Hawaii Five-O (1968–1980): Season 3, Episode 9 - The Late John Louisiana - full transcript

A man arrives on a plane in Maui, and is reunited with his girlfriend. When they get home, another man is seen approaching their home in a suspicious manner. A shootout occurs, leaving the suspicious man dead. The two lovers go on the run. They are pursued by a mobster who had killed a man in the presence of the woman.

Nicky, not so fast.

You know, in Honolulu, I'm
a very important executive.

Shut up. Carry the bags.

All right. Hm-hm.

You want to light the candles?

Sure, baby.

You know something?

What?

These two years... Yeah?

Oh, Nicky, I'm so happy here.

What do you want me to do,



burn the place down, huh?

No.

Well, are we
going to eat or not?

Okay, okay.

You stay here. Do
you understand?

Nicky, what is it?

Nicky!

Nicky!

They found me.

Danno.

Tigner?

How long ago?

A day or so. I'll
tell you more later.

Just one shot.



You know something, Danno?

I have a feeling that Harry
Quon finally made a mistake.

We've been waiting a long time.

You bet.

Can I take him now?

He's all yours.
Where's the lady?

A Mrs. Pruitt.

I just know Mrs. Hollander
has been kidnapped.

Mrs. Pruitt, I'm Steve
McGarrett of Five-0.

Can you help us?

Well, Mrs. Hollander and I

were supposed to have coffee,

but she didn't come over.

So I came over this morning

to see if everything
was all right,

but she was gone.

They were both gone.

Well, maybe she just went
to Honolulu with her husband.

Oh, no. She never goes anywhere.

Mr. Hollander... He
works in Honolulu,

but she has been here every day

since they took that house.

How long ago was that?

Oh, about two years ago.

She said that she didn't
like to leave Maui ever.

You know... Yeah.

What about this door over here?

Was it open when you got here?

Yes, and you know,

everything was like a "poof."

Just disappeared.

McGARRETT: Thank
you, Mrs. Pruitt. Danno.

What about prints?

Nothing. Somebody
wiped the place clean.

That's practically impossible.

We haven't found one yet.

Huh. What about the car?

Registered to a John
Hollander in this address.

No prints either.

Steve.

Yeah?

Chief Kubota's boys figure
it happened over there.

There are traces of
blood starting from there

leading around the house
toward the flower bed.

Two questions: Why
did they bury him,

and then wipe the place clean?

I'll get Che Fong out here.

There's got to be
a print someplace.

What do you think, Steve?

Somebody went to an awful
lot of trouble to walk away.

Yeah, bigtime hood like Tigner,

one of Harry Quon's top men

getting killed
out here like this.

It doesn't make sense.

Two years, Danno.

Two years and
this is the first crack

in Harry Quon's operation.

Let's find Mr. and
Mrs. Hollander.

Maybe they know the answers.

Now, wait till I go in.

Ring the manager's
bell and tell him you want

to sublet an apartment, right?

But which apartment? Nicky, I...

Honey, there's only one.

It's right across the hall
from mine. It's easy, baby.

Maybe we should have
stayed at that other hotel.

Honey, this is the safest place.

Hey, we're almost there.

Come on.

Thank you. I'll... I'll bring
your receipt up to you later.

Thank you.

Remember, the regular tenants

will be back in six weeks.

Oh, that'll be fine.

In the meantime, if there's
anything you need or want,

just call me.

I will.

Okay?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Nicky, we've got to get
away from here, far away.

We will, baby, soon. Soon. When?

Don't worry. I'll take care
of everything. I'll arrange it.

I want you to take one of these.

You got to get some sleep.

No. Baby, you got to.

Hey, everything's
going to be all right.

Okay.

Mm.

How's business, Harry?

The man wants to
know how's business.

Business is real good.

How's your other
business, Harry,

the dirty one?

I'm just a poor haole
saloon-keeper trying to get by.

You know that.

Sure, I know that, Harry.

I also know about the gambling,

prostitution, smack, shakedowns.

Yeah, I've... I've
heard all those rumors.

You got any proof yet?
Proof takes time, Harry,

but I'm going to get you.

