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How you doing?

You guys got a problem?

You do.

No sign of Rick or the people on the charter.

Well, they must be somewhere. People just don't disappear.

Well, | guess that's just my bad luck.

That's John Wayne?

Stay in the car and let me handle this.

You really think you can do it alone?

MAGNUM: Trust me.

Get out!

(EXCLAIMS)

Coast Guard found the bodies. They want someone to come down and make an ID.

Hey, have you got any more caviar?

Yeah.

You wanna tell me where?

It's in the icebox, next to the bookcase.

How you doing?

MAN: Hi!

Hey, you guys got a problem?

No, no. No problem.

But you do.

Call the rest of them up here. Come on.

Quit stalling! Just get the rest of them up here. Come on. Come on.

Hey, Freddie. Freddie, come on up here and bring the guys with you.

What's the matter with you?

We're right in the middle... Now, Freddie!

Come on! Come on, get the rest of them up.

Mr. Yamashiro, everyone, come up here, please. Now. Come on.

That's good. Come on. You, over here.

Get over here. Get over here!

Now put your hands over your head.

Everybody, put your hands over your head.

Good. Now listen. | want all of you over here. Come on.

Duck!

(EXCLAIMS)

Be cool, gentlemen.

HIGGINS: They were due back at 1700 hours.

Of course, given Rick's usual lack of punctuality,

| didn't really begin to worry until nightfall.

| called you both the moment | heard from the Coast Guard

that the yacht had been spotted.

No sign of Rick or the people on the charter.

Apparently, there were some very important people on the charter.

Rick felt it was imperative that he take the boat out himself

so that nothing would go wrong.

Well, they must be somewhere. People just don't disappear. We'll find them.

She's right. There has to be an explanation.

What was the result of your conversation with your friend at the Coast Guard?

| could only buy us five minutes.

Well, perhaps that's all the time we'll need.

MALE REPORTER: How long has it been since the yacht disappeared?

FEMALE REPORTER: Do you have a list of passengers?

Do you have a theory about how the crew disappeared?

How widespread a search are you conducting?

Did you find anything?

Not yet.

The rubber life raft is missing.

Aside from that, it's as if no one had ever been aboard this yacht.

More like somebody cleaned it up real good.

The passenger manifest is missing.

There may be a copy of that in Rick's office. | can check.

Any idea who booked this charter?

As a matter of fact, | do. A young man by the name of Reed Hart.

Reed Hart?

He's anew member of the club. An investment counselor, | believe.

Yeah. Kahana Investments.

Wait a minute.

T.C. said something about a friend of his getting in trouble

putting a little money in Kahana Investments.

He's not the only one. We've had two or three complaints at the department,

but nothing substantial enough to go on yet.

But, apparently, all we have to go on here.

Not quite.

| don't think that's part of the original equipment.

Looks like a nine-millimeter.

It's a pretty common caliber. | don't think it's gonna be much help.

Magnum, I'm sorry,

but I'm afraid I'm gonna have to ask you to disembark immediately.

The King Kamehameha II! is now Officially sealed off pending investigation.

We're leaving right now.

| found this by the wheel. Thanks, Mike.

Perhaps | can find a copy of that passenger manifest.

If | come up with any names...

| can run it through our files.

In the meantime, | guess all we have to go on is Reed Hart.

MAGNUM: One thing I've noticed over the years.

Usually people hire private investigators

because they can't unravel the puzzle themselves.

Their emotions are too involved.

They need someone who is detached, analytical, uninvolved.

And that's what I've always tried to give them.

But, somehow, that all became very difficult

when the missing person was Rick and the client was me.

STARR: | can't figure it out. I've been waiting here for hours.

You haven't heard from Freddie, either?

Well, let me know the minute you hear anything.

I've gotta go.

Hi, I'm Starr Davis. Can | help you?

Oh, | hope so.

I'm Thomas Magnum. A friend of mine was meeting with Mr. Hart

about some sort of business investment and...

You're looking for investments.

Not exactly, no.

| was just kind of curious about what sort of investment my friend...

A lot of people are embarrassed to ask for help the first time.

It gets easier.

What kind of money are we talking about?

How much money do | have to have?

