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Thank you.

All the silverware, beautiful clock from England, pair of binoculars from

somewhere over there in Europe, I guess Germany.

Got my VHF band marine radio.

That alone costs $300.

Any serial number on it?

Who knows? I don't look at those things.

Want that kind of information, check the place where I bought it.

Have a break in, Charlie?

My kid brother.

Brains, six years of college, and still out of work.

Okay, that's the clock.

Binoculars, silverware, radio.

Right.

And you find that stuff for me, and I'll see that you're taken care of come

Christmas time.

I'll do my job without presents, Mr. Pervitt. Okay, okay.

Cast off the lines.

Central, this is Detective Pohenny. Burglary detail.

Now leaving the Akinor Marina with the stolen property list.

These items you were trying to sell match the stolen property list exactly.

You were on that boat, weren't you?

OK, OK, we were on the boat.

Let me give you some good advice, fellas.

You're in this very deep, both of you.

And we're not talking about a two-bit heist.

We're talking about human life, possibly murder. No! We wouldn't do nothing like

that.

But we saw who did.

You saw who did?

Yeah, a guard, a guy in a uniform.

The coroner rules it accidental on the basis of wreckage found.

Then the coroner's verdict was based on scanty evidence.

Yeah, but so was the story those kids gave yesterday.

Can they make an I.D. of the guard?

Negative. They were brought to line up, including the guard on duty that night,

and the kids say none of them was the man they saw.

Did you run a check on the guard? Fifteen years on the job.

Perfect record.

Those kids could be lying to save their own skins.

Yeah, or somebody else was aboard who might have looked like the guard.

Let's get a full report on Privet.

Business, personal life, and a list of people who might have had reason to kill

him. Enemies, rivals, and, uh, heirs.

That's where it happened.

He was pulling away from the dock, and bam!

All over for Brother Charlie.

Where were you?

Right here.

He'd never let me go anywhere with him.

His boat?

Dad left him everything.

He thought Charlie had sense and that I needed character building.

Charlie knew I was next in line for the money and he hated me for it. You're the

only heir left.

Won't do me much good.

I spent my inheritance months ago.

You spent it before your brother died?

Not one of my wiser years.

How did you manage that?

Oh, it was managed for me.

Mr. McGarrett, I believe.

I'm Zachary Talbot, president of Reversions Incorporated.

Mr. Talbot, this is Ben Kukua, Hawaii Five-0.

I'm very pleased to meet you.

Well, what can I do for you, gentlemen?

Well, we'd like some information about your company, the way it's structured,

the type of service it deals in, things like that. Again?

I thought I'd satisfied Mr. Manigault, your district attorney.

I'm afraid I'm not the district attorney, Mr. Talbot.

Well, come this way.

We'll sort things out.

May I present my board of directors, Mr. McGarrett, Mr. Kokua of Hawaii Five-0

State Police.

I'd like you to assist them in everything they want to know, just as

we've always done in all inquiries in the past.

You're wicked, Mr. McGarrett.

All right.

Reversions, Incorporated. What is it?

I'll field that one myself.

We're an inheritance discount firm. We provide money to heirs before their

benefactors die, and they sign over their inheritance to us. We collect upon

the benefactor's death.

Let me see if I have the formula.

I have an uncle who is going to leave me $10,000.

I don't want to wait.

I come here, and I sign my inheritance over to you, and you give me the money

right now. Is that it?

Not the full amount, naturally.

Oh, naturally. You do have a profit motive.

Well, we must have.

After all, we are taking a risk.

A will can be changed. You could be disinherited.

In which case, you'd ask for your money back.

Yes, but suppose you'd already spent it. Suppose we couldn't track you down.

A man can disappear, even though we have branches in 11 countries to look for

him. So, you see, our profits must cover occasional losses.

Not to mention operating expenses.

All right, supposing I take your deal, gentlemen.

But my uncle lives to a ripe old age, maybe 25 or 30 years longer.

Now, wouldn't you lose more on interest than you'd gain on me?

That happens sometimes, but it averages out on the basis of actuarial

statistics.

That's all very sound and very legal, I assure you. We've been in business for

35 years.

In which case, you wouldn't mind giving me a list of your recent clients?

Oh, that may be a bit of a problem.

Our files are a bit disarrayed. You see, we're in the process of moving.

Where? Zurich, Switzerland.

Oh, your climate is lovely, but we find your island paradise a little remote now

that our operations are expanding.

Well, I'm afraid that list is a must, Mr. Talbot. Now, I'd like to get it

voluntarily, but if I don't, I'll get it with a court order.

I said it was a problem. I didn't say it was insurmountable.

