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Nah, he just turned over in his sleep.

It's after midnight. You'd better start out now.

Yeah, I'm going.

Look, I ought to be back no later than 3:00.

You will be. You'll make it.

And if I'm not,

if I don't make it back by 5:00 A.M.,

you know what you got to do.

I don't see any need --

just take care of the kid,

and don't leave here before you do.

[ Footsteps fade ]

[ Door closes ]

Sir?

Mr. Frog?

Yeah?

Mr. Frog, I need to go to the bathroom.

Hey!

Hey, kid!

Come back here!

[ Twigs snap ]

Ah! Aah!

[ Thud ]

[ "Hawaii five-o" theme plays ]

[ Horn honks ]

Mcgarrett!

Let's go.

Your son is free. He's safe.

Thank god.

He was picked up by a Japanese farmer

on the other side of the pali.

Are you sure he's safe?

Well, he seemed all right.

He was able to identify himself,

and the farmer recognized the name and called us.

That's all I can tell you.

I see.

Mcgarrett, no doubt you've guessed.

I paid the ransom last night.

You what?

They said they'd kill Scotty if I didn't follow

their instructions to the letter.

Now, you wanted a stakeout, I know,

and maybe that would have succeeded,

but I couldn't gamble with my son's life,

and I think this proves I was right.

Yeah. Well, your son escaped.

Escaped? How? When?

I don't know the details.

$300,000 for nothing.

Well, at least Scotty is all right,

and that's -- that's all that counts.

Let them enjoy the money.

[ Laughs ] I hope they burn in hell.

Hi, dad!

Scotty!

Mr. Takashima fixed me a bowl of rice,

and, boy, it tastes good.

You always hated rice.

Takashima? Mcgarrett, five-o.

Tell me about it.

[ Japanese accent ] Yes, sir.

I was in my pickup truck,

taking a load of vegetable to the market,

and I see small boy walking down road.

I think maybe he should not be there

3:30 in the morning,

so I stop.

He was tired and happy for the lift.

When he tells me his name,

ah, I know he's the same one

in the newspaper and in television all week.

So I call Hawaii five-o.

That's it?

Yeah.

Good. Good, good. You did the right thing.

Now I want to hear Scotty's account.

What happened, son?

Not today.

I want him to be examined by a doctor,

and then at least a night's sleep.

I'm okay, dad.

Mr. Gainham, what time did you hand over the money?

I didn't turn it over.

There was nobody there.

I just put it where I'd been told, and I left.

I suppose it was around 4:00 A.M.

Well, they've had it for, what, about two hours.

Scotty, do you think

you could tell us where they held you?

In a cabin up in the mountains.

Could you take us there?

No, sir, I don't think so.

It was dark, and he was chasing me

until he fell over a cliff.

Mr. Takashima?

Yes, sir?

Could I see you a minute, please?

Um...

Here's the, um...

Here's the pali highway.

Here's the road to your farm.

Now can you show me where you picked the boy up?

There. There.

Walking this way.

In this direction from somewhere in this area?

Yes, sir. I think down a little dirt road

over here.

Okay. You know this part of the island very well.

Someplace up here,

there's a mountain cabin near a cliff.

Do you know it?

Ohh. Oh.

Old sheepherder's cabin right here.

Long time nobody use it.

You think I could find it easily?

Yes, sir. You can.

Excuse me.

Danno, I think I know where they held the boy.

What are we waiting for?

Somebody's got to talk to Scotty right now.

Good night's sleep, and the details fade.

Sure. I'll do it.

Get it on tape, everything there is to get.

[ Meow ]

[ Meow ]

Steve!

Pau?

Yeah. All pau. He's dead.

Do we know him?

No. Fall didn't kill him.

Has a bullet in his head.

The devil said

if he shouldn't get back by 5:00,

Mr. Frog should kill me,

so that's when I thought I'd better get away if I could.

So I called Mr. Frog and told him I had to go.

You know, I have to...

Pretty clever, Scotty.

So as soon as I got outside,

I just ran as fast as I could,

and Mr. Frog chased me

[ sleepily ] And fell over a cliff.

He fell asleep right after that.

I didn't have the heart to wake him.

Want to hear it again, Steve?

No, danno. You've heard it twice.

What have we got to work on?