Well, how much risk are you willing to take?

How much risk is there?

Not much,

if you have the right attitude.

For example, if you had $1,000 to invest...

500.

| could put you into this pyramid organization.

Strictly legal.

Well, at the moment, anyway.

| can't promise you how long it'll be

before the legislatures change that.

But if you're willing to give me the money in cash

and take a bit of a risk...

(TELEPHONE RINGING)

Excuse me.

I'll call you back later.

| beg your pardon.

Speaking.

The Coast Guard?

Yes.

Thank you.

Look, | know this might be an awkward time,

but | think | Know what that phone call was about.

My friend, the one that | mentioned when | came in,

he was on that boat, too.

You knew about this?

Well, | didn't know anything for sure. | mean, that's why I'm here. | thought that...

Who are you?

I'm a private investigator.

What do you know?

Nothing. | was hoping there was something in your files

that might lead us to what happened.

Get out. What?

Get out before | call the police!

What?

All right, I'm leaving.

But if you change your mind, I'm in the book.

MAGNUM: When I was 14 years old, my grandfather took me crabbing.

Now, crabbing's a lot different from trout fishing.

See, you tie the bait on the line, you drop it in the water,

and when you feel the crab crawl up on the bait and start nibbling away,

you have to slowly raise the line to the surface

and then net him as fast as you can.

The only trouble is, by the time you can see the crab, he can see you.

And nine times out of ten, he'll scuttle right back off that bait

and disappear into the ocean.

| guess that's what | always liked about it.

The crab had as good a chance at a free meal as you did.

But the best thing about crabbing was

that it taught me patience, concentration,

and the second sense of when the time was right to sit and wait it out.

(CLICKING)

(BEEPING)

Yeah, it's me. I'm here. | didn't find anything.

Freeze!

What are you doing? Get these off me!

(IMITATING JOHN WAYNE) I'm afraid | can't do that, pilgrim. You're under arrest.

MAGNUM: Why didn't you tell me you were a cop?

You didn't give me a chance.

Well, "Freeze. Police." That's what you're supposed to say.

(GRUNTING) | mean, didn't they teach you that at the academy?

(IMITATING WAYNE) They taught me a lot of things, friend,

most of which | forgot.

Okay, now hold still.

Okay, now sit down while | start filling out the arrest form.

What for?

Breaking and entering.

You actually saw me go into that office?

You actually saw me break and enter?

Okay, resisting arrest.

Come on, | got a buddy who might be in big trouble.

| was just trying to get some information,

which, obviously, you were trying to do also.

But you must not have had a search warrant.

We're not talking about me, pal. We're talking about you.

Oh, | don't think so.

| think you were breaking and entering just like me.

Now, I'm not so sure illegal search and seizure

is the kind of thing you'd like to have get out.

Are you threatening me?

No, no, no. I'm just saying that, under the circumstances,

I'm not so sure of that. It would make a lot more sense

if you let me go, and | didn't talk to anybody on the way out.

Or maybe we should talk it over with your chief.

(IMITATING WAYNE) I'll tell you what I'm gonna do, mister.

I'm gonna put my feet up here and catch 40 winks.

And if you're gone when | wake up,

well, | guess that's just my bad luck.

So long, pilgrim.

(SPEAKING SPANISH)

T.C.: So he's got a John Wayne complex. A lot of cops do.

No, no. Not like this guy, T.C. | mean, he actually talks like him.

Not all the time, but | practically expected him

to saddle up and ride off into the sunset.

May we start?

Oh, I'm sorry. We're ready.

That's okay? Okay. I'm sorry.

This is Victor Manzano.

Major underworld figure in Chicago.

In fact, rumor has it that Manzano is jockeying

to take over the entire Mainland operation.

HIGGINS: There must be something wrong with the focus on this projector.

| can't seem to get a clear picture.

CAROL: No, it's not the machine.

It's not the best picture in the world. It's just the best | could find.

Why don't you go to the next one, Jonathan?

CAROL: This man is Totsuo Yamashiro.

Lily.

He's probably the most powerful man

in the infrastructure of the Japanese yakuza.

How can you tell?

Because we have reports from undercover agents attesting to his immense power.

