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Three prostitutes, two dead, one critically injured, all within a period

of three weeks. Must be a cycle, Steve.

Don't know whether they want to pay or not?

Afraid so. No more bombs.

Something a little more subtle.

We pay.

We don't pay.

Look, I don't want to end up shelling out for the rest of my life. People are

supposed to take vacations to Hawaii, not from.

What do you want?

You.

Show me.

Show me.

Show me.

Aloha, Kyle Cole.

Come right over here, folks, and take a picture with nice Leilani.

Something you remember Hawaii by.

Yes, those nice cold nights back home.

You liked that, didn't you, sir?

Good. That's it.

Okay, ready?

Uh-huh, that's nice.

Okay, uh-huh. How about another one now?

Uh, Pete said, you know, Pete, uh... Drink?

No, thanks.

I don't really have time.

Relax.

Make yourself comfortable.

Excuse me. Sure.

Hello?

Did you get my present yet?

What? I left something there for you.

Who is this?

It's right there in the drawer.

Who is this?

Right there in that drawer.

You got it?

Yes, but I...

Pardon

me, honey.

Someone just sent me a gift.

What do we got, dude? Looks like a bomb explosion, fourth floor. Two people

hurt. Any warning?

No threats, just one explosion.

Clear the building just in case. Bomb squad's making a check.

I'm okay now.

Just... I gotta go. I got an appointment. I just gotta go.

Word is she's a hooker, Danny. First class.

That's three in two weeks.

Let's take a look.

It's a mess up there.

The third one?

One drowned, one bludgeoned to death, and now this.

Chin, come in here, please.

Does this one give us anything to go on? No more than the first two, Steve.

Bomb was small, apparently planted.

Chae Fong is working with the bomb squad.

The girl had a client with her.

Have you questioned him?

Briefly. Pretty shook up.

Three prostitutes, two dead, one critically injured, all within a period

of three weeks.

Must be a psycho, Steve.

May not be routine, but sounds pretty much like an HPD matter.

No, gentlemen, I don't think so.

Psychos follow a pattern, a characteristic M.O. And here we got

three different M.O.s.

Far too much method to this madness, no?

Especially when there's another possible explanation.

Extortion. Yeah, you got it. Perfect targets. They're not exactly law-abiding

citizens. Yeah, plenty of cash flow.

Independent call girls can make, what, maybe 200 a trick?

I've heard higher than that.

How did you know that, Duke?

Chum told me.

Big money when you multiply it by the number of girls on the street.

And where there's big money, you can bet organized crime is involved, which means

I want to be involved.

OK, Chin, get on your informers. See if anybody is trying to muscle in on the

uptown hooker trade.

Juke, girls' clients stay in touch with Che Fong. The makeup of that bomb may be

our only lead.

Dano. Feed the information on that bomb into the computer. See what it coughs

up. We can't even tell the computer how the bomb was detonated.

Well, maybe the client can tell us that, or the girl.

She's still in shock.

Doctors say she's lucky to be alive.

Yeah.

Mame for life.

Lucky, huh?

It's about those three co-workers of yours.

You know, the ones that were found dead or worse.

That's a warning. From me to you, you better get $3,000 of your hard-earned

dollars together in the next couple of days, or the same thing could happen to

you.

You dig, baby?

It's about those three co-workers of yours. You know, the ones that were...

You're supposed to get 3,000 of your hard-earned dollars together.

What's her name?

Joanie.

Joanie, this is Mark.

Hi, Mark.

Just got to the islands, didn't you?

Yeah, yeah. How can you tell? You don't have a tan.

Corey, hi.

Char, we've got to talk.

Uh, not here. Dee, take over the desk for a couple of minutes, OK? Sure.

Hey, Corey, how are you doing? Not bad, Cal.

Yes?

Is she still running a temperature?

Then tell her she must stay in bed.

Tell her she can watch television and be sure she gets her medicine at 2 o'clock.

Debbie's got a cold. I'm keeping her in bed.

Oh, I'm sorry.

I know why you're here.

It's about the phone call.

Yeah, did you get one?

Yes. I didn't tell them, and I don't want them to know.

