Hawaii Five-O (1968–1980): Season 3, Episode 6 - The Ransom - full transcript

The young son of a rich man is kidnapped. Five-O and HPD observe the scene where the kidnappers are to pick up the money. Five-O's Kono corners the kidnappers but ends up being captured. He sets the boy free but is beaten by the kidnappers, who now are demanding ransom for release of the Five-O member.

Yes, please?

Mr. Blake, please?

Mr. Blake...

we received
unofficial notification

from Honolulu Savings and Trust

that you withdrew $250,000
in cash this morning.

They had no right

to disclose that information.

The money was paid in
10s and 20s, unmarked,

unconsecutively
numbered at your request.

How I conduct my
business transactions



doesn't require the
approval of the police.

So if you'll excuse me.

Things like this add
up to only one thing:

ransom money.

Ransom? For what?

I still don't understand.

You returned to Honolulu
two weeks ago, Mr. Blake.

You and your son.

Your son here now?

Look here, Mr. McGarrett.

I didn't ask you to come here,

but I'm asking you to leave now.

Your son was
kidnapped, wasn't he?

That's ridiculous!



Well, shall we call him?

He's... not here.

Kidnapping is a crime,

whether you report it or not.

I asked you both to
leave. I'm asking you again.

Mr. Blake, please...

don't try to do this yourself.

You can't handle it.

Why not?

I've handled
bigger deals before.

Two hundred and fifty thousand
dollars means nothing to me...

when it comes to Timmy.

This is not a business deal.

I'm warning you, Mr. McGarrett.

I'm handling this myself.

If anything goes wrong...

If you interfere and
harm comes to Timmy...

I'll hold you
personally responsible.

All right, now, kid,

let's have a great big
smile for your daddy.

One, two, click we go.

Yeah, it's a souvenir
of the occasion.

Yeah.

Shut up.

Not bad. It's
great, Obie. Great.

Hey, Obie, Obie,
that's really good.

Pretty sharp, man.

You better get the kid to bed.

All right.

Come on, kid.

I'm hungry.

Ah, later, kid.

Come on.

Yeah, I'm getting
hungry too, Obie.

Well, you can pick up something

for all of us on the way back.

Got everything straight?

I got it straight, Obie.

Better get going.

Nothing, Steve.

No one in or out.

All right, Chin. Stay with it.

Think the boy's still alive?

Got to be.

They still need him,

at least until they
get the money.

That's the tap on Blake's phone.

This better pay off.

The attorney general was
very upset about this one.

Hello? This is
Nelson Blake. Hello?

Mr. Blake,

if you want to see
your son again,

alive, then listen closely.

Bring the money to
Sea Life Park at 5:00.

Go to the information desk.

Do you understand?

Please answer now.

Yes. I understand.
I'll be there.

But tell me, how...? H...?

They know what they're doing.

Yeah, and in that crowd,

they'll be able to
watch everything.

And we won't even
know who we're looking for

till they make their move.

Feeling better now, Timmy?

I wanna go home.

Yeah, in a little while.

Now just lie down and be quiet.

Go ahead.

Kid sure was hungry.

Well, boys, it's time to go.

We don't wanna
keep the man waiting.

Not at these prices.

Two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars.

He's cutting it close.

Can I help you, sir?

What?

Is there anything I
can do for you, sir?

I'm Nelson Blake.

Has anybody come,
uh, looking for me?

Oh, yes. Mr. Blake.

Would you all follow me
down this way, please?

The Hawaiians now call

the living creatures
from the sea.

Eolani now calls to her friends.

Jump up an arch in
the sky like a rainbow.

Makaukau, you get ready.

That means eight porpoises.

Gathered together.

One big hui. One big group.

They reach for the sky,
and they join into the sea.

One more time.

The rainbow Hawaii
embracing the sky and the sea.

Notice how the porpoises swim.

You can tell the porpoises
from the sharks offshore.

Porpoises have
a roll in their swim,

sharks do not.

They do this to surface
for a breath of air.

We still have eight
hardworking Hawaiians.

This is Miss Sakana.
May I help you?

This is an emergency.

I have to talk to
Mr. Nelson Blake.

