Hawaii Five-O (1968–1980): Season 9, Episode 10 - Yes, My Deadly Daughter - full transcript

You're being challenged
but you can rest assured

I'll find out who is behind it.

How am I to rest assured

when $4 million of my money
has vanished into thin air?

LORD: This is Jack Lord
inviting you to be with us next

for "Yes, My Deadly Daughter."

Jerry! Oh, gosh, we did it.
We really did it, Jerry! Ha!

Two of your most trusted lieutenants
were shot and killed this morning,

gangland style.

The tragic loss has
deeply saddened me.

Oh, I don't buy that.
Not for a minute.



What do you want, Mr. Varna?

Half.

Two million dollars?

And if I refuse, you go
straight to my father, correct?

McGarrett. I want every
member of the Wo Ching gang

picked up and brought
in for questioning.

Maybe we can get
one of them to crack.

LORD: Next "Deadly Daughter."

Be here, aloha.

[HELICOPTER WHIRRING]

Two of your most trusted lieutenants
were shot and killed this morning,

gangland style.

The tragic loss has
deeply saddened me.

Oh, I don't buy
that, not for a minute.



What do you want, Mr. Varna?

Half.

Two million dollars?

McGarrett.

I want members of the Wo Ching
gang brought in for questioning.

Maybe we can get
one of them to crack.

Welcome home,
Mr. Vincent. How was the trip?

Very successful, Lou.

Three weeks on a freighter is
not a very pleasant experience.

We better get
going. He's waiting.

- Take a look inside.
- No. We play this straight.

That way we get
to keep the money.

- Who's gonna know?
- I will.

Now, you all know what
to do. Now, get moving.

Something bugging you?

No.

Be back as soon as I can.

My mistake was not
supervising this operation myself.

- All precautions were taken.
- Heh.

Obviously not all.

Look, you're being challenged.
There's no doubt about that.

But you can rest assured
I'll find out who was behind it.

Tell me, how am I
going to rest assured,

when $4 million of my money
has vanished into thin air?

- Father?
- Lee Mei.

How many times must I
tell you about knocking?

I'm sorry, father.

We did have a
date to go shopping.

I will have to cancel it.

Something has come up which
requires my personal attention.

- You promised. And what could be...?
- Lee Mei.

I know.

"Lee Mei, when it comes to
matters pertaining to business,

your questions will
not be entertained."

Am I that bad, daughter?

Almost.

Tomorrow perhaps?

- We shall see. Now, run along, dear.
- Okay.

The IDs been confirmed?

Yeah.

- Ray Vincent.
- Ray Vincent?

Hold it.

Looks like Chang Liu's gonna
have to find another financial whiz kid.

No, he won't be
hurting for candidates.

Working for Chang Liu
carries a lot of prestige.

Yeah. What about the other two?

Lou Benson. That's
his car over there.

He must've been here
waiting for the chopper.

[DANNY SCOFFS]

Lou Benson. Strictly muscle.

Also part of Chang
Liu's rank-and-file.

The other one's the pilot.

Runs a chopper rental service.

His name is, um, C.J. Williams.

You know, I ran him
through the computer.

There's not a sheet on him.

Poor guy. He might've
just taken the wrong charter.

DUKE: Danny.

This is the young man who
discovered the bodies. Bobby Kalani.

DANNY: Hi, Bobby.
- Hi.

He didn't see what
happened, but he did see a car

pull out just before he
discovered the bodies.

Did you see the license number?

No, I didn't.

But I did get a
look at the driver.

There was a bunch a guys with
him, but I wouldn't know how many.

What kind of car was it?

'66, '67 white Ford
sedan. Kind of beat up.

There's probably a thousand cars
on the island matching that description.

Yeah, that's gonna
make it rough.

Duke, take Bobby over to H.P.D.

See if he can identify the driver
of the car from the mug books.

Right.

This was found in
Vincent's pocket.

Hmm.

Last entry stamp, Netherlands.
That was almost four weeks ago.

It appears Vincent
took the long way home.

Meaning he was
trying to avoid customs.

Yeah, and if so, he must've been
carrying something very important.

Something three men
paid for with their lives.