Two years ago when
John Louisiana got hit...

Oh, poor Johnny Louisiana.

I almost had you then, Harry.

You know the old saying.
"Almost don't count."

But maybe this
time the witnesses

won't disappear so conveniently.

What's this time?

Your boy Tigner.

We found him in a hole in
the ground over on Maui.

Or didn't you know that?

Why should I know?

Well, he worked for you, Harry.

You signed his checks. Remember?

I treat my help
better than that, huh?

You've had a long run, Harry.

This time you're finished.

I'm going to close you
down hard and fast.

Someday

somebody's gonna write a
contract on you, McGarrett.

And when they do,

tell that somebody not to miss.

Charlie.

Now, where's the kid?
He hasn't shown up yet.

I looked for him.

I called.

Well, call him again.

Find him. Now!

Yeah?

I just got in. Why?

Yeah, I'll be over.

I said I'll be over.

Julie, Julie, it's
okay. It's okay.

Nicky, I saw it all again.

It's only a dream, honey.

There's nothing to worry about.

Oh, I haven't had
that dream for so long.

Forget about it,
Julie. It's all over.

It won't come back.

But that man
Tigner, he found me.

By accident, honey.

Everything's
going to be all right.

You're safe here now.

Nobody's going to bother you.

But... But the others,
maybe they know.

They don't... Maybe
they know about you.

No, they don't.

They don't, honey.

I have to go out for
a little while, honey.

Oh, Nicky, don't leave me.

Don't leave me alone,
please. I have to.

I have to.

Don't go. Don't go.

I'll be back as soon as I can.

It's gonna be all
right, baby. Come on.

Could be Harry Quon just
wanted to get rid of Tigner.

I had the feeling that, uh,

Harry Quon didn't know
Tigner was dead until I told him.

What else could it be?

I don't know, Danno,

but there's something on Maui

that's going to lead us
straight to Harry Quon.

All we have to do is find it.

Oh, we'll find it.

Hello, Harry.

What are you trying to do, kid,

grab it all?

Everything I can get.

Who is it this week?

Not that it makes any
difference, right, kid?

That's the general idea.

Oh, Nicky, you're too much.

But playtime is over.

Why? What's happening?

Tigner.

Somebody nailed him on Maui.

Maui?

What's he doing on Maui?

Who knows?

Half the time Tigner didn't
tell anybody what he was doing.

But I want you to find out.

Sure, Harry.

You find out who got Tigner

and you get them.

Will you do that for me, kid?

Contract?

Contract.

Yeah, I'll take care
of that for you, Harry.

Welcome back to Maui.

They just found
Tigner's car. Where?

At the rental agency near the
airport, where he signed it out.

Huh, that simple?

Well, unless Tigner
dug his own grave.

What do you mean?

The car was delivered
back to the airport

the morning after
Tigner was killed.

Now, the car had
exactly 34 miles on it.

It's 17 miles from
here to the airport.

One round trip, no detour.

Right. Wiped clean?

Clean. No prints.

How's Che doing?

Oh, he's still searching.

A good one.

Yeah. Lift it.

One print.

Somebody knew
what they were doing.

Yeah, but all we need is one.

Looks like a lady's thumb print.

Until you tell me who she is,

you haven't told me
anything, brudder.

Oh, Nicky, you
were gone so long.

I went for a walk.

They found the body.

The man's name is Tigner.

I don't want to think about it.

Oh, Nicky.

It isn't fair, to you.

Come on, baby, we've
been through this all before.

But it's all my fault.

You haven't done anything.

If you'd only met some
other girl instead of me.

Julie, if I had met
some other girl,

I'd still be looking.

We never should
have stayed in Hawaii.

When we met I told you.

But you said it would
be the safest place,

that they'd never
look for me here.

It is the safest place, baby.

Everything's
going to be all right.

That man Tigner, he found me.

By accident, honey.

He's not going
to find you again.

We'll be leaving soon. Trust me.

Smile for me.

Tigner?

Word is up and down the beach.

Harry Quon wants
to buy information

on whoever hit Tigner.

Sounds like there's
a contract out,

maybe even a gang war.

But somebody's
moving in on Harry Quon.

