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In our last episode of T .J. Hooker. And the killing of innocent people.

I don't believe it.

You better believe it.

The

senator

has requested you for special duty for the duration of his stay in Honolulu.

A bodyguard.

Hawaii? On the house?

He's your friend.

He needs protection.

Single -handedly taking on terrorism?

What about the FBI?

I wanted somebody I could trust on a more personal level.

The senator and his wife are here now. They're going on stage.

Something's wrong.

What are we really after?

A horse.

One that I can ride right into the next national convention and come out with a

vice presidential nomination.

It's Howie.

I found a hooker.

Don't play cop. Get out of there as fast as you can.

I'm on my way.

Hooker.

Over there.

Not a very good cop, huh? You're a hell of a cop.

Hooker.

What we have to remember is that the human values that we all cherish mean

nothing to these terrorists.

They want us dead, and that's the bottom line. Senator, has the dead terrorist

been identified yet?

Have the terrorists made any demands?

Will this help your legislation?

This is the kind of question I think better be directed to the police.

in charge of the investigation.

But let me just tell you where I stand.

A woman has been killed.

My bill will close down these terrorists that do that kind of thing. In order to

accomplish that, I would gladly change places with that woman right now.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Excuse me, I have to. Thank you. If they voted on my bill right now, how do you

think I'd make it? You'd be a winner.

They made every word I said.

I know you did.

No, I'm sorry. What's wrong?

Howie.

He was killed tonight.

Oh, no.

How?

The terrorist he said he could identify.

Made sure that he wouldn't.

Gosh, that's terrible.

Howie gave us something else. The man that killed him had a bandaged hand.

Make sure that Calliope gets that out on the wire, will you?

Oh, by the way, the videotape of the federal building bombing came in and...

Something else, but we'll check it out later.

Look, is there anything I can do? Maybe set up a memorial trust for his brother

or sister or something?

You know, that young man died like a soldier. And I can use him as a symbol

everything... No, don't use him.

For anything.

He didn't die like a soldier.

He died like a cop.

On a filthy street with a knife in his gut.

Don't use him, Stuart.

Just don't use him.

Get another officer. Stay with the senator.

I've been instructed to go ahead with our original plan.

There will be a farewell luau for the senator tomorrow at the McAllister

When they return to the hotel, we'll make our attack on the road.

Any questions?

Do you have a problem?

Kinzo.

There are policemen and maybe others who will die tomorrow.

This island is small.

So how do you expect to keep the trail from leading back to us?

They're looking for terrorists.

I'll give them what they want.

Hey, what you like, Ollie?

Hey, I already talked to the cops yesterday.

If you think that badge is going to get you a free beer, you're wrong.

You know, to us, you're just another FOB, fresh off the boat, holly in a

Hawaiian shirt.

Why don't you just get lost?

Want to discuss what I am? You want to answer some questions?

Okay, okay.

A kid was killed on the streets out there last night.

The man who did it came from that back room.

Who is he? I don't know.

Hey, I just work here part -time, okay?

All I know is some big -shot Japanese guy rents that for meetings sometimes,

that's it.

This guy you're talking about, I don't know anything about him.

Hey,

I'm telling the truth, okay?

Try Hawaiian Metro.

Does Bishamont mean to you?

I don't know nothing about no Bishamont.

Yeah.

Hooker?

You've got to start listening to your car radio. What have you got?

Special delivery from the People's Strike Force.

Callio, he got his letter about an hour ago.

He has files on every crook in the islands. He says he knows who might have

this show together.

To meet him at the dump site and a rainbow drive if you want in on the

It could be the wrap -up. I don't know.

It's too easy.

It isn't smart.

Hey, these guys wear grenades, not Phi Beta Kappa keys.

They've been smart up to now. Anyway, if I'm wrong, I don't want to be there.

You two go back to the hotel.

Stick with Barbara and Stuart.

It's sweet forming with Kaleo.

Kaleo safety is our job. Do it.

Right on time, Hooker.

That's our suspect. Lives in that bus there.

