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Please, stay away.

Please!

Body? You mean no corpse?

Look, Steve, I know I'm about half asleep, but I can recognize a body if I

see one, and I didn't see one. A few years ago, Joan had a very serious

breakdown. Suffered delusions, claimed things were happening when they weren't.

Spent a year in a private hospital. Go down to your bank and take out the $100

,000.

That's Annie's money. Give it to him.

Thank you.

Hey.

Yeah.

Don't move.

I'll shoot.

I mean it. I'll shoot if I have to.

Stay away.

Please. Stay away.

What's going on? I thought I heard something.

It's all right, baby.

It's all right. Only we have to get out of here. Come on.

But why? We'll go next door to Nancy's. But it's the middle of the night. Go out

the kitchen door. Don't argue with me. Get moving.

I'm sorry, Steve, to roust you out in the middle of the night, but I didn't

know who else to call. Okay, Joan.

What are old friends for?

To roust out in the middle of the night, I guess.

Uh, could I see you a minute, Steve?

Sure. Excuse me.

What have you got?

Nothing. Zilch.

Big fat zero. What do you mean?

Well, there was no sign of a break-in. There were no cut telephone wires.

And if you're ready, there was no body.

No body?

You mean no corpse? Look, Steve, I know I'm about half asleep, but I can

recognize a body if I see one. And I didn't see one, dead or alive.

What are you talking about?

That's impossible.

That can't be. That's impossible.

Joan! Joan!

Right

there.

He was lying.

Right there.

Are you, uh... You sure, ma'am?

Maybe it was just a dream. I was not dreaming.

It happened.

It was real.

I shot him, and he fell.

There was blood.

Oh, I'm telling the truth, Steve. You believe me, don't you?

Yes. Yes, of course I want to, Joan.

Did you find a gun?

Yeah, right over there on the floor.

I sent it to the lab, and it did smell like it had been fired recently.

Any sign of a bullet hit on the wall, floor, ceiling, anything?

There were no bullets lodged anywhere because I didn't miss.

He was too close to miss.

And there wasn't any blood either.

Anywhere.

Okay. Check the emergency rooms, hospitals, doctors, everything, huh?

You got it, Steve.

He doesn't believe a word I said.

I'll leave a man in the door, John.

I'll go over and get Annie.

And both of you, please, try to get some rest.

Well, I was just coming over to get you.

Oh, I know the way.

And I'm not afraid of the dark.

You're a big girl now, aren't you?

Pretty one, too.

Lots of boyfriends, I bet.

No, just one. And he's in California.

California, huh?

Annie, your mother's had a deeply traumatic experience. She's very upset.

Yes, I know.

Are you all right?

Sure.

Did you see or hear anyone?

No, I was asleep.

A noise woke me up.

What kind of noise?

I don't know.

Could it have been a gunshot?

Could have been.

Whatever it was, it woke me up.

Did it?

Okay, kiddo. Thank you.

Take good care of your mom, huh? Good night. I will.

Good night, Mr. McGarrett.

Mom.

Yes?

What you said happened.

Did happen.

Yes. Now try to get some sleep.

Hello?

Hello?

Who is this?

Mom! Who was it?

Who was on the phone?

No one.

It was the wrong number.

Good night.

No hospitals, no clinics, no doctors reported the gunshot wound last night or

this morning.

The lab report came through on the gun.

It had been fired in the last 12 hours.

Well, that doesn't mean anything. It could have been fired anywhere.

She could have fired a blank.

None of the other bullets were blanks. Yeah, but the blanks could easily have

been replaced with real bullets, couldn't they?

What are you getting at, Steve?

A blank would explain why there was no slug in the wall.

No blood on the floor and no dead body.

Look, I say she just dreamed the whole thing up, huh?

Yeah.

Maybe. Maybe not.

Look, what does it take to convince you, Steve?

We have nothing to go on but her word.

Her word has always been good enough for me, Kimmel.

How well do you know her, Steve?

I know her very well.

I was at her wedding when she married Gary Carter.

Assistant D.A. Gary Carter?

Yeah.

I've never seen two people more in love.

When they split up, nobody could believe it.

Okay, that's all for now. Thank you.

What do you want?

Are you all right?

I just heard about last night.

You really should phone first, Gary.

Hi, Daddy.

Hi, honey.

