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Higgins! Higgins!

Zeus, Apollo, sit.

You do realize that eating in bed leads to insomnia?

I sleep just fine. And it attracts insects.

I'm not afraid of ants and roaches. These hounds of hell on the other hand.

Zeus, Apollo, outside.

Roll over.

Good boy.

Do we really have to do this now?

Well, roaches and ants may not bother you, Magnum, but they bother me.

It's bad enough that you're sleeping out here.

It's not my fault the guest house is full of termite damage. This house has

eight bedrooms, and yet you choose to sleep on a sofa in the common area.

It's really comfy out here.

I give up.

There is just no point trying to reason with a toddler.

Oh, and a package came for you this morning. It's in the study.

And for the love of God, put some trousers on.

Usually, when a lawyer wants to reach you, it's bad news.

But if he's reaching out on behalf of a potential client, that could mean a job.

That's a lot of cash.

$10,000?

Why on earth would anyone send so much?

I don't know, but this came with it. You mind if I use the laptop?

Sure. That'll be $50.

Are you seriously going to charge me?

You promised to purchase your own laptop months ago, and it still hasn't

happened. As such, now every time you want to use my laptop, the charge is

$50. That's a little extreme.

That is my price. Either you can get your own, or you can, as you yanks are

so fond of saying, make it rain.

You have any change?

Just keep it. Thank you.

No doubt you'll need to borrow my laptop again in the future.

By the way, you still owe me for the repairs on the Ferrari.

I know.

Mr. Magnum, hello.

My name is Larry Hayes.

You don't know me, but I'm reaching out to you for help. I've tried everything.

No one will listen, no one will believe me.

At first I thought I was just being followed, being watched.

But it's clear now that it's much more serious than that.

Someone's after me, Mr. Magnum.

They want to hurt me.

I know it.

And if you're watching this now, I'm hiring you to solve my murder.

Careful with that.

And watch where you're walking.

Auntie, please. We're trained pest management professionals.

Who are about to pump this place full of poison. Look around.

We have valuable artifacts in here. Plus, we have animals on the property. I

need more than just your word that everything will be okay.

Knock, knock.

Seems to be the problem.

Rick, did these guys come through you?

Yeah, Higgy asked me to help out with Thomas' termite issues that he's having,

so I called my buddy. Dennis Sterling.

Twila.

You guys know each other. We went to high school together.

Haven't seen each other in, what, 15 years? Ah, give or take.

Okay, looks like you kids have some catching up to do. You still look the

same, though. Oh, stop.

Okay, go on.

What's the holdup?

I'm concerned about your chemicals. You don't have to worry. There's no residue,

and as long as we aerate and do a clearance test, this process is

perfectly safe.

But to be careful, these gentlemen will carefully remove whatever items you want

and put them in the garage.

Guys, Quela's in charge.

Nothing happens until she gives the green light.

Mahalo, Dennis.

Well, looks like my work here is done.

Um, you know, since you guys have to clear everything out of here, I'm going

to go ahead and take this. You know, if Magnum asks, just tell him it's for the

bajillion favors that he owes me for.

Mahalo.

I'm sorry to be so difficult.

You still haven't changed.

You still have that fire in you.

So listen, I have to head over to another job site, but I will be back to

check on everything.

Sounds good.

Okay.

Okay, boys.

Let's do this.

I've tried everything.

No one will listen. No one will believe me.

At first I thought I was just being followed, being watched.

But it's clear now that it's much more serious than that.

Any answers?

Yeah, I just spoke to the law firm that sent this. They handled Larry's mother's

affairs after her death.

They hadn't heard from Larry until last week when he asked them to send me this

envelope in the event of his death, which apparently happened 12 hours ago.

It was a car accident.

Well, that's a little curious.

It's more than a little curious. I mean, this guy's convinced somebody's after

him, and then he ends up dead. I mean, there's got to be a connection there.

One thing I don't understand is why Mr. Hayes hired you to investigate his

murder specifically.

Because I'm good.

Debatable.

I'm leaving.

Seriously. I mean, I can understand someone wanting to engage your services

if the only compensation they could offer was...

