Hawaii Five-O (1968–1980): Season 12, Episode 13 - For Old Times Sake - full transcript
Hale Maluhia is $15,000
behind in back taxes.
Back in action
again? Like old times?
Not for me, but, uh, someone
who needs the money rather badly.
The paper, Jackson's face,
that's really the hardest part.
You mean they're comparable
to the German plates
that almost lost
World War Il for us?
Now I want you girls back
here in ten minutes, all right?
At about, uh, 11:15.
Super. ~ Enjoy yourselves.
There's just one customer.
~ We wait until she
leaves. ~ Janie...
Oh, it's too late to
fink out now, Wendy.
Are you ready, Palani?
Okay, go.
Hello. May I help you, miss?
Keep cool. It's gonna work.
You see anyone, you
rap on the glass, right?
Yeah.
Our S chains have
been very popular lately.
And I have a nice selection
of them here in my cabinet.
Hello, I'll be with
you in just a moment.
No hurry. I'll just look around.
Now here we have shorter chains.
These are beautiful. - Yes.
They run from $90 to a
hundred and eighty~five.
I like this one.
How much is this?
That's a hundred fifteen.
~ And how about this
longer one? ~ Solid gold.
~ Would you~~? ~
What are you doing?
Stop those girls!
Stop those girls!
Get them! Get them!
- Oh, my God.
- Oh, my God.
Watch out!
Will you help me
stop these girls?
~ You didn't have to run to be on time.
- Let's get out of here.
They robbed my jewelry store!
They robbed my store.
You girls!
Now what was all that about?
We want to stay at Hale Maluhia.
Do you? So?
Well, how can we, when
they're gonna tear it down?
Wait a minute. I seem to have
missed some part of this conversation.
Mrs. Simmons owes
$15,000 in back taxes.
And the price tag on that
diamond necklace is 12,000.
That only leaves 3,000. We
figured the government would~~
A heist.
You pulled a heist?
Well, not quite.
My arm wasn't long enough.
It's not funny.
In fact, girls,
it's very unfunny.
What kind of a trick do
you think you are playing?
Hale Maluhia is a second
chance for you girls.
You're already one~time losers.
I don't know anything
about the school going down,
but what I do know is the
sort of trick you just played
would rip the
heart right out of it.
And anyway,
what do you think a 12,000~dollar
piece of ice is really worth?
Twelve thousand.
Oh, yes, and who's
going to give you 12,000?
The store's markup
alone is a hundred percent.
That leaves you with 6,000.
And then the fence,
if you know a fence,
he takes 60 percent.
And what does that leave
you with? Two thousand.
And one look at you three
and he'd cut that in half.
And what does
that leave you with?
One thousand dollars.
One thousand?
How do you know
all this, Willie?
Willie knows everything.
He went to school in England.
Willie? Willie? Willie?
What's all this Willie?
It's Mr. McFee to you girls.
Not Willie to the likes
of lawbreakers like you.
And anyway, even Willie
doesn't know everything.
But one thing he does know,
in this life there is no
easy way to make a buck.
McGARRETT: Attempted
robbery, jewelry store?
How does this concern Five~0?
Well, the young lady
driving the getaway car
came from the halfway
house at Hale Maluhia.
And it seems that the store
owner filed a complaint.
H.P.D.'s checking into it,
but Truck thought you
might wanna look into it first
because of your relationship with
Dolly Simmons and her baby chicks.
Good idea.
Thank you, Kimo. I will.
Willie drove you to the mall?
Yes, Mr. McGarrett.
McGARRETT: Then you
were in on it with them, huh?
No, Mr. McGarrett. He
knew nothing about it.
Honest, he didn't.
McGARRETT: You mean you plotted
the theft yourselves and you used him?
Made him an accessory?
We didn't steal anything.
No, you couldn't. You
were caught in the act.
One~time losers on probation.
Knowing a thing like that
could put you away for a long
time, ladies, do you realize that?
Mr. McGarrett, the girls
were only trying to help.
Hale Maluhia is
in financial straits.
Now please, I don't
wanna hear excuses.
It was a criminal act,
selfish and inconsiderate.
And it puts a black
mark on this school.
Isn't there anything
we can do, Steve?
Yeah, maybe.
But criminal charges
have been filed.
Now, if they're pressed, you
girls are in serious trouble.
Think about it, ladies.
That's all, girls. Willie.
How was I?
You missed your calling.
Should have been an actor.
But it is serious,
isn't it, Steve?
Yes, Dolly, it is very serious.
I'll have a lot of reasoning to
do with that jewelry store owner.
Exactly what does
Willie do around here?
Gardener, handyman,
horticultural genius.
Have you ever seen
such a beautiful hibiscus?
Willie's got a green
thumb, right up to his elbow.
He's working on a variation
of the hibiscus mutabilis
which he says will
blush as pink as a bride.
He's going to call it the Dolly.
Beautiful, Dolly. What about
the girls wanting to help?
The government is cutting
back on places like Hale Maluhia.
Our private contributions
have all but disappeared.
Don't you have a grant?
That was two years ago.
Hale Maluhia is $15,000
behind in back taxes.
I didn't know that.
It's not something
I like to talk about.
Well...
"In her eyes, there
sometimes burned something
like a vague
presentiment of passions
which flared up suddenly
and set aflame all
the life around about.
Perhaps it is thus that the island
itself once rose from the ocean,
and the plants upon it burst into
flower under the first ray of the sun."
Noa Noa by Gauguin.
You're an incurable romantic,
Willie. The islands aren't like that.
There are sand flies.
~ What would I do without you,
Willie? ~ What would you do without me?
Why, you'd eat all the
cucumber sandwiches.
The talents you have.
You grow flowers,
you draw flowers...
How bad is the
situation here, Dolly?
It's very bad.
We need the 15,000 by the end
of the month, or we close down.
What will you do, Willie?
You've been with us
for such a long time.
Oh, I'll get by.
You never talk about what you
used to do before you came here.
Oh, odd jobs.
What kind of odd jobs?
Oh, all kinds of odd jobs.
Sorry if I sound as
though I'm probing.
That's not probing, my
dear Dolly. That's caring.
Well, I do care.
I know you do.
Do you believe
in miracles, Dolly?
Coming.
Help you?
Hello, Eddie. Remember me?
No.
Monty Pearson.
