Hawaii Five-O (1968–1980): Season 9, Episode 20 - To Kill a Mind - full transcript
A year after a Soviet submarine was sunk near Hawaii, pieces of what appear to be key components of the sub's computer begin washing ashore. McGarrett suspects that devices have been planted to sabotage other parts of the sub's computer that were already in the hands of the U.S. government - but cantankerous scientist Grant Ormsbee insists upon going ahead with testing of the components despite McGarett's concerns.
What?
LORD: This is Jack Lord inviting you
to be with us next for "To Kill a Mind."
MAN: Parts of that Russian
spy sub that went down, huh?
What do you make
of it, commander?
That Russian sub went
down almost a year ago.
Crosscurrents.
An upheaval on the
ocean floor maybe.
Margaret, they
said they'll kill me.
What did you do to David?
You have one value
for us, Dr. Hammond.
Because of your position
as an oceanographer
working on the United
States government project,
we want you to use that position
and your security clearance.
They drifted separately, they
washed ashore miles apart
But, doctor, is this consistent
with current patterns?
- Yes.
- Are you absolutely satisfied?
- Absolutely. McGARRETT:
Well, I'm not satisfied.
It's all too neat,
too convenient.
The key device turns
up just when we need it.
Recognize this?
It's a government-issued tarp.
We traced the serial
numbers to you.
You're quite positive it is
McGarrett? Then kill him.
LORD: Next, "To Kill a Mind."
Be here, aloha.
What do you make
of it, commander?
That Russian sub went
down almost a year ago.
You have one value
for us, Dr. Hammond.
Because of your position
as an oceanographer,
working on a United
States government project,
we want you to use that position
and your security clearance.
It's all too neat,
too convenient.
The key device turns
up just when we need it.
Recognize this?
We traced the serial
numbers to you.
You're quite positive
it is McGarrett?
MAN 1 [OVER PHONE]: Absolutely.
MAN 2 [OVER
PHONE]: Then kill him.
Two-seven Victor, Adam
to March Leader, over.
This is March Leader, go ahead.
We're at the launch point.
Have you tested the current?
We're doing so now.
The current is
onshore and strong.
Excellent.
Then by all means
release the articles.
If our calculations are correct, they
should be on the beach by tomorrow.
How about a ride, Davey?
You're his roommate,
Cathy. Not his owner.
[MELISSA CHUCKLES]
[CHEERS]
That was terrific.
- What was that for?
- Just give me a break, David.
Come on, Cathy honey, really.
I'm gonna go home
and do just that.
Are you coming or not?
Oh, when I'm ready.
Okay, you're not.
[ENGINE STARTS]
Cath?
Cath.
Cath.
- Hi, hello.
- Are you David Hammond?
- Yeah, what?
- Come along with us, huh?
- Come along.
- What, what?
Hey, what's going on
here? What's going on?
I don't understand.
Hey, look what I found.
Commander, what have we got?
So far we've recovered
debris washed up here.
Point Kaena, a
couple of other places.
This is what got us started.
Parts of that Russian spy
sub that went down, huh?
Seems there's
little doubt about it.
Who found it?
A local girl.
Her name's Melissa Carter.
What do you make
of it, commander?
That Russian sub went
down almost a year ago.
Hard to say.
Crosscurrents.
An upheaval on the
ocean floor, maybe.
In one of those intelligence reports
I got, I think I remember reading
that the Navy recovered
approximately half that submarine?
The rest of it is
still down there?
Correct.
That's why I'd appreciate
the cooperation of your office
in locating any other parts
of her that might wash ashore.
I can't even place a
value on their importance.
You've got it.
Steve?
Uh, the Navy would like
to keep this under wraps.
Positively.
One thing that still
bothers me, though.
Why did all the this stuff wash
up now almost a year later?
[SCREAMS]
Yes, sir, it went well.
- Good, put her on.
- All right.
Dr. Hammond, it's your brother.
Margaret? It's me, David.
Some men grabbed
me and I don't know why.
Are you ready to listen?
[GASPING]
[CLEARS THROAT]
What do you want?
Where is Davey?
Listen.
You have one value
for us, Dr. Hammond.
Because of your position
as an oceanographer,
working on a United
States government project,
we want you to use that position
and your security clearance
precisely as we instruct you.
What do you mean?
Just that you have access
to a certain restricted area of beach
near the government research facility.
An area inaccessible to us.
There's something we
need deposited there.
Are you crazy? I won't do it.
[SIGHS]
Put young David on again.
MARGARET [OVER PHONE]: I won't.
- Talk.
Margaret, they
say they'll kill me.
What did you do to David?
Not much. Yet.
It's all up to you, Dr. Hammond.
Dr. Hammond.
MAN: Dr. Hammond.
Didn't have you on the log.
I didn't know you were
going this morning.
Well, you know how impulsive
we liberated women are.
Yes, ma'am.
She's made it past security.
She's on her way
now to the drop point.
Good.
She's gratifyingly obedient.
When it's done, we shall
commence phase two.
Good morning, David.
What do you want?
I just came to tell
you that your sister,
the remarkably
intelligent Dr. Hammond
is being quite cooperative.
A rare combination,
I cherish it.
What's Margaret doing?
What are you gonna do to me?
Care for you, David.
To ensure your sister's
ongoing obedience.
Come here, please.
In the event she requires
further reassurance,
some sentimental token.
Oh.
Arthur Hammond. Your father?
In my professional opinion, yes.
It's quite possible that
this object floated in
from somewhere
off the Kaena Point.
May I ask what it is?
[HORN HONKING]
MILLER: Oh, we have
an expert on the way.
Good morning, McGarrett.
McGARRETT: Doctor.
That's fantastic.
It's an incredibly
fortunate discovery.
If you will excuse us, please.
McGarrett, Commander Miller.
What do you think,
Dr. Ormsbee? What is it?
That object is unquestionably the
computer disengage mechanism
from off the sunken submarine.
I've isolated the
sub's computer bank.
But for almost a year now
her secrets have eluded me.
But now, gentlemen, now...
Are you saying that
all the information
that sub accumulated in
the years she was at sea,
might still be intact?
Why not? Why not?
The casing is waterproof.