Mr. Nelson Blake.

Mr. Blake. There is an
emergency telephone call

for you.

We'd like to introduce
to you Makapu'u,

our false killer whale.

I'm Nelson Blake. Where
can I find a telephone?

Yes, sir. It's over
there by the signpost.

Thank you.

Makapu'u leaps
to build up speed,

dives 25 feet to the
bottom of Whaler's Cove.

And here she is,
Makapu'u, our high jumper.

This is Nelson Blake.

Do exactly what I
tell you, Mr. Blake.

Put the money down

right where you are standing.

Then hang up the
phone and walk away.

But what about Timmy?
What about my son?

Mister, you forgot your case.

Oh, no.

You forgot this.

No, no. It isn't mine.

Yes, it is, sir. You
put it right over there.

Put it back.

Well, it's your case.
You put it back. Oh.

Holy...

All right. Everybody,
move back, please.

Move back. Move back, please.

Please, sir, move back.

Hold it.

Get 'em up and spread 'em.

I didn't do nothing.

Drop it.

Drop it!

What are you doing?

We're taking him with us.

If they try and stop us,
we'll blow his brains out.

Let's go!

Put out an APB?

We don't even know the
make of car they're driving.

Still, there's a chance.

Yeah. If Kono's alive,
it's been hours now.

He could be dead
in a ditch somewhere.

What do you think, Steve?

I don't know,
Danno. I don't know.

Now look where
we are, McGarrett.

They still have my son
and one of your cops.

If you hadn't interfered...

The results would have
been exactly the same.

No one could have
anticipated what happened.

And as far as you're
concerned, nothing has changed.

They still have your son,
they still want the money.

Now, we need your
complete cooperation

if you ever wanna see
your boy alive again.

All right, Mr. McGarrett.

They started shoving
each other and...

And the money was
all over the place.

So were the cops. Who
knows how many, Obie?

So you panicked and ran away,

and brought one
of 'em back here.

Come on, Obie.
Souvenir of Sea Life Park.

What else could we do?

If you'd have been there...
It would have gone right.

You said Blake
wouldn't call the cops.

You thought you
had him so psyched.

We go and the cops
are all over the place.

I had Blake designed right.

I had everything designed right.

Except McGarrett.

Shh.

I'm a friend.

Over here.

Come on. Come over here.

Come here. Climb up
on my shoulder. Come on.

Come on.

Push the grating.

Now run. Run as fast as you can.

Where is he?

Long gone.

You'll never get him now.

I'm really gonna fix you, cop.

There's no sign of the
kid. I looked everywhere.

Pro with the perfect plans.

Foolproof.

Enough money for
the rest of our lives.

Shut up, Roy!

We gotta get out of here.

Well, what are we
gonna do with him?

We can't just leave him here.

Sure we can.

What do you think you're doing?

Guess.

The cop didn't see you,
Obie, but he saw Earl and me.

We're still going
to get the money.

All of it.

How?

Just bring him in here.

Tape up his eyes first.

What for? Bring him!

Come on. Move it!

Come on, move it.

Where do you want him?

Put him in the
chair, like the kid.

Here. Sit down.

Watch the birdie.

Thirteen hours.

They've got to move soon.

McGarrett.

Oh, yeah. Yeah, beautiful.

Beautiful. I'm on my way.

Timmy's been
found, alive and well.

Makapu'u Road.

He got away from them somehow.

Makapu'u Road. Now, look...

I want a complete
sweep of the entire area.

Get all the help you
need from H.P.D.,

but find that place.

Timmy! My boy.

Oh. My... Oh. Oh.

Thank God.

Oh.

My... Oh. Ooh.

Oh.

How... How'd you do it?

Kono. Kono cut Timmy loose.

Kono? Where is he?

Can I see him?

They still have him.

That was a very...
courageous thing he did.

Yeah.

Yeah, he's a good cop.

Do you have any idea
who the kidnappers are?

Well, we're working on it.

Timmy told us everything he can.

If there's anything
I can do, I...

I owe all of you so much.

Hello?

Yes, this is...

Them?

Yes.

They said the deal is still on.

They want the money or...

They kill Kono.

I was willing to
pay the kidnappers

to get Timmy back.

