Hawaii Five-O (1968–1980): Season 4, Episode 14 - Odd Man In - full transcript
When famed bank robber Lewis Avery Filer, whom McGarrett put away a year and a half ago, learns that a fellow con about to be released plans to resume his career as a drug dealer, he decides to get out on his own and infiltrate the drug gang. Filer plans to tail the drug dealer and relieve him of the $4 million he's received for cocaine shipments, through use of trickery and gadgetry. McGarrett tries to outwit Filer once again and recover the money before Filer can flee with it.
Oahu State Prison.
Uh, Extension 213, please.
And, oh, operator, he
may be down the hall
so keep ringing, will you?
It's important.
Station 6.
Hello? Hello?
Telephone repair,
may I help you?
This is Warden Challis
of Oahu State Prison.
I need a repairman
out here right away.
I'm sorry. Who did you say?
Challis, Warden Challis.
We've got an
emergency situation here,
and our lines are fouled.
I insist that you send some...
Okay, let him out.
Be seeing you.
Don't count on it.
He stashed his phone
in that fire extinguisher.
He prepared a dummy head
and hand out of papier-mâché,
left 'em in his bed.
That's the phone he
rigged: crude, but it works,
and here's a picture of him.
Yeah. Lewis Avery Filer.
I knew it when I put
him in here, warden.
It was only a matter of time.
He went out like those
walls don't even exist.
It's humiliating.
McGARRETT: Warden,
with this guy, that's
par for the course.
Now, when he got his
hand on this training manual,
it was all over.
I gave it to him.
Part of my
rehabilitation program.
But you know what really hurts?
When I opened the
prison safe this morning,
I found this.
Three thousand in that safe.
Why didn't he take it all?
Mr. Filer fancies
himself an honest man.
He only takes what he needs,
but this IOU is no put-on.
He intends to pay you back.
With hot money,
except you won't
be able to prove it.
Boss, the name Elmo Ziegler:
mean anything to you?
Ziegler? Ziegler?
Yeah, vaguely.
Goes back a long
time, though. Why?
Well, about 20
years ago in Miami,
Ziegler had a pal named Grundy.
Well, who's Grundy? He
was a cellmate of Filer's.
He had a picture of Ziegler.
Now that Filer's
gone, so is the picture.
You mean that Filer swiped
a picture of Ziegler
from his cellmate?
Yeah. Now, why would he do that?
Chin, get on the phone to Miami.
Tell 'em I want
everything they've got
on Elmo Ziegler. Everything.
Steve, which of these
do you want in the flyer?
All of them, Danno.
They're all Filer.
We found the phone truck, Steve.
Look what's missing.
Quite a haul.
Yeah.
Lineman equipment,
relays, handsets.
Wow.
With a list like
this, a guy like Filer
could set up his
own phone company.
He probably will.
You know, the way
this was planned,
he could have
busted out any time.
So why last night?
Why not last month or last week,
or, uh, tomorrow?
Hot off the wire, boss,
and a telephoto of Ziegler
coming up in about five minutes.
Anything else?
From Miami? Sure,
but I called the FBI.
They have a Ziegler file too.
Be here this afternoon.
Elmo Ziegler.
Troubleshooter,
exceptionally high IQ,
good reputation in the business.
When the syndicate
has a problem,
apparently, he
solves it for them.
Oh.
Make that past tense.
Ziegler died two years ago.
Ah, Goro.
Nice of you to see me.
I'm not nice, mister...
Mr. Lewis, just curious.
And don't think I fell
for that line of yours
about something for nothing.
Oh, I don't know.
It got me in here.
Excuse me.
You better start worrying
how you are going
to get yourself out.
Because I know
you from somewhere,
and the name is not Lewis.
Is, uh, this room
bugged, do you think?
I gather you have
something to hide.
Don't we all, Mr. Shibata?
Don't we all?
Oh, I do not mean
your call girls,
or your numbers racket.
It is your new venture
that is in trouble.
What venture?
You know how the police think.
Wouldn't it be a shame to
take a nice, clean island like this,
and dirty it up with cocaine?
They think there is $4
million worth of the stuff
floating around out
there on a fishing boat.
Goro, you try
to land that stuff,
you are a... A sitting duck.
Get this guy in Miami Beach.
Where did you get
this information?
Do you expect a
payoff? Is that it?
Please, when I said
something for nothing, I mean it.
I could not just sit still
and let you get geschwindelt.
That is all.
Hello?
Harry, this is Goro Shibata.
Goro, long time no see.
That's right, Harry,
a very long time.
Tell me, where is Elmo
Ziegler these days?
He's dead.
Uh-huh.
Did you see the body?
Well, not exactly.
He got, uh, racked up
in this car crash, see?
So they wouldn't
open the coffin.
Harry, I want you
to level with me.
How dead is he?
Well, we have all
the papers, see?
Uh, Elmo's legally
dead. All right?
You have lost weight, Elmo.
A little older, a little grayer,
and without the moustache,
but still the mastermind.
Legally dead, what a cover.
Where are the spats?
There was a monocle
too, and a Homburg.
McGarrett is
laying for you, Goro.
Be careful.
I can't help wondering...
Why does a man like Ziegler
risk blowing his cover
to warn me about that?
Perhaps Mr. Ziegler
felt he owed you a favor.
For my part, the
business is closed.
Auf Wiedersehen.
There's a hole in
this organization.
I intend to plug it up
with as many bodies as it takes.
Operator.
