NCIS: Hawai'i (2021–…): Season 1, Episode 8 - Legacy - full transcript
The United States Navy
has a storied history
with the Hawaiian people.
Not without complications.
Today marks a new chapter
in our shared history.
A chapter of understanding
and cooperation
as we return these sacred lands
to the Hawaiian people
who have lived here
for generations.
Mahalo and aloha.
Hawaiian royalty once lived
upon these sacred lands.
It is pono, or right,
that it becomes
Hawaiian once more.
We honor this land
with a traditional blessing.
May all life grow
in these lands,
the abundant lands
of our natives.
Please forgive
all of our wrongdoings
and grant us all long life.
♪ ♪
All right.
Right.
Trouble follows you everywhere,
Captain Milius.
All I did was
give a speech.
Admiral Wentworth got
called away last minute.
I stepped in.
Helping rebuild
community relations.
Well, those relations
will have to wait a beat
until I find out
what happened to the victim.
Who's gonna tell them?
That's definitely your purview.
They're expecting us
to do the right thing,
and we want to do
the right thing.
So...
Make it fast.
No surprises. Understood.
I'm gonna miss this.
What do we have?
Victim is a Jane Doe.
Estimating
early-to-mid-20s.
Bleeding.
Contusions.
Partial fracture
in the skull.
She was bludgeoned.
Forensics estimates
time of death
around 11:00 last night.
No ID. No phone.
No idea if she's military.
But since the land still
technically belongs to the Navy,
we take the lead on this.
Hey, get
your hands off me.
This is our land.
It's okay.
They're fine.
We just want it back.
Eo. That's still
the plan, okay?
Okay, we have a situation.
Oh, my God.
You know her?
Not by name, but she's one
of the haole protestors.
Protesting what?
This land's being given back.
Not here.
That land over there.
Billionaire stole it.
Tell us more
about the haoles.
Our victim
is Kathy Laster.
24 years old.
From Minnesota.
Local ID'd the protest group
she came with, WorldWorks.
Found photos of her
on their socials.
Tell me
about WorldWorks.
Eco-activist group dedicated
to "returning nature to nature."
Mostly peaceful.
Mostly?
Yeah, WorldWorks
is suspected of setting fire
to some office buildings
that encroached
on natural habitat.
Can't argue with their spirit.
Spirit of arson?
Protecting the land.
We've always had to fight
to keep our land
from Kalama Valley
to Mokauea
since 1893.
Hawaiians protecting their lands
and disaffected college dropouts
throwing Molotov cocktails
are two very
different things.
Why was Kathy Laster
in Hawai'i?
Flight records
show Kathy arrived
with her boyfriend,
WorldWorks founder
Mike Williams,
and these other members
last week.
They were here
to protest the property
next to the crime scene.
Yeah, 95 acres
bought by
Damian Davenport,
the founder
of Nine Clouds,
third largest server company
in the world.
Bought the land
a couple years ago
and has been
pissing off locals
with his construction
ever since.
WorldWorks staged
multiple protests this week
demanding Davenport
return the land,
which is a sacred site.
In return,
he bulldozed the heiau
and replaced it
with a rose garden.
Damian is just another rich guy
putting up walls.
It's the same story,
different jackass.
Did your family's land
get taken?
No, but
we all feel the pain
of Hawai'i getting carved up.
It's about Aloha 'Aina,
a-a deep love and respect
for the land.
Where are the WorldWorks
protesters now?
They've been in campsites
all over the area.
Keep moving around.
In other words, we don't know.
Keep on it. Kai, come
with me to the M.E.
May she come to eternal rest
from samsara
and reach nirvana.
May she come to eternal rest
from samsara
and reach nirvana.
We interrupting?
Just the Buddhist prayer
for the dead.
I can carry on later.
Ah, Tennant.
Haven't seen you in my neck
of the woods for a hot minute.
Ms. Laster an
important victim?
They're all important victims,
Commander Chase.
Mm, truth.
You happen to know
what killed her?
Rock.
More effective than paper,
more unwieldy than scissors.
Impact from the rock
fractured the cranium,
led to internal
bleeding.
Died within 15 minutes,
but they were
a harrowing 15 minutes.
Why harrowing?
Epidermal shedding
on the hands and knees
suggest she dragged herself
to her final resting place.
She was on the run.
Gaia giveth and taketh away.
She used the natural environment
to escape her killer,
but died anyway.
Gaia giveth any other evidence?
Pollen in the nasal passages.
You able to identify it?
Rosa damascena.
Damask rose. My grandmother
grew those back home.
Common on the mainland.
Rare in Hawai'i.
Damian Davenport has a
rose garden on his property.
Think he knows anything
about Kathy Laster?
Time to find out.
They should call it
"One Cloud" then.
Why so antsy?
I don't like the
waiting room treatment.
Ooh, wealthy people
always make you wait.
It's a power move.
Mm-hmm.
My badge is my power move.
Don't think that's gonna help.
Unless you
want to throw it
at the wall of lawyers
Davenport'll have with him.
You think he'll have
his lawyer with him?
Lawyers. Plural.
And yes.
We're ready for you.
We'll have this wrapped up
long before that.
Mr. Davenport.
I'm Special...
Special Agent Boone
and Special Agent Tara.
Call me Damian.
Okay, Damian,
we have a few questions.
Can we speak
to you alone?
Afraid not.
For efficiency's sake,
I've brought everyone
you might want to speak with.
My legal team and, uh,
Jake Tillman,
head of security.
Your wife.
So, there was trouble on
the property adjacent to mine.
Someone died.
Yes. Jake
told me about it.
It's a shame.
As you can imagine,
Damian has a rigorous schedule,
but we've budgeted
a few minutes
to interface.
Well, this is
a murder investigation,
so we'll take
as much time as we need.
Where were you last night
at 11:00 p.m.?
At home, with my wife.
We're lights out
at 10:00 every night.
The woman
who was killed,
Kathy Laster,
you know anything
about her?
Not a thing.
She's part of
an organization called
WorldWorks,
been protesting outside
your compound for a week.
It's a large property.
Well, we believe
she was killed on that property.
I understand that.
And how do you feel
about the fact that a woman
was most likely bludgeoned
to death on your land?
How Damian feels
is immaterial.
What Damian knows, however...
I don't know what happened,
but, uh...
I am sorry
for the inconvenience.
Inconvenience?
WorldWorks is an extremist group
with violent
and unpredictable members.
They've had multiple run-ins
with law enforcement.
Why don't you speak with them?
'Cause we're speaking
with you now.
My team has done a full work-up
of the organization.
I'm happy to share our findings.
Mrs. Davenport,
do you recognize
Ms. Laster?
She does not.
Mrs. Davenport.
That is our time.
Make more.
NCIS has our
full cooperation here.
Um, my legal team and Jake
are here to help you
with anything else
you might need.
Uh, if you need
to speak with me again,
please liaise through my office.
Thank you.
Rich people.
Captain Milius.
Little early for one of your
patented pep talks.
I'm not here
about the case.
Refreshing.
I thought by not asking
you might volunteer something.
Eco-activists are in the wind,
and a billionaire's
stonewalling us.
To be honest, I wanted to talk
to you about something else.
Would it be the fact
that you're being transferred?
Yeah.
How'd you know?
You said you'd miss me,
so I did some digging.
Opportunity came up
at the Pentagon.
That's the one
with the five sides.
Couldn't say no.
Well, you must be excited.
I am, and, uh...
I just wanted to say...
I've enjoyed working with you.
The feeling's mutual.
Okay, well, go solve a murder.
You free for dinner?
To celebrate your transfer,
of course.
