1 00:00:01,501 --> 00:00:04,571 Previously on Hawaii Five-O... Michelle Shioma’s 20 million. 2 00:00:04,571 --> 00:00:06,206 You’re gonna get it and hand it over. 3 00:00:06,206 --> 00:00:07,875 ADAM: Jessie, this is Mr. Kimura. 4 00:00:07,875 --> 00:00:09,276 He’s an old friend of my father’s. 5 00:00:09,276 --> 00:00:10,577 What the hell is this place? 6 00:00:10,577 --> 00:00:12,813 It’s sort of an unofficial bank for the Yakuza. 7 00:00:12,813 --> 00:00:14,681 I need to make a withdrawal. 8 00:00:15,949 --> 00:00:18,285 We just had a body wash up on Kaalawai Beach. 9 00:00:18,285 --> 00:00:20,587 It’s Noriko, Adam’s sister. 10 00:00:20,587 --> 00:00:22,289 TANI: Adam just saved 11 00:00:22,289 --> 00:00:24,892 my brother’s life. I’m supposed to repay him by turning him in? 12 00:00:24,892 --> 00:00:27,127 You’re a cop, and you took an oath. 13 00:00:27,127 --> 00:00:29,563 If Adam killed his sister, you need to do the right thing. 14 00:00:29,563 --> 00:00:30,664 Why’d you put that at my house? 15 00:00:30,664 --> 00:00:32,165 TANI: I didn’t, Adam. 16 00:00:32,165 --> 00:00:33,700 I found it there when you were away. 17 00:00:33,700 --> 00:00:35,402 You’re telling me it’s sheer coincidence 18 00:00:35,402 --> 00:00:37,504 that a gun I’ve never seen before 19 00:00:37,504 --> 00:00:39,673 turns up in my drawer right after you’ve been there? 20 00:00:39,673 --> 00:00:41,208 Let’s go, guys. And then three hours later, 21 00:00:41,208 --> 00:00:43,043 HPD shows up with a search warrant? 22 00:00:43,043 --> 00:00:44,278 But if you didn’t plant the gun 23 00:00:44,278 --> 00:00:47,981 and you didn’t tip the cops, who the hell did? 24 00:01:08,568 --> 00:01:10,170 MASUDA: Mr. Kimura. 25 00:01:10,170 --> 00:01:14,041 We called you here to relieve you of your duties. 26 00:01:14,041 --> 00:01:17,444 You will no longer serve as our banker. 27 00:01:17,444 --> 00:01:20,414 Masuda-san, may I ask why? 28 00:01:20,414 --> 00:01:22,449 Noriko Noshimuri. 29 00:01:23,550 --> 00:01:25,252 You had her killed 30 00:01:25,252 --> 00:01:28,956 and attempted to frame Adam Noshimuri, did you not? 31 00:01:28,956 --> 00:01:31,024 You are meant to be a ghost. 32 00:01:31,024 --> 00:01:33,093 To move among the shadows. 33 00:01:33,093 --> 00:01:35,896 Instead these rash actions have drawn 34 00:01:35,896 --> 00:01:38,098 unwelcome attention to us all. 35 00:01:40,100 --> 00:01:41,802 M-Masuda-san... 36 00:01:41,802 --> 00:01:45,205 I-I was protecting your interests. 37 00:01:45,205 --> 00:01:49,309 Adam Noshimuri was withdrawing money 38 00:01:49,309 --> 00:01:52,980 that was paying his father’s debt to you. 39 00:01:52,980 --> 00:01:55,983 Some things are worth more than money. 40 00:01:55,983 --> 00:01:58,719 We are sometimes allies, 41 00:01:58,719 --> 00:02:00,087 sometimes rivals. 42 00:02:00,087 --> 00:02:02,255 To function as our banker, 43 00:02:02,255 --> 00:02:05,192 your neutrality and honor must be unquestioned. 44 00:02:05,192 --> 00:02:07,027 When you act 45 00:02:07,027 --> 00:02:10,530 against any one of us, you betray us all. 46 00:02:11,465 --> 00:02:14,167 Now, in recognition 47 00:02:14,167 --> 00:02:18,105 of your years of service, we offer a choice. 48 00:02:20,540 --> 00:02:22,809 Yakuza justice... 49 00:02:25,012 --> 00:02:27,080 ...or Five-O justice. 50 00:02:30,183 --> 00:02:32,452 Hello, Mr. Kimura. 51 00:02:49,202 --> 00:02:51,004 (tightens zip tie) 52 00:03:03,850 --> 00:03:07,254 MAN: It’s 1:35 a.m. I’m here at Wai’alae Beach Community Park, 53 00:03:07,254 --> 00:03:09,790 where we’ve had reports of drug activity. 54 00:03:09,790 --> 00:03:11,958 Looks like we got something here. 55 00:03:15,028 --> 00:03:18,065 I now have video evidence of a drug transaction. 56 00:03:18,065 --> 00:03:19,499 I’m moving in. 57 00:03:33,313 --> 00:03:35,148 Yo, are you filming me? 58 00:03:35,148 --> 00:03:36,783 On your knees. I’m making a citizen’s arrest. 59 00:03:36,783 --> 00:03:37,984 Turn that off. 60 00:03:37,984 --> 00:03:39,986 (grunting) 61 00:03:41,521 --> 00:03:44,057 (gunshots) 62 00:04:06,346 --> 00:04:07,981 (panting) 63 00:04:22,729 --> 00:04:25,065 Okay, you saw what just happened. 64 00:04:25,065 --> 00:04:26,967 He pulled a gun on me. 65 00:04:26,967 --> 00:04:29,536 I’m gonna need to wait here for the police to file a report 66 00:04:29,536 --> 00:04:31,371 and turn over the firearm. 67 00:04:31,371 --> 00:04:33,707 Hopefully they can ID our perp 68 00:04:33,707 --> 00:04:37,010 and track him down. 69 00:04:37,010 --> 00:04:38,945 In the meantime... 70 00:04:42,015 --> 00:04:44,951 ...let’s take a look and see what we got here. 71 00:04:49,389 --> 00:04:51,458 Looks like about a dozen bags of methamphetamine. 72 00:04:51,458 --> 00:04:53,760 Not a bad night’s work. 73 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:55,996 The good people of Hawaii can sleep safer tonight 74 00:04:55,996 --> 00:04:56,997 knowing that these drugs are... (tires squealing) 75 00:04:58,298 --> 00:05:01,635 (grunting) 76 00:05:03,737 --> 00:05:04,905 Please, no. No! 77 00:05:04,905 --> 00:05:06,006 (gunshots) 78 00:05:06,006 --> 00:05:09,209 (Hawaii Five-O theme song playing) 79 00:05:37,571 --> 00:05:39,639 ♪ ♪ 80 00:05:44,311 --> 00:05:46,313 (camera clicking) 81 00:05:46,313 --> 00:05:48,615 LUKELA: Victim is Gene Wahale. 82 00:05:48,615 --> 00:05:50,617 He’s a self-proclaimed vigilante. 83 00:05:50,617 --> 00:05:52,118 Calls himself the Night Sentinel. 84 00:05:52,118 --> 00:05:54,521 He liked to go around the island 85 00:05:54,521 --> 00:05:56,857 making videos of himself confronting criminals. Please, no. No! 86 00:05:58,959 --> 00:06:00,727 Well, shooter’s wearing a mask. 87 00:06:00,727 --> 00:06:03,029 Camera didn’t get the vehicle’s plates. 88 00:06:03,029 --> 00:06:04,965 All right, let’s put out a BOLO, Duke, 89 00:06:04,965 --> 00:06:08,668 for a gray sedan with some front end damage. 90 00:06:08,668 --> 00:06:09,970 All right, I’ll take a shot. 91 00:06:09,970 --> 00:06:12,138 Uh, say our dealer had somebody 92 00:06:12,138 --> 00:06:15,242 posted up like a lookout. He sees the altercation, 93 00:06:15,242 --> 00:06:17,477 gets in his car, runs the guy over. 94 00:06:17,477 --> 00:06:18,879 LUKELA: One problem with that. 95 00:06:18,879 --> 00:06:21,214 The dealer’s backpack is still here. Let me see. 96 00:06:21,214 --> 00:06:22,315 Over there. 97 00:06:22,315 --> 00:06:23,583 There’s over five grand 98 00:06:23,583 --> 00:06:24,784 in cash and drugs still in it. 99 00:06:26,820 --> 00:06:28,421 Sounds like this isn’t connected to the murder. 100 00:06:29,789 --> 00:06:32,325 Looks to me like maybe somebody trailed our vic here. 101 00:06:32,325 --> 00:06:34,327 Waited, saw this confrontation, 102 00:06:34,327 --> 00:06:35,895 saw it as the perfect opportunity. 103 00:06:35,895 --> 00:06:37,697 Took him out. 104 00:06:37,697 --> 00:06:40,900 As tragic as this is, it’s hardly surprising. 105 00:06:40,900 --> 00:06:44,070 GROVER: Yeah. Guys like this try to be heroes. 106 00:06:44,070 --> 00:06:46,539 They jump into situations they’re not trained for. 107 00:06:46,539 --> 00:06:49,175 They put themselves and the public at risk. 108 00:06:49,175 --> 00:06:52,379 They should just leave law enforcement to professionals. 109 00:06:52,379 --> 00:06:53,780 DANNY: I agree. You know, you see 110 00:06:53,780 --> 00:06:55,749 a couple Batman movies, doesn’t make you a superhero. 111 00:06:55,749 --> 00:06:57,083 Right? Let alone a cop. 112 00:06:57,083 --> 00:06:57,984 Right, right. 113 00:07:00,086 --> 00:07:01,955 Thanks, Duke. 114 00:07:10,063 --> 00:07:12,065 GROVER: Jer. 115 00:07:12,065 --> 00:07:14,200 What are you doing here? 116 00:07:16,269 --> 00:07:19,939 I met him once... when he was on patrol. 