I don't know, live poultry.

But it appears money was no object.

Surely Mr. Hayes could have hired someone more reputable.

But he chose you.

Why? I don't know.

But he did, so I'm obliged to look into this.

Magnum, you know that twice as many people die in car accidents as

homicides. I'm not saying I'm not intrigued by all this, but have you

considered the possibility that it is just a coincidence?

Like any good detective, I don't believe in coincidences.

I still don't really know why I'm here. My assistant said that you had

information about my brother?

Yes. I know this may sound strange, Katrina, but your brother hired me to

solve his murder.

I'm sorry.

Uh, this morning I received a video he made for me. He thought somebody would

have to kill him.

Are you saying that what happened wasn't an accident?

Well, we're not saying that, but...

The timing of it is suspicious.

I can't believe this.

Last week, Larry said that

he thought someone was watching him.

He wouldn't leave his apartment.

The only reason he left yesterday was because he felt sick and he needed to

see the doctor.

I thought he was being paranoid.

That he was having delusions again.

What do you mean?

Larry was schizophrenic.

If he was off his meds, he would sometimes see things, hear things.

You don't think that this time it could have been for real?

Well, we won't know for sure until we look into this.

You have to, please.

What if he was right all along and I just didn't believe him? Let's not get

ahead of ourselves.

At this point, it's very likely that it was just a car accident.

And if it wasn't?

Well, if it wasn't, then we'll do what Larry hired us to do in the first place.

We'll solve his murder.

Okay. According to the police report, Larry lost control here and then slid

off into the ravine.

Does that furrowed brow constitute a conflicting thought?

Or the need for a potty break?

I'm thinking maybe someone forced him off the road.

Perhaps, but it's a single lane going in one direction, so that would have been

difficult.

Plus, there's only one set of skid marks. All signs point to it being an

accident.

How did somebody tamper with the car?

And how do you intend to find that out?

The police must have impounded the car by now.

Really appreciate this, Mikey.

Car's in the back.

Only got an hour. Does that buy you enough time? Please.

This will take 30 minutes, Tops.

Don't hold your breath on Magnum reimbursing you for that 100, by the

way. What are you talking about? He promised he was going to pay me back.

When will you learn, man?

Thomas never has more than 40 bucks to his name.

Welcome to the club, Shane.

What club is that?

The Do Free Favors for Thomas Magnum Club. Working for me, you get an

honorary membership.

Lucky me. I'm not worried about the money.

Because I know this client paid him 10 stacks just to take the case, so he's

got no excuse not to pay up. Hold up, 10,000?

Mm-hmm.

Thomas ain't mention that.

Yeah, probably because he knows you're going to want him to reimburse you for

all that fuel costs have been stacking up helping him out with his cases.

That's what I'm thinking.

Damn. Is this it?

Yeah, that's the one.

You up, doctor?

I really thought I had a shot at being prom king that year. Not with that beige

tux you did. Oh, wait a minute now. It was pale gold, and I only wore it to

match Kalaya's dress.

Oh, look, there she is.

How's she doing?

I actually would divorce now.

Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know.

Well, it's pretty recent.

Still can't bring myself to take this thing off.

Hey, do you remember those parties I used to throw when my parents were on

the mainland?

How could I forget?

Well, I have moved back into that house since they passed away, and whenever I'm

on the lanai, I think about those days.

I had the biggest crush on you.

Oh, stop.

You loved all the ladies.

I'm embarrassed by the way I used to be.

Well, you certainly have changed a lot.

Thank you.

Listen, you think you might want to, I don't know,

get together sometime?

Oh, no.

I couldn't.

It's just a...

My husband was the love of my life. I haven't even thought about dating anyone

since he passed.

I understand.

Tell you what, it's an open invitation.

I would really just love to reconnect.

I mean that.

I'll think about it.

Well, I better get going.

Thanks for the coffee.

Listen, you can hang on to this, and I will pick it up when I come back to get

the tent.

Okay.

Are you sure?

Dude, I ran a full diagnostic on this thing. It's clean.

Steering, brakes, tires, everything?

They all check out. Nothing was tampered with.

