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Right on time.

Has Mrs. Wakeman arrived?

I'm here, Professor.

Oh, good.

Well, I guess that completes our list.

May I have your attention, please?

I can well understand your excitement at the prospect of our forthcoming little

adventure. It is exhilarating, to be sure.

But I must ask you to remember the rules of our club in order to ensure a

profitable journey, good behavior, sobriety, and above all, a single

-minded adherence to the deep purpose of our organization, the FDC.

It's all here.

500,000?

Three quarters of a million.

We did our job. Now you do yours. With the greatest of pleasure, George.

Your attention, please.

Charter flight 181 now boarding at gate six.

Ladies and gentlemen, that seems to be us.

Have your boarding passes ready.

Good luck.

I'm sure we all have a fine time in Honolulu.

Okay. Keep him under surveillance for a couple of days, and then we'll get a

bench warrant.

Okay.

What do you got?

Some fly from the mainland.

What is it?

A shootout in Chicago, a three-state gambling ring busted, and an armored car

heist outside of Denver.

Outside of Denver?

Yeah, on the highway.

You ready for this, Steve?

They used an army bazooka.

Two drivers burnt up like a couple of pieces of toast.

What was the haul?

Three-quarter of a million in traveler's checks.

Traveller's checks?

Yeah. There's the serial number.

Mobs must be slipping.

Fencing this stuff is like trying to sell hot badges at a policeman's picnic.

Jenny, get me Franco Kawai at Worldwide Traveller's Checks.

Night, Nancy. Have a nice weekend.

Mr. Okawa's office.

One moment, please.

Mr. Okawa, is Mr. Steve McGarrett for you?

I've been expecting that.

I'll take it inside.

Hey, Steve.

How are you, honey?

Still trying to beat the low 80s?

And I will, too, as soon as I can get rid of that slice.

Frank, have you heard from Denver?

Yeah.

Yeah, just came in. In fact, came in on a company teletype. Zero numbers and

all. It's gone out to 300 cities about five minutes ago.

People don't miss a thing, do you? How do you figure a thing like this, Frank?

Who knows?

There's always somebody who thinks they can beat us.

Until they find out they're wrong.

I'll get these zero numbers out through our usual distribution.

And, uh, Steve, how about some Sunday at the club?

Let's get up a foursome, okay?

Well, first I need the free Sunday.

Aloha.

Okay, Steve. Aloha.

Luana. Yes, sir.

Get these numbers out through our regular channels.

Hotels, restaurants, gift shops.

You know the works.

Tonight?

I'm sorry, sweetie. Now is a lousy time for something like this to come in.

Odds are 300 to 1 against these checks turning up in Hawaii. I understand.

Buona. Thanks.

Oh, uh, would you leave the files open? I've got some work to do in the morning.

Yes, sir.

You know, in ancient days, man used to measure time by the orbit of the Earth

around the sun. But that was highly inaccurate because the Earth does not

move at a constant rate of speed.

You might say that man has improved on nature.

You sure got a lot of stuff inside your head, Professor.

Thank you, George. I guess I do. But then we all have our own importance.

Brain, nerves.

Don't forget about the muscle, Professor.

I never forget anything, George.

Ever.

A fact that you will come to learn.

Is someone there?

Who is it?

What's the matter?

Let him sit here with us. He'll feel better.

Over there.

What is it?

It's all right. He's just a little airsick.

He looks more than airsick to me, sir. I assure you there's nothing... I'll have

the captain radio ahead for an ambulance.

There really is no reason to do that.

He has these spells quite often. We're very good friends.

I'm sorry, sir. It's airline regulations.

It's all right, folks.

You're going to be fine. Nothing to worry about.

Two days.

Two days. Check, sir. Check, sir. It looks

like we've got problems, Professor.

Check, sir. Check.

Check. Two days. Two days.

The unpredictable can merely test a good formula. It can't destroy it.

Jackson. Two days. Two days with Jackson.

Even now, in Honolulu, phase two is unfolding.

I assure you, George, the plan will go off just like clockwork.

That's it.

That's two days.

The track's finished.

The track's finished.

The track's finished.

It's a few more steps.

That's it.

Take it easy.

Let's put him down on the stretcher.

No, no, this man doesn't need hospitalization. You a doctor, mister?

Well, not a medical doctor. Now make the decision, okay?

I got two days. I got to get

these checks in.

Mister. Got checks two days.

Mister.

This man's very sick. He's going to the hospital.