117 00:07:19,939 --> 00:07:22,742 I got a picture. You want to see? 118 00:07:22,742 --> 00:07:24,010 Sure. 119 00:07:24,010 --> 00:07:25,912 (phone beeps) 120 00:07:28,715 --> 00:07:30,750 (Jerry sighs) 121 00:07:30,750 --> 00:07:33,086 People say they want to make a difference in their communities, 122 00:07:33,086 --> 00:07:36,790 but Night Sentinel actually did something. 123 00:07:36,790 --> 00:07:38,558 Guy was fearless. 124 00:07:38,558 --> 00:07:40,327 Yeah, I mean, you know, you get involved 125 00:07:40,327 --> 00:07:41,728 in the kind of stuff he’s involved with, 126 00:07:41,728 --> 00:07:43,463 eventually you’re gonna make some enemies, right? 127 00:07:43,463 --> 00:07:45,098 Yeah, but the people that matter, 128 00:07:45,098 --> 00:07:47,300 the folks in these neighborhoods, 129 00:07:47,300 --> 00:07:49,602 they loved him. 130 00:07:49,602 --> 00:07:51,671 Made ’em feel safe. 131 00:07:51,671 --> 00:07:54,374 This park used to be a no-go zone. 132 00:07:54,374 --> 00:07:56,009 Now it’s, I don’t know, 133 00:07:56,009 --> 00:07:57,744 maybe the odd dealer. 134 00:07:57,744 --> 00:07:59,946 Night Sentinel was winning the war. 135 00:07:59,946 --> 00:08:01,815 Well, speaking of that, uh, Jerry, 136 00:08:01,815 --> 00:08:05,452 how long was this war going on? 137 00:08:05,452 --> 00:08:06,486 THIEF: Come on, give me your wallet. 138 00:08:06,486 --> 00:08:07,754 WOMAN: I don’t have anything, I swear. 139 00:08:07,754 --> 00:08:09,823 GENE: I’m making a citizen’s arrest. 140 00:08:09,823 --> 00:08:11,758 (grunts) 141 00:08:13,526 --> 00:08:15,628 It’s okay. It’s gonna be okay. 142 00:08:15,628 --> 00:08:18,298 These videos go back to 2015, 143 00:08:18,298 --> 00:08:20,567 when Night Sentinel first came on the scene. 144 00:08:20,567 --> 00:08:22,302 There’s over a hundred of them, 145 00:08:22,302 --> 00:08:24,838 and those are just the ones he deemed good enough to post. 146 00:08:24,838 --> 00:08:26,606 GROVER: According to HPD records, 147 00:08:26,606 --> 00:08:29,309 Gene Wahale made 37 citizen’s arrests. 148 00:08:29,309 --> 00:08:31,811 Everything from vandalism to armed robbery. 149 00:08:31,811 --> 00:08:33,847 This guy was a serious vigilante. 150 00:08:33,847 --> 00:08:35,348 His bread and butter seemed to be the drug trade. 151 00:08:35,348 --> 00:08:38,585 That accounts for two-thirds of his busts. 152 00:08:38,585 --> 00:08:41,221 That’s the other thing-- you take out enough dealers, 153 00:08:41,221 --> 00:08:43,823 you’re gonna seriously impact somebody’s distribution network. 154 00:08:43,823 --> 00:08:45,125 Now, that’s got to have consequences. 155 00:08:45,125 --> 00:08:47,093 Mm-hmm, and the comments on these videos 156 00:08:47,093 --> 00:08:48,661 seem to be making the same point. 157 00:08:48,661 --> 00:08:49,596 Check this out. 158 00:08:51,164 --> 00:08:54,567 I-I don’t know what that means. Can you help me, millennials? 159 00:08:54,567 --> 00:08:59,205 Okay, well, gangs now use emoji code to make threats. 160 00:08:59,205 --> 00:09:01,007 So, scissors means "I’m gonna cut you." 161 00:09:01,007 --> 00:09:02,809 And then look at this one. 162 00:09:02,809 --> 00:09:05,045 Skull, right arrow, 163 00:09:05,045 --> 00:09:06,146 fire emoji? 164 00:09:06,146 --> 00:09:07,046 "Die in a fire." 165 00:09:08,148 --> 00:09:09,949 And those are some of the nicer ones. 166 00:09:09,949 --> 00:09:12,585 Okay, clearly half the island’s criminals wanted this guy dead. 167 00:09:16,156 --> 00:09:17,791 STEVE: Why’d you post those threatening comments? 168 00:09:17,791 --> 00:09:19,492 NIKO: Sorry, guys, 169 00:09:19,492 --> 00:09:21,928 you can keep asking, it’s not gonna change my answer. 170 00:09:21,928 --> 00:09:23,530 Never heard of no Gene... 171 00:09:23,530 --> 00:09:25,632 STEVE: Wahale. Gene Wahale. 172 00:09:25,632 --> 00:09:28,468 Or Night Sentinel, as he liked to call himself 173 00:09:28,468 --> 00:09:30,603 when he was out making citizen’s arrests of local drug dealers. 174 00:09:30,603 --> 00:09:32,038 GROVER: Like your brother. 175 00:09:32,038 --> 00:09:34,574 He’s the guy who, uh, put him away for ten years. 176 00:09:34,574 --> 00:09:37,210 Any bells going off now? 177 00:09:37,210 --> 00:09:41,714 Sorry, still no idea what you’re talking about. 178 00:09:41,714 --> 00:09:43,083 Yeah, okay, Niko, how about this? 179 00:09:43,083 --> 00:09:45,151 I’m gonna give you a little tip, okay, for your life. 180 00:09:45,151 --> 00:09:47,554 If you ever manage to spend any substantial time 181 00:09:47,554 --> 00:09:50,290 outside of a prison, and you want to kill somebody, 182 00:09:50,290 --> 00:09:52,659 don’t tell them, don’t write it down, 183 00:09:52,659 --> 00:09:54,227 "I want to kill you," 184 00:09:54,227 --> 00:09:56,329 i-in the comments section of their page. Okay? 185 00:09:56,329 --> 00:09:58,398 GROVER: And remember, 186 00:09:58,398 --> 00:10:00,300 two Ls in "kill." 187 00:10:02,268 --> 00:10:05,839 Okay. Okay. 188 00:10:05,839 --> 00:10:07,974 Am I glad the freak’s dead? Sure. 189 00:10:07,974 --> 00:10:10,844 And, yes, I-I love my brother. 190 00:10:10,844 --> 00:10:13,179 But I’m not interested in becoming his cellmate. 191 00:10:13,179 --> 00:10:14,547 You expect us to believe 192 00:10:14,547 --> 00:10:17,784 that, uh, all that talk was just, what, idle threats? 193 00:10:17,784 --> 00:10:18,852 Is that it? 194 00:10:18,852 --> 00:10:20,920 Like I told the cops, 195 00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:22,622 last night I was at one of the island’s 196 00:10:22,622 --> 00:10:25,325 finest gentleman’s clubs till around 3:00 a.m. 197 00:10:25,325 --> 00:10:27,026 Dropped two Gs on my credit card. 198 00:10:27,026 --> 00:10:29,596 You can check that if you want. 199 00:10:29,596 --> 00:10:31,097 Hmm, maybe I’m not as dumb as I look, huh? 200 00:10:31,097 --> 00:10:32,532 GROVER: Yeah, ’cause 201 00:10:32,532 --> 00:10:34,300 nothing says genius like dropping two grand 202 00:10:34,300 --> 00:10:35,702 at a strip club. 203 00:10:35,702 --> 00:10:38,171 Doofus. 204 00:10:38,171 --> 00:10:40,273 So, Niko’s alibi at the club checked out. 205 00:10:40,273 --> 00:10:42,909 He’s not our guy. Well, of course not. 206 00:10:42,909 --> 00:10:45,678 Neither are the other 16 guys we’ve been looking into, 207 00:10:45,678 --> 00:10:47,847 and they were the most promising ones we had. 208 00:10:47,847 --> 00:10:49,649 We got a bunch more names on that list. 209 00:10:49,649 --> 00:10:52,919 True, but no one who’s been convicted and sentenced. 210 00:10:52,919 --> 00:10:55,221 Our guy was a thorn in the side of local hoods. 211 00:10:55,221 --> 00:10:56,556 But most of those cases 212 00:10:56,556 --> 00:10:58,324 are still tied up in the legal system, 213 00:10:58,324 --> 00:11:01,194 and a bunch of them have just fallen apart over due process. 214 00:11:01,194 --> 00:11:02,762 Evidence contamination, 215 00:11:02,762 --> 00:11:04,697 chain of custody, false imprisonment. 216 00:11:04,697 --> 00:11:06,166 Wait a minute. Hold on. 217 00:11:06,166 --> 00:11:07,901 If-if the guys that Night Sentinel had arrested 218 00:11:07,901 --> 00:11:09,936 are getting off light, it doesn’t make any sense 219 00:11:09,936 --> 00:11:12,539 that they’d be risking murder charges. 220 00:11:12,539 --> 00:11:15,008 Maybe this wasn’t retaliation for a bust after all. 221 00:11:15,008 --> 00:11:16,376 Okay, well, then what was it? 222 00:11:20,380 --> 00:11:22,849 TANI: Well, you know, at least you don’t have to keep looking 223 00:11:22,849 --> 00:11:24,317 over your shoulder everywhere you go now. 224 00:11:24,317 --> 00:11:27,687 It’s also not the worst way to start your career at Five-O. 225 00:11:27,687 --> 00:11:29,856 You know, bringing in Kimura on a murder charge. 226 00:11:29,856 --> 00:11:31,457 It was an easy arrest. 