Still haven't quit with the mothering, have you, Char?

Never hurt you any when you were here.

Well, what are we going to do?

I don't know.

Well, who have you talked to?

Everybody.

Everybody's gotten calls.

Everybody who ever turned a $200 trick.

For independence, it's $3,000.

For people like me, it's 2,000 ahead.

Everybody's scared crazy.

The last girl, he used a bomb.

I know.

We can't let him do this to us.

For God's sake, Cory.

We can't give in.

What the hell are we supposed to do? You think the cops are going to treat us

like we raise pineapples or something?

They can't help us. Nobody's going to help us. We're not going to pay.

He's going to walk all over us. Next time, it's going to be $5,000.

Pretty soon, we're going to be worse off than the streetwalkers pulling them in

off Hotel Street.

Cory, there's nothing we can do.

There's got to be something we can do.

Call a meeting.

Call a meeting for Monday.

You can get word to everybody better than I can.

They've got to understand what we're up against.

Monday at the Lava Terrace at 2.

You can have your say.

Fine.

I would think you'd have stopped trying to twist the world your way by now.

I expected you to mellow out once you left.

If I have to play this game, I'm going to play by my rules.

That's never going to change.

There are other games, Cory.

Oh.

Oh, Char.

Do you really think guys out there would let me be a lawyer or something?

Come on.

No matter where I started, I'd end up doing the same thing, whether I got paid

or not.

You know that as well as I do.

Do the taxpayers know you live like this, McGarrett?

Oh, hi.

Hi.

Listen, this boat was paid full with hard dollars after taxes, and I can't

even claim a deduction.

And I thought I had it good.

Are you from Turtle Revenue?

No.

And I don't plan to stow away.

I just want to talk to you.

Okay, I'll be with you in a minute.

And then we can talk.

Okay, let's talk.

Your office would have been embarrassing for both of us. It's about the three

hookers. Oh, I see.

And all the time I was hoping I had a new deckhand.

I guess now we play what's my line?

Let's start with what's your name?

Corey. Just Corey?

Just Corey.

Okay, Corey, what can I do for you?

Girls in my racket don't get blown up for nothing something's going on You

want to tell me what's going on? Yeah I'm gonna tell you everything Only in

return. I want complete immunity from prosecution for as long as I work Hawaii

See not just girls McGarrett Clients will probably go next big clients

Sit down

No deal.

It doesn't matter what your line is. Trade-outs aren't my style. Besides,

what can you tell me?

It's extortion, isn't it?

Shakedown?

The guy is asking for what?

A thousand to two thousand a girl?

Three thousand.

Three thousand for me and two thousand ahead in the houses.

Where is the drop-off point?

We don't know yet. We just got the calls yesterday.

What did he say? He said I better start getting together $3,000 or I'm going to

end up like the other three.

What do you know about the other three?

The last one was a friend.

See, nobody knows anything.

That's why I came to you.

What else can you tell me?

That's it.

And I'll bet you're really glad you didn't make that deal now, right?

It's what you'll be able to tell me after he calls again that's important.

Now, where can we get in touch? No way, McGarrett.

My clients start smelling cops and pretty soon I begin to starve. You've

got to let us know about the drop-off plan.

I can't take any more chances.

I'm as scared as anyone else, all right?

I hope you understand we're doing everything we can. We need your help.

Aren't you going to tell me how all this wouldn't be happening if we were good

little girls?

Instead of call girls?

Yeah, I would tell you that.

But obviously you already know.

Thanks.

I'll be seeing you.

Yes? Um, my name is Larson.

I'm in town for a convention.

I was hoping that you could schedule me in while I'm here.

Well, I don't believe we've met.

Yeah, well, uh, no.

Yeah, we haven't.

Uh, the guy at the hotel I'm staying at told me to call you.

Oh, well, who was that?

Uh, Wasura.

Uh, Pete Wasura?

I mean, this guy just told me I ought to give you a call.

I can ask you for another name.

No, no, that's all right. That's all right.

Um, why don't we just set a date, then?

It, uh, it can't be today.

How about tomorrow? About noon.

