Hawaii Five-O (1968–1980): Season 9, Episode 13 - Man in a Steel Frame - full transcript
McGarrett has been dating a fashion designer named Cathi Ryan. He receives an urgent telephone call from her one afternoon, and arrives at her house to find her apparently having just been ...
Cathi. Cathi.
LORD: This is Jack
Lord inviting you
to be with us next for
"Man in a Steel Frame."
It's regulation for bringing
in a murder suspect.
The shots were
fired from your gun.
But how, Danno? How? How
were they fired from my gun?
How much I look forward to
having McGarrett here with us
among so many
that he's imprisoned,
here where he'll die
a thousand deaths.
DANNY: If Yosh's story is
true, Steve will be off the hook
and we'll be able to prove
there was a gun switch.
The story had better hold up
or else the head of Hawaii
Five-0 is gonna wind up in prison.
I'm not sure anymore if Cathi
was already dead when I got there.
DANNY: According to doc, that's
the reason you were drugged,
to raise doubts in your mind.
McGARRETT: This is all
an interesting hypothesis.
Who's gonna believe you?
LORD: Next, "Steel
Frame." Be here, aloha.
McGARRETT: Cathi.
Cathi.
CHIT: It's regulation for
bringing in a murder suspect.
The shots were
fired from your gun.
But how, Danno? How?
How much I look forward to
having McGarrett here with us.
Here, where he'll die
a thousand deaths.
DANNY: If Yoshi's story is
true, Steve will be off the hook
and we'll be able to prove
there was a gun switch.
That story better hold up,
or else the head of Hawaii
Five-0 is gonna wind up in prison.
WOMAN: Here.
McGARRETT: Hey.
Good game, fellas.
DANNY: Thank you.
Hey, Yosh, you bandit,
you didn't tell me your
pupil was doing that well.
His game has been improving.
- Your game really is improving, Steve.
- Thank you, Danno.
Yosh, take a bow.
[PHONE RINGS]
- Phone call for you, Mr. McGarrett.
- Oh, thanks, Walt.
- Hello? CATHI [ON
PHONE]: Oh, Steve?
- Yeah. Hi, Cathi.
- I'm so glad I caught you.
Something's come up. I've
got to see you right away.
What's the problem?
I'll tell you when you get here.
Well, I was just heading
back to the office, Cathi.
- Uh, won't it wait until this evening?
- No. Please.
Please, could you
come now? It's important.
Okay, uh, I'll be out
in about 20 minutes.
Huh.
McGARRETT: Cathi?
Cathi?
[PARROT SQUAWKING]
Hey, Cathi.
Where are you, honey?
Cathi?
[GROANS]
McGARRETT: Cathi.
Oh, dear God.
Oh, God.
Cathi.
Cathi.
Operator.
Operator.
Operator.
Operator.
[GROANING]
Central. This is
McGarrett, Five-0.
Central, this is McGarrett,
Five-0. Come in please.
Central, will you
respond, please?
Oh, God.
Steve, somebody
already reported it.
Couldn't have been more
than two minutes ago.
Reported it?
How could they report it?
Are you sure it was
the same address?
FRANK: I'm positive.
- Who called it in?
Some guy who didn't
wanna leave his name.
Same old story, Steve. He
didn't wanna get involved.
All right, Frank.
You better alert the lab team
and also the medical examiner.
Tell them I'll meet
them back at the house.
Will do.
WOMAN [OVER PA]: Lavena West,
featuring the evening dress
in green chiffon and satin.
The print is of the Lawai
leaf, a Hawaiian fern.
And her dress is accessorized
by a neck scarf made of the same...
- Did you design that?
- Yes.
Pretty.
The dress or what's in it?
Both.
How long have you
been a dress designer?
Oh, too long.
But I would like to know
more about your line of work.
When John
introduced us last night,
he didn't tell me you
were a policeman.
Oh, a policeman only
in a manner of speaking.
What matter are you speaking?
Well, I'm in charge of a
special investigative unit
for the state of Hawaii.
Then you are a super cop.
Some cops are super
when you get to know them.
- I know you already, McGarrett.
- Oh?
I talked with John for nearly ten
minutes on the phone last night.
Result?
I know everything there is to
know about Steve McGarrett.
Must have had a pretty dull life
if you can get it all in ten minutes.
[CATHI CHUCKLES]
Now you have me at a
definite disadvantage.
Why?
Because you know
everything about me
and I know nothing about you,
except you're a very
successful fashion designer.
And you would like me
to fill in the blank spaces?
You mentioned married,
I noticed that you
don't wear rings.
Is there a reason?
May we order now?
I have to get back to work.
Sure.
Sure. What would you like?
CHIT: Steve. Steve.
Hello, Chit.
Victim's name is Cathi Ryan.
She was shot
twice at close range.
Did you find the body?
Yeah.
She had called me earlier.
When I got here,
that's how I found her.
Approximately
what time was that?
I left the tennis club at 3:40.
It took me about 20 minutes
to get here, just about 4.
Homicide didn't get
your call till 4:15. Why?
After finding Cathi's body,
somebody clipped me from behind.
When I came to,
that phone was
ripped out of the wall.
I tried to use it, I
couldn't get a dial tone.
I went out to my car,
and something happened
to that radio also.
So when you found
that both the telephone
and the radio were out of order,
you placed your call to
H.P.D. from a pay phone?
That's right.
I see.
Steve? Listen.
[SIGHS]
[DIAL TONE]
It can't be, I...
I couldn't get a dial tone.
You got hit on the head?
Ow.
Um...
Why don't you get a breath of
air and I'll take a look around.
Steve, I just heard about Cathi.