Devil, dead Mr. Frog.

Che fong called.

What did he come up with?

One big fat zero.

Any report on the prints we lifted from Mr. Frog?

No, not yet.

Well, that leaves us the masks.

Made in Hong Kong.

A thousand of them sold every Halloween.

Right now all we've got is the money.

Serial numbers have been circulated.

One of the bills shows up...

Don't count on it.

That Mr. Devil, real akamai.

He might be right.

Whoever planned this operation

worked it out right down to the last detail.

I can't see him overlooking the most important thing --

how to get rid of the money.

That narrows down the field quite a bit.

Who could afford to buy that much money

and keep it out of circulation till it cools off?

Me, I'd take it to Mr. Ming.

Danno?

Hummer brothers.

Chin, give me another one.

In my part of town...

Tot kee.

Yes?

I got to see Mr. Tot kee right away.

The name, please.

Tell him Max, and hurry it up.

I'm afraid there are other people ahead of you.

Would you care to have a seat?

No, I wouldn't.

[ Intercom buzzes ]

Yes, sir.

Very well, sir.

[ Hangs up ]

Mr. Gibbons?

Yes.

Mr. Tot will see you now.

Thank you.

Uh, you're Mr. Gibbons.

Yeah, Jack Gibbons.

I was in business with Pete colley.

You were in business with him?

Yeah.

But, uh, Pete's dead.

It's right here in the paper.

Under the circumstances, Mr. Gibbons,

it's an association one would do well to conceal.

Oh, listen, listen. I don't noise it around.

Anyway, I thought that you knew.

I did not.

Oh, well it doesn't matter.

Nothing's changed as far as you're concerned.

The deal stands.

I need to be enlightened. What deal?

Pete said it was all arranged.

He said you agreed to buy the ransom money.

Did I? How much are you asking?

Pete said you agreed to pay half.

Half. Heh heh heh.

Surely you're joking, Mr. Gibbons.

The papers say Daniel gainham paid...

What was it?

May I?

Yes, $300,000 for the release of his son.

And you're asking $150,000.

Come now. Be reasonable, Mr. Gibbons.

That money can't be circulated or invested

in any form or manner for years to come.

Pete said you would dump it in China.

I have no connections in China. Have you?

Well, that's your problem.

Now, look, you made a deal with Pete colley and me --

with a man now dead.

And from the news reports, one gathers you killed him.

Now, Pete fell over a cliff.

He broke his leg, and some of his ribs were stove in.

Now, I tried to move him, but I couldn't.

And I couldn't leave him there to suffer.

When you shot your partner, you killed your brain.

You're a chicken without a head.

In short, Mr. Gibbons, you're incompetent

and probably very close to being arrested.

Now you listen to me!

You made a deal --

that signal means the police.

I would suggest you take cover, Mr. Gibbons.

Mr. Tot, a man from Hawaii five-o.

Mcgarrett wants to see you.

This very minute?

No. Sooner.

Do you have a warrant, Mr. Williams?

Do I need one?

No.

Missy, cancel my next two appointments, please.

Yes, Mr. Tot.

After you.

[ Speaking Chinese ]

Sit down, gentlemen.

Mr. Kee, Mr. Ming.

Ha ha ha ha.

I think you all know Mr. Mcgarrett.

Not professionally. Only by reputation.

By which Mr. Ming means

all of us hold Mr. Mcgarrett in the highest esteem.

Thank you, Mr. Kee. I'm touched.

By the way, missy sends warmest greetings.

She's a great admirer of yours.

Tell missy I have a message for her.

Tell her to screen your calls very carefully,

because somebody on this rock has $300,000 in hot money

and they want to peddle it.

Now what do you think of that?

Now you're the big four. There's no place else to go.

Correction, Mr. Mcgarrett.

I, at least, do not deal in stolen goods.

The money has never been offered to me,

nor will it be.

No, no, of course not.

Mr. Kee, how about you?

You refer to the gainham ransom, of course.

Of course. Any feelers?

None.

And what do we hear from the brothers Hummer?

Nothing, huh? Then let me say the money will be offered.

And if you touch it, you'll get burned.

I resent and protest this implication.

I'm not implying anything, Mr. Ming.

I'm telling you flat out,

you'll be under 24-hour surveillance.

