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‘It's funny the things a grown man'll do for a living - especially me.

"Take this morning - I'm breaking into Robin Masters’ estate.

"You know, the writer? Wrote all those bestsellers? All that money.

‘No, that's not Robin, that's ex-Sergeant Major Higgins.

‘He's the major-domo around here.

‘Robin flies in occasionally but the estate is open to his friends.

‘Higgins’ job is to see that they're well bedded, fed,

‘watered and protected.’

Zeus! Apollo!

At your posts, lads!

‘Me? | live here too - so why am | breaking in?

‘| made a deal with Robin to run some security checks

‘in exchange for living free in the guesthouse.

‘The first check was to try and steal the Ferrari.

‘| thought | made a good deal. Then | met Higgins.

‘He takes his job much too seriously.’

Morning, my beauties.

‘Like | said, funny the things a grown man''ll do for a living.

‘But I've done funnier."

Go, lads!

Hi, guys.

Zeus! Apollo!

Don't look at the dogs, work the lock.

Work the lock. Work the lock. Don't look at the dogs.

You looked at the dogs.

‘Sometimes everything goes exactly as planned.

‘Sometimes it doesn't.

‘Overnight Higgins had installed an alarm system.

‘It activated when | opened the door so | had less than a minute

‘to figure the combination.

‘After that a siren would go off

‘and it would take nitro to move Robin's Ferrari.'

- Hi. You here for the weekend? - Yeah.

It's a great place, you'll love it.

Do you know the combination of this alarm?

Are you stealing Robin's car?

Er, no. Well, sort of, but it's OK.

It's a security check. It's just a game.

Higgins would pick a number he was familiar with, like the address.

- Or the zip code. - Or his social security number.

- You know his social security number? - No.

The phone! He used Robin Masters’ personal phone number.

No.

I'd invite you to breakfast but I've got to pick up a buddy flying in from Tokyo.

Don't worry, Higgins, I'll drive careful!

Higgins, you yo-yo.

Give it up, lads.

‘If you're wondering how | was so sure the combination was the phone number,

‘if it wasn't, Higgins would've won and Fate just wouldn't do that to me.'

‘Welcome to Oahu.

‘Although you are military personnel and Hickam is a military field,

‘you'll still have to go through US customs,

‘even though we're both paid by Uncle Sam.

'So if you have any illegal souvenirs from Japan,

‘leave them on the aircraft."

Is this briefcase your only luggage, Lieutenant?

- That's it. - Do you have a release for these?

- They're photocopies. - Of what? | don't read Japanese.

- | guess it's OK. - Thank you.

- What's he, CIA? - NIA. The Navy's version.

‘I'd be a few minutes late but when Dan saw the Ferrari he'd forgive me.’

- Ski. - Lieutenant Magnum!

Not Lieutenant any more.

| haven't seen you since you beached yourself four months ago.

- More like a year. - You're a detective now?

Investigator, Ski. Private investigator.

Lieutenant Cook's coming in from Tokyo, | got to pick him up.

If | go through the main gate I'll have a lot of paperwork.

No sweat, this ought to get you just about anywhere on Hickam.

- Thanks, Ski. - Nice wheels. Where'd you steal her?

What makes you think she isn't mine?

- Jeez.

Are you Lieutenant Cook?

Sir, Captain Cooly would like to see you right away.

Captain Cooly? Now?

| have a vehicle for you here, sir.

Magnum. Pull over, driver, that's the guy that's meeting me.

Where did he get that car? | said pull over, driver.

- Can't do that, Lieutenant. - What do you mean you can't...

Have a nice day, brother.

Magnum! Mag...

| understand the medical examiners here got the tough cases from Vietnam,

the ones they couldn't identify.

They put a name on every single one.

It's probably the first time every KIA's been identified.

- Good and bad. - Pardon, sir?

There'll be no monuments to Vietnam, hippies have seen to that.

We could expect to share in some glory,

bury an unidentified body at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

These medical examiners deprived us of that.

| see what you mean, sir.

Evidence of a small abdominal wall haematoma

suggesting blunt force trauma.

He may have been punched in the stomach.

- Almost done, Captain. - Found a cause of death?

Massive pulmonary oedema and cyanosis probably induced by cocaine.

What?

We found a dozen packets in his stomach, some burst.

They're being analyzed - odds are they contain cocaine.

How did cocaine get into Lieutenant Cook's stomach?

It happens all the time - they swallow the packets before boarding

then retrieve them from the digestive system.

It's a way of smuggling everything from dope to diamonds.

- Are you sure it's cocaine? - I'm waiting for the analysis to confirm it.

This will be very hard on Admiral Cook.

- His father's Admiral Raleigh Cook? - Yes, sir.

Does the admiral have to be informed of all the details, sir?

What do you suggest, Ensign?

We tell him his son swallowed the cocaine by mistake?

No, sir, the lieutenant's dead,

| thought we could get around some of the details.

It could be done. Unless Admiral Cook pushed for more information

we could release it as an accidental overdose - which of course it was.

He didn't plan on the packets bursting.

I'm going to draw up a letter of recommendation...