I want the marine service
operator for Honolulu.
Just one minute, sir.
The circuits are busy.
I have your call. Go ahead, sir.
This is the Starfish.
How's the weather?
It could blow up,
and there's a possibility
you've got a leaky hull.
So, uh, what do you advise?
Chart a new course
for dry dock right away.
I think we can assume
he'll use his face.
Let's see, it's
dated 20 years ago.
All right, Danno,
get a police artist,
have him redraw this picture.
Age the man 20 years.
And I'd like a
couple of versions:
with and without the moustache,
with and without the goatee,
and maybe a monocle.
And add them all to the flyer.
Wouldn't it be simpler to, uh,
put out an APB on anybody?
Yeah, Jenny?
Hold it, Danno.
It's Filer. Put out a trace.
Yeah, Jenny. Put him on.
McGarrett.
Ah, there you are, McGarrett.
Tell me, have you
got your tape going?
You better believe it.
What's the game
this time, Filer?
Oh, I wouldn't
think of telling you.
You'd much rather
work it out for yourself,
but I will give you a hint.
Exactly 2.3 miles east
of Kaena Point on Route 93.
Have you got that?
Just where the blacktop begins.
Yeah. Go on.
I suggest you be there
by 4:15 this afternoon.
Look for a red and
white helicopter
coming in low under radar.
Uh, that would be
roughly northeast.
Yeah, why should I do that?
Because you've kept this island
remarkably clean of
hard stuff, McGarrett.
I'm sure you want
it to stay that way.
Look, Filer, don't con
me. Just get to the point.
The point is narcotics, a
thoroughly rotten business.
I'm sure we agree on that.
Yeah, and that's about all.
Heh-heh, perhaps,
but that's enough,
because it means
you'll be there.
I know you, McGarrett.
You can't sit still and watch
$4 million worth of cocaine
land on this island,
now, can you?
Heh, heh. Well... aloha.
Steve, no luck on the trace.
Filer claims a large
shipment of cocaine is due in.
He may be right. There's talk
on the grapevine about that.
Four-fifteen, he said.
Come on. Let's move.
Chin, Kono, come with me.
This is McGarrett, Five-0.
You're surrounded. Come
out with your hands up.
Split.
Chin, Kono, get that car.
Just ease on out of here.
Cool it, man. You got us.
No trace of him, Steve.
No, of course not.
Okay, Filer, score one for you.
Where's the helicopter?
Nobody knows, boss.
Civil Air Patrol has an eye out,
Navy Reconnaissance
too, but I... I don't know.
A bird like that's easy to hide.
All right, who is
it registered to?
Registered to Harry
Conda, 1216 Swansea Drive.
I'll give you odds that
there's no Swansea Drive
nor any Harry Conda, either.
All right, Chin,
interview the harbor master,
Coast Guard, Navy air arm...
Anybody who cruised these waters
or flew over them yesterday.
And, Chin, I want
some specific names
of the vessels in that quadrant.
What about Shibata's
goons? They open up?
The rude twins?
They got a couple of high-priced
lawyers down there now.
They'll be on the
street in an hour,
but I did run that check.
Guess what.
They were both spotted
in Hong Kong a month ago
by the Hong Kong
police. Positive ID.
And you can buy
anything in Hong Kong,
cocaine included.
Goro Shibata. How long have
we been trying to nail him?
Kono, I want Shibata
under surveillance
around the clock, and don't
be too subtle about it, huh?
The bird watchers were out.
Do you get me?
This is the only bird
around with those colors.
Are you saying the
bird has drowned?
We had a $50,000
funeral out here, baby.
Now, who pays for that?
Simple.
Just check around
in your family,
see who sold out.
My family? How about yours?
Well, we are much
too close for that.
Yeah, yeah, so are we.
Then we have a
problem, don't we?
Obviously, we can do nothing
until we find the guilty party
and, uh, exert
a lot of influence.
Now, look, how long do
you think we can sit out here?
If we don't come
ashore quick... Please.
It's much too public.
You better arrange
to come in here alone.
Hold on a minute.
Who is there? Come and look.
Stay on the line. I
will only be a minute.
The thing has changed.
You cannot come in.
Why, what's wrong?
Well, let's say
the bird watchers are here too.
Well, then that blows
the whole thing, huh?
No.
No, I don't think so.
There's a man...
If I can reach him.
A brilliant man who knows
how to deal with bird watchers.
Get me Ziegler.
Dispatch, patch me to McGarrett.
He is on his way.
Steve, I have some trouble.
And just how do
you arrange delivery?
The stuff's in waterproof bags
about... oh, so big.
They're on a boat
about 50 miles out.
I come in on this
fisherman and...
Are you sure this is gonna work?
My plans always work.
He just plain
disappeared, Steve.
No bubbles, no nothing.
McGARRETT: Probably
swam right out under the pier.
He could have come up at
a hundred different places.
Steve, that was H.P.D.
You know what they
get from the street?
Elmo Ziegler. The word's out
that Shibata's looking for him.
Yeah, well, I'd
say he found him.
I'll bet my eyeteeth they're
right out there someplace
making a deal.
Why would Filer
impersonate Ziegler?
I mean, considering the
risks, what's the point?
Maybe Shibata's in the
market for a troubleshooter.
Ziegler was the best.
I wonder if Filer knows
what he's getting into.
He better, Danno,
or he'll end up dead.
In fact, if I know Shibata,
Filer's got to end
up dead, unless...
Unless we get hold
of the goods first.