Commander, I want you to
make a search of this entire area
in case any other auxiliary
equipment might have turned up.
MILLER: Very well.
McGarrett.
I want you to assign every
available man you have to this project.
I want you to check out
all these other beaches.
I want you to form
search parties.
Doctor, I've already sent out
a general bulletin, top priority.
If any other units turn
up, we'll be on top of it.
Now, would you
like to meet this lady?
Dr. Margaret Hammond,
Dr. Grant Ormsbee.
Dr. Hammond is our
chief of oceanography.
Hammond?
Oh, yes, section B, I read your
paper on the ecology of phytoplankton.
- Quite lucid.
- Thank you.
Dr. Hammond, we're very hopeful
that certain other items of
interest may have washed ashore.
I trust you're familiar with
the local current patterns.
Oh, yes, I am, doctor.
Good, I wanna have you assigned
to my section on a temporary basis.
Commander, see to that please?
If you'll have Dr. Hammond
assigned to my section?
You take this disengage unit,
place it in my jeep, carefully.
Carefully, commander.
McGARRETT: Commander?
I want this device
placed under armed guard
and brought to
Dr. Ormsbee's laboratory.
No, no, no, McGarrett,
that's not necessary.
I'm afraid it is, doctor.
Dr. Ormsbee, it's going to be
a privilege working with you.
[GASPS]
Dr. Hammond, I wonder if
you'd mind coming along with us.
Oh, no, no, no, your brother would
not want you to cause any trouble.
DAVID: Margaret.
Margaret.
[GRUNTS]
[DOOR SLAMS]
[RATTLING]
Good evening, Dr. Hammond.
Who are you?
Where's David?
Nearby.
Safe, well.
He will remain safe and well as long
as you continue to cooperate with us.
I did what you asked. I released
that, um, computer device.
Yes. I'm appreciative.
And now, I understand you'll be
working with Dr. Grant Ormsbee.
That also suits my purpose.
You'll be in a position to observe
his progress with the device.
And if necessary,
you will help him.
As I direct.
Your brother is an innocent boy.
He has probably never
known extreme pain or loss.
All right.
But, um, there's a police
officer, his name is McGarrett.
He's investigating
this thing, I...
I can't do anything to
make him suspicious.
McGarrett? Yes.
I suppose his
intervention was inevitable.
No, Dr. Hammond, try
not to make him suspicious.
But if he begins to inquire too
closely as to the origin of the object,
you will notify me.
And if necessary,
we will kill him.
Yeah, sure, we can
dive off by the Point.
Lots of current there, but, uh,
yeah, my boys can handle it.
So you're looking for
the rest of that stuff?
Yeah, that and anything else
interesting that might turn up.
We figure what didn't drift ashore
might be just as useful as what did.
Good luck, Pete.
PETE: Cast off.
We'll be diving about ten
minutes, so suit up, okay?
Hi, Margaret.
Cathy, what are you doing here?
I wanted to talk to you. It's...
It's that I'm really
worried about David.
We had kind of a fight
a couple of days ago,
and he hasn't come
back to the apartment.
You know how
irresponsible David can be.
CATHY: Margaret.
I know you don't
like me a whole lot.
And I know you don't
like my living with David.
But I love him, and
I'm worried about him.
Of course I like you, Cathy.
It's simply that I don't think
there's any reason to be concerned.
Maybe if you did know,
you wouldn't tell me.
But I don't know.
I'm sorry, I can't help you.
I'm sorry.
McGarrett, Hawaii Five-0.
- Terminal three.
- Terminal three.
- Four point four volts.
- Four point four volts.
ORMSBEE: Frequency, 50-K.
- Terminal five.
TECH: Terminal five.
- Four point three volts.
- Four point three volts.
Frequency 50-K.
Frequency 50-K.
McGarrett, I'm glad
you could make it.
Now, tell me, are you the ones
that ordered that underwater search
right off my facility?
- Yes.
- Why?
Well, I wanted to locate other
units of the sub's computer complex.
We know the sub went
down right of Kaena Point.
Yes, we do.
So let's just say I'm,
uh, checking out a theory.
I can read your mind, McGarrett.
No theory, it's a fantasy.
Now, speaking as an expert,
and I underline that word "expert,"
I've examined the entire unit.
A, it's the same design, same
construction as the submarine.
B, it's compatible with
computer electronic systems.
Well, then you shouldn't
object if I continue the search.
Will you tell me exactly
what you hope to find?
I won't know until
I find it, doctor.
Are you aware that you're giving
Navy Intelligence a case of the hives?
Are you aware that Commander
Miller is hovering over my lab
like a one-man anxiety attack?
McGARRETT: Well, I
can't blame him for that.
The sub was brought up
by the Navy, it's their baby.
Now, I'll have my search
completed within a week.
You can sit tight until then.
ORMSBEE: No.
No.
I'm not making any
time commitments.
I'm gonna go on this when
I think conditions are right.
Hi.
Hi, I'm Sergeant
Mirataki. Can I help you?
Well, my name is Cathy Doar.
And I'd like to report
kind of a missing person.
Well, what kind?
My boyfriend, David Hammond.
He's been gone
for over two days.
I mean, we live together,
and he hasn't come home.
Have you...?
Were there any people found?
Why don't you give
me a description.
He's 22. He's 5'8".
Sandy, blond, curly hair.
Um...
A hundred and 30 pounds.
No.
Nobody found fitting
that description.
Miss Doar, uh, Cathy...
You two have a fight?
How'd you know?
I'm a mind reader.
Look, I'll put out a bulletin.
But you know something? I think
he's out somewhere cooling off.
You know what I mean?
Uh...
If he doesn't show in a day or
so, you come back and see me.
- Okay?
- Okay.
Meanwhile, uh, if we find him, we'll
send your wanderer home to you.
Thanks.
DANNY: Hello. I understand one of
you found a piece of electronic gear.
Yeah, that's right.
Washed up here this morning.
- I planted the device with the police.
- Good.
While I was hanging around the
beach, I picked up on something.
A girl named Cathy Doar
could present a problem.
Now, she's been going around
asking about her missing boyfriend.
David Hammond.
Did you secure the girl's
telephone number, address?
Absolutely.