Okay, well, thanks for checking it out for me, Shammy. Appreciate it.

I'll talk to you guys later. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hold on, Thomas. One more thing.

Heard about your big payday. Got me thinking.

Maybe it's time for you to finally pay me back for all that free flying I do

for you anytime you have a case.

You want to charge me for that?

It's $450 to fill up my tank.

Of course I want to charge you. Yeah, but I thought you enjoyed it.

Why would you think that? I don't know. Rick likes helping me out with cases.

No, no, Rick doesn't, in fact. Rick thinks that Thomas is taking advantage

of their friendship.

All right, I hear you. T.C., send me a bill.

Check the mail, bro.

I mean, jeez, you come into a lot of money and suddenly everyone's got their

hand down.

I liked it better when I was broke.

Rick enjoys it. Give me a break.

Right? I'm out of here.

So, it appears as if your client, Mr. Hayes' demise, was indeed a tragic

accident. It wasn't a homicide.

Yeah, maybe.

You're still not convinced?

Not really. There's still one thing I want to check out.

Hola! Not a good time, Magnum.

She always says that. And I always mean it, except this time, I really mean it

because I have a double homicide on deck.

Look, this isn't going to take long. This is Dr.

Noelani Kuna, the best medical examiner on the island, and this is Juliette

Higgins, major domo of Robin's Nest.

Russia. So you're the one that has to deal with this guy all the time? Sadly,

yes. That can't be easy.

Are you really having this conversation in front of me? It's dreadful. You poor

thing. Okay, that's enough. Look, I have a question. What can you tell me about

Larry Hayes? What do you want to know?

How did he die?

Well, his car went off an incline, so he suffered multiple fractures, so chances

are blunt force trauma had something to do with it. Okay, well, that's obvious.

Dig a little deeper, though. I'm thinking there may have been foul play

involved. So you're right about now is where Magnum tries to bribe me with

food, except this time I'm going to preemptively decline.

Okay.

How about a donation to Home for Hawaii?

Whatever spare change you have in your pocket won't be enough to get me to do

this favor.

How about a more sizable donation?

Say, uh... 75 bucks.

It's pretty generous.

I was thinking more like a thousand dollars.

Magnum's actually pretty flush at the moment.

Magnum? That can't be true.

No, I can assure you, he's quite liquid.

So, a thousand dollars?

Anything for charity.

Brilliant. Okay.

I'll look into it. Keep your phone on.

Juliet, it was great meeting you.

Girls' night sometime?

I'd love to.

She's great.

You know, at this rate, I'm not going to have any of Larry's money left over.

Not my problem.

So what now? I'm going to go check out Larry's apartment.

You are welcome to stay here if you want. I missed the opportunity of seeing

you arrested for B&E.

Not a chance.

That's not going to happen.

Yeah, good afternoon, ma'am. I'm Lieutenant Thomas Magnum with HPD. This

is my associate, Juliet Higgins. I need to talk to you about one of your

tenants, Larry Hayes.

Come in.

See? No B&A. You do realize that impersonating a police officer is a much

more serious crime?

It's not a real badge.

Yes, you have made that moronic point before.

You're ruining the moment.

If you need anything else, Lieutenant...

Just let me know. Thank you, Caroline. I'll be sure to tell the captain how

helpful you were.

Looks like Mary was pretty serious about home security.

Makes sense.

He thought someone wanted to kill him.

Discover something, Detective?

Lieutenant. And, yeah, this receipt's dated from yesterday. 14 hours ago, to

be exact.

Must have been Lowe's last meal.

Not a bad choice, either. Been to that place. It's delicious.

Oh, roaches. How lovely.

You do realize Robin's Nest is going to be crawling with these things if you

don't stop munching in the living room, just saying.

Yeah, yeah.

Looks like...

Harry was staying up on his medication.

Magnum, look.

Lieutenant Magnum, what do you think you're going to do now?

I don't know. I spent most of my adult life trying to help people and trying to

be of service.

I guess it's part of who I am, part of who we all are.

I think it'd be nice to be able to find some way to keep doing that.

Help people in need who maybe have nobody to turn to.

