Hawaii Five-O (1968–1980): Season 6, Episode 16 - The Banzai Pipeline - full transcript

Hey, how'd you find
out about Huffman?

Grand jury sprang a leak.

It's all over the
coconut wireless.

The story is he's gonna
get hit with three indictments

for soliciting and
accepting bribes.

Wow. And you thought he
was your zoning commissioner.

Look, I warned him. I told him,

keep this between the two
of us and no one can touch it.

But he got greedy.

Had to try to peddle himself to
every developer on the island.

Ah, just cut him loose.



Let the DA have him.

What are you talkin' about?

Manicote doesn't give
a damn about Huffman.

He's squeezing him to
get me. You know that.

And so does Huffman.

If he falls, I fall.

Yes?

Have you heard about the...

I've heard and I'm
on an 11 a.m. flight.

Meet you at the
beach in 45 minutes.

Right.

Huffman's already packed.

Huffman would be.

You go on back to the office
to get that stuff ready for me.



I wanna call Steve before I
go to the governor's office.

District Attorney on Line 3.

McGARRETT: Thanks,
Jenny. I'll put it on speaker.

John?

Nailed him, Steve. Huffman?

The grand jury brought in
indictments on all three counts.

I've got a date with the
governor. You wanna sit in?

No, no, thanks, John.

It's your ball, you run with it.

And congratulations.

Well, it looks like our homework
on Huffman finally paid off.

Where's Greggs?

He doesn't think it was smart
to risk being seen together,

especially just
before your vacation.

Your money. How much?

Greggs said enough to
last you the rest of your life.

Forgive me, John, if I
sound overly concerned.

I know this is the first time

a member of the zoning
commission has been indicted.

But I want it to be
the last time as well.

Now, an indictment is one
thing, but how strong is your case?

Strong enough to nail
the man behind Huffman:

Oswald Greggs.

Two real estate men will testify

that Huffman offered to sell
advance planning on rezoning.

Photos of their last meetings.

Marked money went through
Huffman's bank account.

What about the
collusion with Greggs?

Thanks to Steve's crew,
we have surveillance photos

that go back two years.

Including photos
of Greggs' bag man

passing envelopes to Huffman.

We're gonna convict
Huffman, governor.

And when he realizes
he's got ten to 20 years

on each of three counts,

he's gonna be ready to
make a deal, and so will we.

His testimony against Greggs
in return for lighter sentences.

A call for Mr. Manicote.
Mr. McGarrett.

He says it's urgent.

Yes, Steve?

It's definitely Huffman.

It looks like a knife wound

from the angle it could have
penetrated beneath the sternum.

I'll have to do an
autopsy to be sure.

We had him.

Two years of digging and
we had him right by the throat.

Then Greggs steals him
from us with a daylight kill

on the very day the grand
jury returns its indictments.

It's a wonder the hit man

didn't dump Huffman's
body right on my desk.

Next time he will if we don't
nail him on this one, John.

And we're gonna nail him.

Greggs isn't getting
off the hook this easily.

Danno, I want this beach
scoured from one end to the other.

Put all our men on it,

get all the H.P.D.
backup you need.

I want something I can
hang on Greggs' hit man.

If it's here you'll get it.

We'll be at the
governor's if you need us.

John, let's go.

Now, think very carefully.

You saw this guy after
you took care of Huffman?

Right. He was driving
an old station wagon.

And he saw you?

Oh yeah. No, wait, wait.

He wasn't there when
you got there, right?

No, not when Huffman and I were.

His car was parked about 100
yards down behind some bushes.

As I was walkin' to my
car I found the film box.

There's no way he saw
anything, or I would have seen him.

Okay, then there's
no reason to sweat.

The way he took off.

He revved up and smoked
out of there like a time trial.

I couldn't read
his license plate.

But there was some
lettering on his crate.

"Only the sun gives
without receiving," it said.

Ah, he's probably
some little puker up there

having his own dope party.

Nothing more than that.

I'm gonna look
around, check him out,

make sure there's
no way he... Relax.

What if he's down
honkin' on the cops?

We'd know it by now.

And get this film developed.