Then you will see that
the problem is resolved?
Without question.
- It fits like a glove.
- Exactly.
This washed up on Maili Beach?
That's right, doctor.
Uh, clearly, it was detached
from the storage disengage unit.
They drifted separately, they
washed ashore miles apart.
Now, doctor, is this consistent
with current patterns?
Yes.
Are you absolutely satisfied?
Absolutely.
Good.
Well, I'm not satisfied.
Not yet anyway.
It's all too neat,
too convenient.
The key device turns
up just when we need it.
Doctor, is there any
possibility, any chance,
that using this disengage unit could
destroy the computer's memory bank?
- Wipe it clean?
- So that's what your theory's all about.
All right, McGarrett, to
answer your question,
there is virtually no chance that
it will erase the memory bank.
But what if Steve is right?
Aren't you running a great risk?
No, because I intend to
test this unit exhaustively.
Transistor, by
circuit, by diode.
I will not take any chances.
But unless we use this
device, it's a virtual certainty,
we're gonna lose some, if not
all, of the computer's information.
Okay.
Go ahead, doctor.
Thank you, commander.
But I've already begun.
It's my hope that I'm gonna be able
to engage the device within 24 hours.
Can I have iced tea, please?
LARSEN: Hi.
- Hi.
- You Cathy Doar?
- Yeah.
You don't know me but
I got a message for you
from a guy named Dave Hammond.
- Where is he?
- Hey, come on, nothing's that heavy.
He just wanted me to let you know
that he's kind of gotten his head together,
and that he'd
like to talk to you.
Now, he's gonna be at the
Makapuu Lookout about 3:00.
- Wants to know you can pick him up.
- Can I?
Thanks.
Sergeant Mirataki, please.
[PHONE RINGS]
Just a minute.
Sergeant Mirataki.
Hi. This is Cathy Doar.
I'm calling to say that
everything's okay now.
I've found him.
Wait, wait a minute.
Who found who?
Cathy.
Mm, mm. Cathy.
Right, right, right.
The girl with the
wandering boyfriend, right?
Yeah, you were right,
I just got a message,
and I'm gonna go right
now to pick Davey up.
Um, I guess you can
cancel the bulletin.
I'm sorry.
Hey, no trouble.
Look, I'm glad you found
him, or he found you, whatever.
Main thing is, it's a
happy ending, right?
Look. You know something?
You just made my day.
[SCREAMS]
OFFICER: Dead at the
scene. Catherine Doar.
I have her down
as a hit-and-run.
No witnesses, nothing
on the car that hit her.
DANNY: What did you find, Pete?
Tell me, Williams, is the stock
market going up tomorrow or down?
What are you talking about?
I'm gonna go with
your pick anytime.
Either you're pretty lucky,
or you got a second sight.
Look at what we came up with.
Is that a piece of
equipment off the sub?
Maybe that's what it's
supposed to look like.
But what's it doing in a
U.S. government work tarp?
PETE: Exactly.
Thanks, Mickey.
Hi, Mira, got anything for me?
Yeah, over at my desk.
Say, why the long face?
Uh, this kid...
Young girl, and she just
reported a missing person.
And she turns up DOA.
- Hit-and-run.
- Well, sorry to hear it.
Uh, these washed up on the
beach, turned in by a haole couple.
I don't think you'll find anything
there. Looks like junk to me.
Yeah, everything we've
turned up so far looks like junk.
And this is no exception.
But I guess I'll take it in.
You know, I wonder if
young David Hammond
would technically still be
considered a missing person
if the person who reported
him missing is no longer around.
- David Hammond?
- Yeah.
[KNOCKING ON TABLE]
- Hello.
- Hello.
Dr. Ormsbee should
be back any second.
It's you I came to see, doctor.
I have to ask your expert
opinion on something.
You're an oceanographer.
How did that storage disengage
unit get through those channel rocks,
off this installation
without damage?
How would I know?
Messages in bottles can be
carried thousands of miles,
or deposited back at your feet.
Tidal waves have been
known to lift swimmers 50 feet,
and deposit them
safely on a cliff.
Or demolish an entire town.
Ocean currents can be very
unpredictable, Mr. McGarrett.
Of course.
Let me ask you something else.
Why did that question
make you so uptight?
In the name of
Galileo, McGarrett.
I would appreciate your staying
away from my scientific staff.
Now, if you have a compulsion
to bully people, try me.
I have a feeling that this isn't
the time to ask a favor, doctor,
but will you postpone
connecting that disengage unit?
To the sub's computer bank?
McGarrett, the
longer I postpone this,
the greater the risk that
important data will deteriorate.
Perhaps even be destroyed.
Doctor, that's a
calculated risk.
I have good reason to
believe that that unit is a fake.
Now, if you will not
postpone your test...
I'm afraid that I'll have to go
over Commander Miller's head
to the chief of Naval
Intelligence in Washington, D.C.
And I think I should
warn you about that.
Why, I see, McGarrett.
I think I should tell you that I've already
talked to Washington this morning,
and I've been
given total authority.
Total, which means
that I only talk to God.
Now, the test is gonna
commence in exactly three hours.
You, of course, are
welcome to attend.
Always a pleasure, McGarrett.
- Malia? MALIA [OVER
SPEAKER]: Yes, sir.
Get me Admiral Tennant
in Washington, please.
- Right away.
- Yeah, Chin, what do you got?
I was down at H.P.D.
picking up some more debris
that washed up on
the beach, Steve.
I saw a missing persons report
there on a David Hammond.
I was curious, so
I checked it out.
It seems that David is
Dr. Hammond's kid brother.
- And he's missing?
- Yeah.
Chin, that's strange, why wouldn't
she have mentioned it to us?
Chin, this could explain
something that's troubling me.
Dr. Margaret Hammond might be the
light at the end of a very dark tunnel.
What do you mean?
Hold it just a second.
Malia, hold that call
to Washington, please,
and see if you can get
me Dr. Margaret Hammond.
But I don't know when
Dr. Ormsbee plans to engage the unit.
He doesn't confide in me.
Then find out.
Ask him.
Seduce him.
Do anything, but find out.
He's been delaying for
two whole days. Why?
I don't know why, and I
simply can't do any more.