227 00:11:31,457 --> 00:11:33,326 Kimura knew that spending the rest of his life 228 00:11:33,326 --> 00:11:34,761 in a six-by-eight was far better 229 00:11:34,761 --> 00:11:36,629 than what the Yakuza would have done to him. 230 00:11:36,629 --> 00:11:37,864 True that. 231 00:11:37,864 --> 00:11:39,799 Hey, listen, Tani. 232 00:11:39,799 --> 00:11:42,435 Um, I want to thank you for... 233 00:11:42,435 --> 00:11:44,737 helping me get through all this. 234 00:11:44,737 --> 00:11:47,173 And for believing in me, 235 00:11:47,173 --> 00:11:49,309 even when it looked like maybe you shouldn’t. 236 00:11:51,144 --> 00:11:52,845 Yeah, well... 237 00:11:52,845 --> 00:11:54,981 after everything you did for Koa... 238 00:11:54,981 --> 00:11:57,584 it was the least I could do. 239 00:12:01,821 --> 00:12:02,956 Oh. Hey. 240 00:12:02,956 --> 00:12:04,824 JERRY: McGarrett asked me to meet you here. 241 00:12:04,824 --> 00:12:06,292 Thought you might need my nerd-fu. 242 00:12:06,292 --> 00:12:07,894 Your nerd-fu’s always welcome. 243 00:12:07,894 --> 00:12:09,862 Hi. You can let us in now. 244 00:12:15,602 --> 00:12:17,971 ♪ ♪ 245 00:12:17,971 --> 00:12:19,839 Wow. 246 00:12:19,839 --> 00:12:22,875 Either Gene Wahale was a total slob, or... 247 00:12:22,875 --> 00:12:24,978 Someone was in here looking for something. 248 00:12:24,978 --> 00:12:27,480 I’m gonna check out the back. 249 00:12:57,243 --> 00:13:00,346 Boy, that must be one of the last pictures Gene had with his parents. 250 00:13:00,346 --> 00:13:02,382 They were killed in a home invasion robbery 251 00:13:02,382 --> 00:13:03,650 when he was ten. 252 00:13:03,650 --> 00:13:05,618 Orphaned kid goes on to fight crime. 253 00:13:05,618 --> 00:13:08,021 That’s a classic superhero origin story. 254 00:13:08,021 --> 00:13:10,023 Except whoever tossed this place 255 00:13:10,023 --> 00:13:11,524 wasn’t interested in sentimental value. 256 00:13:11,524 --> 00:13:13,760 Or actual value. They left behind 257 00:13:13,760 --> 00:13:14,894 a first edition Martian Chronicles. 258 00:13:14,894 --> 00:13:16,429 That’s got to be worth a pretty penny. 259 00:13:16,429 --> 00:13:19,932 I also noticed an Xbox, some cash and a statue of Ultraman. 260 00:13:19,932 --> 00:13:21,868 That’s got to be worth a few hundred. You know Ultraman? 261 00:13:21,868 --> 00:13:24,003 (chuckles): Yeah. Every kid in Japan 262 00:13:24,003 --> 00:13:26,339 grew up wanting to be Ultraman. 263 00:13:26,339 --> 00:13:29,242 Susumu Kurobe was my Christopher Reeve. 264 00:13:29,242 --> 00:13:30,443 Cool. 265 00:13:30,443 --> 00:13:33,179 So our intruder wasn’t looking for an actual payday. 266 00:13:33,179 --> 00:13:35,181 They must have been looking for something specific. 267 00:13:35,181 --> 00:13:37,483 TANI: Guys, you want to come in here? 268 00:13:37,483 --> 00:13:39,752 What did you find? 269 00:13:39,752 --> 00:13:42,755 I got wires and plugs, 270 00:13:42,755 --> 00:13:44,957 but no computer or hard drive. 271 00:13:44,957 --> 00:13:46,426 Must be what was taken. 272 00:13:46,426 --> 00:13:49,529 Yeah, and I have an idea why. 273 00:13:49,529 --> 00:13:51,230 So, if what this guy put online 274 00:13:51,230 --> 00:13:53,166 was just a fraction of what he recorded, 275 00:13:53,166 --> 00:13:55,134 then that would mean that he’s sitting on 276 00:13:55,134 --> 00:13:57,470 hundreds and hundreds of hours of raw footage. 277 00:13:57,470 --> 00:13:59,372 Wahale spent his time documenting suspected criminals. 278 00:13:59,372 --> 00:14:01,708 Maybe he caught something on tape, 279 00:14:01,708 --> 00:14:02,742 possibly without realizing it, 280 00:14:02,742 --> 00:14:04,777 something that was a threat to someone. 281 00:14:04,777 --> 00:14:07,113 Yeah, well, here’s the thing. Gene wasn’t an amateur. 282 00:14:07,113 --> 00:14:08,614 These videos were his livelihood. 283 00:14:08,614 --> 00:14:10,149 So the drives may be gone, 284 00:14:10,149 --> 00:14:13,686 but I’m willing to bet he had an online backup. 285 00:14:13,686 --> 00:14:16,189 STEVE: Hey. I heard we got something. TANI: We do. 286 00:14:16,189 --> 00:14:17,824 Yeah, thanks to Jerry, we now have access 287 00:14:17,824 --> 00:14:19,726 to Gene Wahale’s online data storage. 288 00:14:19,726 --> 00:14:21,394 JERRY: It’s over three terabytes 289 00:14:21,394 --> 00:14:24,530 of data, but a couple things stood out immediately. 290 00:14:24,530 --> 00:14:25,865 First up... 291 00:14:25,865 --> 00:14:28,201 Hi. Hi. 292 00:14:28,201 --> 00:14:30,069 WOMAN: Hey, stop that. 293 00:14:30,069 --> 00:14:31,404 (man grunts) 294 00:14:31,404 --> 00:14:33,206 Crime’s the problem. 295 00:14:33,206 --> 00:14:34,540 I’m the solution. 296 00:14:35,641 --> 00:14:36,909 WOMAN: Who are you? Wow. 297 00:14:36,909 --> 00:14:38,478 I’m the Guardian. 298 00:14:38,478 --> 00:14:40,813 I guard. 299 00:14:40,813 --> 00:14:42,415 Okay, who is this idiot? 300 00:14:42,415 --> 00:14:47,253 Well, if Night Sentinel’s Oahu’s original vigilante hero... 301 00:14:47,253 --> 00:14:49,589 Guardian is the young upstart. 302 00:14:49,589 --> 00:14:51,591 He talked smack about Gene in his videos. 303 00:14:51,591 --> 00:14:53,626 Someone send a link to Night Sentinel, 304 00:14:53,626 --> 00:14:55,661 so he can see how it’s really done. 305 00:14:55,661 --> 00:14:56,729 He was always trying 306 00:14:56,729 --> 00:14:58,731 to drum up some kind of rivalry. 307 00:14:58,731 --> 00:15:01,300 So they had a beef? Well, none of the real fans 308 00:15:01,300 --> 00:15:02,635 actually took Guardian seriously. 309 00:15:02,635 --> 00:15:04,036 In fact, even Night Sentinel pretty much 310 00:15:04,036 --> 00:15:06,038 just ignored him. Well, he took him seriously enough 311 00:15:06,038 --> 00:15:08,708 to keep a file on the guy. Do you really think that this guy 312 00:15:08,708 --> 00:15:10,309 had something to do with killing our victim 313 00:15:10,309 --> 00:15:12,411 over who was a better superhero? No, but there’s 314 00:15:12,411 --> 00:15:14,614 real money at stake here-- both these guys were selling 315 00:15:14,614 --> 00:15:16,482 ad space on their YouTube channels, 316 00:15:16,482 --> 00:15:18,551 and that’s a solid stream of revenue, 317 00:15:18,551 --> 00:15:20,620 one that’s based on clicks and subscribers, 318 00:15:20,620 --> 00:15:22,989 and also, they’re in competition with each other. 319 00:15:22,989 --> 00:15:25,391 There you go. I mean, I can’t imagine this island 320 00:15:25,391 --> 00:15:27,360 is big enough to support more than one 321 00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:29,729 of these hometown heroes. ADAM: And then there’s this. 322 00:15:29,729 --> 00:15:32,365 It’s a recording of a threatening voice mail 323 00:15:32,365 --> 00:15:34,267 our victim received. 324 00:15:34,267 --> 00:15:36,302 (distorted): You’re not getting the message. 325 00:15:36,302 --> 00:15:39,138 Drop your investigation or pay the price. 326 00:15:39,138 --> 00:15:41,040 It sounds like my ex-mother-in-law. 327 00:15:41,040 --> 00:15:41,974 It sounds like a threat. 328 00:15:41,974 --> 00:15:43,342 Can we unscramble that? 329 00:15:43,342 --> 00:15:44,977 Crime lab’s working on it right now, 330 00:15:44,977 --> 00:15:46,379 but with digital voice distortion, 331 00:15:46,379 --> 00:15:48,247 it’s gonna be difficult. 332 00:15:48,247 --> 00:15:51,150 Okay, let’s just say that the Guardian left that message. 333 00:15:51,150 --> 00:15:53,386 Uh, I think what we need to focus on 334 00:15:53,386 --> 00:15:56,189 is what was it that he didn’t want the other guy to find out. 335 00:15:56,189 --> 00:15:58,624 I think I may have an idea. How do we find this guy? 336 00:15:58,624 --> 00:16:00,560 DANNY: I-I get... 337 00:16:00,560 --> 00:16:02,261 wanting to make a difference, okay? 338 00:16:02,261 --> 00:16:03,629 That’s why I became a cop. 339 00:16:03,629 --> 00:16:06,199 But you got to be a real specific kind of psycho 340 00:16:06,199 --> 00:16:08,334 to want to put on, you know, tights and fight crime. 