Sir?

...that Lieutenant Cook's military benefits be revoked.

This officer died in the commission of a felony.

If he were alive I'd court-martial him and I'd deep-six him!

His being dead doesn't change that, no matter whose son he is.

Good night, gentlemen.

| don't know what you did to your CO, son, but you sure ticked him off.

Hi, guys. Higgins!

Higgins!

Higgins!

Who's a pair of bad dogs? Let the nice man out of the car.

It's all right, the dogs will stay with us.

- They seem to like you. - Yeah.

Why don't they like me?

Mr Higgins doesn't like you and they're his dogs.

| think he tells them bad things about you.

| think you're right.

Zeus! Apollo!

Where are you, lads?

It's all right, they're with me.

Right.

Thanks for the escort.

Now that I'm safely home you can go back to your swim.

The tidal pool looks good in the moonlight.

It's going to be nice to get out of the suits and back in the water.

Why don't you join us?

Oh, sure, I'll just get my trunks.

If you wish.

‘Pearl Harbor Naval Base.’

Lieutenant Cook, bachelor officers' quarters.

- 'One moment.’ - Extension number...

Hello?

Hello?

Hello?

Lieutenant Cook's quarters.

You're gonna wish you hadn't stood me up, old buddy.

‘Who's this?'

- This is Magnum, who are you? - Magnum?

Ensign Healy. | came aboard just before you left, remember?

Oh, Healy, yeah, LSU quarterback, right?

- ‘Right.’ - Well, put Lieutenant Cook on.

I'm sorry, Magnum, | can't. He's dead.

‘Magnum? Did you hear me?’

‘Homeward Angel, do you read me?'

Homeward Angel? Homeward Angel, do you read me?

Homeward Angel, do you read me?

Homeward Angel, do you read me? Homeward Angel, do you read me?

- Hi, guys. - You're late again.

You know, Dan, I've been thinking...

Yeah, | Know. You want to resign.

Well, not that | don't appreciate what the Navy's done for me.

A college education, foreign travel, nice uniform.

Every time we get shot up you want to resign.

- You think I'm crazy, huh? - Hell, no.

I'm here cos my old man expects it out of me.

Philippe and Pepe have been fighting Charlie since they were ten.

Eight! Homeward Angel, do you read me?

Nothing's holding you. You've done your tour, you can get out.

- Can't do that. - Why not?

Can't split up the team. Only thing keeping you guys alive is me.

Wonder if TC forgot to set his alarm again.

‘InterPacific flight for Washington DC, San Francisco

‘is now arriving at gate seven on the upper concourse.’

‘All night long, one thought ran over and over through my head -

‘if I'd been on time, maybe somehow | could have saved Dan's life.

‘It made meeting his father and sister even tougher.

‘Admiral Cook | could talk to, but Alice?

‘What do you say to your buddy's kid sister?’

‘Nancy Spendel, please report to baggage checkpoint A.

‘Nancy Spendel, to baggage check A

Alice!

Thomas!

You look terrific! Doesn't he look terrific?

Terrific, yeah. And big too.

- Yeah, Tom always was a big'un. - Where's your father?

Washington, Senate hearings.

Oh, Thomas Magnum, I'd like you to meet Sam.

Jones, Sam Jones. Industrial grommets.

That's right, Sam Jones, industrial grommets.

Thomas Magnum, Sam Jones.

Tom.

Oh!

We had just a little too much to drink.

Let's get your bags and some air.

Here, | was going to get her bags,

| didn't know her boyfriend was meeting her.

Are you my boyfriend, Thomas?

Well, are you?

The first time we were stationed at Pearl | was four.

Dan was nine. That was when Dad had command Of...

| can't remember. Which carrier was it?

- Princeton. - That's right, The Sweet P.

| remember Mom had to join Dad a little bit before us

so they could find a place to live

and that meant that Dan and | got to fly out all by ourselves.

Dan and Alice. Just...

Alice and Dan.

All the way from Aunt Helen's in Columbus, Ohio to Honolulu, Oahu.

| was so scared.

- You know what Dan did? - What did he do?

He held my hand.

For 14 hours he held my hand.

Just so that | wouldn't be scared.

All the way from Columbus to Hawaii.

| don't think | ever thanked him for that.

Something just went out of Dad when he got the word,

something | don't think is ever gonna come back.

Suddenly he's old.

Come on, Alice, the admiral will outlive us both.

No. No, he won't, Tom.

It's terrible to say this but | think if...

if Dan had died when you were in Vietnam, Dad could have handled that.

But not like this.

You don't believe what Cooly released to the press?

That's just to let the people who murdered Dan think they got away with it.

Did Captain Cooly tell you that?

The Navy and | aren't on speaking terms since | resigned but it makes sense.

Tom, Dad was officially informed by Captain Cooly

that Dan died when drugs he was smuggling in his stomach

got absorbed into his system.

The Navy's not even gonna let us bury him with military honors.

That's crazy!

What did Cooly say when the admiral called him?

Dad never called.

Alice, your father is a retired war hero, he's a flag officer to boot.

He could get the Seventh Fleet here if necessary.