Dr. Ormsbee is a brilliant man.
He's one of the
great men in his field.
Now, he has tested your
device inside and out.
Every possible way, and it's
exactly what it's supposed to be.
Of course.
We had to plant a
genuine storage unit.
Anything else would have
been discovered immediately.
Well, I don't understand.
What are you trying to do?
Help Dr. Ormsbee
retrieve that information?
Perhaps.
Or perhaps I'm simply interested in
furthering the cause of pure research.
In any case, I want you
to accelerate the process.
But I don't understand.
You must consider the art
of indirection, Dr. Hammond.
In the eternal savage
conflicts of nature,
creatures assume
different guises.
Fear is concealed behind
the mask of ferocity.
Death appears as a smile.
A soft enticement.
I think of myself
as an ecologist.
Dealing in the balance
of fear, greed, desire.
You need not understand.
Simply see that Dr. Ormsbee
commences the test.
McGarrett will suspect. Uh...
I ca... I can't do it.
Would you prefer to
speak to your brother again?
Perhaps this time I can
arrange a more painful interview.
All right.
I'll try and do what you ask.
But, uh, can I go to
David and talk to him?
Of course.
Just as soon as Dr. Ormsbee
commences the test.
[SIGHS]
How did you...?
Oh, of course,
it's a silly question.
The police are free to break
in any time they choose.
Only it really wasn't necessary.
You could have called
that you wanted to see me.
Maybe I didn't come
here to see you.
Maybe I came here
to see your brother.
You do have a brother?
Why didn't you tell us
that he was missing?
What do you mean? I don't
know what you're talking about.
Oh, don't lie, doctor,
you're not good at it.
You've been lying for the last
three days and it's tearing you apart.
I couldn't figure out why,
until I learned that your kid
brother, David, was missing.
Recognize this?
It's a government issued tarp.
It was found in the water
off the research station.
We traced the serial
numbers to you.
Trouble.
You're quite positive
it is McGarrett?
REED [OVER PHONE]:
Absolutely certain.
Then kill him.
Who was behind the
kidnapping of your brother?
I don't know his name.
Did you actually ever see him?
Well, I was blindfolded and taken
to some sort of a strange place.
But I... He never did
completely reveal his face to me.
What do you mean
by some strange place?
A building.
It had a kind of a hollow feeling
to it. You know, the kind you can...
You sense when you walk through?
As if it were empty or
abandoned, maybe?
MARGARET: Yes.
I also remember stepping
on some broken glass.
Could you tell if the
building was outside the city?
I think so.
I... No.
I don't think so, I remember
hearing traffic all around me.
Approximately how long did it
take to get from here to there?
Ten, 15 minutes at the most.
Ten or 15 minutes.
Let's see now, I have
one more question,
and it's absolutely vital if
we're gonna find your brother.
Could you tell in which
direction you were traveling?
I'm a scientist, Mr. McGarrett.
My work involves
plotting directions.
We traveled roughly southwest
before we turned into the grounds.
McGARRETT:
Grounds? What grounds?
MARGARET: Well, they
were quite bumpy. Unpaved.
We must've driven 50 yards or
more before they stopped the car.
They took me up to the
second story of the building.
- How many were there?
- Two.
I'm sorry, Danno.
You got here fast.
We were in the area. We
heard the H.P.D. Code 3.
Steve, suspect got
away. H.P.D. in pursuit.
Okay, get out an APB, Danno.
I think I nicked one of them.
- That should slow them down.
- Right.
Duke, get with Dr. Hammond.
See if you can pinpoint the
building her brother's being held in.
[PHONE RINGS]
Yes?
I wanna speak with
Dr. Grant Ormsbee.
This is Steve
McGarrett, Hawaii Five-0,
and tell him that it's urgent.
Oh, uh, just a second.
Dr. Ormsbee, it's Mr. McGarrett.
Tell McGarrett I can't talk to him
now. I've already started the test.
You tell him that the disengage
unit he has is a phony, a fake.
He's making the
biggest mistake of his life.
What the hell are you
talking about, McGarrett?
Ormsbee, listen to me.
Dr. Hammond just confessed.
She's under extreme duress.
Her brother is a kidnap victim.
Now, that famous disengage
unit of yours is a fake.
It's a phony. It's
designed to sabotage.
To wipe the memory bank clean.
DANNY: You think the sabotage
device is inside that casing?
No, Williams.
I'm positive it is.
X-ray scanning
reveals it right there.
Very clever.
Placing a device
right under my nose.
Designed to admit
only one signal.
Ordering the computer
to erase all its memories.
Very simple, very effective.
Electronic suicide.
Quite safe now.
Uniquely subtle
and sophisticated.
Steve, we got a
fix on that building.
The old Malalo Mission School.
Come on, doctor, let's
not wait for an invitation.
Uh, A team, this is McGarrett.
We're on the, uh, makai
side of the Malalo School.
What the hell is he doing here?
Hurry.
What is this?
An end.
Well, are you gonna let me go?
Yes, David.
In a very few minutes.
[WHISPERS] That's
the door, I'm sure of it.
[GASPS]
Margaret.
David.
Dr. Hammond.
And the estimable Dr. Grant
Ormsbee, I'm flattered.
But I'm also disturbed.
That's intelligent.
Your plan's been scrubbed.
Zeroed out.
I'd advise you to release the
boy and run as fast as you can.
[WHISPERS] Chin,
you go around there.
CHIN HO: Okay.
Cover me, Danno.
I imagine this
should interest you.
I presume then that the
computer bank is informato intacto?
[SPEAKS IN SPANISH]
And the police are outside?
In virtual armies.
Watch them.
Don't move.
Up against the
wall, drop that gun.
What are you doing here?
We told you to stay in that car.
The man you want just
went through that door.
McGARRETT: He
must have gone up here.
Book him. Book him.
McGARRETT: How many
degrees do you have, doctor?
Oh, McGarrett,
six or seven. Why?
You've just earned
yourself another one.
For blatant stupidity.
You could've
gotten that boy killed.
On the contrary, McGarrett.
Dr. Hammond and I
probably saved the boy's life
by providing you with
a very timely distraction.