If you have any contact with the kidnapper,

I'll know about it.

Now that's going to cost you time and money.

Hard time.

Now is that clearly understood?

Indeed.

Personally, Mr. Mcgarrett,

I've never had any difficulty in understanding you.

Very well.

Thank you. That's all for now.

I'm sure you'll want to get back and make an honest buck.

Mr. Kee.

Good afternoon.

Hummers, Mr. Ming.

Mcgarrett, I'd like to know if you're making any progress.

Yeah, a little.

The FBI computers in Washington

identified one of the kidnappers.

Mr. Frog.

Yeah. Name is Pete colley.

Danno, you got the information there.

Yeah, he's got quite a record.

A real long one.

Let's see, a bunco artist, a forger,

did hard time in joliet,

released from San Quentin 11 months ago.

Frankly, I'm not particularly interested in a dead man.

We're checking out all his associates,

whether in or out of prison.

Uh, mcgarrett...

In my relief over Scotty's escape,

I might have given you a wrong impression.

If so, I would like to correct that impression right now.

You want your money back.

Exactly.

After all, I'm only human.

Then we'll certainly have to find the devil for you.

Yeah, and all we can do is wait for him to make a move

or spend some of that money.

Aren't you overlooking the fact that he might convert it?

No, no. That's what he hopes to do.

You think you can stop him?

Yeah, I think so. I think we can try.

Suppose he simply decides to hold on to the money

for weeks, maybe months?

Not many people can resist the temptation of so much money.

That is the best that you have to offer?

At the moment, that's it.

I won't take up any more of your time, gentlemen.

Still here, Mr. Gibbons?

I must tell you,

the meeting at five-o was entirely about you.

All right, all right.

Now look, let's get down to business, huh?

Do you want to buy the money or not?

Frankly, I'm not too eager. The risks are too great.

Look, I took all the risks, not you.

Not even colley. It was me.

When the money gets out of your hands...

Well, make me an offer.

Now, look. Come on, will you?

Very well.

In good negotiable currency

that can be passed anywhere, anytime,

I can allow 10 cents on the dollar.

10 cents? A lousy 30 grand on $300,000?

The value of your money decreases with every hour.

Oh.

Forget it!

I'll go someplace else.

Allow me to give you the names of my competitors --

Mr. Ming and Hummer brothers.

Was I too hard on the young man, missy?

You drove him away.

Where can he go?

He can leave the island.

He'll be back.

He'll be back.

[ Footsteps ]

Ahoy, Mr. Gibbons! Are you there?

Frank Luther. Permission to come aboard.

All right. Come aboard.

Hey, you've been avoiding me, sir.

Now, why would I do that?

Well, nobody likes to see the landlord come around.

But the rent is due, old man. Past due, for that matter.

All right. Here.

There. There's four lousy bucks.

That's all there is.

If it's any good to you, take it.

All right. I'll be back -- day after tomorrow.

I have a bloody fortune and I can't pay the rent.

[ Hisses ]

-You're covered. -$20.

Here's $20.

Cover $10.

Here we go. Coming out. Let's go.

[ Cheers and laughter ]

Oh!

Move back a little, will you?

Come on, now.

Big seven. Big seven.

All right. $5's the point, and there's $3 open.

Who's in?

You're covered.

[ Dice rattle ]

[ Dice roll ]

$50 to open.

It's a deal.

Okay, I'll take it.

I'll take $20.

$20. $30 open.

Okay, come on, come on. Let's go.

All right. You're faded.

Throw a seven. Coming out.

Throw it on back!

Ahh. Gee.

I got $50.

Too many odds. 2 to 1. I'll take 2 to 1.

Here's $10.

You're covered.

Little Joe.

[ Dice roll ]

[ Blows ] This time, honey.

[ Dice roll ]

Yeah! Ha ha ha.

Ha ha. Thanks, gents. Ha ha ha.

Your name Mike rader?

Yeah. Who are you?

Mcgarrett. Five-o.

So?

So you're under arrest.

For what?

Suspicion of kidnapping.

Beat it.

I said you're under arrest.

You passed a $20 bill in a bar last night.

You also passed a $50 bill in a market.

They were both hot.

Well, I didn't know they were hot.

No? Where'd you get them?