I'm so sorry. I
can't believe it.
Thanks for coming, Danno.
Something very
strange going on here.
I feel like I'm in a vise.
Are you all right?
Yeah, I just feel
a little groggy
from that blow on
the back of the head.
- Who's inside?
- Chit Matsuda.
Funny thing, I get the
feeling after talking to him
that he's got me pegged
as the prime suspect.
You are, Steve.
H.P.D. got a
description of the suspect
from an anonymous
telephone call.
It fits you perfectly.
The color of your car, make,
and partial on your license plates.
- What?
- Hi, Danny.
Steve, I've got something
I wanna show you.
- Do you recognize this?
- Sure, it's my watch.
I found it beneath
the body of the victim.
- You found it beneath Cathi's body?
- That's right, Steve.
My God.
- Steve, you sure you're all right?
- Oh, my God.
I feel kind of sick.
You may have a concussion.
Better let Doc have a look at you.
Put out a call on
Five-0 frequency
for Steve McGarrett to
contact H.P.D., Code 6.
OFFICER: Twenty-one to Central.
MAN [ON RADIO]:
Attention all Five-0 units.
Steve McGarrett to
contact H.P.D., Code 6.
Repeat. All Five-0 units, Steve
McGarrett to contact H.P.D., Code 6.
How could it be?
It appears your radio is no
longer out of order, Steve.
May I see your service revolver?
Would you agree it's
recently been fired?
Yeah.
Fired?
Shall I read you
your rights, Steve?
My rights?
No.
No, that won't be necessary.
These aren't necessary
either, Steve, but as you know,
it's regulation for bringing
in a murder suspect.
Any idea who posted my bail?
Don't look innocent, fellas.
You came up with 50,000
big ones, didn't you?
You went into hock
up to your ears.
Well, not quite that far,
Steve. Chin pitched in too.
I don't know what to say,
except thank you.
The frame was carefully
thought out and executed,
which means we're
dealing with a top pro.
It also means we've got a
long, uphill struggle ahead of us.
We'll find out who's behind it
if we have to turn over
every rock on this island.
- Yeah.
- The ballistic report came in, Steve.
The shots were
fired from your gun.
But how, Danno? How? How
were they fired from my gun?
Steve, I just came
from Doc's office.
He finished testing
those blood samples.
You guessed right.
You were drugged.
The question is why? Why?
The drug was hallucinogenic.
Doc says it was
administered to confuse you.
Now, your guilt or innocence
might depend on whether
or not you know for certain
the victim was already dead
when you arrived at the house.
- Do you know?
- No. I thought I did.
I'm more confused than ever.
Well, I have something, Steve.
Might not be very much,
but I've been putting an arm
on every contact I've ever
done business with on the street.
I got a name. It's
supposed to be connected.
- What is it?
- Boni Oro. Mean anything to you?
Other than "cowboy"
in Hawaiian, no.
Maybe it's a nickname.
Well, I'll try and run it down.
SECRETARY [ON INTERCOM]:
Telephone, Mr. Williams, line one.
Williams.
Steve, it's H.P.D.
We may have a break.
Yeah, go ahead.
Yeah.
Where?
Okay. Got it.
They traced the tread markings
on the tire tracks we
found near the beach house
to a military surplus
sale at Hickam Field.
The tires were sold at public
auction to a V.I.P. Rent-A-Car.
Hmm. That's a long shot, Danno.
- But we better look into it.
- I will.
Uh, Manicote wanted to
see me. I better go over.
Danno?
Thank you.
It's, uh, a clam dip.
- Did you make it?
- No.
Aloha Instant Foods.
CATHI: Well?
- Mm. Good.
Ha, ha. I bet you say
that to all of the cooks.
I might as well fess up. I
never was and never have been
a card-carrying member
of the Apple Pie sorority.
As a matter of fact,
boiling water is about the
extent of my culinary talents.
Cathi,
do you mind if I ask
you a personal question?
That all depends.
The period
before you came to
the islands a year ago,
that part of your life...
You never seem to
want to talk about it.
Is there a reason?
I suppose you have
the right to know.
After all, we've been
together for over two months.
I don't claim any rights, Cathi.
You have to want to tell me.
I do.
I had a husband and a child.
A little girl, Amy.
We, my husband, Frank,
and I, we had a sailboat.
Every Sunday we'd go sailing.
With both of us working it
was our one day together.
Our family day.
Amy adored sailing.
Cathi, if you'd rather not
talk about it, it's okay with me.
No, I have to.
It was windy,
and there were swells.
The boat capsized.
Amy was on the other
side of the boat from me.
I couldn't get to her in time.
[SOBBING] I watched
her drown, Steve.
I saw her die.
Poor girl.
What about your husband?
His body was never recovered.
The only true feeling I've
had since that day is self-pity.
Something to feed on.
Like an addiction I
haven't been able to kick.
I'll help you kick it, Cathi.
Will you?
Try me.
I can't ask for anything
more than that, can I?
- Hello, John.
- Dan.
- Sit down.
- Thank you.
Um...
I'm sorry about all
this mess with Steve.
If there's anything I can do
to help, don't hesitate to ask.
Thank you. I appreciate it.
I'll tell you the truth, I don't
know what sort of help I can be
given the overwhelming evidence.
He admits the means
and the opportunity,
but there's one very important
thing still missing: motive.
- He was seeing the girl.
- John, that's no secret.
Dan, I've gotta
be frank with you.
Perhaps more so than
I would be with Steve.
With that good citizen's
anonymous phone call
and all that evidence,
I don't know that a jury is
going to quibble over a motive.
What kind of good citizen
calls in a possible homicide
and doesn't even leave
his name and address?
