Hawaii Five-O (1968–1980): Season 7, Episode 2 - A Hawaiian Nightmare - full transcript
A man who's an expert in both geology and explosives, owes loan sharks more than $72,000. He has planted explosives that, if set off, will cause volcanic eruptions and is demanding $500,000 from the state of Hawaii. He has killed accomplices and is prepared to go through with his threats. But he doesn't know his fed-up wife is preparing to double cross him.
( suspenseful theme playing)
LORD: This is Jack Lord
inviting you to be with us next
for "A Hawaiian Nightmare."
Some damn fool is threatening
to trigger a volcanic eruption.
Trigger a volcanic
eruption? That's what I said.
You have to come up
with $72,500 by Thursday
and there is nothing
to worry about.
Well, I'll have it, every
penny of it and more to spare.
CHE: Hawaiian lava
is extremely fluid.
I'm afraid a massive eruption
would destroy Hilo
in less than one day.
Right now I wanna
know all about explosives.
Consul Oil Corporation
has someone.
Of course, Dr. Rogers,
I'll get there as
quickly as I can.
Next: "A Hawaiian Nightmare."
Be here, aloha.
( upbeat surf theme playing)
( dramatic theme playing)
Kalani, let's check this out.
(clicks)
You're too far away.
(clicks)
(ticking)
( ominous theme playing)
(clicks)
All set, Mr. Brown.
Herberts, you and
Kalani clean up that mess.
Be sure you haven't
left anything around here.
( upbeat dramatic theme playing)
(clicking)
Kalani, Herberts.
( dramatic theme playing)
(boiling)
(engine running)
(tires squealing)
(clicks)
(buzzing)
Doris?
Doris.
Bonner.
How are you doing, professor?
Mr. Bonner's been waiting.
What kept you so late?
Oh, well, I ran into
some trouble in the field.
What are you doing in Hilo?
Sam Kaina's getting
a little worried.
I called him in
Honolulu last week.
I told him I'd have the
money for him on Thursday.
What money, Bernie?
Oh, it's nothing. Chicken feed.
Well, as long as it's
just a little loose change,
why not pay up now?
Save me the trouble of
hanging around till Thursday.
Well, I'm not quite prepared.
Sure. Ha, ha.
Sure, professor.
There's no rush.
I just dropped in to
let you know that, uh...
That I'm around.
I'm staying at the Kahuho
Inn whenever you are prepared.
Nice meeting you, Mrs. Brown.
Goodbye.
What's the idea of
coming to the house?
Well, uh, Kaina wants me
to stick to you like a fungus
until you come up
with the bread, all of it.
That's a $25,000 loan
and the 45,500 interest.
You know, Kaina's
giving you a big break.
He cut the rate for
last week in half.
That's 10 percent instead of 20.
Provided, of course,
you come up with, um,
all of the 72,000
five before Thursday.
I will.
Well, then there's
no problem, is there?
(car door opens, closes)
That man was a collector
from a loan shark, wasn't he?
No.
Don't lie to me.
All right. Okay.
How much do we owe this time?
(exhales)
How much?
Um... Seventy-two
thousand five hundred.
Good God.
(chuckling) Doris.
What is the matter
with you, Bernie?
After L.A., don't you know
what those
bloodsuckers are like?
How could you make
the same mistake?
There's nothing to worry about.
Oh. You have to
come up with $72,500
by Thursday and there
is nothing to worry about.
Bernie, the company isn't
going to bail you out this time.
They won't have to. I'll
have it, every penny of it
and more to spare by Thursday.
WOMAN (over speaker
): The governor on Line 4.
Yes, governor. Steve,
I'm calling from Kona.
I want you to get over
here as quickly as possible.
I'm staying at the Kona Surf.
What is it, sir?
Some damn fool
is... Is threatening
to trigger a volcanic eruption
and wipe out half
the island of Hawaii
unless we come up with $500,000.
Did you say trigger
a volcanic eruption?
That's what I said.
Yes, sir. I'm on my way.
I really thought it
was gonna be different
when we came out here.
I honestly believed
that we were going to
live a normal life again.
I can't go on much
more like this, Bernie.
You won't have to.
In a couple of days,
everything's gonna be fine.
We'll be free for
the rest of our lives.
Stop. Stop it.
But... But just...
Trust me this one last time.
Doris, now listen.
Doris, now listen to me.
Leave me alone,
Bernie! Leave me alone!
All right, but this time
you'll see. You'll see.
(turbines running)
You gentlemen get
to park headquarters,
I'll see you there after I've
met with the governor in Kona.
Right, Steve.
McGARRETT: "In two
days, we are going to blow up
"the northeast
rift of Mauna Loa.
"The enclosed data
will prove this possible.
"You will need the verification
of an expert volcanologist,
"but we can assure you
that our plan will work.
"It will cost you
$500,000 to stop us.
"Do not try to
interfere in any way
"or the deal is off and
we push the button.
"Keep everyone out of the area
"proscribed on the enclosed map.
"It is heavily mined.
"One slip and the whole
rift will blow automatically.
Wait for further instructions."
Do you think it's possible?
There's only one
place to find out.
The volcano observatory.
(helicopter sounds)
(door closes)
Governor. Hello, doctor.
Steve, Dr. Rogers,
director of the observatory.
My pleasure, Mr. McGarrett.
Right this way, gentlemen.
ROGERS: With all the instruments
we have planted around the mountain,
I'd have said Mauna Loa
didn't have any secrets from us
until now.
I'll say one thing.
Your blackmailer
knows his business.
He's picked the
best possible site,
and look here.
The northeast rift lies
directly upslope from Hilo.