In the flesh.
This~~ Old buddy, this is great.
How long has it been? Heh.
Eighteen years.
Right? Eighteen years since
we were in the slammer together.
Well, uh, what are
you doing here?
Vacation? Tourist?
No, I live here.
Nice little thriving
business you've got here.
Yeah, it is, and
all straight too.
I hear you got religion too.
Just a bit.
Eddie, uh, something's come up.
Back in action
again? Like old times.
Maybe. Just once.
For old times' sake.
Not for me, but, uh, for someone
who needs the money rather badly.
Whatever, Monty.
Just tell me what I
can do, and you got it.
Remember these, Eddie?
The last from the
batch 20 years ago?
Perfecto.
The best.
Heh. Better engraving
than the government.
I'll have to test
these out myself.
Eddie, do you think you
could find a small press
that wasn't on a main
street like this one?
Yeah, sure. I
know just the place.
Far away. You
could be on the moon.
Hey, uh, to work with
the master again, huh?
The famous Monty Pearson.
~ Ha~ha. ~ Eddie,
I'll be in touch.
Looks like a luau.
Oh, it's a birthday party
for a young lady I know.
First party she's ever had.
It's gonna be a surprise.
That'll be 37.23.
~ Twenty... Forty. ~ Thank you.
Mahalo.
Well, I got all the
stuff for the luau.
You think this will fit
Officer McDermott?
I think it'll give
him a fit. Heh~heh.
What about the
camera? Did you get it?
Yeah, yeah, I got a
good deal on the camera.
Had $85 left, so I took that
and I went out and bought
the rest of the party stuff.
Oh, as a matter of fact, we
have some change coming.
About 20 dollars
and 30 cents apiece.
And I'll tell you what I'll do.
How about some Hawaiian
poker for the 30 cents?
Okay, you're on.
~ Pick whichever one you
want. ~ Okay, I'll have that.
~ Haven't looked
at them, huh? ~ No.
Okay, I have a pair of tens.
You have a pair of tens?
That's what I said.
Hmm.
Well, I have a pair of
tens and a pair of fours.
All right. Okay, I've got
tens, fours and threes.
Steve, I tell you what.
I have a pair of tens, and a
pair of fours and a pair of threes.
What do you mean?
Let me see that.
Wait a minute. Look at this.
It's the exact same
serial number.
~ How can that
be? ~ It can't be.
Each bill has a
different serial number.
Ones, fives, tens, it
doesn't make any difference.
These two are fakes, Kimo.
Oh, come on.
Counterfeits. Where
did you get them?
Well, I don't know. Uh...
~ Bought the grass
skirt... ~ Come on, Kimo.
Let's go and see John
Holland at Secret Service, huh?
Oh, that's beautiful.
The paper, Jackson's face,
that's really the hardest part.
Fine lines. Distinct.
Sure fooled me.
Well, that could
fool anybody, Kimo.
Pride in work. You really
don't see that anymore.
You seem to recognize
this bill. Do you, John?
It would be hard to mistake it.
The plates that printed
this are steel die engravings.
Nobody engraves anymore.
It's all photocopy, cheap
camera and multilith.
This is a work of art.
Well, what I wanna know
is who did the artwork?
Got to be Monty Pearson.
The funny thing is that
he's been out of circulation~~
Pardon the pun. ~~for
nearly 20 years now.
Steve, if I sound
reverential, I just about am.
If I sound like an alarmist,
I'm really underplaying.
You mean they're comparable
to the German plates
that almost lost
World War Il for us?
The German engravings aren't
as good as Monty Pearson's.
If he's out, and if he's active,
these plates, maybe more plates,
why, we could be in big trouble.
Well, Kimo picked up on these
bills, so he'll follow through on them.
Now, can you get
us some information
on this Monty Pearson
character, John?
~ Where he is? If he's
still alive? ~ I'm on it.
My ma taught me how to make
these when I was a little girl.
Seems like a hundred years ago.
How much do you think
we could sell these for?
I don't know. Couple
of bucks, maybe.
Hey, maybe we could make
enough to pay the taxes.
You're so lame. We'd
have to make 8,000 of these.
~ Hey, Willie. ~ Hello, girls.
~ Come here. ~ Later. Later.
Who? Monty?
No kidding. Monty Pearson?
I thought you retired and went
back to England or died or something.
Oh, pardon the
expression. Heh~heh.
What? We're back in business?
Even for just one run,
that's great, Monty.
I'll catch the next
flight for Hawaii.
Telephone, Monsieur Soule.
~ Long distance.
Hawaii. ~ Hawaii?
Come on.
Okay, come on.
Hey, Joe.
It's long distance from Hawaii.
Hula hula hands.
Hello.
Monty.
Yeah, it's me.
Sure, Monty.
Sam?
Pierre?
When?
Count me in,
Monty. I'll be there.
Come on. JOE: Keep walking him.
Oh, boy.
~ Hello? WOMAN:
Mr. Morgan for you, sir.
~ Who? ~ Mr. Joe Morgan.
Put him on.
It's Joe Morgan, Tony.
It's been a long time, Joe.
Heard you were
working for a living.
What brings you
out of the woodwork?
Monty Pearson.
Just called me.
He did? Monty?
Where is he?
Hawaii, Tony.
He's got his old plates.
The ones he took off with.
He's going back into
action. Wants me out there.
Sure. You go on out.
I'll pay the freight.
And, uh, you got a
piece, Joe. Understand?
Yeah, Tony.
Thanks.
I'll keep you informed.
Yes, boss?
For 18 years I've been waiting.
Waiting for what, Tony?
For Monty Pearson to come
up for air with my plates.
What plates?
The plates I paid him to
make for me 18 years ago,
which he took with him
when he decided to go straight.
Boys, times have changed.
When Monty made those plates,
they were worth their weight in gold.
Today, they're worth
their weight in diamonds.
Millions right
here in the States.
Tens of millions in two
countries I could name.
Get me those plates.
I don't care what happens to Monty
Pearson while you're getting them.
Hawaii. Heh.
Hey, let me see, you gave me two
20~dollar bills and 60 cents in change,
~ right? ~ So?
The two twenties were phony.
I don't take phony bills.
~ Where'd you get them,
Ida? ~ How would I know?
Well, maybe somebody's
dumping on you.
Dumping. Dumping what?