It's happened before, people
who don't wanna get involved.
- You know that as well as I do.
- I don't buy it this time.
Where was this witness
that he could give an accurate
description of Steve and his car?
In Steve's pocket?
I have a half a dozen
men trying to locate him.
Well, you won't locate
him, John. You know why?
Because the only witness to
what happened in that cottage
is the real killer.
If we use two days
either side of the day Miss
Ryan was killed as our criteria,
we're talking
about a dozen cars.
What is the current disposition
of those 12 cars, Mr. Arnold?
Uh, four of them are
still on the premises.
- And the other eight?
- I'm afraid they've been re-rented.
Mr. Arnold, we'd like to
have a lab team come over
and check out the
four cars you have here.
All right.
In the meantime, I'd
like the local addresses
for the other eight cars
off the rental contracts.
I'm gonna try to have
H.P.D. run them down.
- Hello, Mr. McGarrett.
- Ah. Hello, Yoshi.
I heard about your
trouble. I'm sorry.
Thanks, Yosh. I appreciate that.
I hope everything
works all right for you.
Yeah, so do I.
Excuse me, I have
to give a lesson now.
McGARRETT: You're a ringer.
- You lost, McGarrett.
- Yeah, but I lost honorably.
I thought you said you
hadn't played in over a year?
What I didn't say is I used to be
top seeded on my college team.
- Well, I demand a rematch.
- You got it.
Have you decided about tonight?
- It's the concert.
- The concert?
I know you'd hope
I'd say the ballgame.
You bet I did.
Would you be willing to buy
me the biggest box of popcorn?
McGARRETT: Yeah, it's
blackmail, but, uh, you got it.
With or without butter?
CATHI: Butter, no salt.
Ha-ha-ha. McGARRETT: Ah.
Then it's the ball game, huh?
CATHI: It was all the
time. McGARRETT: Okay.
[CATHI CHUCKLES]
DANNY: Steve?
- Steve.
- Oh. Hi, Danno.
You come up with
anything on Paniola?
Yeah. Turns out to be a street
name for our old friend Sam Wailua,
Charlie Ing's top enforcer.
With Charlie
Ing still in prison,
you think Sammy
boy could still be loyal?
I'd bet on it. Trouble is, we
can't act on what we've got.
Why not?
Wailua's been in San
Francisco since last Friday.
- He's not due back until tomorrow.
- Which gives him an unshakable alibi.
Still gonna have him picked up
the minute he gets off that plane.
Good, Danno.
There's something...
Something's still
disturbing me though.
What's that?
When I go before the grand jury,
I have to be absolutely
certain in my own mind
what happened at Cathi's house.
When I think about it,
I find myself getting
more and more confused.
I'm not sure anymore
if Cathi was already
dead when I got there.
According to Doc, that's
the reason you were drugged.
To raise doubts in your mind.
Well, someone did
one hell of a good job.
I wanna go back to that
cottage, Danno, and reconstruct it.
Walk it again. Come
on back with me.
ING: So everything
went smoothly?
VAUGHN: Like silk. ING: Good.
- What about the money?
- Don't be impatient.
- We have an arrangement.
- And I haven't forgotten.
I'll let you know where
the money is hidden
as soon as I get word
from my outside associates
that McGarrett is
in that steel box.
Oh, man. Come on.
How many times do I have
to tell you guys? Top soil.
When do you want
me to come back?
When I send for you.
You can't know how
much I look forward
to having McGarrett
here with us.
Among so many
that he's imprisoned.
Here, where he'll die
a thousand deaths.
Not knowing which
day will be his last.
Now, I got here at 4:00, give
or take a minute either way.
According to Chit Matsuda,
the anonymous call from our
mystery man came in at 4:06.
Then that gave the killer
just about six minutes.
Now, I called to
Cathi from about here.
When she didn't respond,
I went up to her bedroom.
[INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE]
Steve, what about Cathi's phone
call to you at the tennis club?
It had to be made with someone
holding a gun to her head, Danno.
This is all an
interesting hypothesis.
- There's only one problem.
- What's that?
Who's gonna believe it?
DANNY: Che. CHE:
This is our baby, Danny.
We took soil samples
from the tire treads,
and it's identical to the
soil taken at the house.
- Same, uh, sulfur content?
- Right.
Also found traces on
the gas and brake pedals.
- What about the tire casts?
- Well, they match.
Although the right rear tread
casts aren't from a surplus tire.
Why would a rent-a-car company put
three surplus wheels on and not four?
Well, evidently, some
time prior to the killing,
our suspect must have had a
flat, because here's our fourth tire.
That explains your
strange set of tire casts.
Well, on the chance that he
might have fixed the flat himself,
I went over every
inch of this trunk.
And I pulled a couple of
beautiful prints from the jack.
- You put them on the
wire? CHE: Already done.
Good.
Now all we have to do
is find out who rented this
car the day of the killing.
You satisfied?
Completely.
My plane leaves
for Maui at 2:00.
The address is 112 Papulu Road.
Where exactly is
the money hidden?
ING: There's a false panel in the
back of the mirror in the bathroom.
It seems like an odd
place to deposit money.
Not when you consider
McGarrett's men were
closing in around us
when I made the deposit.
Good luck.
Good luck to you.
He's picking up some
money for me in Maui.
When he returns,
have him killed.
- Any forwarding address?
- Hmm, no.
[PHONE BUZZES]
Excuse me, please. Front desk.
Yeah, just a moment.
It's for you, Mr. Williams. Uh,
why don't you take it over there?
Thank you.
- Williams.
- We scored, Danny.
Washington says the
prints lifted from the jack
belong to a Malcolm
Vaughn out of Detroit.
