Hawaii Five-O (1968–1980): Season 2, Episode 24 - Three Dead Cows at Makapuu: Part II - full transcript

I'm still not sure
I heard you right.

What do three dead
cows got to do with Five-0?

Wow.

He says the Army did
it with their experiments.

And you don't think
there's anything serious?

Do you? I saw the cows.

They weren't very pretty.

I don't know what killed
them, but I'm gonna find out.

You think it was nerve gas.

I don't know.

You people never let
us know these things



until somebody makes a mistake.

But I feel I must
warn both of you

that... what you're
liable to hear

is absolute
classified information.

This is top-secret.

All of which brings us to what?

All of which lead
us to a man named...

Alexander Kline.

Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania. Bet
you're from Pennsylvania.

How'd you know?

I'm a telephone operator.

I play this little
game with myself,

trying to guess where
people come from



just from their voices.

But with a touch of genius,

and the benefit of
a freak accident...

Alexander Kline...

developed in the
laboratory... a Q strain.

A biological mutation

which proved to be... hostile

to all forms of life on Earth.

Almost a year ago,

Alexander Kline disappeared.

And despite the CIA...

a worldwide search network,

the man was nowhere to be found.

Now, Kline killed those cows
with some kind of aerosol spray.

That means he's continuing
his experimentation.

So he's gotta have a place

with pretty, uh,
sophisticated equipment.

There does seem to be
trouble on that line, sir.

Will you give me
the party's name,

and I'll have the
number verified?

Abel Morgan, Kewalo Basin.

Now hurry, please.

Pennsylvania?

Is that you Pennsylvania?

What?

It is you. It's the
girl on the beach,

the telephone operator.

Don't you remember?

How did you know I was here?

By the telephone number
you gave me to call.

You must think I'm awful
chasing after you like this.

Are you the gentleman
who called about the picture?

Yes, I'm Dr. Soong.

As soon as I saw
it, I called you.

That's Arnold.

Although he's changed
from the picture.

He calls himself Arnold Clay.

You're absolutely positive?

Absolutely.

No.

Any idea where he lives?

No. Never asked.

Or where we could find him?

No.

Why do you wanna know?

Because he's dying?

Dying?

I know you're in
some sort of trouble.

I called one of the
numbers you gave me,

and there was a policeman.

A policeman?

But I hoped you'd be here.

I mean, you look so sick,

you shouldn't just
be wandering around.

Why can't you leave me alone?

Well, Arnold... Why
don't you just go away?!

Look...

something has happened...
here on the island.

Something that will
kill everyone here

within the next 12 hours.

Yeah. She had
a visitor all right.

Steve? Just came over the radio.

Emergency hospital in Kamakai

reported a man answering
Kline's description.

He brought a girl
in for treatment.

Let's go.

It's not on me.

It's hidden.

Out there somewhere.

You'll never find it in time.

If you want to live, leave now.

Get off the island.

Where is it?

Where'd you hide the vial?!

My wife's in this hospital.

She just had surgery.
She can't be moved!

Colonel!

Go on, colonel. Back
off, colonel. Back off.

You don't give me
orders, McGarrett.

He's gonna murder
everybody on this island,

and they just stand around here

wasting time pleading with him!

Colonel, give us just a
few minutes alone with him.

Please.

You think I want people to die?

You think I enjoy that?

Don't forget, I'm gonna die
right along with everyone else.

Who appointed you
savior of the world, Alex?

Who made you keeper of the law?

The people. The people decide.

The people.

Did the people decide we
should develop germ warfare?

Did the people decide we should
spend a million dollars a day

flouting Geneva protocol?

But the president has renounced

chemical and biological warfare.

He's even asking the Senate
to ratify the Geneva Accord.

Honorable intentions.

But it'll go on and on.

But you can't eliminate

three-quarters-of-a-million
innocent people

based on what the
military will or won't do.

Our whole economy is based

on exactly that, Mr. McGarrett.

Our whole way
of life is dictated

by what they
will or will not do.

And you think you can
change that overnight

by wiping out the
50th state in the Union?

Yes.

If anything will stop
global self-destruction,

this will.

Well, think!

Okinawa, Dugway.

The experiments with
anthrax on Gruinard Island

that will leave that
island uninhabitable

for the next hundred years.

And all warnings
of a greater disaster

that nobody does anything about!

Alex, listen to me.

Granted, the experiments
might continue.

And granted there's
a possibility of error.

But we've developed
a system of safeguards

that's practically
foolproof against mistakes

that can harm human beings.

Do you really believe that?

That you can safeguard
against mistakes?

Yes, Alex.

Believe me.

Then what am I?

McGarrett?

The girl.

Is she, uh...?

What about the girl, Alex?

Arguments... threats... Nothing.

What about sodium pentothal?

No, we tried it this morning.