Noon tomorrow.

Yeah, that'll be fine.

Why don't you meet me in the lounge of the Lava Terrace? The table all the way

in the rear.

And, uh, we'll get acquainted over Bloody Marys, all right?

Sure, doll. I'll be there.

No need to wonder any more about the three call girls who were hit.

I have it on good authority that it was indeed extortion.

To the tune of $3,000 a girl.

And that's just for starters?

Yeah, undoubtedly.

Your authorities say who gets that $3,000?

The girls have only gotten one phone call so far. The kind really meant to

shake them up. No mention of a drop-off point yet.

Dunno? Got anything?

Zero on the computer.

This guy's never tried this before. He used another bag of tricks.

What about the bomb victim?

I'm still waiting the OK to talk to her.

And the client, Duke?

Not very helpful.

He was more concerned about his reputation than anything.

Said there was just an explosion.

Bomb could have been placed there any time.

He did remember that she had just gotten a phone call.

Duke, the girl made her living with phone calls.

Anything else?

Chase up to his knees in debris from that room trying to piece that detonator

together. Nothing yet.

Well, I may have something, Steve.

I pick up a name on the streets, Matthew Pendleton.

I did some digging, found that he used to play ball with the big boys of

Detroit. It looks like he's come here to start his own game.

And guess what his favorite pitch is?

Uh, protection money.

Right.

Dono, why don't you and Chin pay a visit on Mr.

Pendleton? Find out why he's honoring us with his presence.

Be a pleasure.

McGarrett.

Yes.

Yes, thank you.

Thank you.

That was the hospital, Duke.

The Moana girl, she's conscious.

Get over there right away.

Hey.

You must be Cory.

Mr. Larson.

Cory.

Darling Cory.

Hey, I know why there's so many ugly girls walking around.

Because you've got all the looks.

Just bring us two more of whatever she's having there.

So, what convention are you in?

From Chicago.

Auto parts distributorship. I own a couple of those.

Really? Yeah, two or three.

Oh, well, you have to be serious. I was kind of afraid to call you because of

what's been happening.

Oh, what's happening?

Well, two or three of you chicks have, uh, bought the farm the last couple of

weeks. I mean, I've been reading about it. I thought maybe you'd tell me what's

happening here.

I'm afraid I brought a salary.

Oh, already?

Uh, I did give you Chuckster limes, though.

Yeah, that's fine. That's fine. That's okay. It's fine.

These are worthless without the salary.

No, so, uh, I mean, is it a... It's a weirdo or...

Or what is behind those murders?

Look, I don't know anything.

It's protection money.

It's a shakedown, right?

There is nothing for you to worry about now. I mean, but why doesn't everybody

pay?

I mean, you know, if that's it, I mean, you'd pay, would you?

Look, pal, you got it all wrong.

We don't pay anybody.

They pay us.

And I really have to go.

Are you leaving?

Well, there's no celery.

Hey, well, go somewhere else.

No, I have this appointment, and I thought I could make it and still be

with you, but now I see I can't.

So I'll call you some other time.

All right. You do that.

Well, I'm going to do that. I'm going to call you.

Allison?

I'm Duke Luchilla, 5-0 State Police.

We're trying to find out who did this.

What happened before the bomb went off?

He called me.

Somebody called you on the phone?

He left.

me a present.

It was in the drawer.

So I took it out.

I was going to overhead.

Who called you on the phone?

Ellison?

This is Duke Luchilla. Patch me through to Che Fong's lab.

Lab? Che, I just talked to the Moana girl.

That phone call she got just before the explosion.

Looks like the caller planted the bomb.

If so, it could have been detonated from some kind of remote signal.

Could you pass that on to Steve?

Right away.

Are you Garrett?

No, I'm Williams.

This is Officer Kelly.

Well, what can I do for you, gentlemen?

We have a few questions to ask you, Mr. Pendleton.

Oh, please. It's Penny, nickname.

You pick that up in Detroit?

I've earned a dossier already.

You better believe it.

What's it going to be this time? Something new?

Numbers? Dope?

Or maybe the old standby?

The wish is?

Extortion.