Yeah, just like he moved
in on John Louisiana.

Kind of ironic.

Who's got the contract?

I couldn't find out.

Well, he hires
professional talent.

We never could prove
who hit that witness

in the Louisiana case.

What was her name?

That cocktail waitress
who was killed?

Yeah.

Julie Grant.

If someone is moving
in on Harry Quon,

I want to know
about it, all about it.

At first I thought it
was some new gang

trying to move in on the action.

Yeah.

But I checked,
Harry. It's very simple.

Tigner was fooling around
with some broad on Maui.

Her husband wasn't around much.

Sneaky. Sounds like Tigner.

I guess the husband
came home early one night.

Goodbye Tigner.

The husband and
the wife took off.

So I guess that
wraps it up, right?

Wrong. I want you to find them.

Once before, you
took a short trip for me.

I got to ask you to do it again.

Why, Harry?

Whoever these people
are, they're not bugging us.

They're not trying to
move into the business.

I guess you deserve a
reasonable explanation.

You see, if somebody gets away

with killing one
of my boys, well,

maybe it gets to be
two, and then maybe

it even gets to be me.

I want you to look at this.

"Tigner was just to tell you

that we're moving
into the action."

Who sent that?

That's what I want
you to find out.

Hey, Charlie,

you go along with
Nick. Help him out.

We checked it
all, Steve. Nothing.

Nobody's trying to
move in on Harry Quon.

No gang war?

Not unless it's internal,
some kind of family feud.

Then why the contract?

No, Danno,

that's not the way
Harry Quon works.

Maybe Harry Quon
doesn't know any more

about what happened
to Tigner than we do.

Heh. That's not much.

So far.

Everybody keeps saying
how nice this couple is.

Mr. and Mrs. Hollander.

He works in Honolulu,
but nobody knows where.

They came from the Midwest,
but nobody knows where.

Left Maui, took
nothing with them

but their fingerprints.

But nobody know where they went.

Now, all we really
know about them

is that they sure
didn't want anybody

to know who they are.

Now, I want to know why.

Steve, this just
came in from the FBI.

It's about the
fingerprints from Maui.

Julie Grant,

the witness from the
John Louisiana murder.

She's supposed to
have died two years ago.

If that was Julie
Grant's fingerprint,

she was alive two days ago.

Remember, Steve, the, uh,

aunt made a
positive identification

of the wristwatch.

Yeah, but not the
body, remember?

It was too far gone.

Somebody set it up good, Danno,

and we bought it.

If Julie Grant's alive
and Tigner's dead,

she could have killed him.

Maybe, but not
alone. She had help.

She had help two years ago.

She had help two days ago.

She knows they're after her,

going to kill her.

Why is she running?
Why doesn't she come in?

Same reason she ran before.

She knows Harry
Quon, and she's scared.

And I don't blame her.

You know, as long
as I've been here,

I haven't been to Maui yet.

Yeah. You've seen one
island, you've seen them all.

You see, I told you we
weren't going to find anything.

How much time we got left?

About ten minutes.

I'm going to buy some
candy. You want something?

Nah.

Looking for something, Nick?

I was looking for you.

Oh, that's good. Good.

You got something to tell me?

I thought maybe you
had something to tell me.

Like what?

Like who killed Tigner.
He was a friend of mine.

Why, it's a gang war,
Nick. Haven't you heard?

You can tell Harry Quon

that his smoke
screen didn't work.

I don't know what
you're talking about.

You got the
contract again, Nick?

Now, there's something
I've never heard before.

Maybe you'll have
better luck this time.

What's that supposed to mean?

Julie Grant.

Never heard of her.

Sure, Nick, sure.

If you're still looking for her,

she's still alive.

So?

So I'm going to
keep her that way.

Good.

Now, I have a plane to catch.

Well, don't let me hold you.

Nick Pierson and
Charlie Cayliss.

Harry Quon really
sent the first team.

Yeah. Did you see
the look on Nick's face

when I mentioned Julie Grant?

Yeah. He's usually the ice man.

You must have really
touched something.

I know. The question is what.

Morning, Mrs. Pruitt.

Oh, morning. Morning.