Probably some camera
nut makin' home movies.

You've done your
number, bruddah.

Hang loose.

But keep the juices
flowin', case we need you.

Right.

Hold it, Danny.

I'd like to take that
suitcase down to the lab

in case somebody
besides Huffman packed it.

All packed to travel.

Like he knew about the
indictment before we did.

Or Greggs wasn't
taking any chances.

Airline ticket in
Huffman's coat.

In the name of Ted Huff.

Purchased today
for an 11 a.m. flight.

Hm.

Anything else, Che?

No, just the stab wound.

A curious weapon for
the syndicate to use.

A knife? Effective.
Can't hear it, trace it.

Chin, get a list together

of all the people known
to have worked for Greggs,

including the
legitimate companies

that front for his outfit.

That's gonna look like
the telephone book, Danny.

Feed it into the computer
with the m.o. on this killing.

We'll go from there.

But we can't be
sure it's a local killer.

No, but we have
to start someplace.

You guys check this
beach for witnesses.

I saw some surfers out there,

maybe one of them
knows something.

Right.

Hey, look at that.

Nice ride, huh?

Oh, that's beautiful.

That's great.

Go, man, go!

Hey, look, look, here
comes that cutback.

Hey, how about that? Heh.

Hey, man, with me
in front of that camera,

how you gonna lose, boy?

Hey, did you ever
see a better shot

of the pipe than
that, little brother?

Oh, wow!

Oh, that hurt.

All right.

Do it again.

Look at that. Look
at that. Look at that.

Oh, you are the
original bald ego.

That shot's a little fuzzy.

Looks all right to me.

In fact, all your stuff
looks good, Rick.

Whoa.

Yeah, well you don't see
the stuff I have to throw out.

Nine out of 10 of the shots
go right down the drain.

Including the last one.

Hey, man, I nearly got
lunched on that wave.

We got better shots than that.

If you weren't so picky,

this film would have
been finished already.

Look, I'm making the
first feature-length film

on North Shore surfing,
and it's gonna be perfect.

All I need now is
about 30 minutes more.

Yeah, and a few decent waves.

And $950.

George, my movie's better
than Endless Summer.

Well, maybe, but it's
costing you more too.

I've already processed
20,000 feet of this epic.

Yeah, and I've been paying
you right along, haven't I?

Yeah. All but 950.

Look, I know the waves
have been scarce this year

and you guys are,
you know, you're low.

We're eatin' granola
for dinner now, man.

I'm not exactly
gaining weight myself.

Roger, why don't you
reason with your brother here?

Get him to settle for a
few shots and you know...

Ah, look man, I'm sorry,
but he's the producer.

I'm just the star.

One hundred, 200, 250.

That's a good start. Yeah.

Mr. Bole, telephone on Line 2.

Excuse me.

Hello?

Oh, hi, Mrs. Fig.

What can I do for you...?

What'd you have to
sell? The extra camera?

Ah, nothing.

Except... Except
maybe a piece of my ego.

I mean, how'd you come
up with 250 bucks cash?

I-I ripped off a guy's wallet.

Up at Pokai Point.

This film's really
wiped you out, hasn't it?

It's really on my back.

I wish I could kick it.

Okay, right.

It'll be ready for you tomorrow.

Bye-bye.

Now, uh, where were we?

About 700 bucks short.

Say, uh, Mr. Bole, how
would you like to own a...?

Hold it. Hold it,
kid. Hold it, kid.

If I invested in every surfing
film that I process in this lab,

I'd have been back selling can
openers door to door years ago.

George, you're passing
up a quarter of a million.

That's a disappointment I
can live with, believe me.

Tell you what I'll do.

If you can have
the 700 by Friday,

I'll process the rest
of your film on the cuff.

How's that?

Okay, fair enough.

Yeah. All right.

Terri, bring your book please.

Steve, nothing on the beach.

What about his wallet?

Not on the body, in his car

or the suit jacket
on the front seat.

Maybe the killer took it.

Maybe. But if it was
meant to look like a killing,

he'd take his ring and
his watch, wouldn't he?

The computer brought it
down to 27 guys, Steve.