I've got Timmy back...
because of Kono.

You know, Mr. Blake...

even when ransom is paid...

most kidnap victims
are murdered.

It's the right place.

Not anymore.

Everything go okay?

Yeah.

How's our friend?

He's hiding.

They really did a job on him.

Yeah, but they
got his eyes taped.

Like Timmy's.

As long as Kono doesn't
know who they are,

maybe there's a chance.

Danno, I swear...

that if they kill
that big Hawaiian,

I'm gonna get them.

No matter where they go...

no matter how long it takes,

I'm gonna get them.

Thank you, mister.

Right.

I still don't like it, Obie.

Neither do I.

We're dealing with cops.

We're dealing with people
just like anybody else.

We got something they want, bad.

They're sweating.

How about that? We're
making them sweat...

That's what you say... Listen.

Roy.

I've been checking up
on this guy, McGarrett.

And you know something?

We got him psyched.

Oh.

We've got him psyched.

Where have we heard that before?

What about Blake?

He wasn't gonna call
the cops, remember?

You want out, Roy?

There's the door.

Do we really have this
guy, McGarrett, psyched?

Do you know what he's doing
right now, at this moment?

He's studying that picture.

And you know what
he's saying to himself?

His boy's eyes are taped shut.

So maybe that means
that he doesn't know

what any of us look like.

And that's what
makes McGarrett think

that he's gonna
get his boy back,

and that's why we're
going to get the money.

You got it?

But he knows us, me and Roy.

He's seen us.

But McGarrett
does not know that.

Oh, I'm so glad that that
doesn't bother you, Obie.

Because it sure
bothers Earl and me.

We don't give the cop back.

We have to.

Now, listen, this
is not like the kid.

You kill a cop, and
there's no turning back.

McGarrett will forget about

the money sooner or later.

But you kill his boy,

and he is never going
to forget that. Never.

But he can t-tell them what
we look like, me and Roy.

Earl, do you realize how
many people in the world

look like you and Roy?

You've got no criminal record.

By the time they find out
what you look like, we'll be...

Well, so far away,
it won't matter.

Now, Timmy.

We had the tape

re-recorded at the proper speed

to hear what the
man really sounds like.

Now listen.

Mr. Blake,

if you want to see
your son again,

alive, then listen closely.

Bring the money to
Sea Life Park at 5:00.

Was that one of the men, Timmy?

Do you recognize the voice?

I don't think so.

It sounds so funny.

Well, Timmy, I told you, uh,

the man is purposely trying

to disguise his voice

to make it sound different.

I know, but I don't think
that's one of the men.

Uh, do you remember what
all three men sounded like?

Oh, I remember.

All of 'em.

But I don't know who that is.

I'm sorry, McGarrett.

That was my last chance.

We had the FBI run a check,

try to match a voiceprint.

They ran it through
the computer bank,

but they came up dry.

Time is running out for Kono.

But Obie said... I
know what Obie said.

We're gonna do
just what he wants.

Except for one thing.

What do you mean?

He never saw Obie.

He only saw us.

So I figure it's
our decision, right?

Yeah, I guess so.

So as soon as we
got the money...

our decision is...

bang.

Earl.

Take him back.

McGarrett will love that.

The newspaper's
today's headline.

Then he's still alive.

He was then.

Well, Che?

Sorry, Steve, completely clean.

Not a sign of a print.

Figures. Thread it
up, will you, Danno?

Steve? Ready.

This is your last chance.

No mistakes this time.

We mean business.

If you ever want
to see Kono again,

alive, then listen carefully.

McGarrett, we want
you out in the open.

So you and Blake take the
money and go to the public phone

at 1145 12th at Waialae

at precisely 3:10
this afternoon.

Come alone.

Just the two of
you and the money.

You'll be contacted there.

Please don't be late.

And remember, alone.

Are we giving them
the money there?

That's just the first stop.

Danno, we have to
use a crossover pattern.

Every five blocks,

the other cars will
keep us in sight

without being spotted.

Jenny, get me, uh,

Chief Special Agent Memms

of the phone company.

Well, how do you know McGarrett
and Blake will show up alone?

I figure they won't. But they...