Really? Well, you better make
sure that that's on your statement.
After we book you for
interference with the police action.
Book him, gentlemen.
McGarrett, you
can't do that to me.
McGARRETT: Can't I? Try me.
What are you doing to him?
Just letting him squirm, Danno.
LORD: This is Jack Lord inviting you
to be with us next for "To Kill a Mind."
MAN: Parts of that Russian
spy sub that went down, huh?
What do you make
of it, commander?
That Russian sub went
down almost a year ago.
Crosscurrents.
An upheaval on the
ocean floor maybe.
Margaret, they
said they'll kill me.
What did you do to David?
You have one value
for us, Dr. Hammond.
Because of your position
as an oceanographer
working on the United
States government project,
we want you to use that position
and your security clearance.
They drifted separately, they
washed ashore miles apart
But, doctor, is this consistent
with current patterns?
- Yes.
- Are you absolutely satisfied?
- Absolutely. McGARRETT:
Well, I'm not satisfied.
It's all too neat,
too convenient.
The key device turns
up just when we need it.
Recognize this?
It's a government-issued tarp.
We traced the serial
numbers to you.
You're quite positive it is
McGarrett? Then kill him.
LORD: Next, "To Kill a Mind."
Be here, aloha.
What do you make
of it, commander?
That Russian sub went
down almost a year ago.
You have one value
for us, Dr. Hammond.
Because of your position
as an oceanographer,
working on a United
States government project,
we want you to use that position
and your security clearance.
It's all too neat,
too convenient.
The key device turns
up just when we need it.
Recognize this?
We traced the serial
numbers to you.
You're quite positive
it is McGarrett?
MAN 1 [OVER PHONE]: Absolutely.
MAN 2 [OVER
PHONE]: Then kill him.
Two-seven Victor, Adam
to March Leader, over.
This is March Leader, go ahead.
We're at the launch point.
Have you tested the current?
We're doing so now.
The current is
onshore and strong.
Excellent.
Then by all means
release the articles.
If our calculations are correct, they
should be on the beach by tomorrow.
How about a ride, Davey?
You're his roommate,
Cathy. Not his owner.
[MELISSA CHUCKLES]
[CHEERS]
That was terrific.
- What was that for?
- Just give me a break, David.
Come on, Cathy honey, really.
I'm gonna go home
and do just that.
Are you coming or not?
Oh, when I'm ready.
Okay, you're not.
[ENGINE STARTS]
Cath?
Cath.
Cath.
- Hi, hello.
- Are you David Hammond?
- Yeah, what?
- Come along with us, huh?
- Come along.
- What, what?
Hey, what's going on
here? What's going on?
I don't understand.
Hey, look what I found.
Commander, what have we got?
So far we've recovered
debris washed up here.
Point Kaena, a
couple of other places.
This is what got us started.
Parts of that Russian spy
sub that went down, huh?
Seems there's
little doubt about it.
Who found it?
A local girl.
Her name's Melissa Carter.
What do you make
of it, commander?
That Russian sub went
down almost a year ago.
Hard to say.
Crosscurrents.
An upheaval on the
ocean floor, maybe.
In one of those intelligence reports
I got, I think I remember reading
that the Navy recovered
approximately half that submarine?
The rest of it is
still down there?
Correct.
That's why I'd appreciate
the cooperation of your office
in locating any other parts
of her that might wash ashore.
I can't even place a
value on their importance.
You've got it.
Steve?
Uh, the Navy would like
to keep this under wraps.
Positively.
One thing that still
bothers me, though.
Why did all the this stuff wash
up now almost a year later?
[SCREAMS]
Yes, sir, it went well.
- Good, put her on.
- All right.
Dr. Hammond, it's your brother.
Margaret? It's me, David.
Some men grabbed
me and I don't know why.
Are you ready to listen?
[GASPING]
[CLEARS THROAT]
What do you want?
Where is Davey?
Listen.
You have one value
for us, Dr. Hammond.
Because of your position
as an oceanographer,
working on a United
States government project,
we want you to use that position
and your security clearance
precisely as we instruct you.
What do you mean?
Just that you have access
to a certain restricted area of beach
near the government research facility.
An area inaccessible to us.
There's something we
need deposited there.
Are you crazy? I won't do it.
[SIGHS]
Put young David on again.
MARGARET [OVER PHONE]: I won't.
- Talk.
Margaret, they
say they'll kill me.
What did you do to David?
Not much. Yet.
It's all up to you, Dr. Hammond.
Dr. Hammond.
MAN: Dr. Hammond.
Didn't have you on the log.
I didn't know you were
going this morning.
Well, you know how impulsive
we liberated women are.
Yes, ma'am.
She's made it past security.
She's on her way
now to the drop point.
Good.
She's gratifyingly obedient.
When it's done, we shall
commence phase two.
Good morning, David.
What do you want?
I just came to tell
you that your sister,
the remarkably
intelligent Dr. Hammond
is being quite cooperative.
A rare combination,
I cherish it.
What's Margaret doing?
What are you gonna do to me?
Care for you, David.
To ensure your sister's
ongoing obedience.
Come here, please.
In the event she requires
further reassurance,
some sentimental token.
Oh.
Arthur Hammond. Your father?
In my professional opinion, yes.
It's quite possible that
this object floated in
from somewhere
off the Kaena Point.
May I ask what it is?
[HORN HONKING]
MILLER: Oh, we have
an expert on the way.
Good morning, McGarrett.
McGARRETT: Doctor.
That's fantastic.
It's an incredibly
fortunate discovery.
If you will excuse us, please.
McGarrett, Commander Miller.
What do you think,
Dr. Ormsbee? What is it?
That object is unquestionably the
computer disengage mechanism
from off the sunken submarine.
I've isolated the
sub's computer bank.
But for almost a year now
her secrets have eluded me.
But now, gentlemen, now...
Are you saying that
all the information
that sub accumulated in
the years she was at sea,
might still be intact?
Why not? Why not?
The casing is waterproof.
Commander, I want you to
make a search of this entire area
in case any other auxiliary
equipment might have turned up.
MILLER: Very well.
McGarrett.
I want you to assign every
available man you have to this project.
I want you to check out
all these other beaches.
I want you to form
search parties.
