Hawaii Five-O (1968–1980): Season 6, Episode 17 - One Born Every Minute - full transcript

Is he back yet?

Thank you.

Hello, um, yeah, is
Mr. Lefferts back from lunch yet?

Tom Madrid calling.

He's back.

Mr. Heller, we are rich.

What are you gonna do
with your share of the money?

Well, we don't
have it yet, do we?

Detail, my friend.
An infinitesimal detail.

Don't be a worrier, Mr. Heller.

Yeah. Yeah, Mark?



Yeah, it's Tom.

We have the merchandise.
We're ready to deal.

Three o'clock.

Fine, we'll be there.

Bye, Mark.

We've got half an hour to kill.

What do you wanna do?

Well, uh... Oh!

Look, someone's
breaking into the truck.

They're after it.

Hey, get away from that car!

Oh, my God. What is this?

He's dead. I killed him.

You killed him?



I'm getting out of here.

Well, wait a minute. You...

- You... There's...
- Oh, my God.

Wait a minute. Wait a minute!

Come on, let's go.

Wait a... Wait a minute.

Quick, run.

Stop.

Officer.

Everything's under
control. I got one of them.

They got away in a big gray car.

Listen, I know. I got
their license number.

Now, listen, folks,
everything's under control.

All right, come on, miss,

you're coming back
to town with me.

Where's the victim?

What's wrong?

We can't find him.

You can't find him?

We got a report that
someone was shot and killed.

All we can find are
these bloodstains.

A trail, all the way
to the trash cans.

Maybe somebody picked him up.

We'll check all the hospitals.

Chin, get Che over here.

I think we need an analysis.

Right.

Any of you get a good
look at these people?

Mercy.

I waited on them.

There were three of them.

Thank you.

A man named George Heller
paid the bill with a credit card.

Hm. I'll run it through
the credit bureau.

They arrested the girl.

Why don't you check
with the police department?

Who arrested the girl?

Well, an officer.

There was an uniformed
police officer here

and he took the girl away.

You sure?

But H.P.D. had no one
assigned to that area.

And there was no report of
a shooting or any disturbance

from any man on the force.

We checked every morgue
and hospital in Honolulu, Steve.

There hasn't been a shooting
victim reported in 24 hours.

We can't find anyone who
actually witnessed the shooting.

A lot of people heard shots,

but H.P.D. can't turn
up a body any place.

What have we got, Che?

Dracula blood.

Dracula blood?

Those bloodstains
came from a tube

used by kids around Halloween.

It's called Dracula blood.

It's just vegetable coloring
in a vanishing cream base.

Steve, Mr. and
Mrs. George Heller

are in room 1007 at the
Royal Hawaiian Hotel.

Let's go, Danno.

McGARRETT: I appreciate
everything you've told us, Mr. Heller.

The problem is we can't find
anyone who's been murdered.

But they shot at each other.

I saw guns, I heard shots,

I saw the other man fall down.

Well, other people heard
the shots too. Ask them.

Blanks.

I'd like to ask you
something first.

What were you doing
with this Mr. Madrid

and the, uh, young lady?

Tell them, George.

We were selling something.

Diamonds.

Diamonds? Whose diamonds?

A friend of Mr. Madrid's.

We were going to
buy them for $100,000,

and then... Then
sell them for 200,000.

How much did you
give them, Mr. Heller,

to buy these diamonds?

George?

Thirty thousand dollars.

Five. Thirty-five thousand.

Tell them the truth, George.

Thirty-five thousand.

He telephoned his broker.

He sold stocks.

He called his bank.

He withdrew three
savings certificates.

He even paid the penalties
for early withdrawals.

Did you know
anything about this?

No, not until he told
me this afternoon.

You've been taken, Mr. Heller,

by a high-class bunco operation.

Now, I'd like you to come
back to the office with us.

I wanna hear the whole
story from the beginning

and I want to get descriptions
of the people involved.

Come on, George.

Hey, Mardo, you looked good
when you was lying in the garbage.

Thank you, cop.