And the optics?
It's no longer an issue.
Yes, of course.
Um... Dinner.
I'll call you.
Yeah.
PacFleet breathing
down your neck?
The worst, huh?
What'd you learn?
WorldWorks just popped up
on the radar.
HPD got a complaint
about the activists
at Davenport's compound.
Another protest?
It's more like a breach.
They rammed the gate.
Where is everyone?
HPD said they saw some people
running from the area.
Lost them
in the woods.
Not all of them.
What're you doing? Let me go!
Get your hands off me, man!
Federal agents!
Gun.
Registered and permitted.
What's going on here?
We responded to a disturbance
on the east gate
and found trespassers
breaking in.
The others fled. I caught
this one on the property,
and I was forced
to restrain him.
Doesn't explain the "tied
to a torture chair" situation.
Or the head wound.
He beat me like the gestapo.
He hurt himself
trying to run,
and I was wearing the gloves to
protect myself from infection.
He's a liar and a thug.
You're a trespasser
and a vandal.
I want to press charges.
Let me get you checked out,
and we'll take your statement.
Can we speak privately?
Yeah.
We'll clean you up.
I'm in the security business,
Special Agent.
It's my job is to assess risk
and resolve conflict
in order to protect
Damian and his family.
Your job was to call
law enforcement.
I'm the one
who alerted HPD.
Listen, that man in there,
Mike Williams,
has a history of violence,
a vendetta against Damian,
and has been known
to turn on his colleagues.
Are you suggesting
he had something to do
with Kathy Laster's death?
I know they were
intimately involved,
and his arrest record
includes assault.
You've seen his arrest record?
That's what I do.
Gather data and draw
the most logical conclusions.
Well, the most logical
conclusion to me
is that your boss
doesn't want
WorldWorks around.
Where were you
last night?
20,000 feet above the Pacific
on a company plane.
I was in San Diego on business.
You can verify that?
Of course.
I'll get the manifest.
I'm here to help.
I used to work for the FBI.
Cybersecurity.
I can be a resource.
Yeah, next time
you want to help,
don't.
Tillman might be a weasel,
but his alibi checks out.
Manifest from
the corporate jet
has him arriving into Oahu
after Kathy's murder.
And his
intel's thorough.
Dossiers on every member
of WorldWorks.
Including Mike Williams?
Yeah.
Mike comes as advertised.
Set fire to a police car
while protesting
a pipeline in North Dakota.
Tried to tar and feather the CEO
of an energy company in Arizona.
Mike's willing
to resort to violence
to get what he wants.
Yeah, I mean, he's one
of these "true believers,"
willing to do anything for
the cause, legal or otherwise.
He's overly passionate
about the cause.
Yeah.
Come on. Overly passionate?
Look, people like
Damian Davenport
have been taking advantage of
Hawai'i for its entire history.
It's not hard to understand
Mike's anger.
He's the son of an
investment banker from Chicago.
This isn't
his fight.
Yeah, well,
it wasn't Kathy's either,
and she turned up dead.
Let's see if Mike Williams
can shine some light on this.
How much did he pay you?
Damian Davenport?
I mean, that's the reason
I'm here, and he's free.
You're not under arrest,
and I'm not on the take.
You work
for the federal government.
You're all on the take.
I mean, men like Damian,
they own you,
then use their
blood money
to steal local lands
all over the world.
You don't have to explain
the concept to me.
Let's talk
about Kathy Laster.
I'm not telling you
where any of my people are.
We know where Kathy is.
When's the last time
you saw her?
Two days ago
at the campsite,
but Kathy had nothing to do
with today's action, all right?
She skipped out on us.
You got into a fight?
Why's that any of your business?
You two were dating, right?
Maybe business
and personal
didn't mix well?
Kathy and I have a...
shared passion for the cause.
She's the one who pushed us to
fly out here and take a stand,
but she lost
her nerve.
She wanted to go home,
then we argued, she disappeared.
And then what happened?
And then?
We tried to storm the Bastille.
Now I'm here.
What happened with Kathy?
I don't know.
But, clearly, you do. You...
You said you know where she is.
What does that mean?
Is Kathy okay?
Is Kathy okay?
I don't see murder.
Despite his history,
Mike seemed genuinely torn up
last night
over Kathy's death.
Could be shock. Could be guilt.
He claims
he was moving camp
with the WorldWorks
group the night
in question, but we can't
find them to confirm it.
Still an island.
Have to come up for air
at some point.
WorldWorks is a distraction.
Damian Davenport
is the center of this.
So what?
WorldWorks shows up
to his home, he gets upset,
and then beats one
of them to death?
People like Damian
don't get their hands dirty.
Not over protests, at least.
We can't eliminate suspects yet.
We need
to dig deeper.
The one thing we know
for sure is that Kathy
brought the group to Hawai'i
and then changed her mind.
Why?
Because she was paid to.
Not to change
her mind--
you can't change people, they
can only change themselves--
but to fly here.
Kathy had an anonymous donor
to fund this trip to Hawai'i.
How anonymous?
From a Dubai shell company
to a Seychelles tax haven
and all the way
to a credit union
in sunny Boca Raton.
Who sent the money?
Take a look.
Morgan Davenport. Damian's wife.
Morgan's a well-known
philanthropist.
Gives millions
to charity.
Well, she could house
a lot of the homeless
with the rent
she pays here.
Appearances are everything
to the wealthy,
even when it's not-for-profit.
We should go in.
And run into a wall
of assistants and lawyers?
No. Let's wait
for her to come out.
Why would Morgan finance
WorldWorks' trip here
to protest her own home?
She's been trying to get Damian
to sign The Giving Pledge,
maybe it's a way
to put pressure on him.
I might not understand
rich people,
but I understand
motive.
Morgan doesn't
have one.
Not yet, at least.
Let's see if we can find out.
Mrs. Davenport, you mind
if we talk for a sec?
Special Agents.
Alan Shipley.
The lawyer. Yeah.
I'm, uh...
Mrs. Davenport's
unavailable.
Please.
But I'm authorized
to answer any concerns
and provide a timetable
as to her whereabouts
the night in question.
Yeah, we need to, uh,
speak to Morgan directly.
I'd hate for this to be elevated
to the Nine Clouds' board.
Could become a whole thing.
You know our position.
Elevated to
the board, huh?
Scandal's the only thing
that scares them.
Not enough, it seems.
We need to get more
out of these people.
You see that,
across the street?
Gray Ford. Dude with a camera?
Yeah, he's been
taking pictures of us.
You want to tell me
what you're doing?
Exercising my freedom of
expression to make that kala.
Mm.
Who's paying you?
Anyone and everyone.
You a tabloid
photographer?
I'm a freelance photographer.
Island's best. Wilbert Kalili.
What do you want
with Morgan Davenport?
The money shot, baby.
Keep track of the big game.
Always pays off. Like one hunter
on the prowl.
Pays off how?
During the slow months,
could find her
with the wrong people.
Sell the juicy stuff
to the magazines.
Or to Morgan herself?
That's capitalism.
That's actually blackmail,
and it's illegal.
Just talking here, bruddah.
How about you show us
what you got?
Sure. I-If you want to pay.
I give you
good price, jawline.
How much you want?
Depends.
How much you got?
Well, hopefully the photos
of Morgan pan out,
and you got a receipt
from the photographer.
Keep me updated.
I'm late.
I had a 15-minute conference
call that went two hours.
You're right on time.
Uh, any movement on the case?
Here's an idea, no work talk.
Agreed.
Thank you.
Full disclosure, uh,
I have not been out
for an evening in...
a while.
Full disclosure,
I bet I have you beat.