No, | meant, how can you tell that's Yamashiro?

Because his name is on the back of the photograph.

(CLEARS THROAT)

Next, please.

Jonathan?

Oh, yes, of course.

CAROL: Billy Kapalama. Local underworld.

Which one is he?

He's the one way in the back.

With the hat on.

(MAGNUM LAUGHING)

You can't...

That's right, you guys. Just go ahead and laugh.

CAROL: You have a good time. Laugh it up.

No, look, I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

But you can't see any of them.

(MAGNUM LAUGHING)

Well, goodness knows you two have done so much better.

T.C., you spent hours flying over practically every island

between here and Bora Bora and found nothing.

Well, | found a whole lot of jungle terrain

where anybody who wanted to could hide real well.

And you, you get yourself arrested.

| did not.

Well, nearly arrested.

Anyway, what difference does it make?

| mean, the point is, you found out who these guys are

and what the link is between them. That's what's important.

Thank you.

You figure they could be having some sort of high-level meeting?

A floating little Appalachia, as it were?

That's what it looks like.

Well, if they were, it was the best kept secret of the decade.

Nobody knew, not even Francis Hofstetler.

Francis Hofstetler?

Icepick.

You called Icepick?

His name is Francis Hofstetler?

He knew that Vic Manzano was here on vacation and a little personal business,

but certainly nothing to do with his partners.

Please don't take offense at this, Carol,

but do you honestly believe that Icepick would simply hand over

legitimate information to the prosecuting attorney's office?

Yes, | do.

| told him that we were doing everything we could to find Rick.

He told me that Manzano was staying at the Puna Kohola hotel on the West Shore.

I'm on my way.

| can get you there faster.

Thanks, T.C. Hey, listen.

Try not to get caught this time, okay?

Lily.

They're here.

Maybe.

What have you got for me here?

Underwear.

| know | can smell you.

Anybody home?

Neighbors.

Bingo!

(CHUCKLING)

Oh, come on, Gordon, a little bit more finesse. You're a pro.

Make my day.

(EXCLAIMS)

| knew it! Knew it.

Genius.

Yes.

(IMITATING WAYNE) Whoa, partner.

Got a few more miles to go before the horse is in the barn.

Okay, cookie.

Let's get these here, first thing,

these serial numbers to give to the guys in the white hats.

(CLEARING THROAT)

Who are you men? You belong in this room?

Who are you? Hotel security.

| should report you for not putting your valuables in the hotel safe.

Oh, guys, | can explain this one. Look at this.

| can explain that. Explain it...

GORDON: Hey, you shouldn't do this to someone. It's mean.

I'm gonna talk to your supervisor about this kind of behavior.

MAGNUM: I guess when things are really bad,

you discover how little you really have to say to the people you're close fo.

T.C. and | didn't have to remind each other that every second was crucial

if we were gonna find Rick alive.

We had a sense of that between us without ever saying it.

We also knew we had to work on instinct alone

and hope that each new direction we took was the right one

and that nothing would come up that would get in our way.

T.C.: If you run into any sign of the police...

MAGNUM: | will walk away.

Believe me, | don't want even the slightest chance of running into...

Oh, no.

No! It's him!

That's John Wayne?

(GRUNTING)

(GUN FIRING)

(GRUNTING)

(EXCLAIMS)

Whoa! Whoa!

GORDON: Help!

(IMITATING WAYNE) Damn, | thought you'd never get here.

Well, | guess | should say thank you, but I'm not really very good at that.

Hey, that's okay.

Why wouldn't they let you interrogate the suspects?

Oh, well, it's not my case. Procedures, rules, you know.

No, you're onto something.

What? No. No, no. | just stumbled into this case, that's all.

Oh, come on, you don't get all the medals and citations | saw hanging in your office

by fumbling around in somebody else's territory with no reason.

Now what do you got?

Look, if you'd level with us, maybe T.C. and | can help you out.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

We got problems of our own unless they're...

Related? Possibly.

But highly unlikely.

What have you got to lose?

Well...

Why don't we buy you a cup of coffee and you tell us all about it?

Anyway, | got it from a very reliable source

that Manzano is bringing in $2 million in small bills.