I, uh, went over the records

and three names
floated right to the top:

Cass Tanner.

Uh, vice president in charge
of pressure for Greggs.

He might have
set up the killing.

But I think he'd keep
his own laundry clean.

Paul Synor.

You can scratch him.

He's in traction
in the hospital.

Car accident.

Andrew Koa, alias Handy Andy.

A bouncer. His gun permit
was revoked after a shooting.

Gun permit?

Yeah. He learned
how to keep order

in the bar with a shiv.

Contributions came when a
group of 10 senators offered...

You know, you're gonna
have to go to that hospital

to get that radio removed.

When you get over your
nervous breakdown, let me know.

Now where you goin'?

My apartment.

Yeah?

Andrew Koa?

Who is it?

Williams. Five-0.

I'd like to talk to you.

Freeze!

Mr. McGarrett's office.

Jenny. Che.

Let me speak to Steve.

McGARRETT: Yes, Che?

I disassembled that knife

and I found traces of
human blood, Steve.

Are you sure? I'm certain.

Oh, a guy like Koa
would clean his knife, Che.

It's evidence.

Well it's not always that easy

to completely
clean a switchblade.

Blood was on a hinge
pin inside the knife.

That's going to be helpful,
Che. Thanks very much.

And let me know when you
have the exact blood type.

Did, uh, you read
Koa his rights?

Chapter and verse.

Did he ask for a lawyer?

He says he doesn't need one.

Heh. He may change his mind.

These aren't home movies.

That's professional stuff.

Hey, there's the lettering
that Koa was talkin' about.

Where is Koa? He
ought to be here telling us

if this is the kid
that worries him.

Try his place again.

Still no answer.

Hey, that's one of the
beaches on the North Shore.

Sunshine Land Company.

Mr. Greggs?

Just a minute.

Yeah?

This is Leila Meyers.

Five-0 picked up Koa.

For questioning or a bust?

Oh, I-I don't know.

But he was sure that kid
at the beach fingered him.

Five-0's got Koa.

Yeah, well, uh, okay,
thanks very much.

Look, you just earned
yourself a half a C-note.

Thank you.

Back up that film to
the kid by the door.

Get some blowups made of that.

Hey, what's the ocean doin'?

Oh, it's just lyin' there,
flatter than a mill pond.

But I was talkin' to a guy who
was up to the weather station.

Hey, a storm?

In the Alaskan Gulf.

It's cranking swells
down the north Pacific.

He says our front
yard's gonna stand up.

Ha! All right. When?

Tomorrow or the next day.

How much film have we got?

Ah... Well, we got
about, uh, 3,000 feet.

Yeah, but who's
gonna process it?

Hey, I thought, uh... I
thought you had already used

all that guy's cash.

Look, if we get waves tomorrow,

it's gonna be the last of
the winter surf, you know?

Yeah, but... You
got any other ideas?

Well, none that would
involve that guy's wallet.

You're so damn
self-righteous, little brother.

Me?

You're the guy who kicked
my butt across a playground

for stealing a bunch
of comic books.

As ye rip, so
shall ye be ripped.

Remember?

Hey, we need 700 bucks,
Roger. By tomorrow.

Even if this guy Huffman
reports his credit cards are stolen,

it's still gonna take
two or three days

before the credit companies
notify all the stores.

Steve, Leila Meyers.

McGARRETT: Well,
that was quick, Chin.

Didn't have to look too far.

She lives across
the hall from Koa.

I see. Thanks for
coming in, Miss Meyers.

Won't you sit down?

Thanks for coming
in, Miss Meyers.

We appreciate your
cooperation, Miss Meyers.

Let's cut the bull, huh?

Did Mr. Kelly explain?

Yes, he told me.

And I told him I
didn't know nothing

about this trouble Andy's in.

Were you with Koa
anytime yesterday? No.

The bartender at the Long
Boat said that you and Koa...

I don't care what he says.

Now look, just because Andy
and I had a few drinks together

and happen to live
in the same building,

that don't give you any
right to hold me like this.

We're not holding
you, Miss Meyers.

If you don't want to
cooperate, you're free to go.

