Hawaii Five-O (1968–1980): Season 6, Episode 3 - Charter for Death - full transcript

Let's go!

He's been shot.

She's down by the head.

I'll check the foxhole.

Man: Steve! Up here.

McGARRETT: The one in the
after cabin was clubbed to death.

This one was shot.

Find anything?

Somebody tried to scuttle her,

but he didn't know his business.

Women's clothes.



The dead man in the shrouds.

I thought there was
something peculiar

about the way he looked,
but it didn't register.

You've seen this before?

Yeah, during the war.

Korea.

Bubonic plague.

Okay.

Yersinia pestis was
found in every rat.

We have to assume
that the entire ship

was swarming with fleas
carrying the plague bacillus

and that you and Lieutenant
Talbert were infected.

And one flea bite, just
one, would be enough.

That means isolation.



The incubation period
is two to six days.

Okay, I'm gonna need a
command post set up in here, doctor.

Why?

I've got three
murders on my hands,

but the three dead men weren't
the only ones aboard that ship.

The table was set for six
and there were some articles

of women's clothing
on one of the bunks,

so there's a strong possibility
that the others came ashore.

Carrying the plague?

Yeah, carrying the plague.

Steve get his
communications set-up?

Being installed now.

Doc, all clear? - Right.

Is it okay to check
these bodies for IDs?

No danger now.

Good. You guys, go with him.

Ship's log.

Huh.

How's your French, Che?

About as good as your Chinese.

Ha.

As far as I can make
out, they're out of Papeete.

Ben, anything on those IDs?

Yeah, but they're all in French.

Take these to the
French consulate

and ask for a translation
of the log, the sailing permit,

the registry, the works.

Okay.

What's the estimated
time of death?

For now, until
we run more tests,

about the same for all three:

12 to 18 hours.

We can narrow that down.

Good.

And run those photos
through as soon as possible.

We got those off
the belaying pin.

We're comparing them
with others we found aboard.

Over here, we have clothes
taken from the other cabins.

Two men's suits,
both different sizes.

One carries a Marseilles label,

the other is American.

Neither one fits
any of the dead men.

Well, that confirms
three passengers.

What about the women's clothes?

All the same size.

Here's a list of the labels.

Ben, did you get those
papers translated?

Yeah, and get this.

According to the
daily entries in the log,

Marie Céline has been cruising

in Tahitian waters for
the last three weeks.

What?

Her last recorded position,

just yesterday, 6:00 p.m.,
600 miles due south of here.

McGARRETT: Six hundred
miles? The log's a phony.

Exactly, Steve,
from top to bottom.

The Marie Céline's
papers indicate

it's cruise was to be
entirely in Tahitian waters.

If she was coming
up from Tahiti...

She'd be following a
northwesterly course.

But when she was sighted,

first about here
off Makapu'u Point,

and we boarded her
here off Koko Head.

Means she was drifting
down from the north.

Yeah, exactly.

Three dead men on
board murdered, oh,

12 to 18 hours ago.

Danno, check the weather bureau

and the geodetic survey.

Let's see if we can find out

what kind of winds and
currents worked that ship

to the position where
she was first sighted.

Then run it through the computer

to get a fix on where she
may have been abandoned.

Right.

We've been having
moderate to strong winds

for the last three days.

Ten to 20 knots.

Take 14 for an average.

Northeasterly.

She might have taken
this inshore current.

It runs clockwise around
the island to the west

and then takes a
southeasterly heading.

How fast?

Average?

Two knots.

This is the best the
computer could do

with the available data.

McGARRETT: So
assuming that the passengers

left the schooner
right after the murders

and the derelict drifted
for 12 to 18 hours

before it was spotted,
then it was abandoned

between Kahuku
Point and Kaneohe,

about three to
four miles offshore.

Right.

Okay, Chin, thank you.

Mr. McGarrett on
your private line, sir.

Steve?

McGARRETT: Yes, sir, an update,
governor, and I'm afraid it's bad news.

It looks like the survivors
from that plague ship

may have landed on Oahu.

Any margin for error?

Some, it's possible
that they made Kauai

or that they're still
adrift in the lifeboat.

I'd like a little more time

before we push the panic button.

I've got Coast Guard,
H.P.D. Choppers,

and all available manpower
checking the coastline, sir.

How much time?

Well, the health
department is willing

to give me until noon tomorrow.

All right, Steve,

but if you haven't
found them by then,

we seal off Oahu.

Yes, sir.

We seal off Oahu.

Thank you, Papeete.

Papeete can't identify
the passengers.

Names aren't required

for local voyages
in French waters.

So we still don't
know why the ship

was 2,800 miles away from home.