341 00:16:08,334 --> 00:16:10,469 There’s got to be something wrong with you. I don’t know. 342 00:16:10,469 --> 00:16:11,938 You don’t know? Well, I mean, I kind of get 343 00:16:11,938 --> 00:16:14,607 the appeal-- I mean, who didn’t grow up wanting to be Batman? 344 00:16:14,607 --> 00:16:15,808 You know what I mean? 345 00:16:15,808 --> 00:16:18,177 I-I didn’t want to be Batman. 346 00:16:18,177 --> 00:16:20,479 Or Robin, whatever. 347 00:16:20,479 --> 00:16:21,781 Didn’t-didn’t want to be Robin. 348 00:16:21,781 --> 00:16:23,516 I’m sure you’d like that. But no. 349 00:16:23,516 --> 00:16:25,985 Maybe Superman, right? ’Cause he could, you know... 350 00:16:25,985 --> 00:16:27,386 he could fly, 351 00:16:27,386 --> 00:16:30,356 and he was bulletproof, shoot lasers out of his eye. 352 00:16:30,356 --> 00:16:33,392 Batman was just... Batman was just a guy. Exactly. 353 00:16:33,392 --> 00:16:35,428 Batman’s just a guy-- he wasn’t born with superpowers. 354 00:16:35,428 --> 00:16:37,797 That guy had to train hard. 355 00:16:37,797 --> 00:16:40,967 He had to put in years of work and time and get himself to that... 356 00:16:40,967 --> 00:16:43,102 you know, that absolute peak of human conditioning 357 00:16:43,102 --> 00:16:44,837 so he could save the world. 358 00:16:44,837 --> 00:16:47,273 I mean, he just inherited money. What’d he really do? 359 00:16:47,273 --> 00:16:49,075 Inherit money and bought a bunch of Batmobiles. 360 00:16:49,075 --> 00:16:50,743 But he’s not very special. 361 00:16:50,743 --> 00:16:52,612 Are you out of your mind? Bruce Wayne’s parents 362 00:16:52,612 --> 00:16:54,981 were killed right in front him when he was a kid. 363 00:16:54,981 --> 00:16:56,315 You’re giving him grief for that? 364 00:16:56,315 --> 00:16:58,451 No, I’m not, ’cause he’s not even a real person. 365 00:16:58,451 --> 00:17:00,119 Okay? All right, when I was a child, 366 00:17:00,119 --> 00:17:01,787 I liked superheroes, right? Then I grew up, 367 00:17:01,787 --> 00:17:04,690 and I decided I wanted to do other things, like, uh, 368 00:17:04,690 --> 00:17:06,225 meet girls and move out of my parents’ basement. 369 00:17:06,225 --> 00:17:08,427 I adjusted to life as an adult human, 370 00:17:08,427 --> 00:17:10,930 like most people... normal people do. 371 00:17:10,930 --> 00:17:12,732 You understand? I just figured it out. I just figured out 372 00:17:12,732 --> 00:17:14,533 what your superpower is. What’d you figure out? Really? 373 00:17:14,533 --> 00:17:16,369 You can irritate people to death. 374 00:17:16,369 --> 00:17:18,371 Is that it? Okay. All right. Keep going, see what happens. 375 00:17:18,371 --> 00:17:20,106 I think it’s right up here. 376 00:17:20,106 --> 00:17:22,074 Just got a tip about a robbery in progress, 377 00:17:22,074 --> 00:17:23,743 (whispers): and it was dead-on. 378 00:17:23,743 --> 00:17:26,145 Looks like I beat the cops here. 379 00:17:26,145 --> 00:17:27,647 Per usual. 380 00:17:27,647 --> 00:17:30,049 But that’s cool, ’cause where the Guardian walks... 381 00:17:30,049 --> 00:17:32,084 he walks alone. MAN: Freeze! 382 00:17:32,084 --> 00:17:33,119 Everybody get down! 383 00:17:33,119 --> 00:17:34,120 (woman screams) 384 00:17:34,120 --> 00:17:36,289 WOMAN: Call the cops! 385 00:17:36,289 --> 00:17:38,691 (grunting) 386 00:17:38,691 --> 00:17:41,527 (siren approaching) 387 00:17:47,366 --> 00:17:49,435 STEVE: Five-O! We’re experiencing some technical difficulties. 388 00:17:49,435 --> 00:17:51,637 Put it down. I’m gonna fix it ASAP. Thanks. Bye. 389 00:17:51,637 --> 00:17:53,306 Put it down. Don’t shoot. Don’t shoot. 390 00:17:53,306 --> 00:17:55,541 The gun isn’t real. None of it is. 391 00:17:55,541 --> 00:17:57,843 Turn that off. 392 00:17:57,843 --> 00:17:59,612 Turn it off. 393 00:18:04,517 --> 00:18:06,519 Can I give you 394 00:18:06,519 --> 00:18:08,020 some constructive criticism? 395 00:18:08,020 --> 00:18:11,524 Maybe don’t cast the same actor 396 00:18:11,524 --> 00:18:13,626 in every video you make. I’m just saying 397 00:18:13,626 --> 00:18:15,094 for the sake of authenticity, okay? 398 00:18:15,094 --> 00:18:17,263 DANNY: Yeah, I mean, I seen you 399 00:18:17,263 --> 00:18:19,865 a month ago-- you were about to jump off a bridge, 400 00:18:19,865 --> 00:18:21,901 and then, before that, you were getting mugged, 401 00:18:21,901 --> 00:18:23,636 and now you’re robbing a liquor store. 402 00:18:23,636 --> 00:18:25,972 I mean, the range, I admire your range. Very good. 403 00:18:25,972 --> 00:18:27,573 Thank you. 404 00:18:27,573 --> 00:18:30,376 Look, I-I can explain everything. 405 00:18:30,376 --> 00:18:32,712 Go ahead. Please. 406 00:18:36,616 --> 00:18:39,051 ♪ ♪ 407 00:18:43,689 --> 00:18:45,891 That seems super excessive. 408 00:18:45,891 --> 00:18:48,594 It’s just a beanbag, but it’s definitely gonna sting. 409 00:18:52,598 --> 00:18:53,733 (grunts) 410 00:18:55,735 --> 00:18:56,569 Excuse me. 411 00:18:57,670 --> 00:18:59,338 Can Superman do that? 412 00:19:04,243 --> 00:19:04,744 Dude, 413 00:19:04,744 --> 00:19:06,178 you shot me! 414 00:19:06,178 --> 00:19:08,414 With a beanbag. It doesn’t count. 415 00:19:08,414 --> 00:19:11,183 You should be thanking him for his restraint. 416 00:19:11,183 --> 00:19:13,919 What happened to the other guy? 417 00:19:13,919 --> 00:19:16,822 Uh, this is Mr. Ortega. The other guy’s, uh, 418 00:19:16,822 --> 00:19:18,024 sitting this one out. 419 00:19:18,024 --> 00:19:20,092 Mr. Ortega’s gonna ask you questions today, 420 00:19:20,092 --> 00:19:22,862 since he has a personal, vested interest in the case. 421 00:19:22,862 --> 00:19:25,364 Uh, doesn’t than mean he shouldn’t be involved, then? 422 00:19:25,364 --> 00:19:27,500 (distorted): You’re not getting the message. 423 00:19:27,500 --> 00:19:30,269 Drop your investigation or pay the price. 424 00:19:30,269 --> 00:19:33,406 That’s you threatening to kill Night Sentinel 425 00:19:33,406 --> 00:19:35,674 a week before he turns up dead. 426 00:19:35,674 --> 00:19:37,176 Wait. Wait. What? He found out 427 00:19:37,176 --> 00:19:39,712 you were faking your busts. He was gonna expose you, 428 00:19:39,712 --> 00:19:43,082 so you tried to scare him into backing off. 429 00:19:43,082 --> 00:19:45,484 When that didn’t work, you were left with one option: 430 00:19:45,484 --> 00:19:48,454 kill Night Sentinel and destroy the evidence. 431 00:19:48,454 --> 00:19:52,058 Whoa, j-just slow down, brah, like, like, all the way down. 432 00:19:52,058 --> 00:19:53,225 (chuckles): Okay? 433 00:19:53,225 --> 00:19:55,294 I didn’t know he was-he was onto me, 434 00:19:55,294 --> 00:19:57,096 I also never made any threatening phone calls, 435 00:19:57,096 --> 00:19:59,231 and-and I damn sure didn’t kill anybody, man. 436 00:19:59,231 --> 00:20:01,300 Would you like us to play a highlight reel 437 00:20:01,300 --> 00:20:03,736 of you talking smack about Wahale? 438 00:20:03,736 --> 00:20:05,738 The YouTube videos? Oh, please. 439 00:20:05,738 --> 00:20:09,041 I mean, don’t believe everything you see on the Internet. 440 00:20:09,041 --> 00:20:11,410 I’m, I’m an entertainer. 441 00:20:11,410 --> 00:20:13,312 Like pro wrestlers. You create a beef 442 00:20:13,312 --> 00:20:16,248 and you generate some heat and i-it’s good for everybody. 443 00:20:16,248 --> 00:20:18,584 Night Sentinel didn’t think so. 444 00:20:18,584 --> 00:20:20,086 (chuckles): Yeah. I mean, no kidding. 445 00:20:20,086 --> 00:20:21,887 He took all that way too seriously. 446 00:20:21,887 --> 00:20:23,055 I mean, what kind of psycho 447 00:20:23,055 --> 00:20:24,957 throws down with real criminals, you know? 448 00:20:24,957 --> 00:20:27,326 Real heroes take down real criminals! 449 00:20:27,326 --> 00:20:28,928 That only sounds crazy to you 450 00:20:28,928 --> 00:20:30,329 ’cause you’re a coward. 