Sure. Sure. I'd get as
far as that front door

before you had a warrant
and I'd be right back here.

Am I interrupting something?

What have you got, Che?

That information you
wanted on Huffman.

Excuse me.

Okay, let's have it.

Could you come down
to the lab with me?

Uh, thanks for coming
in, Miss Meyers.

Thanks for coming, Miss Meyers.

And you watched
television all afternoon?

The ball game. Good game.

Alone? Yeah.

How'd you get beach
sand in your shoes?

I don't know.

I wasn't at any beach.

And how do you know it
was beach sand anyway?

What do you do
for a living, Koa?

I'm a bar manager.

Where?

Now I'm between jobs.

What kind of money
does Greggs pay?

It must be peanuts if you
have to lift a guy's wallet.

How much was Huffman carrying?

I don't know about any
wallet, or any Huffman.

But you do know Greggs.

He owns a few bars.

What difference does it make?

McGARRETT: How'd the
blood get inside your knife, Koa?

What blood?

On the hinge pin
inside your knife.

I must have cut myself.

Where?

Let's see the cut.

It's healed up, I guess.

This was fresh blood,
Koa. Human blood.

You're bluffin'.

I just cleaned it the other day.

Oh? How'd it get dirty?

Every so often
I wipe and oil it.

You should have
washed it under a faucet.

Yeah? Yeah.

You happen to know
your own blood type?

My blood type? No.

You sure? Yeah.

What difference does it make?

A big difference.

Here's a lab report.

The blood we found on
your knife was O-negative.

Huffman's type.

You have any objections
to our determining

what your blood type is?

Steve?

Yeah?

You got something important?

A jewelry store
downtown just called.

They sold a $400 watch to a guy

using Edward J.
Huffman's credit card.

Amplifier tuner, 435.

Tape deck, 485.

And with tax that's, uh, $956.

Have a nice day, Mr. Huffman.

Thank you.

- A - customer
left this newspaper,

and I realized I may have
been talking to a murderer.

He looked at two
or three watches.

Did he handle them?

No, but he touched the counter.

Here. Here and there.

May I have the serial number
of the watch he bought?

It's on the sales slip.

You said he was
about 26, 5'10", blond.

Anything else come to mind?

Well, he had very
broad shoulders

and a deep tan like
he worked outdoors.

Come on.

You're putting me on. Only 800?

And the tranquility of
knowing that these items

will move quietly
down my asbestos pipe

beyond tracing.

You're lookin' at $3,600
worth of merchandise.

Now, I know some other places...

Thirty-six hundred retail.

And drivin' around
town could be dicey,

with those goods, if someone
had your license number.

The warranty cards
are still on this stuff.

No, I'm not taking
less than 1,000.

What a shame.

I was gonna offer 900.

A sewing machine,
another TV set.

All within a ten-block area.

And a four-hour period.

That's a familiar pattern.

Like a doper raising
cash for a fix. Yeah.

I hate to admit it, gentlemen,

but we may have been
barking up the wrong tree.

Damn it.

I was so anxious to nail Greggs

I-I overlooked the
simple... The simple holdup

that may have
turned into a killing.

Danno, get out a bulletin
to all credit card companies.

Chin, take Ben and Duke

and check all
fences and hot shops.

What about Koa? What
about the O-negative blood?

File a complaint. Carrying
a concealed weapon

and assault with deadly
intent, for openers.

I could have sworn he
was our man, Danno.

Andrew Koa?

You a lawyer?

That's right, Lee Andrews.

A mutual friend has retained
my services on your behalf.

You make any statements
we have to worry about?

You think this is
my first time in?

How'd the questioning go?

Not too bad.

They were squeezing
pretty hard, though.

Then they let go.

Like something took a turn.

Your friend and I
are looking into that.

You recognize him?

Thanks, Larry.

Get him.

It's gonna take some doing.

Well, do it.

Use as many men as you need.

Blanket the North
Shore. It's our hides.

I want that kid, and fast.

Now, here's his picture.
You ever see this guy before?

I've seen him before. - Yeah?

He's really hot.

Yeah. Unreal.

Likes to rip big
ones. Well, where?