Sure he could but he won't.

For God's sake, why not?

Because what if it's true? What if Dan was smuggling?

| don't believe you said that.

| did not say it, my father said it.

Tom, look, part of Dad knows that Dan could never do anything like that.

But the other part of him, that Navy part of him, that military man,

just cannot disbelieve an official report

that is signed by Captain Cooly, a Navy doctor and half a dozen others.

- Are they all lying? - | don't know! Maybe.

We'll never know if somebody doesn't challenge 'em.

Well, it is not gonna be Dad.

You mean, he's just gonna accept that report?

Yes.

But he's hoping you won't.

Excuse me...

What's this crap about Dan Cook smuggling coke?

- Sorry, sir, he... - It's all right, it's all right.

Return to your desk, Yeoman.

Magnum, one of my fondest memories

is the day you resigned your commission.

Watching them toss you off this station!

Tell me why you're writing Dan off

or do you want Shore Patrol to charge me with assault?

For God's sakes, you don't...

believe that Dan Cook swallowed a dozen packets of coke

to smuggle it in the islands?

It is rather disgusting but yes.

And rather stupid - his NIA clearance could have got him past any custom check.

He wasn't in Tokyo on an NIA investigation.

| didn't assign him anything outside the main gate - it's in the report.

| don't give a damn what's in the report!

Dan Cook was in Tokyo on a Navy investigation, not to smuggle!

- How do you know? - He wired me from Tokyo.

He said he was on an important case, he wanted my help!

- What case? - | don't know, he never met me.

You don't know?

You barge into this office, you threaten me, accuse me of not doing my duty,

and all you can say is you don't know?

Captain Cooly, look.

| realise that you never liked Dan or me but you can't let a petty jealousy...

Petty jealousy? Petty?

Look, you see this?

It took me three wars and 30 years to earn this.

That's 30 years of sweating, of bleeding,

laughing at stupid admirals’ jokes,

volunteering to serve on Navy rust buckets.

| figured it would take you half that time.

What are you? Are you smarter than me?

Better sailors? More dedicated officers? No, I'll tell you.

You were connected. Who got you both appointed to Annapolis?

Who was gonna get you your scrambled eggs

in half the time it takes to earn them? Admiral Raleigh Cook.

Not covering up for his son may seem like petty jealousy to you

but to me it's poetic justice.

Now, since you are not a part of this man's navy, get your butt off this station.

If | see you here again I'll charge you

with everything from espionage to indecent exposure!

You hear me, mister?

Loud and clear.

Dan Cook was murdered and I'm gonna prove it.

When | do you can kiss those gold stripes

you spent 30 years egg-sucking for goodbye.

Hey, LSU - buy you a beer?

Sorry, late for a date. Maybe some other time.

See y'all later.

Come on, one beer.

‘Give me a break, will you?’

| told you, he wasn't on any Official investigation in Tokyo.

Come on, he didn't fly up and back in 24 hours on an R&R.

Magnum, he was smuggling coke.

Dan Cook and | ate, played, worked and damn near died together.

- I'm telling you he wasn't a coke runner. - OK, OK, OK, just calm down.

What do you want from me?

| want Dan's case files.

| don't believe this.

Look, | can get in big trouble just talking to you.

| didn't know Cook well. We served in the same outfit, that's all.

He seemed like a nice guy but he wasn't a close friend

and I'm not gonna risk my naval career, OK?

OK. So he was a fellow officer and somebody killed him.

- | don't know that. - | saw the autopsy report.

How do you explain the bruises on his stomach lining?

Somebody punched him.

- Maybe he fell against something. - On his stomach?

OK, OK. Even if he was punched, so what?

Nobody stuffs 10 ounces of coke down your gut to kill you,

it's worth too much!

What if 10 ounces is nothing compared to what you could sell?

That's really reaching, don't you think?

Yeah, but it's possible.

OK, Magnun,, I'll admit, it's possible.

Then help me, tell me what Dan was working on.

Nothing. At least, nothing important.

Captain Cooly treated Lieutenant Cook like an ensign,

he had him doing all kinds of things,

checking out foot locker thefts, penny-ante pilfering,

falsified dependent claims.

Every petty job except scraping barnacles.

Maybe that's why | didn't get to know him.

He was always on the old man's list and | wasn't about to make it by association.

| know. But | also know that Dan was in Tokyo on official business,

no matter what Cooly says.

There had to be something in Japan that NIA was investigating.

Nothing. Oh, excuse me, there was a 30-year-old Japanese Zero.

What Zero?

Some kids skin diving came across some old aircraft wreckage.

We were called in to investigate.

It was a Zero shot down during the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Maybe he was in Tokyo to give the Japanese the details. | don't know.

He wasn't working on any drug cases, anything big?

Cooly wouldn't give him anything big.

Look, | don't want to ruin your career, | just...

If you won't give me Dan's case files, will you call me if you hear anything?

OK, Magnum.

| just hope | don't end up on the beach. See you, Magnum.

| understand.

You're making a mess. Look at that.

- What'd he say? - Kill him.

- OK. Is that better? - Yeah.

