Hawaii Five-O (1968) s08e12 Episode Script

Everything okay, Charlie? Everything's okay if you don't have to work on Sunday.
Well, you win some, you lose some.
- Now, you stay put.
- Okay, I promise.
Another round, I would've got you, man.
Except for something an old uncle once told me, "Quit while you're ahead.
" - Steve? - Yeah, Danno.
The governor wants to see you five minutes ago.
On the way.
I'm warning you, sir, we can't stand much more.
Some are gonna go under unless we get better protection.
And I mean now.
Right now! I understand your feelings, Mr.
Mendoza, believe me.
And I promise you that I'll do every Come in.
Oh, Steve.
Come in.
Do you know Jose Mendoza? Steve McGarrett, Hawaii Five-0.
We haven't met, but I've heard of Mr.
Mendoza.
I'm glad to see you finally getting some professional help.
What was that all about? You know about the waterfront robberies? Yeah, another one Sunday, I hear.
Half a dozen in the last two months, Steve.
Add them all up, that's over a $2 million loss.
I'm getting a lot of pressure.
You just saw some of it.
Mendoza is developing a very loud voice in the Islands.
And it carries.
All the way to the mainland.
H.
P.
D.
Has worked very hard on this, Steve.
But they can use some help.
Can you clear your slate? Yes, sir.
When do we start? Tommy.
Tommy, I could live like this forever.
Yeah.
Me too.
Well, maybe some day both of us will.
No way, Elena.
Your father's got you wrapped up special delivery for some Punahou dude, all money and class.
Wouldn't let me in through the back door.
Yeah, but he's not running my life.
How can you buck him? He's too big, too important.
Well, I'm not a little girl any more and he's not gonna tell me to stop seeing you.
Sorry to bust in, lover boy.
Just wanted to tell you to hang loose.
We may have some action.
So soon? Boss's orders.
Meet you at Phebe's at the usual time.
Maybe this time you better leave your girlfriend home, huh? Why did he say that? I don't know.
- It's just another warehouse, isn't it? - Yeah.
Then I'm gonna go.
Not this time, Elena.
Come on, Tommy, I've done it before.
You heard what Harry said.
But I don't care about Harry.
And so I'm just gonna go.
And there's nothing you can do about it.
So, what do you think of them there apples? Hey.
H.
P.
D.
Lent us their files.
I've studied them.
Simple break-ins mostly.
Clocks, radios, calculators.
Easy stuff to unload, Steve.
- Sure, street-corner merchandise.
- Yeah.
Look at this one.
Furniture, machinery, a thousand sacks of guano fertilizer.
Try peddling that on the street corner.
The strange thing is that none of the stolen merchandise has been recovered.
Nothing? Not even a single TV set - or clock radio or sack of guano? - Nothing.
- Well, maybe they're shipping it out.
- Yeah, maybe.
And that's your angle, Chin.
Yours and Duke's.
Question your street contacts.
Find out who's buying, who's selling.
Where's all the hot stuff going? Danno, I've noticed that Detective Luis Kimura's been assigned to this case.
- He's a friend of mine.
- Yes, I know.
I'd like you to go over every aspect of the case with him, backtrack every location.
See if there are holes to be filled in.
Got it.
Open the gate.
It's me, Elena.
Go.
Papa, I'd like you to meet a friend of mine.
Tommy.
Tommy Long.
Hello.
Where have you been? Well, we just went out for a drive.
Elena, I'd like to talk to you.
I don't have time now, I have an appointment.
But I want you to stay in the house.
Papa, I'm not gonna be here that long.
Tommy and I have a date later.
Would you excuse us, please? Yeah.
Sure.
Yes, sir.
Don't forget to pick me up.
You were rude, inexcusably rude.
Where do you meet people like that? That kind of trash? I'm not in the mood for a lecture.
Besides, I think I'm getting a little too old.
I don't care what mood you're in.
You're not too old to show some respect.
Well, I've done nothing to harm the great name of Mendoza.
People have seen you.
They've told me.
Out at all hours.
Running around with trash, with a lot of nobodies.
Like that one.
This has to stop.
What's wrong with nobodies? You were one once, remember? No, no, not any more, not now.
We have a name.
We have money.
We have something to live up to.
Yes, that's all you care about, appearances.
How things look.
Never how I feel inside.