Miss Daumler, I'd like a list of our recent clients for Mr. McGarrett

immediately.

Yes. I took a portion of it before my father died.

I wanted to travel around the world.

My last hope, not being alone.

Then my dad had his accident.

When? Just two weeks ago.

Where were you when it happened?

In a lovely cafe in Paris.

Alone.

Now, tell me about your inheritance.

Yeah, how about it?

All this for only typing 60 words a minute.

But with no mistakes.

I understand you got it before he died. From a firm named Reversions

Incorporated. Only part of it.

But in cash without waiting.

That was worthwhile to me.

How soon afterwards did he die?

Two months.

How did it happen?

Albert loved racing cars.

Really loved them.

When did your grandfather die?

About a month after I got the money.

Died how?

Well, he was crossing the street in front of his office one day.

Blackerman?

Ambrose? Kwan Lu?

Privet and Chabot.

Five extremely wealthy men, all died by accident, all within six months of each

other, and each with an heir who received his inheritance in advance from

Reversions Incorporated.

Coincidence? A thousand to one. Try for a million. Yeah, maybe ten million.

You're suggesting mass murder? I'm suggesting there's only one group that

would profit from those deaths, John.

Reversions Incorporated. Steve, I've checked them out. 49 ways. They're

clean. Their operation is legal.

So they said. 35 years without problems.

Well, that's only half the truth.

What do you mean?

They've had a change of management recently.

You mean Talbot is new?

Talbot and his board of directors, they bought in about nine months ago.

And moving already?

Moving where?

Switzerland. Out of our jurisdiction as far as subpoenas go.

And there's something else that's pretty strange.

According to the heirs that we've interviewed, Reversions Incorporated

have recruited them, and they've known all about wills long before they were

filed for probate. A leak in each lawyer's office?

Now, wait a minute, John. There are other ways of doing it. Donald?

Each will so far involved the Alamoana Bank as co-trustee and executor.

The leak could be there.

Somewhat inside the bank. A conspirator in murder.

This is all your evidence?

All so far.

Well, what do I take before a grand jury?

The evidence we're going to get.

John, I want to put out a hunk of bait so tempting that Reversions Incorporated

cannot resist taking one more bite before they leave the islands.

What sort of bait?

A millionaire and a will with numbers bigger than they've ever seen before.

What do you mean? Create a millionaire?

Yeah, that's exactly what I mean.

We'll give them a name, a background, a history.

documents, photographs, files, everything, and an heir who needs money

in a hurry.

Now, John, if they take that bait, we may just be able to prove five murders.

Or five accidents.

Thank you.

Accident death, number six, also tied to reversions incorporated.

But this one wasn't a millionaire.

That's right, he was broke.

All right, Steve, let's face it, it knocks your theory into a cocked hat.

They'd have no reason to kill this one.

John, sometimes you worry me. That's not necessarily true.

Ben's been to circuit court this morning. Tell him, Ben. I looked up

Charles Privet's will. It turns out that Jeremy Privet was cut off.

Not a penny. And he owed reversions incorporated half a million dollars

which they had given him in advance.

Why would they kill him for that? How would that get them their money back?

Oh, John, why do mobs kill for bad debts? Sometimes just to set an example.

Now, we won't know until we go undercover.

All right, you've got some good people. And we can't use one of them, not one.

They're too easily checked.

So, you need someone who is new on the island, not necessarily a cop, but able

to function like one.

Somebody who is smart, able to pass himself off as a rich man's heir, and

take care of himself in a squeeze.

Yeah. Yeah, that's right.

I happen to know just the man.

His name is Calvin Cutler. He's an assistant DA from the mainland.

He's here on a research project.

Good background.

I think I could get him on loan.

He'd have to agree, of course.

I should warn you, though.

He's got a very unusual personality.

We're looking for a Calvin Cutler.

I'm Cutler.

Oh.

McGarrett, 5-0. This is Dan Williams.

We'd like to talk to you, Mr. Cutler.

Sure.

Would you like a glass of wine?

A cup of herb tea?

No, no. No, thanks.

We heard about you.

Would you turn this thing down, please?

Thank you.

Better.

We heard about you from our district attorney, John Manicode, and from your

boss in the mainland.

Can I guess what they said?

Yeah.

Brilliant, but unconventional.

Writes excellent briefs, but we try not to let him appear in court too often.

Well, we weren't discussing court appearances, Mr. Cutler. We... We have

something else in mind.

Oh. Then I'll guess again.

An unusual assignment out of the realm of your average assistant DA's duties.

Bizarre, clandestine.

Something no one else would touch with a ten-foot pole.

He had long hours and a lot of legwork. And a better than even chance of danger.