Oh, how's my young lady today?

Late.

Finish making your lunch, honey.

But you're not dressed.

I will be. Now move.

I don't have time for you today, Gary. Joan, please.

Look, what does it take to make you understand?

We're divorced.

What happens in my life doesn't concern you anymore.

Wrong.

I still love you, Joan.

I'm sorry.

I can't help that.

Gary, it's over. You've got to accept that.

You've got to let me live my own life. I can take care of myself.

And Annie?

I can take care of her, too. Like you did last night? That intruder could

have... I took care of her just fine last night.

How'd you hear about that? Steve McGarrett?

No, Nancy phoned me.

I really wish she hadn't done that.

She's your friend.

I know.

You're not having another nervous breakdown, are you? Will you get out of

here? Now!

Just leave!

You're late. Hurry.

Don't forget your lunch. Oh, thanks.

Bye. Bye-bye.

Hey!

I know you. You! You! You were at my house last night. I shot you.

Why do you cross the street from her school?

What do you want from us? What are you trying to do to us? Stop laughing!

Don't you laugh at me!

Stop!

This is the attendant's statement.

There's no changes, and he was getting his car fixed.

I told you.

I was just standing there waiting when she drove up like a madwoman and

attacked me.

And you can't think of any reason why?

Nope.

Never saw the lady before in my life.

Very well. You may go.

How can you let him go?

That's the man. I know it.

Didn't you book him?

At what charge?

What do you need?

A man breaks into my wife's?

My ex-wife's house.

You know we have no proof of that. As to what happened at the gas station, Joan

attacked him.

People saw her. We have signed statements.

It's true.

I did attack him.

Believe me, Steve, I'm not making this up.

As I said, folks, there's nothing I can do legally. Sorry.

What now, Steve?

Friend Quan, I want to check everything from this birth certificate to what he

did yesterday.

There he is again.

Where? Over...

If you like the idea of the pink and white carnations for the centerpieces on

those smaller tables around the pool, this spray would be... Excuse me, just a

moment, please. Joan, there's something wrong.

Yes.

You shouldn't have told him, Nan.

Gary is not a part of my life anymore. I don't want him to be. I only thought I

was helping. I don't need any help.

Not from him or you or anybody.

Yeah, out here.

What do you got?

Well, that boy Kwan just got out of a slam three weeks ago.

He had five years for armed robbery.

And he said it was a frame, but the jury didn't buy it. Well, that's something to

go on. There's more.

Guess who the prosecutor was.

Gary Carter.

You're right.

Oh, boy. You see, Louie thinks Kwan's trying to get back at Gary through Joan.

But the only problem with that kind of thinking is that she's not married to

him anymore. But Kwan doesn't know that. What a better way to get back at a man

than to terrorize his wife.

Yeah, drive her to a nervous breakdown.

Come on in.

Do you know something we don't? Yeah.

A few years ago, Joan had a very serious breakdown. Suffered delusions, claimed

things were happening when they weren't, spent a year in a private hospital.

So it could be happening all over again.

Yeah, sure could.

Kwan could be, uh, could be clean just like he says he is.

And she could be imagining the whole thing.

No. Joan's telling the truth. I know she is. You know or you hope?

I know.

Don't ask me how or why, Kimu.

But I do. Call it 20 years in the police force. Call it gut instinct. Call it

looking into a woman's eyes and seeing pain and anguish.

Call it what you want. I believe her.

You know, I've been thinking.

I shouldn't have pushed.

Maybe going out today wasn't such a great idea.

I'm sorry.

Really. I hoped it might get your mind off some things. Stan, it was the same

man. You don't have to convince me. I believe you.

You're the only one in the whole world, then.

They've almost got me convinced I'm seeing things.

Making it up.

That scares me. I don't understand what's happening or why.

Joan, let me help.

You know, if we were married, I'd be around all the time to protect you.

You are a dear man.

But no cigar.

Coffee, miss?

No, thanks.

No!

Steve, it's pretty obvious you don't believe Joan Stewart.

That's not true.

Then why did you let this Kwan go?

We had no evidence.

Let me show you something.

Take a look at that.

Remember him?

You should. You prosecuted him five years ago.

There have been so many.

One of conviction is a matter of fact.

Of course.

Quan made wild threats at me in court.

That's why he's going after Joan.

But we're divorced.