- Idiot, he's taking the freeway. - OK, I'll catch him at the next on-ramp.

‘Despite what Ensign Healy said,

‘Dan's death had to be connected to some case he was investigating.

"It was the only thing that made sense.

‘Either that or he had been smuggling and that was impossible.

‘I'd known Dan too long, put my life in his hands too many times,

‘not to know exactly what he could and couldn't do.

‘He could no more smuggle coke than breathe underwater.

'No, the connection, the reason for his murder,

‘was somewhere in his case files.

‘If Healy wouldn't give them to me I'd steal them.

‘Alice's flight home with Dan's body would be taking off now.

‘Part of me wished | was with her.

‘| didn't know what | could do to help, maybe just hold her hand.

‘When my heart started again | realised whoever was on my tail

‘didn't have enough car to catch me and | was worried about the Ferrari.

‘It was crazy, but how could | pay for a totaled 60,000-buck Ferrari?

"Then | quit worrying.

‘It'd take all night to explain to Five-O

"why a couple of yo-yos with a machine gun tried to kill me.

‘Especially since | didn't know 'em.

‘Since | couldn't help them | decided to do the best thing for me -

‘get the hell out of there.

‘| don't think want you to think | was scared or anything.

‘Course, | didn't go over 35 the rest of the way home.

‘After being nearly killed on the highway,

‘tangling with Zeus and Apollo was gonna seem like child's play.

‘At least they didn't have guns.’

Zeus? Apollo?

Hi, guys.

Zeus?

Apollo?

Zeus? Apollo?

Hi, guys.

Higgins, what are you doing?

| thought we should have a bit of a chat.

Fine, but | need a drink. What would you like? Beer, whisky? Bones?

Easy, lads.

- Since you intend to leech off Robin... - Now, you hold it!

That goes for you too!

Look, somebody just tried to run me off the Pali.

In Robin Masters' Ferrari?

Forget it. What do you want, Higgins?

Mr Masters called a while ago to congratulate me.

He received your cable saying that | had passed the first test,

that security here was impenetrable.

Well, | figure it is.

- To anyone but me. - Why did you do it, Magnum?

Hey, SO you Owe me one.

Since you intend to continue living here on a permanent basis,

we should set up our territorial prerogatives.

Our what?

The main house, stables, tennis courts and grounds will be mine.

You'll have the guesthouse and the car.

The tidal pool | think we can consider a DMZ.

- You're serious? - Quite.

What if | want to use the stables or the tennis courts?

| would expect to be informed of such incursions beforehand.

Agreed?

- Why not? - Good.

I'll have that drink now. Whisky, if you please.

Don't ruin my whisky with ice, I'm not a bloody American.

Sorry.

- To territorial prerogatives. - First drink's always to the regiment.

To the Prince of Wales' Own.

To the regiment.

The lads and | have guests to look after.

It's a pity you couldn't have been more like your sister.

Come, lads.

‘Rick's place.’

- It's Magnum, let me talk to Rick. - 'Hang on.’

OK, shoot, it's your nickel.

- | need a couple of favors. - 'Name it, buddy.’

Two guys tried to run me off the Pali Highway.

They deep-sixed a mile past Lani Lookout. Can you make them?

- Are they dead? - 'Afraid so.'

- No problem. Next? - 'What's the word on Dan's death?’

You're not gonna like it.

Street says he was a lone wolf muling for some dwarf guys on a three-slot.

Rick, speak English or I'll tell all of Honolulu your real name.

OK, take it easy, will you?

He was smuggling for some small-time dealer, OK?

No, it's not OK, Dan was one of us.

Look, Magnum, Nam was a long time ago. Guys change.

Rick, he was a pal, he wasn't muling for anyone.

He was iced with ten ounces of coke. Am | speaking your language?

- Next. - Set a meet with Snow White.

Snow White? Where do | get seven dwarfs to pull you out of the ocean?

Do you know anyone else who can waste ten ounces of coke on a hit?

No. All right, you win. Midnight here.

‘Great. Thanks, buddy. | owe you one.'

- Of all the cheap gin joints in the world... - Why did you have to pick mine?

- Find the soap? - Oh! Oh, Thomas! Oh!

- Think you're cute, don't you? - | don't know. Am I, sis?

| just said that to get him to let me in here. What did you do to that man?

That is not what we're discussing. You should be on a plane.

Before you say one word just listen to me, OK?

We've known each other since you and Dan were midshipmen

and you know that when | want something, | go and get it.

The only person who wants to find Dan's killer more than you is me.

You're doing something about it so I'm sticking with you.

I've thought it over twice, and that's it.

- Any questions? - Yeah, one.

Shoot.

Who sleeps on the couch?

Sis!

Thomas!

What's this?

Dan's dog tags. The Navy gave me all of that.

It's the personal effects he had on him when he died.

I'll let you get some clothes on.

|, er... | didn't find any hotel receipts from Tokyo.

He wasn't there that long.

There was a receipt for some photocopying he had done

at the Imperial War Records section of the Japanese navy.

It could prove he was in Tokyo on an NIA investigation.

Alice, where's the team ring?