A large lava flow could
easily reach the city.
(machines buzzing)
What's... What's the
worst we could expect?
I'll show you.
(clicks and tape starts running)
(eruption sounds)
(explosions)
(projector clicks)
(exhales)
How much time would we have?
Well, Hawaiian lava
is extremely fluid.
It's been known to flow
as fast as 35 miles an hour.
ROGERS: Given certain conditions,
I'm afraid a massive eruption
would destroy Hilo
in less than one day.
Of course, it could just fizzle,
produce only a trickle.
Yeah, and then
it could be a hoax.
I'm afraid we're in
no position to gamble.
Steve, how do you
suggest we proceed?
Close the park immediately.
Cordon off the
entire mined area.
Maintain the tightest
kind of security.
I don't want anyone
wandering in there
and triggering
something by mistake.
Oh, one other thing, sir.
I'd request an Air Force
reconnaissance flight
over the northeast rift.
Now, there's a
chance, just a chance,
that an infrared
aerial photography
might reveal where the
explosives are placed,
if... If there are explosives.
I'll call Hickam
Field immediately,
and I'd better
notify Civil Defense.
You'll order an evacuation?
Oh, I'll put it off
as long as possible
to avoid the panic, but if
we do have to evacuate,
we'll have to move
and move fast.
If we here at the
observatory can do anything
to help, Mr. McGarrett...
All right, right now I want
to know all about explosives.
What kind are
necessary to do the trick,
how they'd have to
be placed, quantities.
Now, is there anyone
like that on your staff?
I'm afraid not.
We know the geology,
but we don't have the
knowledge of the explosives.
But wait a minute. Consol
Oil Corporation has someone.
They sent a man out last year
to survey the possibility of
developing geothermal energy.
He's one of the
best in his field.
(rings)
Yeah, speaking.
( dramatic theme playing)
Of course, Dr. Rogers.
I'll get there as
quickly as I can.
( dramatic theme playing)
Well, that must have
been quite an operation.
In what way?
The lava's quite far down.
It would take a lot of TNT
to crack open a rift like that.
How much is a lot, Mr. Brown?
(exhales)
Offhand, I'd say about
30-, 40,000 pounds.
Is there any way that
they could get by with less?
Well...
pinpointed at strategically
vulnerable spots
and detonated
simultaneously, maybe,
but you'd sure have
to know your stuff.
Are you saying that
there are experts
involved in this operation?
Oh. There's no way an amateur
could figure out
a stunt like this.
It would have to be
a highly skilled team.
Geologist, volcanologist,
demolition expert.
Sounds expensive. Very.
How expensive, Mr. Brown?
Well, consider the
explosives alone,
and then you've got
the, uh, technical people
and manpower. There would
be seven or eight men involved.
Quarter of a million,
right around there.
You see, that... That's
what doesn't wash.
It doesn't figure.
Well, what do you mean?
Seven or eight men spending
a quarter of a million dollars,
involved with all this work,
taking all the risks in
an operation like this
and then demanding
only half a million dollars.
That's only $2 for
every 1 invested.
No, there's something wrong
with your theory, Mr. Brown.
The stakes aren't high enough
for a sophisticated
operation like this.
Well, then how
do you explain it?
You're not saying
it's a hoax, are you?
Oh, either that, or
somebody's found himself
some bargain
basement explosives.
(turbines coming closer)
Air Force reconnaissance.
That might do it.
( ominous theme playing)
We've checked all the
government agencies
and private companies
that handle high explosives.
All their stock can
be accounted for.
Same goes with the military.
They keep a pretty
tight rein on that stuff.
There's no way that
much could be siphoned off
without it showing up.
So maybe it is a hoax.
Yeah, it could be, Ben,
but we've got to go
on the assumption
that this threat is real.
Now, if it's a
small-time operation,
the explosives had to be
cheap and easy to come by.
Such as what?
Well, Danno, you know
more about that than anyone.
Well, it beats me, Steve,
unless you start
with raw materials.
DANNO: Some chemical
fertilizers could be used
to form a base, for instance.
Which ones?
Thanatine nitrate.
In fact, it's used extensively
on this island for farming.
All you have to do is mix it
with 6 percent
heavy diesel fuel.
With all the boats here,
there's got to be
plenty of diesel around.
It would have to be
primed, of course.
Dynamite would do it.
Make a pretty big bang. How big?
Well, it's only about
20 percent less powerful
than nitroglycerine.
Wouldn't take much of
that to do the trick, Steve.
What about it, Mr. Brown?
Think it would work?
Well, it sounds
a little far-fetched,
but if what Mr. Williams said
was true, it, uh, might work.
Well, yes, of course it would.
All right, Chin.
You check out the fertilizer
wholesalers and distributors.
I want the name
of all bulk buyers,
especially non-commercial
ones. Okay.
Ben, you track down
the diesel fuel suppliers.
Contact the refineries in
Honolulu if you have to.
Gotcha. Excuse
me, Mr. McGarrett,
but my wife will be wondering
what's become of me.
Thank you, Mr. Brown.
Stay on tap, though.
We might need you
again before this is over.
Of course.
( ominous theme playing)
Can I fix you one of these?
I don't drink.
Oh.
Mmm.
What do you do...
besides sit around
waiting for Bernie?
Nothing much.
No friends?
No.
Must get kind of lonely
being stuck way out
here with no friends.
Especially...
Especially a good-looking woman.
Okay, honey, I'll shove off.
No.
No what?
Don't go.
( soft theme playing)
( upbeat theme playing)
Well, what do you think, Danno?
If we could only
find the detonator,
I might be able to defuse it.
