Hawaii Five-O (1968) s11e05 Episode Script
Small Potatoes
This has the smell of big-time gambling to me.
I hear dice clicking.
The girls could be shills.
McGarrett wants to talk to me.
I'm gonna have to tell him something, you understand? We won't let you get hurt, Johnny.
You're small potatoes.
Don't you know? And the small potatoes, they're always the ones that get fried first.
Oh, come on.
McGarrett, I told you it's a gambling operation.
You don't need me.
Who's your contact? Who do you talk to? See, that's a question I don't even answer off the record.
I mean, that's very bad for my health.
[CHATTERING.]
Joe's not in the music business any more.
He's into Oriental an now.
Johnny? Johnny.
- Where's Johnny? - Hey, thank you, honey.
Did I ever tell you about my rich uncle in Texas? He's so rich he don't pay no income tax.
He just calls them when Here's to earthly paradise.
As far as I'm concerned, Hawaii is the known world.
Waikiki is the capital of it all.
- Johnny.
- Mm-hm? Mm-hm.
- Yeah? - Johnny, get this straight.
- Got it? - Okay.
I got it.
Call the elevator, and, uh, ahem, we'll be right down, okay? Good.
Drink up, gentlemen.
Uh, the cars are waiting downstairs.
Uh I'll be back.
You gonna wait for me? Well, you see, I told this old gal, I said, "Lady, hell, all I gotta do is flap my arms and I can fly faster than that.
" JOHNNY: Uh-huh.
Okay.
Uh, you fellas, why don't you go in this one? [SIGHS.]
Uh, 1187 Sarabande Way, okay? Step on it.
They're waiting for you.
Okay.
[ENGINES REV.]
- Johnny, take me with you.
- Oh-- Please take me with you.
- I got-- - Come here.
Come here.
I got 60,000 cash.
I gotta play again.
That's the only way I can redeem my losses back.
Yeah, Mr.
Lee, they don't wanna hear it.
I mean, this 60,000 is nothing to them.
They don't wanna do business with you.
They're cutting you off.
No, no.
- Take your money and go home.
- Johnny, listen-- it's not my decision.
Do you understand that? You're out.
Hey, hey, hey.
Jeez.
My money.
My money.
[TIRES SCREECHING.]
My money.
[SIGHS.]
[SCATTING.]
[MUTTERS INDISTINCTLY.]
[TIRES SCREECHING.]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER RADIO.]
[GROANS.]
Take it easy.
Take it easy.
I didn't see I didn't see a thing.
Give me a hand here.
- Easy.
- No, don't move me.
Take it easy.
Take it easy.
It's all right.
Oh, no.
Oh, no, no, no.
Just take it easy.
No, wait a second.
Wait a second.
No, no, no, let go.
Wait a second.
Come on, wait.
I'll move.
I'll do it.
I'll do it, I'll do it.
Officer.
[WHISTLES.]
- Quite a bundle.
- Looks like 50 to 60 grand or more.
We'll count it and put it on report.
- We'll need your signature.
- Right.
[SIREN WAILING.]
McGARRETT [ON TV.]
: I repeat, gambling means money the kind of money that attracts crime, organized crime.
And organized crime means legitimate businesses go elsewhere.
Bad money always drives out good money.
Then it's all one business: Theirs.
Ladies and gentlemen, the answer is simple.
Never; never let organized crime nor gambling get a foothold here in Hawaii.
Thank you.
Thank you, Mr.
McGarrett, and the rest of the panel.
This completes our discussion on gambling and organized crime.
This segment was taped earlier at our studio-- A lot of good that will do, Danno.
The committee will never call me, count on it.
Well, what have we got this morning? This just came from H.
P.
D.
A character named Johnny Noah banged up his Rolls-Royce.
They found a briefcase with $60,000 cash in it, all in hundred-dollar bills.
It's not against the law if you can explain it to the IRS.
Yeah, but hundred-dollar bills, Danno? All that cash could mean a money laundry is being set up here.
Check it out.
I'd like to know if somebody is washing money in our own back yard.
Right.
- Lani? LANI [OVER PHONE.]
: Yes, sir? Get me the governor, please.
[CHUCKLING.]
Watch out, honey.
Watch out.
You'll get burned.
- That's enough.
- Good? [JOHNNY CLEARS THROAT.]
[SIGHS.]
You're a pitiful sight.
[GLORIA LAUGHS.]
A hustler with a padded necktie.
Think they'll let you keep ii when they hang you? Why'd you have to go tell them about the money for? What did you want me to do, connect the H.
P.
D.
to Lee? They'd ask questions.
You-know-who wouldn't like that.
Oh, yeah.
Oh, the big one, you mean.
The big one.
- Ha-ha-ha.
- The big one.
You taking those pills with hot coffee? You want a little, uh, cold water? Would it be easier? Sweetie? Here's your sweet patootie.
Aw.
Aw.
The big jackpot.
And you can't cash in on it because you had to tell the cops it's yours.
Why don't you ask me how I feel? When the good times roll, you're up there in the glass paradise.
And when you get kicked, you come here to see Gloria.
That's business.
- You know that's business.
- I know.
I'd be with you any night and every night.
I'd love it.
I don't wanna watch all those chicks in heat rubbing themselves-- [YELLS.]
I was on my way to see you--! [IN NORMAL VOICE.]
Last night.
- You know, it's about you.
- Heh.
It's like there's something wrong with your karma.
Something wrong with my nose.
[LAUGHING.]
[PHONE RINGS.]
Yes.
Hello? - Ah, Mr.
Lee.
- Let me speak to him.
Yes.
Please, just wait a minute.
Let me see if he's still here.
Johnny.
Mr.
Lee.
JOHNNY: Tell him to get lost.
GLORIA: I am sorry.
He just left.
Please? [LINE DISCONNECTS.]
[SIGHS.]
Seven hundred and seventy, contents of desk.
Five-0 is on the way up.
McGarrett.
He wants to see the physical evidence.
McGarrett, huh? Well, tell him he can see it after the Treasury and the FBI are through with it.
[CHUCKLES.]
You know something, Harold.
We all learned in kindergarten how to put things in boxes.
SULLIVAN: Steve? - Can I talk to you for a minute? - Sure.
Looks like it's getting a little out of hand.
They insist it's a federal case.
Bob, you know very well that I can go to court and get access to all the evidence.
This is our jurisdiction.
SULLIVAN: I know.
But I hope you won't.
Listen to me, Steve.
Lee dipped into this bank for one-and-a-half million.
That's all they've found so far.
The guy was a computer wizard.
But he's dead, and the bank is sick.
Bob, we've been friends a long time, right? We're not gonna walk all over your case, but Five-0 has a legitimate interest, and I've got responsibilities.
The governor is very concerned.
This is a big bank.
They've been handling a lot of state loans, right? I know.
I know.
McGARRETT: All right, answer something.
Why is Kendricks sitting on this one? Because he's got a big butt.
He's got a big mouth too.
KENDRICKS: Well, well, well.
Every time I turn on the evening news these days, I see you on it, McGarrett.
What are you, running for public office for the anti-gambling ticket? Hey, that wouldn't be a bad idea.
[ELEVATOR DINGS.]
Bob, I'll see you in court.
I'll ride down with you.
Mm-hm.
He's just sore because the reporters aren't paying any attention to him.
Well, he's no surprise.
You're the one who's conning me.
What's the story, Bob? I can't tell you anything.
In return, I need your help.
You drive a hard bargain.
Phone numbers.