Well, he may not know that.

Now I'm worried about Annie.

If Quan finds out, he may decide to get back at me by going after my child.

And if it isn't that, if Joan is just imagining things again, then it's

dangerous for Annie to be with her. Either way, I've got to get Annie out of

that house. Why don't you talk to Joan?

Maybe she'll let the child stay with you for a while. She wouldn't hear of it. I

only get Annie for a month during the summer and every other weekend.

Court order.

We battle about that long enough.

Well, sorry. Nothing I can do about that.

But at the moment, you're closer to Joan than I am.

Let me know what happens, all right?

Isn't Joan telling you? You seem to know everything that's happened already.

No. She hardly talks to me. Nancy Warren's been keeping me informed.

Nancy Warren?

She was my secretary when I first joined the DA's office.

She took me under her wing.

We got close.

She may have thought I was going somewhere. But when Joan came along, it

was over.

I didn't even see her until she moved next door to Joan a couple of years ago.

She's been a good friend to both of us. OK. I see. All right.

I'll keep you informed.

Thanks.

Can I buy you a late dinner? No, no. Thanks. I've got to go home and take a

run on the beach.

Good night. Good night.

Y-5-0.

Steve McGarrett.

This is Joan Carter. Just a moment, please.

What's the matter, Jo? They're dead.

Who? The birds.

Both of them.

They were Annie's pets.

She bought them when they were eight weeks old.

She taught them how to talk.

Just wait here.

What is it?

Take a look

I know what you're thinking, Steve.

They were never really dead.

It never happened.

I'm an overwrought woman.

I'm seeing things.

Oh, Steve.

Am I having another breakdown?

Joan, please.

Please don't. Don't.

It did happen, Steve.

Those birds were dead at the bottom of that cave.

You believe me, don't you?

I'm trying to believe you.

Trying to?

They were dead.

I saw them.

Yes, I did.

And that man that was here the other night, I saw him too.

I did.

They really are beautiful, you know.

And they make such good company.

I got them for Annie.

But they're really mine.

They talk to me.

Jo, why don't you go in?

Lie down. You're tired and upset.

I am tired.

You're just being kind to me because you think I'm sick.

You don't believe me.

Don't talk to me.

Stan.

Easy, honey, easy.

Who are you?

McGarrett, Hawaii Five-0.

I guess you're Stan Thomas, huh?

Yes.

What happened?

Joan thought she had a problem.

Fortunate you dropped by, Mr. Thomas.

Yes, well, I happen to be in the neighborhood.

I'm worried about her.

Thank you.

I'm sorry, Steve.

I'm better now.

Okay. Why don't you call me later, Mr. Thomas?

Let me know how Joan's doing.

The woman's over the edge. We're wasting our time, Steve.

You don't believe any of it, then?

I never did.

Bodies that don't exist, and waiters that appear and then disappear, and dead

birds that show up alive and kicking. Tweet, tweet, come on.

Those two dead birds in that cage, and they have to come from somewhere.

Nandeconyers.

Nandies, they're called.

And they're not that common, so let's find out where they came from.

That's the nicest thing anybody's said to me all day.

Now, where were we?

I know. You want to buy a Nandi?

No, I wanted to find out when you sold your last one.

Department of Wildlife.

Hawaii 5-0.

Two months ago.

Okay, thanks a lot.

But I sold a pair of them last week.

To him?

Yes. How did you know?

I'm psychic.

You know, it's been a long time since you've asked me for anything, Gary.

Is that good or bad?

It's funny how things work out.

You and I, as close as we were, and then Joan comes along and poof, it's over.

Just like that.

I'm sorry.

Life has its own way of working things out, that's all.

You know, for years I resented her. Now we are the best of friends.

Anyhow, I appreciate what you did, calling me up and telling me what

happened. How could I not tell you?

I know how much you care for her.

Still care for her.

Is Joan still angry with you? No, we talked it out.

I wish she'd talk things out with me. Now that she's got this... You wanted to

ask a favor of me.

Yes, I did.

There's a gun in this bag.

See if you can talk Joan into keeping it in the house.

If what she says is true, she needs protection.

The police took the other one.

Gary... Nan, please.

I'll see that she gets it.

I wish I had someone who loved me the way you love them.

He'll come along. Don't worry.

He has come along.

Then what's the problem?