Who is he?

David O 'Hara.

Spent a year after we talked, snarled to see Omri. Last time I was here, he gave

me a glass of wine. No trouble.

But he's a bomb expert and he's dangerous.

Okay, guys, let's go.

Why didn't you bring him in to begin with?

I did, but I couldn't tie him in. Now with that letter, I can.

The People's Strike Force.

That was the name of the outfit he started in college, okay?

Probably having a bomb factor in your bathroom.

One day you flush the john.

Boom. Yeah.

Somebody flushes it for you.

What happened?

Our suspect blew up.

Literally.

Maybe this will point us in the direction.

Tokyo came through with an ID on the man you shot at the federal building.

And Ahsoka Ashikura.

Three arrests, no conviction, racketeering, loan sharking,

member of the Yakuza in Kyoto.

But how do they fit?

I mean, they're gangsters, not terrorists, right?

Right.

What the hell have we got here?

Kalioki's out there trying to throw a net over the rest of his radicals, but I

think this thing's got to be rethought.

Couldn't the Yakuza be tied in with some kind of terrorist group, like the Red

Army? It's hardly likely.

The Yakuza is a tradition in Japan.

Their motive is profit, not revolution.

The question is, why would the Yakuza want the senator dead?

Maybe they don't.

Remember, the bullet pattern on the stage was around Barbara, not Stewart.

Why would they want Barbara dead?

I mean, who would want Barbara dead?

You know, I didn't want to mention it in front of Stewart, but in those personal

background checks you want me to run on everybody, I came across something

interesting. Take a look.

Stuart has no financial resources of his own. None?

But when he married Barbara, John McAllister set up a blind trust for them

wedding gift. Fifteen million dollars.

Wow. To be paid to the survivor upon the death of either.

Could be a hell of a lot of motive.

No.

Stuart's ambitious, but... He's into John McAllister for millions more.

Campaigns, high living.

He even had to pay off a couple of girlfriends along the way. You mean the

senator's cheating?

He's playing with dynamite.

In more ways than one. Would Papa stand for that? He's a proud man.

And it is his daughter who's being cheated on. John McAllister came from

nowhere.

He was a guy from the wrong side of the tracks.

And proud.

Yeah, he'd want to keep a United States senator in the family.

For a lot of reasons.

You know, if the senator did want to kill his wife...

This terrorist thing would be a perfect cover. Nobody would even question.

But how did the Yakuza fit in?

Wait a minute.

When a member of the Yakuza files up, he regains his honor by cutting off one of

his own fingers.

So the man with the knife and the bandage on his hand... I've been

about Howie all this time.

But that finger... That finger had to bleed.

Dr. Yakimura.

Yes?

Yesterday you treated a patient for an injury to his hand. My guess is he had

lost a finger.

I don't discuss my patients, please.

Doctor, yesterday a boy was killed in the streets.

I think your patient was involved.

Who are you?

I'm working with your local police.

What's the name of your patient?

He was a stranger.

Gave no name.

Said he'd had an accident.

His finger had been cut off?

His little finger cut off at the middle joint.

I treated him and he left.

He came from the Ochi bar.

Who sent him?

Was it the man who holds meetings in the back room?

He is a very powerful man.

What do you know of him?

I know that he is Yakuza.

Please. Please.

Bishamon.

One of the seven gods of good fortune. I looked it up.

Yes. Also protector of the samurai.

The god of war.

And courage.

The god is said to place honor above everything else and to do what you know

right.

Doctor. The boy who...

Died out here in the street.

He was 21.

Just starting his life.

Help me.

What else does Bishamon stand for?

Bishamon was one of the seven gods who sailed in the Takara Bune.

A boat. A very elegant boat.

You don't like that one, huh?

No. All right, let's try this.

To protect us all from pernicious influences.

You're the pernicious influence.

Don't you love it?

Well, do you favor not answer that?

I'm looking for Stuart.

He's over there, pursuing his favorite hobby. Stick with it.

Hooker!

Carol, would you give us a few moments, please?