Do you mind if I
look in the register?
No, these are fine.
Sure, why not?
You got your phonies
some other place.
No, the only other place I went to
was Loman's Camera Exchange,
and they checked out.
You're sure?
You're positive nobody came in
here and gave you two twenties?
No.
You're working too hard, Kimo.
Yeah, maybe you're
right, huh? Thank you.
Kimo! Kimo!
A kamaaina. It's a kamaaina.
Was it a man, woman? How old?
Man, very nice. Over 50.
He pays cash for luau things.
He gives me two twenties.
Well, how can you
tell he's a kamaaina?
How can you tell
he's an old~timer?
Oh, you can tell. Even
with his English talk.
It's his gentle way.
And his car, on the side, he's
got Hawaiian words painted.
Now, what does he have
painted on the side of his car?
Hale maluhia, house of safety.
Hale maluhia.
Thank you.
Any luck, Kimo?
Willie McFee, Steve.
The guy that works
at Hale Maluhia.
Auntie Ida identified him
and his station wagon.
Okay. Thanks, Kimo.
I'll get right up there.
What? Counterfeit?
The owner of the
luau shop identified you
as the one who
passed the bills to her.
Really? Well, I had no idea.
Do you remember where
you got the twenties?
It must have been the bank.
I'd just cashed a check
I'd got for some seedlings.
I'm trying to make a little
extra money here for the school.
How much was the check for?
Oh, about 53 dollars, a few
cents. You can ask the bank.
Yes, I shall.
Yes, of course.
~ Is this the Dolly
hibiscus? ~ Yes, she is.
Beautiful blue~pink, isn't it?
Well, thank you.
So after Wendy tells the old
lady where she found the money,
I come up, playing
dumb, ask directions.
I don't believe this.
That's the pigeon drop.
It's the oldest
con in the world.
Would you guys forget
trying to make an easy buck?
You know, we're
just kidding ourselves.
This place is going
down the tubes,
and there's nothing
anybody can do to save it.
Brought you a little color, Eddie.
Printing is so black and white.
And sometimes green.
Oh, you raise flowers just like
you did in the slammer, huh, Monty?
Yes, my own hybrid.
You can call me the
Luther Burbank of Oahu.
~ Ha~ha~ha. ~ I call her Dolly.
Well, I'll keep
Dolly well~watered.
I ran a test on those two
bills, Eddie. They were nailed.
~ Your bills? ~
Oh, it was a fluke.
But Joe Morgan's going to
have to do his distribution deal
outside the U.S. now.
~ That's his job. ~ Yes.
Well, the boys are already on the
island. I told them to meet me here.
Uh, listen, Monty, I wanted
to show you something.
I did it in my spare time.
We're not gonna use
those plates, Eddie.
Oh, no, no. They're not
nearly as great as yours.
I mean, the master, right?
But, uh, what do you think?
Just in my spare time.
They are nice, Eddie.
Very nice.
~ Eddie, did you find us a
place? ~ Oh, yeah. Just the place.
It's a small workroom in
the middle of a shantytown
on Pebble Island near Pearl.
Nobody ever goes there.
Here, I'll write the
address for you.
Pebble Island, Shack 4. There's
no street names, just numbers.
Good, I'll go and check it out.
Tell the boys to wait for me here.
Sam and Pierre bringing
the ink and paper?
Yeah. I'll be back soon.
Very nice, Eddie. Very nice.
Hey, Monty. JOE: Hey,
bud, it's been a long time.
Nice to see you.
Monty, nice to see you.
Hey, Monty, old buddy.
It's been a long time. - Monty.
Hello, Monty, nice to see you.
Bring in the hula girls.
Listen, guys, it's been a
long time, maybe 20 years,
but do you remember those two guys
who used to work for Tony Balsani?
Always hanging
around? Killer types?
I think I saw them
go in the print shop.
~ Sol somebody and, uh~~ ~ Rico?
Hey, aren't we all getting a
little paranoid around here?
Maybe, but we better get out of here.
One of you'll have to come back later
~ and check it out.
~ Okay, let's go.
That you back already, Monty?
Yeah.
Hey, Eddie.
Long time no see.
What do you guys want?
Monty's plates.
Monty's plates?
You got~~
What~~? What plates?
Rico, are you crazy?
Nice operation.
Monty's plates.
I don't know. I swear.
They're not Monty's plates.
No, honest~~
No. No.
Please. No, don't.
Eddie Riford?
It's a professional hit, Steve.
Riford owned a print shop.
He goes way back.
After he got out of the slam, he
worked for the Balsani gang for a while.
He was a paper man.
Yeah, they're all
counterfeiters, Kimo.
All right, check
out Tony Balsani.
I've got a hunch
there is a connection.
You got it.
I'm upset about Eddie. I think
we better call off the whole deal.
I'll find some travel
expenses for you boys.
We can't drop the
whole deal now.
Joe, I think that hit
was meant for me.
They want my plates.
And if it's Balsani that's after
them, I've really stirred up the rats.
How would Balsani get on to it?
Monty, we're all
here. Let's get started.
I've already set up
the distribution deal.
It's a Hong Kong
connection. Two for one.
So if you need 15 grand, Monty,
we're gonna have to run off 30.
And don't forget, a little
bundle each for ourselves.
With perhaps a little extra
bonus for traveling expenses.
Traveling is expensive nowadays.
Let's go, Monty.
All right.
The workroom is
on Pebble Island.
Shack number 4.
You boys go and set up,
I'll go and get the plates.
Okay, I'll give it to you
straight, right from the shoulder.
We, uh, goofed, Tony.
So I heard, you foul~ups.
Eddie Riford's
plates are worthless.
Get me Monty Pearson's.
We don't know where he is, Tony.
"Hale Maluhia."
~ What? BALSANI:
Well, that's where he is.
What is it?
How the hell should I
know? I'm not Hawaiian.
Spell it, Tony.
Here's the ballistics
report, Steve,
on the two slugs that
killed Eddie Riford.
Forty~five caliber
automatic with a silencer.
Silencer, huh?
So he got a pro hit.
Huh.
Did you call the bank?
Yeah, sure did.
Willie was in there.
He cashed a check for
53 dollars and 23 cents.
From the Haimanala Nursery.
But, Steve, uh, banks don't give
away phony 20~dollar bills, do they?