Wait a minute.
That's Filer's game.
That's his challenge:
a race for the goods.
That will be all. Danke schon.
Did you talk money?
No.
Ten percent.
Of four million?
By they way, isn't that a lot
of money to carry around?
Without the police
knowing, I mean.
No. It's in $1,000 bills.
I had them washed and pressed.
The whole thing stacks
up a mere 20 inches.
Ah.
All I lack is to bring my money
and his goods together.
That should be easy for you.
Fifteen percent.
Oh, I don't need the money.
You see, I am comfortable.
Uh, have some champagne.
But, um... you
need action, Elmo.
Ja.
I confess to a certain
degree of boredom. Heh.
But I went to a lot of trouble
to disappear, Goro,
and frankly, the way things
leak out of your organization,
I just don't know.
He says you can
handle all of that.
Oh, easy, huh?
And what about McGarrett,
the Coast Guard,
Customs, the Navy,
the Hafenmeister, uh...?
The harbormaster? Easy.
Ja, maybe... Maybe I could help.
Twenty-five percent. Ah, better.
Heh. Now wait.
You, Goro,
you will want to
examine the goods,
test them for purity
before you accept delivery,
and you, you will want
to count the money,
make sure the bills are
genuine and unmarked.
You will want to
find a safe place,
and maybe I could
find such a place.
Twenty-five percent is
an even million, Elmo.
Say yes,
and save me the cost of a
phone call to Miami, please.
Huh? Heh, heh, heh, heh.
Ja, I suppose you would do that.
All right.
Providing only I know where
the final exchange takes place.
That way the information
cannot leak out.
You will each get
your instructions
step by step in
a series of drops.
Well, suppose we are followed.
Were you followed here?
No. You handled
that satisfactorily.
I will need one week.
And don't look for me here.
I won't be here.
So, gentlemen, have we a deal?
Oh, maybe you would
like to discuss that.
Are you out of your mind?
I'm not gonna pay
that kind of money.
Moose, he is
already legally dead.
Doesn't it suggest
anything to you?
You mean, uh, let
him do his thing,
then kill him,
'cause he's
already legally dead.
This could be very funny.
Well?
It's a deal.
Steve? Just a minute, Danno.
Then it's got to
be the Starfish.
Okay, Chin, ask the Coast
Guard to keep an eye on her.
But, uh, we can't
board if she's flying
a foreign flag in
international waters.
What have you got, Danno?
That's the one, Steve.
Good. How do you know?
Well, there was this, uh,
dock steward I talked to.
He looked kind of funny when
I asked him about boat rentals.
He said there was a
guy who, uh, look like this,
who wanted to rent
a yacht and a crew,
but for only two hours.
For two hours? Yeah,
and it just happened there
was this floating palace
in the harbor with
no one onboard.
And so Filer got the use of it.
For $200.
Why, that old swindler.
I bet he used that boat
to make the deal on.
And he played the
millionaire for two hours.
Well...
at least we know
who we're looking for.
Or do we?
Moose, can you board
the Starfish tonight?
Yes. FILER: Good.
Tomorrow you bring her in.
Well, with the goods, of course.
Exactly two miles
out, you radio in.
Goro.
Goro,
that will be your signal
to start for the bank.
I understand.
Go directly to the
safe-deposit box
and take out the money.
Make a, uh... Eh... Uh...
Conspicuous. Be
conspicuous about it.
With the cops watching? Goro,
in me you trust.
You will shake them when it
is easier for you to shake them.
Shake them how?
Go out the side
door of the bank.
Wait there until a blue
and yellow cab arrives.
The driver will
know who to look for.
He will hand you a mailbox key
and take you to
the proper address.
When you get there, open the box
and follow the
instructions you find.
Be ready to move quickly
because that is where
you shake the police.
Now repeat back to me.
I heard what you said, Kono,
but I'm not sure I believe it.
Look for yourself, Steve.
Shibata's place.
The rooftop.
Then over there.
See the "for rent" sign?
Yeah.
Three of them,
huh? Very interesting.
Yeah. Heh, heh.
Yeah, it's Filer.
What's the point, I wonder?
Just to avoid surveillance?
Can we listen?
We can't. They're on
a different frequency.
Oh, boy.
Moose Oakley. The smuggler?
Ha, ha. I thought he
was still in Europe.
McGARRETT: So did I.
I'll keep an eye on him, boss.
No, wait a minute, Chin.
There's no place he can go
except the Starfish.
Oakley, Oakley. You know
what that means, don't you?
Shibata doesn't own the goods.
Oakley does, and that
scotches everything.
What does?
Filer boxing
himself in like that.
I just can't let him go.
Steve, isn't that what you want?
Sure, but I was hoping
he'd bring in the goods first.
Maybe he is getting old, huh?
Come on. Let's pick him up.
McGARRETT: Open up in there!
Open up. Filer? Come on!
McGARRETT: You
see? He is getting old.
In fact... he's falling apart.
Yeah, but things
work out, Steve.
Now he can bring
in the goods for you.
A man of infinite jest.
All right, commander. Thank you.
Steve, it's the
Starfish, all right.
Rounded Diamond
Head ten minutes ago.
Now, how about that. Coming
right in the front door too.
Okay, Kono, you
know what to look for.
Get going.
Yeah, Jenny.
Filer.
Oh, forget the trace, Danno.
He won't be on long enough.
Okay, Jenny, put him on.
Ah, there you are, McGarrett.
Yeah. I'm getting
closer all the time.