What's your poison?
Cold beer?
Tequila it is.
Okay.
Uh, two tequilas,
please.
Thank you.
Yup. Right away.
So, we've been working together
for a few months now,
and I know nothing about you.
Um...
I'm from Michigan.
My father owns a hardware store,
and my sister
is an Episcopal priest.
We'll get back to that.
But first, tell me
something about you
that I would never guess
in a million years.
I was in a ska band in college.
Played bass.
We were popular.
We toured the Midwest,
but, um...
the pressure of fame
got too much.
The band broke up,
and I joined the Navy.
Are you kidding?
Yes.
Of course you are. Thank you.
I did play bass,
though, in college.
Really?
For the jazz band.
Oh, well, that
makes more sense.
Cheers.
Okay.
All right.
All of it.
Yes.
How jazz band was that?
Spam musubi.
Oh, can't.
Intermittent fasting.
Not eating between 8:00 p.m.
and 12:00 p.m.
I'll make
an exception.
Mmm.
Eating is
so underrated.
So, you get more insight
into why Morgan Davenport
financed Kathy's
trip here?
Well, since Kathy's phone
is still M.I.A.,
I can't get into
her messages.
What about Morgan's?
Well, A) we don't have
a warrant, and B)
anything public
is curated by her husband
and his company.
So, we're nowhere.
Mm, didn't say that
because the unofficial
chatter online
is very spicy.
Dedicated to Damian's
extracurricular activity.
Spoiler alert,
he likes women.
Particularly if
they're not his wife.
And you think
Kathy Laster was one?
Well, I think where there's
a dog, there's fleas.
Inoki excluded of course.
It's a shame if her death
comes down to a jealous spouse.
Well, you'd prefer
a more noble motive?
She died trying
to get the land back.
Aloha 'Aina. Her memory
shouldn't boil down to adultery.
That was nice.
It was.
Shame you're leaving.
I could get used
to fun Captain Milius.
I could put in papers.
Get back in the
music business?
I think I got my bass
somewhere in storage.
So...
I just wanted to say...
That was nice, too.
I was hoping
for better than nice.
Your kids?
With their dad.
♪ ♪
Ah. You want some milk
with your coffee?
I don't even know--
Hey, there.
Hey.
I'm-I'm-I'm Captain--
I'm Joe. Your mom's...
Friend?
Yes.
And you must be...
Alex.
My-my mom's son.
I-I need my glove.
You like baseball?
Yeah. I-I-I do... Joe.
We have almond milk if you
want to put that-- Alex.
Didn't expect you.
Clearly.
This is...
Joe. Yeah, we met.
Do you want breakfast?
I got practice,
but thanks. Um...
Good to
meet you, Joe.
Alex, listen.
There's literally nothing
that you could say
to make this
less awkward right now.
Can we talk later?
Good plan.
So, uh,
that happened.
Sorry. Got to go to work.
You all right, boss?
Yeah. Kid stuff.
What do we have?
This is a
month's worth of
Morgan Davenport photos
from Mr. TMZ.
Yeah, it cost me
a month's salary, too.
Got her at the beach,
events, yoga.
What we don't have are photos
of her with Damian.
Husband and wife
living separate lives?
Could be two busy
professionals.
Or signs of trouble
in paradise.
We may not have Damian, but
we definitely have Kathy Laster.
They met.
And they weren't
getting along.
Morgan flew her and her protest
group here for a confrontation?
We only know what we know.
They met. Bring Morgan in.
She'll try
to stonewall us.
Tell her lawyer about
the photos. She'll come.
Anything to
avoid a scandal.
Morgan Davenport.
I believe there's been
some miscommunication
between our offices.
If that's how you'd like
to characterize it.
How would you describe your
relationship with WorldWorks?
Morgan has no relationship
with that organization.
The fact that she
secretly funded
their trip to Hawai'i
says otherwise.
Where are you getting
your information?
Financial records.
All legally obtained.
We thought it was because Morgan
wanted to put pressure on Damian
to return the land.
I do want that...
Morgan, please.
But now we know it's because
you have a more personal reason
to pressure
your husband.
This is you coming out of
the Leach and Dunne
family law practice.
Divorce lawyers.
You've been following her?
Alan, it'll come out eventually.
Yes, Damian and I
are separating.
We have fundamental
disagreements
on some ethical issues
in his business.
Ethical issues
in other places, too.
You didn't bring Kathy
out here to protest.
You brought her out here
for a confrontation.
This was taken
the day before she died.
Why were you fighting?
It's complicated.
I need a moment
with my client.
Un-complicate it.
Damian and Kathy
had a special relationship.
You're not listening to me.
Special how?
This isn't what Damian wants.
Morgan.
We can speak if you want to.
He's right.
Damian won't approve,
and it is not my place to say.
My husband
is a flawed man,
always was.
When we were young, in Duluth,
I thought success
would help smooth the edges.
But some things never change.
Morgan Davenport wanted to talk.
Guilty conscience?
Or is she trying to point
the finger someplace else?
Never got far enough
to figure it out.
She did mention
that Damian
and Kathy Laster had
a special relationship.
Suggests an affair.
Could explain why
Morgan brought her in.
Leverage for the divorce.
Affair means bad PR for Damian.
I mean, a murder would
mean bad PR, too.
Duluth.
Morgan couldn't talk freely,
but she was trying
to tell me something.
She mentioned when she
and Damian were young in Duluth.
Damian and Morgan
met and married in Minneapolis.
They never lived in Duluth,
and there's no connection
to Nine Clouds there either.
But Kathy spent
a lot of time there.
It's all over her socials.
Says it's her "happy place."
That place would
make me happy, too.
Does Kathy come from money?
Uh, mother is
a freelance bookkeeper,
and the house
belongs to a trust.
A way to keep
ownership discreet.
So, it's hush money.
Damian bought Kathy the house to
keep her quiet about the affair.
Mm. Wrong tree,
but right orchard.
Need to get Damian
away from his lawyers.
Any ideas?
Hawaiian common law can help.
You're on
private property.
Actually, you're on private
property. I'm on the beach,
which in Hawai'i
is public.
You know, I get exactly
one hour a day to myself,
and since you won't leave me
or my wife alone...
Let's get this over with.
Come on, take your best shot.
Oh, I'm not here to talk about
you or your wife.
I'm here to talk about
your daughter.
Kathy Laster.
Let me tell you
a story.
Stop me if I
get it wrong.
25 years ago, you founded
Nine Clouds in Minneapolis.
Everyone who worked for you got
rich, except your bookkeeper,
Sarah Laster.
She left the company,
gave birth to a baby girl
six months later.
Kathy Laster
was your daughter.
You bought the house
to keep her mother quiet,
and it worked.
Until your wife found out.
Flew Kathy here.
That's all you got?
That's all I need.
What happened to Kathy?
I didn't kill that woman.
Your daughter.
Look, I made some mistakes
in my life.
Sarah was one of them.
I offered compensation
to protect my marriage
and Sarah.
The scandals
would've hurt her, too.
What about protecting Kathy?
She's not my responsibility.
You really believe that?
You know what? There-There's
no proof of anything.
There's proof she was murdered
on your property.
She ran for help
until she bled to death.
Now, if you didn't do it,
don't you want
to know who did?
It's a tragedy.
I trust you'll find the killer.
I also trust you'll leave
these damaging rumors
out of the investigation.
Tennant had no luck
breaking Damian, huh?
Admitted to buying the house
for Kathy's mom,
but wouldn't cop
to being the father.
Got a lot on the line.
Billionaire divorces
tend to affect stock prices.
Nine Clouds
could suffer.