Beautiful day.

Did you find them,
the Hollanders?

No, not yet.

I'm trying to save
the marigolds.

Mrs. Pruitt, uh,

could you, uh,
identify this lady?

That's Mrs. Hollander.

How about this man?

No, I never see him before.

And this one?

No, no.

What about this one?

Hey, that's Mr. Hollander.

That's him.

You're sure? Yeah.

I never saw two
people so much in love.

You're not eating.

Oh, I guess I'm just
not hungry, baby.

Is something wrong?

Tell me, Nicky.

No, everything's
all right. It's just...

Yeah?

Right.

Charlie, I told you,

I'll meet you first
thing in the morning.

I'll see you.

What is it?

Nicky?

Baby, I've been thinking.

Maybe we ought to go away.

Now.

There's a plane
out tonight, okay?

I guess. Good.

Sure, we'll go.

And I'll follow you
in a couple of days.

Nick.

Just till I wind things
up. The business,

I have to close up...

Who was that on
the phone, Nicky?

Never mind.

I said everything
was gonna be all right.

Now, just get on
that plane tonight.

I'm not going
anywhere without you.

Please, baby.

Something's wrong.
I know, I know.

You know?

You don't know anything.

You don't even know who I am.

Then maybe you better tell me.

Do you want to know it all?

Yeah.

Okay.

Then you'll go.

You'll run.

Do you remember
when we met on Maui?

Do you know why I was there?

On business. You said it was.

Harry Quon sent me
there to find somebody.

Harry Quon?

To find somebody
and to kill her.

I had a contract.

You... You came to kill me?

That's right, baby.

I'm Harry's number one boy.

He says hit and I hit.

No.

I don't believe it.

It's true, baby.

No.

After I met you, Julie,

I couldn't let anybody hurt you.

But I had to do something.

They would have just
kept on looking for you.

I had to protect you,
to protect both of us.

They wanted a body,
so I gave them one.

I didn't even know who she was.

This girl, about your age.

I didn't hurt her. It
happened so fast.

I... I put her body in the river

with your watch on it.

I had to convince the
cops that it was you.

Told Harry. He believed it.

Everybody believed it.

Oh, no.

Sometimes

I see her face,

and I see yours.

It's going to be
all right, Nicky.

It's going to be all right.

I'm never going to leave you.

Any luck?

Yeah, two for the price of one.

Mrs. Hollander was
really Julie Grant?

Yeah, and Mr. Hollander
turned out to be Nick Pierson.

Wow.

It all adds up.

Nick was supposed
to make the hit.

Instead he hid the
girl away on Maui.

I don't get it. Why?

Love, Kono. Love.

What we got here
are two people in love.

Nick Pierson in
love? That gunsel?

How did he keep Harry
Quon from finding out?

Nick's been walking a tightrope

for the last two years.

But he, uh... He fell
off the other night

when Tigner showed up.

Nick probably killed him.

Let's find Nick.

Julie Grant won't be far away.

McGARRETT: Nick Pierson
bring a lot of girls up here?

I never saw one.

Did you rent an apartment
to a young woman

in the last couple of days?

Yes. Sublet.

Oh, I guess about
three days ago.

Right across the hall
as a matter of fact.

I'd like to see it.

I guess she's not in.

I'll open it.

Over here, kid.

Hey, kid. How you doing?

All right.

You find anything?

Heh, it's like I told you.

Nobody's trying to muscle in.

Tigner was fooling
around with some guy's wife

and they hit and ran.

They hit and ran.

Where to, kid?

The trail's ice cold.

Nothing?

It's like they just disappeared.

Well, I got good
news for you, kid.

Charlie found them.

Both of them. The girl and you.

You sent that note, didn't you?

Oh, you were
being really clever,

but the thing with the girl,

that was the best.

I counted on you.

And you let me down.

You really let me down.

But I still like you, kid.

I'm still counting on you

because a contract
is a contract,

right, Nick?

Yeah.

That's better.

Well, you didn't
kill her before,

so you're gonna kill her now.

All right, Nick?

When I sent you the first time,

it was an easy hit.

Now it's going to be hard.