I must apologize for blowing
your stakeout the other day.
I really had no
choice, you know.
Well, I can afford
to forgive you,
but I'm not sure
Moose Oakley can.
Ah, you do know about him then?
After that circus
yesterday, how can I help it?
You staged that
whole gathering, Filer,
just to finger him.
I knew I could count
on you, McGarrett.
He's gonna kill you,
Filer. Shibata, I mean.
I hope you know that.
I count on him believing that.
Actually, he won't
get the chance.
Providing I pick up
Moose Oakley for you.
Is that what you mean?
What's wrong with that?
It helps both of us.
And I promise you, I won't
even be there this time.
No, you'll be someplace else,
trying to separate
Shibata from his money.
Well, there's a certain amount
of justice in that,
don't you think?
After all, if one must steal,
isn't it better to
steal from a thief?
He's not after the cocaine.
Apparently, he never was.
It's the money
he wants, all of it.
All four million.
Steve, Shibata just
took a big bundle of cash
from a safe-deposit box.
How big?
Could it be four
million? Could be.
It's in a briefcase.
Yeah, he could get
four million in there.
All right, I just found out
that Moose Oakley is a decoy,
so let's stay with
Shibata and the money,
and look, Chin, don't lose him.
I got lots of help here,
boss. Believe me, I'll use it.
You may have to.
Whatever Filer's dreamed up,
you can be sure
it's pretty far out.
Steve, you'll
never believe this.
Steve, we're not
too far from you:
just off Beretania.
Shibata stopped in front
of an apartment house.
Let's go.
Cover the rear entrance.
You two check the sides.
Steve, Shibata just went inside
one of the apartment
houses at 1650 Makaloa.
All right, I'm on my way, Chin.
Kono, what's going
on with Moose?
Looks like they're
getting ready to leave.
McGARRETT: Don't let
them. In fact, pick them up,
and don't forget the fish.
I'm interested in
what's inside them.
Gotcha.
Next car, please.
Next car, please.
Anything, Chin?
Last we saw of Shibata,
he went in that
building with the twins.
Is he still inside?
Well, on the block anyway.
We got the whole
thing under surveillance.
Ziegler knows what he is doing.
Taking a long time, ain't he?
Cool it.
Steve, what's happening?
Shall we move in?
No, not yet, Danno. Just
keep this block sealed
and watch for
Shibata and the twins.
Good afternoon, gentlemen.
Thank you for being so prompt.
Now, if you will please look up
at the elevator hatch.
As you can see,
a sheet of glass.
Plain, ordinary, everyday glass.
And now, what appears
to be a microphone,
which it is not.
It is a device for
transmitting ultrasonic sound.
Actually, Clarion Model X-600.
Ultrasonic sound,
beyond the hearing
of the human ear.
Although you will hear nothing,
its effects will be
immediately apparent.
Uh, please shield your eyes.
Please.
Thank you.
Now, at a reading of two
on a scale of one to ten,
we have this result.
Don't move, please.
I shall now move up
to a reading of four.
This reading, while not lethal,
may cause you some discomfort.
Kindly deposit your guns.
The ringing in your ears,
which you are now experiencing,
will go away in about a month.
I am now moving
up to a setting of six.
This is not only lethal,
it is also quite messy.
Your guns, please.
Ziegler, I will
kill you for this.
And now the money.
No. This spells Filer to me.
Let's go.
Smoke bomb. Yeah, that's Filer.
Okay, gentlemen,
cover the exits.
Danno, upstairs. Let's go.
Pipe down, Shibata.
You've got no place to go.
Get us out of here.
Danno, over here.
Hah. Look at this. It's empty.
Filer's in the building
somewhere, we know that now,
and he took the money,
so that's our edge.
We look for a man
with a package or bundle
or suitcase big enough
to carry $4 million in.
Right.
Officer, I want to
report a robbery.
Where? Right here.
My handbag. Somebody
must have cut it loose.
Look, lady, we're here
on special assignment.
We can't handle that now.
Look, I'll tell you what.
There's a station house
right down the street.
Wait a minute!
Is that all the attention I get?
I could have been assaulted.
I... Oh.
Those fish Moose brought
in sure were full of goodies.
So what am I supposed to say,
"half a catch is
better than none"?
The big one still
got away, bruddah.
Steve?
We found one more
thing in the building.
It's for you.
"If you're ever in
Algeria, look me up.
Lewis Avery Filer." Heh.
He's probably halfway by now.
You know, I don't think so.
Neither do I. Now, why is that?
The IOU, remember?
He still owes the warden.
He wouldn't pay him
back now, would he?
I think he would.
The question is, how?
Danno, get me the
classified, will you?
2,200. Lewis A. Filer"
Who is it?
You sent for a bonded
messenger, sir?
Just a moment.
Hm.
This did you in, you know.
You could have mailed it.
What? Trust the mails,
with all the thieves
there are around here?
I'm surprised at you, McGarrett.
I'm surprised at you, Mr. Filer.
There are only three
bonded messenger companies
on the island.
All right, shall we go?
What have you got
on Goro Shibata?
He's clean, McGarrett,
and Moose will
never implicate him.
You must realize that by now.
He's just not the type.
What are you after?
Oh, very little, really.
Except that smuggling
and narcotics
are federal offenses,
which puts Goro in a federal pen
on the mainland,
and far away from me.
Now, are you offering
to turn state's evidence?
Because you're
implicated, you know,
and you could end
up in a federal pen too.