Well, it seems like Larry was an admirer of yours.

At least we know now why he reached out to you.

Oh, Lonnie, what do you got?

Hey, I found traces of aconitine in Larry Hayes' system. Even a small amount

can cause shortness of breath, nausea, and then finally cardiac arrest, which

is exactly what happened to Mr. Hayes.

He was dead before his car went off the road.

You were right.

More like Larry was right.

It was murder.

None of this makes any sense.

My brother was a good person.

He was kind and he was sweet.

That's why we're trying to help.

Yeah.

I made a promise to my mother before she died that I would look after Larry.

I worked as hard as I could just to support the both of us. I thought I was

helping him, but maybe if I had focused less on work and more on him, I would

have listened better. I wouldn't have dismissed his fears as symptoms.

If I had just believed him, I could have done something to stop. Don't do this to

yourself.

Someone is responsible for this, but it's not you.

Excuse me.

Katsumoto. Katrina, this is Detective Gordon Katsumoto.

I'm with HPD, ma'am. I'm very sorry for your loss.

Thank you.

I need to ask you some questions, but first I need a word with Mr. Magnum,

Miss Higgins.

You know, just when I was starting to think, maybe Magnum's not such a bad

guy. You go and keep me in the dark about a homicide.

Instead, I have to find out from the M.E. We were going to tell you. We just

thought Katrina should know first.

Look, Detective, I don't see any reason why we can't all work together on this.

Oh, you don't? How about out of the three of us, I'm the only one with a

badge. Now, you two want to investigate a homicide on this island? Great.

graduate from the academy, spend five years in uniform, pass the exam, and get

your shields. But until that day comes, you need to back off. The only reason

there's a homicide to investigate is because of you, yes. And the only reason

you got this far is by breaking the law.

Now, you're lucky we're not charging you. Now, go.

Look at it this way. You proved your client was right, and now HPD are going

to investigate.

And let's face it, $10,000 for one day's work is not bad.

Maybe you could take some of that cash and use it to get a hotel room until the

house is fumigated. That way you can eat in bed as much as you like.

What?

Cockroaches. I'm sorry?

So there's three ways Larry could have been poisoned.

Injection, skin contact, or he could have ingested.

Okay, and?

Well, Katrina said Larry was so scared somebody was after him he wouldn't leave

his apartment for over a week, right? So if somebody's stuck in their home, how

would you get to them?

Poison the food being delivered there.

Exactly. What do cockroaches go after? What you said earlier about the crumbs.

What if those dead cockroaches in Larry's apartment ate his leftover food

and that's why they died?

Certainly seems plausible.

We need to find whoever delivered Larry his last meal.

Katsumoto told us to back off.

Back off when my client tells me to back off.

Hey!

Oh, what are you doing back here?

Higgins asked me to come check in on Dennis' crew while she's helping out

Thomas with something.

Hey, how crazy is it that you guys went to high school together?

I guess it's a pretty small island, but... You okay?

Dennis asked me out.

Really? Wow, that's exciting.

What? Nothing.

It's just... I've been thinking about it, and I just don't think I'm ready for

that.

How long has it been? Since my husband died?

Almost four years.

Kumu, don't take this the wrong way, but you're still pretty young.

Why would I take that the wrong way? Let me finish.

I'm saying you're still pretty young. You got a lot of years left on this

earth. You really want to spend all that time being alone?

I mean, look, it's not like the guy proposed or anything.

He just asked you on a date. You should go, you know? Let your hair down.

You deserve it.

Thank you so much, my association. I really appreciate it.

So the delivery guy didn't recognize the photo of Larry that I sent.

So he didn't give the food to Larry, but he handed it to someone who was waiting

outside the building.

So Larry's killer intercepts the delivery, poisons it, and pretends to be

the delivery guy. We have to go and get Larry's last meal so the lab can test

it.

Only got one pair of these, so make sure you don't leave any prints.

It was a covert operative, Michael. You don't need to teach me how to be

invisible. What?

Hey!

Go that way! Come on!

Are you kidding me?

That man already killed Larry. Why would he come back here?

Higgins, there's a hole here behind where the fridge was.

It's empty.

