Magnum, P.I. (1980–1988): Season 6, Episode 17 - Find Me a Rainbow - full transcript

Magnum is hired by a rich young woman who wants him to find a former family chauffeur who stole a string of pearls, or that is what she says.

You wanna hire me?
To help me find my dad.

I'd give anything
to see my dad again,
Mr. Magnum, anything.

MAGNUM: The little guy
in this picture is Dan Wolf.

Now, all he's asking for
is an afternoon.

Hey, look.
He didn't talk to me,
and I didn't talk to him.

I'm sorry,
I can't help you out.

(GUNSHOT)
Watch out!

You're gonna go after him,
aren't you?

T.C.: Why are you doing this?

Why don't you
let the police handle it?

Why don't we just turn around?
I don't think anybody's here.



Let her go!

MAGNUM: Wait!

WOMAN: Mr. Hagen?

MAN: Sir, sir.

Mr. Hagen,

is it true you've been
granted immunity
for your testimony?

No comment.

Will any charges be
added to the indictment?
We have no comment.

Now back off, people.
You're obstructing.

Excuse me, sir, any comment
on the allegation that you
took part in some of that...

Let's go.

LAWYER: All right, if
everyone will calm down, we'll
give you a statement. Okay?

Now, the District Attorney's
Office has determined
that our client, Mr. Hagen,

can provide evidence
which may or may not
have a significant impact



in the outcome of this case.

In the event
that our client's testimony
provides the DA with the basis

to prove the claims
in this indictment, Mr. Hagen
will be given full immunity.

(ALL SCREAMlNG)

Down! Everybody, down!
Get out of the way! Move, run!

OFFlCER: Get out of the way!

MAGNUM: The tension mounted,
and the crowd was going wild,

as the hometown hero
stepped to the plate.

The game depended on him.

The town depended on him.
And he knew he could do it,

if only this time
he didn't lose his nerve.

If only this time...

Hey, batter batter
batter batter.

Easy out. Let's go.

If only this time
he wasn't intimidated

by the cold, steely gaze
of the pitcher.

Strike one!
Keep him swinging.

Hey, batter batter
batter batter!

Strike two!

RlCK: Send that bum
back to the minors!

And suddenly
he knew that this time
it would be different.

Ha!

(EXCLAlMlNG)

(GLASS SHATTERlNG)

I warned you not to pull.

Don't underestimate
the power of the machine.
That's what I told you.

I know what you told me.
I just got a little
carried away, that's all.

Yeah? Well, you'd better
help me carry this one
into the van

before Higgins comes out
and...

HlGGlNS: Magnum! Magnum!

I'll stall him.
You get rid of
Dwight Gooden, here.

Higgins,
I can explain everything.

It all started
when I was
in the fourth grade.

That was the year
my uncle Jim managed
our Little League team.

We had this real big game,
and we were down by one run.

It was two out,
bottom of the ninth,
two men on, and I was at bat.

Casey at the Bat,
by Ernest Lawrence Thayer.

No. Me in Tidewater.

I'm not interest in hearing
any touching tales
of childhood baseball

until we determine
who is going to pay for
the broken window, and how.

I think once I explain
how this all came about...

I don't care
how it all came about.
All I care about,

you're not leaving
here until this
matter is settled!

Higgins, it's nobody's
fault, really!

Get out of
the van immediately.

Excuse me.
Did you hear me?

Excuse me. Dan Wolf,
Futurity Life lnsurance.

I am not interested
in life insurance. Good day.

Excuse me,
you don't understand.

Let me put it another way.
The answer is no.
Move along, please.

Are you Thomas Magnum?
Certainly not.

I'm Thomas Magnum.
You're late, what kept you?

I beg your pardon?
What are we
talking about here?

Magnum!

MAGNUM:...annuities, what?

Rick! T.C.!

DAN: Well, there's
this whole line of options
that we can go over.

Magnum!

Now the big bonus
for you here is that
any of these policies

can be rolled over
into a completely
different package at any time,

depending on your own
personal insurance needs,
of course.

And that's an important point
to keep in mind

when you're thinking
about insurance,

because not every
insurance company
deals in that kind of thing.