They have a machine
that checks for counterfeits.
It scans, ooh, the chemical
composition of the ink and paper.
But it's used only at the
end of each day's business.
Mm. So somebody
could have come in there
and made a cash deposit
just before Willie got there.
Yeah, presumably.
McGarrett.
Mr. Holland on line three.
Oh, yes. Put him
on speaker, please.
Yes, John, you got something?
Steve, those two twenties
are definitely Monty Pearson's.
There's a mug shot coming
over the wire from Washington.
McGARRETT: John, let
me ask you something.
Did Monty Pearson operate alone?
Well, the word is that originally,
a syndicate contracted with him
to make the plates.
What syndicate?
Tony Balsani's, but Monty never
really went through with the deal.
In fact, he's supposed
to have gone straight.
Uh, maybe he did,
until now, anyway.
If Balsani is in on it,
it could eventually mean a sale
to a foreign country, couldn't it?
~ Yes, sir. ~ Okay,
John, thank you.
Talk to you later.
We got problems.
Willie.
Willie.
~ Willie, what's wrong?
~ Nothing. Nothing.
Willie, you eat, breathe
and sleep with these plants.
You overwork yourself.
Dolly is potted.
You're so silly.
You'll be famous.
No, it's you who'll
be famous, Willie.
The psychologists say:
"Find a person who loves gardening,
and you'll find a healthy person."
Hello, Monty.
It's been a long time.
Where are the plates, Monty?
Montgomery to you. What plates?
The plates, Montgomery.
~ Where are they? ~
That was 20 years ago.
~ How do I know?
~ Start talking.
Don't you touch her.
The famous Monty Pearson plates.
Willie, who are these men?
Oh, Willie.
It's Willie, is it? Willie boy.
You men, please leave.
Those are the most famous plates
outside of Washington, D.C., right?
Right.
Well, let's get some twenties.
About a thousand apiece.
You know our orders.
Mont~~
Willie boy here was gonna
have Eddie run some off.
Now, why can't he
run off a batch for us?
Come on. Let's go.
Eddie Riford and Monty Pearson,
both paper men,
were mixed up with the
Tony Balsani syndicate.
Yeah. One down, one to go, huh?
Oh, I don't know, Kimo.
But if, uh, they are
after Monty Pearson,
if indeed there is
a Monty Pearson,
we've got to get to him
before the hit men do.
Steve? McGARRETT:
Oh, yeah. Come in.
~ This just came in on the wire.
~ Oh, thanks, John. Appreciate it.
Well, there sure is
a Monty Pearson,
and he lives at Hale Maluhia.
Safe house indeed, huh?
Well, we'll see how safe it is.
Come on, Kimo, let's go.
Patience, gentlemen, patience.
Each step must
be precise, exact,
and meticulously executed.
Come on. Come on, quit stalling.
Who's stalling? You think
it's easy making money?
Don't touch it. Don't touch
it. This is only the face plate.
Got to let it dry thoroughly
before we print the green side.
I suppose you think we turn
these off with an office duplicator.
It's an art.
Well, it is. Engraving is.
~ May I watch? ~
Stay where you are.
That's strange.
Check it out, will you, Kimo?
Hmm.
More over here.
What's this?
Kimo, look at this.
Oh, boy... Twenties.
Beautiful, aren't they?
The man's a genius.
What's this?
"Okay Print Shop.
Edward Riford."
Isn't he the man who was killed?
"Pebble Island, shack number 4."
Beautiful paper, isn't it?
The ink is perfect,
don't you think?
Mm, the plates
aren't bad, either.
Come on. Come on. All of you,
the dame too, up against the wall.
Don't you want the money?
We'll take the plates. It takes
too long. Up against the wall.
~ It goes much faster
once you start. ~ Just move.
What are you gonna do to
us? ~ Up against the wall.
What do they say, Sol? Aloha?
Are you guys crazy?
Back up against the wall, Joe.
No.
Listen, if it wasn't for me...
Rats go too, Joe.
Joe...?
You think I liked
being a doorman?
You think that's such a great job,
taking little yippy dogs out for a walk?
You betrayed me, Joe?
Your old friend?
All right, knock it off.
Stay here, Kimo.
Shut up, Monty. This
is a gun, just do as I say.
What do we do now? We
can't just stand here, Willie.
Shut your face.
~ You wanna bust
in? ~ No, no, not yet.
They could shoot
Dolly and Willie.
No, we need a
diversion of some sort.
Something to throw
them off guard.
Wait a minute. Wait a minute.
Can you run a motorboat?
I think we're in luck. Look.
Here, take the bitter end out,
attach it to the king post out there.
When I give a signal,
give it full throttle.
Go ahead.
You're first, Joe.
Rico, please.
Please. Please.
Willie boy.
Police. Drop it.
Drop it. Up against that wall.
~ You all right? ~ Oh, Steve.
~ They were gonna
kill us. ~ Okay. Easy.
Kimo, on the double.
Book them all. Watch that
piece right there, that.45.
Willie too? He was only
doing it to help our school.
It was wrong, Dolly.
I was wrong.
I never should have
kept those plates.
~ I'm sorry. ~ Okay,
Kimo. Let's go.
Come on.
Let's go.
~ Visitor, Willie. ~ I'm in.
~ Thank you. ~
Oh, Mr. McGarrett.
~ Willie. ~ This is an honor.
~ Thank you. ~
Won't you sit down?
Yes.
~ Got some good news for you,
Willie. ~ Well, I can use all you've got.
The governor has
declared that Hale Maluhia
is going to be an
historical landmark,
making it tax~exempt.
Oh, that is good news.
~ Thank you for coming to tell me
that. McGARRETT: There's more.
You know that deep pink
hibiscus that you developed?
~ You mean Dolly?
McGARRETT: Yes.
Well, Dolly Simmons sent it to
the New Orleans hybrid competition,
and it won first
prize, gold medal.
Oh, I am pleased.
You should be.
I see you brought your
work with you, huh, Willie?
Yes. In fact, do you
know what they call me?
The botanist of Halawa.
How long do you figure it will be
before you develop a new prizewinner?
Well, if she behaves herself,
minds her manners,
keeps on the right track,
she should be ready for the
world in about, oh, six months.
You might be ready
about the same time, Willie.
Ready to get out.
I'm working on it for you.
Aloha.