He's still in love with his ex-wife.

What's going on?

Who's he to drag me out of my room?

Nobody drags you anywhere. I ask you to come in here and you agree.

Sit down.

Where are the two parrots you bought?

What did I do now?

Break a new bird law?

They died.

It was sad.

I came home one day and there they were just lying there.

Dead. Two parrots.

What did you do with them?

I threw them away.

In a trash can.

What do you expect me to do with them?

Hold a funeral?

Let me lay it out for you, Mr. Kwan.

I know that you're in this deeply.

You're not fooling anyone. Now, I'm warning you, you stay away from Joan

Carter and her daughter. You understand that?

I served my time.

I got a job.

I work at Sea Life Park.

I haven't committed any crimes yet.

And until I do, you have no right to harass me like this.

It seems to me that you're the one who's doing the harassing.

Now, get out of here. Let him go.

Beat it. Move.

Hi, Loy.

Steve, why didn't you book him?

You don't think he's involved?

Oh, he's involved, all right.

But he's not involved alone.

What do you mean?

Does he strike you with somewhat enough brain power to devise this elaborate

scheme? Well, he had plenty of time in prison to work it out.

It's right out of Gaslight.

The shooting, with blanks, mind you.

The restaurant, the dead birds, they all take a kind of imagination.

Walked, but clever.

Kwan doesn't have that.

No way.

What did you find out about Stan Thomas?

Well, he does some gambling, Steve.

But he's got a good job. He's a salesman.

He's got no record. He's never been married.

And he's been seeing Joan on and off for six months.

I think he's clean.

What about Nancy? What's her name?

Oh, Nancy Warren?

She worked for a law firm, saved a little money, opened a flower shop and

ward warehouse.

She moved next door to Joan a couple of years ago. They get along well.

I see.

Well, that leaves your old pal Gary Carter.

You considered Gary Carter a suspect?

Oh, no, Steve.

I checked into the divorce.

I read all the transcripts.

You know, it sounds like to me he hated Joan.

He insisted she was an unfit mother.

He demanded custody of the child.

And the court ruled against him.

Do you think he could be using Kwan to drive Joan around the bend so he could

get custody of the child?

Well, if we're looking for motives, that's not a bad one.

No, it isn't.

Joe, you look awful.

Don't tell me.

Something else is happening.

I don't know how much more of this I can take.

Hey, now, it'll be all right.

The police are working on it.

The police let him go.

He's still out there. He'll be back. I know it.

God, Nancy, what does he want? Jonah, stop it.

The police know who he is. He won't try anything else. He wouldn't dare.

You really think so?

Cross my heart and hope to die.

Listen. If you're still worried, take this, just in case.

You'll sleep better.

Take it, Jo.

For Annie's sake.

Thank you.

Forget it.

I've got to run.

you

Hello, Mr. Quan.

Everything's going just fine.

Not for me.

McGarrett's on my back.

Sooner or later, he'll have me in the slammer again.

I want to go for the money now, kid.

Get off the island fast.

Of course.

It's the way I planned it.

And I don't like people calling me kid.

It was a messy divorce.

I've heard it was more than that.

The custody fight for Annie was out-and-out warfare. Vicious, as a

matter of fact. She hurt me, Steve.

I wanted to hurt her back.

Do you still want to hurt her back?

Of course not.

It was a long time ago. I said a lot of things I didn't mean.

I love her.

I'd give anything for us to have another chance.

Come on in a minute.

What about Robert Kwan?

Any news?

No, but I think he'll be making his move shortly.

Gary, aside from the revenge angle, is there anything else he could be after?

Money, I suppose.

Money?

Jones. Her mother left her over $100,000 when she died.

It's Annie's, really, but it's in Jones' name.

He could be after that.

Why didn't you tell me that before?

I don't know. I just didn't think of it, Steve.

Why'd you call?

Better. I could have gone to school.

It's only the phone.

Hello? It's me.

Leave me alone.

Sure, why not?

Stop it. You're playing games with me now.

No.

I'm tired of our little game.

I'm going away.

I can give you money.

I knew you'd want to help.

Do as I say.

Go down to your bank and take out $100,000.

That's Annie's money. I've been saving it for her. How did you know about it?

Give it to him.

I'll be all right.

Just get him out of our lives.

If I don't get the money, Annie might not grow up to spend it ever.