That's okay.
Of course, it is.

Now, what I'd like to do
is kind of go over

some of the options
we were talking about.

Well, uh, that's okay.

See, to tell you
the truth,

I don't need
any insurance right now.

What am I doing?

I didn't come here
to push some insurance
policy off on you.

I understand.
I mean, that's your job.

But, see,
that was kind of an
awkward situation out there.

It's a long story,
but you really helped me
get out of it.

But I really don't need
any insurance right now.

How about a beer?

No. Thanks.

Do you mind
if I have one?

Please, go help yourself.

You know, I come all the way
from Des Moines to Honolulu,

track down
a good private investigator,
and still I can't stop myself

from trying to sell him
an insurance policy.

Well, you didn't come
all the way from Des Moines
to sell me insurance.

No, no. Of course not.

You know, I don't know
where my head is sometimes.

I guess
that's one of the reasons

why I'm salesman of the month
at Futurity, huh?

I hire someone to help me
with the most important thing
in my life,

and all I can think
about is trying
to make another sale.

You wanna hire me?

To help me to find my dad.

You see, I haven't seen him
since I was three years old.

Come on over here,
sit down, bring your beer,

and I'll tell you
all about it.

Now, this is my dad,
Theo Wolf.

Now, this picture right here,
this was the last one taken
of him before he left home.

My mother and l,
we never saw him again
after that.

Doesn't look like
he was too keen
on getting his picture taken.

No. No. My mom, she said
that he was always
kind of self-conscious

about that sort of thing.

Well, I mean,
it doesn't matter.

Even if you had
a better picture,
he'd be a lot older now.

52. He just had
a birthday
a little while back.

(SlGHS)

It's funny, I never thought
I'd be looking for him.
I really didn't.

But, my mom...

She passed away last year.

I'm sorry.

Oh, that's no...

Anyway,

after the funeral,
Jolene, she...

Jolene, she's an old friend
of the family, you know.

She told me
what she could have
never told my mom

when she was alive.

She told me
she knew for a fact
Theo was in Hawaii.

I mean, she actually
ran into him while she was
on vacation here.

"Hawaii?" I said.
I mean, what do l
know about Hawaii?

"Oahu," she says.

I say, "Gesundheit."

Dan, I don't think
you really need me.
Oahu's not that big.

If he's here,
you should be able
to find him yourself.

Now, he's not listed on Oahu,
or any of the other islands,
as far as that goes.

But...

She is.

"Kim Nakamura."

Yeah. See, apparently
she was with my dad
when Jolene ran into him.

Now, he introduced her
as a business associate,
or something like that,

but then he rushed off like
he was making a big mistake
by talking to her.

I mean, he was
real suspicious with Jolene.

Now, she jotted down
that name, just in case.

Well, that's it.
I mean, that's my
only lead, that...

I spent so many years
being angry at my dad

for just up and walking out
on us the way he did.

I mean, I never
thought I'd wanna
see him again, ever.

But then, after Mom died...

I guess I just realized
it wasn't true.

I'd give anything
to see my dad again,
Mr. Magnum.

I mean, even if
it was just for one hour.

MAGNUM: I know
what you're thinking,
and you're right.

Dan Wolf didn't need
a private investigator.

He could as easily
have tracked down
Kim Nakamura as I could.

So why was he back at my place
eating my pizza,
drinking my beer,

while I was on my way
to have a talk
with the mystery lady?

There are a lot of reasons
I could've come up with,

Iike taking an easy case
for a change,

Iike being able
to pay for the window
I'd just broken.

Those were good reasons.

But they weren't
the real reason.

The real reason
had something to do
with a young boy

wanting to spend
even one hour,
just one more hour,

with his father
who had gone away.

He was Ku, the war god,

but he had many names,
and many aspects.

I thought all this
early Hawaiian stuff

was tucked away in museums
and private collections?

This is a private collection.

On the open market?

No, only the paintings.

Oh, so the artifacts
are the bait,

and the paintings, the hook?

Congratulations,
Mr. Magnum.