Here's a complete list.
Lee's address book, recent phone calls.
I don't have the manpower to run it down.
And I need it all fast, Steve.
Real fast.
Okay, Bob, but you owe me one, huh? I'll get this list back to you in 24 hours and I'll have an injunction from Judge Richardson ordering access to all evidence to go along with it.
And be sure to tell Kendricks, will you? I don't want him to miss me on the evening news.
DANNY: Steve.
- Oh, yeah, Danno? I couldn't get a call through to you up there.
The FBI must've gotten here before he landed.
Hard to believe, isn't it? Fourteen seminars a year in inter-agency cooperation.
Take a look at this.
I'm sure it was Sullivan's idea to keep us busy.
Look at that.
Johnny Noah.
The last call Lee made.
10:07.
What do you think a computer wizard talks about minutes before he jumps to an accident victim who was carrying What do you think, Danno? I don't know, Steve.
But gambling, like alcoholism, is a sickness.
- Poor guy.
- Sure is.
We gotta find Johnny Noah, Danno.
He's right in the middle of this.
I'll be right back.
I'm gonna take the kids to get their shots.
- Okay.
- Is Johnny Noah here? Try his old lady.
Who are you? My name is Williams.
Five-0.
I'd like to talk to Johnny.
Okay, kids.
Come on back.
Come on.
Inside.
Come on.
Thanks, Mary.
Where does his "old lady" live? Look, I don't know where he is.
If I did, I'd be there.
If you find him, tell him to call Eileen.
If you see him first, uh, would you ask him to give me a call at this number, Miss, uh? Goodbye, Mr.
Williams.
I thought you were going out.
DANNY: There's some kids staying at the condo, and at least three chicks, maybe four.
None of them have jobs.
They're all on welfare.
Gotta hand it to Noah.
He's got the state of Hawaii paying his rent.
I can't believe this is a call-girl operation, Danno.
You can't make 60,000 bucks as a procurer.
The word is he's a smart hustler, but, uh, small potatoes.
A few petty busts.
Car boosting, stuff like that.
Then what's he doing in that expensive condominium? Well, he doesn't live there all the time.
The doorman says the traffic in and out is pretty light during the week.
Except Johnny has a couple of big parties every week.
- Big parties, huh? - Yeah, very fancy.
Lots of out-of-towners.
You know, this has the smell of big-time gambling to me.
I hear dice clicking.
The girls could be shills.
You think Johnny's a runner for the big boys? Could be.
I'd sure like to ask him.
They say he's got another place and a steady lady.
I got a hunch I know where to find that steady lady.
We'll get past this one.
You and me.
You'll see.
You'll see.
[DOORBELL RINGS.]
- Shh.
- All right.
All right.
- Answer it.
Answer it.
- Okay.
Don't Don't, uh, tell anybody I'm here.
- No.
Take it easy.
- Don't let anybody past the door.
Okay.
I'll handle it, sure.
Yeah? Who's--? Who's there? McGARRETT: McGarrett.
Hawaii Five-O.
- Oh, hello.
- Hi.
It's just a routine follow-up about the traffic accident.
I'd like to ask Mr.
Noah a few questions.
- I'm sorry.
He doesn't live here.
- Oh.
- You're Gloria Kozma, aren't you? - Yup.
He checked out of the hospital to this address.
He did.
He was here.
Maybe half an hour, and then he went on to his own place.
Did you drive him there? We've been calling your number and there's been no answer.
- I was shopping.
I just got back.
- I see.
Uh, Miss Kozma, a man by the name of Felisco Lee called here this morning about 10 a.
m.
It was his last phone call.
He jumped to his death shortly thereafter.
What? Now, I was wondering, did Mr.
Lee talk to you? - Or to Johnny Noah? - He did.
He called here, and I told him Johnny wasn't here.
But he was here, Miss Kozma.
Look, uh I don't know, uh [CHUCKLES.]
You have lots of questions and I don't have lots of answers.
So maybe you better talk to Johnny.
Yeah, I will.
But, uh, you can tell him to call this number.
- He'll save himself a lot of trouble.
- Okay.
Would you ask him to wait about 10 or 15 minutes? I'll be back to the office by then.
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
Here it is.
You can count it.
I don't want it.
Sixty thousand dollars, I got it by accident.
It belongs to a bank.
Rhymes with tank.
Can't win an argument.
I don't want to count it, Johnny.
You're gonna take it off my hands, right? They've made a connection to me.
McGarrett from Five-0's been around.
You know, they don't send him around to fill out an accident report.
- Yes, I can see you've been hurt.
- Mm.
I'm sorry about that.
Well, I need a shady place to stand, general.
A piece of paper, a payroll receipt, something.
Anything.
If they ask questions, you're the one who's gonna be hurt.
Are you threatening me, Johnny? How are they going to know anything if you don't tell them? What is this, play time, general? We're not in dear old Saigon, you know.
This is the U.
S.
of A.
They draw a line here, and if you step over it, they make it very hard for you to live.
You ever talk to a high-powered cop? [JOHNNY SCOFFS.]
They empty you out.
Then they send the lint in your brain to the FBI for analysis.
McGarrett wants to talk to me, and I'm gonna have to tell him something, you understand? We won't let you get hurt, Johnny.
But I can't touch the money.
You understand.
It's too dangerous.
Okay.
You play hardball, general.
I said we wouldn't let you get hurt, Johnny.
You help us, we help you.
As always.
Okay.
We help you on one condition, Johnny.
We want McGarrett out of the way.
GOVERNOR: You know I don't want to tie your hands in any way, Steve.
But Kendricks has complained to his superiors.
He insists that this is a federal case, and that you are meddling.
Sir, with all due respect, Kendricks is a jackass.
Now, this is not just a matter of embezzlement of one bank's funds.
The money Lee stole went down a rat hole called organized gambling.
And it happened right here in Hawaii.
Now, that makes it our business, as well as the federal government's.
Unless, of course, you wanna let those, uh, vultures get a foothold here.
- You know me better than that, Steve.
- Yes, sir, I do.
Then please tell Mr.
Kendricks' superiors to cooperate with us instead of trying to shut us out.
Okay.
All right, Steve, I'll back you.
But one word of caution: Kendricks has never forgiven you for showing him up on that illegal-alien case.
I know.
He was about to blow that one.
Ha-ha-ha.
I know.
But there's nothing he'd like better than to catch you off base on this one.
I'll take my chances.
Thank you, sir.
[KNOCK ON DOOR.]
GLORIA: Johnny? What'd the general say? Hm? - Hey.
- Hey.
Oh, hey.
What'd he say? Big boy.
- Careful with that.
- Ha-ha-ha.
What is it? - Okay, you don't wanna hurt me.
- No, I don't wanna hurt you.
- You get everything? - Yeah, I think so.
Everything you asked for.
- Did you get me a toothbrush? - Yeah.
What'd he say? - Tooth paste? - Yeah.
- Uh, who? What? - Come on.
Oh, the general? You want a drink? Come on.
Come on.
Just a second.
You wanna know what the general said? You really wanna know what he said? Here.
[JOHNNY SIGHS.]
He said you should take your clothes off.
Aw, come on.
- Get in the tub with me.
No? - Ha-ha-ha.
You're something.
He said The general gave you his regards.
That's what he did.
[CHUCKLES.]
[GLORIA SHRIEKS.]
Don't soft-stroke me or smoke-screen me.
I don't want it.
I know you so well.
Come on, Johnny.