Danno, contact Interpol.

See if they can
help us nail down

Vincent's movements
while he was abroad.

Then check with
your street contacts.

See if anyone's trying to put
the squeeze on Mr. Chang.

Right.

You, uh, figuring to do a
little squeezing yourself?

Mm-hm, just enough to see

how much the honorable Chang
Liu's feeling the heat, Danno.

QUAN: Okay, that
does it. Any questions?

MAN: That was cool, man.
- Hey, wait a minute.

If we can't see or talk to each other
for two weeks, I wanna know why.

MAN: Yeah, what
kind of deal was that?

QUAN: Because that was the deal.

Now, if we want the rest of
our money, we gotta play along.

Look, I never let you
down before, did I?

Hmm?

Okay.

I'll see you in two weeks.

MAN: Okay.

Hey, Tony, how long you think
you can keep conning them?

As long as I have to.

You could have told me
where you stashed the money.

That way if something
happens to you...

You keep the other guys in line,
I'll take care of the rest. Okay?

Okay.

I hope you know
what you're doing.

Sir.

Mr. McGarrett of Hawaii
Five-0 is here to see you.

Tell him to wait.

McGarrett.

Is he something else
you failed to anticipate?

I give you 24 hours
to find the money,

and I will not tolerate
any further incompetence.

I don't like waiting rooms. I
have a busy schedule, Chang.

Now, would you like to
talk here, or downtown?

Please sit down, Mr. McGarrett.

Mr. Varna was just leaving.

Now, what can I do for you?

Two of your most trusted lieutenants
were shot and killed this morning,

gangland style.

Why?

I cannot answer that.

I can only say that the tragic
loss has deeply saddened me.

Oh, I don't buy
that, not for a minute.

I, too, am a busy man.

Would you get to the point?

What was Vincent
doing in Europe?

Taking a much needed vacation.

Then why was he flown back
into Hawaii by helicopter, huh?

Was it because he was bringing
something into the islands

that you didn't want
customs to see?

That is a mystery, isn't it?

Perhaps I should keep
better tabs on my employees.

No one operates independently
in your organization, Chang.

That's why I know you know exactly
what Vincent was bringing in illegally.

If you are truly interested in bringing
to justice whoever killed my associates,

I suggest your time would
be better spent elsewhere.

Oh, I'm interested.

Truly interested.

My problem is finding out who
is responsible before you do.

And if I offer you no
competition in your search?

Well, the way I see
it, you have no choice.

Because if I find
Vincent's killers first,

you won't be able to recover
whatever it was that was stolen from you.

And I have the happy feeling,

that just might spell
instant disaster for you.

Excuse me.

Would you like some
tea before I go out, father?

What's wrong?

Leave me alone now, please.

If you don't feel well,
I don't have to go out.

I can stay here with you.

Run along, Lee Mei, please.

Yes, father.

Lee Mei. The keys to $4 million.

Oh! Jerry, oh, gosh, we
did it. We really did it, Jerry.

QUAN: You should've
seen the look on their faces.

Boy, were they surprised.
Just like you said.

- The money?
- Hidden where nobody's gonna find it.

- Except you and me. You keep this.
- Ha, ha.

That way if something
happens to me...

I would've given anything to
see the look on my father's face.

[QUAN CHUCKLES]

The exact moment he found out.

Anything.

You're sure he doesn't suspect?

No way.

He's so wrapped up in
his own self-importance,

he'll never suspect that a
street gang ripped him off.

If he only knew.

If he only knew.

Yeah, that would be great.

I wonder what my head would
look like not attached to my body.

Oh, Jerry. Come on.

I told you, nobody's gonna
get hurt, unless one of your...

Unless one of my
gang blows it, right?

Well, they are the
most vulnerable.

There's something you
better not forget, baby.

They made it happen.

You never have understood.

The Wo Chings won't even walk
down the street unless I tell them to.

I know, Jerry.

It's just that, well...

Look, we've come so far.

I should've told them.

They would've kept
quiet. They took the oath.

The famous oath
of the Wo Chings.

Tell me.

What value would
your precious oath have

if my father finds out?