You've just discovered
our marketing strategy.

Who owns the mask?

Was there
a particular painting
that interested you?

Well, actually,
I was more interested
in the owner of...

The owner,
like the collection,
wishes to remain private.

His name wouldn't be
Theo Wolf, would it?

The little guy
in this picture is Dan Wolf.

He's grown up now,
but he hasn't seen his father
since that picture was taken.

Now, all he's asking for
is an afternoon,

Iong enough to shake hands
and swap a few stories.

Okay, just follow
the driveway round
to the garden room

just behind the house.

Mr. Magnum? Photograph?
Don't forget to show him
the photograph.

THEO: I've worked very hard
to keep a low profile.

Not many people know
where I live, Mr...

Magnum.

I'd like to keep it that way.

Well, I don't think your son
wants to take out any ads.

He just wants to see you.

What makes you so sure
he's my son, Magnum?

Oh, boy.

This was one of the good days.

One of those
few and far between,

when Danny's mother
and I weren't fighting
about something.

We were at the lake, I think.

I wanted a good picture,
you know,
a good picture holding Danny.

Daddy! Daddy!
I don't wanna take a nap.

Hey, big boy.

Tell Mommy
I don't have to take a nap.

Well, my goodness.

I'm sorry, Theo
I didn't mean for him
to burst in on you like this.

It's all right,
it's all right.

I'll tell you what.
Why don't you go do
what your mommy wants?

I'll see you later, okay?

The photograph, is it...

Yeah, it's Danny.

Perhaps it's time.

I didn't realize
she was your wife.

Yeah.

I had a lot of reasons
to leave the Mainland, Magnum.

Even so,
I was very lonely here,
for a long time.

Then with Kim and the baby,

I suddenly found myself
with a new life.

I almost convinced myself
that the old Theo
had never existed,

and neither had Danny.

Well, he's outside in the car.

He wanted to come along
and wait, just in case
you wanted to see him.

There's a young man
waiting in the car out there.
Show him in.

And for God's sake,
show him some respect.
He's my son.

Danny?

(GUNSHOTS)

(EXCLAlMS)

KlM: Theo!

(SlREN WAlLlNG)

NURSE: BP is 130 over 80
and holding.

Respiration and vital
signs are steady.
He's on Ringer's lactate.

IBOLD: Type and
cross-match done?

NURSE: Yes, sir.

All right, steady now,
here we go.
Easy, come on, come on.

ANESTHESlOLOGlST: Okay,
let's get the monitors on him.

FEMALE NURSE:
D5W standing by.

MALE NURSE: Stand by, plasma.
Six units post-op.

Cardio sigmagraph
insert complete.

(BEEPlNG)

FEMALE NURSE: BP's holding
at 130 over 80.

HIGGINS: 130 to 80 may have
appeared to be insurmountable
odds to any ordinary regiment,

but they weren't counting
on the Prince of Wales' own
West Yorkshire.

I was quite familiar with the
workings of the Himmelbett,
and l...

Magnum?

What's the blood
pressure?

ANESTHESlOLOGlST: BP's stable.
Heart rate's 100.

IBOLD: Check the hematocrit.
He may be overcompensating.

RICK: Hey, Thomas,
you're overcompensating again.

You see, you gotta
let the dames come to you
just once in a while.

You know what I mean,
sweetheart?

Confirming the entrance wound
two centimeters
below the collar bone.

ANESTHESlOLOGlST:
BP's holding at 130.

CAROL: And I have to be there
by 3:00 or else we'll never
get the continuance.

(SlGHS)

What a day
for my car to conk out.

I don't know
what I would have done
if you hadn't shown up.

Promise me you'll never
move away from here.

(LONG BEEP)
ANESTHESlOLOGlST: Cardiac
arrest. Get the crash cart.

NURSE: All clear!

T.C.: You're not gonna
duck out on me like this,

'cause you made me a promise,
and you're gonna keep it.

IBOLD: You're doing fine,
Thomas! Get me some adrenalin.

Here's 10 cc's of
adrenalin, 1 to 10,000.

All right, Thomas.
Hang in there.