Two arrests for suspicion of
homicide and no convictions.
Did you get a current
mug shot of Vaughn?
Copies have already been run off
and been distributed to all hotels,
restaurants, inter-island airlines
and auto rentals
on all the islands.
Nice going, Chin. Stick close
in case something comes up.
- I have just one more question.
- Yes?
Who made
Mr. Watson's reservation?
"Hawaiian Adventure for the
Aloha Construction Corporation."
Thanks.
Aloha Construction, huh?
President and chief
officer, Sam Wailua.
That makes two bad
marks for Sammy boy.
His plane is due in an hour.
Duke's waiting for him at the airport.
Hold it, Danno. Hold it.
That's it.
I just realized that there is a
place where my gun is accessible
at least two times a week.
In my locker at the tennis club.
Let's go.
Besides myself, there's one other
person that has access to the keys.
- Who's that?
- Yoshi.
Okay, Walt. Thank you.
Why, Yoshi?
- Why what?
- Why did you do it?
Why did you take
my gun from my locker
and replace it with
an identical model?
Who did you give my gun to?
Ha, ha, I don't know
what you're talking about.
Yoshi,
we've been friends for a long time,
and lying is not gonna help anything.
Now, my job and my
reputation are at stake.
I need some answers.
According to Walt,
you're the only other person
who had access to the keys.
Mr. McGarrett,
you gotta believe me when I tell
you I had no idea what they were up to.
"They"? Who are they?
It all happened so fast.
It was about a week ago.
I left the club and
went to get my car.
These two guys
were waiting for me.
They forced me to drive them to
one of the lookouts on Diamond Head.
They said they had my sister.
They threatened to
OD her on morphine
unless I did exactly
what they told me to.
And that was to
switch my gun, huh?
I'm sorry, Mr. McGarrett.
But what choice did I have?
None, I guess.
When was the last
time you saw your sister?
About two days
before the killing.
But later, I was
worried about Sachito,
so I contacted them and told
them I wanted to talk to her.
How did you contact them?
Like they told me to.
I placed an ad in the
classifieds of the Advertiser.
They met me at my
apartment the next day.
They placed the call
and I spoke to her.
They called from your apartment?
No.
From a phone booth
at Kapiolani Park.
Do you know exactly
where the booth is?
- Yes.
- Let's go, Danno.
You know better than to
operate as a cop when on bail,
and you know
better than to let him.
Let's get one thing clear, John.
Dan Williams is not to be
held responsible for anything...
That's not the point. You
shouldn't have done anything.
You might have had
your bail revoked.
What do you want me to do?
Stand by and have my life destroyed?
That's not the point. The point is, I
don't wanna be placed in a position
to have to defend your
actions to the press.
Would you like me to recant?
Save you and the state
a little embarrassment?
If Yoshi's story is true,
Steve will be off the hook
and we'll be able to prove
there was a gun switch.
The story had better hold up,
or else the head of Hawaii
Five-0 is gonna wind up in prison.
Here's your search warrant.
Let's all hope
that girl is there.
Freeze.
[SCREAMS AND CRIES]
Sachito.
Come here. We're
police officers.
We're police... We're police officers.
Everything's going to be all right.
[PANTING AND CRYING]
It's going to be all right now.
Steve, I just heard you made
it off the most-wanted list.
Yeah. With Yoshi's statement
and the help of some good friends.
Good to be back, Chin.
[PHONE BUZZES]
McGarrett.
Put him on, please.
Yes, Duke?
Good. Get him
over here right away.
Duke just picked up
Sam Wailua at the airport.
What's the beef, McGarrett?
I just got off a plane.
I've been off this
island for over a week.
So I understand.
Then make me understand
why you had me picked up.
Oh, you're gonna find out why.
Just a minute, pal. Just a minute.
I run a legitimate
construction company.
I pay taxes. I give to the poor.
I believe that you also
do some importing.
Importing of people who come
equipped with certain talents.
Like him.
You recognize him?
No. Why should I?
Because you made two
phone calls from your home here
to his place of
residence in Detroit.
- And what does that prove?
- That you just lied to me.
- Prove it.
- Yeah, I'll prove it.
I'll prove it.
The man you brought here
was a shooter, an assassin.
His name is Malcolm Vaughn.
He happened to kill a
lady that I was very fond of.
And I'm gonna burn you for it
if it's the last thing I do on earth.
Mark it down.
Bring him in, Danno.
Who built the frame, Sammy?
You've got exactly ten seconds
or you get hit with murder one.
Was it Charlie Ing?
Look, maybe we can
work out some kind of deal.
I don't make deals.
Was it Charlie Ing?
You've got five seconds.
I'd like to talk
to you privately.
Okay, McGarrett. Okay.
It was Charlie.
He said they couldn't
do anything to him.
I mean, he's
already serving life.
Yeah?
Well, transporting a killer across
a state line is a federal offense.
And I'm going after
a federal indictment.
I'm gonna have him transferred
to a prison on the mainland
where he won't be surrounded
by friends or be able to make deals.
Now, there's one more
thing I want from you.
The shooter,
Vaughn. Where is he?
Charlie has him holed up
in this place over on Maui.
- Barney.
- How's it going?
- All right?
- Danno.
- Are they in there?
- Well, as far as we know,
Vaughn and a local girl
are the only ones in there.
Okay.
[WHINES]
Quiet. Quiet.
Is Vaughn inside?
Is he alone?
Okay, take her.
Cover me.
[VAUGHN CHOKING AND YELLING]
VAUGHN: Get off! Okay!
DANNY: Take it easy, Steve.
Take it easy, you're gonna kill him!