That's all you
care about, isn't it?

Your father.

Not me, not the money.

It's how many points you can
score against your old man.

Don't you ever say that to me.

Jerry.

Jerry.

Jerry.

Oh, Jerry, Jerry.

I'm sorry.

I know it seems like I'm hard
on your friends sometimes but...

Honey, I don't mean
it. Really I don't.

I love you, Jerry.

Steve, nothing on the car yet,

but Chin and Duke are
still out beating the bushes.

What about the driver?

We've come up dry, so far.

Our witness, Bobby Kalani,
was at H.P.D. until midnight,

going through the mug books.

Finally sent him
home for a breather.

This just came in from Interpol.

It seems that Vincent moved around
quite a lot when he was in Europe.

He spent two days each in Basel,
Hamburg, Rome, London and Zurich.

Last reported in Amsterdam.

All European financial centers.

Anything on what he
was doing over there?

Interpol kept an eye on him.

He tried very hard to make it
look like he was vacationing.

But all his social contacts were
with officials of Anacott International.

Anacott.

Rumored to be the front

for Chang Liu's European
money-laundering operation.

Yeah.

My guess was that Vincent was
there to pick up Chang's laundry.

Chang Liu would never send
his top financial aide abroad

unless there was a
lot of money involved.

Exactly.

And as of now, we
don't have a single lead

that might suggest who killed
those men and got the money.

[INTERCOM BUZZES]

Yes, Malia?

All right, put him on.
What do you got, Chin?

I'm sorry to hear that.

Yes, Chin.

Yeah, Danno's on his way.

Right.

That poor kid, Bobby Kalani?

He's in Honolulu General.
He's been badly beaten.

It looks like Chang
Liu is making his move.

Get over to the hospital, Danno.

I was just going
inside my house,

and there were these two
guys waiting for me inside.

What did they look like?

Local.

Big.

Real big.

I remember one guy had a
scar on the left side on his face,

but that's about
all I can remember.

How did they know
where to find you?

Guess it's kind of dumb,
but I spoke to some reporters

about finding those bodies,
and seeing the car drive away.

My name and address
was in the paper.

So they came to your house wanting
to know about the car and the driver.

I had to tell them
what he looked like.

If I hadn't said anything,
they'd still be working me over.

Don't worry about it, Bobby.

It's just a good thing you
had that bone to throw to them.

[DANNY SIGHS]

Hang in there.

That was the fifth call
this morning, Mr. Varna.

The competition
is sniffing around.

"How is everything
going, Chang?"

"How are you feeling, Chang?"

Next thing they'll want is an
hourly reading of my blood pressure.

You know, don't you, Mr. Varna,
that having that money stolen from us

will show weakness
in our organization.

We have allowed ourselves
to appear vulnerable.

And if we don't recover that
money and punish those responsible,

one of our competitors
is going to pounce.

Perhaps all of them together.

I still say there had
to be a leak, internally.

You are accusing
one of our own people?

Only six people knew when and
where that money was coming in.

Two of them are dead.

Mr. Varna, I suggest that
you're looking for someone

to throw to the wolves, to cover up
your own stupidity and incompetence.

I want to know exactly what you
are doing to recover the money.

We are concentrating all our resources
on tracking down the driver of that car.

It won't be long. I assure you.

Central, this is Williams.
Patch me through to McGarrett.

- McGarrett.
- Steve.

We found a car matching
Bobby Kalani's description.

We found it in a vacant
lot near Kohala Basin.

Huh, anything on it?

It's on H.P.D's hot sheet.
Stolen two days ago.

Well, that's to be
expected, Danno.

Get a lab team down there.

I want it gone over
from hood to hubcaps.

DANNY: They’re
on their way already.

[JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING ON STEREO]

[DOORBELL RINGS]

Mr. Varna. Uh, what is it?

I want to talk to you, Lee Mei.

Well, what about? I'm,
um, getting ready to change.

About your boyfriend.

Jerry Quan.

So...

Now my father has
you spying on me.

Your father had nothing
whatsoever to do with my being here.

Oh?

Does that mean you have a
personal interest in my love affairs?

Heh, I don't care
about your love affairs.