If it was in here, he must have gotten it out just before we arrived.

So that's what all this was about, then?

Larry was murdered so that the killer could get into his apartment and break

through the wall?

Yeah, it looks like it.

But why now?

Yeah, good afternoon, ma'am. I'm Lieutenant Thomas Magnum with HPD.

Demolition notice posted at the front of the building.

The building's about to be torn down.

It would explain the urgency to get inside.

Stay right there. Don't move.

It's okay.

You can put them down.

I know these two.

What the hell are you doing here?

Larry's sister pays the rent on this place, okay? We had permission.

What's with the hole in the wall?

That was already here when we got here.

According to the ME, Mr. Hayes ingested the poison before he got behind the

wheel. That makes this the primary crime scene. You need to leave so we can get

CSUN here to process.

Okay.

No problem.

Katsumoto isn't going to be pleased when he finds out you're keeping him in the

dark again.

It's the only way we're going to stay in the case.

What's the next move?

We've got to find out who the tenants were that lived there before Larry.

Maybe they can tell us what was hidden inside the wall.

I don't think she appreciated your little deception earlier.

Larry was someone I cared about, and you lied to me.

And I'm sorry about that. Look, the truth is, I'm a private detective.

Larry hired me, and I just... I need a list of people who lived in his

apartment before he did.

Here.

It's good.

Caroline?

I don't know what the police told you, but Larry didn't perish in a car

accident. He was murdered.

Now, I know that Magnum's ethics can sometimes be questionable, but you

should know that he never gives up on a client, and he will do whatever he feels

he must in order to solve a case.

Now, you don't have to forgive him, but by helping him, you would be getting

justice for Larry.

Okay. I'll get you that list.

May I help you?

Kalea Upolu?

It's Kalea Sterling now.

Do I know you?

It's Twila Twileta from Kukuihai.

Hi.

Oh, wow. It's been a long time.

What are you doing here?

Oh, I just stopped by because your husband, Dennis, is

fumigating where I work. And I just wanted to tell him everything is going

well.

He was right.

I had nothing to worry about.

Good.

I'll be sure to tell him.

Are you okay?

Yes, I'm fine.

Just give him the message.

Nice seeing you again.

You too.

By the way, you look great.

You should start by looking into previous tenants with the criminal

record.

Done.

There are two. One of whom is deceased, the other of whom is currently in

prison.

Randy Hamaka, who was arrested two years ago under an assault charge. I heard of

this guy. He used to run all the criminal activity on the Waianae coast.

If he's still in prison, there's no way he's the same man we ran into in our

apartment. No, but he could know what was in the wall and who may be coming

after it.

Look, whatever was hidden in that wall was worth killing over, which tells me

it was probably valuable.

If you say so.

When do you get out?

Two months, right?

Yeah. So?

So tell me what was in the wall, and maybe I can help you get it back.

Look, Randy, I'm not a cop.

Okay, so I don't care what was inside the wall.

Stolen goods or whatever. I just want to find the guy who has it.

Oh, you're going to have to do that without me, because like I said...

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

And if I wanted to hide something, I'm not sticking it in no kitchen wall.

Good talk.

So is he in on it? Up to his eyes, but he's plain dumb.

Well, actually, he's not plain dumb.

Straight up dumb, because I said there was something hidden in one of the

walls, I didn't tell him which room, and somehow he knew I was talking about the

kitchen.

We have to find out who Randy's been in contact with on the outside. He might

have sent someone to Larry's apartment.

Yeah, that's gonna mean accessing prisoner phone records and visitor logs.

You think you can manage that?

Child's play.

Magnum? Don't ask how, but we found a suspect.

Who?

Ex-con named Jason Colfax. He's an accomplished thief who's recently been

in contact with a prisoner at Halava who used to live in Larry's apartment.

I'm sending you his photo now.

We'd seen Colfax poking around Larry's apartment earlier.

Pinged his phone.

He's in Honolulu Harbor right now. I'm thinking he might be trying to get off

the island.

Okay.

We'll meet you there.

But wait for us. Of course.

Magnum.

Looks like he's in the mill.