There'd need to be proof
that Kathy's his daughter.
No way he'd take
a paternity test.
Morgan could've collected
a sample secretly,
had the test run herself.
Oh.
And shared
it with Kathy.
I was just looking for you.
Any luck locating
Kathy's phone?
Well, first of all,
luck is a human construct
designed to give meaning
to random acts of chance,
and in turn, comfort us
in a universe that is
inherently chaotic.
And Kathy's phone?
Well, that's why I was looking
for you. It was just turned on.
You know where?
Campground on the west side.
I'll send you the details.
Lucky break, huh?
Kathy's phone led us
to the WorldWorks campsite.
Protesters responded
with force,
so, HPD rounded them up
and brought them in.
This is Mike Williams
and Kathy Laster's.
Found her phone and
personal effects in his tent.
Mike explain why he had
his girlfriend's phone?
Mike wasn't there.
And the WorldWorks members
claim not to know where he is.
Think they're
telling the truth?
I got 'em
in the conference room.
I'm gonna find out.
And the phone?
It's locked.
Ernie's doing
his thing.
All right, well,
we'll search this stuff.
So... oil money, huh?
Did you research me?
I'm sorry. It's a cop habit.
Yeah, my family's done well.
What? You just like
to keep it a secret?
People look at you differently
when they think you're wealthy.
Money complicates things.
I think that's something
only rich people say.
My parents used money
to control us,
tell us what to do, who to be.
I didn't like that.
Well, they must have loved
you going into law enforcement.
They did not.
Whoa.
Nine millimeter rounds.
But no gun.
Mike is armed.
And in the wind.
Please tell me you were able
to crack Kathy's phone.
Wasn't the top recruit out of
Caltech 'cause of my good looks.
Well, that may have been
a factor. All right.
20 emails back and forth
from an unknown sender.
All about the trip to Hawai'i.
Probably Morgan.
Yes, but only one message
with an attachment.
A DNA test proving
Kathy and Damian are related.
Morgan knew.
She must have planned to use
this as leverage over Damian.
She's not the only one.
Mike Williams got
into the phone,
forwarded the
message to himself.
Mike knows
Kathy is Damian's daughter.
And he's out there
with a gun.
I'm telling you,
I'm not just going
to let you
onto the property.
And I'm telling you,
a potentially dangerous man
is already on it.
The compound is secure.
WorldWorks has been
here multiple times.
You don't think Mike knows
your vulnerabilities?
No warrant, no access.
We're trying to avoid
something terrible happening.
I have a full security staff
trained to do just that.
Mr. Tillman,
there isn't much...
What the hell was that?
Probable cause.
We're entering the compound now.
You check the fire,
we'll check the house.
Fire's out
of control.
Any sign of Mike Williams?
He wouldn't have survived this.
Doesn't matter.
Damian's never here
at this hour.
Just property damage.
It's a distraction.
♪ ♪
Mr. and Mrs. Davenport,
you okay?
No, they're not.
Mike, need you
to put the weapon down.
After he admits what he did.
There's nothing
to admit.
Kathy was your daughter,
and you used her as a pawn.
Stop lying!
It's not true.
Hey, guys, got a series
of encrypted messages
from Kathy's phone.
Not the best time to chat.
Someone reached out to her
the night she died.
Encryption is next level.
Not even sure
I can crack it, but...
You did this!
...I have an idea
of who'd be capable of this.
In the middle of something
important here.
Me, too. I'm breaking the case,
finding the killer.
We might have another one
on our hands.
Mike Williams is about
to shoot Damian.
Okay, okay. Your thing wins.
I'll keep working.
Hey, Mike,
this isn't the way, okay?
The truth. Now!
You killed Kathy!
I had no reason
to kill that woman.
Morgan brought her in
as leverage for the divorce,
or to shame me.
I-I... I met with her.
She said I was her father,
had DNA to prove it.
I offered to pay her to leave,
and-and... and she refused.
And then you beat her to death.
No.
I called my lawyers. I told them
we had a problem on our hands.
But she was your daughter,
not a problem!
Hey, think of Kathy here.
I'm doing this for her.
No. You're doing
this for you.
She wouldn't want you
to spend your life in jail.
All because of him?
Put the gun down, Tillman, now!
I got him, Damian.
You're safe now.
Gonna apply pressure, okay?
We need an ambulance.
Code 3.
Stay with me, Mike.
Stay with me.
You got it.
I'm assuming Damian and Morgan
are free to go, correct?
They are. You, however,
need to come with me.
I've given my statement.
I was justified
in shooting an armed intruder,
and helping
to catch Kathy Laster's killer.
You're half right.
Mike Williams
didn't murder Kathy.
You're not still suggesting
that Damian was involved.
My people found messages
on Kathy's phone
with intelligence-level
encryption.
It took a minute to
decode them, but we did it.
They're from you...
inviting Kathy to meet you on
the grounds the night she died.
I wasn't even
on the island that night.
I was on the company jet.
Or at least said you were.
Check the manifest.
This one?
The real manifest?
The one you showed
us was doctored.
Why would I do any of this?
You've been hiding Damian's
dirty laundry for years.
And you knew an
illegitimate daughter
would open
the floodgates.
I would never kill anyone.
You probably offered her money
at first.
But Kathy couldn't be bought.
So you panicked, took the
situation into your own hands.
You've worked for Damian
for a decade.
This is your one chance
to explain to him
why you killed his daughter.
I want to speak to a lawyer.
I'm sure that
can be arranged.
The recent tragic events
have opened all of our eyes.
And in dedication
to Kathy Laster,
my daughter,
and her work as
an activist...
...we are offering our land
to the people of Hawai'i.
Dude doesn't believe
a word he's saying.
He went through all that,
and didn't change one bit.
Public perception
of him will.
He's got the divorce,
the murdered daughter.
God knows how many other affairs
that'll be outed.
The board'll force him
to resign.
He's trying to get
in front of the train
before it runs him down.
Not sure that's how trains work,
but I get your point.
Morgan's done, too.
The philanthropy world's
not gonna respond well
to what she did.
Look, land's going back
to where it belongs.
Tillman's gonna get 25-to-life.
Mike Williams is gonna survive.
It's not fair,
but it's justice.
It's something.
So, how rich
is your family?
I could tell you, but
it'd only make things weird.
Well, we love you no matter
how much dough you have.
Eo.
This land is returned to you.
To the future generations and
the stories they will tell here.
Kamau!
Kamau!
♪ I may tell you to run ♪
♪ You know what they say
about the young... ♪
Oh.
What's this?
Parting gift.
For me?
For Alex.
You know he's
got a glove.
Yeah. This one
can be his backup.
♪ I may tell you to run... ♪
How is he?
I don't know.
Haven't had the "look who
mom brought home" talk yet.
You worried?
Almost always.
It's the joys of being a mom.
But this...
this will be fine.
Maybe our paths
will cross again?
Joe.
Next time you're in Hawai'i,
I'm expecting a call.
And if you're ever in D.C.,
I'm in the building
with five sides.
♪ Send me on my way ♪
♪ Send me
on my way ♪
♪ Send me on my way. ♪
How much did you hear?
All of it.
Ah.
Can I see the glove?
You want to talk about it now?
Mom, it's been three years.
Dad's got a
whole new life.
If-if you want to date,
you should date.
Thank you.
And that guy-- he seemed nice.
A little awkward, but nice.
He is.
Gonna see him again?
Never say never.
Ooh. Well, until then,
let's get you back out there.
No.
Okay.
Eharmony?
None of that is happening.
And that's...
That's your profile picture.
That's not funny.
That's a good one.
