

Retribution against
you, Rolande.

Three times murderer.

Three human lives sacrificed
in your quest for money.

Hold it!

You're under arrest for the
murder of Jeremy Walker.

Book him, Danno. Murder One.

- Are you all right?
- How'd you do that?

- How'd you appear like that?
- A photographic image.

The same device Rolande has
been using right along. Watch.

Duke!

There's your magic.

He projected it.
Right over there.

Good heavens.

Carole,

we understand about Jeremy, now.

HPD is searching Rolande's estate
right now for additional evidence,

including a set of Navy
frogman's gear that Willie used.

Well, I know where
that is, McGarrett.

- Where?
- In the closet in the room

Rolande used for his seances.

Why didn't you
tell me that before?

You never asked me.

Oh.

Goodbye, Sonny.

We swept out under your rugs
again, exposed a fraud and murderer.

Good outfit, that
Five-0 group of yours.

Thanks, McGarrett. You
responded adequately.

Oh, thank you for the
accolade, Miss Shand.

Adequately, from you,
is high praise indeed.

Indeed!

Au revoir, or
should I say, Aloha.

I'll see you both
in my next book.

What a lady.

So it was Rolande who
had Willie Fitzwilliam

murder Jeremy
Walker under water,

and then take the body down
to where the diver found him.

It sure was. And he also
operated the slide projector.

Steve, you know she's
really gonna write that book.

If she does, I
have a title for her.

What?

The Spirit is Willie.