Two days to...

He's obviously delirious. Why don't you give him a tranquilizer?

Well, give him what he needs.

You bet your life. A private room, best of everything.

And don't worry about the money. Our club guarantees the bill.

All right.

That was very thoughtful of you, George.

Be careful of the ivy. We had trouble finding the vein.

I'll be back in a minute.

Two.

Two days. I've got to have two days.

Two.

It's 8 o'clock sharp, Professor.

Here's Group A.

Very well, huh?

Come here.

Mr. Hambrock, number 23, 7,500.

Receipts. Don't forget receipts.

Mr. Wilton, number 6, 7,500.

We'll be expecting a complete accounting from each and every one of you.

Especially you, Wilton.

Mrs. Ashton, number 12, 7,500.

These are all to be spent, baby.

No free samples, you got it?

Mr. Beale, number 42, 7500.

All right.

Bring in the next group, please. Yeah. Let's go.

He caught two in the head from a piece with a silencer. No witnesses, nobody

heard. A professional job.

What's his name?

Name, Whitney Davis, a teacher.

He was here on some kind of a college tour.

Got sick on a plane coming over tonight.

They had an ambulance right at the airport.

What was wrong with him?

Severe Meniere's syndrome with a possible tumor of the middle ear.

Deafness. Complete loss of balance.

We were going to test for the tumor tomorrow.

You his nurse?

Patricia Higgins.

I know I shouldn't have left a patient, but there was a lab technician here, and

I thought... Lab technician?

From serology.

What's his name?

I don't know. He was new.

Dano, I want every lab technician, every intern assembled for identification.

Anybody who wears a white coat.

Right.

Is this all the stuff?

Yes. And the clothes in the closet.

There was something else, but I don't see it there.

What was it, Miss Higgins?

An envelope.

A college professor gets sick on a plane, gets hit less than an hour after

he lands in Honolulu. Why?

Miss Higgins, this so-called lab technician, do you remember what he

looked like?

I hardly noticed him.

I should never have left the patient.

That was an understandable error.

Chin, go through the mug books with Miss Higgins slowly and carefully, huh?

Stano, I want a detailed check of the victim through mainland police and all

federal agencies.

Everything you can get on him.

I want the works. And make sure a set of his prints go to CII in Sacramento.

Right. Oh, and if you want me, I'll be at the Ilikai. Just ask for the faculty

discount travel club.

Yes?

Position number four. The man just went to work at 929.

Everything on schedule.

Phase four is now in progress.

Good. Oh, George, has there been any word from the hospital about Mr. Davis?

No, not yet, Professor.

Perhaps you ought to contact him.

That's a good idea.

Yes? Professor Pierce?

Yes?

McGarrett, Hawaii 5-0, State Police.

May I come in?

Yes.

Yes, of course.

We located you through the airline, Professor.

We found that Mr. Whitney Davis was a member of your club.

Mr. Davis?

What about him?

You haven't seen the paper?

No, not yet.

Well, I'm afraid I have some bad news for you, Professor.

Mr. Davis was shot to death last night.

Oh, no.

No!

But why?

Why would anybody want to do a thing like that?

That's what we want to find out.

In the hospital?

Yeah.

Somebody just walked in and killed him?

But nobody saw and nobody heard?

How could that be?

I don't understand it. How could that be?

Would you tell us all you can about Mr. Davis, please?

Yes, of course.

I'm sorry.

This is very upsetting.

What is it you wanted to know?

Well, anything that might have a bearing on the case.

His friends, rivalries, enemies, women.

Was he a gambler?

Did he use drugs? Any information at all?

I really don't know that much about him.

Oh.

We have a very large club, Mr. McGarrett. College faculty members

statewide.

Mr. Davis just joined us recently.

He was a bachelor.

Traveled alone.

I see.

Were there any members of the club who knew him well?

Yes, I suppose so. Could I speak with them?

That would be rather difficult.

Why is that, Professor?

Well, they're all over the island from Waikiki to Makaha.

Sightseeing, going on tours, probably buying everything in sight.

May I have a list of your club members with the hotels they're staying in in

Hawaii and also their permanent home addresses?

Yes, of course.

But I assure you, Mr. McGarrett, that you'll find that none of our people

were involved in this terrible thing.

I believe this will give you everything you need. Thank you.

Thank you.

One more question. Yes?

The stewardess on the plane said that you told her you knew Mr. Davis well,

that you knew his condition was not serious.