Steve, take it easy. Take it
easy, you're gonna kill him!
Are you all right?
Yeah, I'm all right, Danno.
Let's go, Steve.
Let me help you.
LORD: This is Jack
Lord inviting you
to be with us next for
"Man in a Steel Frame."
It's regulation for bringing
in a murder suspect.
The shots were
fired from your gun.
But how, Danno? How? How
were they fired from my gun?
How much I look forward to
having McGarrett here with us
among so many
that he's imprisoned,
here where he'll die
a thousand deaths.
DANNY: If Yosh's story is
true, Steve will be off the hook
and we'll be able to prove
there was a gun switch.
The story had better hold up
or else the head of Hawaii
Five-0 is gonna wind up in prison.
I'm not sure anymore if Cathi
was already dead when I got there.
DANNY: According to doc, that's
the reason you were drugged,
to raise doubts in your mind.
McGARRETT: This is all
an interesting hypothesis.
Who's gonna believe you?
LORD: Next, "Steel
Frame." Be here, aloha.
McGARRETT: Cathi.
Cathi.
CHIT: It's regulation for
bringing in a murder suspect.
The shots were
fired from your gun.
But how, Danno? How?
How much I look forward to
having McGarrett here with us.
Here, where he'll die
a thousand deaths.
DANNY: If Yoshi's story is
true, Steve will be off the hook
and we'll be able to prove
there was a gun switch.
That story better hold up,
or else the head of Hawaii
Five-0 is gonna wind up in prison.
WOMAN: Here.
McGARRETT: Hey.
Good game, fellas.
DANNY: Thank you.
Hey, Yosh, you bandit,
you didn't tell me your
pupil was doing that well.
His game has been improving.
- Your game really is improving, Steve.
- Thank you, Danno.
Yosh, take a bow.
[PHONE RINGS]
- Phone call for you, Mr. McGarrett.
- Oh, thanks, Walt.
- Hello? CATHI [ON
PHONE]: Oh, Steve?
- Yeah. Hi, Cathi.
- I'm so glad I caught you.
Something's come up. I've
got to see you right away.
What's the problem?
I'll tell you when you get here.
Well, I was just heading
back to the office, Cathi.
- Uh, won't it wait until this evening?
- No. Please.
Please, could you
come now? It's important.
Okay, uh, I'll be out
in about 20 minutes.
Huh.
McGARRETT: Cathi?
Cathi?
[PARROT SQUAWKING]
Hey, Cathi.
Where are you, honey?
Cathi?
[GROANS]
McGARRETT: Cathi.
Oh, dear God.
Oh, God.
Cathi.
Cathi.
Operator.
Operator.
Operator.
Operator.
[GROANING]
Central. This is
McGarrett, Five-0.
Central, this is McGarrett,
Five-0. Come in please.
Central, will you
respond, please?
Oh, God.
Steve, somebody
already reported it.
Couldn't have been more
than two minutes ago.
Reported it?
How could they report it?
Are you sure it was
the same address?
FRANK: I'm positive.
- Who called it in?
Some guy who didn't
wanna leave his name.
Same old story, Steve. He
didn't wanna get involved.
All right, Frank.
You better alert the lab team
and also the medical examiner.
Tell them I'll meet
them back at the house.
Will do.
WOMAN [OVER PA]: Lavena West,
featuring the evening dress
in green chiffon and satin.
The print is of the Lawai
leaf, a Hawaiian fern.
And her dress is accessorized
by a neck scarf made of the same...
- Did you design that?
- Yes.
Pretty.
The dress or what's in it?
Both.
How long have you
been a dress designer?
Oh, too long.
But I would like to know
more about your line of work.
When John
introduced us last night,
he didn't tell me you
were a policeman.
Oh, a policeman only
in a manner of speaking.
What matter are you speaking?
Well, I'm in charge of a
special investigative unit
for the state of Hawaii.
Then you are a super cop.
Some cops are super
when you get to know them.
- I know you already, McGarrett.
- Oh?
I talked with John for nearly ten
minutes on the phone last night.
Result?
I know everything there is to
know about Steve McGarrett.
Must have had a pretty dull life
if you can get it all in ten minutes.
[CATHI CHUCKLES]
Now you have me at a
definite disadvantage.
Why?
Because you know
everything about me
and I know nothing about you,
except you're a very
successful fashion designer.
And you would like me
to fill in the blank spaces?
You mentioned married,
I noticed that you
don't wear rings.
Is there a reason?
May we order now?
I have to get back to work.
Sure.
Sure. What would you like?
CHIT: Steve. Steve.
Hello, Chit.
Victim's name is Cathi Ryan.
She was shot
twice at close range.
Did you find the body?
Yeah.
She had called me earlier.
When I got here,
that's how I found her.
Approximately
what time was that?
I left the tennis club at 3:40.
It took me about 20 minutes
to get here, just about 4.
Homicide didn't get
your call till 4:15. Why?
After finding Cathi's body,
somebody clipped me from behind.
When I came to,
that phone was
ripped out of the wall.
I tried to use it, I
couldn't get a dial tone.
I went out to my car,
and something happened
to that radio also.
So when you found
that both the telephone
and the radio were out of order,
you placed your call to
H.P.D. from a pay phone?
That's right.
I see.
Steve? Listen.
[SIGHS]
[DIAL TONE]
It can't be, I...
I couldn't get a dial tone.
You got hit on the head?
Ow.
Um...
Why don't you get a breath of
air and I'll take a look around.
Steve, I just heard about Cathi.
I'm so sorry. I
can't believe it.
Thanks for coming, Danno.
Something very
strange going on here.
I feel like I'm in a vise.
Are you all right?