Doctor, I've already sent out
a general bulletin, top priority.
If any other units turn
up, we'll be on top of it.
Now, would you
like to meet this lady?
Dr. Margaret Hammond,
Dr. Grant Ormsbee.
Dr. Hammond is our
chief of oceanography.
Hammond?
Oh, yes, section B, I read your
paper on the ecology of phytoplankton.
- Quite lucid.
- Thank you.
Dr. Hammond, we're very hopeful
that certain other items of
interest may have washed ashore.
I trust you're familiar with
the local current patterns.
Oh, yes, I am, doctor.
Good, I wanna have you assigned
to my section on a temporary basis.
Commander, see to that please?
If you'll have Dr. Hammond
assigned to my section?
You take this disengage unit,
place it in my jeep, carefully.
Carefully, commander.
McGARRETT: Commander?
I want this device
placed under armed guard
and brought to
Dr. Ormsbee's laboratory.
No, no, no, McGarrett,
that's not necessary.
I'm afraid it is, doctor.
Dr. Ormsbee, it's going to be
a privilege working with you.
[GASPS]
Dr. Hammond, I wonder if
you'd mind coming along with us.
Oh, no, no, no, your brother would
not want you to cause any trouble.
DAVID: Margaret.
Margaret.
[GRUNTS]
[DOOR SLAMS]
[RATTLING]
Good evening, Dr. Hammond.
Who are you?
Where's David?
Nearby.
Safe, well.
He will remain safe and well as long
as you continue to cooperate with us.
I did what you asked. I released
that, um, computer device.
Yes. I'm appreciative.
And now, I understand you'll be
working with Dr. Grant Ormsbee.
That also suits my purpose.
You'll be in a position to observe
his progress with the device.
And if necessary,
you will help him.
As I direct.
Your brother is an innocent boy.
He has probably never
known extreme pain or loss.
All right.
But, um, there's a police
officer, his name is McGarrett.
He's investigating
this thing, I...
I can't do anything to
make him suspicious.
McGarrett? Yes.
I suppose his
intervention was inevitable.
No, Dr. Hammond, try
not to make him suspicious.
But if he begins to inquire too
closely as to the origin of the object,
you will notify me.
And if necessary,
we will kill him.
Yeah, sure, we can
dive off by the Point.
Lots of current there, but, uh,
yeah, my boys can handle it.
So you're looking for
the rest of that stuff?
Yeah, that and anything else
interesting that might turn up.
We figure what didn't drift ashore
might be just as useful as what did.
Good luck, Pete.
PETE: Cast off.
We'll be diving about ten
minutes, so suit up, okay?
Hi, Margaret.
Cathy, what are you doing here?
I wanted to talk to you. It's...
It's that I'm really
worried about David.
We had kind of a fight
a couple of days ago,
and he hasn't come
back to the apartment.
You know how
irresponsible David can be.
CATHY: Margaret.
I know you don't
like me a whole lot.
And I know you don't
like my living with David.
But I love him, and
I'm worried about him.
Of course I like you, Cathy.
It's simply that I don't think
there's any reason to be concerned.
Maybe if you did know,
you wouldn't tell me.
But I don't know.
I'm sorry, I can't help you.
I'm sorry.
McGarrett, Hawaii Five-0.
- Terminal three.
- Terminal three.
- Four point four volts.
- Four point four volts.
ORMSBEE: Frequency, 50-K.
- Terminal five.
TECH: Terminal five.
- Four point three volts.
- Four point three volts.
Frequency 50-K.
Frequency 50-K.
McGarrett, I'm glad
you could make it.
Now, tell me, are you the ones
that ordered that underwater search
right off my facility?
- Yes.
- Why?
Well, I wanted to locate other
units of the sub's computer complex.
We know the sub went
down right of Kaena Point.
Yes, we do.
So let's just say I'm,
uh, checking out a theory.
I can read your mind, McGarrett.
No theory, it's a fantasy.
Now, speaking as an expert,
and I underline that word "expert,"
I've examined the entire unit.
A, it's the same design, same
construction as the submarine.
B, it's compatible with
computer electronic systems.
Well, then you shouldn't
object if I continue the search.
Will you tell me exactly
what you hope to find?
I won't know until
I find it, doctor.
Are you aware that you're giving
Navy Intelligence a case of the hives?
Are you aware that Commander
Miller is hovering over my lab
like a one-man anxiety attack?
McGARRETT: Well, I
can't blame him for that.
The sub was brought up
by the Navy, it's their baby.
Now, I'll have my search
completed within a week.
You can sit tight until then.
ORMSBEE: No.
No.
I'm not making any
time commitments.
I'm gonna go on this when
I think conditions are right.
Hi.
Hi, I'm Sergeant
Mirataki. Can I help you?
Well, my name is Cathy Doar.
And I'd like to report
kind of a missing person.
Well, what kind?
My boyfriend, David Hammond.
He's been gone
for over two days.
I mean, we live together,
and he hasn't come home.
Have you...?
Were there any people found?
Why don't you give
me a description.
He's 22. He's 5'8".
Sandy, blond, curly hair.
Um...
A hundred and 30 pounds.
No.
Nobody found fitting
that description.
Miss Doar, uh, Cathy...
You two have a fight?
How'd you know?
I'm a mind reader.
Look, I'll put out a bulletin.
But you know something? I think
he's out somewhere cooling off.
You know what I mean?
Uh...
If he doesn't show in a day or
so, you come back and see me.
- Okay?
- Okay.
Meanwhile, uh, if we find him, we'll
send your wanderer home to you.
Thanks.
DANNY: Hello. I understand one of
you found a piece of electronic gear.
Yeah, that's right.
Washed up here this morning.
- I planted the device with the police.
- Good.
While I was hanging around the
beach, I picked up on something.
A girl named Cathy Doar
could present a problem.
Now, she's been going around
asking about her missing boyfriend.
David Hammond.
Did you secure the girl's
telephone number, address?
Absolutely.
Then you will see that
the problem is resolved?
Without question.
- It fits like a glove.
- Exactly.
This washed up on Maili Beach?
That's right, doctor.
Uh, clearly, it was detached
from the storage disengage unit.