Danger?

Yeah. That turn you off?

McGarrett, you're looking at a very ambitious cat.

Ambition with a capital A.

Well, not for glory, adventure, or winning the hometown game.

I want a rack of points in my civil service file.

I intend to be right up there.

Just, uh, just how bad is that herb tea?

From now on, your name is Edgar Anthony Baines. You have education, position,

and, uh, breeding.

You think you can handle that?

Cool.

You have everything, in fact, except money.

Because all the family loot is in your uncle's name.

My uncle.

Yeah, it's a character we'll create. Uncle Kevin Baines.

Super rich, super stingy, and invalid.

We've manufactured a whole family history. It's all in here.

You'll have to learn it letter perfect. And no temperament, Cal. Every name,

every date, every comma.

Our success will depend on it.

And I might add, maybe your life.

Frame seven.

Tate College.

My alma mater.

Twelve?

Hyannisport. Our summer house.

Frame five, please.

My mother and my father.

Where are they now?

My father was killed in World War II.

My mother died of a stroke when I was at Tate. In college.

Your maiden name?

Johansson. Frame eight, please.

That's Rivet, my horse.

Who gave it to you?

Uncle Kevin. When?

1952. How old were you?

10. Frame 26, please.

That's my Beverly Hills office.

Address?

132 South Rodeo Drive.

Frame 1.

That's, uh, that's Uncle Kevin.

You sure?

I'm sure.

Take another look.

His cap, his cane, the way he walks.

I've seen him like that a hundred times.

How come there aren't more pictures of him?

Uncle Kevin hates photographers and reporters.

He has private police to keep them away.

And they never slip through?

One did.

That time.

But it's getting tougher for them.

He never goes out anymore.

How come?

He's sick.

Bedridden. With what?

Arthritis.

Progressive. Degenerative.

You're very conversant with those medical words.

I do have a reason for keeping track.

How much is Uncle Kevin worth?

Oh, 10, 20 million.

No one knows for sure.

How much will you get?

I wish I knew.

Frame three, please.

That's Uncle Kevin's diamond head house.

Four.

That's the same.

And frame 11.

That's Frank Mualana, my uncle's lawyer.

He's been called in to draw up a new will.

Well, I guess that brings us up to date.

I think you're ready, Mr. Baines.

Tonight you go undercover.

You'll contact us only in the manner in which we discussed.

This afternoon, take another look at that bio of Edgar Baines. It'll be your

last chance.

Do you always wear glasses?

No. Sometimes I wear contacts.

Good, because we'll have some other changes to make. Come with me, please.

Oh, one more thing.

Why did you come to Hawaii?

I followed Uncle Kevin here when he got sick. I visit him nearly every day.

Bring him books, cigars.

He blows smoke in my face.

What kind of cigars does he smoke?

I... I don't know.

Rule one, never volunteer information.

I have a list of tobacco products available in Hawaii.

Learn it.

Let's go.

Yeah.

Even Uncle Kevin should approve of that.

His lawyer, Mr. Moolana, should be...

Heading for the Ala Moana bank just about now.

The file at will.

Ah, Mr. Moalada. It's good to see you.

How is your client?

Quite ill, I'm afraid.

But then that's the point of a will, isn't it?

I think you'll find everything in order.

The nomination clause.

It's right there.

Uh-huh. I hereby nominate, constitute, and appoint the Alamoana Bank and Frank

Mualana, attorney at law, as co-executors and co-trustees of this my

will. Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.

Fine.

And here's two conformed copies for your file.

Also a photostat of the original signed by two witnesses.

And this is the total amount of Mr. Bain's estate.

Not much.

Miss Harper.

Yes, sir.

Make a file for Kevin Baines.

He's a part of our family now.

I'd be happy to, sir.

And have Mr. Toccata review it.

Yes, sir.

McGarrett. Steve, this is Frank.

I just delivered the papers.

And listen, Steve, there's two people who had access to the file, besides the

bank president.

One is a department head named Henjo Tokada, and the other a girl by the name

of Harper, Natalie Harper, a clerk.

Oh, thank you, Frank. Anything I can ever do for you?

Well, you could come up to the U of H someday and give a talk to my class.

Yeah, maybe twice.

Aloha, Connie.

Okay, I'll see you Steve. Bye-bye.

Kokoda Control, Kokoda Control.

Subject proceeding east on Kalakaua.

Kokoda Control, Kokoda Control.

Subject proceeding east on Kalakaua.

Suspect one now entering Barefoot Bar on Beachwalk Avenue.

Subject to entering Beachwalk Broiler.

Sitting at table.

Chino Kelly to control.