You're hurting me. Would you prefer a bullet?

My friend has 16 of them.

Well done.

Who are you guys?

Larry Hayes hired me. You remember him, right?

The man you poisoned to death?

I didn't mean for that to happen. I was just trying to get him sick enough so he

can leave his apartment.

Did Randy Hamaka send you there?

Yeah. Why?

What was in the wall?

I'm glad. I'm going to check it out.

Katsumoto? No, not Katsumoto.

Three men, all armed.

Your friends?

No. Randy must have sent them. I got word to him about everything that

happened and I told him where I was so he could help me off the island. Well,

he looks like he wants to silence you.

Get you out of here, but you have to work with us. Did you scope the ins and

outs of this place? Yeah, there's only one in there coming through it.

Then we'll have to cat and mouse it out of here.

Go, go!

See you soon.

What did Jason say?

Randy told him to break open the wall behind the fridge and remove what was

inside, but when he did, he didn't find anything.

You're saying this guy Larry was murdered for something that wasn't even

there?

Looks that way.

Unless Jason was looking in the wrong place.

Some of the apartments got remodeled a few years ago and things got moved

around. This is where the kitchen used to be and that's where the fridge was.

We ran ballistics on the gun we found in your old place.

Got a match to a pair of unsolved murders from eight years ago, both gang

-related hits.

But until now, HPD hadn't found a weapon or the person who pulled the trigger.

You knew they'd find the gun in your old apartment when they tore it down next

month, so you had Jason Koufax go recover it. Problem is, the man who

lived in the apartment wouldn't leave, so Jason had to get creative.

Tried to poison the guy just enough to get him to leave. Unfortunately for both

of you, he went too far.

You're so close to getting out, Randy.

Now you're not going anywhere.

Show your time in prison.

On any other day, solving two murders would feel good.

The trouble is, for that to happen, one man had to die.

All because some guy was dumb enough to hide a gun in the wall.

I know it doesn't make it hurt any less, but if it wasn't for Larry...

The families of those two victims never would have got justice.

We hope that will give you some small measure of solace.

It does.

Thank you.

And thank you, both of you, for believing in Larry.

He's married. He's married? You kidding me? Men are such dogs.

Damn right.

You know what? When we're done here, I'm going to go over there and have a talk

with that guy. I'm going with you.

Don't you dare, either of you. You're not at least a little bit upset?

Maybe a little.

On the other hand, it felt good to get all dolled up.

And it made me realize that I need to put myself out there. Maybe it's time.

Can't we just key his car at least? Please don't.

Then I'll have to cite you for vandalism.

Which reminds me, you'll be getting a citation of your own in the mail in the

next day or so.

For what?

You can't go around impersonating a cop, Lieutenant.

Found out about that, huh?

Just be thankful you're getting off with only a fine. I'll also be needing that

phony badge of yours.

At least you still have all that money from your case.

Uh, that's not entirely true.

How come?

You sure as hell ain't giving any to me. Or me.

I felt bad for taking all that money.

I mean, my daily rate's only 550 bucks.

So I took what I needed and donated the rest of Holmes for Hawaii and Larry's

name. You mean after you put aside the money that you promised to reimburse us?

Well, I think that's a no.

It's not cool, Thomas.

What do you want me to do? You want me to get the money back? Because I can get

it back.

Nah. Then we would be the bad guys. See, this is exactly what we're talking

about. You always taking advantage.

Katsumoto, back me up here.

Yeah, he's right, Magnum. I gotta say, it's getting a little old.

Okay.

I'm not gonna ask anybody for any more favors.

How long do you think that will last?

They do have a good point, Magnum.

You have a terrible habit of exploiting your friends.

Although, to be fair, you do also possess some admirable qualities.

I'm listening.

Case in point, I was skeptical at first, but you always had faith in your client.

And were it not for your pig-headed persistence and sense of mission, this

case would never have been solved. So you deserve a little credit.

Well, thank you, Juliet.

You're welcome.

Oh, and I wasn't going to pile it on just then, but I do still expect you to

repay me for the repairable nerve Ferrari.

I was really hoping you'd forgot about that.

Sorry. No such luck.