They drifted separately, they
washed ashore miles apart.
Now, doctor, is this consistent
with current patterns?
Yes.
Are you absolutely satisfied?
Absolutely.
Good.
Well, I'm not satisfied.
Not yet anyway.
It's all too neat,
too convenient.
The key device turns
up just when we need it.
Doctor, is there any
possibility, any chance,
that using this disengage unit could
destroy the computer's memory bank?
- Wipe it clean?
- So that's what your theory's all about.
All right, McGarrett, to
answer your question,
there is virtually no chance that
it will erase the memory bank.
But what if Steve is right?
Aren't you running a great risk?
No, because I intend to
test this unit exhaustively.
Transistor, by
circuit, by diode.
I will not take any chances.
But unless we use this
device, it's a virtual certainty,
we're gonna lose some, if not
all, of the computer's information.
Okay.
Go ahead, doctor.
Thank you, commander.
But I've already begun.
It's my hope that I'm gonna be able
to engage the device within 24 hours.
Can I have iced tea, please?
LARSEN: Hi.
- Hi.
- You Cathy Doar?
- Yeah.
You don't know me but
I got a message for you
from a guy named Dave Hammond.
- Where is he?
- Hey, come on, nothing's that heavy.
He just wanted me to let you know
that he's kind of gotten his head together,
and that he'd
like to talk to you.
Now, he's gonna be at the
Makapuu Lookout about 3:00.
- Wants to know you can pick him up.
- Can I?
Thanks.
Sergeant Mirataki, please.
[PHONE RINGS]
Just a minute.
Sergeant Mirataki.
Hi. This is Cathy Doar.
I'm calling to say that
everything's okay now.
I've found him.
Wait, wait a minute.
Who found who?
Cathy.
Mm, mm. Cathy.
Right, right, right.
The girl with the
wandering boyfriend, right?
Yeah, you were right,
I just got a message,
and I'm gonna go right
now to pick Davey up.
Um, I guess you can
cancel the bulletin.
I'm sorry.
Hey, no trouble.
Look, I'm glad you found
him, or he found you, whatever.
Main thing is, it's a
happy ending, right?
Look. You know something?
You just made my day.
[SCREAMS]
OFFICER: Dead at the
scene. Catherine Doar.
I have her down
as a hit-and-run.
No witnesses, nothing
on the car that hit her.
DANNY: What did you find, Pete?
Tell me, Williams, is the stock
market going up tomorrow or down?
What are you talking about?
I'm gonna go with
your pick anytime.
Either you're pretty lucky,
or you got a second sight.
Look at what we came up with.
Is that a piece of
equipment off the sub?
Maybe that's what it's
supposed to look like.
But what's it doing in a
U.S. government work tarp?
PETE: Exactly.
Thanks, Mickey.
Hi, Mira, got anything for me?
Yeah, over at my desk.
Say, why the long face?
Uh, this kid...
Young girl, and she just
reported a missing person.
And she turns up DOA.
- Hit-and-run.
- Well, sorry to hear it.
Uh, these washed up on the
beach, turned in by a haole couple.
I don't think you'll find anything
there. Looks like junk to me.
Yeah, everything we've
turned up so far looks like junk.
And this is no exception.
But I guess I'll take it in.
You know, I wonder if
young David Hammond
would technically still be
considered a missing person
if the person who reported
him missing is no longer around.
- David Hammond?
- Yeah.
[KNOCKING ON TABLE]
- Hello.
- Hello.
Dr. Ormsbee should
be back any second.
It's you I came to see, doctor.
I have to ask your expert
opinion on something.
You're an oceanographer.
How did that storage disengage
unit get through those channel rocks,
off this installation
without damage?
How would I know?
Messages in bottles can be
carried thousands of miles,
or deposited back at your feet.
Tidal waves have been
known to lift swimmers 50 feet,
and deposit them
safely on a cliff.
Or demolish an entire town.
Ocean currents can be very
unpredictable, Mr. McGarrett.
Of course.
Let me ask you something else.
Why did that question
make you so uptight?
In the name of
Galileo, McGarrett.
I would appreciate your staying
away from my scientific staff.
Now, if you have a compulsion
to bully people, try me.
I have a feeling that this isn't
the time to ask a favor, doctor,
but will you postpone
connecting that disengage unit?
To the sub's computer bank?
McGarrett, the
longer I postpone this,
the greater the risk that
important data will deteriorate.
Perhaps even be destroyed.
Doctor, that's a
calculated risk.
I have good reason to
believe that that unit is a fake.
Now, if you will not
postpone your test...
I'm afraid that I'll have to go
over Commander Miller's head
to the chief of Naval
Intelligence in Washington, D.C.
And I think I should
warn you about that.
Why, I see, McGarrett.
I think I should tell you that I've already
talked to Washington this morning,
and I've been
given total authority.
Total, which means
that I only talk to God.
Now, the test is gonna
commence in exactly three hours.
You, of course, are
welcome to attend.
Always a pleasure, McGarrett.
- Malia? MALIA [OVER
SPEAKER]: Yes, sir.
Get me Admiral Tennant
in Washington, please.
- Right away.
- Yeah, Chin, what do you got?
I was down at H.P.D.
picking up some more debris
that washed up on
the beach, Steve.
I saw a missing persons report
there on a David Hammond.
I was curious, so
I checked it out.
It seems that David is
Dr. Hammond's kid brother.
- And he's missing?
- Yeah.
Chin, that's strange, why wouldn't
she have mentioned it to us?
Chin, this could explain
something that's troubling me.
Dr. Margaret Hammond might be the
light at the end of a very dark tunnel.
What do you mean?
Hold it just a second.
Malia, hold that call
to Washington, please,
and see if you can get
me Dr. Margaret Hammond.
But I don't know when
Dr. Ormsbee plans to engage the unit.
He doesn't confide in me.
Then find out.
Ask him.
Seduce him.
Do anything, but find out.
He's been delaying for
two whole days. Why?
I don't know why, and I
simply can't do any more.
Dr. Ormsbee is a brilliant man.
He's one of the
great men in his field.
Now, he has tested your
device inside and out.
Every possible way, and it's
exactly what it's supposed to be.
Of course.
