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Look at that traffic. Yeah, that was the governor. He ordered us to coordinate

with military and civil defense.

The people of Hawaii will be expecting one of the biggest tidal waves in its

history. Such a report would create incredible panic.

What about looters?

Oh, they're inevitable, Dano. They move out in about five minutes.

How much time, doctor?

Should hit in about ten minutes.

Thank you.

Stop!

is that once Kenji and Shirley take their positions here at 1,500 hours,

every move becomes critical.

We have exactly 83 minutes to move in and get out.

The car rolls at 1,359, and Charlie Fuzzreel's here follows at a two-minute

interval. Mike, Keg's only trying to make sure we don't blow it, and there's

only 24 hours left.

I know, I know. But I haven't crammed so hard for anything since Professor

Solomon's final.

Yeah, well, Mike, just try and remember this is a $6 million final.

Looks like they're back ahead of schedule. Let's go.

Did you have any trouble?

Just a little, but it went just the way you said it would.

Not hardly.

We hit one of the ambulance attendants.

Look, it couldn't be helped. He jumped in front of us. Besides, the radio said

he's all right. All right?

The man's in critical condition.

You know what we're charged with if we're caught?

Kenji, we're not going to get caught.

Yeah, your perfect plan.

You said no one was going to get hurt, and the first real move we make, it goes

sour.

What do you want, Kenji? A guarantee?

I thought I had one. I had Ted's word.

Kenji, it sounds like it was an accident. It was.

Well, that accident just turned joyriding into a hit-and-run.

And if that attendant dies, it's a murder charge for all of us. From now

on, you count me out.

Hey, Kenji! Ted, don't worry. I can talk to him.

Kenji, listen.

I'm sorry about what happened.

You're not sorry.

You may fool Ted, but you don't fool me. You enjoyed it. I was there, remember?

Kenji, Kenji, we're about to pull the craziest heist the world has ever seen.

You can't walk out on us now.

Oh, yes, I can.

And I'll tell you something else. I'm closing this thing down right now.

I'm not spending the rest of my life behind bars because of some thrill-crazy

chick. What are you talking about?

Come on, Kenji.

What's up?

What's going on?

He's flipped. We have to catch up to him and talk to him.

Hey, Kenji, hold up.

He's going to 5-0. Come on.

You've got to stop it. I can't do it.

Kenji. Knock it off.

What I'm doing is better for everybody and you know it.

What did you do?

Come on, hurry!

A young man murdered right down there on

our own steps?

And there's not a single witness? Is that possible?

The gun must have had a silence around it, Steve.

Nobody noticed anything until the boy fell.

The boy's name was Kenji Tatsumo.

He moved from the address on his license, but we found out he's a student

at the university.

Dano, take Chin some HPD and get up to the campus.

Duke, talk to the boy's parents. I want some answers and I want them now. Right.

Well, I'll be at Pearl Harbor with the Admiral if you want to reach me. Okay.

Why did you do it?

Someone had to.

He would have destroyed everything. He was going to put us all in jail to save

his own neck.

We tried to talk him out of it.

Larry?

I don't know.

It all happened pretty fast.

OK.

OK, maybe it was wrong.

But I was scared, and there was no time to think.

I was only thinking of you and Larry and the rest of us.

Yeah, I know.

I understand.

But I don't know about the others.

What do you think, Larry? Will they stay in line?

I don't know.

Look, they don't have to know that Larry and I did it.

Nobody saw us.

We have to tell them something.

Well, we could tell them that we don't know what happened. We never caught up

with Kenji.

It could work, Ted.

What they don't know, they can't talk about.

All we need is one more day. And once we're through, we can get out of the

islands. We can go anywhere we want.

I don't know.

Without Kenji, I don't know if we can pull it off.

You can take Kenji's place.

You're an expert in geophysics.

You'll have to cover my end, Larry.

I can handle it.

We'll talk to the others.

Mine and them, we're going to split six million.