Uh, Mr. McGarrett?
Mahalo.
You're welcome, Willie.
behind in back taxes.
Back in action
again? Like old times?
Not for me, but, uh, someone
who needs the money rather badly.
The paper, Jackson's face,
that's really the hardest part.
You mean they're comparable
to the German plates
that almost lost
World War Il for us?
Now I want you girls back
here in ten minutes, all right?
At about, uh, 11:15.
Super. ~ Enjoy yourselves.
There's just one customer.
~ We wait until she
leaves. ~ Janie...
Oh, it's too late to
fink out now, Wendy.
Are you ready, Palani?
Okay, go.
Hello. May I help you, miss?
Keep cool. It's gonna work.
You see anyone, you
rap on the glass, right?
Yeah.
Our S chains have
been very popular lately.
And I have a nice selection
of them here in my cabinet.
Hello, I'll be with
you in just a moment.
No hurry. I'll just look around.
Now here we have shorter chains.
These are beautiful. - Yes.
They run from $90 to a
hundred and eighty~five.
I like this one.
How much is this?
That's a hundred fifteen.
~ And how about this
longer one? ~ Solid gold.
~ Would you~~? ~
What are you doing?
Stop those girls!
Stop those girls!
Get them! Get them!
- Oh, my God.
- Oh, my God.
Watch out!
Will you help me
stop these girls?
~ You didn't have to run to be on time.
- Let's get out of here.
They robbed my jewelry store!
They robbed my store.
You girls!
Now what was all that about?
We want to stay at Hale Maluhia.
Do you? So?
Well, how can we, when
they're gonna tear it down?
Wait a minute. I seem to have
missed some part of this conversation.
Mrs. Simmons owes
$15,000 in back taxes.
And the price tag on that
diamond necklace is 12,000.
That only leaves 3,000. We
figured the government would~~
A heist.
You pulled a heist?
Well, not quite.
My arm wasn't long enough.
It's not funny.
In fact, girls,
it's very unfunny.
What kind of a trick do
you think you are playing?
Hale Maluhia is a second
chance for you girls.
You're already one~time losers.
I don't know anything
about the school going down,
but what I do know is the
sort of trick you just played
would rip the
heart right out of it.
And anyway,
what do you think a 12,000~dollar
piece of ice is really worth?
Twelve thousand.
Oh, yes, and who's
going to give you 12,000?
The store's markup
alone is a hundred percent.
That leaves you with 6,000.
And then the fence,
if you know a fence,
he takes 60 percent.
And what does that leave
you with? Two thousand.
And one look at you three
and he'd cut that in half.
And what does
that leave you with?
One thousand dollars.
One thousand?
How do you know
all this, Willie?
Willie knows everything.
He went to school in England.
Willie? Willie? Willie?
What's all this Willie?
It's Mr. McFee to you girls.
Not Willie to the likes
of lawbreakers like you.
And anyway, even Willie
doesn't know everything.
But one thing he does know,
in this life there is no
easy way to make a buck.
McGARRETT: Attempted
robbery, jewelry store?
How does this concern Five~0?
Well, the young lady
driving the getaway car
came from the halfway
house at Hale Maluhia.
And it seems that the store
owner filed a complaint.
H.P.D.'s checking into it,
but Truck thought you
might wanna look into it first
because of your relationship with
Dolly Simmons and her baby chicks.
Good idea.
Thank you, Kimo. I will.
Willie drove you to the mall?
Yes, Mr. McGarrett.
McGARRETT: Then you
were in on it with them, huh?
No, Mr. McGarrett. He
knew nothing about it.
Honest, he didn't.
McGARRETT: You mean you plotted
the theft yourselves and you used him?
Made him an accessory?
We didn't steal anything.
No, you couldn't. You
were caught in the act.
One~time losers on probation.
Knowing a thing like that
could put you away for a long
time, ladies, do you realize that?
Mr. McGarrett, the girls
were only trying to help.
Hale Maluhia is
in financial straits.
Now please, I don't
wanna hear excuses.
It was a criminal act,
selfish and inconsiderate.
And it puts a black
mark on this school.
Isn't there anything
we can do, Steve?
Yeah, maybe.
But criminal charges
have been filed.
Now, if they're pressed, you
girls are in serious trouble.
Think about it, ladies.
That's all, girls. Willie.
How was I?
You missed your calling.
Should have been an actor.
But it is serious,
isn't it, Steve?
Yes, Dolly, it is very serious.
I'll have a lot of reasoning to
do with that jewelry store owner.
Exactly what does
Willie do around here?
Gardener, handyman,
horticultural genius.
Have you ever seen
such a beautiful hibiscus?
Willie's got a green
thumb, right up to his elbow.
He's working on a variation
of the hibiscus mutabilis
which he says will
blush as pink as a bride.
He's going to call it the Dolly.
Beautiful, Dolly. What about
the girls wanting to help?
The government is cutting
back on places like Hale Maluhia.
Our private contributions
have all but disappeared.
Don't you have a grant?
That was two years ago.
Hale Maluhia is $15,000
behind in back taxes.
I didn't know that.
It's not something
I like to talk about.
Well...
"In her eyes, there
sometimes burned something
like a vague
presentiment of passions
which flared up suddenly
and set aflame all
the life around about.
Perhaps it is thus that the island
itself once rose from the ocean,
and the plants upon it burst into
flower under the first ray of the sun."
Noa Noa by Gauguin.
You're an incurable romantic,
Willie. The islands aren't like that.
There are sand flies.
~ What would I do without you,
Willie? ~ What would you do without me?
Why, you'd eat all the
cucumber sandwiches.
The talents you have.
You grow flowers,
you draw flowers...
How bad is the
situation here, Dolly?
It's very bad.
We need the 15,000 by the end
of the month, or we close down.
What will you do, Willie?
You've been with us
for such a long time.
Oh, I'll get by.
You never talk about what you
used to do before you came here.
Oh, odd jobs.
What kind of odd jobs?
Oh, all kinds of odd jobs.
Sorry if I sound as
though I'm probing.
That's not probing, my
dear Dolly. That's caring.
Well, I do care.
I know you do.
Do you believe
in miracles, Dolly?
Coming.
Help you?
Hello, Eddie. Remember me?
No.
Monty Pearson.
In the flesh.
This~~ Old buddy, this is great.