It may be over here.
We'd better back off
till we get those
reconnaissance photos.
We found out one thing.
The land mines
aren't the trigger.
We found out something else too.
What's that?
That this is no hoax.
McGARRETT: Aerial
photos just arrived, sir.
We're studying them now.
Well, they pinpoint about
36 explosive charges
all cleverly concealed.
They appear to be
50-gallon oil drums.
What about, uh, land mines?
We've tagged about
25 of them for sure.
There could be more.
Couldn't... Couldn't an
Army demolition team
get past the mines
and up to the drums?
Mines aren't the
problem, governor.
W-We've got them all flagged.
We can get through
them without any danger.
Well, then, what is the problem?
The detonator.
We don't know
where it is or what it is.
The photos don't
help on that, huh?
No. It could be in
an area 2000 yards
up and down the rift.
It could take days to locate
it, if it could be located at all,
but it might be a good idea
to get a demolition
team in here just in case.
I'll contact the
Army immediately,
and, Steve, have your
chopper pick me up here at Kona
and fly me into Hilo.
I-I'll be at the Mauna Loa Surf.
If it comes down to the wire,
I'll have to order an
evacuation of Hilo.
Checked every diesel
fuel dealer in Hilo, Steve,
and not one sold oil of
any significant amount
to a non-commercial
user. What about Kona?
Same story except for one.
Kona Maritime Fuel.
Still waiting for a call-back.
Got something, Chin?
Yeah, take a look.
Krider Chemical Company?
Wholesale fertilizer outfit.
It sold enough thanatine
nitrate in the last few months
to blow this whole
island out of the water.
Yeah. Ben, you.
I'll take it in there.
Who are David Kalani
and Peter Herberts?
A couple of laborers.
Strong backs who
hire out by the day,
but between them, they bought
40,000 pounds of the chemical,
1000 pounds at a time,
from January until a
couple of weeks ago.
Know where they
live? CHIN HO: Yeah.
Did you question them? No.
Why? We couldn't.
They're missing.
Missing? BEN: Steve.
Yeah. That was
Kona Maritime Fuel.
They gave me the names
of five non-commercial users.
And one bought enough to
run an aircraft carrier for a week.
Who? Mr. Bernard Brown.
( dramatic theme playing)
(buzzing)
(indistinct talking over TV)
MAN (on TV): Well, those are
the spots I should be seen in, Bob.
It would help my picture career.
BOB (over TV): Of course, right
now there's the question of money.
MAN (over TV): Oh, gosh,
Al, don't let that bother you.
Listen, I want you to know
whatever I got, you got.
AL (over TV): Well,
thanks, Bob, but I...
BOB (over TV): Yes,
sir, boy, we're partners.
And everything
with us is fifty-fifty.
AL (over TV): Oh, that's
awfully nice of you, Bob,
but I've only got $2.
What have you got?
BOB (over TV):
We each got a buck.
(crowd laughs on TV)
BOB (over TV): I'll tell you what,
Al. Let's go to a drive-in movie.
AL (over TV): Listen, Bob, that's
no way to spend New Year's Eve,
a drive-in movie.
Besides, our car isn't running.
Bernie's a genius
when it comes to
geothermal dynamics,
but when it comes
to his private life...
Marital problems?
Mainly money.
On a salary of 40,000 a year?
A lot of people insist on
living way beyond their means,
only Bernie takes it about
ten paces farther than that.
Gets involved in fly-by-night
quick-buck schemes.
He's lost his shirt
several times.
Even got into a bit of a
scrape back in Los Angeles
with a loan shark.
A loan shark?
That's right.
Consol Oil bailed him out
when the shylock
promised to put him
in an intensive care
ward for six months.
That's when the company
transferred him out here.
It's all in there.
And a lot more.
Look at this.
"Korea. Rank, lieutenant.
"Branch of service,
Air Force ordinance.
"Specialty, demolitions."
(indistinct TV chatter)
(thud)
(TV chatter stops)
Bernie?
Hi.
Where have you been?
I put some clothes out to wash.
You know what I mean.
Last night, all night,
where have you been?
I ran into a
problem in the field.
Don't lie to me.
Don't ask questions,
and I won't have to!
(sighs)
I'm sorry I snapped at you.
I've got a lot on my mind.
Seventy-two thousand
five hundred dollars
you can't come up with?
I'll have it.
By tomorrow? Yes.
How? Trust me.
How? Get off my back, will you?
I hope that Vince Bonner
breaks every damn
bone in your stupid body.
I have had it with you, Bernie,
up to my eyes I have had it.
I'm through!
You mean that? Yes!
You'd better read this
before you climb
too far out on a limb.
What is it?
Read it.
"Governor, $500,000
in unmarked used bills
"in one suitcase.
"Leave inside the boiler room
at the abandoned sugar mill
on the Homa Kuoa coast
exactly 10 this morning."
What...? What is this?
Go on. "If all goes
"according to our instructions,
"you will receive word in
time to stop the detonation.
"If any attempt is
made to stop us,
"the northwest rift of Mauna Loa
"will erupt at precisely 2 p.m.,
and by morning, Hilo
will be destroyed."
You can't send that!
I already have. That's a copy.
(yelling) No!
It's going to
work. I swear it is.
No!
I've got it all planned out.
We're going to take the
noon flight to Honolulu,
it'll get us there just in time
to connect with a
flight to Hong Kong.
I'll call the governor
before we leave Honolulu
and tell him how to
defuse the detonator.
Five minutes
later, we'll be gone,
and nobody will
know where we are.
Trust me.