Hey, hey, hey.

Gentlemen, the duchess
has bathed, done her nails,

and awaits yet another
invitation to the ball.

Man, I've been around
con men half my life,

but you're the first dude I know

who talks like a con
man to other con men.

Surprise, Mardo.

You only think you've
been around con men.

Now, you are around con men
because Joe Connors is in town.

Hey, he sure is.

Come here, baby.

Look at them down there,

with their bellies
and their funny shirts,

and those fat wads
of bills in their pockets

and their bank accounts
and stock portfolios at home.

Pigeons, thousands of pigeons
with thousands of dollars,

just waiting to be taken.

Mecca, sweetheart.

Mecca.

McGARRETT: Thank you, folks.

I guess we've got
everything we need.

We won't keep you any longer.

You'll want us to stick around
Hawaii, though, won't you?

I can't see any reason for that.

You can go back home.

But won't you need my testimony?

What testimony, Mr. Heller?

At the trial.

Well, we haven't
arrested anyone yet.

And what exactly
would your testimony be?

That you gave a
sum of money in cash

to someone for some diamonds,

and then the
diamonds disappeared?

You see an important
part of this con game

is leaving the victim

with no proof that
anything ever happened.

Now, I thank you
for your offer of help,

but the only way we can
nail a bunco operation

is to catch them
right in the act.

If we apprehend them
and we recover any cash,

we'll be in touch with you.

Come on, George.

Make me a transcript
of that, Terry, please.

All right, gentlemen,
what do we know?

We know there are at least
four of them, including the girl.

That they're working the
old phony diamond scam,

with a couple of
up-to-date innovations

and they're working
it up and down

one of the richest stretches
of beach in the world.

Now, who are they,
where did they come from,

and what is the name
of the head man?

No one on the street
knows who they are, Steve.

I would say that they
were new to the islands.

Well, none of my contacts
ever heard of a play

operating with this much class.

Gentlemen, this state
operates on tourism.

It's a billion-dollar industry.

We're not being very good hosts

if we don't keep those rip-off
artists away from our guests.

Chin, the descriptions
Heller gave us,

put them on the
teletype to the mainland.

I want to know if there's
a bigtime bunco operator

who is not on his
home territory right now.

Got it.

Ben, make sure the Hellers
get with the H.P.D. police artist.

I need a sketch of
the girl and the man.

Right away, Steve.

What about the car, Steve?

Somebody spotted
them in a gray coupe.

Ten to one it's a rented
automobile, Danno.

And under a phony name.

But check the agencies anyway.

Somewhere out there, there's
a well-heeled, middle-aged,

married sucker
being set up right now.

Hi. Hi.

Thank you, sir.

Where's your uncle's workshop?

About ten or 15 minutes.

Ah. Is that all?

I, uh...

I thought it was
gonna take longer.

Oh, but I don't understand.

Oh, nuts.

Well, I understand.

Your uncle's gone fishing.

I brought you all the
way out here for nothing.

Well, you know, I've
spent all of my life

in the furniture business,

but, uh, table legs don't
appeal to me on a day like this.

You know a place around here

where a couple of
friends could have a drink?

Well, there is a neat place
back in Honolulu I know about.

It's kind of in, no tourists.

Well, let's get on to Honolulu.

Uh, excuse me.

Did I hear you say
you're going to Honolulu?

Well, maybe you did, friend,

but you're thinking of
hitching a ride with us...

Well, uh, this guy was
supposed to pick me up

over an hour ago and,
uh, I gotta get to town.

I think maybe something's
happened to him.

How about a bus?

They only run every two hours.

Well... A dime
and a dialing finger

will get him a cab
in two minutes.

Well, uh, truth is, I
just used my last dime.

It's up to you.

Ma'am?

Hop in.

Hey, thanks.

That's it. That looks like him.

All right.

Now the girl.

Well, the girl, uh...

Uh, she was, uh, blond.

Hey. Hey, that's Jerry.

That's the guy that's
supposed to pick me up.

Hey, will you stop, please?