All they have to do is stick for 24 hours.

Okay.

It's so hard to believe.

Kenji was such a nice young man, and he was a brilliant student.

Do you know who his friends were?

I'm sorry I don't. This is a very large university, but the registrar can tell

you his address and his teachers.

I understand he was on scholarship.

Yes. Yes, he was. Geophysics, I believe.

Okay, well, you've been very kind, Dean.

Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you.

Check it out. Here comes the heat.

Go look.

Williams, 5-0.

It's definitely a step up from the campus police.

He can arrest me anytime.

Show her the search warrant, Jen.

Ted, hurry. They're here already.

It's okay. I'm finished. Let's go.

They want to take a look in Kenji's room.

Hi, I'm Ted Bonner.

And I want you to know that Kenji was a good friend, so any way we can help,

you've got it.

Good. Chin, check Kenji's room.

Yeah, it's upstairs, first door to the right.

Nothing like this has ever happened around here before, and I've got to

confess that I feel partially guilty.

How so?

Well, I should have talked to Kenji more.

He's been awfully quiet lately.

Ain't no melancholy.

But that's not altogether unusual around here.

I'm afraid I don't understand.

Well, didn't they tell you? The campus calls this place the Brain Trust.

No IQs under 130.

Everybody's unhappy.

Now, tell me, uh, what was Kenji into that could have caused someone to want

to kill him?

Kenji?

Poor guy. The only thing he was into was the textbooks and the long, lonely

walks. He said it helped him meditate.

Take a look.

It's no Saturday night special.

Here's some other stuff.

Ferris propaganda and manual on plastics explosive.

It'll take a while to sort it all out.

What do you know about this?

Nothing, of course.

Nobody's into any of that sort of stuff.

Well, it looks like one person was for certain.

We're going to have to search the rest of the house. Like I said, it's yours.

Excuse me, officer.

I can't believe it, that Kenji was into anything violent.

That was not the way he lived.

No, it was the way he died.

Listen, I told you we could handle him.

I'm sorry to wreck your weekend plans, but we're staying on this till we get

some answers.

Steve, I talked to the boys' family.

They said Kenja never fooled with guns as a kid, let alone own one.

You believe that?

I'd have to say so.

They also said he was involved in the anti-war movement a few years back.

I checked it. He was.

Pacifist? Dislike of guns?

Doesn't exactly fit with Kenji having been a member of a terrorist group, does

it? Haven't gotten anywhere with that, Steve.

If he was a member, it must be some group we've never heard about.

What about this brain trust he was supposed to be a part of up at the

university? They checked out with flying colors, all genius types, top of their

class.

Who'd you talk to?

Mainly a Ted Bonner.

He's working on a PhD in geophysics, same field as Kenji.

Seems straight enough.

Chae Fong pick up anything from this weapon?

Yeah. Stolen from a collection a few months ago.

But the interesting thing is there were no prints on it, Steve.

Nowhere, not even on the clip.

No prints could mean somebody wiped it clean and then planted it.

Yeah.

Okay, Dano.

I want you to check every militant organization on the campus for links to

Kenji Tatsumo.

Right.

Ted.

What is it?

It's nearly four o'clock.

I couldn't sleep.

What is it?

Kenji?

No, I just never bargained for anything like this.

I planned it all to go so smoothly.

I'm sorry.

If it will make things go easier for you, you can leave me out.

Look, that's not what happened today. It's a whole thing. I was wrong to begin

it in the first place.

Oh, no.

Ted, it's beautiful.

And it will work.

Everything will go just the way you planned it.

Planned it?

Surely it was a brainstorm.

A perfect crime when it's a long way from being perfect. Oh, but it will be.

After tomorrow.

And you'll have what a diploma can never give you by itself.

How many years would it take you to make the money we're going to have in one

day? Surely that's not what this was all about.

I know.

I know, sweetheart.

But it will give you an opportunity to work on more important things instead of

spending 15 years as someone's assistant.