No.

Don't hurt her. Don't touch her.

I'll give you the money.

Good. Fine.

Take the money out of the bank.

$100,000.

Put it in a paper bag.

Go to Sea Life Park.

Just past the nursery pool is a wooden fence.

You'll see a sign.

Breeding tanks.

Park personnel only.

Go through there.

Today. Two o'clock, sharp.

Breeding tanks, two o'clock.

Sharp.

And if cops are there, five-oh, I'll know it.

Two o'clock, Annie.

Then he'll be out of our life.

Do you think we'll ever really be finished with him?

Yes, Mother, I do.

Well, I'd better get to that bank.

Yes, Luana. Gary Carter on one, sir.

Oh, put him on, please.

Yes, Gary. Steve, the bank just called. Joan's taken out $100,000.

I called her, but she wouldn't talk to me.

It's got to be a payoff.

$100,000?

All right, now listen, Gary. Let me handle this. Is she home?

Yes. OK, I'll get back to you.

Love? Annie, it's Steve McGarrett. Let me talk to your mother, please.

Hi, Mr. McGarrett.

Maybe I can help.

Annie, just do as I say, please.

It's Mr. McGarrett.

Yes, Steve.

Joanie, don't do it. Don't leave the house.

Don't give him the money. Do you hear me?

Steve, I have to.

No, don't. Wait, please. I'll be right over. I'm on my way now.

Where's your mother, Annie?

She's not here, Mr. McGarrett. What do you mean?

She's not here.

You know where she went?

No. How long ago did she leave?

Just after you called.

Now, Annie, listen to me very carefully, because this is very important. I have

to know where she went.

I really don't know.

Who are you calling?

Call my office. I'm going to put out an APB. That's a radio call to try to find

her. Mr. McGarrett, I do remember something.

Just before you called, she was talking to someone on the phone.

I think she said something about Diamond Head Road.

What did she say? Was she going to meet someone there by any chance?

Sounded like it.

Where on Diamond Head Road?

The lighthouse.

Good, good. Thank you.

Where's your mother?

She's not here.

I have to know where she went. It's very important.

She's not here.

I do remember something.

The lighthouse.

I work at Sea Life Park.

This is McGarrett.

Give me a patch, please, to Kimo Karu at Hawaii Five-0.

Karu. Yeah, Kimo?

Where did Kwan tell us he worked? Wasn't it out at Sea Life Park?

Yeah, that's right.

Okay, I thought so. Get out there right away, Kimo.

Kwan's meeting with Joan. I smell a payoff.

and tell gary you got it steve what's it all about popcorn

The money.

You won't bother me anymore.

We'll never see you again.

No more phone calls.

Steve? Yeah, Kimo?

All there?

Look. Looks like it.

Here you go.

Now everyone knows he was real.

I wasn't losing my mind.

I wasn't seeing things or making things up. Everything really happened.

And it looks like Kwan didn't have anybody telling him what to do after

all. He had all the imagination he needed. He had all the help he needed.

He had a partner, a very bright young lady.

She was refused something she wanted, to go off to the mainland with her

boyfriend, so she went about it another way.

She'd get the money and she'd get the revenge as well. An angry and confused

young lady.

What were you talking about?

Your daughter, Annie, who's probably here right now in this park, where she's

going to meet Kwan for her share of the money.

That's gratitude, huh?

For bringing up a child in the lap of luxury, is it?

Ah, there she is.

Oh my god.

You just walked by your mother.

almost got away with it.

You must admit, Mr. McGarrett, it was a clever plan.

Clever, huh?

Was it all our fault?

The way we brought her up?

The divorce? The custody fight? The bitterness? The anger?

Yes.

Our other kids were in a playground. I was in a courtroom.

Never had you both together?

giving me love, but it was only making amends so you could feel better.

One at a time.

Each in his turn.

Stop it, Annie.

Stop lying to them. Stop lying to yourself. That's a cop-out.

A lot of kids come from broken homes. Far worse than yours.

The father is gone. The mother is struggling.

Scrimping. No money in the house. No time for love.

They don't all fail.

They don't all indulge in anger and self-pity.

They don't all turn to crime. Now stop it and face it.

Take your right.

No, I won't press charges. They can't hold her.

That'll be up to the family court. Book her, Kimo.

Come on.

Sorry I'm sorry