In the envelope.

Water Bug Blue, this is Homeward Angel. You guys down there?

Water Bug Blue, this is Homeward Angel.

‘Water Bug Blue, this is Homeward Angel.’

- Where you been, mon ami? - 'My alarm didn't go off.’

- Hope you didn't have any engagements. - No, nothing important.

You sound two or three thousand metres south of us.

Reloading!

You're moving away! Reverse course!

Understood. Turning north.

You sound hot.

Oui! Charlie caught us!

- You see them, Orville? - Negative.

We gotta hope they're near that river.

Water Bug Blue, you guys better make like the Fourth of July.

There's a river wide enough, I'll guide you to her.

There's a river, he needs a flare!

Got you! The river is 500 metres due west of your position.

Due west.

Get going, I'll cover.

Did you find the ring?

Are you all right, Tom?

Fine.

- Hello. - Hey, Moki.

Magnum? Come on, brother, this ain't your car!

What? Doesn't it look like it's mine?

Come on, man!

- Welcome to the snow palace. - The sign said Rick's.

Tourists call it that but for the regulars who score coke it's the snow palace.

Play it again, Sam.

- He didn't really say that? - He did. Rick, Alice Cook.

Miss Cook, so pleased to meet you and I'm sorry about your brother.

- Thank you. - Listen,

| got a make on that muscle that tried to wipe you out.

- Somebody tried to kill you? - No.

When you drive a Ferrari people want to race you.

- These guys drove over the edge. - So the cops figure it.

- Mm-hm. What was the name of this racer? - Kioki.

- Kioki? - Kioki.

Ever work for Snow White?

Yeah. He was freelance, he worked for a lot of people.

Thomas, | like her, she's got it upstairs.

Next to you, everybody has.

"You're wondering why Rick didn't give me the name

‘of the other guy in the crash.

‘He didn't want to upset Alice. | know, | don't believe that either."

- The meeting set? - | can't let you go.

- Oh, yeah? - | can't.

Hey, Sam - is your name really Sam?

Hell, no, it's Albert.

That's funny because his name isn't Rick either...

Very funny. Will you wait for me in the office? Go on.

Miss Cook?

- So your name ain't Rick? - Just keep on spinning 'em, Sam.

Oh, my... | don't believe this place. It's amazing!

Yeah, isn't it?

| didn't see these windows from out there.

It's a one-way mirror. We can see out but they can't see in.

- Is Snow White out there? - She's out there.

Where is she?

Right there.

She's just a child.

That child controls all the coke dealt between here and Hong Kong.

Thomas, she can't be more than 20.

19. Six of those years were under the tutelage of General Nu Trang,

he was commander of Van Dong province during the war.

That gave him control of all the drugs moving between Cambodia and Vietnam.

- Her father taught her? - Her husband.

- She was married at 13? - 11.

He was killed two years ago. Scuttlebutt has it she did it.

- She's staring at us. - Not through a one-way mirror, she isn't.

Don't bet on it.

How do you know this navy officer was murdered?

He was a friend. He wouldn't smuggle cocaine.

He was my brother. He was not a smuggler.

In any case, why come to me?

You and your people are the only ones

with enough coke to burn ten ounces on a murder.

Having an oasis in the desert does not mean one drowns people.

Write that in the john.

If your friend was murdered...

finding his killer may be of mutual benefit.

How?

Madame Nu Trang and | are, shall we say, loosely affiliated.

Same profession, different product.

- What do you smuggle? - | deal!

In gold!

About a month ago it was rumored in Hong Kong that...

$30 million of gold bullion was about to change hands in Hawaii.

At half that price.

- Who sells gold at half its value? - Someone who doesn't own it.

- Precisely. - Who?

If | Knew that | would buy it myself.

What does this have to do with Dan's death?

If Dan got wind of this gold deal and the people involved found out...

They would kill him.

In a manner that would mislead his associates

so that others would not connect his death to his work.

Like La Bulle.

- La Bulle? - | don't know his real name.

In fact, I've never met him.

He appeared a few years ago in the heroin trade,

became a major force overnight.

Some say he has Chinese connections.

From heroin he's expanded into guns,

diamonds...

gold.

He's in your territory and you haven't stopped him?

He's not here to compete in my specialty.

But if | nail him for killing my friend...

That would be karma.

And you would get the gold.

And you your brother's killer.

If this La Bulle murdered Dan...

you don't have to worry about him leaving with any gold.

You have my word on that. Now, where is he?

Kahoolawe? Ain't nothing on that rock, that's a naval gunnery range.

She didn't say...

She didn't say he was on the island, she said he was cruising in the vicinity.

- Where'd you steal that camera, boy? - | didn't steal it, | got it surplus.

| did!

Are those girls naked?

Will you concentrate on the mission?

Now or never! Come on, get out of here!

Here they come. Man, here they come.

Pepe's dead!

- Dan! - |can make it.

- Take him, I'll cover. - Don't wait too long.

Come on, man! If you're coming do it now!

Too late... I'm hit.

- Philippe, come on! - I'll never make it! Go!

No!

Philippe, no!

Kahoolawe dead ahead.