I am somewhat interested in
the, uh, $4 million, however.

I haven't the vaguest notion
of what you're talking about.

Allow me to clarify.

[STEREO CLICKS OFF]

I've been watching you, Lee
Mei. You've been very clever.

Very clever indeed.

Business meetings
accidentally interrupted,

phone conversations overheard,

late-night visits to your father's office
under the guise of straightening up.

And all done with that sweet
innocence he so demands of you.

Exactly what are you
accusing me of, Mr. Varna?

My father will hear
of this, I assure you.

Oh, yes, he will.

And when he does,
he'll be furious.

But I work for him, he
knows me, he'll listen to me,

but when I tell him about the
phone calls I've overheard...

Well, at first the messages
were innocent enough.

But when that gang
stole the money,

I realized that you'd been
feeding your boyfriend

the exact information
he needed to set it up.

What do you want, Mr. Varna?

Half.

Two million dollars?

And if I refuse, you go
straight to my father. Correct?

Mm-hm.

It appears I have no choice.

Good. Well,
that's settled, then.

Oh, uh, where's the money?

That will be my
secret, Mr. Varna.

Until I'm sure you
can be trusted.

Fair enough.

Uh, anyone else
know where it is?

Just Jerry Quan. But
he'll be no problem.

What do you mean?

Because in my mind,
he's already dead.

Isn't he in yours?

QUAN [OVER PHONE]: Hello?
- Jerry, hi.

Hi, what's up?

I want to talk to you
as soon as possible.

Something the matter?
You sound funny.

No. Everything's fine.

There's just a few things
I want to go over with you.

Okay, meet you
at the beach house.

Let's make it the warehouse.

I Il be there in an hour.

The warehouse, why?

Oh, Jerry, please.
I've got to go.

- Love you.
- Me too.

- Bye.
- Bye.

He'll be there.

You're shocked, aren't you?

Don't be.

I'm Chang Liu's
daughter, remember?

That's the guy.

He's the one that
was driving the car.

The Kalani kid made
a positive ID, Steve.

CHIN HO: Jerry Quan,
leader of the Wo Chings.

One of the most powerful
street gangs in Honolulu.

It just doesn't figure.

The Wo Chings are tough,

but they wouldn't
tangle with Chang Liu.

He's way out of their league.

But what if they were recruited?

Possibly by someone with
the kind of inside information

that would make
the risk worthwhile?

But if the information was that
good, why bother with the Wo Chings?

Using those kids from the street

has gotta buy more
trouble than they're worth.

That would depend
how desperate you are.

Okay, Chin.

Pick him up. Maybe he
can fill in a few blanks for us.

- Hi, baby.
- Hi.

Hey, what's going on?

You're good at
putting things together.

You know, Jerry.

I had really grown
rather fond of you.

Until Mr. Varna came along,

I didn't know exactly
what I was going to do.

What's he got to do with it?

He's helping me
protect our investment.

I'm sorry, Jerry.

I really am.

[GUNSHOT]

Duke, take the back.

- Duke, you okay?
- I think so.

DANNY: What happened?

All I saw was a car that
almost took part of me with it.

- You see the driver?
- No.

Too busy trying to
get out of the way.

What about Quan, you see him?

He's dead. Come on.

McGarrett.

Yeah, Danno.

So we're back to
square one, huh?

Okay, get yourself
some warrants,

I want every member of
the Wo Ching gang picked up

and brought in for questioning.

Maybe we can get
one of them to crack.

[GANG CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY]

[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING ON STEREO]

Tony.

Hold it, Tony.

[GUNSHOT]

Read him his rights
and take him in.

DANNY: Ever see this?
- No.

That's funny, because
it was found in your van.

What is this? A setup?

Somebody could
have planted that there.

Maybe you, fuzz.

Tony, let's talk about
Thursday afternoon.

You and your buddies
picked up on a set of wheels

that belonged to somebody else.

- You're crazy.
- Wrong.

H.P.D. has your prints on file.

They were all over that car.

Yours and the rest
of the Wo Chings.

Where'd you and
your pals go in the car?

- Driving, we went out
driving. DUKE: Where?