Yeah, I just feel
a little groggy
from that blow on
the back of the head.
- Who's inside?
- Chit Matsuda.
Funny thing, I get the
feeling after talking to him
that he's got me pegged
as the prime suspect.
You are, Steve.
H.P.D. got a
description of the suspect
from an anonymous
telephone call.
It fits you perfectly.
The color of your car, make,
and partial on your license plates.
- What?
- Hi, Danny.
Steve, I've got something
I wanna show you.
- Do you recognize this?
- Sure, it's my watch.
I found it beneath
the body of the victim.
- You found it beneath Cathi's body?
- That's right, Steve.
My God.
- Steve, you sure you're all right?
- Oh, my God.
I feel kind of sick.
You may have a concussion.
Better let Doc have a look at you.
Put out a call on
Five-0 frequency
for Steve McGarrett to
contact H.P.D., Code 6.
OFFICER: Twenty-one to Central.
MAN [ON RADIO]:
Attention all Five-0 units.
Steve McGarrett to
contact H.P.D., Code 6.
Repeat. All Five-0 units, Steve
McGarrett to contact H.P.D., Code 6.
How could it be?
It appears your radio is no
longer out of order, Steve.
May I see your service revolver?
Would you agree it's
recently been fired?
Yeah.
Fired?
Shall I read you
your rights, Steve?
My rights?
No.
No, that won't be necessary.
These aren't necessary
either, Steve, but as you know,
it's regulation for bringing
in a murder suspect.
Any idea who posted my bail?
Don't look innocent, fellas.
You came up with 50,000
big ones, didn't you?
You went into hock
up to your ears.
Well, not quite that far,
Steve. Chin pitched in too.
I don't know what to say,
except thank you.
The frame was carefully
thought out and executed,
which means we're
dealing with a top pro.
It also means we've got a
long, uphill struggle ahead of us.
We'll find out who's behind it
if we have to turn over
every rock on this island.
- Yeah.
- The ballistic report came in, Steve.
The shots were
fired from your gun.
But how, Danno? How? How
were they fired from my gun?
Steve, I just came
from Doc's office.
He finished testing
those blood samples.
You guessed right.
You were drugged.
The question is why? Why?
The drug was hallucinogenic.
Doc says it was
administered to confuse you.
Now, your guilt or innocence
might depend on whether
or not you know for certain
the victim was already dead
when you arrived at the house.
- Do you know?
- No. I thought I did.
I'm more confused than ever.
Well, I have something, Steve.
Might not be very much,
but I've been putting an arm
on every contact I've ever
done business with on the street.
I got a name. It's
supposed to be connected.
- What is it?
- Boni Oro. Mean anything to you?
Other than "cowboy"
in Hawaiian, no.
Maybe it's a nickname.
Well, I'll try and run it down.
SECRETARY [ON INTERCOM]:
Telephone, Mr. Williams, line one.
Williams.
Steve, it's H.P.D.
We may have a break.
Yeah, go ahead.
Yeah.
Where?
Okay. Got it.
They traced the tread markings
on the tire tracks we
found near the beach house
to a military surplus
sale at Hickam Field.
The tires were sold at public
auction to a V.I.P. Rent-A-Car.
Hmm. That's a long shot, Danno.
- But we better look into it.
- I will.
Uh, Manicote wanted to
see me. I better go over.
Danno?
Thank you.
It's, uh, a clam dip.
- Did you make it?
- No.
Aloha Instant Foods.
CATHI: Well?
- Mm. Good.
Ha, ha. I bet you say
that to all of the cooks.
I might as well fess up. I
never was and never have been
a card-carrying member
of the Apple Pie sorority.
As a matter of fact,
boiling water is about the
extent of my culinary talents.
Cathi,
do you mind if I ask
you a personal question?
That all depends.
The period
before you came to
the islands a year ago,
that part of your life...
You never seem to
want to talk about it.
Is there a reason?
I suppose you have
the right to know.
After all, we've been
together for over two months.
I don't claim any rights, Cathi.
You have to want to tell me.
I do.
I had a husband and a child.
A little girl, Amy.
We, my husband, Frank,
and I, we had a sailboat.
Every Sunday we'd go sailing.
With both of us working it
was our one day together.
Our family day.
Amy adored sailing.
Cathi, if you'd rather not
talk about it, it's okay with me.
No, I have to.
It was windy,
and there were swells.
The boat capsized.
Amy was on the other
side of the boat from me.
I couldn't get to her in time.
[SOBBING] I watched
her drown, Steve.
I saw her die.
Poor girl.
What about your husband?
His body was never recovered.
The only true feeling I've
had since that day is self-pity.
Something to feed on.
Like an addiction I
haven't been able to kick.
I'll help you kick it, Cathi.
Will you?
Try me.
I can't ask for anything
more than that, can I?
- Hello, John.
- Dan.
- Sit down.
- Thank you.
Um...
I'm sorry about all
this mess with Steve.
If there's anything I can do
to help, don't hesitate to ask.
Thank you. I appreciate it.
I'll tell you the truth, I don't
know what sort of help I can be
given the overwhelming evidence.
He admits the means
and the opportunity,
but there's one very important
thing still missing: motive.
- He was seeing the girl.
- John, that's no secret.
Dan, I've gotta
be frank with you.
Perhaps more so than
I would be with Steve.
With that good citizen's
anonymous phone call
and all that evidence,
I don't know that a jury is
going to quibble over a motive.
What kind of good citizen
calls in a possible homicide
and doesn't even leave
his name and address?
It's happened before, people
who don't wanna get involved.
- You know that as well as I do.
- I don't buy it this time.
Where was this witness
that he could give an accurate
description of Steve and his car?