All right, | got us here. Now what?

We find La Bulle.

Just like that? You don't know what the boy look like, what ship he's on,

all you know is that Goldilocks said he's in the vicinity.

It's Snow White, not Goldilocks.

- I'll know La Bulle's ship when | see it. - How?

I'll just know!

Maybe we'll catch him buying the gold.

We've got a dozen yachts to check towards the big island,

another six in the Maui Channel

and two more off the windward side of Kahoolawe.

How about the one dead ahead?

That's a Navy patrol boat to keep the people away during gunnery practice.

| don't think La Bulle's in the US Navy. Get in the spirit of this case.

You almost said mission again.

To the south, TC, we'll start to the south.

Mm-hm. Long live the south.

Owww! I think I'm in love! Look at the bazooms on that woman!

- It's Sunday. - It's a sin to look at bazooms on Sunday?

There is no gunnery practice on Sunday, not in peacetime.

Maybe they done declared war and forgot to tell us.

Maybe that's not a Navy patrol boat off Kahoolawe.

If that is Navy, they ain't gonna like this.

They'll take my number and fine my behind.

If that's a Navy patrol boat I'll pay the fine.

What? You'll pay the fine?

- Just sneak around the island. - OK, we're officially sneaking.

Helicopter, sir!

Yeah! She's private. No markings, no guns

but she'd fool anybody from a distance.

That's La Bulle. I'll bet he's rendezvousing with whoever's selling the gold.

- That crew looked Vietnamese. - Just like old times.

One more pass - come at them from over the island.

We surprised them the first time, now they might throw rocks.

Where will they get rocks?

- They're waving us off! - Keep going!

Man, | got that old feeling.

They're not gonna shoot at us.

They're shooting at you.

- No, they're not. - Yes, they are.

- Soviet Kalashnikov AK-47 assault rifles. - Higgins...

- 7.6mm... - Higgins!

600 rounds per minute, effective killing range 300 metres.

| prefer the British Sterling but the Kalashnikov is a fine weapon.

This isn't your usual adultery case, is it?

Just develop the photos.

I'm only doing this because, as you put it, | owe you one.

You don't take cases like that, do you, Tom?

Following someone's husband or wife to catch them with a lover.

What about the blow-up of the guy in khakis?

It's developing now but it's a mess - you were out of focus.

- Do you take pictures of them? - Not good ones.

| was in a helicopter.

| thought you were flapping your arms.

Of course, you do have to make a living.

Not all my cases are like that, Alice.

No, I'm sure they're not.

But | am a private investigator.

A lawyer doesn't turn down a divorce case because it might get sticky.

- Of course not. - Neither do I!

There.

- This is awful. - It was too out of focus to enlarge.

| wouldn't know that man if he were my own father.

- Your own father? - Oh. Tom's my stepbrother.

Oh. That explains it.

The way he stands, his build, there's something familiar about him.

Zeus, Apollo.

Yes, sir, Mr Masters.

‘Yeah, baby, let me talk to Thomas Magnum.’

Magnum!

This is a private phone, not for your personal use.

It won't happen again.

- ‘Magnum here.’ - Here's to surviving another...

- What did you call it? Case! - Are they still anchored off Kahoolawe?

It sure is pouring down rain on this side of the island.

Er, TC...

It's also pouring down rain between here and Kahoolawe.

It's also very dark between here and Kahoolawe.

- You want something? - Just gas money.

Look, TC, | told you | would make it up to you.

‘Why do | even bother asking?

‘By the time | got back they'd raised anchor and run

‘put | spotted them heading south.’

About dark they rendezvoused with a speedboat.

- To pick up the gold? - "Too quick.’

Somebody jumped in and they went to Maui.

- That's La Bulle. - 'Probably, if he was aboard.’

| got a shot of him on that last pass.

That's only fair considering he got a couple of shots at us.

Higgins will take a copy of this to Rick's.

Take a look, see if you know him.

Yeah, sure, | ain't seen Orville in a couple of weeks anyway.

‘You want to let the coastguard in on this?’

- No, | got to do it my way. -'Mm-hm.'

No.

Higgins, | just want you to run a copy of the photo over to Rick's.

Out of the question. I've got the lads to feed.

The poor things are probably starved.

Higgins! Higgins!

Higgins!

Higgins!

Thomas.

Zeus, Apollo, come here this instant.

Higgins, | could take the photo to Rick's but...

- The car. - The car?

| want it back. | don't want you driving it.

- Now, wait a minute, I... - It's a deal.

- It's a deal. - No.

You said we needed my brother's car to get into Pearl.

Your brother?

It's my mother's third husband - no relation to Tom.

Fascinating.

Well, Magnum?

Is ita deal?

It's a deal.

God, you were all so young.

- What did you say? - Nothing.

Now that's the Thomas | fell in love with.

As a schoolgirl.

- You think you can fool 'em? - | did it for ten years.

No, you didn't. You were good.

Dan said maybe the best.

Don't let the uniform fool you, I'm not the same man | was then.

- Why did you quit, Tom? - Nothing earth-shattering.

One day | woke up aged 33 and realised I'd never been 23.