Ted, it's for both of us.

Come on, you're going to need your sleep.

And so am I.

Be careful with that thing.

Don't worry.

I've been practicing.

All right, now you take this.

You never know what we might run into.

I'm not sure I could use it.

The way things have worked out.

You won't have to.

I'd like to have your attention for the next couple of hours.

What is this, some sort of joke?

No, it's exactly what it looks like, and you'd better take it seriously.

All of you in the back.

Move. Not you, Bradford.

What can you possibly want with us? All we do here is report earthquakes.

Right, and that's exactly what you're gonna do, only it won't exactly be an

earthquake.

I don't understand.

You will.

You too.

Inside. Now... Do as they say.

Lock it.

All right. Now, one of the things we know about you, Bradford, is you can't

see past your nose without these.

Please, what is it you want of me?

All right, come on, Bradford. Sit down.

Sit down.

We're going to play a little game of pretend.

Now, we're going to pretend that you just received the following information,

which you're going to type into that computer.

Attention all stations.

Honolulu reports that due to seismic activity epicentered at the Tonga

Trench, 175 degrees west longitude, 14 degrees south latitude, a tsunami is

forming. Estimated time of arrival in Honolulu approximately 3.22 p.m. this

date. What?

Magnitude of the seismic disturbance calculator to date 0.5. Sit down, Mr.

Bradford. In other words, in about two hours, the people of Hawaii will be

expecting one of the biggest tidal waves in its history.

You're crazy.

Both of you.

When the tape comes out of that computer, you will send it by teletype

to all stations.

Such a report would create incredible panic.

I won't send it. Yes, you will.

If you and your associates in there want to stay alive.

But you couldn't get away with it. The military would soon know there was no

seismic disturbance.

Look, it'll take them about two hours to discover that it's a false report.

That's all we want.

Bradford, we know what we're doing. This is the center for all seismological

reports coming in and going out. And what you say is taken as gospel.

Now get to work and nobody will be hurt.

Start typing.

Bradford, start typing!

Attention all stations.

2643, Dr.

Sartain here.

2643, Honolulu Mobile, standby for an emergency call.

Dr. Sartain, we have an undersea earthquake epicentered on the Tonga

Trench. Yes, Bradford, from the south?

Yes, sir, 8.5.

My God, that'll hit Honolulu.

Have you double-checked your computer?

Yes, sir.

We have the epicenter exactly.

All right, now listen.

Get the wives and children off the grounds.

Yes, sir.

Honolulu Mobile 2643.

This is Dr. Sertain in an emergency.

Go ahead, sir. Connect me with General Crawford at the Honolulu Operations

Center immediately.

Do you have any idea of the chaos this is going to cause?

Listen. The alert signal.

Oh, Ted.

I'm excited.

Yeah, I know.

Yes, sir. That's the first stage alert.

Yes, sir.

Right away.

We're on top of it.

Look at that traffic.

Yeah, that was the governor. He ordered us to coordinate with military and civil

defense. We have, uh, we're now on 55 minutes. Let's get over to the emergency

center.

Attention. Attention.

This is civil defense.

The Honolulu Observatory has issued a tsunami warning for this island.

Sirens will sound at two hours, one hour, and one half hour before the

estimated time of arrival of the wave.

This is a potential inundation area.

Move away from this area to higher ground.

Do not re-enter this area until advised that it is safe to do so.

What are we doing?

They should be in the garage now.

They move out in about five minutes.

Okay, it's the 8th hour.

You all know what to do.

You and Adrian better get moving.

Make sure you stick to Ted's timetable. I'll be right behind you. You better be.

Good afternoon.

I'm speaking to you from the Emergency Operations Center in Honolulu, where the

evacuation to the South Shore is being coordinated.

Now, in a short time, you should hear the sirens all over the city giving off

a wavering tone.

That will be the signal to evacuate.

There should be no panic, injuries, or deaths if you follow instructions

carefully.