Perhaps Dr. Malden
can do what we can't.

No, sir. And we've
tried everything.

Yes, sir. He is aware of
your directive against CBW,

but... he feels that your
renunciation of germ warfare

will be meaningless.

No, sir. He still refuses
to talk to you on the phone.

Yes, sir. We have an
escort waiting at Hickam Field

ready and waiting
to take Dr. Malden

directly to Leahi Hospital.

Yes, sir, I'll keep
you informed.

Well, Dr. Malden should
be here within a half hour.

Why wait?

Give me that half
hour alone with Kline.

I'll get your information.

We'll wait, colonel.

This is war, governor.
Kline is the enemy.

No less than if he were trying

to kill us with
nuclear warheads.

And the longer we wait, the
more advantage we give him.

Colonel... that's enough.

Anything?

She showed us the
rock where she fell.

We covered the area. Nothing.

Won't somebody tell
me what's happening?

I think I've been
questioned by eight generals,

and nobody will tell
me what's going on.

I just don't know
what Arnold has done.

His name is not Arnold... Wanda.

It's Alex. Alex Kline.

He's a very brilliant scientist.

A microbiologist.

But what's he done?
What are you looking for?

You said that he told you...

that there had been an accident.

That a lot of people
were gonna be killed.

And that he wanted you to
leave this island. Is that correct?

Yes, but I didn't know
whether to believe him.

He had been very
sick from the malaria.

He was delirious
for a whole day.

He told you the truth, Wanda,

except for one thing.

There was no accident.

Alex has created a germ.

The only one of its kind.

A microscopic organism...

so powerful and so deadly...

that a thimbleful...
One thimbleful

is capable of
destroying all life.

Arnold...?

Alex... created it?

With the help of the government.

He's trying...

He's trying to show
that the world...

is on the brink of a
terrible catastrophe.

He thinks by wiping
out all life in Hawaii,

he can save the
rest of the world.

Wanda, he... He asked about you.

He cares about you very much.

I'm hoping that you
can convince him...

that this is not
the way to do it.

Well, what should I say?

About how should he do it?

By legal and ethical process.

By orderly and
vehement objection,

if necessary.

Will you help us?

The last time I saw you...

I was in the hospital bed.

Wanda.

Your name isn't Arnold, is it?

It's Alex.

Are you really
from Pennsylvania?

Are the police holding you?

Not exactly.

They... wanted
me to talk to you.

They've told you what I've done.

You don't hate me?

No.

I don't believe it,
and it doesn't matter.

What they said is true.

Everyone here will die.

Now, you've got
to leave the island.

You promised me that.

I don't know what to say.

They told me what to say,
and I can't seem to say it.

Seems like a dream.

Get out of here, Wanda.

Now.

Get a plane, a boat, anything.

Please... But
get off the island!

Please don't do it. Get
out. Get out! Get out!

Don't do it! Get
out! Get out! Get out!

Get out!

Dr. Malden, isn't it?

The great mind-bender?

Alex?

Alex, can you hear me?

Yes. Good.

Then I want you to
listen to me for a moment.

Listen to the sound of my voice.

This is the voice
of a friend, Alex.

A voice... you can trust.

Do you understand?

Alex... I just talked
to your mother.

Your mother, Alex.

Mother?

Yes. She's just outside.

And she wants to see you.

To... talk to you.

Don't.

I'll bring her in.

She'll be so happy to see you.

Alex. Alex, baby.

Mom?

Are you all right?

Mama?

Are you doing what
your teachers tell you?

Mama. Mom, they won't...

I want you to remember, Alex,

what they say about you.

That you are something special.

Something very special.

I want you to listen to me, son.

I want you to listen
to your mother

and be a good boy.

I know that you made
something for them

in the laboratory.

You made something
in one of those vials.

No. Yes, you did.

You made it for them,

but you won't tell
them where it is.

No. Not Mom.

Yes. Yes, Alex, it's Mom.

I'm right here with you.

Dead, dead. No.

Dead.

No. No. No,
sweetheart. I'm not dead,

I'm right here. Listen to
me. I'm right here with you,

and I want you to tell me.

I want you to tell me, Alex.

God. Go away.

You're dead. You're dead.

I buried you!

Tell me. You're
dead, I buried you!

I buried you!

Go away!

Yes, Alex. Your mother is gone.

She's gone.

And you can't see her anymore.

But we are going
on a little trip now.

A little journey
through time and space

into the very
depths of your mind.

No. Through all
the little corners.

Stop it. Stop. Stop it.

Stop it.

Stop it!

Aah!

Alex's teachers
were quite correct.

He was and is
something very special.

He has a mind like
imprisoned steam.

The more it is pressed...

the more it rises to
resist the pressure.

All right, doctor, did he
mention the bacteria?

Only that he'd hidden the
vial under a pier somewhere.