What quarter control?

Who's that?

It's going to be a big promotion.

Major advertising campaign, Island Wine.

A bartender?

Now, if you'll just...

Give me your name and telephone number.

As soon as I get the rest of my capital, I'll call you and we'll see what you can

do for me. There you are, sir.

This says three drinks.

Yes, sir. One for the lady, two for you. No.

One drink for me.

Two vodka on the rocks.

Damn clip joint.

I'll take it.

And I'll wear it. Good. That'll be $28.50, sir, including the tax.

Just send me the bill. Mr.

Baines, would you mind very much paying for it now?

It's not a question of minding. I just don't happen to have any cash with me

now. Well, then possibly you can come back at a later time. We'll hold the hat

for you.

Are you saying you don't trust me? Oh, it isn't that. It's just, well, there

have been so many other little things, like the blazer, the suit. Look, my

credit is no longer good here.

I'll take my business somewhere else.

Mr. Baines?

Mr. Baines?

Mr. Baines?

Uh, Mr. Baines, it's about your apartment.

Oh, it's very comfortable indeed.

Well, you were supposed to pay a month's rent in advance.

Well, I sent you a check.

But that check was unsigned. We sent it back to you.

No, don't tell me I forgot to sign the check.

Look, I'll put another one in the mail right away.

Please do.

Would you mind settling now, sir? I'm going off duty soon. Oh, sure, sure,

sure, sure.

I seem to have left my wallet at home.

I'll just sign the word. I'm sorry, sir. No credit allowed.

Hey, look, now, I've been coming in here every night for the last couple of

weeks. It's not up to me.

Management policy.

Well, you just told the management that I won't put up with this insult.

I have ample identification, and my credit is good in every establishment.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Let's keep the peace.

If there's one thing I'm allergic to, it's the sight of blood.

Allow me, sir.

Thank you, sir.

It's very kind of you, but it really wasn't necessary.

Forget it.

A man leaves his wallet at home and all of a sudden, no friends.

It's happened to me.

Luke Foster's the name.

Ed Baines.

One for the road, Ed?

Why not?

What line are you in?

Investments, promotion.

Then we have something in common.

I'm in finances, too.

What kind?

Inheritances, estates.

We've made a lot of money for people.

Is that right?

Come over and see us sometime.

We're in the Shea Trust building.

He's making a call.

Yeah. Larry, it's Ed. Ed Baines.

I, uh, I need a favor.

Like what?

5,000 till the end of the month.

Forget it. Look, look, I'll pay you back.

Same interest as before.

3,000, okay?

I said forget it.

Fertility of the mind.

It's a rare commodity, Mr. Baines.

You know, a man with ideas as rich and varied as yours should be putting them

into operation.

Three, four projects at a time would not be excessive.

And a man like you... I told you, he's good.

But of course, for that you would require capital, wouldn't you?

Did John Paul Jones need an ocean?

Oh, cheer up, Mr. Baines.

To quote a countryman of mine...

Hope springs eternal in the human breast.

Man never is, but always to be blessed.

In your case, almost certainly to be blessed.

Oh, come, come.

Your relationship to Kevin Baines is not unknown.

I think, as his only living relative, we can assume you will be provided for in

his will.

As you said, hope springs eternal.

Oh, I see what you mean. You mean eternal, without end, distant.

Sometimes our fortunes do seem so far away.

Strange man, your uncle.

Eccentric. Almost invisible.

How did he make his fortune?

Half a dozen companies all over the world, but you won't find his name on

any of them.

A curiously common trait among the super-rich.

This preference to live in shadow worlds.

With Uncle Kevin, it's no longer a preference.

His illness keeps him in total seclusion.

Surely not from you.

I think he enjoys putting down my ideas and...

blowing cigar smoke in my face.

What kind of cigars?

This kind.

Would you like one?

No, thank you.

Oh, I am running rather late.

Well, it's been very nice meeting you, Mr. Baines.

My privilege.

Miss Daumler, send a teletype to all our branch officers mainland.

Request full history of Kevin Baines, a reputed millionaire, and his nephew

Edgar.

Foster, continue surveillance of the young Mr. Baines.

Records on Kevin Baines and Edgar fully researched.

Detailed biographies to follow.

Project difficult as newspaper coverage on subject is scant.

I think we'd better check with local sources on Kevin Baines.

I don't know just how much you've got, Professor Tompkins, but you're welcome

to look it over.

Here we are, researched after your call.

You're being very accommodating.

As a newspaper man, I like to help out aspiring authors.

Thank you.

That's an interesting idea you have for a book. Think it will sell?

Millionaires of the world?

That's what we all want to be, isn't it?