Now, with me today is Dr. Dimitri Sartain, who is responsible for the

tsunami warning system in the entire Pacific area. Doctor.

Thank you.

For those of you not familiar with tsunamis, what we have here is an

earthquake in the ocean floor.

Now, when that happens, an enormous amount of water is displaced upwards.

Now, that displacement can be represented here by the water forced to

the lower edge of this pan.

Then, when the ocean settles back to normal, a wave or tsunami is caused to

travel at great speed...

and hit with tremendous force against the shoreline. Doctor?

Yes? At what speed would you estimate the tsunami is headed for us?

600 miles an hour, depending on depth.

Now, of course, that speed will be reduced considerably once the wave hits

shallow water near the shore.

But it is not just one wave.

The effect is exactly like that of a pebble dropped into a pond, creating a

series of waves.

And often, the first wave is not the most destructive one.

So it's very important that you must stay in places of safety until the all

-clear is given.

Well, thank you, Doctor.

Here in Oahu, the airport area, downtown Honolulu, Waikiki, and Kahala area are

all threatened.

Now, it's important that you follow instructions and move to high ground at

least a mile inland.

The National Guard, Fire Department, and Police Department will be able to assist

you. Thank you.

you must leave your homes immediately move inland to higher ground at least

one mile those without transportation can walk to the neighborhood evacuation

centers where transportation will be provided

There's a truck outside.

Whose is it?

It must be Kelly, my associate.

Probably come for an update.

We'll get rid of him.

And be convincing.

We'll be listening to every word.

Dave?

What's the latest?

There's no further seismic disturbance.

Dave, you better move your family out.

Well, we're moving out. You want to come with us?

No, no.

We'll wait here while it's safe.

What happened to your glasses, Brad?

I broke one of the lenses.

I have an extra pair at home.

Well, good luck.

Good luck to you.

Okay. You did your job, Mr. Bradford. Now just go sit down and wait it out.

waiting for flight 409 on the runway. Get those passengers evacuated

immediately.

Get a tug to tow it out. The harbor has to be clear.

Who's in charge of liaison with water and power?

They're planning to watch it come in.

Get them out of there.

What about looters?

Oh, they're inevitable, Dono.

We'll use all available police and military units until the last minute.

Then we'll get them out. But after that, there's not much we can do about it.

Thank you.

Crushed and broken buildings, torn up roadways, a scarred and devastated

landscape. An earthquake?

A hurricane?

A wartime bombing?

No, just the aftermath of another of nature's moments of terrible fury.

The scenes you have just viewed are those of a tidal wave, a tsunami which

struck Hilo in 1958.

The tsunami which now threatens Hawaii is expected to strike Waikiki at 3.22.

That's an approximate time, but in the past... These estimates have never been

known to vary more than five to ten minutes.

There are scattered reports of panic in the many luxury hotels, but evacuation

procedures are reported to be orderly. I want a chopper at the paddock. Put a

diamond head right away.

They're not getting the people out of Nanakuli. Not enough personnel.

Okay, get in touch with the Coast Guard station at Kaina Point. See who they can

spare. All right.

Dono, here, take this.

Doctor?

Captain Sartain and I are going to take a helicopter ride over the threatened

area. You're in charge here, but stay in radio contact with us.

We'll get in touch with the Coast Guard station at Cayenne Point and see what we

can do.

How are we doing?

Five more minutes.

We're right on schedule.

Oh, it's kind, brother.

It would have hit in about 10 minutes.

First thing we'll see is the water line receding.

The rain can look so calm.

Don't be deceived. It looks very calm and normal now.

But when that wave hits the shallow water, if it's made the height of up to

100 feet, it hits the shoreline with devastating force.

Hard to say. Quarter mile, maybe.

Let's hope you're wrong.

Aristotle 1 to Aristotle 2. Ground zero.

Dead ahead.

All clear so far.

Aristotle 2.

Aristotle 1. We read you.