(BEEPlNG RESUMES)

Good morning.
Did you sleep well?

No.

I didn't sleep at all.

I'm in a hospital?

Yeah, since yesterday.
Don't get excited.
You're going to be fine.

Thirsty.

I'll give you some ice.

Just a bit.

Okay.

How long do I have to be here?

I've got a visitor for you,

but you don't have
to talk to him unless
you feel up to it.

Magnum, what do you remember
about the shooting?

Oh, hi, Lieutenant.
It's nice to see you, too.

Dr. Ibold says
I'm gonna be fine.
Thanks for asking.

Do I have to ask?
A big, strong guy like you?

You could at least
go through the motions

before we talk business.

You gonna make it,
Magnum?

Dr. Ibold says
I'm gonna be fine.
Thanks for asking.

Tell me about your client.

He said his name was Dan Wolf,

an insurance salesman
from Des Moines.

He said Theo Wolf
was his long-lost father.

Stalking horse.

What?

He used me
as a stalking horse,

so he could get close to Wolf
without anybody
checking him out.

Did you get him?

He used your car to get away.
We found it
in an alleyway downtown.

It's clean. No prints.
No trace of him.

All we've got
are two dead guys,

a clean getaway car,
four rounds
from the murder weapon,

and you.

If you remember anything...

(lNAUDlBLE)

(lNAUDlBLE)

(lNAUDlBLE)

(lNAUDlBLE)

ICE PlCK: You ought to get
a tennis ball.

Bring that grip back
in no time.

I've seen guys lose a hand.

Tennis ball
makes the other hand
just twice as strong.

Tennis ball, right.
Yeah.

Oh, you...
You're wondering why I'm here?

No. Well, yes.
I'm glad to see you, but...

Ethics, Magnum.
Nobody knows
about ethics no more.

In the old days, there would
never be this kind of garbage,
where everybody gets hit.

The guy that got hit,
he got hit, that's all.
Not everybody around him.

There's no ethics.

I know you didn't come here
just to talk to me
about ethics.

No, I didn't, no.
Oh, just let me talk.

All you have to do is listen.

Now, the hitter's name
is Driscoll.

Yeah.

He's new in the business,
looking to make
a name for himself.

Now, he took on a contract
that nobody's been able
to fulfill for 10 years.

Now, Theo Wolf...

He's been a mark ever since
he did a job in Miami.

Who's Dan Wolf?

He's an insurance salesman
from Des Moines.

He hasn't seen his father
since he was three years old,

and he doesn't
wanna see him.

However, two weeks ago,
he reported a burglary.

You know, silver, jewels,
and the family photo albums.

You slowed Driscoll down.

He's holed up from
a bullet you put in his arm.

Here's the name of the hotel.

Now, the desk clerk there,
his name's Cappie,
he called me.

Now, he thinks
that Driscoll is gonna
take an afternoon flight,

the late one,
to Los Angeles, today.

Kim Nakamura and her son...

She didn't blame you for this.
He just outsmarted you,
that's all.

Now, do you want this,
or don't you?

Why are you doing this?

Ethics.

That piece of dirt,

he hit a friend of mine.

Theo?

I didn't know Theo Wolf.

You never saw me.

T.C.: Let me know one thing,
now, how are we gonna

get all this stuff
past the nurses' station?

RlCK: Don't worry about it.
I told you, I took care of it.

Hey, Thomas, we're here.

Look alive, T.M., we're here
with the supplies.

Huh.

Tom?

Guess he went out
for a walk.

MAN: Thank you very much.
Have a nice trip.

WOMAN OVER P.A.:
Now boarding Flight 26
to Los Angeles.

Give me this bag,
please, sir.

Yeah, sure.

Any fruits, vegetables?

Sir, any fruits, plants?

(ANSWERING MACHINE BEEPS)

RICK: Hey, Thomas,
what happened to you?

When I find you,
you're gonna have
some explaining to do, pally.

What are you doing here?

That's exactly
what I was gonna ask you.

Came to pick up some things.

What do you need
that they don't have
at the hospital?

I thought you and Rick
would be at the club,
watching the playoffs.