Yeah, Dave.

When?

How long?

What did he look like?

Yeah. Yeah, that's one of their board of directors.

Thank you.

Well, they've seen the items.

Let's hope they bought them.

Yeah.

It's strange how something tart like lemon brings out the sweetness of

tropical fruit. Yes. Yet the sweetness is there all the time, just waiting to

be released.

Rather like your inheritance, Mr. Baines.

More hopes in the human breast, Mr. Talbot?

Reality.

I happen to know you're going to inherit $12 million.

You know more than I do.

I don't doubt that for an instant.

We have very reliable sources.

I guess this lunch should be on me.

Don't be rash, Mr. Baines. After all, your money is off in the future

somewhere. Perhaps when you're old and sick yourself.

I nearly forgot.

Cheer up, Mr. Baines.

After all, you do have a choice.

What choice?

Between golden age and golden youth.

In short, Mr. Baines, why wait till Uncle Kevin dies?

Now, you please sign there and there and initial those riders, please.

I don't know. I just don't know.

Is something wrong?

Well, I guess I wonder if I'm doing the right thing.

Well, think of it this way.

You are investing something theoretical for something very real.

Now, just one final bit of business.

If you'd sign there, please.

Application for accident insurance.

Well, suppose something should happen to you before your uncle dies.

We could be out our investment, couldn't we?

Thank you.

Very good, Mr. Baines. Your check.

And may I wish you every success in all your projects.

Thanks.

Goodbye. Goodbye.

Goodbye.

All ready for event number seven, Foster?

All ready, sir.

Tomorrow morning, nine o'clock. You'll phone us when it's done.

We'll all rendezvous at the airport.

We should be in Zurich before an inquest can be made.

Our local attorneys will pick up the inheritance for us.

You think of everything, Mr. Talbot.

Details, Foster.

Details make the difference.

You'll notice it's after five o'clock. Too late for Edgar to deposit that

cheque today.

If tomorrow we discover there's some sort of entrapment involved, which I

doubt, we can take care of Edgar and the cheque.

With no witnesses and no evidence, I don't think there can be much of a case,

do you?

This arrived at the beach house this morning.

Dear Uncle Kevin, you'll be happy to know that I have followed your long

-standing advice and have applied for insurance.

At the suggestion of my newly frowned friends, same amount as recent advance I

have received on my inheritance.

Your nephew, Edgar.

Sure.

This is how it's done.

If the will is changed, if the heir is written out, this is how they collect.

The heir has an accident.

And they get their money back from insurance.

Now we know why Jeremy Privet died.

Seems to me Cutler's in danger, too.

Yeah, they'll be watching him closely until the hit on Uncle Kevin is made.

And if we stop them, what happens to Cutler?

Pass to the home office.

Event number seven about to begin.

Everything ready on your end?

Quite ready.

I got a gas delivery.

Who's that?

See the housekeeper.

Gas delivery.

Sign here, please.

How come so early? We usually get it the first of the month. Oh, the regular

man's on vacation.

I'm covering two routes.

Do I have to go around the back?

Make sure your feet's dry.

Hold it.

Come on, these things are heavy.

Okay.

Utility room, through the kitchen. But be very quiet. There's a sick man in the

house. No problem, lady.

I'm going to ask you some questions.

And I want the answers loud and clear.

First, state your name and address.

Are you crazy or something?

It's going to blow.

Get me out of here.

You're wasting time, Foster. Your time.

State your name and address.

Luke Foster.

2801 A Coconut Avenue.

Blackerman. Kwan Lu.

Ambrose.

Shibata.

And the two privets. Did you rig their murders also?

Answer me, Foster.

Yes.

Yes. I'm going to ask you one other question.

Did the orders for those murders come from Talbot and Reversions Incorporated?

And are you willing to turn state's evidence?

Look, I... I... I can't hear you, Foster.

Yes.

I'll testify.

She gave me the orders.

Get me out of here!

She's gonna blow any minute!

Get me out of here!

She's gonna blow!

Relax, Mr.

Foster.

That bomb was neutralized a long time ago.

Catch.

Not to worry, gentlemen. I assure you every contingency has been provided for.

If Mr. Foster has become entrapped, that can be neutralized by one telephone

call.

Get up near the window.

I said, get up near the window.

Hold it!

Gentlemen, I suggest we wait no longer for our field men to report.

Our files are packed, but the charter plane is waiting at the airport.

I shall now phone for the limousine to take... Hold it, 5-0.

Who sees, with equal eye as God of all, a hero perish or a sparrow fall, atoms

or systems into ruin hurl. And now, a bubble burst.

And now, a world.

Book them.