Hey, hey, Jerry!

Jerry, it's me, Willy.

Hey, Willy.

Hey, how are you?

Now, you know
why I was late, huh?

I was just getting
ready to hitchhike home.

Hey, can you and your
friends give me a lift?

I don't know. I just
met them myself.

They're giving me a lift.

Room for one more?

Thanks.

Where you been
this past year, buddy?

Would you believe I haven't
seen this guy in a year?

Is that a fact?

Just got back from
South America.

In fact, you're the
first guy I called.

Aha.

Hey, what's that mean, "aha"?

It means aha, you're broke.

Every time he gets down to
his last dime he uses it to call me.

You have to feed this guy
money like a parking meter.

Okay, Willy, how much
you need this time?

Five hundred.

Five hundred?

What do you need 500 for?

To get me to New York.

Jerry, I promise, 48
hours after I get there,

I'll cable it back to you.

Forty-eight hours?

What are you gonna
do, rob a bank?

No, no.

You see, there's this
guy I met in Argentina.

He's arranging a sale for
me and once the deal is made

I'll send it right back to you.

Sale of what?

Now, come on, Willy,
don't try to con me.

If you're gonna get
into me for $500,

I wanna know
what you're selling.

Okay.

This.

Hey, what'd you do? Break
into the diamond exchange?

Mug shot from New Orleans
Police Department just got in.

Yep.

Same man all right. Who is he?

Uh, Joe Connors.

Did time for bunco in Louisiana.

Been out of the slammer
about six months.

You know, that's a
very interesting m.o.

Well, interest me, Chin.

Uses a girl roper.

Uh, they work together,
moving from spot to spot,

picking up local middlemen
as they need them.

Now, the marks are
mostly middle-class,

middle-aged, middle-west
with fat bankrolls

and roving eyes.

Now, that's where
the girl comes in.

The mark thinks
he picked her up.

They're all married, and
that's why they're reluctant

to yell for the cops.

Afraid to tell mama.

Oldest scam in
the world updated.

You know, Joe Connors
served a hitch in the Army here.

He left Oahu after his discharge
about, uh, ten years ago.

So he knows the territory.

And he probably knows
where to whistle up a team.

And he knows all about
the hundred golden blocks

of Waikiki and the 50 fat
bankrolls for every block.

And he's smart. He's smart.

Okay. Let's
concentrate on the girl.

She's the roper.

She's the one who circulates.

And one more thing, gentlemen.

This time we're chasing brains.

We've got to use our
own while we're about it.

This time we're hunting quail.

So it's on tiptoe all the way.

Step on one twig and,
pfft! They're airborne.

Ben, have a couple hundred

of those sketches run off.

I want one in every hotel,

every bar, shop,
police car in Waikiki.

Now, I know this one is
worth at least three grand.

Look, Jerry, why
don't you hold onto this

until I pay you back your 500?

Well, that's certainly fair.

Willy, I've known
you a long time.

I know your father,
I know your mother,

I know you wouldn't
try to cheat me.

In front of two witnesses.

It's a deal.

I'm telling you,

this guy is something
else, you know that?

Jerry, you're the greatest.

Now, that remark
shows great perception.

Look, Jerry, I
promise, in 48 hours,

you'll get this back.
Word of honor.

Forget it. I got a
$3,000 diamond

in my pocket.

Here.

Yeah, well, thanks a
lot for the ride, ma'am.

Nice meeting you, sir.

Good luck on the deal.

Have a nice trip.

Hey, thank you.

Look, friend, uh,

you think you could find a
phone booth near here to...

Hey, you've got yourself
a real beauty there.

I'm no expert, but I know
a diamond when I see one.

Are you sure?

I'm beginning to worry.

You know, Willy's a nice boy,

but he has a touch
of larceny in his soul.

I wonder if you could
do me one more favor.

I've got a friend, he works
down at Wickersham Jewelers.

That's on Cooke Street.

Where'd you get
this stone, Jerry?

Is it worth 3,000?

It's worth a lot more.

Where'd you get it?