How long has it been? Heh.
Eighteen years.
Right? Eighteen years since
we were in the slammer together.
Well, uh, what are
you doing here?
Vacation? Tourist?
No, I live here.
Nice little thriving
business you've got here.
Yeah, it is, and
all straight too.
I hear you got religion too.
Just a bit.
Eddie, uh, something's come up.
Back in action
again? Like old times.
Maybe. Just once.
For old times' sake.
Not for me, but, uh, for someone
who needs the money rather badly.
Whatever, Monty.
Just tell me what I
can do, and you got it.
Remember these, Eddie?
The last from the
batch 20 years ago?
Perfecto.
The best.
Heh. Better engraving
than the government.
I'll have to test
these out myself.
Eddie, do you think you
could find a small press
that wasn't on a main
street like this one?
Yeah, sure. I
know just the place.
Far away. You
could be on the moon.
Hey, uh, to work with
the master again, huh?
The famous Monty Pearson.
~ Ha~ha. ~ Eddie,
I'll be in touch.
Looks like a luau.
Oh, it's a birthday party
for a young lady I know.
First party she's ever had.
It's gonna be a surprise.
That'll be 37.23.
~ Twenty... Forty. ~ Thank you.
Mahalo.
Well, I got all the
stuff for the luau.
You think this will fit
Officer McDermott?
I think it'll give
him a fit. Heh~heh.
What about the
camera? Did you get it?
Yeah, yeah, I got a
good deal on the camera.
Had $85 left, so I took that
and I went out and bought
the rest of the party stuff.
Oh, as a matter of fact, we
have some change coming.
About 20 dollars
and 30 cents apiece.
And I'll tell you what I'll do.
How about some Hawaiian
poker for the 30 cents?
Okay, you're on.
~ Pick whichever one you
want. ~ Okay, I'll have that.
~ Haven't looked
at them, huh? ~ No.
Okay, I have a pair of tens.
You have a pair of tens?
That's what I said.
Hmm.
Well, I have a pair of
tens and a pair of fours.
All right. Okay, I've got
tens, fours and threes.
Steve, I tell you what.
I have a pair of tens, and a
pair of fours and a pair of threes.
What do you mean?
Let me see that.
Wait a minute. Look at this.
It's the exact same
serial number.
~ How can that
be? ~ It can't be.
Each bill has a
different serial number.
Ones, fives, tens, it
doesn't make any difference.
These two are fakes, Kimo.
Oh, come on.
Counterfeits. Where
did you get them?
Well, I don't know. Uh...
~ Bought the grass
skirt... ~ Come on, Kimo.
Let's go and see John
Holland at Secret Service, huh?
Oh, that's beautiful.
The paper, Jackson's face,
that's really the hardest part.
Fine lines. Distinct.
Sure fooled me.
Well, that could
fool anybody, Kimo.
Pride in work. You really
don't see that anymore.
You seem to recognize
this bill. Do you, John?
It would be hard to mistake it.
The plates that printed
this are steel die engravings.
Nobody engraves anymore.
It's all photocopy, cheap
camera and multilith.
This is a work of art.
Well, what I wanna know
is who did the artwork?
Got to be Monty Pearson.
The funny thing is that
he's been out of circulation~~
Pardon the pun. ~~for
nearly 20 years now.
Steve, if I sound
reverential, I just about am.
If I sound like an alarmist,
I'm really underplaying.
You mean they're comparable
to the German plates
that almost lost
World War Il for us?
The German engravings aren't
as good as Monty Pearson's.
If he's out, and if he's active,
these plates, maybe more plates,
why, we could be in big trouble.
Well, Kimo picked up on these
bills, so he'll follow through on them.
Now, can you get
us some information
on this Monty Pearson
character, John?
~ Where he is? If he's
still alive? ~ I'm on it.
My ma taught me how to make
these when I was a little girl.
Seems like a hundred years ago.
How much do you think
we could sell these for?
I don't know. Couple
of bucks, maybe.
Hey, maybe we could make
enough to pay the taxes.
You're so lame. We'd
have to make 8,000 of these.
~ Hey, Willie. ~ Hello, girls.
~ Come here. ~ Later. Later.
Who? Monty?
No kidding. Monty Pearson?
I thought you retired and went
back to England or died or something.
Oh, pardon the
expression. Heh~heh.
What? We're back in business?
Even for just one run,
that's great, Monty.
I'll catch the next
flight for Hawaii.
Telephone, Monsieur Soule.
~ Long distance.
Hawaii. ~ Hawaii?
Come on.
Okay, come on.
Hey, Joe.
It's long distance from Hawaii.
Hula hula hands.
Hello.
Monty.
Yeah, it's me.
Sure, Monty.
Sam?
Pierre?
When?
Count me in,
Monty. I'll be there.
Come on. JOE: Keep walking him.
Oh, boy.
~ Hello? WOMAN:
Mr. Morgan for you, sir.
~ Who? ~ Mr. Joe Morgan.
Put him on.
It's Joe Morgan, Tony.
It's been a long time, Joe.
Heard you were
working for a living.
What brings you
out of the woodwork?
Monty Pearson.
Just called me.
He did? Monty?
Where is he?
Hawaii, Tony.
He's got his old plates.
The ones he took off with.
He's going back into
action. Wants me out there.
Sure. You go on out.
I'll pay the freight.
And, uh, you got a
piece, Joe. Understand?
Yeah, Tony.
Thanks.
I'll keep you informed.
Yes, boss?
For 18 years I've been waiting.
Waiting for what, Tony?
For Monty Pearson to come
up for air with my plates.
What plates?
The plates I paid him to
make for me 18 years ago,
which he took with him
when he decided to go straight.
Boys, times have changed.
When Monty made those plates,
they were worth their weight in gold.
Today, they're worth
their weight in diamonds.
Millions right
here in the States.
Tens of millions in two
countries I could name.
Get me those plates.
I don't care what happens to Monty
Pearson while you're getting them.
Hawaii. Heh.
Hey, let me see, you gave me two
20~dollar bills and 60 cents in change,
~ right? ~ So?
The two twenties were phony.
I don't take phony bills.
~ Where'd you get them,
Ida? ~ How would I know?
Well, maybe somebody's
dumping on you.
Dumping. Dumping what?
Do you mind if I
look in the register?
No, these are fine.
Sure, why not?