A little white lie, Mr. McGarrett.

I could see he was deathly ill.

I didn't want him to know it.

I see.

Thank you.

What's eating you?

As if killing those two men on the armored truck wasn't bad enough.

You wanted your checks, Professor.

And now this.

There was to be no unnecessary violence. That was the agreement. Why don't you

sit down and we'll play some gin, hmm?

We'll talk about Davis.

The guy was out of his head, Professor.

You heard him. He was mumbling about having two days left, about having

checks.

I had to protect us.

Why didn't you come to me? Why didn't you ask my opinion?

Because I make those decisions, Professor. I make them, they carry them

out. That's the way that it was, that's the way that it is.

There was nothing in the agreement about murder.

What, have you turned into a Boy Scout or something? Don't cut it with me.

You came to us with this proposition in the first place.

Who are you, anyway?

A guy that can memorize three decks of cards?

He developed a system, almost broke the bank in Vegas, all right?

We liked your brains, we liked your proposition, so we came in. But when we

come in, we protect our investment, Professor.

And don't you forget it.

I suppose you killed a girl, too.

Now, why would we do a thing like that?

You told us to take her out for a couple of days, we took her out for a couple of

days.

You've got to start learning to trust people, Professor.

Just think how much we're trusting you.

McGarrett. Steve.

Frank Okawa.

Yeah, Frank. What's new?

Just got a telex on the stolen traveler's checks.

Seems like $10,000 worth was found in a hotel room in Philadelphia.

Looks like the gang is headed east.

You got it yet?

Coming in right now. Not that I wish Pennsylvania bad luck. But let their

mothers worry about it, huh?

You got it.

And, Frank, watch it. You're swinging outside in.

I will.

Starting right now.

Aloha.

Travelers' checks in Philly.

Yeah, that and a rundown on the murder victim from the California State Police.

Let's have it. Whitney Davis, age 40, unmarried, economics instructor, Pacific

Western College.

Now away on summer vacation.

It all checks out except for one thing.

What's that?

The real Whitney Davis just sent his brother a postcard from Paris.

Tell the chief that we'll need about 14 men for the airport detail.

When the vice president comes in, he'll go directly to the Hollywood Hotel.

That's the man.

Steve!

She made a positive identification.

Are you certain, Miss Higgins?

I'm certain. I didn't think I could remember his face, but now I know I

could never forget it.

Terry Whitman Doran.

A syndicate soldier, indicted for murder in 1969, indictment dismissed when the

state's chief witness disappeared.

It's better if you know these things now, Miss Higgins. If you make the

identification, you have to go all the way.

As of now, you're in protective custody.

All right, Chin, get out an APB statewide.

Right. Would you come with me?

The report just came in, the dead man's fingerprints.

Guess who became a schoolteacher?

Real name Floyd FX O'Neal, alias Foxy Neal, alias Francis Roger, alias Harpy

Wilton.

Hometown Chicago.

Five arrests, three convictions, embezzlement, bunco, and fraud.

A Chicago hood comes over here with a teacher's group and he gets hit by a

syndicate torpedo who also happens to be in Hawaii.

Now, why?

Why?

All points out in Durham.

Turns out the bureau wants him for questioning. A bank job in Texas last

summer. The crooks bust into the vault with an army bazooka in that one.

Bazooka? Isn't that what they use in Denver?

Right.

Well, it's a jigsaw puzzle, but I don't see the picture yet.

McGarrett. Steve, this is Kono.

I'm in missing persons.

Woman here named Kono. Can you speak louder, please? I can't hear you.

That's Mrs.

Mawalai. She's got a daughter missing, age 23.

Works for Worldwide Travelers Checks. She never came home last night. What do

you think, Steve? Any connections?

Yeah, check it out. Get over to Worldwide right away. See what you can

find.

Club member number 27 checking in.

$4,200 cash, $3,975 net.

Splendid, number 27. Keep up the good work.

Club member number 82.

$4,500 cashed, $4,390 net.

Bravo, dear lady.

Keep up the good work. The receipts.

Remind him not to forget the receipts.

Oh, yes, don't forget to save the receipts.

You don't have much faith in your fellow man, George.

When are you gonna start trusting people?

Yes? Club member number 62.

$5,000 cashed.

$4,780 net.

I'll finish my quota tomorrow.

Good work, 62.

Keep it up.

That's $391,842.20.

In round numbers, of course.

And I'm supposed to take your word for that.