Sunset Beach, the
Pipe, sometimes Waimea.

The Pipe? What's that?

Banzai Pipeline.

Just a couple of
miles down the road.

Hey, uh, what do you
want him for, man?

Ah, this guy here
witnessed an accident.

I mean, it means money to
him, you know, if I can find him,

but I just don't know his name
or where he lives, you know?

Three hundred,
400, 500, 600, 700.

And, uh, which bank did you rob?

We, uh, sold our extra camera.

I'm sorry you had to do that.

Sure didn't expect to
see you two here today.

Hey, George, you
didn't think that we'd, uh,

burn you out of 700, did you?

No.

I wasn't worried
about the money.

Not with you, Rick.

Hey, but I hear the
surf's up. Where?

The whole North
Shore is humpin'.

Report is Sunset's
ten feet plus.

I'll take you to the shack.
I'll get supplies. Okay.

Hey, George.

Hey, you'd better use that money
on developing solution, George.

We're coming
back with some film.

Okay.

Hey, man, that's
victory at sea out there.

Can't make the
inside break, Rodge.

That's all right, man.
Those waves are so big

they've breaking
over the outside reef.

The lens isn't big
enough. It's too far out.

You stay here and time the sets.

Uh, figure out
your lineup, okay?

Where are you going?

Come on.

Rick!

Rick. No.

Rick!

Rick!

No!

What's the price on that?

That one's $635.

If that's more than
you had in mind,

this used one, almost
perfect condition,

it's only $395.

Uh, I'll take that one.
Right there. Yeah.

Uh, don't you have an
automatic credit system here?

Not yet, Mr. Huffman.

Four-9-7-7-G.

McGARRETT: Yes, Jenny?

Inter-Island Credit
Bureau on 3, Steve.

McGarrett.

Oh, yes. Yes, thank you.

Thank you very much.

Danno, our man is
in that camera store

at the Wai Wai Shopping
Center waiting for credit approval.

Get on it.

Look, if, uh, there's a hang-up,

I've got a couple
of hundred dollars

I can give you as
a down payment.

They'll call back any moment.

The computer's
overloaded, that's all.

Yeah, but those two
stars on my card mean...

You have a top credit rating.

I'm sure there's no
problem, Mr. Huffman.

Yeah, okay. Well...

If you're not
worried, I've, uh...

I-I gotta crank some film, okay?

But you can't just... I...

Look, sport, I don't
wanna dump you, all right?

But Mr. Huffman.

Mr. Huffman!

I tried to stop him, but he
swung that lens like a club.

He was desperate.

You said he
looked like a surfer?

Yeah. Wore cut-offs,

blue work shirt.
Bleached out hair.

I think you're gonna
like these prints, Danny.

Duke, get 'em downtown. Code 3.

Right.

Now, think carefully.

Is there anything else
you can remember?

Look, we covered the coast

all the way up from
Haleiwa up to Kahuku.

You got any idea how many
surfers there are up here?

I don't want a census report.

I want that kid.

It's not that easy.

Now, these people up here
are like a bunch of clams.

I-I show them the picture.
And I know they know who he is,

but they just won't
come up with his name.

What are we gonna do?

Keep looking.

Okay. I'll talk to you later.

Look, Cass, the
next time you call me

all I wanna hear
from you is: "Got him."

How about that?

Richard N. McDivitt.

One-4-8-9-9 Tupukei Road, Steve.

The North Shore.

Okay, we'll be able to read
your vaccination with this.

All right, Jack the
Ripper struck again.

Hey, Rodge, I'm closing
out that whole grubby scene.

I mean, it's a...
It's a sack of rats.

And the first 10,000
from the movie

goes to Edward J. Huffman.

Can you get behind that?

Yeah.

Okay.

So, what do the
waves look like, huh?

Man, that's like nothing
I ever saw before.

Can you paddle out in that?

Well, every 18 minutes there's
a break between the sets.

Oh, I wish I could go with you.

My contract says I'm the star.

All right, so what are
you waitin' here for, huh?

Wax up. Let's go.

I think I'm gonna try
those inside waves first.

Hey, it's insane out there, man.