What did he say? He wants us to deliver McGarrett.
What? You crazy? You out of your mind? Get me, uh, some juice, and pour yourself a drink.
- Don't throw it on me.
- Ha-ha-ha.
You'll give me a heart attack, and then you'll really be up the creek.
All we have to do is deliver McGarrett to a party.
The general says he'll do the rest.
Oh, Johnny.
[SIGHS.]
Don't you know, baby? You're small potatoes.
Don't you know it? And the small potatoes, they're always the ones that get fried first.
Why don't you give it up? Give up the whole thing.
The crime, the syndicate, the general, the chicks.
And do what? What, 9 to 5? That's not what you want.
You'd be bored to death.
You love this.
You love the risk.
You love the danger.
It keeps you alive.
You know you'd have been a long time gone without it.
We're alike, you and me.
That's why we're still together.
You're wrong.
Am I? Am I? Mm-hm.
Come here.
Come here.
It's official now, Steve.
Lee got away with close to 2 million.
There's no trace anywhere.
The trade winds just picked it up and blew it away, huh? [PHONE BUZZES.]
I'll get it.
- Yes, Lani? LANI [OVER PHONE.]
: A Ms.
Kozma.
- Who? - Ms.
Gloria Kozma McGARRETT: Oh, good.
Johnny Noah's girlfriend.
GLORIA: Remember me? The girl who didn't have any answers? Yes, I remember.
Well, I've got some now and I'd like to talk to you.
Well, the office is open.
All day, all night, if necessary.
Parking is free.
- Heh.
I'd rather not meet there.
- I see.
Uh, somewhere else? - Where do you wanna meet? - The Alamuana parking lot? - What time? - Two-thirty okay? - I'll be there.
- Okay.
Be alone.
Yes.
Yes, I'll be alone.
Thank you.
She wants to talk.
GLORIA: Then you make a left.
First he wants to know the questions you're going to ask.
Well, that's funny.
I wanna know the answers first.
Ha, ha.
Now you go over the bridge.
Good.
And he should be waiting for us right now.
There he is.
He's waiting for us.
Okay.
I'll be waiting for you when you're finished.
- Very reassuring.
- Ha, ha.
- You wanted to see me? - Yeah.
Why were you hiding out? My fans are a drag.
I get tired of them.
Tell me about your friend, Mr.
Lee.
What do you wanna know? Your doorman at the Towers saw you with him the night before he jumped.
And it wasn't the first time he had seen you together.
The doorman's got a big mouth, huh? All right, McGarrett.
Lee was a crazy man.
Terrible gambler with a 120-degree fever, and he kept coming back for more.
They had to cut him off.
That's funny.
They drain the guy dry, then they cut him off.
They waited a long time, don't you think? How does the setup work? It's a big operation.
They feed people in from all over.
Miami, Vegas, Hong Kong.
Big spenders.
Big losers.
- Who runs it? - You think I'm crazy? I don't know.
I don't wanna know.
They keep us in separate compartments, know what I mean? Every week I get a different address.
They move it around.
Maybe three, four games running at the same time, you know, I don't know.
But it's never the same address twice.
Who's your contact? Who do you talk to? See, that's a question I don't even answer off the record.
I mean, that's very bad for my health.
H.
P.
D.
found 60,000 bucks in cash on you that same night.
And the last withdrawal Lee made was an illegal transfer of funds for, guess what.
- What? - Sixty thousand bucks.
Now, that's the kind of coincidence a Treasury agent would love to hear about, huh? Oh, come on, McGarrett.
I told you it's a gambling operation.
You don't need me.
All right.
Just give me a name, pal.
All right, listen, McGarrett.
I've got 50,000 left in cash.
It's yours.
No names.
You know, you're the kind of man who hides in the closet when your friend Gloria answers the door.
You don't have enough guts to try to bribe me on your own.
So? Who's the big guy? Who's the big man? Who put you up to this? Who's making the decisions, Johnny boy? I'm on the outside looking in, McGarrett.
I don't know any names.
See you in the DA's office.
Now wait a minute.
Wait a minute, wait a minute, McGarrett.
Come here, come here.
Listen, listen.
I said I don't know any names.
But I know the man, I've seen him.
He's always around watching the action.
I think I can get you in to play.
Tonight? One phone call.
Okay, and I want you along.
You and your friend, Gloria.
Just for luck.
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING.]
I'll pick you up at your hotel at, uh, 10:00.
You're certain about that, Johnny? He wants to come? Very good.
Very good indeed.
[CHATTERING.]
MAN 1: That's a winner.
MAN 2: All right, we're rolling.
The winner, 28.
Twenty-eight.
it's me.
it's mine.
It's mine.
I won it.
it's 28.
PAYLOO: Hello, Mr.
Noah.
- Hello, Payloo.
The bar is to the left.
Cashier is to the right.
And the action is straight ahead.
Very good.
Very good.
Ahem.
I told them you were big people from Vegas.
So buy some chips and flash them around a little bit.
I'm gonna locate the general.
- Right.
- You stick together.
- Okay.
- Okay.
McGARRETT: Five hundred, please.
Oh, my, hey.
You think I'm that lucky? [CHUCKLES.]
Well, I'll have to roll them very well.
Five hundred.
Yes, Flight 106.
Tonight.
The name is Johnny Richardson.
Uh, one way.
First class.
One person.
Yes, thank you.
Uh, what's your favorite number? Your lucky number? Why don't you? I'm not lucky tonight.
[CHUCKLES.]
Um, 13.
Uh, nothing for me, please.
What would you like? Oh, yes, I'd like a little Perrier water.
Don't I know you? I don't know.
Do you? [CHUCKLES.]
Nice try, McGarrett.
But this is a private gathering for charity.
We have to ask you to leave.
Well, I'm a charitable person.
What's the good cause? You can take off your disguise and leave quietly.
Chips, please.
Give it to him.
- That took a little less time than I-- - Well, I hope I didn't blow it for you.
We're even now.
Payloo, would you see that Mr.
McGarrett gets to his car safely? And, uh, take the lady with him.
Oh, we can find our way.
Thank you.
Let's go.
All right.
Don't anybody move.
We're federal agents and you're all under arrest.
MAN: Just a minute, sir.
Well, well, look who's here.
Mr.
Five-0 himself.
Time to cash in your chips, McGarrett.
You're under arrest.
When do I get to make my phone call, Kimo? You can wash your hands now.
Kimo, I get one phone call, remember? Sure, Steve.
After we take your picture.
Please have a seat on the stool there.
Hold this about chest high.
Okay, keep your eyes focused on the yellow dot at the top of the camera here.
Chin up.
Look straight ahead.
Hold it.
That's it.
Next.
McGARRETT [OVER PHONE.]
: Danno, tell the governor not to get involved.
They're trying to frame me.
I don't want him dragged into this.
Listen, Danno, and this is important Call Sandy Tashimoto, and tell him to bail out Gloria Kozma.
Yeah.
Yeah, right away.
We're gonna need her.
If necessary, I'll put up her bail money.
I have visitors, Danno.
I'll talk to you later.
[SIGHS.]
Read him his rights.
Come off it, Harold.
They've already done it, gentlemen.
They know the legalities.
There was $50,000 in a briefcase in your car, McGarrett.
Any idea how it got there? [CHUCKLES.]
No, but I can guess.
It's pretty obvious.
I'd say a guy named Johnny Noah put it in my car to frame me.
Yeah, they always say they're framed.
Show him the photos.
Mm.