Pier? Any idea where?

We're not sure of
anything, McGarrett.

Danno, was there
a pier near the rocks

where he met the girl?

Not that I know of.

Get a squad from H.P.D.
Check out the area.

Also, the wharf where
the old man lives.

Right.

All right,
gentlemen. Is that it?

Have we exhausted
all possibilities?

I'd like to try something else.

What?

Letting him go.

You can't mean
that, McGarrett. I do.

He may change his mind.

He may want to see if
the vial is still all right...

and lead us to it.

Hm. And what if
your men lose him?

I've got an unlimited source
of manpower, Mr. Kaye.

H.P.D., National Guard.

It's a calculated risk,

but at least it's positive.

Keeping him confined
here is just waiting

for the end to come.

No, it's too much of a gamble.

We can't accept that risk.

Alex Kline is on the verge

of a nervous breakdown, correct?

He's been drugged
and threatened.

His logic and guilt
have been worked on

to the point where
he may soon collapse.

Now, if he breaks down
mentally, gentlemen,

what have we got?

Nothing. Absolutely nothing.

Now, I'm hoping and praying

that if we leave him
alone for a while,

he may come to his senses.

If you lose him, McGarrett,
it's your responsibility.

If I lose him, Mr. Kaye...

do you think it really matters?

Unit 3 to Unit 4.

Suspect crossing corner
at Mauna Kea and Hotel.

Got him, Unit 3.

We'll keep on him
with Unit 2 and 5.

Continue on to your
marked destination

and report to Central Dispatch.

Abel?

The police told you.

The girl... She was here?

Tried to warn me.

Wanted to get me out of here.

I'm not going anywhere.

If I'm... dying, I'm
gonna die right here.

Abel.

Oh.

You're like Job in the Bible:

suffering... convinced
of your martyrdom.

Maybe I'm wrong.

Maybe I've lost my mind.

What's sane... today?

You don't know when
you cross over the line

from sane to insane.

What should I do?

Abel, what should I do?

We're shaped by the
things that we love.

You stop thinking
with your mind.

Start feeling with your heart.

Now, you go on.

Go on, get out of here.

I don't want you mixing up...

love with pity.

Go on.

He's coming out
of the shack now.

Yeah, I see him, Kono.

Go over the shack
from top to bottom.

We'll cover him from here.

McGarrett to all units.

We have suspect
under surveillance.

Moving Maki on, uh, Winam.

Units 6, 8...

proceed to Winam and Kalakaua.

Possible intercept.

Wanda...

I told some friends.

Nobody can get
any airplane tickets.

The airlines were all booked.

But, uh, Dolores
Suzuki's boyfriend

has a boat.

Good.

I still can't believe it.

It's true.

Why did you come here?

See if you were going.

I just don't
understand it, Arnold.

I keep calling you Arnold.

I can't help it.

Doesn't matter.

What you're doing is horrible.

I know.

Oh, I meant what I
said at the hospital.

I don't hate you.

That's what I don't understand.

I should hate you.

Why don't I hate you?

I'm glad you don't.

You're going to murder people.

Thousands of people.

Yes.

And I don't understand why.

I really don't understand why.

Tsk.

A long time ago...
I had a beehive.

And on long summer days,

it used to be a place
of fascination for me.

The buzzing.

Mixture of smells.

And I always had a great
respect and fondness

for those little creatures.

How they hatched
out of their cells,

each having his own work to do.

Answering an inborn
sense of responsibility,

one to the other.

People aren't bees, Alex.

No, Wanda.

But the person who loves life...

will answer the same call.

He understands the relationship

between the living cell
and the human body...

or the bee to the hive.

And somehow I've got to do this.

For the hive.

Can't you see that?

Will you help me get my
things down to the car?

Six hours. Six hours.

I don't think he's
gonna give in, Steve.

Looked to me like
he was just trying

to help her get off the island.

Central Dispatch,
this is McGarrett.

Get me Kono, please.

Go ahead, Steve.

Kono. Anything?

No vials. Just the
old man, Morgan.

Come on.

Wanda, hurry up.
We're ready to go.

It's him. It's the guy the
cops were looking for.

Wanda said there
was an accident.

That's why we're leaving.

If it's true, why
they looking for you?

Was it an accident, or did you

have something to do with it?

Bill, stop it.

He didn't have
anything to do with it.

No point in lying, Wanda.

Maybe I've just
been lying to myself.

There was no accident.

The police are looking for me

because I hid a
vial of bacteria.

Germs.

Enough to kill
everyone on this island.

Bill, stop it!

Stop it!

H.P.D., this is McGarrett.

No, I'm all right, Wanda.

You go. Go with them. Hurry.

I'm not going. Wanda...

I know why I can't hate you.

Couldn't hate you
no matter what.

Because I love you.