Why don't you write it down, Professor?

As you so aptly put it, George, let me do the thinking. You take care of

everything else.

Mr. McGarrett, how nice to see you again. Come in.

Thank you.

And what brings you here this evening?

Well, I just stopped in for a moment, Professor.

Some information on the Davis killing.

Oh, yes. I saw it on the TV news. It's a terrible thing.

Yes, yes, terrible.

And very strange.

Strange how?

Well, it turns out Mr. Davis wasn't Mr. Davis.

He was an ex-con from Chicago by the name of O'Neal.

A criminal?

Here in my group?

I don't understand.

How do you recruit members for your club, Professor?

By word of mouth.

And then we advertise in selected publications.

Faculty magazine.

And anyone who answers the ads can join?

Any bona fide faculty member, yes.

How do you know if they're bona fide faculty members?

We give them a questionnaire to fill out, references to list.

Naturally, we can't check them all.

But do you check any of them?

Oh, we certainly do.

As to the extent that's humanly possible.

But human shortcomings are great, are they not, Professor?

I can't excuse myself for what's happened, Mr. McGarrett.

To think that this man, this criminal...

could harbor himself here among our members.

Well, maybe he's not so much out of place.

What do you mean by that?

Well, I mean, if we found one, it is conceivable that there are others.

You mean that criminals may be seeking to infiltrate our club?

Well, it would make a beautiful cover, wouldn't it?

A way of moving from... The mainland to Hawaii without being easily detected.

Why would a criminal want to do that?

Exactly, Professor.

Why?

Yes?

Yes, just a moment.

Just for you.

Yes. Yes, I've been expecting your call.

Come up, please, to suite 234.

I've asked someone to meet me here, Professor. I hope you don't mind.

Oh, that's perfectly all right.

You see, it occurred to me that if my theory is right, who knows how far the

deception might go.

Maybe to the highest ranks of your organization.

You might be surrounded by crooks and not know it.

Barring your personal friends, of course.

Your theory is highly unlikely.

But possible, you will admit, huh?

So you see, Professor, I've worked out a plan to help you.

Right here in Honolulu, we have a man who's lectured in colleges, universities

all over the United States.

In your own field, as a matter of fact.

He says that he knows you very well.

That must be your colleague now.

Steve, Professor Jordan, come in, come in.

I got here as fast as I could. That traffic was really murder.

Ambrose?

Elias.

By George, it's been a long time.

The seminar at Caltech.

Summer of 64.

You read a paper on ferroelectric field effect studies at low temperature.

Yeah, I read your rebuttal in 65.

With an open mind, I hope.

Who did you want me to meet? You've just met him.

You're kidding me.

Have a nice evening, gentlemen.

Come on down to the bar and we'll have a drink.

I'd love to, but let's have one here first and we can talk. I want to tell

you what we've been doing here in Hawaii.

We've opened up a whole new field of ferroelectrics. I'd love to hear about

it.

There's no missing person in this building.

Did you check all the washrooms, utility rooms, janitor's closets again?

Yep, but I still want to double-check the elevator shafts, and that's it.

Finished, honey? Just about. So far, nothing.

No sign of the girl? Only the janitor's personal statement that he saw her

working late Friday night.

The checkout book shows that she never signed out of the building. Yeah, but

was he on the door all the time?

That's just it. He wasn't. She could have slipped out of here without being

seen. Not everybody signs that book.

Anything else look funny? Any safes tampered with? Any checks stolen?

Not a thing. Clean as a whistle.

The elevator checks out.

So we call off the search?

So we start checking the neighborhood.

Position number four.

All hell's breaking loose at the Worldwide Building.

Enough squad cars there for policemen's funeral.

I see.

Get out of the area as quickly as you can.

What's up?

Police at the Worldwide Building on a Sunday morning.

I don't like it, George, not a bit.

How much have we got so far?

$517,428 net.

I suggest we cease operations and gather our people together.

No, no good.

We can set another takeoff time for the charter flight back to the mainland.

It's too soon, Professor.

500,000 is enough.

A few cops running around an office building don't mean a thing.

Cops like to do a lot of looking.

But you try to clear a new takeoff time now, and you're gonna have federal

people asking a lot of questions.

And pretty soon, they're gonna put one and one together.

I think one and one are together right now, and that's not simple addition.

I think they are progressing at an accelerated speed because of the trail

of violence you left. That was your doing, George.