$2 million?

Funny money. And | figure, the guy that catches him

trying to sell it to the middleman is gonna be a hero.

| mean, there's probably a book in it, a movie deal, Phil Donahue Show,

house in Palm Springs, everything.

So, | meet Manzano's plane and | tail him everywhere.

To his hotel, to the Rainbow Dream Massage Parlor,

to the Kahana Investment Counseling.

Then to the yacht harbor.

No, | lost him after he left Reed Hart's.

Well, | went out for a hot dog, okay?

| mean, | hadn't had anything to eat all day.

| didn't Know they were gonna leave so fast.

Hey, hey, it's all right.

No, it's not all right. | mean, if | had been there on the pier...

Gordon, they disappeared at sea.

There was no way you were gonna see what happened to them.

Maybe not. It's just...

| mean, my whole movie career just vanished.

Yeah, so did our friend.

They didn't take $2 million from Manzano's room just now.

Well, I'm sure he took the rest of it on the boat to sell to Reed Hart.

I've got some serial numbers.

If we can get any of the rest of the money, match the serial numbers,

we got him.

And anybody who knows about the money probably knows what happened on the boat.

Hey, | can talk to my friend who invested with him.

Maybe he saw something, heard something.

It's a long shot, but...

| might know somebody, too.

Somebody who works very close to Hart.

Can you get me an address from that license plate number?

Yeah, sure. All | need is a phone.

Phil Donahue, house in Palm Springs?

(STAMMERING) | don't Know. I...

And 15 cents.

GORDON: Thanks.

(LILY SPEAKING JAPANESE)

(HIGGINS SPEAKING JAPANESE)

In the light just now, | saw in you the little girl

who arrived here some 40 years ago.

Skinny, scared,

but sturdy.

Like a delicate desert flower.

Transplanted to a foreign soil.

Right.

Thanks to a very generous British relocation committee

with you at its head.

| mean, how many children were you responsible for bringing to a new land?

Oh, perhaps a dozen,

but only one desert flower.

I'm sorry that we've grown apart over the years.

| never thought that would happen.

Thank you for coming over.

Jonathan, why do | get the feeling that

this is more than just a long-awaited reunion?

One of my employees,

a friend, really, is in some trouble.

| don't Know how much.

| only know that somehow, in the last few days,

his life has become intertwined with the life of Totsuo Yamashiro.

| know | once told you that | would not hear of your relationship with that man.

Now, I'm afraid | must ask you, if you will,

to tell me anything you may know about him

that might lead me to my friend.

| fear his life may be at stake.

MAGNUM: Every case, no matter how simple,

can lead you down a blind alley or two.

You come to accept it and just hope

your little voice will warn you when you're starting off down the wrong road.

Only this time, the clock was ticking so loud,

| wasn't sure | could hear my little voice.

GORDON: | think Dustin Hoffman would play me.

That's only when we solve the case.

(IMITATING WAYNE) Which is exactly what we're gonna do.

Would you...

Would you please not do that anymore, please?

(IMITATING WAYNE) I'm afraid | don't take your meaning, stranger.

You go in there full of swagger and bluster,

she's not even gonna talk to us. Now, why...

Why don't you just stay in the car and let me handle this?

You really think you can do it alone?

Trust me.

Hi, | was wondering if | could...

Go away! No, wait.

No, | just wanna talk to you.

Go away!

Please. If you'd just listen. Will you...

Get out!

Get out of here!

(IMITATING WAYNE) All right, sister, you either start talking

or look at facing the next 99 years in jail.

He does this all the time. Don't take it personally.

Don't think | don't know what you're doing.

Good cop, bad cop, right?

No.

(IMITATING WAYNE) More like bad cop, no cop.

I'm the only law around here, sister, and you better get used to it.

Gordon.

Here, make yourself useful and check out these serial numbers, okay?

STARR: What are you doing?

You didn't think we could link you to the rest of the money, did you?

Rest of what money?

Now don't be coy with me, sister.

Gordon.

As soon as we match the numbers of the bills to the numbers we confiscated

from a certain West Shore hotel room...

Can | talk to you for a minute?

We've got you linked to the major power in organized crime today.