That's where he got it.

Oh, wow, the poor
guy left his diamonds.

Oh, no, he's probably
climbing the wall.

May I see those, please?

Well, I suppose you can look.

And you don't wanna say
where they came from?

I don't know where
they came from.

Well, I'm pretty sure
where they came from.

This is the Parkens Collection.

Just a guess, but if I'm right,
it's worth about 200 thou.

It's also hot.

Look, uh, how about
closing that lid, huh?

Jerry, where'd
you get this stuff?

Forget it.

Hey, I think we'd...
No, wait a minute.

I've got a customer for
these rocks right now.

But you don't
understand. I can't...

Wait a second.

I'll be right back.

Hang on.

You can't sell them.

They're not yours.

I know that.

They're not your pal
Willy's either, if they're hot.

Well, we've only got
Mark's word for that.

Well, I thought
he was your friend.

Yeah. Yeah, it's true.

Jerry, I'm authorized
to offer you $200,000

for that collection right now.

Cold cash, certified
check, any way you want it.

And no questions asked.

But the diamonds aren't mine.

Have you got a better
offer somewhere?

They're a friend's, I
don't have any offer.

Your friend get a better offer?

We haven't talked about it.

Better than 200 thou?

Look, I said I don't know.

Because that's tops.

Where's he planning to sell?

New York. New York?

You think they'll touch
that stuff in New York?

That's what he said.

Look, Mark, I'll tell you what.

I'll find out what
he wants, okay?

And, uh, maybe he'd
just as soon deal with you.

I don't know. Uh,
I'll get back to you.

Sure, fine, Jerry.

But remember, my
man won't wait very long.

Yeah, well, I'll hunt
him down right away.

I'll wait for your call.

We better get back
to the bank, huh?

Jerry.

You forget something?

Oh, man.

Miss, would you know
of a nice, quiet place

where we could
have a little talk?

You were right about the
car, Steve. A rental job.

The driver's license used
for identification was a phony.

They turned the
car back in two hours

after they ripped off Heller.

Ah, slick operation.

Steve, I got a make on the
girl at four different places.

On the beach, in the
hotels, on the prowl.

Okay, she's the spotter, Ben.

Find her and dog her, and
she'll lead us to the rest.

And remember, we've gotta
catch them with their hands

in the victim's pocket. Right.

If you can get it here,
why bother making the trip?

Who says I can get it here?

Nobody, but,

after you tell me what
it is, somebody might.

All right.

It's 200 grand in New York.

But I only get half.

The other half goes to
the guy who's setting it up.

Best deal I could make.

You just made a
hundred thousand, Willy,

and you didn't even have
to take the bus to the airport.

Ah, come on, Jerry,
what you talking about?

Willy, I have an offer
of a hundred thousand

and I can have the
money to you in a few days.

An offer from who?

My generous young friend.

I'm trying to save him
plane fare to New York

and he wants to cut me
out of my commission.

Well, look, if the deal's
only a hundred grand,

where's your
commission coming from?

From the seller's profit.

It's not gonna cost you a dime.

Willy, think about it.

Here, take your gear
and your diamonds.

Go to some nice, safe hotel.

Take a swim, a shower,

have a nice
dinner, a nice sleep.

Call me tomorrow and
by then you can tell me

whether or not I should
make the deal for you.

Now, how about that?

Okay. Okay.

Like you say,
I'll think about it.

Call you tomorrow.

Ma'am.

Bye.

Mister.

Bye.

You, uh...

You said the offer was for
a hundred thousand dollars.

Hey, you know, we've never
even introduced ourselves.

Jerry Spain.

Harry Maguire.

This is Miss Moore.

How do you do?

Nice to meet you.

Ahem. Uh, you said
a hundred thousand.

I know.

Your friend in the
jewelry store said 200,000.

That's right.

Now, if I only knew how to
raise a hundred thousand dollars,

I could buy those diamonds
from Willy, sell them to Johnny,

and make a hundred
thousand dollars profit.

I might be able
to raise part of it.

Thirty-five thousand maybe.