(engine starts)
Mister... Mr. Vince
Bonner, please.
Ten o'clock.
That gives us a little over
an hour to make the drop.
Do you have the money, sir?
Hilo National Bank
is preparing it now,
but if you're sure this Brown
is our man, why do we need it?
Well, we... We don't have
too many choices, governor.
We could pull Brown
in and question him,
but consider this. What
if he refuses to tell us
how the explosives are
going to be triggered?
What would he gain?
Well, Brown's a brilliant man.
He's tops in his
field. He must be...
psychotically
desperate for money
to make a move like this.
What we have to worry about
is that he feels he
has nothing to lose.
Then you're saying pay off.
What I'm saying is that we
have to be ready to pay off.
You think we can trust
that he'll let us know how
to deactivate the explosives
after he has the money?
Well,
I'll be able to tell you that
better after I talk with him.
Talk to him? About what?
I'm going to see him under
one pretext or another.
Maybe I can get a better idea
whether or not
he can be trusted,
but even if he doesn't
keep his word, governor,
can we run the risk of the
possible destruction of Hilo
and the loss of
hundreds of lives
just to call his bluff?
No, of course we can't,
but I want you to handle
the payoff personally, Steve.
Yes, sir.
I'll have the money sent
to park headquarters.
DANNO (over radio):
Williams to McGarrett.
Yeah, Danno. Go ahead.
DANNO: We're almost
ready to go, Steve.
(helicopter whirring)
We're going to
keep the northeast rift
staked out from the air.
If Danno spots Brown,
he'll have him
under surveillance.
Danno, if you spot Brown,
be sure you stay
far enough away.
We don't want to
scare him off now.
DANNO: Right.
(helicopter whirring)
Chin. Chin, bring
the car around.
Good luck.
For all of us, sir, thank you.
What's this all
about? Just get going.
I'll tell you as we go.
(deep rumble)
Let's look around.
Locked. Looks like one
of those automatic doors.
Looks like he fell
into a bin of flour.
Or thanatine nitrate.
Let's go.
(tires screeching)
Williams to McGarrett.
DANNO: Williams to
McGarrett. Go, Danno.
It's Brown's pickup
heading for the rift.
McGARRETT: Okay, keep it in
sight, but don't let him spot you.
Right.
(ticking)
(engine starts)
I don't know what
he's up to, Steve,
but he just left the rift area,
and he's on the
road out of the park
heading toward the coast.
Okay, Danno, listen...
Steve, got it here.
(tires screeching)
McGarrett to Williams.
Brown just went
down into the mill.
Okay, Danno, keep him
in sight. I'm pulling back.
VINCE: Hold it, professor.
We'll take it from here.
What the hell is this?
What's going on?
Simple, professor.
Your wife and I are gonna split
your half-million between us.
Doris...
I told you that I was through,
Bernie, and I meant it.
Why? Because you're a loser.
You were born a loser.
You're gonna die a loser.
Everything you've ever
done, you've ruined,
and you're gonna ruin this too.
You don't know what
you're talking about.
I know exactly what
I'm talking about.
The rest of my life, that's
what I'm talking about.
All right, knock it off.
Give me the money.
(gunshots)
(grunts)
(moaning)
Come on!
Still no show, Danno?
Not yet.
I don't know wh...
DANNO: Hold it.
A man and a woman just came out.
The guy is carrying a suitcase.
Is it Brown? DANNO: No.
Any sign of him?
He's got to still be in there.
DANNO: They're
heading for Brown's pickup.
Stop them, Danno. Stop them.
Right.
( suspenseful theme playing)
(gasping, groaning)
Brown.
Brown, listen to me.
Listen to me.
How do we stop that
thing from blowing?
Brown.
Please. Please, tell me.
(exhales)
( dramatic theme playing)
(ticking)
(indistinct radio chatter)
McGARRETT: Have you any
idea how the device works?
DORIS: I told you I don't know.
McGARRETT: Now, try to remember.
Did he say anything
about a map or instructions?
No.
Did he ever show
you any drawings?
Only that letter.
My God, if I knew anything,
don't you think I would help?
What is to be gained now?
Ben, take her away.
Chin, anything? Nothing.
Steve, the medical examiner
found this in Brown's pocket.
Let's go.
This is it, Danno,
a map of the rift.
That "x" is right near the
spot where Brown was
just before he went to the mill.
That could be the detonator.
Let me take a demolition
team and have a run at finding it.
It's still a big risk, Danno.
Look, one slip, one charge...
Steve, we've got
less than an hour.
Either we take the risk now
or wait until 2:00
and get it for sure.
All right, go.
Get me the governor, please.
(indistinct radio chatter)
Lieutenant, let's go.
Okay.
DANNO: We'll try to
disarm that detonator.
LIEUTENANT:
Okay. Okay, let's go!
Oh, I agree, Steve.
Turning the demolition team
loose was the only move.
I think it's time we went public
on this situation, governor.
Well, I've already
notified Civil Defense
to prepare for a
possible evacuation,
and the radio and television
stations have been alerted
that I may have a
public statement to make.
They don't know
the nature of it,
but, uh, they have remote
units waiting in the lobby.
So I can be on the air
in just a few minutes.
I'm sorry it came
down to this, governor.
So am I.
(phone clattering)
( gunshots, screams)
(indistinct TV chatter)
( mysterious theme playing)
(helicopter whirring)
Where would they have
impounded Brown's pickup?
Police headquarters. Thanks.
How close to police
headquarters could you put down?
Uh, half to
three-quarters of a mile.
No, no, f-forget about
police headquarters.
Let's go. Up.
(ticking)
(ticking)
Danny!