No. We went
to visit a sick friend.

We were gonna play
a little joke on him,

bring him some of
his favorite junk food, but
it seems the joke was on us.

Well, I can't stay
in one room too long.
I get claustrophobic.

Since when?

I can't stay at the hospital
right now, T.C.

You're gonna go
after him, aren't you?

Look at you.
Why are you doing this?

Why don't you
let the police handle it?

So a guy tricked you, so what?

Is your pride so wounded
that you're willing to risk
your life to go after him?

Pride's got nothing
to do with it.

Oh, no?
Then, what is this?

A five-year-old kid
would have a father
right now

if I hadn't convinced
Theo Wolf to meet with a guy
who was out to kill him.

You can't blame yourself
for that.

All right, what makes you
think this guy is still here?

I've seen him!

And he's seen me.

And he's not gonna leave
till he can be sure
I can't identify him.

Call Tanaka.

I already have.

He knows as much
as I know.

Good,
then he'll find him.

(GROANS)

You're gonna
open that wound again,
aren't you?

You're not up to this, Thomas.

You simply cannot
go after him.

I never said I was.
I'm just looking for
a change of location,

change of scenery,
till I can recuperate,
that's all.

(SlGHS)

I have an emergency flight
to Maui.

Will you please
leave me a number where I can
find you when I get back?

MAGNUM: There are some things
you'd think you'd never
get used to in life,

Iike being lied to,
or being shot.

But I'd noticed,
over the years,
that, left to its own devices,

the mind has
an amazing capacity
to accept the unacceptable.

And I never wanted
to let that happen to me,

at least not without
putting up a good fight.

I was determined
to follow Ice Pick's lead
as far as it would take me,

which, at first, seemed
to be down a dead-end road.

Driscoll had checked out
of the hotel,
and Cappie, the desk clerk

who'd turned him in
to Ice Pick,
had suddenly disappeared.

I decided
to check into the room
where Driscoll had stayed

to see if he'd been sloppy,

Ieft anything behind
that might turn me
in his direction.

(KNOCKlNG)

GlRL: Dan?

(KNOCKlNG)

Yeah?

Wait!

Wait a minute,
will you?

Leave me alone!

Let go of me!

I'm not gonna hurt you.

I just wanna talk to you.

Please.

French fries and coffee?

You sure that's
all you want?

Uh-huh.

Listen, if you could
just give me some idea

where Dan went,
it really means a lot
to me.

I thought he was still there.

I wouldn't have gone back
if I thought he was gone.

You can eat that cheeseburger,
if you want.

I'm not really that hungry.

Listen, I'm not saying
that he told you

where he was going
in so many words,

but, see, I mean,
you said you brought him
food and cigarettes,

you must've talked to him
about the neighborhood,

where a guy could go
to hang out if he needed to.

What happened
to your shoulder, huh?

Hey, look,
he didn't talk to me,
and I didn't talk to him.

All I know about him
is his name's Dan.

I'm sorry,
I can't help you out.

Sure you can.

You can help me
eat all that food I ordered.

No appetite.

MAGNUM: After the first time
I was wounded in Vietnam,

I'd noticed a weird,
familiar series of reactions
to being shot.

I wondered if anybody'd
ever written them down,

Iike Elizabeth Kubler-Ross'
stages of death.

First there's denial,

then comes
a giddy kind of relief,

shock and surprise
at still being alive,

all the senses working
in Technicolor and hi-fi

at the joy of
actually having survived.

And then the paranoia sets in.

It's happened once,
it could happen again.

(CREAKlNG)

Suddenly every sound
is an approaching enemy,

every smell a lethal gas,

and no way of knowing
if it's a mind game,
or a clear and present danger.

And no way of stopping
the heart from racing,
the palms from sweating,

until the paranoia stage
has slipped into revenge.

Don't shoot, it's me!

What the hell
are you doing here?

I'll leave you alone.
I didn't mean nothing.

It's all right.
It's all right.

I thought
you were someone else.

Don't you know
it's dangerous
to sneak up on people...

(GUNSHOT)
Watch out!