- That's it? - That's it.

| resigned, let's just leave it at that.

| didn't mean to pry.

I'm sorry, Alice. I'm just wound up.

| swore I'd never wear a uniform again, even on Halloween.

That's too bad.

Because you look very handsome in uniform.

This is no good, Alice.

- Why not? - Because.

Look, | always knew that someday, if the timing was right, that we'd be...

We'd be lovers.

But this timing is lousy.

You're still in shock over Dan's death.

At the airport it was as if it hadn't happened. You're confused.

You're hurt, you're...

scared, you're...

you're very vulnerable and I'm not gonna take advantage.

Who are you trying to convince, me or you?

Yeah. Sure I'm... I'm scared and I'm confused

and maybe I'm even vulnerable

but in all the years I've know you, I've never asked you to be my big brother.

Haven't you, sis?

You're right about one thing.

The timing is really lousy.

Oh, no. It's Ski.

That was close.

That's all | need.

What if one of the guards at the NIA knows you?

It's Sunday night, chances are there's no one on duty | know.

And what if there is?

You can entice them away from the desk.

Entice?

Entice.

OK. The duty officer and guard will be in the main entry.

I'm gonna go straight in. You sit tight, | may be a while.

What if someone asks me what I'm doing here?

Tell them that you're picking up your brother's personal gear,

that, erm...Ensign Healy brought you.

Take care, Thomas.

You too.

Do you always read on duty, seaman?

No, sir! | mean, yes, sir.

| mean, well, sometimes, sir.

- Sometimes. - What's your name?

Seaman Wolfe, sir. | just reported from Great Lakes.

Do you know the temperature today in Honolulu?

No, sir. | mean, well, maybe, sir.

- 72, sir? - And the temperature at Great Lakes?

No, sir.

| bet it's cold enough to raise goose bumps just thinking about it.

- Yes, sir. - Unless you like goose bumps

| suggest you save cheap Robin Masters novels for off-duty time.

- Yes, sir. - Where is the duty officer?

Went to get some chow, sir. He'll be back shortly, sir.

- Who is the duty officer tonight? - Ensign Healy, sir.

‘We all make mistakes.

‘Not figuring Ensign Healy to have the duty was a big one

‘put I'd be in and out before he ever got back.

‘| know, | don't believe that either.

‘Healy was right - Captain Cooly had assigned Dan the dregs.

‘Everything from petty vandalism to finding Admiral Matheson's missing dog.

‘Putting Dan on this stuff was like making McGarrett a meter maid.

‘But one of these routine cases had gotten Dan killed.

‘I'd know which one when | saw it. Don't ask me how, | just knew | would.’

Excuse me but isn't this Lieutenant Daniel Cook's MG?

I'm his sister.

Well, I'm very sorry, Miss Cook.

Your brother was a fine officer. He'll be sorely missed.

| appreciate that.

Aren't you getting wet?

Yes, | think | am.

Uh, Miss Cook, what are you doing here at two o'clock in the morning?

Waiting for Ensign Healy.

‘Fate didn't let me down. Halfway through the files | found it.

‘A letter from the mother of a Navy pilot

‘declared missing in action on December 7th, 1941.

‘Her son had been flying secret cargo from Manila to Hickam.

‘His ETA in Hawaii was the same as the attacking Japanese.

‘He was presumably shot down. His plane was never found.

‘She'd read that skin-divers had discovered aircraft wreckage from World War Two -

‘was it her son's plane?

‘She included a clipping from the paper dated a few months ago.

‘It showed the wreck had been found off - you guessed it - Kahoolawe.

‘Dan wrote to her saying he'd check it out

‘with the officer investigating the wreckage - Captain J Cooly.’

How did you know | had the duty?

Captain Cooly told me.

Well, | can't let you take anything until he approves it.

The admiral only wants his personal photographs and mementos.

- The admiral, your father? - Yes, that's right.

- You are the duty officer, aren't you? - Yes.

Then don't you have the same approval as the commanding officer

when he's not here?

That's what my daddy always told me.

Technically, yes, | guess | do.

Good, then it's all settled.

Yeah.

‘| had enough to figure that La Bulle killed Dan

‘and Cooly was tied to La Bulle.

‘Dan's case file would get me Cooly.

‘And Cooly would get me La Bulle.

‘It was my own domino theory.’

There we go, seaman, and save me some thighs, huh?

Yes, sir.

- This way, Miss Cook. - Thank you.

‘Don't look at the elevator, work the lock.

‘Work the lock, don't look at the elevator.

"You looked at the elevator!’

Come this way, Miss Cook.

Which items do you want? I'll make a list and you can sign for them.

- How does that sound? - That's fine.

‘When | entered Cooly's office

‘my nose told me my domino theory wouldn't work.

‘From the smell | guess he died sometime late Friday.

‘From the expression, in a lot of pain.

‘| didn't feel sorry for him but | did wish he were still alive.

‘Alive he could have led me to La Bulle,

‘dead, all he could do was turn my stomach.’

Received this date by Miss Alice Cook, sister of the deceased.

That ought to do it.