Looks like I'm doing a pretty good job of investigating a lead, huh? Very elaborate police work, McGarrett.
Blind pickup, isolated meeting.
Very clandestine.
How would you suggest I do it, if not clandestine? We were investigating Johnny Noah because of another incident.
I caught the connection on that list of phone numbers you gave me, Bob.
I was interested.
So were we, so were we.
You wanna let him tell it, Harold? Johnny Noah told me it was a gambling ring that tapped Lee for all that money.
A very professional operation.
Change locations every week.
Noah's just one of their small potatoes.
They've got a network steering their action.
I was squeezing hard.
I wanted the man in charge, and I got him.
Yeah.
Who is it? Whoever set me up with you, Kendricks.
They want to smear me, don't you see that? They don't like my TV appearances any more than you do.
Show him the other envelope.
It looks like photostats of five 100-dollar bills.
Yeah, and they belong to you.
They were in your pocket when we arrested you at the casino.
Clerk at H.
P.
D.
typed the serial numbers on your property slip.
Check it out.
No, I don't have to.
I believe you.
We have absolute proof that those bills match a series of 100-dollar bills that were used to pay off politicians, building and health inspectors.
And sometimes cops.
We've been working on this case for six months, Steve.
You wanna tell us about it now, McGarrett? We've already talked to Johnny Noah.
He admitted he was your bagman.
Yeah.
A lot of planning went into this, didn't it? Maybe I should call my lawyer.
DANNY: Hello, Sid.
Danny.
Should I offer you my condolences? Coming from you, it would sound like congratulations.
- I have to check your briefcase.
CANE: That's fine.
Say hello to Johnny Noah for me.
And, uh, tell him I'm putting him at the top of my list.
Well, now, there are statutes against intimidating witnesses.
Get McGarrett to explain it to you.
I know what they are.
And, uh, I'm not in the business of bending the law.
Brash.
Take Mr.
Cane to Room D.
- Ring when you're ready to leave, sir.
- I know the routine.
- Mr.
Noah? - Yeah.
I'm Sid Cane.
I'm your lawyer.
- Oh, good.
- Please sit down.
Thank you.
Now, let us presume that our constitutional rights are being violated right now.
That a microphone is picking up our conversation.
Now, if a question occurs to you that requires a confidential approach, please - write it down.
- Okay.
- Uh-- - Please.
Write it down.
Uh, all right.
Let me ask-- DANNY: Brought you a change of clothes.
I thought you might like to get out of your gambler's threads.
Come on, Danno.
Have the decency to at least laugh.
I got ahold of Sandy Tashimoto.
He arranged to have you released on your own recognizance.
- What about the lady? - Her bail is being posted.
And Johnny? Well, he wasn't picked up at the club.
We caught him boarding a late flight to Chicago.
Apparently it was all planned.
He was supposed to duck out, leaving you holding the sack with Gloria.
- Nice guy, huh? - Well, he's locked up.
Sid Cane is with him.
Johnny won't talk.
They'll find some way to take care of their own.
Does Gloria Kozma know that he tried to run out on her? I don't know, Steve.
Listen, Danno, this syndicate has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to set me up and put me away.
They want legalized gambling in Hawaii, and they'll do anything to get it.
But the girl.
The girl is the key to this whole thing.
Now, if she's released ahead of me, tail her.
- I'll change and be right down.
- Right.
I would not presume to guarantee the sentence of any judge in advance, but I think you can expect two years and be pleasantly surprised with 18 months.
What about Gloria? I'll have a talk with the young lady, and she'll be treated with great consideration.
I hope so, Sid.
I only made one plane reservation.
I know.
That was a bad mistake.
I really can't imagine why Mr.
McGarrett has done this.
I have no idea, but I'm sure he'll explain it -to you in the very near future.
- Well, I really appreciate it.
TASHIMOTO: Well, we're glad Ms.
Kozma? - Sid, how are you? - Ms.
Kozma, I am Sid Cane.
I've been retained by Johnny Noah to represent you.
I'm sorry I wasn't informed of this hearing.
Well, I really don't feel much like talking about it now.
Call me later.
- Thank you very much.
- Goodbye, Gloria.
No! [GLORIA GRUNTING.]
Hold it.
You're under arrest.
[MAN GROANS.]
All right.
it's a shoulder wound.
Grab him.
Wow Sit down.
What was that? Here, drink this.
- Oh, thank you-- - Take it easy.
Don't try to talk.
Are you okay now? Well, who do we have to thank for all of this? I'm afraid his name is Johnny Noah.
He got us both in a tough spot.
Yeah.
I'm so sorry.
I had no idea, you know? I thought he just wanted to talk to you, the general.
But, uh, ha, ha, it didn't turn out that way.
The general? What general? I met him once, uh, when he came out to the car.
You think you could find his place again? Why? Gloria, they picked up Johnny boy at the airport.
Getting on a plane for Chicago.
Alone, of course.
He must have driven there directly after he dropped us at the gambling place.
[CHUCKLES.]
No.
I feel dirty.
Oh.
I feel so ashamed.
It's gonna take more than a hot bath to get me clean.
Ha, ha.
If you wanna feel clean, you have to do two things.
First, tell the DA the truth about the $50,000 they found in my car.
Why it was put there and what I was really doing at the gambling place the night I was arrested and booked.
Yeah, and then one of the general's old friends is gonna come and get me.
No way.
Because the general won't know what you've done until it's too late for him.
Well, well.
Ha, ha.
We know.
Ha, ha.
Now, what's the other thing you want me to do? Gloria.
That-- That might be a little harder.
GENERAL: One mustn't remove the stalks after they have bloomed.
The new growth gets its strength from the old.
Oh.
Once the new stalks have fully developed, then and only then can the old one be removed.
Exquisite.
it's Excuse me for interrupting you.
General, I just wanted to say that we did all the dirty work and only Johnny got paid, and I didn't.
[SIGHS.]
I received a call from Mr.
Cane.
He said you refused his services.
You need to make your wishes known to him and he will make all the arrangements.
Well, I really don't wanna make any arrangements, you know, Because here I am, I'm dealing directly with you.
And we are talking about money.
My dear, the problem is not money.
For reasons not yet clear, the charges against Steve McGarrett have been dropped.
And Johnny Noah is to be tried for attempted corruption of a public official.
He is? It is very likely that you will be called as a witness.
Now, I'm not concerned about Johnny.
The problem is what you might say.
I know.
You're afraid that I'll break down under cross-examination.
You might.
I know.
And that could be so embarrassing for you.
Quite.
May I ask, sir, what are you suggesting? That you see Mr.
Cane.
He will make arrangements for you to take a trip.
An extended one.
Wherever you wish to go, [OVER RADIO.]
first class all the way GLORIA: You really come up with great ideas.
GENERAL: This one will solve all our problems.
May I think it over? GENERAL: Ms.
Kozma I do not wish you to contact me or come here again.
Mr.
Cane will be in touch with you.
You will find him very generous.
Where can he reach you? GLORIA: Home.
GENERAL: Iâll tell him.
Goodbye, my dean Goodbye, general.
JUDGE: The state may call their first witness.
Ms.
Gloria Kozma Ms.
Gloria Kozma - Ms.
Gloria Kozma? - Yes.
Will you take the stand, please? I suggest you stay, general.
We've waited a long time for this.
Wouldn't want you to miss anything.
Besides, you're under arrest.
Good morning, gentlemen.
We've saved a seat for you.
[CHUCKLES.]
CLERK: Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God? I do.