Or who her passengers were.

Or maybe we do.

Just in from Washington.

Leo Paoli under boss for
the Midwest syndicate...

Born in Corsica, French citizen,

operated out of
Youngstown, Ohio,

deported to Corsica in 1969.

Paoli's prints match those
we took off the belaying pin.

Why was he deported?

He was convicted on
income tax evasion.

But that's only part
of the story, Steve.

The IRS is certain he had
$5 million squirreled away

somewhere on the mainland
when he was shipped off to Corsica.

Five million? At least.

Paoli has an arrest
sheet a yard long...

Everything from assault
to suspicion of murder.

McGARRETT: But no convictions?

Not until the treasury
department nailed him.

What else you got on him?

He's a widower.

His wife died just before his
final appeal was turned down

and he was deported.

McGARRETT: Any other family?

A daughter, Teresa, 26,

married to a man
named Thomas Brown

they still live in Youngstown.

He's reputed to be an accountant

for the syndicate
in the Midwest.

Paoli and his daughter
apparently are very close.

McGARRETT: Query Youngstown
on the whereabouts of his daughter

and get me the book
on Thomas Brown.

Right.

Leo?

I got United Airlines
flight 14, 2:30 tomorrow.

It's the best I could do.

How is she?

She ain't going on no airplane
tomorrow, I can tell you that.

She'll be all right.

She's sick.

Look at her.

She got to have a doctor.

You gotta be kiddin', we get
a doctor for her and we blow it.

You tell me you got a connection
on this stinking island. Use it.

Tamaki can't help
with a thing like this.

Then what the hell good is he?

She's going to be all
right, Leo, it's just a cold.

Maybe a touch of the flu
from being in that lifeboat.

Look, you've been up
since God knows when.

Why don't you get some sleep?

Go on. I'll take care of her.

Tommy.

Hi, honey.

Tommy... I feel so...

Just take it easy, baby.

You're going to be okay.

You're going to be fine.

Merci, monsieur.

Chin, they only left Paris
for Tahiti the same day

Brown and his wife left
Youngstown for Papeete.

A meet.

Yeah.

Paoli being Corsican
doesn't need a passport

to visit a French
possession, right?

So he flies to Tahiti,

bribes the skipper
of the Marie Céline

to sail him to Hawaii, land
him on a beach somewhere.

Then he flies to the mainland,
just another happy tourist

returning from a
Hawaiian vacation.

Yeah.

Corsica to Paris
to Tahiti to Hawaii,

and three men
murdered along the way.

Paoli's sure doing
it the hard way.

Don't forget, he's
after a big payday.

Ben.

Has Steve been briefed?

First thing.

Kids see anybody
on or around the boat?

Said it was empty
floating offshore.

We better cover this area
like a blanket, house to house.

Someone may have seen something.

Get Chin and Duke on it,
too. And ask H.P.D. for help.

Right.

They're on the island, governor.

Are you certain?

Too certain to take
any more chances.

Quarantine.

Steve?

Yes, sir.

Is it possible that the
survivors from that ship

are already on the mainland?

If they are, governor,
God help us.

Eight seconds.

Stand by, please.

Five... 4... 3...
Two... 1... cue.

My fellow citizens,

yesterday an abandoned
sailing vessel was sighted

off the shores of Oahu.

Upon being boarded,
it was discovered

that the captain and
two crew members

had been murdered.

It was also discovered

that the ship carried
bubonic plague.

Now, the vessel was
immediately decontaminated

and of itself, no longer
represents a danger.

However, further
investigation indicates

that three survivors
have landed on Oahu

and these people do
present a danger to all of us.

A few words about the nature
of bubonic plague are in order.

In medical terms, the
disease is called a zoonosis,

meaning one
primarily of rodents.

It is transmitted
from animal to animal

by certain types of fleas.

What is it?

Now, I can assure you...

What's the matter? Tell me.

Shut up.

Is not infested

with plague-bearing
rodents of any kind,

rather, the danger lies

in the distinct possibility

that the survivors from the ship

have been bitten and
infected by germ-laden fleas.

If so, and if the survivors
remain untreated,

the infectious organism
could reach their lungs

and develop into
pneumonic plague

and I am advised by
public health authorities...

A cold, huh?

Just a touch of the flu.

Knock it off.

Pneumonic plague does
not need the flea as a carrier.

It can be passed from
person to person...

Pop.

I'm here, baby. I'm here.

And visitors to the
island to remain calm.

Panic is as much our
enemy as the disease itself.

Antibiotics can
prevent the disease

and inoculation centers
are already being established

throughout the island.

All persons... Now get a doctor.

Leo, we can't.