451 00:20:30,329 --> 00:20:32,665 I prefer "risk-averse." 452 00:20:32,665 --> 00:20:33,999 You’re a fraud. 453 00:20:33,999 --> 00:20:36,669 And if Night Sentinel went public with your scam, 454 00:20:36,669 --> 00:20:39,939 you would lose your reputation, your fans, your entire income. 455 00:20:39,939 --> 00:20:43,476 We looked at your finances. Without this, you got nothing. 456 00:20:43,476 --> 00:20:45,578 No, no, no. That’s not true. I’m a licensed personal trainer. 457 00:20:45,578 --> 00:20:47,079 I can go back to that any time. Okay? 458 00:20:47,079 --> 00:20:48,647 He was the one that was having money problems. 459 00:20:48,647 --> 00:20:50,916 STEVE: Oh. 460 00:20:50,916 --> 00:20:52,918 What are you talking about? 461 00:20:52,918 --> 00:20:55,221 I heard that the Night Sentinel 462 00:20:55,221 --> 00:20:57,223 was liquidating his comic book collection. 463 00:20:57,223 --> 00:20:59,391 Okay? So, for a guy like him... 464 00:20:59,391 --> 00:21:01,560 (chuckles) ...uh, to do that, 465 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:04,296 he had to be desperate for cash. 466 00:21:08,768 --> 00:21:11,137 I got to say, Jerry, for your first crack at rendition, 467 00:21:11,137 --> 00:21:12,304 you nailed it. 468 00:21:12,304 --> 00:21:13,772 You’re a natural, buddy. 469 00:21:13,772 --> 00:21:15,374 Yeah? How was my bad cop? 470 00:21:15,374 --> 00:21:17,243 Unbelievable. You were born to play that part. 471 00:21:17,243 --> 00:21:18,711 (laughs) 472 00:21:18,711 --> 00:21:21,580 All right, so we go through the vic’s insurance policy. 473 00:21:21,580 --> 00:21:25,985 Therein is contained a comic book collection worth 30 grand. 474 00:21:25,985 --> 00:21:27,787 $30,000 for... Yes. 475 00:21:27,787 --> 00:21:29,955 And, uh, there was no evidence of a collection that size 476 00:21:29,955 --> 00:21:33,092 at his place, so we think he probably unloaded it. 477 00:21:33,092 --> 00:21:35,628 Must have taken a while to put it together. Why sell it now? 478 00:21:35,628 --> 00:21:37,696 Yeah, that’s a good question. And as far as we can tell, 479 00:21:37,696 --> 00:21:39,899 there wasn’t any history of, you know, 480 00:21:39,899 --> 00:21:42,067 major debt or financial issues. 481 00:21:42,067 --> 00:21:43,736 Okay. Y-You don’t think it’s a little strange 482 00:21:43,736 --> 00:21:46,839 this man would sell his $30,000 comic book collection 483 00:21:46,839 --> 00:21:49,375 so close to the time of his murder? 484 00:21:49,375 --> 00:21:52,378 Sir, uh, HPD got a hit on your BOLO. 485 00:21:52,378 --> 00:21:54,513 The car that hit our victim was found abandoned 486 00:21:54,513 --> 00:21:56,215 at Waianae Kai Forest Reserve. 487 00:21:56,215 --> 00:21:57,683 Turns out it was stolen from long-term parking 488 00:21:57,683 --> 00:21:59,251 at the airport. 489 00:21:59,251 --> 00:22:00,386 CSU’s processing as we speak, 490 00:22:00,386 --> 00:22:01,921 but it looks like it was wiped clean. 491 00:22:01,921 --> 00:22:03,189 Bye-bye, prints; 492 00:22:03,189 --> 00:22:04,623 bye-bye, DNA. Yeah. 493 00:22:04,623 --> 00:22:06,692 This is where we found the killer’s vehicle. 494 00:22:06,692 --> 00:22:08,694 It’s a pretty remote area. 495 00:22:08,694 --> 00:22:10,162 Well, I doubt our perp walked back from there. 496 00:22:10,162 --> 00:22:11,931 Maybe he had an accomplice to come pick him up. 497 00:22:11,931 --> 00:22:13,933 STEVE: Or he called a car service. 498 00:22:13,933 --> 00:22:15,334 Adam, do me a favor. Reach out to all 499 00:22:15,334 --> 00:22:16,969 ride-share and taxi companies, 500 00:22:16,969 --> 00:22:18,704 see if anybody picked up a fare nearby. 501 00:22:18,704 --> 00:22:20,105 You got it. In the meantime, 502 00:22:20,105 --> 00:22:21,440 we need to figure out why our vic sold 503 00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:22,441 his comic book collection. 504 00:22:22,441 --> 00:22:24,276 TANI: Good place to start could be 505 00:22:24,276 --> 00:22:25,477 finding out who bought it. 506 00:22:25,477 --> 00:22:29,381 There are seven comic book stores on this island. 507 00:22:29,381 --> 00:22:31,116 You know how I know that? 508 00:22:31,116 --> 00:22:34,186 Because I’ve driven my son to every damn one of ’em. 509 00:22:34,186 --> 00:22:36,055 JERRY: Right, but there’s only one place 510 00:22:36,055 --> 00:22:38,691 that’s willing to pay fair value for top-tier titles. 511 00:22:38,691 --> 00:22:40,125 Other Realms. 512 00:22:40,125 --> 00:22:41,894 Yeah, I’m no stranger to that place. 513 00:22:41,894 --> 00:22:43,262 I’ve dropped a ton of cash in there. 514 00:22:43,262 --> 00:22:44,897 Okay, well, you’re gonna go back and pay ’em a visit today. 515 00:22:44,897 --> 00:22:46,465 Take Jerry with, please. 516 00:22:46,465 --> 00:22:48,934 All right, Scary Jerry. 517 00:22:51,237 --> 00:22:52,571 JERRY: So, Will’s a collector, huh? 518 00:22:52,571 --> 00:22:54,440 Yeah, he is. 519 00:22:54,440 --> 00:22:58,377 Got boxes upon boxes upon boxes of those things. 520 00:22:58,377 --> 00:22:59,945 And the whole works, too; 521 00:22:59,945 --> 00:23:01,780 the cellophane wrappers, the cardboard. 522 00:23:01,780 --> 00:23:05,885 He’s even got an app to keep track of 523 00:23:05,885 --> 00:23:07,419 all his inventory and whatever he does with it. 524 00:23:07,419 --> 00:23:08,887 Personally, I don’t get it. 525 00:23:08,887 --> 00:23:10,656 Comics are modern mythology. 526 00:23:10,656 --> 00:23:13,058 You know, stories about heroes and demigods 527 00:23:13,058 --> 00:23:14,493 that inspire us to do great things. 528 00:23:14,493 --> 00:23:16,061 Well, the only thing it’s inspiring 529 00:23:16,061 --> 00:23:19,098 my son to do is take up all the space in my garage 530 00:23:19,098 --> 00:23:20,399 and spend all my money. 531 00:23:20,399 --> 00:23:23,636 You know, when I was a kid, you read your comic. 532 00:23:23,636 --> 00:23:24,937 When you get finished with your comic, 533 00:23:24,937 --> 00:23:26,772 you give it to one of your friends, or you trade it 534 00:23:26,772 --> 00:23:29,508 with one of your friends, you know. 535 00:23:29,508 --> 00:23:31,277 But I tell you what, I wish I would have 536 00:23:31,277 --> 00:23:32,444 saved some of them things. 537 00:23:32,444 --> 00:23:34,313 They got to be worth a fortune now. 538 00:23:34,313 --> 00:23:36,815 So you read comics, too. 539 00:23:36,815 --> 00:23:38,984 Oh, yeah. 540 00:23:38,984 --> 00:23:41,186 You ever wish you were a superhero? All the time. 541 00:23:41,186 --> 00:23:42,588 Walter Payton. 542 00:23:42,588 --> 00:23:45,224 That wasn’t a superhero. 543 00:23:47,259 --> 00:23:49,928 I saw the man play. 544 00:23:49,928 --> 00:23:51,530 Superhuman. 545 00:23:51,530 --> 00:23:55,367 What about you? Who’d you want to be? 546 00:23:55,367 --> 00:23:56,635 Batgirl. 547 00:24:00,072 --> 00:24:01,974 You want to elaborate on that? 548 00:24:01,974 --> 00:24:04,610 When she debuted in the ’60s, Batgirl had to fight 549 00:24:04,610 --> 00:24:06,979 to be accepted by Batman and Robin. 550 00:24:06,979 --> 00:24:09,581 I mean, she was just as capable as they were, 551 00:24:09,581 --> 00:24:10,582 but they didn’t take her seriously 552 00:24:10,582 --> 00:24:12,251 ’cause she didn’t look like them 553 00:24:12,251 --> 00:24:14,853 or do things the same way as they did. 554 00:24:14,853 --> 00:24:16,555 But she proved she was just as good and became a highly 555 00:24:16,555 --> 00:24:18,390 valued member of the team. 556 00:24:18,390 --> 00:24:19,925 She’d trust them, they’d trust her, 557 00:24:19,925 --> 00:24:22,962 and they were stronger because of it. 558 00:24:22,962 --> 00:24:26,899 That’s a good story. Batgirl, huh? 559 00:24:28,701 --> 00:24:31,971 (both chuckling) 560 00:24:31,971 --> 00:24:33,906 (door chimes) 561 00:24:33,906 --> 00:24:37,910 (Star Trek theme song playing) 562 00:24:37,910 --> 00:24:39,878 Jeremiah. 