Not once how I feel.
Elena, I want you to stay here.
I want you to stay in the house, do you hear me? And that didn't check out.
Does that get you up to date? Yeah.
For now.
Hey, why don't we knock off for a while and grab something to eat, okay? - Sure.
Good idea.
- All right.
Is this where you usually eat? Listen, if I don't stop here first, I starve.
If you're a little short, I'll be glad to help you out.
No, man, I'm always short before payday.
Besides, my grandfather Or was it my great-grandfather? Anyway, he saw ahead and left me with a little piece of green security.
Mr.
Kimura.
Mr.
Kaneho.
You're late.
I was concerned.
Hey, have I ever let you down? No, never.
Now, I got this beautiful imperial jade cabochon.
It's a family heirloom.
Hey, that's beautiful.
Ten bucks.
I didn't hear that.
Come on, man, get with it.
That ring comes all the way from Burma.
And with inflation the way it is, I'd be a fool to let you have it for less than 50.
Kaneho, you're a hard man.
Mr.
Kimura, you're taking advantage of me.
And it was my pleasure.
I'll see you pay day.
The ring will be waiting.
Get what you want? Twenty-five bucks.
It's always 25 bucks.
Hey, Tommy, how's it? What was that cop doing here? He's a regular customer.
Well, what about the mauka side, Duke? If there's any action, it should be there.
Okay.
Knock it off, I'll see you tomorrow.
Well, Duke is batting zero so far.
Oh, how did you make out with Luis Kimura? I don't think he missed anything.
Mind if I look at those H.
P.
D.
Files again? Why? Have you got something you're not telling an old friend about? Nothing specific.
It just bugs me that none of that hot stuff has shown up anywhere.
I have copies of my report for everyone and on the basis of these figures, I believe we can anticipate a significant drop in the crime rate for this quarter.
Thank you, gentlemen.
Thank you, Steve.
Well, gentlemen, unless there's some unfinished business, I think we can Mr.
Mendoza? Governor, I'm delighted with Mr.
McGarrett's optimistic report.
But I'm curious.
Are the warehouse robberies included in these statistics? Or do you imply that since Five-0 is in charge of the case, we should assume that the problem is ended? Well, as I said, H.
P.
D.
And Five-0 are working closely together and we hope to report some concrete results soon.
But the problem is never ended until the case is closed, Mr.
Mendoza.
That's a police platitude, Mr.
McGarrett.
I'm no longer interested in platitudes.
They can't pay for our losses.
We can't get insurance.
Mr.
Mendoza, we're doing everything we possibly can Governor, governor, the warehousemen have suffered enough.
Three of us have already been forced to sell out to some mainland outfit.
Maybe you feel that the warehousemen are deserving of only second-class protection Wait a minute.
Who said anything about second-class protection? That remark is uncalled for and out of order.
Then I apologize, governor, not only for what I just said, but for what I'm gonna say now.
Now, aside from the warehouse robberies, I'm concerned with other problems on our island.
The general breakdown of law and order.
The leniency of the courts with our criminals.
The conduct of some of our men who hold high office in this state.
And in the next election, I assure you, gentlemen, I intend to speak my mind.
Good day, gentlemen.
It's too soon to hit another warehouse, Zeno.
- There's cops all over the waterfront.
- Harry only said "maybe.
" It's up to the boss.
He stays in a hole, gives the orders and we stick our necks out.
That's what you get paid for.
- You ever see him? - Once, by accident.
Remember, number three.
Thirty, 40, 50.
There'll be 25 apiece more after the next job.
We're hitting awful quick again, Harry.
The boss wants it that way, figures to make Five-0 look bad.
You got it straight now? We hit at 5:30 when the night watchman is signing off.
One more thing.
A carton from a shipment we lifted a couple of weeks ago was busted open.
Some calculators were ripped off.
Now, they can be traced.
And the boss wants them back.
Don't look at me, man.
I didn't do it.
Tommy? Oh, no.
No, of course not.
What's with you, man? You hear anything I said? Yeah, yeah.
It's just that Well, the guy you were with.
- You saw him? - Yeah.
You forget it, bruddah.
You never saw him.
And you don't know him.
Okay, Harry.
Sure.
I just never figured a dude like that in on a deal like this.
You can't see no more.