(GRUNTlNG)

It's Driscoll.

Stay right here.

(GUNSHOTS)

(CHlLD SHOUTlNG)

Mommy!

Mommy! Mommy!

Driscoll!

MAGNUM: An uneasy feeling
settled over me as soon
as Driscoll disappeared.

I was angry at myself
for losing him.

But there was something else,
something I didn't want
to look at.

I'd gone looking for Driscoll
with a vengeance,

telling myself I was doing it
for Theo's five-year-old son,

but I wasn't sure anymore
whether I was doing it
for the boy, or for me,

for revenge, plain and simple.

(KNOCKlNG ON DOOR)

GlRL: It's me.

Come on in.

Chicken soup from Wong Fat's.
Here's your change.

Chinese chicken soup?

Well, his real name's
Wong Fat Schwartz.

Why are you doing this?
And why were you following me?

Some people
take care of other people,
that's their job.

Who takes care of you?

You're bleeding.

I'll be okay.

Here, let me
take a look at it.

I'll be okay.

What's your name?

Don't have one.

Oh, come on.
Well, everybody's gotta
have a name.

Not me.

Well, what did they call you
in high school?

I never went.

What'd your mom call you?

You gotta be kidding me.

Well, I mean,
you can't go through life
not having a name.

I mean, somebody's gotta
have something to call you
when they get to know you.

I guess it just never
got to that.

Well, it just did.

What name... What name
would you like to have?

Cappie.

Well, I'm afraid
that one's already taken

by a certain
missing desk clerk.

No, I was just thinking,

why'd Cappie disappear
all of a sudden,
the same time as that guy?

Driscoll.

Yeah.

Maybe he figured Driscoll
was back, and Driscoll knew
somebody had to finger him,

and that same somebody
could turn him in again.

If he saw Driscoll,
he probably knows
where he's hiding out.

I gotta find him.

Who's gonna tell you anything?

Look, we'd have
a better chance
if I asked around.

Okay.

And don't get too close.
I don't want you
scaring anybody off.

Whatever you say.

Mary Elizabeth.

I never liked my real name,
but I've always sort of
liked Mary Elizabeth.

Whatever you say,
Mary Elizabeth.

Thanks a lot.

Frankie saw...

Frankie saw Cappie
this morning,
when he was taking his papers,

and he went into
the Randolph building.

He noticed him
and thought it was funny,

because
the Randolph building's
been deserted for years.

We'd better pick up
a flashlight. Let's go.

Wait a minute.

Cappie?

I don't think he's here.

Cappie!

(RUSTLlNG)

Somebody's here.

Cappie? It's me.

Maybe it was just some rats.

MARY ELlZABETH: Why don't we
get out of here, you know,

come back tomorrow
or something?

See, there's nobody
down here.

Why don't we just
turn around? I think
they were wrong.

I don't think
anybody's here.

I don't like it
down here at all.

I can't even breathe anymore.

It's spooky.

(GROANS)

Cappie!

Wait!

Mary Elizabeth!

(GUNSHOT)

MARY ELlZABETH: No!

(SCREAMlNG)

(MUFFLED SCREAMS)

Let her go!

Go to hell, Magnum.

(GRUNTS)

(GUNSHOT)

(GUNSHOT)

MAGNUM: After the feelings
of revenge left,
came the healing.

That's what
had always happened before.

But this time
something was different.

And although
I didn't want to admit it,

I knew what it was.

I'd said
I was going after Driscoll
for justice,

but when I pulled
that trigger, I wasn't sure if
it was for justice, or for me.

Magnum?

No more tea, Higgins.
I'm mending as fast as I can.

I wasn't going
to offer you any.

There's someone here
to see you.

I wanna thank you
for finding the man
who killed my husband.

I understand
you had a young girl
who helped you.

I wish you'd give her
something for me.

I don't know what a young girl
living on the streets would do
with something like this,

but it was
the most precious gift
my husband ever gave our son,

and I'd like her to have it.

Tell her, I said, "Thank you,"

and to come
and see me any time.

Her name is Mary Elizabeth.

Mary Elizabeth.

I'll remember.