It's double-wired. This
thing's gonna be tough.
Back off!
Danno! Danno, back off!
Back!
(clock ticking)
( triumphant theme playing)
Patch me through
to the governor.
( upbeat surf theme playing)
LORD: This is Jack Lord
inviting you to be with us next
for "A Hawaiian Nightmare."
Some damn fool is threatening
to trigger a volcanic eruption.
Trigger a volcanic
eruption? That's what I said.
You have to come up
with $72,500 by Thursday
and there is nothing
to worry about.
Well, I'll have it, every
penny of it and more to spare.
CHE: Hawaiian lava
is extremely fluid.
I'm afraid a massive eruption
would destroy Hilo
in less than one day.
Right now I wanna
know all about explosives.
Consul Oil Corporation
has someone.
Of course, Dr. Rogers,
I'll get there as
quickly as I can.
Next: "A Hawaiian Nightmare."
Be here, aloha.
( upbeat surf theme playing)
( dramatic theme playing)
Kalani, let's check this out.
(clicks)
You're too far away.
(clicks)
(ticking)
( ominous theme playing)
(clicks)
All set, Mr. Brown.
Herberts, you and
Kalani clean up that mess.
Be sure you haven't
left anything around here.
( upbeat dramatic theme playing)
(clicking)
Kalani, Herberts.
( dramatic theme playing)
(boiling)
(engine running)
(tires squealing)
(clicks)
(buzzing)
Doris?
Doris.
Bonner.
How are you doing, professor?
Mr. Bonner's been waiting.
What kept you so late?
Oh, well, I ran into
some trouble in the field.
What are you doing in Hilo?
Sam Kaina's getting
a little worried.
I called him in
Honolulu last week.
I told him I'd have the
money for him on Thursday.
What money, Bernie?
Oh, it's nothing. Chicken feed.
Well, as long as it's
just a little loose change,
why not pay up now?
Save me the trouble of
hanging around till Thursday.
Well, I'm not quite prepared.
Sure. Ha, ha.
Sure, professor.
There's no rush.
I just dropped in to
let you know that, uh...
That I'm around.
I'm staying at the Kahuho
Inn whenever you are prepared.
Nice meeting you, Mrs. Brown.
Goodbye.
What's the idea of
coming to the house?
Well, uh, Kaina wants me
to stick to you like a fungus
until you come up
with the bread, all of it.
That's a $25,000 loan
and the 45,500 interest.
You know, Kaina's
giving you a big break.
He cut the rate for
last week in half.
That's 10 percent instead of 20.
Provided, of course,
you come up with, um,
all of the 72,000
five before Thursday.
I will.
Well, then there's
no problem, is there?
(car door opens, closes)
That man was a collector
from a loan shark, wasn't he?
No.
Don't lie to me.
All right. Okay.
How much do we owe this time?
(exhales)
How much?
Um... Seventy-two
thousand five hundred.
Good God.
(chuckling) Doris.
What is the matter
with you, Bernie?
After L.A., don't you know
what those
bloodsuckers are like?
How could you make
the same mistake?
There's nothing to worry about.
Oh. You have to
come up with $72,500
by Thursday and there
is nothing to worry about.
Bernie, the company isn't
going to bail you out this time.
They won't have to. I'll
have it, every penny of it
and more to spare by Thursday.
WOMAN (over speaker
): The governor on Line 4.
Yes, governor. Steve,
I'm calling from Kona.
I want you to get over
here as quickly as possible.
I'm staying at the Kona Surf.
What is it, sir?
Some damn fool
is... Is threatening
to trigger a volcanic eruption
and wipe out half
the island of Hawaii
unless we come up with $500,000.
Did you say trigger
a volcanic eruption?
That's what I said.
Yes, sir. I'm on my way.
I really thought it
was gonna be different
when we came out here.
I honestly believed
that we were going to
live a normal life again.
I can't go on much
more like this, Bernie.
You won't have to.
In a couple of days,
everything's gonna be fine.
We'll be free for
the rest of our lives.
Stop. Stop it.
But... But just...
Trust me this one last time.
Doris, now listen.
Doris, now listen to me.
Leave me alone,
Bernie! Leave me alone!
All right, but this time
you'll see. You'll see.
(turbines running)
You gentlemen get
to park headquarters,
I'll see you there after I've
met with the governor in Kona.
Right, Steve.
McGARRETT: "In two
days, we are going to blow up
"the northeast
rift of Mauna Loa.
"The enclosed data
will prove this possible.
"You will need the verification
of an expert volcanologist,
"but we can assure you
that our plan will work.
"It will cost you
$500,000 to stop us.
"Do not try to
interfere in any way
"or the deal is off and
we push the button.
"Keep everyone out of the area
"proscribed on the enclosed map.
"It is heavily mined.
"One slip and the whole
rift will blow automatically.
Wait for further instructions."
Do you think it's possible?
There's only one
place to find out.
The volcano observatory.
(helicopter sounds)
(door closes)
Governor. Hello, doctor.
Steve, Dr. Rogers,
director of the observatory.
My pleasure, Mr. McGarrett.
Right this way, gentlemen.
ROGERS: With all the instruments
we have planted around the mountain,
I'd have said Mauna Loa
didn't have any secrets from us
until now.
I'll say one thing.
Your blackmailer
knows his business.
He's picked the
best possible site,
and look here.
The northeast rift lies
directly upslope from Hilo.
A large lava flow could
easily reach the city.
(machines buzzing)
What's... What's the
worst we could expect?
I'll show you.
(clicks and tape starts running)
(eruption sounds)
(explosions)
(projector clicks)
(exhales)
How much time would we have?