And I'm not going to risk my life because of it. I'm calling the operation

off.

Professor.

You're too smart a guy to make a big mistake now.

And I'm too nice a guy to let you.

They're having a wonderful time out there, our boys and girls.

Let's not stop their fun, all right?

Oh, she's a groovy chick, all right. But she got all these hairy hang-ups. I

mean, she laid a new one on me just yesterday.

No beach time, she says, until she can fit into a size 16 bathing suit.

975.

That's 10, 30, and 50. Thank you.

Don't tell me you want to lose weight, I said. You want to lose, you can lose,

right? High protein, 900 calories a day.

I know it.

Mr. Chang, take a look at these chicks.

What about them?

Don't you see something funny?

They look perfectly good to me. The serial numbers.

One says 5-0-0-0-4-6, and the other 5-0-0-0-4-7. One

number apart, and from two different customers.

Not even sitting together.

Don't you think that's a funny coincidence?

Yeah.

Yeah, that's right.

But what are they?

What's your name and address?

No, just keep them there. We'll get back to you.

Mahalo.

Boss, bad news.

What is it?

Two travelers' checks.

Just cashed in a restaurant on Kaiolu Street.

They're on a hot list from the Denver heist.

Well, if they're on a hot list, how come they were cashed? That's the bad news.

The restaurant doesn't have the list.

What do you mean they don't have the list?

No list, no numbers.

I thought they went out to all shops and restaurants on Friday. Yeah, they were

supposed to.

Get Frank Akawa. Call him at home.

Now, wait a minute. Make that the, uh, Alawai golf course.

No, don't call him.

Send a car and a code red. I want him here in this office right away.

Hey, Steve.

What's happening?

You put out an APB on me?

Frank, the serial numbers from the Denver heist, what did you do with them?

I put out a bulletin, same as always. Put them out how?

Well, we mimicked the numbers and sent our copies to a list of shops. Who? Who

sends them out?

My secretary, Ms. Moalai.

The one of Moalai has been missing since Friday night.

No, I was in the office Saturday morning. She left me a note.

Someone did.

Have you got the note?

No, I threw it away on my way out.

Frank, two checks on the hot list were cashed right here in town. At least two

that we know about.

Now, the shopkeepers did not have the lists.

McGarrett. Yeah, Denno.

You sure, Denner?

Positive ID?

All right.

Come on back.

Miss Moalai is no longer missing.

I'm sorry, Frank.

Oh, my God.

Of course, this was inevitable.

Just like every other part of this crazy jigsaw puzzle is inevitable.

What a scheme.

What a fantastic, warped genius scheme.

First the heist in Denver, three quarters of a million dollars in

traveler's checks. Then they peel off 10,000 and plant them in Philly to make

it look like the gang headed east. But really, the mob comes to Honolulu on a

weekend when all the banks are closed.

150 crooks with phony teacher's ID cards.

I assume they're all phony.

Except the professor's, which means it's probably his plan.

With the backing of the mob, a perfect plan, but then... Flag gets sick.

Yeah. He's taken to a hospital babbling.

The mob is afraid he'll give them away.

So they hit him quick.

That stops the babbling.

Puzzle complete.

All right, Chin.

Get on the horn to every radio and television station. I want those check

numbers broadcast all over these islands.

You want the club members picked up?

It's too late. It's too late. If my... If my theory is right, they've already

checked out of their hotels.

In fact, they've got everything made.

Except for one thing.

They've got to get off this island tonight.

119, 110, 111, 112, 113,

114, 115,

116, 117, 118, 119.

All right, Professor, that's it.

Send Eddie a postcard?

Yes, I did.

May I check that for you, sir?

Oh, no.

No, thank you. I'll keep it here.

Okay.

Well, Professor, are you glad now that you stuck out the hand?

The fact that we won does not necessarily mean we played the right

cards. On the contrary, George, it would seem that the perfection of the plan

triumphed even over your needless excursions into violence.

Have it your way, Professor.

But thanks to me, this partnership worked.

The price was too steep, George.

Much too steep.

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. This is your captain speaking.

We have just been given clearance for takeoff.

Departure time is 7.14.

I hope you have a pleasant journey.

Gentlemen, this is not your captain.

There will be no departure time and your trip will average 15 to 20 years.

And if you're tempted to try anything foolish, just look through the windows,

both sides of the plane.

George, one last partnership decision.

Yeah. Do you mind if I check this now?

Aloha.

Aloha, suckers.