You trying to tell me that you've got a problem?

Let's just say certain things have been happening.

And with an expert on extortion in our backyard, we'd be stupid not to take him

out, wouldn't we?

And you men are not stupid, are you?

All this sunshine here is pretty warm.

Coming from Detroit, you might find it can get real hot.

Okay. We all know why we're here.

What do we do?

Make it sound as though we have a choice.

We have a choice. We pay.

We don't pay.

You want to end up like Allison?

Look, I don't want to end up shelling out for the rest of my life.

You're not going to end up doing anything if you're dead.

I mean, we're only hookers.

What the hell does that mean? It means you always wind up getting some due to

cut anyway.

Well, that's why we are where we are.

Yeah, look where we are.

What if we don't pay Corey? How safe can we be?

He knows our names, our numbers.

He must know references.

Well, we'll be extra careful. Extra careful?

Kia gave the third degree to every man that came to her door before she even

let him in. And look what happened to her.

Washed up on Sunset Beach with half the ocean in her. We can't let this freak

intimidate us. Now come on and think.

We pay and we're puppets.

He'll never let go.

He gets tired and he'll sell his rights and somebody else will take over.

We give in and we pay from then on.

For keeps.

If I had my piano, I'd be playing Stars and Stripes forever.

I'm with you, Corey.

All right, fine.

I'm not. She's going to get somebody else killed.

That's right, and I have this guy's family.

Sit down.

There's nothing we can do now.

There's nothing we can do until we get another phone call.

And when we do, we're all going to do the same thing.

And no cops.

I don't want that creep blowing me away because somebody went to the cops.

It's probably one of them anyways, and I'm ready for a drink.

This is our

detonator, part of which is a radio receiver, pretty much like this one I

bought.

Steve was right, huh?

Yeah, the bomb was triggered by a radio signal. High frequency, very short

range. Had to be transmitted from...

No more than 100, 150 yards away.

Which means that the phone call, which made sure the girl was next to the bomb,

had to be from the same distance.

So the extortionist could have called from inside the apartment building or

right outside.

Thanks, Jay.

Let's go.

You want to know what's happening in Detroit?

Snow. 23 inches of that yuck.

Oh, I'm going to like it here.

Hey, honey, why don't you go watch TV?

I had some visitors from 5-0 today.

5-0?

Drop by for a little game of cat and mouse.

Nothing to worry about.

Is there?

Well, you know, it looks like they're doing some thinking.

Don't know whether they want to pay or not?

Afraid so.

No more bombs.

Something a little more subtle.

Subtle?

Yeah. Leave it to me.

You know about my cousin Edward, don't you?

The one who's in the hospital all the time.

Yes, only... Only he's not any kind of hospital you think he is. I mean...

Hello. Hi.

Looking for someone in particular?

No.

You've never been here before, have you?

Terry Kwan sent me over here.

Fill this out please.

100.

That's a good way to drive yourself crazy.

Jasper, everything is so beautiful now.

I just hate to think anything could happen.

That one.

Dee?

Dee, this is Bill.

Hi, Bill.

Let's go back where it's quiet.

Oh, okay.

Right back this way.

This is where you work, huh?

Let me take your jacket.

No, sweetheart. I want you to stay in bed.

I know you're better, but you still have a little temperature.

Now, be a good girl, and I'll see you a little later.

Char, nobody's seen Dee for over an hour. And that guy she went in with, I

swear I never saw him leave. Not out the front.

See? Nobody answers.

Dee?

D.

Oh, my God.

Where's the owner?

Charlene Jenkins.

Miss Jenkins?

I got it, 5-0.

It was a sickie.

The kind that pays to beat up on a woman for an hour.

The kind lawyers bust their rears to keep out on the street.

Don't you take precautions to screen out the sickies?

He's got the card.

Jen, you see that?

Bill Jones.

Moana Hotel.

Doesn't that sound a little phony to you?

90% of them do.

The card's just a formality.

He knew the right name. He had clean fingernails. It wasn't time for a

Rorschach.

What did he look like?

Short, heavy set, kind of moon-faced.

Is that it?