Out near the old
Kapunapu Mill Road?

Kapunapu? What's that?

A bird call?

Say that again. I
kind of like that sound.

That was funny.

After yesterday, I wouldn't think
you'd wanna hear that sound again.

Or maybe you don't care
that your leader, Jerry Quan,

was knocked off.

- I care. DANNY: You do, huh?

Then why don't you
start cooperating?

Tell us who set it up.

Where'd you hide the money?
Did you bury it someplace?

Whatever action you
guys are talking about,

I sure wish I had some of it.

Ballistic report.

This wires it, Tony. We
got a ballistics match.

The .38 found in your van

is the same gun that
killed Ray Vincent.

Now I remember.

I found that gun at the bottom
of a trash can down at the beach.

No fooling.

Cross my heart, officer.

Okay, if you decide you
wanna talk to us, we'll be around.

Don't wait up.

- No sweat, brothers.
GANG: Hey, Tony.

CHIN HO: Okay. Okay.

Knock it off. Knock it off.

All right, now come on,
which one of you is Keoki?

Come on. Which one?

Hey, you.

Let's go.

What are you doing?

Like to let you know

how much I appreciate your
leaving me behind back there.

You always did have
a knack for survival.

[VARNA CHUCKLES]

You'd like to see me get caught.

That way you'd get to keep
the money all for yourself.

Well, it's not gonna happen.

Am I interrupting something?

No, father.

Uh, no, sir, it's just a slight
misunderstanding, that's all.

I see.

I would like to see
you in my office.

Yes, sir.

CHANG: You're telling me a
bunch of kids stole my money?

I find that
difficult to believe.

VARNA: I know, but
it appears to be true.

CHANG: Why haven't you forced them
to talk? They know where the money is.

VARNA: I can't do anything.
McGarrett got to them first.

McGarrett. What of the money?

McGarrett have that too?

I don't think so, but
I can't be certain.

CHANG: I suggest you find out.

If you don't recover the money, I
may be finished in these islands.

CHANG: Well, Mr. McGarrett, you
are most certainly to be congratulated.

For a man who must be the
laughing stock of the underworld,

you're taking things
very well, Chang.

Could it be because you, uh,
feel that the race is not yet over?

You have a strange way of
responding to a compliment.

I believe that compliments
are sometimes designed

to throw the
pursuer off the trail.

Off what trail?

The one leading to the
millions of laundered dollars

that Ray Vincent was bringing
back from Europe for you.

We know all about
the money, Chang,

but, like you, we don't
know what happened to it yet.

Now, the gang might
be able to help us,

but we would
prefer to deal directly

with the person who set
up the job in the first place.

If you are implying that someone
in my organization would betray me,

you are quite mistaken.

Now, if you don't mind,
I have heard enough.

Be patient.

I'm almost through.

Now, I don't know for
sure who is responsible

for killing those three
men and for the robbery.

But I do know one thing, you
won't rest until you find your money.

And I won't rest until I have you
and the murderers behind bars.

Bet on it.

- Mr. McGarrett?
- Yes?

I'm Lee Mei, Chang's daughter.

Can we take a little
drive? I want to talk to you.

About what?

My father.

All right, Miss Liu.

Lee Mei.

I think I should warn you

that anything you tell me
may be held against you.

So I've been led to understand.

Have you found my
father's money yet?

No.

No, not yet, but I will.

Perhaps not, Mr. McGarrett.

Well, that statement will
require some explanation.

Have you considered
the possibility

that my father may be
putting on an act for you?

Why would he put
on an act for me?

Ask yourself his objective in bringing
the money into Hawaii the way he did.

To avoid customs, and
the IRS, I would assume.

Precisely.

But if he already had
recovered the money,

he wouldn't want you to
know about it, would he?

You're suggesting that
he'd continue to play the part

of the outraged man
who's lost a fortune?

There, you see?

There's one thing I don't see.

Why are you telling me all this?

Why do you think?

Well, the most obvious reason is
that you don't like your father too much.

You know we were
taught from childhood

to love and honor our
parents, Mr. McGarrett.

Strange way to love and honor.

Or perhaps, you weren't
a very good student.