I won them in a crap game, that's where,

made seven straight passes.

Who dropped the $50 in the game?

We were shooting craps.

You don't look at a guy's face. You look at his money.

The $50 came down as good as any other bill.

No, not quite.

Look, I don't know anything about any kidnapping.

I was working on the dock that night.

Yeah?

Well, check with my foreman.

Steve.

He checks out.

That's what I've been trying to tell you.

Are you through?

Yeah.

I got things to do.

That means Mr. Devil's got the money.

I bet it could pass in a crap game.

He'll be scrounging again tomorrow.

We'll get him.

Sure.

A confidential report just came in.

A few of the ransom bills have turned up.

That man's a fool!

He's a desperate one, anyway.

If he needed money, he should have come to me.

He did.

Do the police know anything about the bills?

Mcgarrett.

Mcgarrett.

That idiot will ruin it for all of us.

I think --

I think I'll have to relieve him of the money.

Shall I get word to him?

Yes. I'll see him later. 6:00.

Commodore, are you aboard?

Come on in.

Thank you, sir. Thank you!

The reason I came by was to give you this message.

Steve? Hpd got a call from the Marina.

A guy named Jack Gibbons, lives on a boat.

Shot a prowler. He was D.O.A.

Somebody we know?

Duke ling. A 2-bit hood.

Hpd ask for our help?

No, but I checked --

danno, gainham kidnap is still our top priority.

I came across a strange coincidence.

The prowler was one of tot's boys.

That's pretty thin, danno.

You know tot has a piece of at least --

what, a dozen rackets?

But this Jack Gibbons --

he has two convictions for armed robbery.

He was in San Quentin the same time,

same block as Pete colley.

I like it.

I like it. Let's go.

Jack Gibbons?

Yeah, yeah.

I suppose it's about the prowler I shot, huh?

No.

Well, you guys are cops, aren't you?

Five-o. We'd like to come aboard and talk to you.

Sure. Sure.

Come below.

Yeah, I just made fresh coffee.

No, thanks.

You mind if we, uh, search the boat?

Well, I do mind.

Well, I still mind, but I can't stop you.

All right, Gibbons, hands on the wall.

You've been busted enough times.

You know the routine. Let's go.

He's clean.

Okay, Gibbons, empty your pockets.

Look, I know my rights.

Now what's the charge?

I mean, you got to have a charge.

How about kidnapping to start with?

Okay, danno, you can get the boys.

You said kidnapping.

Yeah. The gainham case.

Yeah, I figured that's the one you meant.

But what's it got to do with me?

We think that you and Pete colley did it.

Well, who's Pete colley?

He's a frog that turns into a corpse.

Okay, let's go.

Steve.

Yeah?

Look at this.

Haul it up.

That's the best way I know to chill a bottle of wine.

Has the ballistic report come up yet?

Well, look, Dave, I need it. Please.

Will you -- well, work on it, will you?

It's urgent.

Took that boat apart right down to the bilge.

You didn't miss a fish scale.

Yeah, Dave. Will you, please? Yeah, it's urgent.

Yeah, thanks.

And no sign of the ransom money?

[ Intercom buzzes ]

Yeah, Jenny? Yeah, send him in.

And have Gibbons brought up. Thank you.

It's gainham. Maybe we can get some identification.

You taking odds?

Yeah, you giving them?

Two chances -- slim and none.

I know that, danno,

but we don't have anything else to hold him on.

[ Knock on door ]

Come in.

Mcgarrett, I hope this means you've made progress.

Well, we've got a suspect.

Now that is more like it. And my money?

No, no. Just a suspect.

No money, no evidence --

unless you can identify him.

Identify him how? I never set eyes on the man.

You talked to him, didn't you?

Don't you remember his voice?

Yes, I suppose I'll never forget that.

Chin, bring him in.

[ Knock on door ]

Come in.

Stand over here, please.

Could you read that -- aloud?

"Mr. Gainham, your son will be returned unharmed

"when you've paid $300,000.

"You'll be instructed later

as to where and when to make delivery."

Mr. Gainham?

The right words, the wrong voice.

Well, it was worth a try.

Did you kidnap my son?

No, sir. I had nothing to do with it.

I don't even know why they think I did.