We had to plant a
genuine storage unit.
Anything else would have
been discovered immediately.
Well, I don't understand.
What are you trying to do?
Help Dr. Ormsbee
retrieve that information?
Perhaps.
Or perhaps I'm simply interested in
furthering the cause of pure research.
In any case, I want you
to accelerate the process.
But I don't understand.
You must consider the art
of indirection, Dr. Hammond.
In the eternal savage
conflicts of nature,
creatures assume
different guises.
Fear is concealed behind
the mask of ferocity.
Death appears as a smile.
A soft enticement.
I think of myself
as an ecologist.
Dealing in the balance
of fear, greed, desire.
You need not understand.
Simply see that Dr. Ormsbee
commences the test.
McGarrett will suspect. Uh...
I ca... I can't do it.
Would you prefer to
speak to your brother again?
Perhaps this time I can
arrange a more painful interview.
All right.
I'll try and do what you ask.
But, uh, can I go to
David and talk to him?
Of course.
Just as soon as Dr. Ormsbee
commences the test.
[SIGHS]
How did you...?
Oh, of course,
it's a silly question.
The police are free to break
in any time they choose.
Only it really wasn't necessary.
You could have called
that you wanted to see me.
Maybe I didn't come
here to see you.
Maybe I came here
to see your brother.
You do have a brother?
Why didn't you tell us
that he was missing?
What do you mean? I don't
know what you're talking about.
Oh, don't lie, doctor,
you're not good at it.
You've been lying for the last
three days and it's tearing you apart.
I couldn't figure out why,
until I learned that your kid
brother, David, was missing.
Recognize this?
It's a government issued tarp.
It was found in the water
off the research station.
We traced the serial
numbers to you.
Trouble.
You're quite positive
it is McGarrett?
REED [OVER PHONE]:
Absolutely certain.
Then kill him.
Who was behind the
kidnapping of your brother?
I don't know his name.
Did you actually ever see him?
Well, I was blindfolded and taken
to some sort of a strange place.
But I... He never did
completely reveal his face to me.
What do you mean
by some strange place?
A building.
It had a kind of a hollow feeling
to it. You know, the kind you can...
You sense when you walk through?
As if it were empty or
abandoned, maybe?
MARGARET: Yes.
I also remember stepping
on some broken glass.
Could you tell if the
building was outside the city?
I think so.
I... No.
I don't think so, I remember
hearing traffic all around me.
Approximately how long did it
take to get from here to there?
Ten, 15 minutes at the most.
Ten or 15 minutes.
Let's see now, I have
one more question,
and it's absolutely vital if
we're gonna find your brother.
Could you tell in which
direction you were traveling?
I'm a scientist, Mr. McGarrett.
My work involves
plotting directions.
We traveled roughly southwest
before we turned into the grounds.
McGARRETT:
Grounds? What grounds?
MARGARET: Well, they
were quite bumpy. Unpaved.
We must've driven 50 yards or
more before they stopped the car.
They took me up to the
second story of the building.
- How many were there?
- Two.
I'm sorry, Danno.
You got here fast.
We were in the area. We
heard the H.P.D. Code 3.
Steve, suspect got
away. H.P.D. in pursuit.
Okay, get out an APB, Danno.
I think I nicked one of them.
- That should slow them down.
- Right.
Duke, get with Dr. Hammond.
See if you can pinpoint the
building her brother's being held in.
[PHONE RINGS]
Yes?
I wanna speak with
Dr. Grant Ormsbee.
This is Steve
McGarrett, Hawaii Five-0,
and tell him that it's urgent.
Oh, uh, just a second.
Dr. Ormsbee, it's Mr. McGarrett.
Tell McGarrett I can't talk to him
now. I've already started the test.
You tell him that the disengage
unit he has is a phony, a fake.
He's making the
biggest mistake of his life.
What the hell are you
talking about, McGarrett?
Ormsbee, listen to me.
Dr. Hammond just confessed.
She's under extreme duress.
Her brother is a kidnap victim.
Now, that famous disengage
unit of yours is a fake.
It's a phony. It's
designed to sabotage.
To wipe the memory bank clean.
DANNY: You think the sabotage
device is inside that casing?
No, Williams.
I'm positive it is.
X-ray scanning
reveals it right there.
Very clever.
Placing a device
right under my nose.
Designed to admit
only one signal.
Ordering the computer
to erase all its memories.
Very simple, very effective.
Electronic suicide.
Quite safe now.
Uniquely subtle
and sophisticated.
Steve, we got a
fix on that building.
The old Malalo Mission School.
Come on, doctor, let's
not wait for an invitation.
Uh, A team, this is McGarrett.
We're on the, uh, makai
side of the Malalo School.
What the hell is he doing here?
Hurry.
What is this?
An end.
Well, are you gonna let me go?
Yes, David.
In a very few minutes.
[WHISPERS] That's
the door, I'm sure of it.
[GASPS]
Margaret.
David.
Dr. Hammond.
And the estimable Dr. Grant
Ormsbee, I'm flattered.
But I'm also disturbed.
That's intelligent.
Your plan's been scrubbed.
Zeroed out.
I'd advise you to release the
boy and run as fast as you can.
[WHISPERS] Chin,
you go around there.
CHIN HO: Okay.
Cover me, Danno.
I imagine this
should interest you.
I presume then that the
computer bank is informato intacto?
[SPEAKS IN SPANISH]
And the police are outside?
In virtual armies.
Watch them.
Don't move.
Up against the
wall, drop that gun.
What are you doing here?
We told you to stay in that car.
The man you want just
went through that door.
McGARRETT: He
must have gone up here.
Book him. Book him.
McGARRETT: How many
degrees do you have, doctor?
Oh, McGarrett,
six or seven. Why?
You've just earned
yourself another one.
For blatant stupidity.
You could've
gotten that boy killed.
On the contrary, McGarrett.
Dr. Hammond and I
probably saved the boy's life
by providing you with
a very timely distraction.
Really? Well, you better make
sure that that's on your statement.
After we book you for
interference with the police action.
Book him, gentlemen.
McGarrett, you
can't do that to me.
McGARRETT: Can't I? Try me.
What are you doing to him?
Just letting him squirm, Danno.