Alex? Alex. That's not...
That's a real good one.
has a storied history
with the Hawaiian people.
Not without complications.
Today marks a new chapter
in our shared history.
A chapter of understanding
and cooperation
as we return these sacred lands
to the Hawaiian people
who have lived here
for generations.
Mahalo and aloha.
Hawaiian royalty once lived
upon these sacred lands.
It is pono, or right,
that it becomes
Hawaiian once more.
We honor this land
with a traditional blessing.
May all life grow
in these lands,
the abundant lands
of our natives.
Please forgive
all of our wrongdoings
and grant us all long life.
♪ ♪
All right.
Right.
Trouble follows you everywhere,
Captain Milius.
All I did was
give a speech.
Admiral Wentworth got
called away last minute.
I stepped in.
Helping rebuild
community relations.
Well, those relations
will have to wait a beat
until I find out
what happened to the victim.
Who's gonna tell them?
That's definitely your purview.
They're expecting us
to do the right thing,
and we want to do
the right thing.
So...
Make it fast.
No surprises. Understood.
I'm gonna miss this.
What do we have?
Victim is a Jane Doe.
Estimating
early-to-mid-20s.
Bleeding.
Contusions.
Partial fracture
in the skull.
She was bludgeoned.
Forensics estimates
time of death
around 11:00 last night.
No ID. No phone.
No idea if she's military.
But since the land still
technically belongs to the Navy,
we take the lead on this.
Hey, get
your hands off me.
This is our land.
It's okay.
They're fine.
We just want it back.
Eo. That's still
the plan, okay?
Okay, we have a situation.
Oh, my God.
You know her?
Not by name, but she's one
of the haole protestors.
Protesting what?
This land's being given back.
Not here.
That land over there.
Billionaire stole it.
Tell us more
about the haoles.
Our victim
is Kathy Laster.
24 years old.
From Minnesota.
Local ID'd the protest group
she came with, WorldWorks.
Found photos of her
on their socials.
Tell me
about WorldWorks.
Eco-activist group dedicated
to "returning nature to nature."
Mostly peaceful.
Mostly?
Yeah, WorldWorks
is suspected of setting fire
to some office buildings
that encroached
on natural habitat.
Can't argue with their spirit.
Spirit of arson?
Protecting the land.
We've always had to fight
to keep our land
from Kalama Valley
to Mokauea
since 1893.
Hawaiians protecting their lands
and disaffected college dropouts
throwing Molotov cocktails
are two very
different things.
Why was Kathy Laster
in Hawai'i?
Flight records
show Kathy arrived
with her boyfriend,
WorldWorks founder
Mike Williams,
and these other members
last week.
They were here
to protest the property
next to the crime scene.
Yeah, 95 acres
bought by
Damian Davenport,
the founder
of Nine Clouds,
third largest server company
in the world.
Bought the land
a couple years ago
and has been
pissing off locals
with his construction
ever since.
WorldWorks staged
multiple protests this week
demanding Davenport
return the land,
which is a sacred site.
In return,
he bulldozed the heiau
and replaced it
with a rose garden.
Damian is just another rich guy
putting up walls.
It's the same story,
different jackass.
Did your family's land
get taken?
No, but
we all feel the pain
of Hawai'i getting carved up.
It's about Aloha 'Aina,
a-a deep love and respect
for the land.
Where are the WorldWorks
protesters now?
They've been in campsites
all over the area.
Keep moving around.
In other words, we don't know.
Keep on it. Kai, come
with me to the M.E.
May she come to eternal rest
from samsara
and reach nirvana.
May she come to eternal rest
from samsara
and reach nirvana.
We interrupting?
Just the Buddhist prayer
for the dead.
I can carry on later.
Ah, Tennant.
Haven't seen you in my neck
of the woods for a hot minute.
Ms. Laster an
important victim?
They're all important victims,
Commander Chase.
Mm, truth.
You happen to know
what killed her?
Rock.
More effective than paper,
more unwieldy than scissors.
Impact from the rock
fractured the cranium,
led to internal
bleeding.
Died within 15 minutes,
but they were
a harrowing 15 minutes.
Why harrowing?
Epidermal shedding
on the hands and knees
suggest she dragged herself
to her final resting place.
She was on the run.
Gaia giveth and taketh away.
She used the natural environment
to escape her killer,
but died anyway.
Gaia giveth any other evidence?
Pollen in the nasal passages.
You able to identify it?
Rosa damascena.
Damask rose. My grandmother
grew those back home.
Common on the mainland.
Rare in Hawai'i.
Damian Davenport has a
rose garden on his property.
Think he knows anything
about Kathy Laster?
Time to find out.
They should call it
"One Cloud" then.
Why so antsy?
I don't like the
waiting room treatment.
Ooh, wealthy people
always make you wait.
It's a power move.
Mm-hmm.
My badge is my power move.
Don't think that's gonna help.
Unless you
want to throw it
at the wall of lawyers
Davenport'll have with him.
You think he'll have
his lawyer with him?
Lawyers. Plural.
And yes.
We're ready for you.
We'll have this wrapped up
long before that.
Mr. Davenport.
I'm Special...
Special Agent Boone
and Special Agent Tara.
Call me Damian.
Okay, Damian,
we have a few questions.
Can we speak
to you alone?
Afraid not.
For efficiency's sake,
I've brought everyone
you might want to speak with.
My legal team and, uh,
Jake Tillman,
head of security.
Your wife.
So, there was trouble on
the property adjacent to mine.
Someone died.
Yes. Jake
told me about it.
It's a shame.
As you can imagine,
Damian has a rigorous schedule,
but we've budgeted
a few minutes
to interface.
Well, this is
a murder investigation,
so we'll take
as much time as we need.
Where were you last night
at 11:00 p.m.?
At home, with my wife.
We're lights out
at 10:00 every night.
The woman
who was killed,
Kathy Laster,
you know anything
about her?
Not a thing.
She's part of
an organization called
WorldWorks,
been protesting outside
your compound for a week.
It's a large property.
Well, we believe
she was killed on that property.
I understand that.
And how do you feel
about the fact that a woman
was most likely bludgeoned
to death on your land?
How Damian feels
is immaterial.
What Damian knows, however...
I don't know what happened,
but, uh...
I am sorry
for the inconvenience.
Inconvenience?
WorldWorks is an extremist group
with violent
and unpredictable members.
They've had multiple run-ins
with law enforcement.
Why don't you speak with them?
'Cause we're speaking
with you now.
My team has done a full work-up
of the organization.
I'm happy to share our findings.
Mrs. Davenport,
do you recognize
Ms. Laster?
She does not.
Mrs. Davenport.
That is our time.
Make more.
NCIS has our
full cooperation here.
Um, my legal team and Jake
are here to help you
with anything else
you might need.
Uh, if you need
to speak with me again,
please liaise through my office.
Thank you.
Rich people.
Captain Milius.
Little early for one of your
patented pep talks.
I'm not here
about the case.
Refreshing.
I thought by not asking
you might volunteer something.
Eco-activists are in the wind,
and a billionaire's
stonewalling us.
To be honest, I wanted to talk
to you about something else.
Would it be the fact
that you're being transferred?
Yeah.
How'd you know?
You said you'd miss me,
so I did some digging.
Opportunity came up
at the Pentagon.
That's the one
with the five sides.
Couldn't say no.
Well, you must be excited.
I am, and, uh...
I just wanted to say...
I've enjoyed working with you.
The feeling's mutual.
Okay, well, go solve a murder.
You free for dinner?
To celebrate your transfer,
of course.
And the optics?
It's no longer an issue.
Yes, of course.