You got your phonies
some other place.
No, the only other place I went to
was Loman's Camera Exchange,
and they checked out.
You're sure?
You're positive nobody came in
here and gave you two twenties?
No.
You're working too hard, Kimo.
Yeah, maybe you're
right, huh? Thank you.
Kimo! Kimo!
A kamaaina. It's a kamaaina.
Was it a man, woman? How old?
Man, very nice. Over 50.
He pays cash for luau things.
He gives me two twenties.
Well, how can you
tell he's a kamaaina?
How can you tell
he's an old~timer?
Oh, you can tell. Even
with his English talk.
It's his gentle way.
And his car, on the side, he's
got Hawaiian words painted.
Now, what does he have
painted on the side of his car?
Hale maluhia, house of safety.
Hale maluhia.
Thank you.
Any luck, Kimo?
Willie McFee, Steve.
The guy that works
at Hale Maluhia.
Auntie Ida identified him
and his station wagon.
Okay. Thanks, Kimo.
I'll get right up there.
What? Counterfeit?
The owner of the
luau shop identified you
as the one who
passed the bills to her.
Really? Well, I had no idea.
Do you remember where
you got the twenties?
It must have been the bank.
I'd just cashed a check
I'd got for some seedlings.
I'm trying to make a little
extra money here for the school.
How much was the check for?
Oh, about 53 dollars, a few
cents. You can ask the bank.
Yes, I shall.
Yes, of course.
~ Is this the Dolly
hibiscus? ~ Yes, she is.
Beautiful blue~pink, isn't it?
Well, thank you.
So after Wendy tells the old
lady where she found the money,
I come up, playing
dumb, ask directions.
I don't believe this.
That's the pigeon drop.
It's the oldest
con in the world.
Would you guys forget
trying to make an easy buck?
You know, we're
just kidding ourselves.
This place is going
down the tubes,
and there's nothing
anybody can do to save it.
Brought you a little color, Eddie.
Printing is so black and white.
And sometimes green.
Oh, you raise flowers just like
you did in the slammer, huh, Monty?
Yes, my own hybrid.
You can call me the
Luther Burbank of Oahu.
~ Ha~ha~ha. ~ I call her Dolly.
Well, I'll keep
Dolly well~watered.
I ran a test on those two
bills, Eddie. They were nailed.
~ Your bills? ~
Oh, it was a fluke.
But Joe Morgan's going to
have to do his distribution deal
outside the U.S. now.
~ That's his job. ~ Yes.
Well, the boys are already on the
island. I told them to meet me here.
Uh, listen, Monty, I wanted
to show you something.
I did it in my spare time.
We're not gonna use
those plates, Eddie.
Oh, no, no. They're not
nearly as great as yours.
I mean, the master, right?
But, uh, what do you think?
Just in my spare time.
They are nice, Eddie.
Very nice.
~ Eddie, did you find us a
place? ~ Oh, yeah. Just the place.
It's a small workroom in
the middle of a shantytown
on Pebble Island near Pearl.
Nobody ever goes there.
Here, I'll write the
address for you.
Pebble Island, Shack 4. There's
no street names, just numbers.
Good, I'll go and check it out.
Tell the boys to wait for me here.
Sam and Pierre bringing
the ink and paper?
Yeah. I'll be back soon.
Very nice, Eddie. Very nice.
Hey, Monty. JOE: Hey,
bud, it's been a long time.
Nice to see you.
Monty, nice to see you.
Hey, Monty, old buddy.
It's been a long time. - Monty.
Hello, Monty, nice to see you.
Bring in the hula girls.
Listen, guys, it's been a
long time, maybe 20 years,
but do you remember those two guys
who used to work for Tony Balsani?
Always hanging
around? Killer types?
I think I saw them
go in the print shop.
~ Sol somebody and, uh~~ ~ Rico?
Hey, aren't we all getting a
little paranoid around here?
Maybe, but we better get out of here.
One of you'll have to come back later
~ and check it out.
~ Okay, let's go.
That you back already, Monty?
Yeah.
Hey, Eddie.
Long time no see.
What do you guys want?
Monty's plates.
Monty's plates?
You got~~
What~~? What plates?
Rico, are you crazy?
Nice operation.
Monty's plates.
I don't know. I swear.
They're not Monty's plates.
No, honest~~
No. No.
Please. No, don't.
Eddie Riford?
It's a professional hit, Steve.
Riford owned a print shop.
He goes way back.
After he got out of the slam, he
worked for the Balsani gang for a while.
He was a paper man.
Yeah, they're all
counterfeiters, Kimo.
All right, check
out Tony Balsani.
I've got a hunch
there is a connection.
You got it.
I'm upset about Eddie. I think
we better call off the whole deal.
I'll find some travel
expenses for you boys.
We can't drop the
whole deal now.
Joe, I think that hit
was meant for me.
They want my plates.
And if it's Balsani that's after
them, I've really stirred up the rats.
How would Balsani get on to it?
Monty, we're all
here. Let's get started.
I've already set up
the distribution deal.
It's a Hong Kong
connection. Two for one.
So if you need 15 grand, Monty,
we're gonna have to run off 30.
And don't forget, a little
bundle each for ourselves.
With perhaps a little extra
bonus for traveling expenses.
Traveling is expensive nowadays.
Let's go, Monty.
All right.
The workroom is
on Pebble Island.
Shack number 4.
You boys go and set up,
I'll go and get the plates.
Okay, I'll give it to you
straight, right from the shoulder.
We, uh, goofed, Tony.
So I heard, you foul~ups.
Eddie Riford's
plates are worthless.
Get me Monty Pearson's.
We don't know where he is, Tony.
"Hale Maluhia."
~ What? BALSANI:
Well, that's where he is.
What is it?
How the hell should I
know? I'm not Hawaiian.
Spell it, Tony.
Here's the ballistics
report, Steve,
on the two slugs that
killed Eddie Riford.
Forty~five caliber
automatic with a silencer.
Silencer, huh?
So he got a pro hit.
Huh.
Did you call the bank?
Yeah, sure did.
Willie was in there.
He cashed a check for
53 dollars and 23 cents.
From the Haimanala Nursery.
But, Steve, uh, banks don't give
away phony 20~dollar bills, do they?
They have a machine
that checks for counterfeits.
It scans, ooh, the chemical
composition of the ink and paper.