563 00:24:39,878 --> 00:24:42,548 How goes it? Hey, Sharon. 564 00:24:42,548 --> 00:24:45,117 Jeremiah? 565 00:24:45,117 --> 00:24:46,885 It’s a comic reference. Oh. 566 00:24:46,885 --> 00:24:50,956 Jeremiah is a Franco-Belgian sci-fi title from the ’70s. 567 00:24:50,956 --> 00:24:53,392 There’s also Jeremiah Arkham, 568 00:24:53,392 --> 00:24:55,394 the director of Arkham Asylum from the DC Universe. 569 00:24:55,394 --> 00:24:56,729 But that one’s so obvious. 570 00:24:56,729 --> 00:24:59,498 Yeah, I was just about to say it was obvious. 571 00:24:59,498 --> 00:25:02,401 I think you’re really gonna like this week’s batch, Jer. 572 00:25:02,401 --> 00:25:05,471 It’s a nice balance between indie and mainstream. 573 00:25:05,471 --> 00:25:06,805 Hey, you look familiar. 574 00:25:06,805 --> 00:25:08,841 You’ve been in here before, right? 575 00:25:08,841 --> 00:25:11,276 Oh, yeah, with my son Will. 576 00:25:11,276 --> 00:25:14,847 He’s obsessed with Green Lantern and Black Widow. 577 00:25:14,847 --> 00:25:17,649 Although for very different reasons. 578 00:25:17,649 --> 00:25:19,952 (chuckles) I’m Lou Grover. 579 00:25:19,952 --> 00:25:21,687 I work with Jeremiah. 580 00:25:21,687 --> 00:25:23,856 Mm-hmm. Actually, Sharon, 581 00:25:23,856 --> 00:25:27,092 Captain Grover and I are here on business. 582 00:25:27,092 --> 00:25:29,828 We’re looking into the murder of Gene Wahale, 583 00:25:29,828 --> 00:25:31,764 the Night Sentinel. 584 00:25:34,433 --> 00:25:35,834 I can’t believe it. 585 00:25:35,834 --> 00:25:38,170 So I take it you knew him. 586 00:25:38,170 --> 00:25:39,905 Oh, yeah, I mean, Gene’s been a regular 587 00:25:39,905 --> 00:25:41,940 for as long as I can remember. 588 00:25:41,940 --> 00:25:45,878 He’s my only customer who was a bona fide superhero. 589 00:25:45,878 --> 00:25:47,379 I always worried something like this 590 00:25:47,379 --> 00:25:50,315 might happen to him. 591 00:25:50,315 --> 00:25:52,017 JERRY: We learned that Gene recently 592 00:25:52,017 --> 00:25:54,486 sold off his comic collection. 593 00:25:54,486 --> 00:25:56,455 Did you happen to buy any titles off him? 594 00:25:56,455 --> 00:25:59,124 Yeah. All of them. 595 00:25:59,124 --> 00:26:01,293 He liquidated the entire thing. 596 00:26:01,293 --> 00:26:02,661 GROVER: He must have needed the money 597 00:26:02,661 --> 00:26:05,464 pretty badly; do you have any idea why? 598 00:26:05,464 --> 00:26:08,033 As a matter of fact, I do. 599 00:26:08,033 --> 00:26:09,668 Gentlemen, 600 00:26:09,668 --> 00:26:11,904 I present to you issue number one 601 00:26:11,904 --> 00:26:13,806 of The Mysterious Night Sentinel. 602 00:26:17,943 --> 00:26:20,112 JERRY: Whoa. Awesome. 603 00:26:20,112 --> 00:26:21,547 I can’t believe The Night Sentinel wrote 604 00:26:21,547 --> 00:26:22,815 an actual comic about himself. 605 00:26:25,617 --> 00:26:28,353 GROVER: Wait a second, he spent all that money on this book? 606 00:26:28,353 --> 00:26:31,457 Yeah, this and three subsequent issues. 607 00:26:31,457 --> 00:26:33,325 I run a small press out of my shop, 608 00:26:33,325 --> 00:26:36,495 and I was happy to cut Gene a deal. 609 00:26:36,495 --> 00:26:37,963 But between the artist and the inker 610 00:26:37,963 --> 00:26:40,032 and the lettering and printing costs, 611 00:26:40,032 --> 00:26:42,301 it required a big outlay of cash. 612 00:26:42,301 --> 00:26:44,837 So, he wasn’t in any trouble? 613 00:26:44,837 --> 00:26:47,206 Not that I know of. 614 00:26:47,206 --> 00:26:50,542 He was just determined to tell this story. 615 00:26:50,542 --> 00:26:52,010 It’s tragic he’ll never see it finished. 616 00:26:52,010 --> 00:26:55,481 I just printed the mock-up this morning. 617 00:26:55,481 --> 00:26:57,382 Well, so much for the smoking gun. 618 00:26:57,382 --> 00:26:58,884 Hold on. 619 00:26:58,884 --> 00:27:03,789 There’s a proud tradition of comics based on creators’ lives. 620 00:27:03,789 --> 00:27:05,491 This is highly stylized, but it’s clearly 621 00:27:05,491 --> 00:27:07,326 based on Gene’s life. 622 00:27:07,326 --> 00:27:09,595 So it could help us figure out why he was killed. 623 00:27:09,595 --> 00:27:11,463 GROVER: All right, well, 624 00:27:11,463 --> 00:27:13,966 we’re gonna need all your materials on this. 625 00:27:13,966 --> 00:27:16,468 Sure. He was partway through issue four. 626 00:27:16,468 --> 00:27:19,071 I’ll put the digital files on a zip drive for you. 627 00:27:19,071 --> 00:27:20,506 Jerry. 628 00:27:20,506 --> 00:27:21,840 Oh, and you can go ahead 629 00:27:21,840 --> 00:27:25,043 and ring me up for those comics while you’re at it. 630 00:27:27,813 --> 00:27:30,249 Really? What? 631 00:27:33,018 --> 00:27:35,087 JERRY: So, I read through the Night Sentinel comics. 632 00:27:35,087 --> 00:27:37,389 Definitely a lot of overlap with real life. 633 00:27:37,389 --> 00:27:40,158 For starters, the main character witnesses 634 00:27:40,158 --> 00:27:41,994 his parents’ murder during a home invasion robbery, 635 00:27:41,994 --> 00:27:43,295 just like Gene. 636 00:27:43,295 --> 00:27:46,932 Wow. Right down to the poses in the crime scene photos. 637 00:27:46,932 --> 00:27:48,367 GROVER: And they both put on costumes 638 00:27:48,367 --> 00:27:50,569 and go out and beat people up. 639 00:27:50,569 --> 00:27:52,271 Okay, but here’s the interesting part. 640 00:27:52,271 --> 00:27:54,573 In the comic, our hero believes 641 00:27:54,573 --> 00:27:56,909 that his reporter dad was killed to cover up a conspiracy 642 00:27:56,909 --> 00:27:58,944 he was investigating. 643 00:27:58,944 --> 00:28:01,280 And this is Gene’s father, Trevor Wahale. 644 00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:03,215 STEVE: Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. 645 00:28:03,215 --> 00:28:05,117 Hold up. I remember this guy. 646 00:28:05,117 --> 00:28:07,953 I remember he was, uh, an investigative reporter 647 00:28:07,953 --> 00:28:09,788 for Channel Ten, I think, when I was a kid, right? 648 00:28:09,788 --> 00:28:12,357 He used to expose all kinds of shady stuff. 649 00:28:12,357 --> 00:28:14,026 Tell me something, did HPD ever look into 650 00:28:14,026 --> 00:28:15,861 any old grudges people may have had against Trevor Wahale? 651 00:28:15,861 --> 00:28:17,863 GROVER: Well, I looked into it, 652 00:28:17,863 --> 00:28:19,298 and according to the police report, 653 00:28:19,298 --> 00:28:21,767 there’s no indication that Trevor Wahale’s murder 654 00:28:21,767 --> 00:28:24,303 has anything to do with anything except a robbery gone bad. 655 00:28:24,303 --> 00:28:25,637 STEVE: Okay, so, 656 00:28:25,637 --> 00:28:27,172 either the conspiracy part of the comic book 657 00:28:27,172 --> 00:28:28,473 was pure fiction, 658 00:28:28,473 --> 00:28:30,709 or there was more to the parents’ death than it seemed. 659 00:28:30,709 --> 00:28:32,411 Maybe that’s what that threatening phone call 660 00:28:32,411 --> 00:28:33,512 was about. 661 00:28:33,512 --> 00:28:34,913 Maybe someone was calling Gene to warn him 662 00:28:34,913 --> 00:28:36,982 to stop looking into how his father died. 663 00:28:36,982 --> 00:28:38,617 GROVER: If he was looking into it at all. 664 00:28:38,617 --> 00:28:41,286 I mean, if he was researching his father’s death, 665 00:28:41,286 --> 00:28:43,155 we found no evidence of it in his apartment 666 00:28:43,155 --> 00:28:45,557 or on his cloud storage. Hold on a second. 667 00:28:45,557 --> 00:28:48,327 In the comic, the hero’s got a sanctum sanctorum. 668 00:28:48,327 --> 00:28:49,995 Jerry, English? A hidden room. 669 00:28:49,995 --> 00:28:54,633 Like-like the Batcave. Okay, there. See? 670 00:28:54,633 --> 00:28:56,868 Night Sentinel pulls a copy of Homer’s Iliad from the shelf, 671 00:28:56,868 --> 00:28:58,337 and a hidden door swings open, 672 00:28:58,337 --> 00:29:01,006 revealing this sweet, tricked out lair. 673 00:29:01,006 --> 00:29:03,642 And I’m certain I saw a copy of The Iliad 674 00:29:03,642 --> 00:29:05,110 on Gene Wahale’s bookshelf. 