Be seated, please.
State your full name and address.
Gloria Kozma
I hear dice clicking.
The girls could be shills.
McGarrett wants to talk to me.
I'm gonna have to tell him something, you understand? We won't let you get hurt, Johnny.
You're small potatoes.
Don't you know? And the small potatoes, they're always the ones that get fried first.
Oh, come on.
McGarrett, I told you it's a gambling operation.
You don't need me.
Who's your contact? Who do you talk to? See, that's a question I don't even answer off the record.
I mean, that's very bad for my health.
[CHATTERING.]
Joe's not in the music business any more.
He's into Oriental an now.
Johnny? Johnny.
- Where's Johnny? - Hey, thank you, honey.
Did I ever tell you about my rich uncle in Texas? He's so rich he don't pay no income tax.
He just calls them when Here's to earthly paradise.
As far as I'm concerned, Hawaii is the known world.
Waikiki is the capital of it all.
- Johnny.
- Mm-hm? Mm-hm.
- Yeah? - Johnny, get this straight.
- Got it? - Okay.
I got it.
Call the elevator, and, uh, ahem, we'll be right down, okay? Good.
Drink up, gentlemen.
Uh, the cars are waiting downstairs.
Uh I'll be back.
You gonna wait for me? Well, you see, I told this old gal, I said, "Lady, hell, all I gotta do is flap my arms and I can fly faster than that.
" JOHNNY: Uh-huh.
Okay.
Uh, you fellas, why don't you go in this one? [SIGHS.]
Uh, 1187 Sarabande Way, okay? Step on it.
They're waiting for you.
Okay.
[ENGINES REV.]
- Johnny, take me with you.
- Oh-- Please take me with you.
- I got-- - Come here.
Come here.
I got 60,000 cash.
I gotta play again.
That's the only way I can redeem my losses back.
Yeah, Mr.
Lee, they don't wanna hear it.
I mean, this 60,000 is nothing to them.
They don't wanna do business with you.
They're cutting you off.
No, no.
- Take your money and go home.
- Johnny, listen-- it's not my decision.
Do you understand that? You're out.
Hey, hey, hey.
Jeez.
My money.
My money.
[TIRES SCREECHING.]
My money.
[SIGHS.]
[SCATTING.]
[MUTTERS INDISTINCTLY.]
[TIRES SCREECHING.]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER RADIO.]
[GROANS.]
Take it easy.
Take it easy.
I didn't see I didn't see a thing.
Give me a hand here.
- Easy.
- No, don't move me.
Take it easy.
Take it easy.
It's all right.
Oh, no.
Oh, no, no, no.
Just take it easy.
No, wait a second.
Wait a second.
No, no, no, let go.
Wait a second.
Come on, wait.
I'll move.
I'll do it.
I'll do it, I'll do it.
Officer.
[WHISTLES.]
- Quite a bundle.
- Looks like 50 to 60 grand or more.
We'll count it and put it on report.
- We'll need your signature.
- Right.
[SIREN WAILING.]
McGARRETT [ON TV.]
: I repeat, gambling means money the kind of money that attracts crime, organized crime.
And organized crime means legitimate businesses go elsewhere.
Bad money always drives out good money.
Then it's all one business: Theirs.
Ladies and gentlemen, the answer is simple.
Never; never let organized crime nor gambling get a foothold here in Hawaii.
Thank you.
Thank you, Mr.
McGarrett, and the rest of the panel.
This completes our discussion on gambling and organized crime.
This segment was taped earlier at our studio-- A lot of good that will do, Danno.
The committee will never call me, count on it.
Well, what have we got this morning? This just came from H.
P.
D.
A character named Johnny Noah banged up his Rolls-Royce.
They found a briefcase with $60,000 cash in it, all in hundred-dollar bills.
It's not against the law if you can explain it to the IRS.
Yeah, but hundred-dollar bills, Danno? All that cash could mean a money laundry is being set up here.
Check it out.
I'd like to know if somebody is washing money in our own back yard.
Right.
- Lani? LANI [OVER PHONE.]
: Yes, sir? Get me the governor, please.
[CHUCKLING.]
Watch out, honey.
Watch out.
You'll get burned.
- That's enough.
- Good? [JOHNNY CLEARS THROAT.]
[SIGHS.]
You're a pitiful sight.
[GLORIA LAUGHS.]
A hustler with a padded necktie.
Think they'll let you keep ii when they hang you? Why'd you have to go tell them about the money for? What did you want me to do, connect the H.
P.
D.
to Lee? They'd ask questions.
You-know-who wouldn't like that.
Oh, yeah.
Oh, the big one, you mean.
The big one.
- Ha-ha-ha.
- The big one.
You taking those pills with hot coffee? You want a little, uh, cold water? Would it be easier? Sweetie? Here's your sweet patootie.
Aw.
Aw.
The big jackpot.
And you can't cash in on it because you had to tell the cops it's yours.
Why don't you ask me how I feel? When the good times roll, you're up there in the glass paradise.
And when you get kicked, you come here to see Gloria.
That's business.
- You know that's business.
- I know.
I'd be with you any night and every night.
I'd love it.
I don't wanna watch all those chicks in heat rubbing themselves-- [YELLS.]
I was on my way to see you--! [IN NORMAL VOICE.]
Last night.
- You know, it's about you.
- Heh.
It's like there's something wrong with your karma.
Something wrong with my nose.
[LAUGHING.]
[PHONE RINGS.]
Yes.
Hello? - Ah, Mr.
Lee.
- Let me speak to him.
Yes.
Please, just wait a minute.
Let me see if he's still here.
Johnny.
Mr.
Lee.
JOHNNY: Tell him to get lost.
GLORIA: I am sorry.
He just left.
Please? [LINE DISCONNECTS.]
[SIGHS.]
Seven hundred and seventy, contents of desk.
Five-0 is on the way up.
McGarrett.
He wants to see the physical evidence.
McGarrett, huh? Well, tell him he can see it after the Treasury and the FBI are through with it.
[CHUCKLES.]
You know something, Harold.
We all learned in kindergarten how to put things in boxes.
SULLIVAN: Steve? - Can I talk to you for a minute? - Sure.
Looks like it's getting a little out of hand.
They insist it's a federal case.
Bob, you know very well that I can go to court and get access to all the evidence.
This is our jurisdiction.
SULLIVAN: I know.
But I hope you won't.
Listen to me, Steve.
Lee dipped into this bank for one-and-a-half million.
That's all they've found so far.
The guy was a computer wizard.
But he's dead, and the bank is sick.
Bob, we've been friends a long time, right? We're not gonna walk all over your case, but Five-0 has a legitimate interest, and I've got responsibilities.
The governor is very concerned.
This is a big bank.
They've been handling a lot of state loans, right? I know.
I know.
McGARRETT: All right, answer something.
Why is Kendricks sitting on this one? Because he's got a big butt.
He's got a big mouth too.
KENDRICKS: Well, well, well.
Every time I turn on the evening news these days, I see you on it, McGarrett.
What are you, running for public office for the anti-gambling ticket? Hey, that wouldn't be a bad idea.
[ELEVATOR DINGS.]
Bob, I'll see you in court.
I'll ride down with you.
Mm-hm.
He's just sore because the reporters aren't paying any attention to him.
Well, he's no surprise.
You're the one who's conning me.
What's the story, Bob? I can't tell you anything.
In return, I need your help.
You drive a hard bargain.
Phone numbers.
Here's a complete list.
Lee's address book, recent phone calls.