In Steve's pocket?
I have a half a dozen
men trying to locate him.
Well, you won't locate
him, John. You know why?
Because the only witness to
what happened in that cottage
is the real killer.
If we use two days
either side of the day Miss
Ryan was killed as our criteria,
we're talking
about a dozen cars.
What is the current disposition
of those 12 cars, Mr. Arnold?
Uh, four of them are
still on the premises.
- And the other eight?
- I'm afraid they've been re-rented.
Mr. Arnold, we'd like to
have a lab team come over
and check out the
four cars you have here.
All right.
In the meantime, I'd
like the local addresses
for the other eight cars
off the rental contracts.
I'm gonna try to have
H.P.D. run them down.
- Hello, Mr. McGarrett.
- Ah. Hello, Yoshi.
I heard about your
trouble. I'm sorry.
Thanks, Yosh. I appreciate that.
I hope everything
works all right for you.
Yeah, so do I.
Excuse me, I have
to give a lesson now.
McGARRETT: You're a ringer.
- You lost, McGarrett.
- Yeah, but I lost honorably.
I thought you said you
hadn't played in over a year?
What I didn't say is I used to be
top seeded on my college team.
- Well, I demand a rematch.
- You got it.
Have you decided about tonight?
- It's the concert.
- The concert?
I know you'd hope
I'd say the ballgame.
You bet I did.
Would you be willing to buy
me the biggest box of popcorn?
McGARRETT: Yeah, it's
blackmail, but, uh, you got it.
With or without butter?
CATHI: Butter, no salt.
Ha-ha-ha. McGARRETT: Ah.
Then it's the ball game, huh?
CATHI: It was all the
time. McGARRETT: Okay.
[CATHI CHUCKLES]
DANNY: Steve?
- Steve.
- Oh. Hi, Danno.
You come up with
anything on Paniola?
Yeah. Turns out to be a street
name for our old friend Sam Wailua,
Charlie Ing's top enforcer.
With Charlie
Ing still in prison,
you think Sammy
boy could still be loyal?
I'd bet on it. Trouble is, we
can't act on what we've got.
Why not?
Wailua's been in San
Francisco since last Friday.
- He's not due back until tomorrow.
- Which gives him an unshakable alibi.
Still gonna have him picked up
the minute he gets off that plane.
Good, Danno.
There's something...
Something's still
disturbing me though.
What's that?
When I go before the grand jury,
I have to be absolutely
certain in my own mind
what happened at Cathi's house.
When I think about it,
I find myself getting
more and more confused.
I'm not sure anymore
if Cathi was already
dead when I got there.
According to Doc, that's
the reason you were drugged.
To raise doubts in your mind.
Well, someone did
one hell of a good job.
I wanna go back to that
cottage, Danno, and reconstruct it.
Walk it again. Come
on back with me.
ING: So everything
went smoothly?
VAUGHN: Like silk. ING: Good.
- What about the money?
- Don't be impatient.
- We have an arrangement.
- And I haven't forgotten.
I'll let you know where
the money is hidden
as soon as I get word
from my outside associates
that McGarrett is
in that steel box.
Oh, man. Come on.
How many times do I have
to tell you guys? Top soil.
When do you want
me to come back?
When I send for you.
You can't know how
much I look forward
to having McGarrett
here with us.
Among so many
that he's imprisoned.
Here, where he'll die
a thousand deaths.
Not knowing which
day will be his last.
Now, I got here at 4:00, give
or take a minute either way.
According to Chit Matsuda,
the anonymous call from our
mystery man came in at 4:06.
Then that gave the killer
just about six minutes.
Now, I called to
Cathi from about here.
When she didn't respond,
I went up to her bedroom.
[INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE]
Steve, what about Cathi's phone
call to you at the tennis club?
It had to be made with someone
holding a gun to her head, Danno.
This is all an
interesting hypothesis.
- There's only one problem.
- What's that?
Who's gonna believe it?
DANNY: Che. CHE:
This is our baby, Danny.
We took soil samples
from the tire treads,
and it's identical to the
soil taken at the house.
- Same, uh, sulfur content?
- Right.
Also found traces on
the gas and brake pedals.
- What about the tire casts?
- Well, they match.
Although the right rear tread
casts aren't from a surplus tire.
Why would a rent-a-car company put
three surplus wheels on and not four?
Well, evidently, some
time prior to the killing,
our suspect must have had a
flat, because here's our fourth tire.
That explains your
strange set of tire casts.
Well, on the chance that he
might have fixed the flat himself,
I went over every
inch of this trunk.
And I pulled a couple of
beautiful prints from the jack.
- You put them on the
wire? CHE: Already done.
Good.
Now all we have to do
is find out who rented this
car the day of the killing.
You satisfied?
Completely.
My plane leaves
for Maui at 2:00.
The address is 112 Papulu Road.
Where exactly is
the money hidden?
ING: There's a false panel in the
back of the mirror in the bathroom.
It seems like an odd
place to deposit money.
Not when you consider
McGarrett's men were
closing in around us
when I made the deposit.
Good luck.
Good luck to you.
He's picking up some
money for me in Maui.
When he returns,
have him killed.
- Any forwarding address?
- Hmm, no.
[PHONE BUZZES]
Excuse me, please. Front desk.
Yeah, just a moment.
It's for you, Mr. Williams. Uh,
why don't you take it over there?
Thank you.
- Williams.
- We scored, Danny.
Washington says the
prints lifted from the jack
belong to a Malcolm
Vaughn out of Detroit.
Two arrests for suspicion of
homicide and no convictions.
Did you get a current
mug shot of Vaughn?