A different one, McGarrett.
If I'm gonna put
those two in prison,
I want to be somewhere else.
That's the deal.
All right, you've got it,
but federal penitentiaries
are much harder to
break out of, you know.
Yes.
I'm rather looking
forward to that.
Shall we?
Oh, after you.
Uh, Extension 213, please.
And, oh, operator, he
may be down the hall
so keep ringing, will you?
It's important.
Station 6.
Hello? Hello?
Telephone repair,
may I help you?
This is Warden Challis
of Oahu State Prison.
I need a repairman
out here right away.
I'm sorry. Who did you say?
Challis, Warden Challis.
We've got an
emergency situation here,
and our lines are fouled.
I insist that you send some...
Okay, let him out.
Be seeing you.
Don't count on it.
He stashed his phone
in that fire extinguisher.
He prepared a dummy head
and hand out of papier-mâché,
left 'em in his bed.
That's the phone he
rigged: crude, but it works,
and here's a picture of him.
Yeah. Lewis Avery Filer.
I knew it when I put
him in here, warden.
It was only a matter of time.
He went out like those
walls don't even exist.
It's humiliating.
McGARRETT: Warden,
with this guy, that's
par for the course.
Now, when he got his
hand on this training manual,
it was all over.
I gave it to him.
Part of my
rehabilitation program.
But you know what really hurts?
When I opened the
prison safe this morning,
I found this.
Three thousand in that safe.
Why didn't he take it all?
Mr. Filer fancies
himself an honest man.
He only takes what he needs,
but this IOU is no put-on.
He intends to pay you back.
With hot money,
except you won't
be able to prove it.
Boss, the name Elmo Ziegler:
mean anything to you?
Ziegler? Ziegler?
Yeah, vaguely.
Goes back a long
time, though. Why?
Well, about 20
years ago in Miami,
Ziegler had a pal named Grundy.
Well, who's Grundy? He
was a cellmate of Filer's.
He had a picture of Ziegler.
Now that Filer's
gone, so is the picture.
You mean that Filer swiped
a picture of Ziegler
from his cellmate?
Yeah. Now, why would he do that?
Chin, get on the phone to Miami.
Tell 'em I want
everything they've got
on Elmo Ziegler. Everything.
Steve, which of these
do you want in the flyer?
All of them, Danno.
They're all Filer.
We found the phone truck, Steve.
Look what's missing.
Quite a haul.
Yeah.
Lineman equipment,
relays, handsets.
Wow.
With a list like
this, a guy like Filer
could set up his
own phone company.
He probably will.
You know, the way
this was planned,
he could have
busted out any time.
So why last night?
Why not last month or last week,
or, uh, tomorrow?
Hot off the wire, boss,
and a telephoto of Ziegler
coming up in about five minutes.
Anything else?
From Miami? Sure,
but I called the FBI.
They have a Ziegler file too.
Be here this afternoon.
Elmo Ziegler.
Troubleshooter,
exceptionally high IQ,
good reputation in the business.
When the syndicate
has a problem,
apparently, he
solves it for them.
Oh.
Make that past tense.
Ziegler died two years ago.
Ah, Goro.
Nice of you to see me.
I'm not nice, mister...
Mr. Lewis, just curious.
And don't think I fell
for that line of yours
about something for nothing.
Oh, I don't know.
It got me in here.
Excuse me.
You better start worrying
how you are going
to get yourself out.
Because I know
you from somewhere,
and the name is not Lewis.
Is, uh, this room
bugged, do you think?
I gather you have
something to hide.
Don't we all, Mr. Shibata?
Don't we all?
Oh, I do not mean
your call girls,
or your numbers racket.
It is your new venture
that is in trouble.
What venture?
You know how the police think.
Wouldn't it be a shame to
take a nice, clean island like this,
and dirty it up with cocaine?
They think there is $4
million worth of the stuff
floating around out
there on a fishing boat.
Goro, you try
to land that stuff,
you are a... A sitting duck.
Get this guy in Miami Beach.
Where did you get
this information?
Do you expect a
payoff? Is that it?
Please, when I said
something for nothing, I mean it.
I could not just sit still
and let you get geschwindelt.
That is all.
Hello?
Harry, this is Goro Shibata.
Goro, long time no see.
That's right, Harry,
a very long time.
Tell me, where is Elmo
Ziegler these days?
He's dead.
Uh-huh.
Did you see the body?
Well, not exactly.
He got, uh, racked up
in this car crash, see?
So they wouldn't
open the coffin.
Harry, I want you
to level with me.
How dead is he?
Well, we have all
the papers, see?
Uh, Elmo's legally
dead. All right?
You have lost weight, Elmo.
A little older, a little grayer,
and without the moustache,
but still the mastermind.
Legally dead, what a cover.
Where are the spats?
There was a monocle
too, and a Homburg.
McGarrett is
laying for you, Goro.
Be careful.
I can't help wondering...
Why does a man like Ziegler
risk blowing his cover
to warn me about that?
Perhaps Mr. Ziegler
felt he owed you a favor.
For my part, the
business is closed.
Auf Wiedersehen.
There's a hole in
this organization.
I intend to plug it up
with as many bodies as it takes.
Operator.
I want the marine service
operator for Honolulu.
Just one minute, sir.
The circuits are busy.
I have your call. Go ahead, sir.
This is the Starfish.
How's the weather?
It could blow up,
and there's a possibility
you've got a leaky hull.
So, uh, what do you advise?
Chart a new course
for dry dock right away.