I don't have the manpower to run it down.
And I need it all fast, Steve.
Real fast.
Okay, Bob, but you owe me one, huh? I'll get this list back to you in 24 hours and I'll have an injunction from Judge Richardson ordering access to all evidence to go along with it.
And be sure to tell Kendricks, will you? I don't want him to miss me on the evening news.
DANNY: Steve.
- Oh, yeah, Danno? I couldn't get a call through to you up there.
The FBI must've gotten here before he landed.
Hard to believe, isn't it? Fourteen seminars a year in inter-agency cooperation.
Take a look at this.
I'm sure it was Sullivan's idea to keep us busy.
Look at that.
Johnny Noah.
The last call Lee made.
10:07.
What do you think a computer wizard talks about minutes before he jumps to an accident victim who was carrying What do you think, Danno? I don't know, Steve.
But gambling, like alcoholism, is a sickness.
- Poor guy.
- Sure is.
We gotta find Johnny Noah, Danno.
He's right in the middle of this.
I'll be right back.
I'm gonna take the kids to get their shots.
- Okay.
- Is Johnny Noah here? Try his old lady.
Who are you? My name is Williams.
Five-0.
I'd like to talk to Johnny.
Okay, kids.
Come on back.
Come on.
Inside.
Come on.
Thanks, Mary.
Where does his "old lady" live? Look, I don't know where he is.
If I did, I'd be there.
If you find him, tell him to call Eileen.
If you see him first, uh, would you ask him to give me a call at this number, Miss, uh? Goodbye, Mr.
Williams.
I thought you were going out.
DANNY: There's some kids staying at the condo, and at least three chicks, maybe four.
None of them have jobs.
They're all on welfare.
Gotta hand it to Noah.
He's got the state of Hawaii paying his rent.
I can't believe this is a call-girl operation, Danno.
You can't make 60,000 bucks as a procurer.
The word is he's a smart hustler, but, uh, small potatoes.
A few petty busts.
Car boosting, stuff like that.
Then what's he doing in that expensive condominium? Well, he doesn't live there all the time.
The doorman says the traffic in and out is pretty light during the week.
Except Johnny has a couple of big parties every week.
- Big parties, huh? - Yeah, very fancy.
Lots of out-of-towners.
You know, this has the smell of big-time gambling to me.
I hear dice clicking.
The girls could be shills.
You think Johnny's a runner for the big boys? Could be.
I'd sure like to ask him.
They say he's got another place and a steady lady.
I got a hunch I know where to find that steady lady.
We'll get past this one.
You and me.
You'll see.
You'll see.
[DOORBELL RINGS.]
- Shh.
- All right.
All right.
- Answer it.
Answer it.
- Okay.
Don't Don't, uh, tell anybody I'm here.
- No.
Take it easy.
- Don't let anybody past the door.
Okay.
I'll handle it, sure.
Yeah? Who's--? Who's there? McGARRETT: McGarrett.
Hawaii Five-O.
- Oh, hello.
- Hi.
It's just a routine follow-up about the traffic accident.
I'd like to ask Mr.
Noah a few questions.
- I'm sorry.
He doesn't live here.
- Oh.
- You're Gloria Kozma, aren't you? - Yup.
He checked out of the hospital to this address.
He did.
He was here.
Maybe half an hour, and then he went on to his own place.
Did you drive him there? We've been calling your number and there's been no answer.
- I was shopping.
I just got back.
- I see.
Uh, Miss Kozma, a man by the name of Felisco Lee called here this morning about 10 a.
m.
It was his last phone call.
He jumped to his death shortly thereafter.
What? Now, I was wondering, did Mr.
Lee talk to you? - Or to Johnny Noah? - He did.
He called here, and I told him Johnny wasn't here.
But he was here, Miss Kozma.
Look, uh I don't know, uh [CHUCKLES.]
You have lots of questions and I don't have lots of answers.
So maybe you better talk to Johnny.
Yeah, I will.
But, uh, you can tell him to call this number.
- He'll save himself a lot of trouble.
- Okay.
Would you ask him to wait about 10 or 15 minutes? I'll be back to the office by then.
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
Here it is.
You can count it.
I don't want it.
Sixty thousand dollars, I got it by accident.
It belongs to a bank.
Rhymes with tank.
Can't win an argument.
I don't want to count it, Johnny.
You're gonna take it off my hands, right? They've made a connection to me.
McGarrett from Five-0's been around.
You know, they don't send him around to fill out an accident report.
- Yes, I can see you've been hurt.
- Mm.
I'm sorry about that.
Well, I need a shady place to stand, general.
A piece of paper, a payroll receipt, something.
Anything.
If they ask questions, you're the one who's gonna be hurt.
Are you threatening me, Johnny? How are they going to know anything if you don't tell them? What is this, play time, general? We're not in dear old Saigon, you know.
This is the U.
S.
of A.
They draw a line here, and if you step over it, they make it very hard for you to live.
You ever talk to a high-powered cop? [JOHNNY SCOFFS.]
They empty you out.
Then they send the lint in your brain to the FBI for analysis.
McGarrett wants to talk to me, and I'm gonna have to tell him something, you understand? We won't let you get hurt, Johnny.
But I can't touch the money.
You understand.
It's too dangerous.
Okay.
You play hardball, general.
I said we wouldn't let you get hurt, Johnny.
You help us, we help you.
As always.
Okay.
We help you on one condition, Johnny.
We want McGarrett out of the way.
GOVERNOR: You know I don't want to tie your hands in any way, Steve.
But Kendricks has complained to his superiors.
He insists that this is a federal case, and that you are meddling.
Sir, with all due respect, Kendricks is a jackass.
Now, this is not just a matter of embezzlement of one bank's funds.
The money Lee stole went down a rat hole called organized gambling.
And it happened right here in Hawaii.
Now, that makes it our business, as well as the federal government's.
Unless, of course, you wanna let those, uh, vultures get a foothold here.
- You know me better than that, Steve.
- Yes, sir, I do.
Then please tell Mr.
Kendricks' superiors to cooperate with us instead of trying to shut us out.
Okay.
All right, Steve, I'll back you.
But one word of caution: Kendricks has never forgiven you for showing him up on that illegal-alien case.
I know.
He was about to blow that one.
Ha-ha-ha.
I know.
But there's nothing he'd like better than to catch you off base on this one.
I'll take my chances.
Thank you, sir.
[KNOCK ON DOOR.]
GLORIA: Johnny? What'd the general say? Hm? - Hey.
- Hey.
Oh, hey.
What'd he say? Big boy.
- Careful with that.
- Ha-ha-ha.
What is it? - Okay, you don't wanna hurt me.
- No, I don't wanna hurt you.
- You get everything? - Yeah, I think so.
Everything you asked for.
- Did you get me a toothbrush? - Yeah.
What'd he say? - Tooth paste? - Yeah.
- Uh, who? What? - Come on.
Oh, the general? You want a drink? Come on.
Come on.
Just a second.
You wanna know what the general said? You really wanna know what he said? Here.
[JOHNNY SIGHS.]
He said you should take your clothes off.
Aw, come on.
- Get in the tub with me.
No? - Ha-ha-ha.
You're something.
He said The general gave you his regards.
That's what he did.
[CHUCKLES.]
[GLORIA SHRIEKS.]
Don't soft-stroke me or smoke-screen me.
I don't want it.
I know you so well.
Come on, Johnny.
What did he say? He wants us to deliver McGarrett.