Nobody's on the inside.

That's right.

No one will get in my way.

No one here.

Central, patch me
through to McGarrett.

McGARRETT: Yeah, Danno?

Steve, McDivitt's not here.

Well, there's only two
places a good surfer

would be on a day like this.

Sunset Beach.

Yeah, and the Banzai.

Meet me at the Pipe.

Right.

You all right?

I've been shot!

Are you the police? Yeah.

They're hurt bad.

Move back, please.

Oh, God. It hurts.

Get an ambulance,
Danno. And H.P.D. backup.

They've been shot.

Easy, son, easy.

What the hell is happening?

Two amps of bicarb.

And 5 cc's. One per
10,000 adrenaline.

How's he ventilating, John?

It's hard to bag. You
better give me a...

Get him ready.

How does it look, doctor?

Critical. How do surfers
get shot, anyway?

That's what we're
trying to find out.

I'd like to talk with him.

Just for a moment.

Rick. McGarrett, Five-0.

All I did was rip off a wallet.

Is that all?

I used some of his credit cards.

How did you get
Huffman's wallet?

From his car. His coat.

Where was he at the time?

I don't know.

He was on the beach, I guess.

With the other
guy. That drove up.

There was another man?

He saw me.

He tried to stop me.

Let's have some lidocaine
and be ready to shock him.

Where's my brother?

The doctor's working on him.

He had nothing to do with it.

I stole the wallet, and
I used the credit cards.

For that I get shot, right?

Did you get the guy?

Not yet.

Can you tell me
what he looked like?

Can you describe him?

No, I was filming.

I know he wasn't on the beach

'cause I'd just
panned for foxes.

Foxes?

Girls. And swung over
for Rodge's last wave.

An hour and 12 minutes.

Oh, man.

Has anyone got any
pain killers around here?

I think he's had enough.

As ye rip, so
shall ye be ripped.

Okay, let's go.

Neither Rick nor Roger
McDivitt has any kind of record.

Doctor see any
signs of narcotics?

That's the first question
I asked, John. None.

According to
McDivitts' landlord,

they just needed money
to finish their movie.

Expensive movie.

Did McDivitt say anything
about the direction

the shots came from?

John, all we know is
that the kid stole a wallet,

and saw a man with Huffman.

Now that's it until Rick
comes out of surgery.

If he's telling the truth,

that must have been the
hit man who tried to stop him.

Well, we'll show him
a photo of Andy Koa.

With this McDivitt boy we just
might just get Greggs after all.

McGarrett.

Thank you, doctor.

Rick McDivitt died
ten minutes ago.

If those two kids hadn't
stolen that wallet...

I know he wasn't on the beach,

'cause I just panned for foxes.

McGARRETT: Foxes?

Girls.

And swung over for
Rodge's last wave.

Maybe Rick still has
something to say.

With all that water
on Roger's right,

the sniper had to be
somewhere east of Rick's camera.

That cuts the area in half.

When we get to the
scene where Roger was hit,

we can narrow the
angle even more.

McGARRETT: Beautiful.

The kid was really
beautiful, wasn't he?

Look at the size of that wave.

Can you believe it?

Hold it, Ben.

McGARRETT: Back it up.

No, even... Even farther.

Back to the beach.

Go in on those sand dunes.

Looked like a flash.

Zoom into that
clump of sea grape.

Do you see what I see?

I want that piece of film
right there blown up optically.

There'll be a check
in the mail, counselor.

The kid never made
it out of surgery.

All right.

But what about Koa?

Larry got him off on a bond.

No murder charge.

We're in business.

Where's the rifle?

I got it in the trunk
of the car out back.

Well, you'd better deep
six it as soon as you can.

I'll drive you over to the club.

I'll even buy you a drink.

What, are you crazy?
Come on! My car. My car.

Help!

Help me.

Grab him. Get him, Danno.

Grab him.

Let's see. Got him.

Get him out.

I'll free his leg.

He didn't make it, Steve.

Ben, get out of there.

Get out of there, fast!

Maybe he was the lucky one.

His troubles are over.

Book him, Danno.
Murder one. Two counts.