Um... Dinner.
I'll call you.
Yeah.
PacFleet breathing
down your neck?
The worst, huh?
What'd you learn?
WorldWorks just popped up
on the radar.
HPD got a complaint
about the activists
at Davenport's compound.
Another protest?
It's more like a breach.
They rammed the gate.
Where is everyone?
HPD said they saw some people
running from the area.
Lost them
in the woods.
Not all of them.
What're you doing? Let me go!
Get your hands off me, man!
Federal agents!
Gun.
Registered and permitted.
What's going on here?
We responded to a disturbance
on the east gate
and found trespassers
breaking in.
The others fled. I caught
this one on the property,
and I was forced
to restrain him.
Doesn't explain the "tied
to a torture chair" situation.
Or the head wound.
He beat me like the gestapo.
He hurt himself
trying to run,
and I was wearing the gloves to
protect myself from infection.
He's a liar and a thug.
You're a trespasser
and a vandal.
I want to press charges.
Let me get you checked out,
and we'll take your statement.
Can we speak privately?
Yeah.
We'll clean you up.
I'm in the security business,
Special Agent.
It's my job is to assess risk
and resolve conflict
in order to protect
Damian and his family.
Your job was to call
law enforcement.
I'm the one
who alerted HPD.
Listen, that man in there,
Mike Williams,
has a history of violence,
a vendetta against Damian,
and has been known
to turn on his colleagues.
Are you suggesting
he had something to do
with Kathy Laster's death?
I know they were
intimately involved,
and his arrest record
includes assault.
You've seen his arrest record?
That's what I do.
Gather data and draw
the most logical conclusions.
Well, the most logical
conclusion to me
is that your boss
doesn't want
WorldWorks around.
Where were you
last night?
20,000 feet above the Pacific
on a company plane.
I was in San Diego on business.
You can verify that?
Of course.
I'll get the manifest.
I'm here to help.
I used to work for the FBI.
Cybersecurity.
I can be a resource.
Yeah, next time
you want to help,
don't.
Tillman might be a weasel,
but his alibi checks out.
Manifest from
the corporate jet
has him arriving into Oahu
after Kathy's murder.
And his
intel's thorough.
Dossiers on every member
of WorldWorks.
Including Mike Williams?
Yeah.
Mike comes as advertised.
Set fire to a police car
while protesting
a pipeline in North Dakota.
Tried to tar and feather the CEO
of an energy company in Arizona.
Mike's willing
to resort to violence
to get what he wants.
Yeah, I mean, he's one
of these "true believers,"
willing to do anything for
the cause, legal or otherwise.
He's overly passionate
about the cause.
Yeah.
Come on. Overly passionate?
Look, people like
Damian Davenport
have been taking advantage of
Hawai'i for its entire history.
It's not hard to understand
Mike's anger.
He's the son of an
investment banker from Chicago.
This isn't
his fight.
Yeah, well,
it wasn't Kathy's either,
and she turned up dead.
Let's see if Mike Williams
can shine some light on this.
How much did he pay you?
Damian Davenport?
I mean, that's the reason
I'm here, and he's free.
You're not under arrest,
and I'm not on the take.
You work
for the federal government.
You're all on the take.
I mean, men like Damian,
they own you,
then use their
blood money
to steal local lands
all over the world.
You don't have to explain
the concept to me.
Let's talk
about Kathy Laster.
I'm not telling you
where any of my people are.
We know where Kathy is.
When's the last time
you saw her?
Two days ago
at the campsite,
but Kathy had nothing to do
with today's action, all right?
She skipped out on us.
You got into a fight?
Why's that any of your business?
You two were dating, right?
Maybe business
and personal
didn't mix well?
Kathy and I have a...
shared passion for the cause.
She's the one who pushed us to
fly out here and take a stand,
but she lost
her nerve.
She wanted to go home,
then we argued, she disappeared.
And then what happened?
And then?
We tried to storm the Bastille.
Now I'm here.
What happened with Kathy?
I don't know.
But, clearly, you do. You...
You said you know where she is.
What does that mean?
Is Kathy okay?
Is Kathy okay?
I don't see murder.
Despite his history,
Mike seemed genuinely torn up
last night
over Kathy's death.
Could be shock. Could be guilt.
He claims
he was moving camp
with the WorldWorks
group the night
in question, but we can't
find them to confirm it.
Still an island.
Have to come up for air
at some point.
WorldWorks is a distraction.
Damian Davenport
is the center of this.
So what?
WorldWorks shows up
to his home, he gets upset,
and then beats one
of them to death?
People like Damian
don't get their hands dirty.
Not over protests, at least.
We can't eliminate suspects yet.
We need
to dig deeper.
The one thing we know
for sure is that Kathy
brought the group to Hawai'i
and then changed her mind.
Why?
Because she was paid to.
Not to change
her mind--
you can't change people, they
can only change themselves--
but to fly here.
Kathy had an anonymous donor
to fund this trip to Hawai'i.
How anonymous?
From a Dubai shell company
to a Seychelles tax haven
and all the way
to a credit union
in sunny Boca Raton.
Who sent the money?
Take a look.
Morgan Davenport. Damian's wife.
Morgan's a well-known
philanthropist.
Gives millions
to charity.
Well, she could house
a lot of the homeless
with the rent
she pays here.
Appearances are everything
to the wealthy,
even when it's not-for-profit.
We should go in.
And run into a wall
of assistants and lawyers?
No. Let's wait
for her to come out.
Why would Morgan finance
WorldWorks' trip here
to protest her own home?
She's been trying to get Damian
to sign The Giving Pledge,
maybe it's a way
to put pressure on him.
I might not understand
rich people,
but I understand
motive.
Morgan doesn't
have one.
Not yet, at least.
Let's see if we can find out.
Mrs. Davenport, you mind
if we talk for a sec?
Special Agents.
Alan Shipley.
The lawyer. Yeah.
I'm, uh...
Mrs. Davenport's
unavailable.
Please.
But I'm authorized
to answer any concerns
and provide a timetable
as to her whereabouts
the night in question.
Yeah, we need to, uh,
speak to Morgan directly.
I'd hate for this to be elevated
to the Nine Clouds' board.
Could become a whole thing.
You know our position.
Elevated to
the board, huh?
Scandal's the only thing
that scares them.
Not enough, it seems.
We need to get more
out of these people.
You see that,
across the street?
Gray Ford. Dude with a camera?
Yeah, he's been
taking pictures of us.
You want to tell me
what you're doing?
Exercising my freedom of
expression to make that kala.
Mm.
Who's paying you?
Anyone and everyone.
You a tabloid
photographer?
I'm a freelance photographer.
Island's best. Wilbert Kalili.
What do you want
with Morgan Davenport?
The money shot, baby.
Keep track of the big game.
Always pays off. Like one hunter
on the prowl.
Pays off how?
During the slow months,
could find her
with the wrong people.
Sell the juicy stuff
to the magazines.
Or to Morgan herself?
That's capitalism.
That's actually blackmail,
and it's illegal.
Just talking here, bruddah.
How about you show us
what you got?
Sure. I-If you want to pay.
I give you
good price, jawline.
How much you want?
Depends.
How much you got?
Well, hopefully the photos
of Morgan pan out,
and you got a receipt
from the photographer.
Keep me updated.
I'm late.
I had a 15-minute conference
call that went two hours.
You're right on time.
Uh, any movement on the case?
Here's an idea, no work talk.
Agreed.
Thank you.
Full disclosure, uh,
I have not been out
for an evening in...
a while.
Full disclosure,
I bet I have you beat.
What's your poison?
Cold beer?