Mcgarrett, if --

if this charade was staged to impress me,

it's a failure.

I will make a very loud noise until I recover my money.

You do that, Mr. Gainham.

Okay, Gibbons, you can go.

You know, you guys are groovy.

You're real groovy.

What'd you think I'd do, fall down and confess?

Well, that would save a lot of time,

because sooner or later, we're going to nail you.

No witnesses? No evidence?

You're pathetic.

All you've got is a lot of paper.

And it's no good to you, Gibbons.

You can't use it here, and you can't take it anywhere else.

Think about it.

Think about it, because that's where the danger is.

You're going to get hungry or thirsty

or you'll be in need of a little amusement,

and you'll think about what all that money can buy,

and then you'll spend some.

And then you'll try it, then -- whaa!

You trying to psych me out, mcgarrett?

No, no. You're going to do that.

But we're going to help you, I promise.

[ Telephone rings ]

Yes?

Here, let me talk to the man.

Mr. Gibbons is on the line.

I've been expecting his call.

I know.

Thank you, my dear.

This is tot kee.

Now don't try to con me, fatso.

You sent your hoods to prowl my boat.

Oh, just to assure myself

that the money was adequately hidden.

Oh, did you think I kept it in the refrigerator

like a head of lettuce?

Uh, Mr. Gibbons --

Mr. Gibbons, I feel I must warn you,

if you should pass any more of those bills,

you'll find yourself dealing with a very clever policeman --

Mr. Mcgarrett.

Mcgarrett's been around already.

He doesn't worry me one bit.

If you want that money, you make me a decent offer.

12 1/2 cents to the dollar.

How much?

12 1/2 cents to the dollar.

Forget it!

That's right.

Now, you'll buy $300,000 for $75,000.

Now, wait, wait. I'm not finished.

It's got to be in used bills and small ones.

Now, no fifties and no hundreds

and nothing bigger than a twenty.

Now I want you to come.

And I mean just you.

Nobody else.

Now, look, I've come to you in good faith.

Now that's the deal. You take it or leave it.

Okay.

Now one last point.

Any funny business and we're all losers.

I'll burn the money!

Well, all I'm out is 75 grand.

You'll have blown 3 times that much.

Okay. Just as long as we understand each other.

Steve? I think we just gaffed him.

Yeah, chin?

What? How?

Steve?

Yeah.

Chin lost Gibbons.

He went over the side in scuba gear.

Tell chin to report here.

Priority one. Priority one.

Yeah, get me kono.

Kono, we lost Gibbons.

Double the watch on tot kee.

Give me that again.

Are you sure?

Okay. Stay with it.

Don't tell me old tot kee's gone, too?

He's at home with a dozen guests.

He's not going anywhere.

But Gibbons told him to come in person.

He told who to come in person?

But if it wasn't tot, there's ming, the hummers.

No, there's another one, danno,

somebody who could buy that money

and never have to conceal it.

Gainham is out. They don't know where to reach him.

Now where will they meet, huh?

They could be anyplace on the island.

No, same place as before,

where gainham left the ransom money. Let's go.

All right. Where's the money?

First there's one thing I'd like to say.

For what you did to Scotty,

for the terror you put that kid through,

I'd like to see you hanged.

Apparently, there's no hope for that.

It seems you've got the police stumped.

Now look, did you bring the money?

Of course I brought it. I'm a businessman.

Let's take a look at it.

I hope it's all there. Mr. Gainham,

just as we agreed.

Now if you've crossed me, I'll get even with you.

And you know how I'll do it.

You scum.

It's all there -- small bills, unmarked, unregistered.

I just want to be sure.

All right. Now where is my money?

Right over here.

Unscrew the valve up here and reach in the bottom.

There's a latch there. Just pull it down.

I'll do it now, if you don't mind.

Now, look --

now!

All right. Now.

Come here.

I'll take the beach. You beat the bushes.

There. Do you want to count it?

Hardly.

Then get out of here.

Gibbons!

Freeze, Gibbons!

Mcgarrett, I, uh...

Look, I -- I was desperate.

What could I do?

You're beautiful, gainham, you know that?

I'm not ungrateful to five-o.

I'd like to do something.

No chance.

You got your money back, all of it.

I hope it buys you something.

Just thank god your son is alive.

Case is closed.