Have a brush? I don't think my father's gonna appreciate me looking like this.
Yeah.
No.
You going in for higher math? My grandfather's, something he gave me.
Tommy, you're getting farther and farther away.
What's wrong? Better be getting back.
Why? It's early.
Your father will be expecting you for dinner.
No, he won't.
He never does.
He's always out on business.
You know that.
Tommy? How much do you know about your father? What do you mean? His business, what he does.
I don't know.
He doesn't talk to me very much, except to lecture me.
What's so funny? Nothing.
Well, what time will you pick me up? Are you gonna hit another warehouse? You promised to take me.
Please? Okay.
Okay.
End of your driveway.
You know this is your father's warehouse, don't you? Sure.
Tommy, let's go.
You stay here.
Seven-five to headquarters.
Go ahead, seven-five.
Yeah.
I'm leaving my car, checking out West Island Transfer Company.
Warehouse 3.
- Do you want backup? - No.
Let me see what's happening first.
Out.
Freeze.
Hold it right there.
Tommy.
Tommy.
Tommy.
Tommy.
Come on, come on, hurry up.
Get over there.
All right, come on, get over there.
Get over there.
Let's go.
Come on.
Come on.
Come on, let's get out of here.
- You bad? - Yes, he has to go to a hospital.
The tire's blown.
Okay, load him in that van over there, all right? Come on, move.
Headquarters to seven-five, come in.
Come in, seven-five.
Kimura, what's going down? Headquarters to six-eight and four-one.
Repeat, six-eight and four-one.
Code 10- 15.
West Islands Warehouse number 3.
- Chin? - H.
P.
D.
Man.
He tried to take them alone.
- Who is it? - Name was Kimura.
Do you know him? He put up a scrap, though.
Got off two shots.
Let's see what Duke's got.
- What about that tire, Duke? - Took a slug.
And it looks like Kimura nailed somebody too.
- Blood.
- A lot of it.
Well, he couldn't move far with that kind of a hole in him.
Left quite a trail, huh? We're not gonna get anything out of the watchman.
He's unconscious.
Looks like Luis got one of the gang, Steve.
Yeah, looks like it.
What about Luis' wife? Want me to call her? - I'll call her.
- Okay.
And while you're at it, get Mendoza out here.
Just hold it.
- Where are we going? - We're gonna go to a hospital.
Just hold this.
You'll be okay.
Well, it's another robbery, McGarrett, huh? How much do I have to lose before you cops do something about it? Look, Mr.
Mendoza, you've only lost money.
We've lost a policeman's life.
I've had about enough.
I'm going to the governor.
Good, go to the governor, go to the president.
I don't give a damn.
I need some information without any speeches.
Well, what do you want from me? There's a trail of blood that ends abruptly over there.
That would indicate that some sort of vehicle, some car, truck that they took someone away in.
Well, we have all kinds of vehicles around here all the time.
Don't you have any records? Sure we have.
The loading foreman, he probably logged it.
Yeah, but he's not here.
You are.
It was one of our rented vans.
They were loading some chemicals.
Now, according to this, the Department of Transportation told us to stop loading because they wanted to make an inspection.
- Why? - Well, how should I know? They just loaded six drums and the rest of them are right here.
The van was left overnight.
Now, will there be anything else, Mr.
McGarrett? Yeah.
I'd like a license number and a description of the vehicle.
Me and Zeno, we're gonna go get a car.
We'll come back and pick you up, take you to a doctor.
- Hey, you're not gonna leave me? - Don't, don't, don't.
Lie down, okay.
Hang in there.
Any reports on the man who was shot? - No, nothing from any hospital or MD.
- Negative on the van too.
Well, it's probably hidden, maybe abandoned by now.
What about the truck with the flat tire? Plates are from another truck abandoned months ago.
A lot of fingerprints, but mostly partials.
Che Fong's working on it.
You know, they were stealing medical supplies this time.
That doesn't add up.
Where or how do you fence medical supplies? Duke, in Luis Kimura's notebook there was a reference to Oh, here it is.
"Interpacific Loading and Storage.
" Outfit that bought one of the warehouses forced to sell out because of the robberies.
Check them out.
I wanna know more about them.
Okay.
Yeah? Good.
Good.
I'll be right over.
The night watchman can talk.
You go up there, keep that guard busy.