Tequila it is.
Okay.
Uh, two tequilas,
please.
Thank you.
Yup. Right away.
So, we've been working together
for a few months now,
and I know nothing about you.
Um...
I'm from Michigan.
My father owns a hardware store,
and my sister
is an Episcopal priest.
We'll get back to that.
But first, tell me
something about you
that I would never guess
in a million years.
I was in a ska band in college.
Played bass.
We were popular.
We toured the Midwest,
but, um...
the pressure of fame
got too much.
The band broke up,
and I joined the Navy.
Are you kidding?
Yes.
Of course you are. Thank you.
I did play bass,
though, in college.
Really?
For the jazz band.
Oh, well, that
makes more sense.
Cheers.
Okay.
All right.
All of it.
Yes.
How jazz band was that?
Spam musubi.
Oh, can't.
Intermittent fasting.
Not eating between 8:00 p.m.
and 12:00 p.m.
I'll make
an exception.
Mmm.
Eating is
so underrated.
So, you get more insight
into why Morgan Davenport
financed Kathy's
trip here?
Well, since Kathy's phone
is still M.I.A.,
I can't get into
her messages.
What about Morgan's?
Well, A) we don't have
a warrant, and B)
anything public
is curated by her husband
and his company.
So, we're nowhere.
Mm, didn't say that
because the unofficial
chatter online
is very spicy.
Dedicated to Damian's
extracurricular activity.
Spoiler alert,
he likes women.
Particularly if
they're not his wife.
And you think
Kathy Laster was one?
Well, I think where there's
a dog, there's fleas.
Inoki excluded of course.
It's a shame if her death
comes down to a jealous spouse.
Well, you'd prefer
a more noble motive?
She died trying
to get the land back.
Aloha 'Aina. Her memory
shouldn't boil down to adultery.
That was nice.
It was.
Shame you're leaving.
I could get used
to fun Captain Milius.
I could put in papers.
Get back in the
music business?
I think I got my bass
somewhere in storage.
So...
I just wanted to say...
That was nice, too.
I was hoping
for better than nice.
Your kids?
With their dad.
♪ ♪
Ah. You want some milk
with your coffee?
I don't even know--
Hey, there.
Hey.
I'm-I'm-I'm Captain--
I'm Joe. Your mom's...
Friend?
Yes.
And you must be...
Alex.
My-my mom's son.
I-I need my glove.
You like baseball?
Yeah. I-I-I do... Joe.
We have almond milk if you
want to put that-- Alex.
Didn't expect you.
Clearly.
This is...
Joe. Yeah, we met.
Do you want breakfast?
I got practice,
but thanks. Um...
Good to
meet you, Joe.
Alex, listen.
There's literally nothing
that you could say
to make this
less awkward right now.
Can we talk later?
Good plan.
So, uh,
that happened.
Sorry. Got to go to work.
You all right, boss?
Yeah. Kid stuff.
What do we have?
This is a
month's worth of
Morgan Davenport photos
from Mr. TMZ.
Yeah, it cost me
a month's salary, too.
Got her at the beach,
events, yoga.
What we don't have are photos
of her with Damian.
Husband and wife
living separate lives?
Could be two busy
professionals.
Or signs of trouble
in paradise.
We may not have Damian, but
we definitely have Kathy Laster.
They met.
And they weren't
getting along.
Morgan flew her and her protest
group here for a confrontation?
We only know what we know.
They met. Bring Morgan in.
She'll try
to stonewall us.
Tell her lawyer about
the photos. She'll come.
Anything to
avoid a scandal.
Morgan Davenport.
I believe there's been
some miscommunication
between our offices.
If that's how you'd like
to characterize it.
How would you describe your
relationship with WorldWorks?
Morgan has no relationship
with that organization.
The fact that she
secretly funded
their trip to Hawai'i
says otherwise.
Where are you getting
your information?
Financial records.
All legally obtained.
We thought it was because Morgan
wanted to put pressure on Damian
to return the land.
I do want that...
Morgan, please.
But now we know it's because
you have a more personal reason
to pressure
your husband.
This is you coming out of
the Leach and Dunne
family law practice.
Divorce lawyers.
You've been following her?
Alan, it'll come out eventually.
Yes, Damian and I
are separating.
We have fundamental
disagreements
on some ethical issues
in his business.
Ethical issues
in other places, too.
You didn't bring Kathy
out here to protest.
You brought her out here
for a confrontation.
This was taken
the day before she died.
Why were you fighting?
It's complicated.
I need a moment
with my client.
Un-complicate it.
Damian and Kathy
had a special relationship.
You're not listening to me.
Special how?
This isn't what Damian wants.
Morgan.
We can speak if you want to.
He's right.
Damian won't approve,
and it is not my place to say.
My husband
is a flawed man,
always was.
When we were young, in Duluth,
I thought success
would help smooth the edges.
But some things never change.
Morgan Davenport wanted to talk.
Guilty conscience?
Or is she trying to point
the finger someplace else?
Never got far enough
to figure it out.
She did mention
that Damian
and Kathy Laster had
a special relationship.
Suggests an affair.
Could explain why
Morgan brought her in.
Leverage for the divorce.
Affair means bad PR for Damian.
I mean, a murder would
mean bad PR, too.
Duluth.
Morgan couldn't talk freely,
but she was trying
to tell me something.
She mentioned when she
and Damian were young in Duluth.
Damian and Morgan
met and married in Minneapolis.
They never lived in Duluth,
and there's no connection
to Nine Clouds there either.
But Kathy spent
a lot of time there.
It's all over her socials.
Says it's her "happy place."
That place would
make me happy, too.
Does Kathy come from money?
Uh, mother is
a freelance bookkeeper,
and the house
belongs to a trust.
A way to keep
ownership discreet.
So, it's hush money.
Damian bought Kathy the house to
keep her quiet about the affair.
Mm. Wrong tree,
but right orchard.
Need to get Damian
away from his lawyers.
Any ideas?
Hawaiian common law can help.
You're on
private property.
Actually, you're on private
property. I'm on the beach,
which in Hawai'i
is public.
You know, I get exactly
one hour a day to myself,
and since you won't leave me
or my wife alone...
Let's get this over with.
Come on, take your best shot.
Oh, I'm not here to talk about
you or your wife.
I'm here to talk about
your daughter.
Kathy Laster.
Let me tell you
a story.
Stop me if I
get it wrong.
25 years ago, you founded
Nine Clouds in Minneapolis.
Everyone who worked for you got
rich, except your bookkeeper,
Sarah Laster.
She left the company,
gave birth to a baby girl
six months later.
Kathy Laster
was your daughter.
You bought the house
to keep her mother quiet,
and it worked.
Until your wife found out.
Flew Kathy here.
That's all you got?
That's all I need.
What happened to Kathy?
I didn't kill that woman.
Your daughter.
Look, I made some mistakes
in my life.
Sarah was one of them.
I offered compensation
to protect my marriage
and Sarah.
The scandals
would've hurt her, too.
What about protecting Kathy?
She's not my responsibility.
You really believe that?
You know what? There-There's
no proof of anything.
There's proof she was murdered
on your property.
She ran for help
until she bled to death.
Now, if you didn't do it,
don't you want
to know who did?
It's a tragedy.
I trust you'll find the killer.
I also trust you'll leave
these damaging rumors
out of the investigation.
Tennant had no luck
breaking Damian, huh?
Admitted to buying the house
for Kathy's mom,
but wouldn't cop
to being the father.
Got a lot on the line.
Billionaire divorces
tend to affect stock prices.
Nine Clouds
could suffer.
There'd need to be proof
that Kathy's his daughter.