675 00:29:05,110 --> 00:29:07,980 Okay. All right, why don’t you guys go 676 00:29:07,980 --> 00:29:09,147 hit that apartment, check it out. 677 00:29:16,521 --> 00:29:20,158 Here it goes. Moment of truth. 678 00:29:23,095 --> 00:29:26,064 Hmm. 679 00:29:26,064 --> 00:29:29,067 Mm. I guess life doesn’t always imitate art. 680 00:29:29,067 --> 00:29:30,669 Maybe not exactly. 681 00:29:30,669 --> 00:29:32,404 Joons, give me a hand with this, would you, please? 682 00:29:32,404 --> 00:29:33,872 We’re gonna go this way. 683 00:29:33,872 --> 00:29:37,409 All right. Here we go. 684 00:29:41,079 --> 00:29:44,349 Well done, Jerry. (sighs) 685 00:29:51,657 --> 00:29:55,761 I’m guessing we found what Wahale was investigating. 686 00:29:57,729 --> 00:30:00,132 Yeah, whoever tossed the place, 687 00:30:00,132 --> 00:30:02,768 this is exactly what they were looking for. 688 00:30:02,768 --> 00:30:06,972 I got a box of VHS tapes from Trevor Wahale’s TV station. 689 00:30:06,972 --> 00:30:09,541 I got freedom of information requests, HPD reports. 690 00:30:09,541 --> 00:30:12,778 Some of these things go back 20 years, some are recent. 691 00:30:12,778 --> 00:30:14,846 It looks like Gene was picking up his father’s investigation 692 00:30:14,846 --> 00:30:16,782 right where it left off, looking into the same conspiracy. 693 00:30:16,782 --> 00:30:19,284 Yeah. 694 00:30:19,284 --> 00:30:21,787 And that conspiracy got ’em both killed. 695 00:30:26,058 --> 00:30:27,759 We’ve since contacted the prosecuting attorney’s office, 696 00:30:27,759 --> 00:30:31,296 who told us they will be opening an official investigation 697 00:30:31,296 --> 00:30:33,899 into the abuse at the Golden Days Nursing Home. 698 00:30:33,899 --> 00:30:37,002 For KAHU on your side, I’m Trevor Wahale. 699 00:30:37,002 --> 00:30:40,172 All right, there are tapes and tapes of this stuff. 700 00:30:40,172 --> 00:30:42,507 These hard-hitting segments exposing anything from 701 00:30:42,507 --> 00:30:44,142 shady auto mechanics 702 00:30:44,142 --> 00:30:46,278 to restaurant health code violations. 703 00:30:46,278 --> 00:30:48,280 It’s kind of poetic, if you think about it. 704 00:30:48,280 --> 00:30:50,549 In a way, Gene was taking up his father’s cause. 705 00:30:50,549 --> 00:30:52,551 Exactly. They’re both crusaders for justice. 706 00:30:52,551 --> 00:30:55,120 It’s like Golden Age and Silver Age Green Lanterns. 707 00:30:56,488 --> 00:30:58,190 Just go with it. JUNIOR: Okay, well, 708 00:30:58,190 --> 00:31:00,425 do we know which one of his father’s investigative pieces 709 00:31:00,425 --> 00:31:02,160 Gene was looking into when he was killed? 710 00:31:02,160 --> 00:31:04,496 Actually, we believe we do. 711 00:31:04,496 --> 00:31:08,400 This is retired HPD Captain Ito Ishikawa. 712 00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:10,035 And this other guy is Frank Willoughby, 713 00:31:10,035 --> 00:31:12,137 forensics analyst. 714 00:31:12,137 --> 00:31:14,406 Now, according to Trevor Wahale’s notes, 715 00:31:14,406 --> 00:31:15,841 he was investigating a conspiracy 716 00:31:15,841 --> 00:31:17,242 involving the two men. 717 00:31:17,242 --> 00:31:19,845 JERRY: Yeah, Wahale believed that Willoughby and the captain 718 00:31:19,845 --> 00:31:21,513 were working together falsifying forensic evidence 719 00:31:21,513 --> 00:31:23,415 in a number of criminal cases. 720 00:31:23,415 --> 00:31:25,350 And in doing so, 721 00:31:25,350 --> 00:31:27,686 put a lot of innocent people in prison. STEVE: Okay, time out. 722 00:31:27,686 --> 00:31:30,622 I never met Captain Ishikawa, but my father 723 00:31:30,622 --> 00:31:33,091 used to speak of this man very, very highly. 724 00:31:33,091 --> 00:31:34,359 He has a rock-solid reputation. 725 00:31:34,359 --> 00:31:37,829 Okay, that may be, but Gene must have believed 726 00:31:37,829 --> 00:31:39,798 there was something to his father’s theory 727 00:31:39,798 --> 00:31:42,334 because, based on his notes, he met with 728 00:31:42,334 --> 00:31:44,269 more than 20 inmates that were allegedly affected 729 00:31:44,269 --> 00:31:45,403 by the drummed up evidence. 730 00:31:45,403 --> 00:31:47,072 TANI: Yeah, and I looked into Frank Willoughby. 731 00:31:47,072 --> 00:31:49,975 He died back in the ’90s, but the guy’s record is spotless. 732 00:31:49,975 --> 00:31:52,611 He even served on the State Board of Police Forensics. 733 00:31:52,611 --> 00:31:54,880 Any surviving relatives? 734 00:31:54,880 --> 00:31:57,783 Actually, yeah, he has a daughter, Claire. 735 00:31:57,783 --> 00:31:59,451 She still lives on the island. 736 00:31:59,451 --> 00:32:01,153 Okay, good, good. 737 00:32:01,153 --> 00:32:02,387 Because before we bring in 738 00:32:02,387 --> 00:32:04,923 a highly respected police captain for questioning, 739 00:32:04,923 --> 00:32:05,957 let’s talk to Willoughby’s daughter, 740 00:32:05,957 --> 00:32:07,058 see if she can tell us anything. 741 00:32:08,660 --> 00:32:10,095 CLAIRE: I was so sorry to hear 742 00:32:10,095 --> 00:32:13,365 what happened to Gene; it’s terrible. 743 00:32:13,365 --> 00:32:17,035 Claire, how’d you know him? I-I didn’t. 744 00:32:17,035 --> 00:32:18,870 Not personally. 745 00:32:18,870 --> 00:32:20,505 But a couple of weeks ago, he e-mailed, 746 00:32:20,505 --> 00:32:22,274 asking if we could meet. 747 00:32:22,274 --> 00:32:24,142 We were supposed to meet this week for coffee. 748 00:32:24,142 --> 00:32:26,144 Do you know what he wanted to discuss? 749 00:32:28,680 --> 00:32:30,549 Yes. 750 00:32:32,617 --> 00:32:35,353 Years ago, shortly before Dad died, 751 00:32:35,353 --> 00:32:37,622 Gene’s father Trevor came by to interview him. 752 00:32:37,622 --> 00:32:41,326 At that point, Dad’s cancer was pretty far advanced. 753 00:32:41,326 --> 00:32:44,162 The doctors had only given him a couple more weeks. 754 00:32:46,665 --> 00:32:49,267 People in that situation, uh, sometimes 755 00:32:49,267 --> 00:32:51,403 they just want to get things off of their chest. 756 00:32:51,403 --> 00:32:53,238 You know, um, clear their conscience. 757 00:32:55,774 --> 00:32:58,476 Trevor Wahale recorded Dad’s confession. 758 00:32:58,476 --> 00:33:03,415 Uh, something about a-a scheme to boost conviction rates. 759 00:33:04,816 --> 00:33:06,985 (exhales) 760 00:33:06,985 --> 00:33:08,486 Do you know if your father 761 00:33:08,486 --> 00:33:11,823 implicated anyone else in his confession? 762 00:33:11,823 --> 00:33:16,428 I don’t know. To be honest, I never wanted to know. 763 00:33:16,428 --> 00:33:18,763 But Mr. Wahale left with that tape, 764 00:33:18,763 --> 00:33:21,433 and less than a week later, he was dead. 765 00:33:23,435 --> 00:33:25,871 JUNIOR: Well, clearly, that tape’s 766 00:33:25,871 --> 00:33:27,038 what got our vic’s father killed. 767 00:33:27,038 --> 00:33:28,340 He must have implicated some powerful men. 768 00:33:28,340 --> 00:33:30,342 All right, so they kill him, 769 00:33:30,342 --> 00:33:34,212 get the tape back and make it look like a robbery. 770 00:33:34,212 --> 00:33:37,449 If Captain Ishikawa was involved, 771 00:33:37,449 --> 00:33:39,317 I mean, he would’ve been in the perfect position 772 00:33:39,317 --> 00:33:41,152 to deflect any scrutiny, and to make sure 773 00:33:41,152 --> 00:33:44,256 any inconvenient evidence got swept under the rug. 774 00:33:44,256 --> 00:33:46,458 Case closed. Except, not, because 20 years later, 775 00:33:46,458 --> 00:33:48,193 Wahale’s son Gene digs the whole thing up, 776 00:33:48,193 --> 00:33:50,462 and now they got to take him out, too. 777 00:33:50,462 --> 00:33:54,165 I-I think it’s time we bring in the captain. 