After ten years in the business, they all look alike.

Well, maybe you remember more when you take a look at the mug files.

I don't think so.

There's nothing more to tell you. Okay, then let's start with the phone calls.

Or haven't you gotten a second one yet?

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

Has he told you where to drop the money?

Excuse me.

Miss Jenkins, just a minute. Get a warrant.

Kind of late again, aren't you, McGarrett?

Of course, I don't know what I really expected.

All the great 5-0 boils down to is a bunch of cops and a lot of publicity.

We can't do much if you clam up on us, honey. We need your cooperation.

So you can do what?

Bug our phones?

Stake out our apartments?

What's Vincent McGarrett?

Somebody drew a line and put us on one side and you on the other.

And all you can do is keep score.

I hope you're enjoying the game.

I'm going to the bank tomorrow.

You can't.

After what happened to Dee, it'll be very easy.

But not you. They'll all give in.

I'm not going to fight it, Cory.

Please don't.

Just leave, Cory. Get out.

But, Char, I... Get out.

Time, gentlemen.

Time. Time is what we don't have.

Now, those girls will get another phone call today, and they'll pay.

And the calls they get in the future will be just part of their way of life.

While that fat cat from Detroit sits around in the sun getting fatter.

What about the bomb?

We checked the occupants of the building.

We couldn't find anybody who looked like they'd be connected with Pendleton.

Is there a phone booth just outside the building?

There's a payphone on the beach about 100 yards down.

Yeah, but it was too late yesterday to check out foot traffic.

We're going back today around the same time as the explosion. Somebody might

remember something.

Good. Keep me posted.

Chin.

Your informers.

Lean on them.

See if anybody's talking about a drop-off point for money.

Right.

Could have parked his car back there, phoned the girl, slid in the side,

sucked the switch wide to the battery, then drove away.

All without calling attention to him, sir.

Duke.

Very good.

Those guys are not going to like you back home.

You can pick him up tomorrow.

Satisfaction guaranteed.

Thank you very much, sir. Okay.

Hey, this is going to help you. Yeah. Dan Williams, Duke Blue Keller.

Quite private.

I got every license they told me to get.

I'm sure you do.

You here every day?

I've been for the past three weeks.

Were you shooting the day of the explosion in that building three days

ago? Yeah. It's the best day I ever had.

Would it be possible for us to see the pictures you took that day before the

explosion? I don't have the prints, but I do have the color slides.

Here. These were before.

I keep them in order.

Yeah, this is a guy from Ohio.

This was just before.

Duke, take a look.

There's somebody at the phone booth.

Yeah. Hey, you guys might be interested in these.

Being police persons and all. Some black and whites I grabbed during the

excitement. Look at those faces.

You know, I'm really into faces.

They're nice.

Can we take this? And these? Sure.

We'll get him back here.

Okay. Anybody ask, tell them you got him right here.

Frank's photos.

The photographer was using high-speed film.

The grain and loss of resolution going from a transparency to a print make this

a little disappointing.

You're not kidding.

I could ship it to a photo enhancer at another lab. No, no. By that time, our

boy will be on a plane with the tickets to the Swiss Alps.

Danny, that shirt.

Yeah, I've seen a hundred like it. No, no, no.

Here.

And that hair.

Yeah.

Yeah, it's the same guy.

Jay, we'll need a print.

The guy in this one. Anybody sick enough to set up a bomb in somebody's hand

would be just sick enough to hang around afterwards.

Maybe I'd find you in here. I've been trying to get a hold of you all day.

Gav? Yeah, what are you, stop answering your phone?

I haven't been home.

Why don't you just pay?

I mean, you know, I heard when another one of those girls got it last night.

It's extortion, right?

Maybe it is.

Maybe there's some macho freak out there who thinks messing up women is a far-out

way to make a living.

Maybe he thinks we're used to shelling out for protection.

Well, I don't shell out, and I don't pay.

Boy, you got spirit.

You don't find him much like that anymore.

Listen, I want to go back to your room with you and just forget this whole

thing, huh?

I have an appointment.

You said that the last time.

I do. I'm booked.