Maybe my uncle could
loan me some money,

say 15,000.

No, but we'd still
need another 50,000,

and where do you go
to get money like that?

Oh, well... I guess
Willy's gonna have to

take that trip to
New York after all.

Anyway, thanks
for the lift, friends.

The drinks are on me.

Bye.

Bye.

Uh, wait a minute.

Sure, she's been here a lot.

Do you remember
who she was with?

A man? Somebody
staying in this hotel?

Yeah, a showoff.

Tips me a buck
for a 3-buck drink.

If his wife had been with
him, I'd have got nothing.

Know his name?

Nah.

What's he look like?

Like a tourist.

Hey, don't lay that
tourist line on me.

Your guys are trained to
recognize your customers.

Now, cooperate
with the authorities,

or the word will get around

that you haven't
been pooling your tips.

McGarrett.

Yeah, Ben?

Steve, I think the
girl's found a mark.

I don't know his
name but he's staying

at the Ilikai Hotel.

Have you got a description?

Yeah, he's 5'11", well-built,

brown hair, and
dresses like a dude.

Just what Joe Connors ordered.

Yeah, I could start a room
to room with the girl's sketch,

but there's 1800 rooms here.

I'll send you some help.

You can contact the manager.

And start weeding out
the obvious ones right now.

Okay, Steve.

Oh, uh, I'll get it,
Natalie, sweetheart.

Hello?

Oh, thanks.

Chris, yes, it's me, Harry.

No, no, no, there's
nothing wrong.

It's just that... Listen, Chris,

I really stumbled on
something really great.

It's an honest to
goodness steal.

Sure, it's furniture, of course.

Mahogany.

Now, you'd have to see
the way he uses that grain

or you wouldn't believe it.

Now, listen,
Sloan's is interested,

but I think I've
got the inside track

with a guy who makes it.

The only thing is, Chris,
I've gotta nail it down fast.

Oh, yes, Chris, I remember
the maple line I bought.

How can I ever forget it?

You keep reminding me.
Natalie keeps reminding me.

But this is different.

On my word of honor, Chris.

Now, if this turns
out to be a dud,

I'll buy back every
piece personally.

Now, that's how sure I am.

Fifty thousand.

Fifty thousand.

I said I need 50,000, Chris.

Now...

Well, that's what I
need to lock it up.

Mm-hm.

I've got it.

Fifty grand.

Well, is it still on?

Did you two raise your shares?

Well, what's wrong?

Oh, I just couldn't
make it, Harry.

I've only got 10,000.

That's all my uncle
would lend me.

Well, what about you?

Twenty-five thousand,
and the well dried up.

Fifty, 10, 25...
We're 15,000 short.

And Willy won't wait.

Ah, it's no good.

We might as well just forget it.

No, no, no, hold it.

Now, can you stall him?

It depends on what for.

To give me time to
raise another 15,000.

Can you?

I can try.

I'll call my brother-in-law.

Now, can you get Willy to wait?

How long?

A few hours.

I can ask.

Then try.

I'll get on the
phone right away.

You know, if he were
staying in town another week,

we'd own a furniture
store in Grand Rapids.

Well, on the basis of your
description, gentlemen,

I'd say any one of these might
be the man you're looking for.

Now, the hotel appreciates
what you're doing, gentlemen.

I just hope you
don't say anything

or do anything that might
alarm our other guests.

We'll talk softly.

Thank you.

And?

Well, my brother-in-law
came through like a dream.

A little bit of a nightmare,
maybe, but still a dream.

Sixty-five thousand.

Better count it to make sure.

Here, it's for
you. You count it.

Ah, let the bank count it.

I'm a very trusting fellow.

What about the other 35?

A very trusting fellow, huh?

Here.

Here's mine.

Ah, you'd better check that.

I may have pulled
a switch on you.

Oh, forget it. We're
very trusting ourselves.

Besides, we gave
you phony bills.

Ha. You turkey.

Well, thanks a
million, everybody.

Or should I say a hundred thou.