I don't tell you again!

Get a doctor!

Okay. Okay, Leo.

Go, get a doctor!

All airline traffic is
immediately cancelled.

Inbound flights are being
diverted to other islands.

All private aircraft
are grounded.

All ships, including
private pleasure craft,

will remain in port.

And under no circumstances

is anyone permitted to
leave the island of Oahu.

I'll take two of 'em.

Hano, you and Sato
take the first two houses.

I'll take the third.

Talk to anybody, kids, anybody.

We'll start at the
other end, Chin,

and work our way back.

Next, please.

Next.

Next.

Take off your coat

and roll up your
right sleeve, please.

Not there!

Oh. Sorry.

Next.

Tamaki? Brown.

I got to see you right away.

I know I'm hot!

But I'm not sick.

I just had a shot, so you're
not going to get the plague.

Anyplace you say. You name it.

Okay.

Yeah, ten minutes.

Chin Ho: Says a
man resembling Brown

came to her door about
8:30 Tuesday evening.

Said his wife
wasn't feeling well

and his car broke down.

Wanted to call a cab.

She let him use her phone,
and he thanked her and left.

Did she see the woman or Paoli?

No, just Brown. But get this...

The woman doesn't drive.

Uses cabs to get to her doctors.

Always uses the
Manoa Cab Company

and knows the phone number
by heart and gave it to Brown.

Good work, Chin.

I'm on it.

Tamaki.

I don't know what
I'm doing here.

It's stupid.

Your picture's all over TV.

You and...

Tamaki, I've got
to get off this rock!

Two, three times every hour
with the announcer saying

if anybody recognizes...
Do you hear me?

I heard you.

Just name your
price, and I'll pay it,

but get me off.

And what about Paoli?

What about your wife?

Yeah, yeah. The three of us.

You know, maybe this
island was bottled up

tighter than this
after Pearl Harbor.

I don't see how.

It's going to cost
you a lot of green.

I got 3 grand.

Paoli's got another 4, maybe 5.

That wouldn't buy you a
leaky rowboat with one oar

the way the lid's on.

Well, uh, how much to Hilo?

The big island
isn't quarantined.

The three of us
could catch a plane

to the mainland from there.

Here to Hilo? Yeah.

Twenty-five grand.

Cash. Yeah.

If I can do it at all.

All I got now,
Tamaki, is 7 or 8,000.

You're talking nickels
and dimes, man.

Forget it. Now wait a minute.

Wait.

And the balance,
plus a 10 grand bonus

when I get back to Youngstown.

Tiro, we've done a lot
of business together.

You can trust me. You know that.

I've, uh... I've
dropped your name

with all the right
people back home.

I got them convinced that when
they decide to move in here,

you're the man to
carry the ball here.

Call me.

Ten-thirty, tonight.

Okay.

Jenny, give me Danny.

McGARRETT: Yeah, Ben.

Manoa had 10 cabs
on the road that night.

Dispatcher and secretary
are checking them out now.

Okay, I'll have Jenny
keep this line open.

Hang on, Teresa.

Tommy went to get a doctor.

So just... Just
hang on, huh, baby?

Just... try.

Really try.

Tommy... Shh, shh.

Papa.

Shh, just be quiet.

I'm so... I'm...

Teresa?

Teresa?

Teresa?

Teresa?

Nice?

I make you look nice, huh?

Teresa? Huh?

Ben, line four.
Name's Harry Stack.

He might be your man.

Harry Stack?

He's working today.

He's waiting at Pier 7.

Got it.

That's them. There
was a lady with them.

Something wrong with
her, like she was sick.

Where'd you take them?

That crummy joint on
King near Beretania.

The Royal Palm.

Thank you.

Central, patch me
through to McGarrett.

Leo, I got the medicine.

Teresa.

You killed her.

What the hell are
you talking about?

She was my wife.

I loved her.

But you loved my
money just a little bit more.

You think Leo
Paoli's an old fool

who doesn't know
what's going on?

I know why my
allowance stopped coming.

Why you so much help to
get me back in the States?

You think I don't know when
I get my hands on the money

I get a bullet in the head?

That was your plan.

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

You think you fooled
me, but I fooled you.

When we get in the States,

you get a bullet in the head.

That's my plan. That
was my plan... Leo.

Not now.

You wouldn't get a doctor, huh?

You let her die.

Back off, Leo.

You back off.

You got it, too, Leo.

Like Teresa, huh?

But you don't have to die.

Tetracycline.

It can save you.

All you got to do to get
it is hand over the keys

to those safe deposit
boxes in Youngstown.

Come on, old man!

That 5 million
ain't gonna do you

one damn bit of good
anyway, 'cause you're dying.