Then you'll leave. Now.

Go with them. Please!

I can't!

There's... nothing without you.

Nothing.

I'd rather die with
you than without you.

Oh, I was wrong.

So wrong.

No, nothing here either.

Will you report to the governor?

Tell him we'll give him a
progress report as we can.

Priority one, Steve?

Yeah. Keep this channel open.

Okay.

McGarrett?

I'll take you to
where I hid the vial.

The pier is located
about two miles

from Hawaii Kai
Road at Coral Cove.

We're on our way there now.

I want an Army
decontamination unit...

with a tank...

filled with bleach,
water and DS2.

Notify the governor.

This is McGarrett. Over and out.

It's gone.

It's gone!

What have I done?

Wanda, what have I done?

They'll find it. I
know they will.

I don't see how.

Where is it?

Well, we still haven't got it.

Somebody must
have spotted the vial.

Under the pier surface, maybe.

Picked it up before we got here.

Or maybe it was washed off

the pier into the water?

I doubt it. High tide
doesn't come up that far.

Chin, get on the radio.

Whoever picked up that vial

has to be alerted.

Maybe we can find someone

who saw him take it.

Excuse me.

Alex... you said

that people would
start dying in 12 hours.

Now, we've got five left.

Exactly what happens to the vial

at the end of your timetable?

I computed the rate
of the organism's

multiplication.

The vial will begin to leak.

Local contamination at first...

and then the air...

wind... No stopping it.

We should have
the Firefly detector

from the Goddard Space
Flight Center before then.

What is that?

It was developed to detect
life forms in outer space,

but... I think it might
prove effective as a...

biosensor.

Didn't you hear what I said?

When it gets into the air,
there'll be no stopping it.

And there's nothing in your
beautiful technological arsenal

that will prevent
it from killing

every living thing
on this island.

What about an antigen?

There isn't time!

You've gotta find it
before it starts leaking.

Now, if the combination

of bleach and
DS2... won't kill it...

fire and steam will.

When we find it... if we find it

I don't want it destroyed

unless it's
absolutely necessary.

That's not your decision
or mine, Mr. Kaye.

Kline's Q strain is the only one

of its kind, McGarrett.

It could be the
ultimate safeguard

of our national defense.

I'm not gonna risk their lives

to save your
defensive capability kit.

We interrupt this broadcast

to bring you the
following news bull...

This is like looking

for a needle in
a haystack, boss.

Nobody saw or heard
anything around that pier.

Cover everything.
Everything we laid out.

It's vital.

I don't wanna miss one surfer

in that whole area.

Go.

They'll find it.

It's no use. There isn't time.

Maybe they'll
figure out something.

Not even if they had... months

instead of only hours.

Something will
happen, I know it.

We're going to die, Wanda.

Alex, you can't give up hope.

Steve... we got a lead.

Some kids say their buddy
was prowling around that pier.

Meet us at the
Kapiolani food shack.

Chin, what have we got?

They said he was
supposed to meet

this buddy of theirs
at the Coral Cove.

But he never showed, or
took off before they got there.

And you haven't seen him since?

We figured he'd found
something better to do.

He's like that.

What's his name?

Kit.

McGARRETT: Kit what?

He never said.

Any idea where
we could find him?

I think he's been living

in some abandoned
shack someplace.

But I don't know where.

Thanks.

I'm sorry, sir,

I can't quite understand you.

What?

I can read you clear,
Foj. I have a, uh...

Yes. Yes, I understand.

Where are you?

Where?

Yes. All right.

Stay there. Stay exactly
where you are. Don't move.

I'll have somebody right there.

Yeah, I've got
it. Phone booth...

on the Kapua Highway
just north of the junction.

Contact all units to clear

for the Decontamination Squad.

Shirley Harris got a
call from somebody sick.

Said something about the vial.

Did she call McGarrett?
It's a phone booth

on the Kapua Highway
not far from here.

No. You stay here.

Oh, no, I'm going with you.

Easy.

Is it all over?

Is it happening?

It is if he opened the vial.

If he died from the leakage,
we may still have a chance.

Honey, listen, please.
Do you know him?

Does he live around here? Where?

A shack out that way.

Alex! No!

Stop it! No!

Stay there!

Alex!

Seal off the area.

Block the highway
from both directions.

Evacuate any residents.

Let's go.

McGarrett!

The shack. Burn it.

Burn it!

Break out the flamethrower!

All right, bring the
flamethrower here.

It's here!

Hey, wait a minute.
You can't go down...!

No. Let me go!

Wanda, stay back! No, let me go!

Stay back!

Oh, Alex.

Oh, why? Why
did you go near it?!

I had to... gain time...

to keep it from
circulating in the air.

Alex.

Is there anything we
can do? Anything at all?

No.

No.

No, it's too late.

Uh...