Jerry, old buddy,
next time I'm in town,

I'll give you a buzz.

Sure, with your last dime,

which I'm certain
you're gonna be down to

in about six months.

Give my regards
to your mother, huh?

It's a deal.

Aloha, pals.

Well, don't you think you
ought to call your friend

at the jewelry store?

Yeah, let's find a phone.

Sorry to have bothered you, sir.

Four down, two to go.

He's gone to lunch.

Which I think is the
smartest idea for us

while we're waiting
for him to come back.

What do you say, huh?

Something expensive. Champagne?

Okay, Harry?

Well, okay.

But, uh, you're getting
me a little nervous.

You're carrying it around like
it was yesterday's newspaper.

No problem. Keys, please.

Let's go.

Why would either of
us know who she is?

Just a routine
investigation, Mrs. Maguire.

Well, then you'll have to be
satisfied with a routine answer.

No.

May we talk to your husband?

He's not here.

Do you know where he is?

No, but I know my husband
doesn't know tramps like that.

Did we say she was a tramp?

You wouldn't have to if
you'd seen her hanging around

the pool in a couple
of cocktail napkins,

and making eyes at every...

Mrs. Maguire, may
we please talk to you?

It's very important.

It's after lunch.

He should be there now.

Yeah, I'll call him.

The phone's around the corner.

Anybody got a dime?

Just a minute.

Here.

Thanks.

Your share of the sale
is now $130,000.10.

Forget it.

The phone call's on me.

Very generous, huh? Heh.

Where are you going?

Would you believe
to powder my nose?

Don't go away.

Don't worry.

Just, uh, don't you go away.

I'll tell you what.

There are the car keys.

Now, look, I didn't
mean that I don't...

Sweetie, it's all right.

I just want you to
know that I trust you.

Be right back.

The other gentleman
said you'd take care of this.

He had to leave.

He what?

He had to leave.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

Steve? McGARRETT: Yeah.

Mrs. Maguire knows
all about that girl,

only she doesn't
want to admit it.

When you think you're husband's

got something
going with a chick,

then you find out he's
being taken as well,

you can get pretty loud
insisting it's not happening.

Yeah.

If they haven't
ripped him off yet,

maybe we can help those people.

Come on, let's have a
talk with Harry Maguire.

The police were here.

They showed me a
sketch of that tramp,

and they told me what she does.

What'd you get taken for, Harry?

How much did they
swindle you out of?

What have we got?

A jumper, Mr. McGarrett.

Fifteenth floor.

Is his name Harry Maguire?

How'd you know?

Heh.

He jumped.

The creep actually jumped.

You know, I was 18 years
old when I ran my first con,

less than half a mile from
this apartment building.

If I had to go into court
tomorrow and swear under oath

how many suckers
I've taken since then,

and in how many states,

I'd have to go to jail for
not being able to remember.

But this is the first time
anybody ever did this to me.

And what did we take him for?

Sixty-five thousand?

Peanuts.

Cindy, you knew
him better than I did.

What about the guy? Was he...

Was he unstable or something?

He didn't seem like it.

I don't understand it.

It must've cut too deep.

Sixty-five thousand?

The guy had a fancy
furniture store in Grand Rapids.

You heard Cindy's
rundown on him.

Running to the cops,
sure, you expect that,

but jumping out of windows?

No, this guy had to
be some kind of nut.

Yeah, but where does
that leave us, Joe?

This kind of thing could
heat up the whole town.

Well, there's another thing.

The whole play in this town has
been based on two objectives.

Make a pile fast and get out

before McGarrett
gets a bead on us.

That's a very
smart cop, I'm told.

And I wanna be a long
way away from here

before his radar picks me up.

And this jerk has to jump!

And how... How you gonna
keep McGarrett off your back

with marks jumping
out of windows on you?

You think we ought
to pack it up, Joe?

Sweetheart, that's like
giving up an inheritance.

Now, if McGarrett's as
smart as everybody says he is,

he's run a make on me by now.

But he'll be thinking
if Connors is smart,

he'll be on the first
plane out of here.