What? You crazy? You out of your mind? Get me, uh, some juice, and pour yourself a drink.
- Don't throw it on me.
- Ha-ha-ha.
You'll give me a heart attack, and then you'll really be up the creek.
All we have to do is deliver McGarrett to a party.
The general says he'll do the rest.
Oh, Johnny.
[SIGHS.]
Don't you know, baby? You're small potatoes.
Don't you know it? And the small potatoes, they're always the ones that get fried first.
Why don't you give it up? Give up the whole thing.
The crime, the syndicate, the general, the chicks.
And do what? What, 9 to 5? That's not what you want.
You'd be bored to death.
You love this.
You love the risk.
You love the danger.
It keeps you alive.
You know you'd have been a long time gone without it.
We're alike, you and me.
That's why we're still together.
You're wrong.
Am I? Am I? Mm-hm.
Come here.
Come here.
It's official now, Steve.
Lee got away with close to 2 million.
There's no trace anywhere.
The trade winds just picked it up and blew it away, huh? [PHONE BUZZES.]
I'll get it.
- Yes, Lani? LANI [OVER PHONE.]
: A Ms.
Kozma.
- Who? - Ms.
Gloria Kozma McGARRETT: Oh, good.
Johnny Noah's girlfriend.
GLORIA: Remember me? The girl who didn't have any answers? Yes, I remember.
Well, I've got some now and I'd like to talk to you.
Well, the office is open.
All day, all night, if necessary.
Parking is free.
- Heh.
I'd rather not meet there.
- I see.
Uh, somewhere else? - Where do you wanna meet? - The Alamuana parking lot? - What time? - Two-thirty okay? - I'll be there.
- Okay.
Be alone.
Yes.
Yes, I'll be alone.
Thank you.
She wants to talk.
GLORIA: Then you make a left.
First he wants to know the questions you're going to ask.
Well, that's funny.
I wanna know the answers first.
Ha, ha.
Now you go over the bridge.
Good.
And he should be waiting for us right now.
There he is.
He's waiting for us.
Okay.
I'll be waiting for you when you're finished.
- Very reassuring.
- Ha, ha.
- You wanted to see me? - Yeah.
Why were you hiding out? My fans are a drag.
I get tired of them.
Tell me about your friend, Mr.
Lee.
What do you wanna know? Your doorman at the Towers saw you with him the night before he jumped.
And it wasn't the first time he had seen you together.
The doorman's got a big mouth, huh? All right, McGarrett.
Lee was a crazy man.
Terrible gambler with a 120-degree fever, and he kept coming back for more.
They had to cut him off.
That's funny.
They drain the guy dry, then they cut him off.
They waited a long time, don't you think? How does the setup work? It's a big operation.
They feed people in from all over.
Miami, Vegas, Hong Kong.
Big spenders.
Big losers.
- Who runs it? - You think I'm crazy? I don't know.
I don't wanna know.
They keep us in separate compartments, know what I mean? Every week I get a different address.
They move it around.
Maybe three, four games running at the same time, you know, I don't know.
But it's never the same address twice.
Who's your contact? Who do you talk to? See, that's a question I don't even answer off the record.
I mean, that's very bad for my health.
H.
P.
D.
found 60,000 bucks in cash on you that same night.
And the last withdrawal Lee made was an illegal transfer of funds for, guess what.
- What? - Sixty thousand bucks.
Now, that's the kind of coincidence a Treasury agent would love to hear about, huh? Oh, come on, McGarrett.
I told you it's a gambling operation.
You don't need me.
All right.
Just give me a name, pal.
All right, listen, McGarrett.
I've got 50,000 left in cash.
It's yours.
No names.
You know, you're the kind of man who hides in the closet when your friend Gloria answers the door.
You don't have enough guts to try to bribe me on your own.
So? Who's the big guy? Who's the big man? Who put you up to this? Who's making the decisions, Johnny boy? I'm on the outside looking in, McGarrett.
I don't know any names.
See you in the DA's office.
Now wait a minute.
Wait a minute, wait a minute, McGarrett.
Come here, come here.
Listen, listen.
I said I don't know any names.
But I know the man, I've seen him.
He's always around watching the action.
I think I can get you in to play.
Tonight? One phone call.
Okay, and I want you along.
You and your friend, Gloria.
Just for luck.
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING.]
I'll pick you up at your hotel at, uh, 10:00.
You're certain about that, Johnny? He wants to come? Very good.
Very good indeed.
[CHATTERING.]
MAN 1: That's a winner.
MAN 2: All right, we're rolling.
The winner, 28.
Twenty-eight.
it's me.
it's mine.
It's mine.
I won it.
it's 28.
PAYLOO: Hello, Mr.
Noah.
- Hello, Payloo.
The bar is to the left.
Cashier is to the right.
And the action is straight ahead.
Very good.
Very good.
Ahem.
I told them you were big people from Vegas.
So buy some chips and flash them around a little bit.
I'm gonna locate the general.
- Right.
- You stick together.
- Okay.
- Okay.
McGARRETT: Five hundred, please.
Oh, my, hey.
You think I'm that lucky? [CHUCKLES.]
Well, I'll have to roll them very well.
Five hundred.
Yes, Flight 106.
Tonight.
The name is Johnny Richardson.
Uh, one way.
First class.
One person.
Yes, thank you.
Uh, what's your favorite number? Your lucky number? Why don't you? I'm not lucky tonight.
[CHUCKLES.]
Um, 13.
Uh, nothing for me, please.
What would you like? Oh, yes, I'd like a little Perrier water.
Don't I know you? I don't know.
Do you? [CHUCKLES.]
Nice try, McGarrett.
But this is a private gathering for charity.
We have to ask you to leave.
Well, I'm a charitable person.
What's the good cause? You can take off your disguise and leave quietly.
Chips, please.
Give it to him.
- That took a little less time than I-- - Well, I hope I didn't blow it for you.
We're even now.
Payloo, would you see that Mr.
McGarrett gets to his car safely? And, uh, take the lady with him.
Oh, we can find our way.
Thank you.
Let's go.
All right.
Don't anybody move.
We're federal agents and you're all under arrest.
MAN: Just a minute, sir.
Well, well, look who's here.
Mr.
Five-0 himself.
Time to cash in your chips, McGarrett.
You're under arrest.
When do I get to make my phone call, Kimo? You can wash your hands now.
Kimo, I get one phone call, remember? Sure, Steve.
After we take your picture.
Please have a seat on the stool there.
Hold this about chest high.
Okay, keep your eyes focused on the yellow dot at the top of the camera here.
Chin up.
Look straight ahead.
Hold it.
That's it.
Next.
McGARRETT [OVER PHONE.]
: Danno, tell the governor not to get involved.
They're trying to frame me.
I don't want him dragged into this.
Listen, Danno, and this is important Call Sandy Tashimoto, and tell him to bail out Gloria Kozma.
Yeah.
Yeah, right away.
We're gonna need her.
If necessary, I'll put up her bail money.
I have visitors, Danno.
I'll talk to you later.
[SIGHS.]
Read him his rights.
Come off it, Harold.
They've already done it, gentlemen.
They know the legalities.
There was $50,000 in a briefcase in your car, McGarrett.
Any idea how it got there? [CHUCKLES.]
No, but I can guess.
It's pretty obvious.
I'd say a guy named Johnny Noah put it in my car to frame me.
Yeah, they always say they're framed.
Show him the photos.
Mm.
Looks like I'm doing a pretty good job of investigating a lead, huh? Very elaborate police work, McGarrett.