Two minutes behind you. Out.

Williams to McGarrett. Williams to McGarrett.

Yeah, Donovan, go ahead. This is McGarrett.

Steve, there seems to be some confusion here.

The military's received no confirmation on the seismic disturbance.

What the hell does that mean?

Spell it out.

I mean, no other seismograph has picked it up. Just ours.

How could that be?

I don't understand that.

Could your people at the observatory have made a mistake?

Absolutely not.

Ron Bradford is a total professional.

In addition to that, at least two other Pacific seismograph stations must

confirm the reading before the epicenter can be calculated.

Under those conditions, a mistake would be impossible.

Have you tried the observatory?

I can't get through on the phone. The line seems to be out.

Well, what about radio?

That's not operating either.

Dono, meet me at the helipad inside Diamond Head Crater as soon as possible.

I'm coming back.

Okay, hold it.

Hands up against the wall. Move!

You

guys need any

help? No, it's okay. We got them both.

They're just kids.

Great. You better get moving. That wave's due any time now. We're on our

way. Could you put the call in the station for us? Our radio's out.

Sure, no problem. Okay, we'll take these suspects in.

Great. Okay.

Okay, we got five minutes, so let's move!

I'll be right back.

Come on, it's time to get out of here. Okay, start the car.

I'll watch him.

I'm the big stuff.

What happened?

Two people with guns. They forced us to send out a phony alert.

Oh, there's some people locked in that closet.

Would you please let them out? Did you get a good look at them? Sit down.

Well, they broke my glasses. I can't see without them.

Then you can't give us a description.

No.

One was a girl.

Anything else?

That's about all.

Except that they sounded young.

One was a girl and they sounded young.

Come on up.

Are you people all right?

Yes, we're fine.

Mr. Bradford, are you all right? That's good. I think I will be when I can see

again.

Donald, get on the radio.

Call off the alert. Get every available unit back into town.

Tsunamis are phony and somebody's trying to pull something big.

Billets is here. What about the rest of us? We got plenty. Let's go.

Let's go. Come on.

Well, that's it, Steve.

There were isolated looting attempts, but the only major trial was some kids

trying to knock over Stadler's jewelry store.

Kids? Yeah, college age.

But they got them.

Find out where they're being held, Chin. We'll meet you at Stadler's.

Wait till Ted and Shirley see this.

Steve, I gave you a long steer.

Those kids floated this place.

There's no record of them being booked anywhere.

Looks like somebody did a real number on us. Looks like somebody did a number on

the whole city.

20-minute stroll and we're home free. We cut it pretty close. It was perfect.

You were terrific.

As a matter of fact, we both were terrific.

We don't know how the others came out. Don't worry, Ted. The hard part's over.

The best part's yet to come.

I hope so.

Take it easy. It's not over yet.

We stash the jewels, like Ted said.

When he and Shirley are safe, then we celebrate.

You still have to ditch the ambulance, so don't lose your concentration.

That's it.

Steve's in back there.

Steve, checked out those cars in front?

I suppose they stole them. Somebody did an expert job painting that blue and

white.

Brazen, aren't they?

Duke, call all the checkpoints in the evacuated area. I want to know every

vehicle that passed through in the last 20 minutes.

These people sure took their time, Steve.

Cleaned everything out.

Display cases, front windows, drawers.

All that left were the watches.

Get in touch with the owner? Yeah, on his way in.

Said there was six million in jewels in the safe.

Slickest thing I ever saw.

Yes, it is.

They made us believe this one, honey.

The bizarre hoax is believed by authorities to be tied into the robbery

of Stadler's jewelry of over six million dollars.

They figured it out.

Smart.

Here they come.

Beautiful. A walk in the park. I told you. I told you it would be like this.

Any loose ends?

None that I know of.

Well, here's to it.

What about the HPD officers who were tripped? Can they tell us anything?

There's still being questions, Steve. So far, nothing's startling, except that

all the suspects seem to be pretty young.