I think we can assume
he'll use his face.
Let's see, it's
dated 20 years ago.
All right, Danno,
get a police artist,
have him redraw this picture.
Age the man 20 years.
And I'd like a
couple of versions:
with and without the moustache,
with and without the goatee,
and maybe a monocle.
And add them all to the flyer.
Wouldn't it be simpler to, uh,
put out an APB on anybody?
Yeah, Jenny?
Hold it, Danno.
It's Filer. Put out a trace.
Yeah, Jenny. Put him on.
McGarrett.
Ah, there you are, McGarrett.
Tell me, have you
got your tape going?
You better believe it.
What's the game
this time, Filer?
Oh, I wouldn't
think of telling you.
You'd much rather
work it out for yourself,
but I will give you a hint.
Exactly 2.3 miles east
of Kaena Point on Route 93.
Have you got that?
Just where the blacktop begins.
Yeah. Go on.
I suggest you be there
by 4:15 this afternoon.
Look for a red and
white helicopter
coming in low under radar.
Uh, that would be
roughly northeast.
Yeah, why should I do that?
Because you've kept this island
remarkably clean of
hard stuff, McGarrett.
I'm sure you want
it to stay that way.
Look, Filer, don't con
me. Just get to the point.
The point is narcotics, a
thoroughly rotten business.
I'm sure we agree on that.
Yeah, and that's about all.
Heh-heh, perhaps,
but that's enough,
because it means
you'll be there.
I know you, McGarrett.
You can't sit still and watch
$4 million worth of cocaine
land on this island,
now, can you?
Heh, heh. Well... aloha.
Steve, no luck on the trace.
Filer claims a large
shipment of cocaine is due in.
He may be right. There's talk
on the grapevine about that.
Four-fifteen, he said.
Come on. Let's move.
Chin, Kono, come with me.
This is McGarrett, Five-0.
You're surrounded. Come
out with your hands up.
Split.
Chin, Kono, get that car.
Just ease on out of here.
Cool it, man. You got us.
No trace of him, Steve.
No, of course not.
Okay, Filer, score one for you.
Where's the helicopter?
Nobody knows, boss.
Civil Air Patrol has an eye out,
Navy Reconnaissance
too, but I... I don't know.
A bird like that's easy to hide.
All right, who is
it registered to?
Registered to Harry
Conda, 1216 Swansea Drive.
I'll give you odds that
there's no Swansea Drive
nor any Harry Conda, either.
All right, Chin,
interview the harbor master,
Coast Guard, Navy air arm...
Anybody who cruised these waters
or flew over them yesterday.
And, Chin, I want
some specific names
of the vessels in that quadrant.
What about Shibata's
goons? They open up?
The rude twins?
They got a couple of high-priced
lawyers down there now.
They'll be on the
street in an hour,
but I did run that check.
Guess what.
They were both spotted
in Hong Kong a month ago
by the Hong Kong
police. Positive ID.
And you can buy
anything in Hong Kong,
cocaine included.
Goro Shibata. How long have
we been trying to nail him?
Kono, I want Shibata
under surveillance
around the clock, and don't
be too subtle about it, huh?
The bird watchers were out.
Do you get me?
This is the only bird
around with those colors.
Are you saying the
bird has drowned?
We had a $50,000
funeral out here, baby.
Now, who pays for that?
Simple.
Just check around
in your family,
see who sold out.
My family? How about yours?
Well, we are much
too close for that.
Yeah, yeah, so are we.
Then we have a
problem, don't we?
Obviously, we can do nothing
until we find the guilty party
and, uh, exert
a lot of influence.
Now, look, how long do
you think we can sit out here?
If we don't come
ashore quick... Please.
It's much too public.
You better arrange
to come in here alone.
Hold on a minute.
Who is there? Come and look.
Stay on the line. I
will only be a minute.
The thing has changed.
You cannot come in.
Why, what's wrong?
Well, let's say
the bird watchers are here too.
Well, then that blows
the whole thing, huh?
No.
No, I don't think so.
There's a man...
If I can reach him.
A brilliant man who knows
how to deal with bird watchers.
Get me Ziegler.
Dispatch, patch me to McGarrett.
He is on his way.
Steve, I have some trouble.
And just how do
you arrange delivery?
The stuff's in waterproof bags
about... oh, so big.
They're on a boat
about 50 miles out.
I come in on this
fisherman and...
Are you sure this is gonna work?
My plans always work.
He just plain
disappeared, Steve.
No bubbles, no nothing.
McGARRETT: Probably
swam right out under the pier.
He could have come up at
a hundred different places.
Steve, that was H.P.D.
You know what they
get from the street?
Elmo Ziegler. The word's out
that Shibata's looking for him.
Yeah, well, I'd
say he found him.
I'll bet my eyeteeth they're
right out there someplace
making a deal.
Why would Filer
impersonate Ziegler?
I mean, considering the
risks, what's the point?
Maybe Shibata's in the
market for a troubleshooter.
Ziegler was the best.
I wonder if Filer knows
what he's getting into.
He better, Danno,
or he'll end up dead.
In fact, if I know Shibata,
Filer's got to end
up dead, unless...
Unless we get hold
of the goods first.
Wait a minute.
That's Filer's game.
That's his challenge:
a race for the goods.
That will be all. Danke schon.
Did you talk money?
No.
Ten percent.
Of four million?
By they way, isn't that a lot
of money to carry around?
Without the police
knowing, I mean.