Well, Hawaiian lava
is extremely fluid.
It's been known to flow
as fast as 35 miles an hour.
ROGERS: Given certain conditions,
I'm afraid a massive eruption
would destroy Hilo
in less than one day.
Of course, it could just fizzle,
produce only a trickle.
Yeah, and then
it could be a hoax.
I'm afraid we're in
no position to gamble.
Steve, how do you
suggest we proceed?
Close the park immediately.
Cordon off the
entire mined area.
Maintain the tightest
kind of security.
I don't want anyone
wandering in there
and triggering
something by mistake.
Oh, one other thing, sir.
I'd request an Air Force
reconnaissance flight
over the northeast rift.
Now, there's a
chance, just a chance,
that an infrared
aerial photography
might reveal where the
explosives are placed,
if... If there are explosives.
I'll call Hickam
Field immediately,
and I'd better
notify Civil Defense.
You'll order an evacuation?
Oh, I'll put it off
as long as possible
to avoid the panic, but if
we do have to evacuate,
we'll have to move
and move fast.
If we here at the
observatory can do anything
to help, Mr. McGarrett...
All right, right now I want
to know all about explosives.
What kind are
necessary to do the trick,
how they'd have to
be placed, quantities.
Now, is there anyone
like that on your staff?
I'm afraid not.
We know the geology,
but we don't have the
knowledge of the explosives.
But wait a minute. Consol
Oil Corporation has someone.
They sent a man out last year
to survey the possibility of
developing geothermal energy.
He's one of the
best in his field.
(rings)
Yeah, speaking.
( dramatic theme playing)
Of course, Dr. Rogers.
I'll get there as
quickly as I can.
( dramatic theme playing)
Well, that must have
been quite an operation.
In what way?
The lava's quite far down.
It would take a lot of TNT
to crack open a rift like that.
How much is a lot, Mr. Brown?
(exhales)
Offhand, I'd say about
30-, 40,000 pounds.
Is there any way that
they could get by with less?
Well...
pinpointed at strategically
vulnerable spots
and detonated
simultaneously, maybe,
but you'd sure have
to know your stuff.
Are you saying that
there are experts
involved in this operation?
Oh. There's no way an amateur
could figure out
a stunt like this.
It would have to be
a highly skilled team.
Geologist, volcanologist,
demolition expert.
Sounds expensive. Very.
How expensive, Mr. Brown?
Well, consider the
explosives alone,
and then you've got
the, uh, technical people
and manpower. There would
be seven or eight men involved.
Quarter of a million,
right around there.
You see, that... That's
what doesn't wash.
It doesn't figure.
Well, what do you mean?
Seven or eight men spending
a quarter of a million dollars,
involved with all this work,
taking all the risks in
an operation like this
and then demanding
only half a million dollars.
That's only $2 for
every 1 invested.
No, there's something wrong
with your theory, Mr. Brown.
The stakes aren't high enough
for a sophisticated
operation like this.
Well, then how
do you explain it?
You're not saying
it's a hoax, are you?
Oh, either that, or
somebody's found himself
some bargain
basement explosives.
(turbines coming closer)
Air Force reconnaissance.
That might do it.
( ominous theme playing)
We've checked all the
government agencies
and private companies
that handle high explosives.
All their stock can
be accounted for.
Same goes with the military.
They keep a pretty
tight rein on that stuff.
There's no way that
much could be siphoned off
without it showing up.
So maybe it is a hoax.
Yeah, it could be, Ben,
but we've got to go
on the assumption
that this threat is real.
Now, if it's a
small-time operation,
the explosives had to be
cheap and easy to come by.
Such as what?
Well, Danno, you know
more about that than anyone.
Well, it beats me, Steve,
unless you start
with raw materials.
DANNO: Some chemical
fertilizers could be used
to form a base, for instance.
Which ones?
Thanatine nitrate.
In fact, it's used extensively
on this island for farming.
All you have to do is mix it
with 6 percent
heavy diesel fuel.
With all the boats here,
there's got to be
plenty of diesel around.
It would have to be
primed, of course.
Dynamite would do it.
Make a pretty big bang. How big?
Well, it's only about
20 percent less powerful
than nitroglycerine.
Wouldn't take much of
that to do the trick, Steve.
What about it, Mr. Brown?
Think it would work?
Well, it sounds
a little far-fetched,
but if what Mr. Williams said
was true, it, uh, might work.
Well, yes, of course it would.
All right, Chin.
You check out the fertilizer
wholesalers and distributors.
I want the name
of all bulk buyers,
especially non-commercial
ones. Okay.
Ben, you track down
the diesel fuel suppliers.
Contact the refineries in
Honolulu if you have to.
Gotcha. Excuse
me, Mr. McGarrett,
but my wife will be wondering
what's become of me.
Thank you, Mr. Brown.
Stay on tap, though.
We might need you
again before this is over.
Of course.
( ominous theme playing)
Can I fix you one of these?
I don't drink.
Oh.
Mmm.
What do you do...
besides sit around
waiting for Bernie?
Nothing much.
No friends?
No.
Must get kind of lonely
being stuck way out
here with no friends.
Especially...
Especially a good-looking woman.
Okay, honey, I'll shove off.
No.
No what?
Don't go.
( soft theme playing)
( upbeat theme playing)
Well, what do you think, Danno?
If we could only
find the detonator,
I might be able to defuse it.
It may be over here.
We'd better back off
till we get those
reconnaissance photos.
We found out one thing.
The land mines
aren't the trigger.
We found out something else too.
What's that?
That this is no hoax.