Blind pickup, isolated meeting.
Very clandestine.
How would you suggest I do it, if not clandestine? We were investigating Johnny Noah because of another incident.
I caught the connection on that list of phone numbers you gave me, Bob.
I was interested.
So were we, so were we.
You wanna let him tell it, Harold? Johnny Noah told me it was a gambling ring that tapped Lee for all that money.
A very professional operation.
Change locations every week.
Noah's just one of their small potatoes.
They've got a network steering their action.
I was squeezing hard.
I wanted the man in charge, and I got him.
Yeah.
Who is it? Whoever set me up with you, Kendricks.
They want to smear me, don't you see that? They don't like my TV appearances any more than you do.
Show him the other envelope.
It looks like photostats of five 100-dollar bills.
Yeah, and they belong to you.
They were in your pocket when we arrested you at the casino.
Clerk at H.
P.
D.
typed the serial numbers on your property slip.
Check it out.
No, I don't have to.
I believe you.
We have absolute proof that those bills match a series of 100-dollar bills that were used to pay off politicians, building and health inspectors.
And sometimes cops.
We've been working on this case for six months, Steve.
You wanna tell us about it now, McGarrett? We've already talked to Johnny Noah.
He admitted he was your bagman.
Yeah.
A lot of planning went into this, didn't it? Maybe I should call my lawyer.
DANNY: Hello, Sid.
Danny.
Should I offer you my condolences? Coming from you, it would sound like congratulations.
- I have to check your briefcase.
CANE: That's fine.
Say hello to Johnny Noah for me.
And, uh, tell him I'm putting him at the top of my list.
Well, now, there are statutes against intimidating witnesses.
Get McGarrett to explain it to you.
I know what they are.
And, uh, I'm not in the business of bending the law.
Brash.
Take Mr.
Cane to Room D.
- Ring when you're ready to leave, sir.
- I know the routine.
- Mr.
Noah? - Yeah.
I'm Sid Cane.
I'm your lawyer.
- Oh, good.
- Please sit down.
Thank you.
Now, let us presume that our constitutional rights are being violated right now.
That a microphone is picking up our conversation.
Now, if a question occurs to you that requires a confidential approach, please - write it down.
- Okay.
- Uh-- - Please.
Write it down.
Uh, all right.
Let me ask-- DANNY: Brought you a change of clothes.
I thought you might like to get out of your gambler's threads.
Come on, Danno.
Have the decency to at least laugh.
I got ahold of Sandy Tashimoto.
He arranged to have you released on your own recognizance.
- What about the lady? - Her bail is being posted.
And Johnny? Well, he wasn't picked up at the club.
We caught him boarding a late flight to Chicago.
Apparently it was all planned.
He was supposed to duck out, leaving you holding the sack with Gloria.
- Nice guy, huh? - Well, he's locked up.
Sid Cane is with him.
Johnny won't talk.
They'll find some way to take care of their own.
Does Gloria Kozma know that he tried to run out on her? I don't know, Steve.
Listen, Danno, this syndicate has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to set me up and put me away.
They want legalized gambling in Hawaii, and they'll do anything to get it.
But the girl.
The girl is the key to this whole thing.
Now, if she's released ahead of me, tail her.
- I'll change and be right down.
- Right.
I would not presume to guarantee the sentence of any judge in advance, but I think you can expect two years and be pleasantly surprised with 18 months.
What about Gloria? I'll have a talk with the young lady, and she'll be treated with great consideration.
I hope so, Sid.
I only made one plane reservation.
I know.
That was a bad mistake.
I really can't imagine why Mr.
McGarrett has done this.
I have no idea, but I'm sure he'll explain it -to you in the very near future.
- Well, I really appreciate it.
TASHIMOTO: Well, we're glad Ms.
Kozma? - Sid, how are you? - Ms.
Kozma, I am Sid Cane.
I've been retained by Johnny Noah to represent you.
I'm sorry I wasn't informed of this hearing.
Well, I really don't feel much like talking about it now.
Call me later.
- Thank you very much.
- Goodbye, Gloria.
No! [GLORIA GRUNTING.]
Hold it.
You're under arrest.
[MAN GROANS.]
All right.
it's a shoulder wound.
Grab him.
Wow Sit down.
What was that? Here, drink this.
- Oh, thank you-- - Take it easy.
Don't try to talk.
Are you okay now? Well, who do we have to thank for all of this? I'm afraid his name is Johnny Noah.
He got us both in a tough spot.
Yeah.
I'm so sorry.
I had no idea, you know? I thought he just wanted to talk to you, the general.
But, uh, ha, ha, it didn't turn out that way.
The general? What general? I met him once, uh, when he came out to the car.
You think you could find his place again? Why? Gloria, they picked up Johnny boy at the airport.
Getting on a plane for Chicago.
Alone, of course.
He must have driven there directly after he dropped us at the gambling place.
[CHUCKLES.]
No.
I feel dirty.
Oh.
I feel so ashamed.
It's gonna take more than a hot bath to get me clean.
Ha, ha.
If you wanna feel clean, you have to do two things.
First, tell the DA the truth about the $50,000 they found in my car.
Why it was put there and what I was really doing at the gambling place the night I was arrested and booked.
Yeah, and then one of the general's old friends is gonna come and get me.
No way.
Because the general won't know what you've done until it's too late for him.
Well, well.
Ha, ha.
We know.
Ha, ha.
Now, what's the other thing you want me to do? Gloria.
That-- That might be a little harder.
GENERAL: One mustn't remove the stalks after they have bloomed.
The new growth gets its strength from the old.
Oh.
Once the new stalks have fully developed, then and only then can the old one be removed.
Exquisite.
it's Excuse me for interrupting you.
General, I just wanted to say that we did all the dirty work and only Johnny got paid, and I didn't.
[SIGHS.]
I received a call from Mr.
Cane.
He said you refused his services.
You need to make your wishes known to him and he will make all the arrangements.
Well, I really don't wanna make any arrangements, you know, Because here I am, I'm dealing directly with you.
And we are talking about money.
My dear, the problem is not money.
For reasons not yet clear, the charges against Steve McGarrett have been dropped.
And Johnny Noah is to be tried for attempted corruption of a public official.
He is? It is very likely that you will be called as a witness.
Now, I'm not concerned about Johnny.
The problem is what you might say.
I know.
You're afraid that I'll break down under cross-examination.
You might.
I know.
And that could be so embarrassing for you.
Quite.
May I ask, sir, what are you suggesting? That you see Mr.
Cane.
He will make arrangements for you to take a trip.
An extended one.
Wherever you wish to go, [OVER RADIO.]
first class all the way GLORIA: You really come up with great ideas.
GENERAL: This one will solve all our problems.
May I think it over? GENERAL: Ms.
Kozma I do not wish you to contact me or come here again.
Mr.
Cane will be in touch with you.
You will find him very generous.
Where can he reach you? GLORIA: Home.
GENERAL: Iâll tell him.
Goodbye, my dean Goodbye, general.
JUDGE: The state may call their first witness.
Ms.
Gloria Kozma Ms.
Gloria Kozma - Ms.
Gloria Kozma? - Yes.
Will you take the stand, please? I suggest you stay, general.
We've waited a long time for this.
Wouldn't want you to miss anything.
Besides, you're under arrest.
Good morning, gentlemen.
We've saved a seat for you.
[CHUCKLES.]
CLERK: Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God? I do.
Be seated, please.
State your full name and address.
Gloria Kozma