No. It's in $1,000 bills.
I had them washed and pressed.
The whole thing stacks
up a mere 20 inches.
Ah.
All I lack is to bring my money
and his goods together.
That should be easy for you.
Fifteen percent.
Oh, I don't need the money.
You see, I am comfortable.
Uh, have some champagne.
But, um... you
need action, Elmo.
Ja.
I confess to a certain
degree of boredom. Heh.
But I went to a lot of trouble
to disappear, Goro,
and frankly, the way things
leak out of your organization,
I just don't know.
He says you can
handle all of that.
Oh, easy, huh?
And what about McGarrett,
the Coast Guard,
Customs, the Navy,
the Hafenmeister, uh...?
The harbormaster? Easy.
Ja, maybe... Maybe I could help.
Twenty-five percent. Ah, better.
Heh. Now wait.
You, Goro,
you will want to
examine the goods,
test them for purity
before you accept delivery,
and you, you will want
to count the money,
make sure the bills are
genuine and unmarked.
You will want to
find a safe place,
and maybe I could
find such a place.
Twenty-five percent is
an even million, Elmo.
Say yes,
and save me the cost of a
phone call to Miami, please.
Huh? Heh, heh, heh, heh.
Ja, I suppose you would do that.
All right.
Providing only I know where
the final exchange takes place.
That way the information
cannot leak out.
You will each get
your instructions
step by step in
a series of drops.
Well, suppose we are followed.
Were you followed here?
No. You handled
that satisfactorily.
I will need one week.
And don't look for me here.
I won't be here.
So, gentlemen, have we a deal?
Oh, maybe you would
like to discuss that.
Are you out of your mind?
I'm not gonna pay
that kind of money.
Moose, he is
already legally dead.
Doesn't it suggest
anything to you?
You mean, uh, let
him do his thing,
then kill him,
'cause he's
already legally dead.
This could be very funny.
Well?
It's a deal.
Steve? Just a minute, Danno.
Then it's got to
be the Starfish.
Okay, Chin, ask the Coast
Guard to keep an eye on her.
But, uh, we can't
board if she's flying
a foreign flag in
international waters.
What have you got, Danno?
That's the one, Steve.
Good. How do you know?
Well, there was this, uh,
dock steward I talked to.
He looked kind of funny when
I asked him about boat rentals.
He said there was a
guy who, uh, look like this,
who wanted to rent
a yacht and a crew,
but for only two hours.
For two hours? Yeah,
and it just happened there
was this floating palace
in the harbor with
no one onboard.
And so Filer got the use of it.
For $200.
Why, that old swindler.
I bet he used that boat
to make the deal on.
And he played the
millionaire for two hours.
Well...
at least we know
who we're looking for.
Or do we?
Moose, can you board
the Starfish tonight?
Yes. FILER: Good.
Tomorrow you bring her in.
Well, with the goods, of course.
Exactly two miles
out, you radio in.
Goro.
Goro,
that will be your signal
to start for the bank.
I understand.
Go directly to the
safe-deposit box
and take out the money.
Make a, uh... Eh... Uh...
Conspicuous. Be
conspicuous about it.
With the cops watching? Goro,
in me you trust.
You will shake them when it
is easier for you to shake them.
Shake them how?
Go out the side
door of the bank.
Wait there until a blue
and yellow cab arrives.
The driver will
know who to look for.
He will hand you a mailbox key
and take you to
the proper address.
When you get there, open the box
and follow the
instructions you find.
Be ready to move quickly
because that is where
you shake the police.
Now repeat back to me.
I heard what you said, Kono,
but I'm not sure I believe it.
Look for yourself, Steve.
Shibata's place.
The rooftop.
Then over there.
See the "for rent" sign?
Yeah.
Three of them,
huh? Very interesting.
Yeah. Heh, heh.
Yeah, it's Filer.
What's the point, I wonder?
Just to avoid surveillance?
Can we listen?
We can't. They're on
a different frequency.
Oh, boy.
Moose Oakley. The smuggler?
Ha, ha. I thought he
was still in Europe.
McGARRETT: So did I.
I'll keep an eye on him, boss.
No, wait a minute, Chin.
There's no place he can go
except the Starfish.
Oakley, Oakley. You know
what that means, don't you?
Shibata doesn't own the goods.
Oakley does, and that
scotches everything.
What does?
Filer boxing
himself in like that.
I just can't let him go.
Steve, isn't that what you want?
Sure, but I was hoping
he'd bring in the goods first.
Maybe he is getting old, huh?
Come on. Let's pick him up.
McGARRETT: Open up in there!
Open up. Filer? Come on!
McGARRETT: You
see? He is getting old.
In fact... he's falling apart.
Yeah, but things
work out, Steve.
Now he can bring
in the goods for you.
A man of infinite jest.
All right, commander. Thank you.
Steve, it's the
Starfish, all right.
Rounded Diamond
Head ten minutes ago.
Now, how about that. Coming
right in the front door too.
Okay, Kono, you
know what to look for.
Get going.
Yeah, Jenny.
Filer.
Oh, forget the trace, Danno.
He won't be on long enough.
Okay, Jenny, put him on.
Ah, there you are, McGarrett.
Yeah. I'm getting
closer all the time.
I must apologize for blowing
your stakeout the other day.
I really had no
choice, you know.
Well, I can afford
to forgive you,
but I'm not sure
Moose Oakley can.
Ah, you do know about him then?
After that circus
yesterday, how can I help it?