McGARRETT: Aerial
photos just arrived, sir.
We're studying them now.
Well, they pinpoint about
36 explosive charges
all cleverly concealed.
They appear to be
50-gallon oil drums.
What about, uh, land mines?
We've tagged about
25 of them for sure.
There could be more.
Couldn't... Couldn't an
Army demolition team
get past the mines
and up to the drums?
Mines aren't the
problem, governor.
W-We've got them all flagged.
We can get through
them without any danger.
Well, then, what is the problem?
The detonator.
We don't know
where it is or what it is.
The photos don't
help on that, huh?
No. It could be in
an area 2000 yards
up and down the rift.
It could take days to locate
it, if it could be located at all,
but it might be a good idea
to get a demolition
team in here just in case.
I'll contact the
Army immediately,
and, Steve, have your
chopper pick me up here at Kona
and fly me into Hilo.
I-I'll be at the Mauna Loa Surf.
If it comes down to the wire,
I'll have to order an
evacuation of Hilo.
Checked every diesel
fuel dealer in Hilo, Steve,
and not one sold oil of
any significant amount
to a non-commercial
user. What about Kona?
Same story except for one.
Kona Maritime Fuel.
Still waiting for a call-back.
Got something, Chin?
Yeah, take a look.
Krider Chemical Company?
Wholesale fertilizer outfit.
It sold enough thanatine
nitrate in the last few months
to blow this whole
island out of the water.
Yeah. Ben, you.
I'll take it in there.
Who are David Kalani
and Peter Herberts?
A couple of laborers.
Strong backs who
hire out by the day,
but between them, they bought
40,000 pounds of the chemical,
1000 pounds at a time,
from January until a
couple of weeks ago.
Know where they
live? CHIN HO: Yeah.
Did you question them? No.
Why? We couldn't.
They're missing.
Missing? BEN: Steve.
Yeah. That was
Kona Maritime Fuel.
They gave me the names
of five non-commercial users.
And one bought enough to
run an aircraft carrier for a week.
Who? Mr. Bernard Brown.
( dramatic theme playing)
(buzzing)
(indistinct talking over TV)
MAN (on TV): Well, those are
the spots I should be seen in, Bob.
It would help my picture career.
BOB (over TV): Of course, right
now there's the question of money.
MAN (over TV): Oh, gosh,
Al, don't let that bother you.
Listen, I want you to know
whatever I got, you got.
AL (over TV): Well,
thanks, Bob, but I...
BOB (over TV): Yes,
sir, boy, we're partners.
And everything
with us is fifty-fifty.
AL (over TV): Oh, that's
awfully nice of you, Bob,
but I've only got $2.
What have you got?
BOB (over TV):
We each got a buck.
(crowd laughs on TV)
BOB (over TV): I'll tell you what,
Al. Let's go to a drive-in movie.
AL (over TV): Listen, Bob, that's
no way to spend New Year's Eve,
a drive-in movie.
Besides, our car isn't running.
Bernie's a genius
when it comes to
geothermal dynamics,
but when it comes
to his private life...
Marital problems?
Mainly money.
On a salary of 40,000 a year?
A lot of people insist on
living way beyond their means,
only Bernie takes it about
ten paces farther than that.
Gets involved in fly-by-night
quick-buck schemes.
He's lost his shirt
several times.
Even got into a bit of a
scrape back in Los Angeles
with a loan shark.
A loan shark?
That's right.
Consol Oil bailed him out
when the shylock
promised to put him
in an intensive care
ward for six months.
That's when the company
transferred him out here.
It's all in there.
And a lot more.
Look at this.
"Korea. Rank, lieutenant.
"Branch of service,
Air Force ordinance.
"Specialty, demolitions."
(indistinct TV chatter)
(thud)
(TV chatter stops)
Bernie?
Hi.
Where have you been?
I put some clothes out to wash.
You know what I mean.
Last night, all night,
where have you been?
I ran into a
problem in the field.
Don't lie to me.
Don't ask questions,
and I won't have to!
(sighs)
I'm sorry I snapped at you.
I've got a lot on my mind.
Seventy-two thousand
five hundred dollars
you can't come up with?
I'll have it.
By tomorrow? Yes.
How? Trust me.
How? Get off my back, will you?
I hope that Vince Bonner
breaks every damn
bone in your stupid body.
I have had it with you, Bernie,
up to my eyes I have had it.
I'm through!
You mean that? Yes!
You'd better read this
before you climb
too far out on a limb.
What is it?
Read it.
"Governor, $500,000
in unmarked used bills
"in one suitcase.
"Leave inside the boiler room
at the abandoned sugar mill
on the Homa Kuoa coast
exactly 10 this morning."
What...? What is this?
Go on. "If all goes
"according to our instructions,
"you will receive word in
time to stop the detonation.
"If any attempt is
made to stop us,
"the northwest rift of Mauna Loa
"will erupt at precisely 2 p.m.,
and by morning, Hilo
will be destroyed."
You can't send that!
I already have. That's a copy.
(yelling) No!
It's going to
work. I swear it is.
No!
I've got it all planned out.
We're going to take the
noon flight to Honolulu,
it'll get us there just in time
to connect with a
flight to Hong Kong.
I'll call the governor
before we leave Honolulu
and tell him how to
defuse the detonator.
Five minutes
later, we'll be gone,
and nobody will
know where we are.
Trust me.
(engine starts)
Mister... Mr. Vince
Bonner, please.
Ten o'clock.
That gives us a little over
an hour to make the drop.
Do you have the money, sir?
Hilo National Bank
is preparing it now,
but if you're sure this Brown
is our man, why do we need it?