You are dying.

Now you die.

Like Teresa died.

Too late, old man.

I already had mine.

Paoli took two slugs
in the chest, Steve.

His daughter died of pneumonic.

McGARRETT: What about Brown?

We missed him by minutes, Steve.

All right, Chin, update
the APB on Brown...

Armed and extremely dangerous.

Che get anything from the room?

Not yet, Steve, they're
still decontaminating.

Danno.

Let me try something
on you, huh?

Shoot.

Brown is an accountant
for the Midwest mob,

but so far as we know,
he's a stranger here.

Yeah.

All right, now, this
island is sealed off,

so Brown is like
a rat in a cage.

He's got to get out.

He needs help.

So what does he do?
Where does he go?

To the local syndicate?

The way the locals
feel about outsiders

trying to muscle in
on their thing, no way.

They'd hand Brown his head.

Right, but the local
bosses have always kept

a few syndicate
soldiers on the payroll

just in case they
wanted to make a move.

Now, you know who they
are, I know who they are.

Maybe Brown knows, too.

He might go to them for help.

Could be. But which one?

Pull our intelligence file.
See what you come up with.

Right.

Al Brazanga.

Reputed to be on the payroll
of a South Boston family.

Any known Midwest connection?

No.

That's five so far. How
many more we got?

Two. Next.

Tiro Tamaki.

I know Tiro.

He makes two to three
trips to Vegas every year.

Anybody got him wired?

Don't think so.

Strictly freelance as far
as our information goes.

Who's next?

Next.

Eddie Makalu.

Makes a monthly phone call

to a New Orleans under
boss named Moeller,

and that's it.

McGARRETT: No apparent Midwest
connection in any of the seven?

All right, gentlemen,
split them up, find them,

talk to them, and don't
waste time being polite.

We want answers,
not conversation.

Boy, have I heard
things about you.

Rita, mind your
manners. It's his pond.

Rita, are you a native?

Ha-ha, well, I was born
here in the valley. Why?

Dismount native.

Ha-ha.

How old are you, Becky?

Hello, Youngstown.
You got 7,000?

You got a ride for me?

Where are you?

I'm at an all-night grind
house called the Rose.

I know the joint.

I'll meet you in
the lobby at 6:00.

Six?

Six.

I can even love
someone who hates me.

How about your
brother? He hates you.

What are you talking about?

Well, the whole county
knows how Frank feels

about his brother, Benny.

One of you girls
know my brother?

Boy, does Becky know him.

Okay, Danno, that's three.

Yeah, Duke?

Okay.

Steve, Snider's on the mainland.

What about Morro?

He had a run-in with a
couple of Kalihi boys last week.

Wound up in the hospital
with two broken arms.

And while you're at it, you
can scratch off Brazanga.

Chin had a long chat with him.

He swears he
never heard of Brown

until the whole noise
about the plague started.

Chin's sure he's
telling the truth.

That leaves Tamaki.

He's a problem.

Ben's on him, but
Tamaki's a floater.

He lives with one
woman after another,

four in the last six months.

Ben's got two more possible
addresses to check out.

Central, give me
a patch to Williams.

Tamaki's up and around
pretty early, isn't he, Danno?

If Brown has a contact,
Tamaki may be it.

He just went into the Rose
on Mauna Kea Street, Danny.

Okay, Ben. Take him.

Let's go.

I think he's gorgeous.

A chopper out of
Hilo will pick you up

at Makapu'u Point at 7:00.

Now it set down
exactly for 60 seconds.

You be there.

How?

That's your problem.

Brown? Youngstown?

Ha, what are you
talking about, Kokua?

Come on, Tamaki.
Up against the car.

Spread your feet. Spread 'em.

And don't move.

Taxi!

I know my rights, man, I
don't have to stand here.

Take a look inside.

Does he know Brown?

He says all he
knows is his rights.

Well, we know your
rights, too, Tamaki.

Take him in.

What's the charge?

You're standing on it.

Book him and then I guess
you better get him to a hospital.

Hospital?

Well, Brown was
exposed to the plague.

You were exposed to Brown.

Chances are he made
you a present of it.

No, but he had a shot.

Tetracycline?

I don't know.
Something. He told me.

An inoculation.

That's all.

One shot of tetracycline
isn't worth a damn

to guy who already
has the plague.

By the way, Tamaki,
have you had your shot?

That lying son of a... Makapu'u.

He's on his way to Makapu'u.

He's going to catch
a chopper to Hilo.

Let's go.

Brown!

Central, patch me
through to McGarrett.

Yeah, good work,
Danno, good work.

Yes, Steve.

You can open the
store, governor.