Give me a chance to get to that car.
What do I do? Here.
Get some change for the phone.
You call Mendoza, you tell him we're in trouble.
I don't know what else I can tell you.
And you didn't see who slugged you, huh? When I came to, I couldn't move.
My hands and feet were tied and I was blindfolded.
Did you hear anything? I heard voices.
A couple of guys.
Then shots.
And a woman screaming.
- Wait a minute.
A woman? - Yes.
Are you sure? I told you not to call me here.
Harry said to call.
Well, when did this happen? - It just happened.
And Tommy's hurt.
- Tommy? The new kid we've been using.
He got shot.
- What did you do with him? - We left him in the van.
Harry wanted to ditch him.
But he'll bleed to death.
Well, that'll take care of a problem, won't it? - We can't just - Now, shut up and listen.
You go away somewhere and hide out.
I'll make arrangements to get you off the island.
What about the girl? Girl? What girl? Tommy brought this chick and she's Hello? Hello? Did you call, sir? Where's Miss Elena? I don't know, sir.
I haven't seen her all day.
- Was she home last night? - I don't know.
She hasn't - Did you make up the room? - No, sir.
She must have an address book or something.
- Mr.
Kaneho? - Yes, sir.
A friend of mine left a ring here a few days ago.
I'd like to redeem it.
This is Mr.
Kimura's ring.
Well, he won't be coming around anymore.
I'd like to give it to his family.
How much? There's no charge.
Thank you.
- Japanese? - Yes.
Where did you get them? Someone left it here for me to sell for them.
I don't know.
You must have a record.
Who was it? I don't know.
Five-0.
He's my nephew.
I'm sorry.
What's his name and where does he live? His name is Tommy Lynd.
I don't know where he is.
He doesn't live at home.
Oh, I'm thirsty.
Tommy, don't.
Just lay down.
- Tommy.
- I need some water.
- Just stay still.
Stay still.
- Need some water.
I couldn't see who swiped the car.
But there was this other fellow, asked me for some change and made a phone call.
Then he got in the car.
It was all a put-on.
What about the car? Give me a description and the license.
It was a '67 Ford.
Tan coloring.
Okay, we know now that Tommy Lynd is tied in with those robberies.
He can't be the invisible man, so find him, Danno.
That new company you asked me to check on, Interpacific, the one that bought a warehouse.
Guess who owns the controlling interest in it.
Jose Mendoza.
Yeah.
And he paid a fire-sale price for it.
He screams that his colleagues are being forced out of business and at the same time, he's swallowing them up.
Curious.
Duke, find out what's in that Interpacific warehouse.
Get a warrant if necessary.
- Yes, Jenny? - Mr.
Dorrow to see you, sir.
- Dorrow? - From Federal Bureau of Standards.
Okay, Jenny.
Send him in.
Mr.
Dorrow.
McGarrett.
Come in, please.
Won't you sit down? What can I do for you? I understand you're looking for a van with some drums of chemicals.
Yes.
Yes, we are.
But the drums and the van are not our first concern, Mr.
Dorrow.
They should be your first concern, sir.
I just finished inspecting what's left of that shipment at the warehouse.
Those drums are old, some of them are leaking.
I've ordered the entire shipment impounded.
Well, when we find the van, we'll turn the drums over to you.
Mr.
McGarrett, those drums contain methylene parathyrite.
Ever heard of it? Methylene parathyrite? No.
I don't think so.
What is it? In a diluted form, they're highly inflammable.
These drums contain a concentrate, Especially if they're subjected to heat and agitation.
- Funny, Elena, funny.
- Tommy.
I wanted to be just like him, only better.
Tommy, lie still.
It ain't right, Harry.
It just ain't right.
We should have called a doctor, told him where Tommy was.
Harry, the cops.
John, look, I don't want an argument.
I want a warrant.
It's a capital case, the man is on his way.
Thank you.
Come in.
Steve, still nothing new on the missing van.
We've been checking out Tommy Lynd.
He has a couple of misdemeanors.
But listen to this.
He's been seen around town with a new girlfriend.
Her name is Elena Mendoza.
- Mendoza's daughter? - No less.
Have you questioned her? She's missing too, along with Tommy.
That's interesting, because the night watchman at the warehouse said that he heard a woman scream.
- Could the woman have been a girl? - Why not? Steve.