Thank you.

What about this terrorist who blew himself up?

I'll let Kelly Oakey tell you about that one. No, I'm interested in your

evaluation.

That's why I'm here.

I haven't made my mind up about the bombing at the Federal Building. The

shooting here was either phony or your wife was the target.

What are you talking about?

The bullets made a pattern around her.

Not one came this close to you.

It doesn't make any sense.

It does if you have a logical reason.

Strong motive.

Like wealth.

Power.

Vision.

I see.

My very good friend pokes around in my personal business, decides he doesn't

like my philosophy of life, and comes up with a crazy idea on trying to kill my

wife. What's this nonsense all about?

Tell me about the Yakuza, Stuart. What do a bunch of loan sharks have to do

this? A man I killed.

He's been identified as a member of the Yakuza.

That doesn't prove anything.

It was the work of terrorists, pure and simple.

I thought the police were on top of all this. The man that killed Howie.

Had a little finger cut off.

That's an old Yakuza custom to restore honor.

After failure.

Am I right, Mrs. McAllister?

Yes. I lived in Tokyo many years.

I know about Yakuza.

But they are active only in Japan.

Stuart.

You want me off the job?

Oh, no way. I want you on the job right till the end.

Because when you're proven wrong, I'm going to rub your nose in it.

Tell me about honor, Mrs. McAllister. To the Yakuza, personal honor always comes

first.

Am I wrong?

Speak of the devil.

On my way to see you.

That's a switch, Sergeant.

I'm looking for a man, Kalioki.

Japanese. Probably very rich.

He's respected.

Powerful. Owns an expensive boat.

Well, I think I know about six guys that fit that description and probably a

hundred more that I don't even know about. The name of this boat is the

Bishamon.

Look, what are you up to now, Hooker, huh?

You do know.

He's a man very friendly and helpful to the government of the city. He donates

to all the good causes and runs a strictly legit import business, like you

Respected.

Kalioki, what's his name?

Ginzo Nembutsu.

Hooker. Don't get in over your head, huh?

What do you want with this Nembutsu?

He was at the Ochi -Ochi bar.

He sent a man to a doctor to get the stub of his finger stitched up. Then

been Yakuza from the start.

Yakuza have been pushing all the buttons.

Now I'm going to push a button. You want company?

Not this time. This time it's strictly a matter of personal honor.

Sorry. Private Bolt.

I want to see Ginzo Nobutsu.

No.

You get up now.

That's all right.

I'll see him.

I don't know you, but you apparently know of me.

And I sense a very angry man.

Why?

How can I help you? Why don't you cut out the polite routine?

I know a piece of yak is a scum when I step in it.

Wherever you are, you're making a mistake.

No, it's your mistake, taking up assassination as a sideline. Who are you

supposed to kill, the senator?

Or his wife.

I see.

You are the policeman from California.

Now, I remember you were in the television news.

Also in the news was the information that the terrorists were being arrested.

But we know the truth, don't we?

You are a reckless man.

Break his neck!

I could bust you for that knife, Nambutsu.

But I don't want to.

I'm going to take you down, right into the sewer where you belong.

And I'm going to do it in a way that's going to hurt you the most.

Get back or I'll break his neck.

I say get back. Yes, yes. Do as he says.

You're nothing, Nambutsu.

Your yak is a trash.

Garbage.

I'm easy to find.

I

quite

understand.

We'll handle it that way.

At what time?

Yes.

There are certain alterations, a surprise for certain people,

but we'll carry out our plans to the same ends.

Sorry, mate.

that policeman, it would be easy for me to put a bullet in his head for you.

Are you worried about my honor or losing your share of the money should anything

happen to me?

Maybe both.

I respect an honest man.

My honor will be cut free by this sword.

And by these hands.

Please get a statement from me, Senator.

Just let me say this.

There is no extremism worse than the killing of innocent people.

I'm going to run that film ahead again.

Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you.

Mrs. Grail.

Mrs. Grail, do you think there's enough support in Congress to get your

husband's bill passed?