On the contrary, I've always
been very quick to learn.

You can drop me
off on the next corner.

- How's this?
- Fine.

Thank you.

I'd sure like to take another
crack at the Wo Chings.

I don't think it
would do any good.

The Wo Chings take
an oath. They won't talk.

They also know that talking
won't buy them enough

to make it worthwhile.

You know, we've been taking the
wrong approach with those guys.

I know a way to shake them up.

Come on.

Well, if it isn't
the super heat.

Big and bad, and twice as sad.

Must be desperation time, huh?

Maybe for you, not for us.

Care to translate that, Curly?

He's telling you that
you're a free man.

- Huh? DUKE: That's right, Tony.

No strings attached.

We're giving you the
benefit of the doubt.

Maybe you really did
find that gun in a trash can.

And if you did, I'm just using the
taxpayers' money to protect you.

And I really can't justify that.

Protect me from what?

DUKE: You know who.

Chang Liu.

DANNY: That's right. He
knows you were in on the rip-off.

Maybe he'll have better luck
getting a confession out of you.

I'm not going no place.

Yeah, you are. You're
going back to the streets.

And if you're lucky, you'll
find a hole and crawl into it.

But when you come out,
Chang's men will be waiting.

Hey, man. I know my rights.

DANNY: Take him to processing.

- I want the prisoner released.
- Wait.

Okay, okay. I'll tell you
what you wanna know.

Planning on leaving?

Let go of me.

I'll let you go, as soon as you
tell me where the money is.

- I'll take you there in the morning.
- You take me there now.

Look, we can't make it by
dark, and the money's hidden.

I've arranged to
stay with a friend.

Someone we can trust.

We can both stay
there together tonight,

then leave in the morning.

Now, uh, let go of me, please?

Okay, let's get out of here.

Take the back.

Five-0. Open up.

Nothing. Her father
could have beat us here.

Look at this.

Part of a map.

Better alert Che right away.

Got it, Steve.

It looks like the area
around the old Kapunapu Mill.

Here.

Yeah, this X must mark the
location where the money is hidden.

It appears to be some
kind of cylindrical structure.

It sure does.

Okay, gentlemen, I'm betting
that the $4 million is right here.

But to make our case,

we've still got to nail Chang
or his people with possession.

Nice piece of work, Che.

Get some rest.

Get me the watch commander
at H.P.D., right away. Top priority.

Williams to McGarrett.
Williams to McGarrett.

McGarrett. Go ahead, Danno.

Suspect's car just
passed our checkpoint.

Very well, maintain at interval.

Don't move until
I give the word.

Ten-four.

Let's go.

Let's nail them.

[GRUNTS]

[WHISPERS] Chin, you guys.

Duke.

You know, Mr. Varna,

my one regret is that my
father will go down to his grave

without ever knowing what
happened to his precious money.

What a pity.

No, Lee Mei, no.

The pity is, I do know.

- You betrayed me.
- Mm-hm.

Yes, daughter.

In so doing, Mr. Varna
reaffirmed his loyalty to me.

But the money. He
wanted the money.

That was a ruse, my daughter.

Mr. Varna knew you would never
reveal the hiding place voluntarily,

so he waited,
incurring my wrath,

but knowing full well he'd
be amply rewarded later.

It saddens me deeply.

But you know what I must do.

You won't
understand this, father,

but more than anything, I wanted
to show you what I could do.

What I could be,

without you hovering over
me, pulling all the strings.

I've treated you
fairly, my love.

Oh, yes, but everything
was always by your rules.

I got sick of playing
your little games.

Sick of being treated like
some sort of ornament.

I will allow you to live, but first,
you must beg my forgiveness.

Never, father.

Do you hear me?

Never.

[HELICOPTER WHIRRING NEARBY]

Everyone, stay where you are.

Throw down your guns.
You're under arrest.

[GUNFIRE]

Hold it.

CHIN HO: Drop it.

Halt.

You wouldn't shoot.

Four people are
dead because of you.

[GUN COCKS]

Try me.

He's at ten o'clock, Chin.

About a hundred yards.

That's it, brother. Hold it.

Let's go.