If you'll just sign this, Miss Cook, we'll be finished.

- There you go. - Thank you.

OK, let's go.

Keep your nose out of those pulps, son, and you'll do fine.

Good night, sir.

Oh! No, no, no, you've gotten wet enough for one night.

And thanks again, Ensign.

The admiral will be most grateful.

The pleasure was mine.

- Oh! Send my regards to the admiral! - | will!

You scared the life out of me!

Kinda had the same thing happen to me. Let's get out of here.

- Well? - | found out why Dan was killed.

Six months ago some kids skin diving off Kahoolawe found some wreckage.

Captain Cooly was called in to investigate.

He reported that it was a Japanese Zero

shot down during the attack on Pearl Harbor.

So Dan was sent to Tokyo on official business?

- Not really. - Tom, | don't understand.

Well, Dan got this letter from the mother of a Navy pilot

who was reported missing in action on December 7th, 1941.

She read about the skin-divers

and wondered if it might be her son's plane.

He was carrying a secret cargo from the Philippines to Hawaii. Guess what?

- Gold? - Yeah. Government gold.

Only Cooly didn't tell it that way. He said the wreckage was a Zero -

nothing to salvage - covered with coral inside a gunnery range,

who was to know the difference?

- Dan. - Yeah. Dan.

He must have gone to Japan to check the Japanese war records

and nothing would match what Cooly was saying.

Anyway, it got him killed.

And if Cooly didn't do it he knew it was going to be done.

That bastard!

I'll kill him, Thomas! | swear it, I'll kill him myself! | will!

Alice, somebody already did.

- You killed him? - No.

He's been dead for a couple of days. La Bulle killed him.

Or one of his boys.

I've wasted over an hour on this. Is there any reply?

| don't think | know him.

Course, it's hard to tell from this.

| didn't take that photograph, | merely printed it.

If you gentlemen will excuse me, I'll return to Robin's.

Hey, Higgins.

Here's something for your trouble.

| don't accept tips.

| bet you don't give 'em either.

Mm-mm-mm. | love window shopping here.

I'll take that little momma in them black sprayed-on pants.

Or even that one in the spangled dress, see by the piano?

No, maybe that one in that orange dress, she really looks good.

- Victor Charlie! - Where?

That Hawaiian King Kong trailing Higgins.

He's a hit man.

Moki!

A busted-up Hawaiian following a sourpuss Haloe - you see 'em?

| didn't see anybody.

Brudda...

- | beg your pardon, I'm not your brother. - You're gonna wish you were.

| should have warned you, | was a commando during the war.

That's all right, it didn't hurt.

What are you doing with Magnum's car?

Magnum's car?

This belongs to Robin Masters.

Rick!

- Did you re-up? - What's going on?

Higgins!

I...don't know what to say.

So you owe me one.

I'd really rather not.

- You all right? - Yeah, I'm fine.

| Knew you could shoot but where did you get this gun, Orville?

Orville?

- Is it him? - No, it's not La Bulle.

‘Maybe | should have told her it was La Bulle, that it was over.

‘But | couldn't lie to Alice any more than | could lie to myself.

‘I'd know La Bulle when | saw him -

‘call it Fate, premonition, whatever you want.

‘This wouldn't end until he and | met face-to-face and we both knew it.

'He figured to be on the run back to Asia if Snow White was right

‘and that meant a flight out of Honolulu.

"The police had sent copies of the blow-up to all the airlines

‘but it would take a miracle to recognise him.

"Still... | felt that | knew him.

‘Maybe Dan did too.’

What is it?

- | know who La Bulle is. - Who?

‘I'd missed the first flight to Hong Kong.

‘But | knew La Bulle wasn't on it.

‘Don't ask me how, | just knew it.

'He was here. Close.

| could feel him.'

‘All stand-by passengers for Hong Kong flight 211

‘please report to gate five.

‘All stand-by passengers for Hong Kong flight 211

‘please report to gate five."

Magnum!

- We never got to say goodbye. - Or go swimming together.

‘Global Airlines flight 81 from Manila now arriving at gate 15.

‘Global Airlines flight 81 from Manila now arriving at gate 15."

As you can see, | survived.

So did Dan. Until last week.

| didn't know it was him until it was too late.

And me?

There are two kinds of men in war, Magnum.

Those who can end life

and those who can't.

- But of course you know that. - This isn't Nam.

No.

Why didn't you come back for me?

We came back, Philippe.

But you were gone.

‘The day after | rolled out of intensive care

‘Alice joined her father at Arlington Cemetery to bury her brother -

‘with honors.

‘Alice promised she'd come back and | promised the timing would be right.

‘Anyway, Robin Masters called last night from Paris,

‘Higgins was out so | answered.

‘He said three French stews would be coming

‘and would | ask Higgins to show them Hawaii?

‘Naturally | volunteered.

‘TC was flying them here and then we were heading for Rick's.

‘When Higgins found out he kind of forgot I'd saved his life.

'He figured taking care of the guests was his territorial prerogative

‘and that I'd infringed.

"Technically the major-domo was right.

‘But three French stews... Come on, what would you do?’