No way he'd take
a paternity test.
Morgan could've collected
a sample secretly,
had the test run herself.
Oh.
And shared
it with Kathy.
I was just looking for you.
Any luck locating
Kathy's phone?
Well, first of all,
luck is a human construct
designed to give meaning
to random acts of chance,
and in turn, comfort us
in a universe that is
inherently chaotic.
And Kathy's phone?
Well, that's why I was looking
for you. It was just turned on.
You know where?
Campground on the west side.
I'll send you the details.
Lucky break, huh?
Kathy's phone led us
to the WorldWorks campsite.
Protesters responded
with force,
so, HPD rounded them up
and brought them in.
This is Mike Williams
and Kathy Laster's.
Found her phone and
personal effects in his tent.
Mike explain why he had
his girlfriend's phone?
Mike wasn't there.
And the WorldWorks members
claim not to know where he is.
Think they're
telling the truth?
I got 'em
in the conference room.
I'm gonna find out.
And the phone?
It's locked.
Ernie's doing
his thing.
All right, well,
we'll search this stuff.
So... oil money, huh?
Did you research me?
I'm sorry. It's a cop habit.
Yeah, my family's done well.
What? You just like
to keep it a secret?
People look at you differently
when they think you're wealthy.
Money complicates things.
I think that's something
only rich people say.
My parents used money
to control us,
tell us what to do, who to be.
I didn't like that.
Well, they must have loved
you going into law enforcement.
They did not.
Whoa.
Nine millimeter rounds.
But no gun.
Mike is armed.
And in the wind.
Please tell me you were able
to crack Kathy's phone.
Wasn't the top recruit out of
Caltech 'cause of my good looks.
Well, that may have been
a factor. All right.
20 emails back and forth
from an unknown sender.
All about the trip to Hawai'i.
Probably Morgan.
Yes, but only one message
with an attachment.
A DNA test proving
Kathy and Damian are related.
Morgan knew.
She must have planned to use
this as leverage over Damian.
She's not the only one.
Mike Williams got
into the phone,
forwarded the
message to himself.
Mike knows
Kathy is Damian's daughter.
And he's out there
with a gun.
I'm telling you,
I'm not just going
to let you
onto the property.
And I'm telling you,
a potentially dangerous man
is already on it.
The compound is secure.
WorldWorks has been
here multiple times.
You don't think Mike knows
your vulnerabilities?
No warrant, no access.
We're trying to avoid
something terrible happening.
I have a full security staff
trained to do just that.
Mr. Tillman,
there isn't much...
What the hell was that?
Probable cause.
We're entering the compound now.
You check the fire,
we'll check the house.
Fire's out
of control.
Any sign of Mike Williams?
He wouldn't have survived this.
Doesn't matter.
Damian's never here
at this hour.
Just property damage.
It's a distraction.
♪ ♪
Mr. and Mrs. Davenport,
you okay?
No, they're not.
Mike, need you
to put the weapon down.
After he admits what he did.
There's nothing
to admit.
Kathy was your daughter,
and you used her as a pawn.
Stop lying!
It's not true.
Hey, guys, got a series
of encrypted messages
from Kathy's phone.
Not the best time to chat.
Someone reached out to her
the night she died.
Encryption is next level.
Not even sure
I can crack it, but...
You did this!
...I have an idea
of who'd be capable of this.
In the middle of something
important here.
Me, too. I'm breaking the case,
finding the killer.
We might have another one
on our hands.
Mike Williams is about
to shoot Damian.
Okay, okay. Your thing wins.
I'll keep working.
Hey, Mike,
this isn't the way, okay?
The truth. Now!
You killed Kathy!
I had no reason
to kill that woman.
Morgan brought her in
as leverage for the divorce,
or to shame me.
I-I... I met with her.
She said I was her father,
had DNA to prove it.
I offered to pay her to leave,
and-and... and she refused.
And then you beat her to death.
No.
I called my lawyers. I told them
we had a problem on our hands.
But she was your daughter,
not a problem!
Hey, think of Kathy here.
I'm doing this for her.
No. You're doing
this for you.
She wouldn't want you
to spend your life in jail.
All because of him?
Put the gun down, Tillman, now!
I got him, Damian.
You're safe now.
Gonna apply pressure, okay?
We need an ambulance.
Code 3.
Stay with me, Mike.
Stay with me.
You got it.
I'm assuming Damian and Morgan
are free to go, correct?
They are. You, however,
need to come with me.
I've given my statement.
I was justified
in shooting an armed intruder,
and helping
to catch Kathy Laster's killer.
You're half right.
Mike Williams
didn't murder Kathy.
You're not still suggesting
that Damian was involved.
My people found messages
on Kathy's phone
with intelligence-level
encryption.
It took a minute to
decode them, but we did it.
They're from you...
inviting Kathy to meet you on
the grounds the night she died.
I wasn't even
on the island that night.
I was on the company jet.
Or at least said you were.
Check the manifest.
This one?
The real manifest?
The one you showed
us was doctored.
Why would I do any of this?
You've been hiding Damian's
dirty laundry for years.
And you knew an
illegitimate daughter
would open
the floodgates.
I would never kill anyone.
You probably offered her money
at first.
But Kathy couldn't be bought.
So you panicked, took the
situation into your own hands.
You've worked for Damian
for a decade.
This is your one chance
to explain to him
why you killed his daughter.
I want to speak to a lawyer.
I'm sure that
can be arranged.
The recent tragic events
have opened all of our eyes.
And in dedication
to Kathy Laster,
my daughter,
and her work as
an activist...
...we are offering our land
to the people of Hawai'i.
Dude doesn't believe
a word he's saying.
He went through all that,
and didn't change one bit.
Public perception
of him will.
He's got the divorce,
the murdered daughter.
God knows how many other affairs
that'll be outed.
The board'll force him
to resign.
He's trying to get
in front of the train
before it runs him down.
Not sure that's how trains work,
but I get your point.
Morgan's done, too.
The philanthropy world's
not gonna respond well
to what she did.
Look, land's going back
to where it belongs.
Tillman's gonna get 25-to-life.
Mike Williams is gonna survive.
It's not fair,
but it's justice.
It's something.
So, how rich
is your family?
I could tell you, but
it'd only make things weird.
Well, we love you no matter
how much dough you have.
Eo.
This land is returned to you.
To the future generations and
the stories they will tell here.
Kamau!
Kamau!
♪ I may tell you to run ♪
♪ You know what they say
about the young... ♪
Oh.
What's this?
Parting gift.
For me?
For Alex.
You know he's
got a glove.
Yeah. This one
can be his backup.
♪ I may tell you to run... ♪
How is he?
I don't know.
Haven't had the "look who
mom brought home" talk yet.
You worried?
Almost always.
It's the joys of being a mom.
But this...
this will be fine.
Maybe our paths
will cross again?
Joe.
Next time you're in Hawai'i,
I'm expecting a call.
And if you're ever in D.C.,
I'm in the building
with five sides.
♪ Send me on my way ♪
♪ Send me
on my way ♪
♪ Send me on my way. ♪
How much did you hear?
All of it.
Ah.
Can I see the glove?
You want to talk about it now?
Mom, it's been three years.
Dad's got a
whole new life.
If-if you want to date,
you should date.
Thank you.
And that guy-- he seemed nice.
A little awkward, but nice.
He is.
Gonna see him again?
Never say never.
Ooh. Well, until then,
let's get you back out there.
No.
Okay.
Eharmony?
None of that is happening.
And that's...
That's your profile picture.
That's not funny.
That's a good one.
Alex? Alex. That's not...
That's a real good one.