My husband is a very persuasive man.

Did you see?

The senator is definitely in control of where they are going and when.

Yeah, but he's up front.

If he hadn't seen you and stopped... That's true. Nimbutsu had a visitor.

John McAllister.

And there is a tie -in. Looks like. But McAllister's record's clean. What about

his financial background? Well, there were some unsecured cash loans when he

first started buying land here in Oahu, but those loans are from his wife's

brother. So, Stewart ties into McAllister and he ties into Nimbutsu.

always comes back to Nimbutsu. Tell me something. Why did you go after him the

way you did? I guess this whole thing has been very carefully planned by

someone.

Maybe we can stop that plan. Maybe we can't. So? The Yakis is a well -oiled

machine. Try to throw a monkey wrench into it. Get them excited, mad, scared.

Force them and the people they're working for to deviate from that plan.

Make a mistake.

By coming after you?

They will.

Count on it. Hook up!

I got a citizen's complaint against you. The bartender at the Oak, he says you

walked in and you roughed him up.

Now he's threatening to sue the city for violation of his civil rights. Didn't

leave a mark on him. Damn it all, Hook. I warned you not to throw your weight

around. The brass is screaming down my neck now. What about that upright

citizen, Ginza Nambutsu? No complaint from him? Now, I find that very

interesting. Well, I don't know what you're talking about. Spell it out for

huh? He's got a legit beef.

I threw him to the sharks.

Shark's thrown back.

You roughed up Limbutsu?

Why? Because he's the man that sent someone to kill Howie Kalanima. Because

the one that brought the Yakuza to your front yard. And you know it. You know

something? You're crazy.

I'm tired of listening to your fairy tales, mister.

What's going on?

I know exactly what's going on.

So does he.

We should go straight to the hotel, Mrs. Grail. There's not a lot of security on

this road. Just for a minute or two.

No one knows where we are.

I'm safe.

This is my favorite place.

Stuart and I used to come here when we were first married.

Things were different then.

I appreciate your kindness, Stacy.

I wish things could have turned out differently for all of us.

So do I.

I mean that.

But I think we should get going.

Did I get that message right? Mrs. Grails disappeared?

Right, and Officer Kerr left you to go to the hotel and never arrived.

Mrs. Grails' car was found abandoned at a viewpoint in the canyon road about 15

minutes ago.

Mokey, get a unit out there.

Possible kidnapping. Put out a broadcast.

And think of a photo of Mrs. Grails. Give them a description of Stacy, will

Jim? Sure.

Senator's wife. Look, it is going to be hell to pay now. That's right.

It's going to blow your yak as a contact right out of the water. You don't know

what you're talking about! The hell I don't!

How long are they going to get the lid on from the boot, sir?

You don't know how things are done here.

Things are done a certain way.

You don't always have a choice, so you go along.

If a cop faces that problem, sooner or later you've got to make a choice.

Okay.

Look, I don't want anybody killed.

Let me work with you.

Please.

Let me work with you.

You got it.

Any news?

We've got everything in motion, Senator.

I've got to tell you, I'm real sorry about what happened here, sir.

Our safety was your responsibility, Hooker. It still is.

And Officer Sheridan's life is on the line, too.

We're going to stop playing games. We'll only get down to the truth.

You're the one that's playing games, Hooker. Now it's with my daughter's

Let's start with you, Mr. McAllister. Why don't you tell me what your

with the Yakuza is?

Officer Corrigan saw you go aboard the yacht Bishamon and have a meeting with

Ginza Nobutsu of the Yakuza.

You've done nothing wrong, John.

And it has nothing to do with Barbara.

Tell him.

All right.

Well, years ago when I... When I started out with... Nothing

but an ambition.

I needed capital to buy land, so I borrowed it from the only one that would

it. Paid it back, but I was in their records.

They also take a percentage.

Excepting that this man, this man was a friend.

And he didn't claim the percentage.

This man was your brother, wasn't he?

You're quite correct, Sergeant Hooker.

He died a year ago.