Not anymore, you're not.

and ask me to go with you.

Please.

Please what?

All right.

Let's go.

Harry, can you help me? My car door is stuck and I can't seem to open it, huh?

Thanks.

Steve, we came up with a photo of a man at a payphone just outside the apartment

building before the explosion.

A photo? Yeah, thanks to a photographer named Frank.

Duke is on his way to HPD with a copy to check the files.

I think we may have something.

I hope so, Dano.

I hope so. I have a feeling that right now that fat cat Pendleton is finding

Honolulu just a little too agreeable.

Yeah.

Let's get him.

Ah, the garbage man coming.

Not bad looking track, huh?

Yes? Pendleton?

It's payday, Mr. Caldwell.

It's going beautifully.

No. No, it's not. We got a problem.

One of the dolphins is gonna be trouble.

One hooker can't possibly be trouble.

Well, this one's different.

I don't let one of them bother you.

Just come on in and collect your little green coupons.

I gotta make this one pay.

No rough stuff, Caldwell.

There's always a price to pay for overindulgence.

I've got a score to settle.

Be very careful.

I will.

Steve, the guy in the phone booth, his name is Keith Caldwell, has a record

clear back to junior high.

Mostly assault charges.

Almost beat his former wife to death. Did four years.

I bet he was paroled, huh? Yeah, three months ago.

He's a local, pretty tight with syndicate muscle.

That's got to be him, Dono.

Have you got an address on him? Yeah, and it looks current.

Steve, HPD came through with the license number and a description of Caldwell's

car. They've got an APB out on him.

Good, Duke. You stick with HPD.

Dono? Auto up a search warrant for Coldwell's place.

I've got it waiting at the courthouse. Then what are we waiting for?

Malia, get me the district attorney's office, please.

Danny?

Look at this.

Girl's phone numbers.

And... P.

What do you bet it stands for, Pendleton?

Yeah? It's just a matter of a few things. I want to check the leak.

Well, just a minute.

Just a minute.

Darling Corey.

Listen, I told you I had an appointment.

Hey, look at this.

Hey, I finally get a chance to see where you live, huh? Look, I have an

appointment. How did you find me anyway?

Well, hey, you know, your friend, uh, your friend Wasura.

Well, he knows my number, not where I live.

Well, I don't know. Then maybe, you know, maybe it was somebody else.

Like who?

Come on.

Why don't you show me around here, huh?

What's this?

It's a bedroom?

Hey, people are supposed to take vacations to Hawaii, not from.

You?

Come on now, come on.

No, we don't want to bother the neighbors, do we?

Okay.

Okay!

Now maybe you can be some use after all.

Come on.

Car 166 to Central.

Send me a backup unit at the Kilauea Apartments.

Notify 5-0.

Open the door.

Go on.

McGarrett to Central.

Central to McGarrett. Catch me through to Dan Williams.

Steve.

Dano, HPD has spotted Colwell's car on the 1200 block of Kilauea. You and Chin

get there as fast as you can. I'm on my way. Will do.

Okay, come on. Go on!

What do you think, I got something to lose?

Get back.

Come on.

Come on.

It sure was nice of you to

oblige back there, sweetheart.

The oblige is right up your alley.

You watch up ahead.

Cane fields, baby.

I was born and raised in those cane fields.

Ah, nobody's gonna catch me, sugar.

Thanks to me.

Thanks to you.

You now and in those cane fields.

Nobody's gonna catch me.

Yes, they are, Macho Man.

Get out. Get out.

Hey, can you listen now? I wasn't the owner of this. It wasn't just me. What

if I tell you? What if I tell you who else?

You'll probably lose a friend named Pendleton. Book him.

Cory?

Don't try to move, honey.

Look, Garrett.

Just lie there.

We've got an ambulance here. You're going to be all right.

Maybe I'll get lucky and scar.

Nice big wounds.

No, no.

Don't worry.

Then I'll have to start all over again.

I'm a secretary, won't I?

Yeah.

Yeah. You'd make it great.

What she did took a lot of guts.

Yeah.

From here on in, she's gonna need a hell of a lot more.

Let's go, then.