That's all right, because
I've got everything figured.

Yeah, you had everything
figured the first time too,

and then some dumb
cluck walks in the middle of it

and messed it all up. Remember?

Yes, I remember.
And so does McGarrett.

And that's why
it's going to work.

Oh. Come on, boys.

We're going to be rich.
Get used to the idea.

Now, Roy, do you know
what you're supposed to say?

Yeah, yeah. I know what
I'm supposed to say, Obie.

You don't have
to worry about me.

You say what I told you to
and nothing else, you got it?

That part's easy.

All of it's easy
if we do it right.

Now first, you make your call.

Then when you hear
from me, you let the cop go.

We'll take care
of the cop, Obie.

You get the money.

Danno.

I see you, Steve.

This is McGarrett.

Go to the Oahu Cemetery.

On Nuuanu.

Take the money to
Section C... Row 18...

fifth stone from the divider.

The deal is off.

What do you mean the deal's off?

Unless I know Kono
is alive right now,

you're not gonna get the money.

I wanna talk to him.

Talk to him? You're crazy.

Okay, that's the deal.

You want the money or
don't you? Do I hang up?

No, no, no. No.

Now, wait a minute.

Uh...

Now, listen.

Okay.

Okay, you can talk to him.

But Blake better
deliver the money

at the same time.

Okay... now you stay there.

I'll call you back. All right.

Mr. Blake will take the money

to the Oahu Cemetery.

But he's not gonna
turn it over to anybody.

I repeat, he's not gonna
turn it over to anybody

until after I talk to Kono.

Okay, okay.

That's the deal.

They took the
bait, huh? All of it.

Almost too easy. Go, Danno.

Mr. Blake will fill you in.

Chin?

Yeah, Steve. We're all set.

What's your number?

I'm in Kaimuki.

It's, uh, 732-9196.

Okay.

With a call coming
to this number,

can you trace it?

Only if McGarrett keeps
'em talking long enough.

I know what I'm doing.

McGarrett said the
deal was off, so...

this is the only way.

Be careful what you say, cop.

Or you're dead... right now.

This is McGarrett.

All right, McGarrett.

I'm gonna let you talk to him.

But make it fast.
Now, wait a minute.

I wanna ask you a
couple of questions first.

How do I know that...?

Looks like it's coming from
somewhere in Kaneohe.

If he'll only keep talking.

Look...

you said you wanted
to talk to him...

so here he is.

Talk to him.

Only one more step to go.

Last chance, cop.

Talk.

Ste... Steve.

It's me.

Kono, hold on. Hold on, Kono.

That's enough. You heard him.

Now, Blake better
drop the money.

Have it for you in a minute.

That's it.

McGarrett.

Yeah, Chin, you got it?

Yeah.

Hey. Excuse me.

Hey, mister, hold
up. Just a second.

Not again.

What do you mean?

Another Good Samaritan.

Hey. Hey, hold up. Hold up.

Forgot this.

No. No, no. I-i-it's all right.

That's your bag, isn't it?

Sure, that's your bag.

So go on and take it, Mr. Blake,

or I'll kill you.

Put all the money in that.

What are they doing?

Blake's trying to
get rid of the soldier

so he can put the
money out again.

Go on on, quick, quick.

He's got the money!

Hold it.

They can't get
out. We can't get in.

If we rush the place,
they'll kill Kono.

Wait a minute.

Why doesn't Obie call?

Maybe, uh... Maybe
something went wrong.

You think so?

Maybe we'd better
get out of here.

Yeah, let's go.

But first, we finish the cop.

Yeah.

How about a little gas, brother?

Tell him we're closed.

It would be easier
just to take care of him.

Yeah.

How many?

Uh...

Fill it up, huh? Right.

Business a little slow?

Can't complain.

All right, hold it
right there. Police.

Roy! No!

Man.

Hold it!

He's pretty beat up, but
he's gonna be all right.

Steve. Hold it. Hold it.

I knew...

I knew you'd get here, Steve.

But, brother... you
sure cut it close.

How do you feel, you big Kanaka?

Starved.

You're gonna be okay, Kono.

You're gonna be okay.

Now take it easy.

Okay, let's go.