This money's gonna connect you not only to counterfeiting,

but also drugs, prostitution, gambling,

and every kind of despicable, illegal activity there is.

| don't know what you're talking about.

| took that money from the office safe. I'll admit that.

But that was money from an investment deal | closed for Reed this week.

Now, maybe that money wasn't mine legally,

but | don't know anything about any counterfeiting scheme, either.

Honest.

I'd like to believe you. | really do,

but serial numbers don''t lie.

They also don't match.

What do you mean, "They don't match"?

They don't match.

But if you're willing to tell me where Reed is,

I'll consider dropping the charges down to simple embezzlement.

| don't Know where he is!

Come on.

| mean, there's nothing else you can tell us?

Look.

After you left the office, | went to Reed's house.

He wasn't there. The car was in the garage.

When | didn't hear from him the rest of the day,

| went to the office, | took the money, and | came home to pack.

Now that's all | know.

(BEEPING)

Honest.

| wish | could tell you more.

Detective Katsumoto.

When?

All right, we'll be right there.

Coast Guard found the bodies. They want someone to come down and make an ID.

OFFICER: Thanks to our very sophisticated sonar equipment, we discovered the container.

Apparently, the men were shot execution style.

And they cleaned the boat very, very carefully.

Anything that looked like a clue was put into this container and sunk.

Ironically, the one thing they did to cover their tracks

turns out to help the investigation.

The book was in the container along with the bodies.

Well, if you're ready.

STARR: It's Freddie.

Reed's business partner. He just bought into the firm.

Vic Manzano.

Totsuo Yamashiro.

GORDON: Billy Kapalama.

No Reed Hart.

And no Rick Wright.

CAROL: So we're right back where we started.

Not necessarily.

Will there be anything else?

No, thank you, Maile.

The link we thought we had found between the three men was organized crime.

Apparently, that is true but irrelevant.

According to my sources, Yamashiro was in Honolulu to conduct business with Manzano.

Sources? What sources?

That's not important. What is important is

that he was buying $2 million American counterfeit.

And Kapalama was the local go-between.

HIGGINS: Yes.

Well, that puts three of them together, but where does Reed Hart fit in?

T.C.: Maybe he was going to them for help.

According to my friend, Hart was into a lot of people way over his head.

In fact, rumor has it that if he didn't come up with a half-million fast,

he might end up at the bottom of the Molokai Channel.

Which is where he may well be right now.

Along with Rick Wright.

Well, it's a possibility we have to consider.

There's something we're not seeing.

There's something we're not seeing, and it's right in front of us.

Six men get on the King Kam III.

Hart and his business partner, three businessmen and Rick.

Now four of them end up murdered in a container. What about Rick and Reed Hart?

Perhaps they went overboard during the struggle.

Six men get on a boat,

or they don't GORDON: Or they don't.

You lost them.

Outside Reed Hart's office.

I'm afraid that's not...

(IMITATING WAYNE) This way, pilgrim.

Thomas, what about...

| don't Know yet.

Perhaps it's a character trait held in common

by everyone who becomes an investigator.

Something in the DNA.

MAGNUM: Finally, | was hearing my little voice loud and clear.

And it was reminding me of rule number five

in the private investigator's handbook:

Never overlook the obvious.

MAGNUM: There's Hart's car right there.

| thought Starr said she saw it at his house.

She did.

That's Reed Hart, all right.

| think we've been had.

How many times do | have to tell you?

| didn't know! But you suspected.

They would kill me if | talk to you.

Well, if they don't, | might! Now, I'm through playing games.

| want to Know what you know!

Okay.

Reed told some people they could make a 200% return on an investment.

They wanted to collect. He didn't have the money.

Maybe he could've sold his car.

| told him that.

He was afraid of starting a run

if all of his investors knew that he was in trouble.

He said he'd work it out.

And then Billy came in.

Kapalama.

STARR: He said he needed a legitimate front.

A respectable, out-of-the-way place for two men to conduct business.

He said it had to be secure because there was, like, a couple of million at stake.

So Reed told his buddies where the meeting was gonna take place

so they could just come in and take the money.

| told him it was dangerous.