But it's used only at the
end of each day's business.
Mm. So somebody
could have come in there
and made a cash deposit
just before Willie got there.
Yeah, presumably.
McGarrett.
Mr. Holland on line three.
Oh, yes. Put him
on speaker, please.
Yes, John, you got something?
Steve, those two twenties
are definitely Monty Pearson's.
There's a mug shot coming
over the wire from Washington.
McGARRETT: John, let
me ask you something.
Did Monty Pearson operate alone?
Well, the word is that originally,
a syndicate contracted with him
to make the plates.
What syndicate?
Tony Balsani's, but Monty never
really went through with the deal.
In fact, he's supposed
to have gone straight.
Uh, maybe he did,
until now, anyway.
If Balsani is in on it,
it could eventually mean a sale
to a foreign country, couldn't it?
~ Yes, sir. ~ Okay,
John, thank you.
Talk to you later.
We got problems.
Willie.
Willie.
~ Willie, what's wrong?
~ Nothing. Nothing.
Willie, you eat, breathe
and sleep with these plants.
You overwork yourself.
Dolly is potted.
You're so silly.
You'll be famous.
No, it's you who'll
be famous, Willie.
The psychologists say:
"Find a person who loves gardening,
and you'll find a healthy person."
Hello, Monty.
It's been a long time.
Where are the plates, Monty?
Montgomery to you. What plates?
The plates, Montgomery.
~ Where are they? ~
That was 20 years ago.
~ How do I know?
~ Start talking.
Don't you touch her.
The famous Monty Pearson plates.
Willie, who are these men?
Oh, Willie.
It's Willie, is it? Willie boy.
You men, please leave.
Those are the most famous plates
outside of Washington, D.C., right?
Right.
Well, let's get some twenties.
About a thousand apiece.
You know our orders.
Mont~~
Willie boy here was gonna
have Eddie run some off.
Now, why can't he
run off a batch for us?
Come on. Let's go.
Eddie Riford and Monty Pearson,
both paper men,
were mixed up with the
Tony Balsani syndicate.
Yeah. One down, one to go, huh?
Oh, I don't know, Kimo.
But if, uh, they are
after Monty Pearson,
if indeed there is
a Monty Pearson,
we've got to get to him
before the hit men do.
Steve? McGARRETT:
Oh, yeah. Come in.
~ This just came in on the wire.
~ Oh, thanks, John. Appreciate it.
Well, there sure is
a Monty Pearson,
and he lives at Hale Maluhia.
Safe house indeed, huh?
Well, we'll see how safe it is.
Come on, Kimo, let's go.
Patience, gentlemen, patience.
Each step must
be precise, exact,
and meticulously executed.
Come on. Come on, quit stalling.
Who's stalling? You think
it's easy making money?
Don't touch it. Don't touch
it. This is only the face plate.
Got to let it dry thoroughly
before we print the green side.
I suppose you think we turn
these off with an office duplicator.
It's an art.
Well, it is. Engraving is.
~ May I watch? ~
Stay where you are.
That's strange.
Check it out, will you, Kimo?
Hmm.
More over here.
What's this?
Kimo, look at this.
Oh, boy... Twenties.
Beautiful, aren't they?
The man's a genius.
What's this?
"Okay Print Shop.
Edward Riford."
Isn't he the man who was killed?
"Pebble Island, shack number 4."
Beautiful paper, isn't it?
The ink is perfect,
don't you think?
Mm, the plates
aren't bad, either.
Come on. Come on. All of you,
the dame too, up against the wall.
Don't you want the money?
We'll take the plates. It takes
too long. Up against the wall.
~ It goes much faster
once you start. ~ Just move.
What are you gonna do to
us? ~ Up against the wall.
What do they say, Sol? Aloha?
Are you guys crazy?
Back up against the wall, Joe.
No.
Listen, if it wasn't for me...
Rats go too, Joe.
Joe...?
You think I liked
being a doorman?
You think that's such a great job,
taking little yippy dogs out for a walk?
You betrayed me, Joe?
Your old friend?
All right, knock it off.
Stay here, Kimo.
Shut up, Monty. This
is a gun, just do as I say.
What do we do now? We
can't just stand here, Willie.
Shut your face.
~ You wanna bust
in? ~ No, no, not yet.
They could shoot
Dolly and Willie.
No, we need a
diversion of some sort.
Something to throw
them off guard.
Wait a minute. Wait a minute.
Can you run a motorboat?
I think we're in luck. Look.
Here, take the bitter end out,
attach it to the king post out there.
When I give a signal,
give it full throttle.
Go ahead.
You're first, Joe.
Rico, please.
Please. Please.
Willie boy.
Police. Drop it.
Drop it. Up against that wall.
~ You all right? ~ Oh, Steve.
~ They were gonna
kill us. ~ Okay. Easy.
Kimo, on the double.
Book them all. Watch that
piece right there, that.45.
Willie too? He was only
doing it to help our school.
It was wrong, Dolly.
I was wrong.
I never should have
kept those plates.
~ I'm sorry. ~ Okay,
Kimo. Let's go.
Come on.
Let's go.
~ Visitor, Willie. ~ I'm in.
~ Thank you. ~
Oh, Mr. McGarrett.
~ Willie. ~ This is an honor.
~ Thank you. ~
Won't you sit down?
Yes.
~ Got some good news for you,
Willie. ~ Well, I can use all you've got.
The governor has
declared that Hale Maluhia
is going to be an
historical landmark,
making it tax~exempt.
Oh, that is good news.
~ Thank you for coming to tell me
that. McGARRETT: There's more.
You know that deep pink
hibiscus that you developed?
~ You mean Dolly?
McGARRETT: Yes.
Well, Dolly Simmons sent it to
the New Orleans hybrid competition,
and it won first
prize, gold medal.
Oh, I am pleased.
You should be.
I see you brought your
work with you, huh, Willie?
Yes. In fact, do you
know what they call me?
The botanist of Halawa.
How long do you figure it will be
before you develop a new prizewinner?
Well, if she behaves herself,
minds her manners,
keeps on the right track,
she should be ready for the
world in about, oh, six months.
You might be ready
about the same time, Willie.
Ready to get out.
I'm working on it for you.
Aloha.
Uh, Mr. McGarrett?
Mahalo.
You're welcome, Willie.