So that gives us time
for maybe just one more.

A plump one, a
quickie, in and out.

Getaway money while
McGarrett's watching the airport.

Okay? One more?

One more.

Start wiggling, baby.

Get us a fat one, only this time

don't pick a sore loser, okay?

Okay.

Steve, she found a mark.

His name's Anderson.

He's here with a
convention of meatpackers.

He's got reservations
through the 18th.

He's alone and ready.

Okay, Danno.

Let's see, today
he takes the ride,

he sees the phony diamonds,

and he hears the
phony appraisal.

Now, if they're
using the same m.o.

on him that they used
on Heller and Maguire,

tomorrow he'll be
calling for money.

He'll have it by the, uh, 16th,

then he'll call for more.

That brings us to the 18th.

What time is his plane
leaving on the 18th?

Three-thirty in the afternoon.

Just like the other two,
all the way down the line.

Okay, Danno.

Just stay with him.

Right.

I want to call a friend.

You won't let anybody
steal it, will you?

No, ma'am.

Thank you.

You're welcome, sir.

Excuse me, ma'am.

You know your tire is low?

No, I didn't.

Excuse me. Mm-hm.

You and your friend
are being tailed.

I thought you ought to know.

Why?

Just returning a favor.

Thanks.

Thank you, ma'am.

Any problems?

Not a one.

I'm at Seaview
Embers Restaurant,

Manoa Road and Third.

I think this is the payoff.

Two for lunch?

Oh, we're meeting a
Mr. Palmer. Has he come in yet?

Yes, he has.

Will you follow me, please?

I'll be with you
in a minute. Sure.

This way.

Ah, Mr. Anderson,
good to see you.

Sit down. Thank you.

Where's Miss Moore?

She said she'd be right in.

What about your friend Willy?

I'm expecting to hear
from him any minute.

I take it you were
able to, uh...?

Forty-five thousand dollars.

Well...

They're in there.

Seaview Ember, good
afternoon. May I help you?

Yes, is there a
Mr. Palmer there?

Mr. Palmer?

Yes, he is. One minute, please.

For me? Yes, sir.

Thank you. Excuse me.

Hello?

You're taking that with you?

Yeah, I got my lunch in it.

Thanks, I'll see you
back at the apartment.

Willy, ha-ha. Don't go in there.

Well, why can't...?

Ah, let's go. Come on.

Okay.

What's wrong?

The deal's off.

But, I thought it
was all arranged.

What happened?

He upped the ante on us.

He wants another 20,000.

I don't have that kind of money.

Besides, I don't do
business that way.

I'm sorry, Mr. Anderson,
it's no sale.

What happened?

Nothing. Something went wrong.

No payoff. Let's call Steve.

McGarrett. Yeah, Danno.

What?

Where's Anderson?

He's still there?

All right, wait for me.

I'll be with you
in five minutes.

I wanna thank
you guys, all of you.

Cindy and me ever decide to set
up another scam on the islands,

believe me, we're
gonna call you.

Who is it?

Alex Anderson.

Mr. Anderson, well, what is it?

I was just getting
ready to leave.

I just raised the extra 20,000.

You what?

There it is.

Sixty-five altogether.

Can you get in touch
with your friend, Willy?

He hasn't gone to
New York yet, has he?

Mr. Anderson, you've
just made me an offer

it would take an
angel to refuse.

I'll call him right away.

Don't bother, Connors.

You're under arrest. Okay, boys.

Who are you?

What is all this?

McGarrett.

What's this about?

Oh, you know what it's about.

You just received $65,000
fraudulently from Mr. Anderson.

How are you gonna prove that?

If you look closely

you'll see a little red
mark on those bills,

right above where it
says "in God we trust."

Now, we gave that money to
Mr. Anderson to give to you.

We figured it wouldn't take much
persuasion for you to accept it.

You conned me.

A dumb cop and you conned me.

Me, Joe Connors.

Yeah, how does it feel?

How does it feel to be
conned by a dumb cop?

Huh?