Yeah.

According to Dr.

Bradford, the two who took over the observatory were two.

Steve, I called the checkpoints. Nothing went through except an ambulance, HPD,

National Guard, Civil Defense.

An ambulance?

Which checkpoint?

Olive Care Street.

That's less than half a mile from here.

Are you thinking about that ambulance that was stolen yesterday?

Yeah. They had to move at least four people. That would be a clever way to

get four people through a checkpoint without being questioned.

The reports on the stolen ambulance said they were young, too.

Yeah. Does this series of events suggest anything to you?

The brain trust.

Yeah. And the young man who was gunned down on the steps of the Yolani Palace

was one of them.

as I could, Mr. Garrett.

Thank you, Doctor. I appreciate that. I'm not sure how much help I can be.

To perform your kind of work, what university degree would you need?

Master's in geophysics. Why?

Ed Bonner, Kenji Tatsuno.

You mean you think you know who's responsible for the hoax?

Well, let's just say that some intriguing pieces of a geophysics jigsaw

puzzle are beginning to fit together.

Let's go and question the brain trust.

Thank you, Doctor.

I don't understand what this is all about, Mr. McGarrett.

It's about $6 million in stolen jewels and a hoax that could have cost the

lives of thousands of people.

Hmm.

Well, now, how does that concern us?

Can you account for your whereabouts in the past three or four hours? All of

you?

We left the danger zone, like everyone else.

And where did you go then?

Headed north and drove around like we were told.

Isn't that right, Larry?

Yeah. Sure.

Didn't stop for coffee or gasoline any place along the way where you were seen?

Well, we weren't on a picnic, Mr. McGarrett.

Then you have no witnesses to confirm where you went, huh?

We have each other.

Yes, I bet you do.

Steve. Leave the house until once over and there's no sign of the jewels. Okay,

get an HPD search team out of here, Dunham. I want this place taken apart.

Right.

Ted, they have no right to invade our privacy like this.

We have a search warrant, miss.

I insist you explain what charges you have in mind, Mr. McGarrett.

How about assault and battering?

Assault with a deadly weapon?

Impersonating police officer?

Kidnapping and grand theft?

Those are pretty large assumptions, Mr. McGarrett.

Well, I think the largest assumptions were made by you.

Although I must admit, some of them were sound.

Now, it takes a lot of imagination to manufacture a tsunami.

And your evaluation of the response was correct, too. Police, civil defense, all

the authorities reacted just as you expected them to do, except your plan

had one flaw.

What is he talking about, Ted?

Yes, maybe you would like to explain what you mean, Mr. McGarrett. Sure.

You had everything calculated.

You knew what everyone would say and do except one of your own.

Kenji Tatsumo.

Kenji? Yeah, Kenji.

Kenji had a conscience as well as a high IQ. That's why one of you had to kill

him on the steps of the Yolani Palace.

One of us?

Oh, my God, Ted, what's he talking about? Shut up, Adrian.

We don't know anything.

Well, wait a minute. They seem to know more than we do. And Ted, I'm not going

to take any fall for murder.

Hold it. Now, Ted didn't kill Kenji. Who killed him?

Answer my question. That's enough.

I asked you a question. Who killed him? Listen again.

Move. You two.

Move.

Move. Move. Move.

Give me the gun.

Give me the gun.

It's not going to do you any good. You won't get 10 feet from this house.

He's right. Surely give it to me. No. You don't make this. decision any more

than you've made the others. If it hadn't been for me, none of this would

have happened. Surely it's over.

Jack!

Get over here.

Here. Have HPD search the rest of the house. Book them. Murder one. All of

them.

That's very clever.

But that's been your trouble from the very beginning. You think you're smarter

than anyone else.

Get them out of here.

Let's go.

All those bright kids.

Yeah, but brilliance like jewels can be flawed, Dano.

Pity, huh?

What might have been?

Let's go.

Thank you.