You staged that
whole gathering, Filer,
just to finger him.
I knew I could count
on you, McGarrett.
He's gonna kill you,
Filer. Shibata, I mean.
I hope you know that.
I count on him believing that.
Actually, he won't
get the chance.
Providing I pick up
Moose Oakley for you.
Is that what you mean?
What's wrong with that?
It helps both of us.
And I promise you, I won't
even be there this time.
No, you'll be someplace else,
trying to separate
Shibata from his money.
Well, there's a certain amount
of justice in that,
don't you think?
After all, if one must steal,
isn't it better to
steal from a thief?
He's not after the cocaine.
Apparently, he never was.
It's the money
he wants, all of it.
All four million.
Steve, Shibata just
took a big bundle of cash
from a safe-deposit box.
How big?
Could it be four
million? Could be.
It's in a briefcase.
Yeah, he could get
four million in there.
All right, I just found out
that Moose Oakley is a decoy,
so let's stay with
Shibata and the money,
and look, Chin, don't lose him.
I got lots of help here,
boss. Believe me, I'll use it.
You may have to.
Whatever Filer's dreamed up,
you can be sure
it's pretty far out.
Steve, you'll
never believe this.
Steve, we're not
too far from you:
just off Beretania.
Shibata stopped in front
of an apartment house.
Let's go.
Cover the rear entrance.
You two check the sides.
Steve, Shibata just went inside
one of the apartment
houses at 1650 Makaloa.
All right, I'm on my way, Chin.
Kono, what's going
on with Moose?
Looks like they're
getting ready to leave.
McGARRETT: Don't let
them. In fact, pick them up,
and don't forget the fish.
I'm interested in
what's inside them.
Gotcha.
Next car, please.
Next car, please.
Anything, Chin?
Last we saw of Shibata,
he went in that
building with the twins.
Is he still inside?
Well, on the block anyway.
We got the whole
thing under surveillance.
Ziegler knows what he is doing.
Taking a long time, ain't he?
Cool it.
Steve, what's happening?
Shall we move in?
No, not yet, Danno. Just
keep this block sealed
and watch for
Shibata and the twins.
Good afternoon, gentlemen.
Thank you for being so prompt.
Now, if you will please look up
at the elevator hatch.
As you can see,
a sheet of glass.
Plain, ordinary, everyday glass.
And now, what appears
to be a microphone,
which it is not.
It is a device for
transmitting ultrasonic sound.
Actually, Clarion Model X-600.
Ultrasonic sound,
beyond the hearing
of the human ear.
Although you will hear nothing,
its effects will be
immediately apparent.
Uh, please shield your eyes.
Please.
Thank you.
Now, at a reading of two
on a scale of one to ten,
we have this result.
Don't move, please.
I shall now move up
to a reading of four.
This reading, while not lethal,
may cause you some discomfort.
Kindly deposit your guns.
The ringing in your ears,
which you are now experiencing,
will go away in about a month.
I am now moving
up to a setting of six.
This is not only lethal,
it is also quite messy.
Your guns, please.
Ziegler, I will
kill you for this.
And now the money.
No. This spells Filer to me.
Let's go.
Smoke bomb. Yeah, that's Filer.
Okay, gentlemen,
cover the exits.
Danno, upstairs. Let's go.
Pipe down, Shibata.
You've got no place to go.
Get us out of here.
Danno, over here.
Hah. Look at this. It's empty.
Filer's in the building
somewhere, we know that now,
and he took the money,
so that's our edge.
We look for a man
with a package or bundle
or suitcase big enough
to carry $4 million in.
Right.
Officer, I want to
report a robbery.
Where? Right here.
My handbag. Somebody
must have cut it loose.
Look, lady, we're here
on special assignment.
We can't handle that now.
Look, I'll tell you what.
There's a station house
right down the street.
Wait a minute!
Is that all the attention I get?
I could have been assaulted.
I... Oh.
Those fish Moose brought
in sure were full of goodies.
So what am I supposed to say,
"half a catch is
better than none"?
The big one still
got away, bruddah.
Steve?
We found one more
thing in the building.
It's for you.
"If you're ever in
Algeria, look me up.
Lewis Avery Filer." Heh.
He's probably halfway by now.
You know, I don't think so.
Neither do I. Now, why is that?
The IOU, remember?
He still owes the warden.
He wouldn't pay him
back now, would he?
I think he would.
The question is, how?
Danno, get me the
classified, will you?
2,200. Lewis A. Filer"
Who is it?
You sent for a bonded
messenger, sir?
Just a moment.
Hm.
This did you in, you know.
You could have mailed it.
What? Trust the mails,
with all the thieves
there are around here?
I'm surprised at you, McGarrett.
I'm surprised at you, Mr. Filer.
There are only three
bonded messenger companies
on the island.
All right, shall we go?
What have you got
on Goro Shibata?
He's clean, McGarrett,
and Moose will
never implicate him.
You must realize that by now.
He's just not the type.
What are you after?
Oh, very little, really.
Except that smuggling
and narcotics
are federal offenses,
which puts Goro in a federal pen
on the mainland,
and far away from me.
Now, are you offering
to turn state's evidence?
Because you're
implicated, you know,
and you could end
up in a federal pen too.
A different one, McGarrett.
If I'm gonna put
those two in prison,
I want to be somewhere else.
That's the deal.
All right, you've got it,
but federal penitentiaries
are much harder to
break out of, you know.
Yes.
I'm rather looking
forward to that.
Shall we?
Oh, after you.