Well, we... We don't have
too many choices, governor.
We could pull Brown
in and question him,
but consider this. What
if he refuses to tell us
how the explosives are
going to be triggered?
What would he gain?
Well, Brown's a brilliant man.
He's tops in his
field. He must be...
psychotically
desperate for money
to make a move like this.
What we have to worry about
is that he feels he
has nothing to lose.
Then you're saying pay off.
What I'm saying is that we
have to be ready to pay off.
You think we can trust
that he'll let us know how
to deactivate the explosives
after he has the money?
Well,
I'll be able to tell you that
better after I talk with him.
Talk to him? About what?
I'm going to see him under
one pretext or another.
Maybe I can get a better idea
whether or not
he can be trusted,
but even if he doesn't
keep his word, governor,
can we run the risk of the
possible destruction of Hilo
and the loss of
hundreds of lives
just to call his bluff?
No, of course we can't,
but I want you to handle
the payoff personally, Steve.
Yes, sir.
I'll have the money sent
to park headquarters.
DANNO (over radio):
Williams to McGarrett.
Yeah, Danno. Go ahead.
DANNO: We're almost
ready to go, Steve.
(helicopter whirring)
We're going to
keep the northeast rift
staked out from the air.
If Danno spots Brown,
he'll have him
under surveillance.
Danno, if you spot Brown,
be sure you stay
far enough away.
We don't want to
scare him off now.
DANNO: Right.
(helicopter whirring)
Chin. Chin, bring
the car around.
Good luck.
For all of us, sir, thank you.
What's this all
about? Just get going.
I'll tell you as we go.
(deep rumble)
Let's look around.
Locked. Looks like one
of those automatic doors.
Looks like he fell
into a bin of flour.
Or thanatine nitrate.
Let's go.
(tires screeching)
Williams to McGarrett.
DANNO: Williams to
McGarrett. Go, Danno.
It's Brown's pickup
heading for the rift.
McGARRETT: Okay, keep it in
sight, but don't let him spot you.
Right.
(ticking)
(engine starts)
I don't know what
he's up to, Steve,
but he just left the rift area,
and he's on the
road out of the park
heading toward the coast.
Okay, Danno, listen...
Steve, got it here.
(tires screeching)
McGarrett to Williams.
Brown just went
down into the mill.
Okay, Danno, keep him
in sight. I'm pulling back.
VINCE: Hold it, professor.
We'll take it from here.
What the hell is this?
What's going on?
Simple, professor.
Your wife and I are gonna split
your half-million between us.
Doris...
I told you that I was through,
Bernie, and I meant it.
Why? Because you're a loser.
You were born a loser.
You're gonna die a loser.
Everything you've ever
done, you've ruined,
and you're gonna ruin this too.
You don't know what
you're talking about.
I know exactly what
I'm talking about.
The rest of my life, that's
what I'm talking about.
All right, knock it off.
Give me the money.
(gunshots)
(grunts)
(moaning)
Come on!
Still no show, Danno?
Not yet.
I don't know wh...
DANNO: Hold it.
A man and a woman just came out.
The guy is carrying a suitcase.
Is it Brown? DANNO: No.
Any sign of him?
He's got to still be in there.
DANNO: They're
heading for Brown's pickup.
Stop them, Danno. Stop them.
Right.
( suspenseful theme playing)
(gasping, groaning)
Brown.
Brown, listen to me.
Listen to me.
How do we stop that
thing from blowing?
Brown.
Please. Please, tell me.
(exhales)
( dramatic theme playing)
(ticking)
(indistinct radio chatter)
McGARRETT: Have you any
idea how the device works?
DORIS: I told you I don't know.
McGARRETT: Now, try to remember.
Did he say anything
about a map or instructions?
No.
Did he ever show
you any drawings?
Only that letter.
My God, if I knew anything,
don't you think I would help?
What is to be gained now?
Ben, take her away.
Chin, anything? Nothing.
Steve, the medical examiner
found this in Brown's pocket.
Let's go.
This is it, Danno,
a map of the rift.
That "x" is right near the
spot where Brown was
just before he went to the mill.
That could be the detonator.
Let me take a demolition
team and have a run at finding it.
It's still a big risk, Danno.
Look, one slip, one charge...
Steve, we've got
less than an hour.
Either we take the risk now
or wait until 2:00
and get it for sure.
All right, go.
Get me the governor, please.
(indistinct radio chatter)
Lieutenant, let's go.
Okay.
DANNO: We'll try to
disarm that detonator.
LIEUTENANT:
Okay. Okay, let's go!
Oh, I agree, Steve.
Turning the demolition team
loose was the only move.
I think it's time we went public
on this situation, governor.
Well, I've already
notified Civil Defense
to prepare for a
possible evacuation,
and the radio and television
stations have been alerted
that I may have a
public statement to make.
They don't know
the nature of it,
but, uh, they have remote
units waiting in the lobby.
So I can be on the air
in just a few minutes.
I'm sorry it came
down to this, governor.
So am I.
(phone clattering)
( gunshots, screams)
(indistinct TV chatter)
( mysterious theme playing)
(helicopter whirring)
Where would they have
impounded Brown's pickup?
Police headquarters. Thanks.
How close to police
headquarters could you put down?
Uh, half to
three-quarters of a mile.
No, no, f-forget about
police headquarters.
Let's go. Up.
(ticking)
(ticking)
Danny!
It's double-wired. This
thing's gonna be tough.
Back off!
Danno! Danno, back off!
Back!
(clock ticking)
( triumphant theme playing)
Patch me through
to the governor.
( upbeat surf theme playing)