And Nabutsu took over, checked the records, and came after the Yakuza

What'd you do about it?

Last night, I agreed to pay it. What he's saying is true.

There's no reason for the Yakuza to kidnap your daughter.

Hello. Mrs.

McAllister speaking.

It's them.

They want to talk to you.

Booker.

Yes, I understand you perfectly.

How do I know they're all right? Let me speak to one of them.

They'll trade the ladies for us, you and me.

They've given us ten minutes to get to a phone booth on Old Mill Road. They'll

call us there.

Wait a minute.

I don't want you to go either, but I need you.

What can I do? I'm no cop. There's no choice.

How do we know where they're going to send you, Hooker? At least let me get

Wyatt. What about backup? Maybe a chopper. There's no time.

Check the phone booth after we leave.

Give us a man.

They'll be watching.

Hooker, what's really bugging you?

You.

Everything about you.

What you've become.

Come on, that's politics.

Public wants an image of you find yourself becoming whatever sells.

No, it's more than just politics.

You used to be clean.

Now I find you're into the same dirty laundry I've had to handle all my life.

Maybe I have reached a little bit too hard for the brass ring and grabbed

everything in sight.

And God knows I've been a lousy husband, but I'm not a killer.

The jury's still out on that one.

How can you say that?

You were right there at the party. You saw Barbara. She wouldn't even talk to

me. I had no idea she was going anyplace. How could I?

You stay here.

Hooker.

Yeah, we're both here.

If you've got somebody watching, you know we're alone.

I'll say hello to your friends for you.

Keep out tourists.

The boots have set it up.

What are we going to do when we get there? We'll make it up as we go along.

You going to be okay?

Yeah, sure. I'm fine. I was just worrying about Barbara.

And Stacy?

Yes, of course. Stacy.

Keep going.

You go.

All right.

Get out.

When I tell you, hit that door.

We'll pick up. You understand?

What about the window?

We'll find them. We take care of this first.

You ready?

Yeah.

Now!

Now, policeman, you will learn about honor.

I know about honor.

Okay. Way to go, Hooker.

Got him.

Nice catch.

Hooker to Grail. Still a winner.

Lucky. Yeah.

Nambutsu? Nambutsu?

Out of sight.

Out of mind.

Hooker.

They're okay.

Yeah. The guy you winged told us where they were.

Wow.

You look good.

You too.

Are you all right?

I wasn't harmed.

They hurt you?

Yeah.

We almost didn't find what you wrote in the phone book. Yeah.

You did real nice, Sergeant. It leaves one more thing.

Who hired the Yakuza? What do you mean?

Who had the motive and the opportunity?

Who had the connections with the Yakuza?

Who wanted who dead and badly enough to go to any extreme?

You know, Hooker. I do now.

It was the person who came into the Federal Building Rotunda last and was

on the stage at the hotel.

To throw suspicion on the Senator.

A red herring.

The person who planned that had family connections to the Yakuza.

Oh, just because my father -in -law is being pushed by Nambutsu, that doesn't

tie him into this. That's right.

You gave me the answer, Stuart.

Neither of the McAllisters knew that Stacy or Mrs. Grail were heading for the

hotel any more than you did.

Nobody knew where they were going, other than myself, except two people.

So the kidnapping was just to get... Stuart here, to be killed.

I belong to Nambutsu. I counted on that. Well, where does that lead us?

To me.

To me, Stuart.

I didn't want anyone hurt.

Except you.

I wanted you dead at any cost.

My God.

I always was afraid of you, Hooker.

But you're going to have to prove all of this.

And I'm going to fight you all the way.

I'll see you in court.

I'm sorry, Clay.

I'm sorry. Let's go, Mrs. Greer.

Okay.

There's something I have to tell you. It's all been said. No.

No, it has not been said.

I've done so many things wrong.

I'd like to start to do things right.

That offer I made to you about working with me, that still goes.

I've learned a heck of a lot from you.

I'd like to be teammates with you again.

I've learned a lot too, Stuart.

I prefer the streets.

The twin.