McGarrett's got the girl.

The girl won't talk, Harry.

That's good. That's really good.

And she won't testify, either,

for the late John Louisiana.

You know why?

Because you are gonna kill her,

because that's the only way

that you are gonna go on living.

Let him go, Charlie.

The kid's got a job to do.

Where is she?

Police headquarters.

How am I supposed to get her?

Be clever.

And you have no
right to keep me here.

I haven't done anything.

You're a material
witness, Miss Grant,

to the murder of John Louisiana,

and I've got enough to
hold you in connection

with Tigner's death.

I've got nothing to say.

You got away from
Harry Quon twice,

and the odds are against
you doing that again.

Now, Harry's not
going to give up.

He's going to kill you.

Don't you
understand that, Julie?

He's got to be stopped,

and you're the only
one who can stop him.

There's nothing I can do.

Because of Nick?

I don't want to talk about him.

Don't let your personal
feelings confuse you.

He's no better than Harry.

You don't know him.

Oh, I know Nick
Pierson very well, Julie.

He's a cold, vicious killer.

He's Harry Quon's
top trigger boy,

and he's good at it.

I don't know what
you're talking about.

I'm talking about murder.

This, and this, and this.

That's some of
Nick's, uh, handiwork.

Every one of them.

The ones we know about.

And her.

Nick put her away in your place.

Take a good look, Julie.

And that's what's
gonna happen to you.

Bring him in, Danno.

What's this all
about, McGarrett?

Don't be afraid,
Julie. Look at him.

Look at him.

He can never hurt
you again if you tell me.

Now, you were there.
You saw everything.

I didn't.

I didn't see anything.

You finished?

No, I'm not finished, Harry.

I'm just beginning.

Danno, take her downstairs.

Miss Grant.

Sit down.

Are you all right, Danno?

Yeah. It, uh... It must
have been Pierson.

They got away.

Everything's gonna
be all right, baby.

Sure it is, baby.

Surprised to see me, huh, kid?

Harry thought it would be
a good idea if I came along

just to be sure you do
the job right this time.

Central dispatch
to all units. A.P.B.

Late model, dark green sedan,

license number 5-Boston-5537.

Driven by Nick Pierson,
Caucasian, 30 years old.

Suspect is wearing an
HPD uniform and is armed.

Approach with caution.

Suspect vehicle last observed

heading east on
Kalanialohie highway.

Approaching Sandy
Beach. No further reports.

Danno, what's the
name of that cutoff road

by Sandy Beach?

Ohukai Road.

It leads into Kalama Valley.

There's nothing up there.

Maybe that's why
they're going there.

McGarrett to Central.

Go ahead.

I want every available
car in the area Makapuu

to Sandy Beach on full alert.

Keep this channel open.

McGarrett, something tells
me you're gonna be too late.

Okay, kid. Let's move it.

Both of you, out this door.

Listen, Charlie.

I'm listening, kid.

McGarrett's got Harry.

No deals.

We're going to fix
everything right here.

Move.

Come on.

Nicky, he's going to kill us.

Oh, no.

I ain't going to kill you.

He's going to do it.

That's the way Harry
wants it, right, baby?

You should have done this
when you were supposed to.

So let's do it now.

No.

Take the gun out, nice and slow.

You know what to do.

Just pull the trigger,

and you and Harry are square.

And he'll take care of you.

He promise.

He'll take you off the rock,

hide you till you cool.

So let's do it now.

Do it now, baby.

I'm sorry, baby.

Nicky, no.

Do it now.

What's your hurry, McGarrett?

The party's got
to be over by now.

You see, baby?

Everything's gonna be
just the way we wanted it.

Just you and me.

You and me, Nicky.

'Cause I love you, baby.

I love you more than
anybody's ever loved you

ever.

I know that.

I've always known that.

There's nothing
to worry about now.

Not now.

What's the matter, Harry?

Not what you expected?

Steve,

the helicopter
spotted the car again,

heading for the radar station.

Come on, baby. Let's go.

Nicky, you can't.

Sure I can. Sure I can.

Come on.

You never knew him.

Never.

Now, Julie?

You were right, Harry.

The party is over.