Che Fong identified the prints on the abandoned truck.
They belong to two ex-cons named Harry Opala and Zeno Kahana.
- Have you put out an APB? - Five minutes ago.
That fills out the hand.
Opala, Kahana, and Tommy Lynd are the men we're looking for.
Yeah, that's the muscle, Danno.
But where are the brains? There's gotta be some brains behind this operation.
- What would you say to Mendoza? - Yeah, exactly my thinking, Chin.
What can you add? Why is Mendoza trying to find Opala and Kahana? Are you sure he's trying to find them? Why is he calling all over town? Well, there's only one place to find out.
Let me know if you hear from Duke about that warehouse.
Let's go, Chin.
Well, somebody must know.
Look, find them.
No excuses.
- Mr.
Mendoza.
- Yes? A gentleman to see you, sir.
- Now what? - Mendoza, I understand you've been looking for two men named Harry Opala and Zeno Kahana.
- Why? - Well, those men work for me.
Opala's one of my warehouse foremen.
Well, your warehouse foreman's been moonlighting.
He and Kahana were involved in the last warehouse robbery.
Your warehouse.
Where Officer Kimura was killed.
Do you have any proof, McGarrett? Or is this a guessing game? We don't guess, Mendoza.
We deal with facts.
And the fact is that you've been behind all of these warehouse robberies.
Now, we think we can prove that.
That's crazy.
Some of my own warehouses were hit.
Now, why would I steal from myself? To avoid suspicion.
But your real goal has been to control the waterfront by forcing your competitors out of business.
I was trying to help those people.
How? By buying them up through a dummy corporation at bargain prices? Now, we know all about Interpacific.
I've had enough of your wild charges, McGarrett.
Would you mind leaving my home? Steve? - Yeah, Chin? - Just got word from H.
P.
D.
Opala and Kahana cracked up in a stolen car.
Both dead.
- Was Tommy Lynd with them? - No.
That would mean he's still in the missing van.
That would also indicate that he was the one who was shot.
Where's your daughter, Mendoza? My daughter? What's my daughter got to do with this? We have reason to believe that she's with Tommy Lynd, that he is also involved in the warehouse robberies.
She's not at home.
She hasn't been home all night.
You'd better help us find those kids if you ever wanna see your daughter alive.
The chemical in those drums can blow them both to bits.
Tommy.
Tommy, now, just lie still.
This is McGarrett.
All units, ground and air, concentrate in the area of Sea Life Park.
Use as a hub, fan out from there.
I'm on my way over.
How do you know she's there? How can you be so sure she's there? Car was stolen from the parking lot.
Opala and Kahana walked to it.
So they must have ditched the van somewhere around there.
- Can't you go any faster? - Headquarters to McGarrett.
Come in, Steve.
Come in, Steve.
Yeah, go ahead, Danno.
Duke just checked in.
He found all of the stolen merchandise from all the robberies in the Interpacific warehouse.
Okay, Danno.
Thank you.
That's interesting, isn't it, Mr.
Mendoza? - I can't make it.
- Tommy.
No.
Attention in the van.
You're in danger.
- Get out.
- Help! Stop.
Tommy, stop.
- Elena, I'm - Tommy.
No.
No, you can't have us! - No! No! - No! Where is it, Danno? At the end of a dirt road about half a mile off Laukahi Road.
Well, we're only a couple of miles south of that dirt road, Steve.
Can the chopper see the girl or Lynd? Nobody.
Maybe they're inside the van.
Get an ambulance in there.
Already on the way.
Get on the horn.
Get those kids out of the van.
There's a highly volatile chemical in it that can blow at any time.
Headquarters to McGarrett.
Make the first turn off to the left, Steve.
Keep him here.
Chin.
Come on.
Get out of here.
Get out of here.
Chin, get her out of here.
Easy.
Careful.
Careful, his gut's shot.
Elena.
Elena.
Easy.
Watch it.
Okay, right over here, fellas.
Careful.
It's all right, Elena, it will be all right.
It will never be all right.
Go with them, Chin.
They're both under arrest.
She's just a kid, McGarrett.
Go easy on her.
I'm the one you want.
She's just a kid, huh? She's also a thief and an accessory to murder.
And so are you.
Book them, Danno! This is McGarrett.
Give me a patch to the governor's office.