Copies have already been run off
and been distributed to all hotels,
restaurants, inter-island airlines
and auto rentals
on all the islands.
Nice going, Chin. Stick close
in case something comes up.
- I have just one more question.
- Yes?
Who made
Mr. Watson's reservation?
"Hawaiian Adventure for the
Aloha Construction Corporation."
Thanks.
Aloha Construction, huh?
President and chief
officer, Sam Wailua.
That makes two bad
marks for Sammy boy.
His plane is due in an hour.
Duke's waiting for him at the airport.
Hold it, Danno. Hold it.
That's it.
I just realized that there is a
place where my gun is accessible
at least two times a week.
In my locker at the tennis club.
Let's go.
Besides myself, there's one other
person that has access to the keys.
- Who's that?
- Yoshi.
Okay, Walt. Thank you.
Why, Yoshi?
- Why what?
- Why did you do it?
Why did you take
my gun from my locker
and replace it with
an identical model?
Who did you give my gun to?
Ha, ha, I don't know
what you're talking about.
Yoshi,
we've been friends for a long time,
and lying is not gonna help anything.
Now, my job and my
reputation are at stake.
I need some answers.
According to Walt,
you're the only other person
who had access to the keys.
Mr. McGarrett,
you gotta believe me when I tell
you I had no idea what they were up to.
"They"? Who are they?
It all happened so fast.
It was about a week ago.
I left the club and
went to get my car.
These two guys
were waiting for me.
They forced me to drive them to
one of the lookouts on Diamond Head.
They said they had my sister.
They threatened to
OD her on morphine
unless I did exactly
what they told me to.
And that was to
switch my gun, huh?
I'm sorry, Mr. McGarrett.
But what choice did I have?
None, I guess.
When was the last
time you saw your sister?
About two days
before the killing.
But later, I was
worried about Sachito,
so I contacted them and told
them I wanted to talk to her.
How did you contact them?
Like they told me to.
I placed an ad in the
classifieds of the Advertiser.
They met me at my
apartment the next day.
They placed the call
and I spoke to her.
They called from your apartment?
No.
From a phone booth
at Kapiolani Park.
Do you know exactly
where the booth is?
- Yes.
- Let's go, Danno.
You know better than to
operate as a cop when on bail,
and you know
better than to let him.
Let's get one thing clear, John.
Dan Williams is not to be
held responsible for anything...
That's not the point. You
shouldn't have done anything.
You might have had
your bail revoked.
What do you want me to do?
Stand by and have my life destroyed?
That's not the point. The point is, I
don't wanna be placed in a position
to have to defend your
actions to the press.
Would you like me to recant?
Save you and the state
a little embarrassment?
If Yoshi's story is true,
Steve will be off the hook
and we'll be able to prove
there was a gun switch.
The story had better hold up,
or else the head of Hawaii
Five-0 is gonna wind up in prison.
Here's your search warrant.
Let's all hope
that girl is there.
Freeze.
[SCREAMS AND CRIES]
Sachito.
Come here. We're
police officers.
We're police... We're police officers.
Everything's going to be all right.
[PANTING AND CRYING]
It's going to be all right now.
Steve, I just heard you made
it off the most-wanted list.
Yeah. With Yoshi's statement
and the help of some good friends.
Good to be back, Chin.
[PHONE BUZZES]
McGarrett.
Put him on, please.
Yes, Duke?
Good. Get him
over here right away.
Duke just picked up
Sam Wailua at the airport.
What's the beef, McGarrett?
I just got off a plane.
I've been off this
island for over a week.
So I understand.
Then make me understand
why you had me picked up.
Oh, you're gonna find out why.
Just a minute, pal. Just a minute.
I run a legitimate
construction company.
I pay taxes. I give to the poor.
I believe that you also
do some importing.
Importing of people who come
equipped with certain talents.
Like him.
You recognize him?
No. Why should I?
Because you made two
phone calls from your home here
to his place of
residence in Detroit.
- And what does that prove?
- That you just lied to me.
- Prove it.
- Yeah, I'll prove it.
I'll prove it.
The man you brought here
was a shooter, an assassin.
His name is Malcolm Vaughn.
He happened to kill a
lady that I was very fond of.
And I'm gonna burn you for it
if it's the last thing I do on earth.
Mark it down.
Bring him in, Danno.
Who built the frame, Sammy?
You've got exactly ten seconds
or you get hit with murder one.
Was it Charlie Ing?
Look, maybe we can
work out some kind of deal.
I don't make deals.
Was it Charlie Ing?
You've got five seconds.
I'd like to talk
to you privately.
Okay, McGarrett. Okay.
It was Charlie.
He said they couldn't
do anything to him.
I mean, he's
already serving life.
Yeah?
Well, transporting a killer across
a state line is a federal offense.
And I'm going after
a federal indictment.
I'm gonna have him transferred
to a prison on the mainland
where he won't be surrounded
by friends or be able to make deals.
Now, there's one more
thing I want from you.
The shooter,
Vaughn. Where is he?
Charlie has him holed up
in this place over on Maui.
- Barney.
- How's it going?
- All right?
- Danno.
- Are they in there?
- Well, as far as we know,
Vaughn and a local girl
are the only ones in there.
Okay.
[WHINES]
Quiet. Quiet.
Is Vaughn inside?
Is he alone?
Okay, take her.
Cover me.
[VAUGHN CHOKING AND YELLING]
VAUGHN: Get off! Okay!
DANNY: Take it easy, Steve.
Take it easy, you're gonna kill him!
Steve, take it easy. Take it
easy, you're gonna kill him!
Are you all right?
Yeah, I'm all right, Danno.
Let's go, Steve.
Let me help you.