He said they'd make it look like he was innocent.

It was only supposed to be a robbery.

No one was supposed to get killed.

He didn't have any other way out.

Where can | find these guys?

He was going to steer the boat near this deserted island.

They were gonna stay there with the money until things cooled down.

He didn't even know that the money was counterfeit.

All of this for Monopoly money.

Where are you going? I'm going out there.

In the dark?

It'll be light in an hour.

Look, we found what we were looking for,

so let's just turn it over to the authorities.

| thought you were gonna break this case no matter what.

| did. We did.

But we just can't go charging in there like it's San Juan Hill.

Let's just turn it over to the Coast Guard, the FBI.

They've got all the equipment, the firepower. I'll just make the call.

You're gonna call the Coast Guard?

(IMITATING WAYNE) You have my word on it, pilgrim.

MAGNUM: There comes a moment in every case when you know you're on the right track.

And that moment had finally arrived in this one.

| knew, somehow, that Rick was on that island.

| just wasn't sure whether he was dead or alive.

T.C.: Old Gordy's not gonna be too happy

when he finds out that we went in after Rick

after you promised him that we wouldn't.

Well, he'll get over it.

Right now I'm more concerned about Rick than old Gordy.

I'm glad we beat the Coast Guard.

If Rick is on the island, maybe we can find him and get him out

before the fireworks Start.

That is, if we don't give away our position going in.

A helicopter landing doesn't exactly give you the advantage of a surprise attack.

I'll come in low.

The trees will absorb the sound.

It's the best | can do.

PSST!

(WHISPERING) Over here.

The life raft.

That means he's here somewhere.

(GROANING)

Hold it or I'll shoot!

Rick.

T.C. Good. You're just in time for high surf. The surf's up.

| don't know where my surfboard is,

but | got a raft somewhere. | got a raft.

Obviously delirious. I'd better see to that wound.

Come on, guys. You're gonna miss all the great action.

MAGNUM: Rick, we're not missing anything.

Now, forget about the raft. We're taking you home.

MAN: I'm afraid | can't let that happen.

Drop it. Right there.

Thomas, these are the guys that are in trouble. They...

This man is seriously wounded.

He must have immediate medical attention.

Look, maybe we can just talk.

MAN ON LOUDSPEAKER: This is the Coast Guard.

Drop your weapons and come out with your hands up.

Don't even think about it.

Get their guns.

(IMITATING WAYNE) This is the Coast Guard.

Drop your weapons and come out with your hands up.

We have you surrounded.

Come out immediately, or we'll come in after ya.

Then you'll have to come in and get us! We're not coming out!

We're not taking on the Coast Guard.

Did you hear any boats come in? Any planes? Get...

(GROANING)

Thomas!

What time is it?

GORDON: Yo, Magnum!

(IMITATING WAYNE) | bet you were beginning to doubt

that I'll ever show up, eh, partner?

I'm not your partner. Don't call me that.

What happened to, "We can't go charging in there like it's San Juan Hill"?

What happened to "Let's bring in the Coast Guard"?

What happened to "I'll make the phone call myself"?

Well, | guess you can't trust some guys to do what they say they will, huh?

But you wanna hear how | did it?

No.

"Mr. Maxi-Phone!"

(IN DEEP VOICE) If you'll send the prisoners to my Zodiac

near the leeward shore...

(IN NASAL VOICE) I will be glad to send them to the authorities.

Now hold it.

We are going to turn these men over to the Coast Guard.

T.C. can call them from the chopper.

I'll wait with you till they get here. And then...

Then | don't ever wanna see or hear from you again in my entire life.

Do you understand?

Yeah, sure, if that's how you feel.

That's how | feel.

Wow, bummer.

Who is that guy?

John Wayne.

| just wanna say one thing.

| don't wanna hear about it.

Thanks.

| figured out who's gonna play you in the movie.

There isn't gonna be a movie.

Burt Reynolds.

Dustin Hoffman and Burt Reynolds in

This Island Isn't Big Enough. You like the title?

It just came to me.

| figure we can always change it, you know, if it doesn't test well.

Now, who do you think we can get for the girl, huh?

MAGNUM: Mary Steenburgen.