778 00:33:54,165 --> 00:33:56,301 Captain Ishikawa, we, uh, we really appreciate 779 00:33:56,301 --> 00:33:57,636 you coming in. Thank you. 780 00:33:57,636 --> 00:33:59,804 Uh, I hope you don’t mind, but my attorney 781 00:33:59,804 --> 00:34:01,907 insisted to be present for this. 782 00:34:01,907 --> 00:34:04,876 Michael Pope. Mr. Ishikawa wants to help in any way he can. 783 00:34:04,876 --> 00:34:06,645 But I’d be guilty of malpractice 784 00:34:06,645 --> 00:34:09,047 if I let him talk to Five-O without counsel. 785 00:34:09,047 --> 00:34:10,115 Okay, uh, Captain, 786 00:34:10,115 --> 00:34:12,884 we are, uh, currently investigating 787 00:34:12,884 --> 00:34:15,287 Gene Wahale’s murder. Um, and we think that there’s a connection 788 00:34:15,287 --> 00:34:18,089 to Trevor Wahale, his father, from 20 years ago. 789 00:34:18,089 --> 00:34:20,125 I remember the Wahale case well. 790 00:34:20,125 --> 00:34:22,727 I was the first on the scene, and, uh, 791 00:34:22,727 --> 00:34:25,730 found the boy hiding under the bed. 792 00:34:30,635 --> 00:34:35,340 Trauma like that, well, that’s not something you ever get over. 793 00:34:35,340 --> 00:34:37,509 See, the thing is, Captain, Gene, uh, 794 00:34:37,509 --> 00:34:39,511 Gene didn’t believe that robbery was the motive. 795 00:34:39,511 --> 00:34:41,146 I mean, he was convinced that it was 796 00:34:41,146 --> 00:34:42,847 some kind of conspiracy, 797 00:34:42,847 --> 00:34:45,016 and I-I don’t bring this up lightly, sir, 798 00:34:45,016 --> 00:34:48,353 but he seemed to think that you were involved somehow. 799 00:34:48,353 --> 00:34:49,988 POPE: We’re aware of these allegations. 800 00:34:49,988 --> 00:34:51,990 They’re completely baseless. 801 00:34:51,990 --> 00:34:54,726 Uh, it’s okay, Michael. Um, look, uh, 802 00:34:54,726 --> 00:34:56,227 Gene never got over what happened. 803 00:34:56,227 --> 00:34:58,096 And, uh, naturally, as he got older, 804 00:34:58,096 --> 00:35:00,598 he started looking for someone to blame, so he started 805 00:35:00,598 --> 00:35:02,334 making wild accusations. 806 00:35:02,334 --> 00:35:05,537 I just chalked it up to him trying to make sense of it all. 807 00:35:05,537 --> 00:35:06,972 POPE: Uh, gentlemen, 808 00:35:06,972 --> 00:35:08,473 I don’t mean to denigrate the dead, 809 00:35:08,473 --> 00:35:10,942 but we’re talking about a man who dressed up as a superhero 810 00:35:10,942 --> 00:35:13,511 and confronted dangerous criminals. 811 00:35:13,511 --> 00:35:15,947 Captain Ishikawa, on the other hand, 812 00:35:15,947 --> 00:35:18,183 I’ve personally known for many years, 813 00:35:18,183 --> 00:35:21,086 and his career and character are beyond reproach. 814 00:35:21,086 --> 00:35:23,755 So unless there’s something else... 815 00:35:23,755 --> 00:35:27,058 Uh, (clears throat) look, I-I know the job. 816 00:35:27,058 --> 00:35:29,894 All right? As captain, you’re under a lot of pressure, 817 00:35:29,894 --> 00:35:32,831 all right, to, uh, to figure out what’s going on, 818 00:35:32,831 --> 00:35:34,165 uh, close a lot of cases... 819 00:35:34,165 --> 00:35:36,134 Exactly what are you suggesting? 820 00:35:36,134 --> 00:35:37,669 STEVE: We have uncovered 821 00:35:37,669 --> 00:35:40,138 information indicating that in the ’90s, 822 00:35:40,138 --> 00:35:42,507 forensic expert Frank Willoughby 823 00:35:42,507 --> 00:35:46,344 was falsifying evidence in order to boost conviction rates. 824 00:35:46,344 --> 00:35:47,712 DANNY: Which happened on your watch. 825 00:35:47,712 --> 00:35:48,980 POPE: Do you have any evidence 826 00:35:48,980 --> 00:35:50,215 connecting my client 827 00:35:50,215 --> 00:35:51,616 to this alleged scheme? 828 00:35:51,616 --> 00:35:54,052 Because unless you’re charging him with something, 829 00:35:54,052 --> 00:35:55,253 I’m concluding this interview. 830 00:35:55,253 --> 00:35:56,621 Now. 831 00:35:59,090 --> 00:36:01,359 I’m sorry, Commander. 832 00:36:01,359 --> 00:36:04,529 Please be advised, any further discussions with Mr. Ishikawa 833 00:36:04,529 --> 00:36:06,865 will take place in a more formal setting. 834 00:36:06,865 --> 00:36:09,968 No more fishing expeditions. 835 00:36:12,037 --> 00:36:15,640 (elevator chimes) 836 00:36:15,640 --> 00:36:16,975 Well, that went well. 837 00:36:16,975 --> 00:36:18,176 Yeah. Next time I get divorced, 838 00:36:18,176 --> 00:36:19,477 I want that guy to represent me. 839 00:36:19,477 --> 00:36:21,046 Hey, I got something. 840 00:36:21,046 --> 00:36:22,947 I tracked down a taxi service that picked up a fare 841 00:36:22,947 --> 00:36:24,182 early this morning, right near 842 00:36:24,182 --> 00:36:25,350 where our killer’s car was ditched. 843 00:36:25,350 --> 00:36:26,685 Well, the driver get a name? 844 00:36:26,685 --> 00:36:28,553 No. And the passenger paid cash, but he was dropped off 845 00:36:28,553 --> 00:36:31,122 at the Kapuloha Garden Apartments in Waikiki. 846 00:36:31,122 --> 00:36:33,191 We’re pulling a list of residents, seeing if anyone 847 00:36:33,191 --> 00:36:35,260 has a record or any other flags in the system. 848 00:36:35,260 --> 00:36:37,629 All right, I got a quicker way. 849 00:36:41,199 --> 00:36:42,500 Hey. 850 00:36:42,500 --> 00:36:44,269 Here’s the headrest from our stolen vehicle. 851 00:36:44,269 --> 00:36:45,437 (barks) 852 00:36:45,437 --> 00:36:46,771 All right, Eddie, get a scent. 853 00:36:46,771 --> 00:36:48,106 Get a scent. What a good boy. What a good boy. 854 00:36:48,106 --> 00:36:51,176 Okay, okay. Now find. Find. Find. 855 00:36:51,176 --> 00:36:52,343 Good boy. Let’s go. 856 00:36:52,343 --> 00:36:53,712 Good boy. 857 00:36:53,712 --> 00:36:55,080 (Eddie panting) 858 00:36:56,681 --> 00:36:58,716 (sniffing) 859 00:36:58,716 --> 00:37:00,051 Okay, okay. 860 00:37:00,051 --> 00:37:01,753 Okay, come on-- good boy. 861 00:37:01,753 --> 00:37:02,987 Good boy. 862 00:37:10,962 --> 00:37:12,897 ♪ ♪ 863 00:37:14,099 --> 00:37:15,400 (growls softly) 864 00:37:34,586 --> 00:37:36,855 Move in. 865 00:37:36,855 --> 00:37:38,590 Hey! Hey! 866 00:37:55,607 --> 00:37:58,443 We I.D.’d him. His name is Darrel Wentz, 27. 867 00:37:58,443 --> 00:37:59,978 Multiple felony charges. 868 00:37:59,978 --> 00:38:01,613 JUNIOR: Including a stint in Halawa 869 00:38:01,613 --> 00:38:02,847 for assault with a deadly weapon. 870 00:38:02,847 --> 00:38:06,151 27. Wait a minute, this doesn’t make any sense. 871 00:38:06,151 --> 00:38:08,887 Wentz was a kid when Trevor Wahale was killed. H-He couldn’t 872 00:38:08,887 --> 00:38:10,889 have had any interest in an old police conspiracy. 873 00:38:10,889 --> 00:38:12,857 Then he must’ve been hired by someone who did. 874 00:38:12,857 --> 00:38:15,727 Wentz was a trigger man. 875 00:38:15,727 --> 00:38:17,662 Yeah. He was also our best lead. 876 00:38:21,099 --> 00:38:22,634 So our hired gun’s record shows 877 00:38:22,634 --> 00:38:25,136 a long history of assault. Most recently, 878 00:38:25,136 --> 00:38:26,804 he pistol-whipped a guy so badly that he fractured 879 00:38:26,804 --> 00:38:30,842 his orbital bone, almost blinding him. 880 00:38:30,842 --> 00:38:32,477 All right, this is, this is less than two years ago, 881 00:38:32,477 --> 00:38:33,645 and he had priors. 882 00:38:33,645 --> 00:38:35,246 Yeah. Why is he not still in prison, right? 883 00:38:35,246 --> 00:38:37,182 I can answer that question. 884 00:38:37,182 --> 00:38:40,084 I just got off the phone with my contact at the courthouse 885 00:38:40,084 --> 00:38:43,188 who told me that just last month, Mr. Wentz here 886 00:38:43,188 --> 00:38:44,189 had his sentence reduced 887 00:38:44,189 --> 00:38:46,024 to time served. 888 00:38:46,024 --> 00:38:47,292 Released years ahead of schedule. 889 00:38:47,292 --> 00:38:50,295 Seems like his fancy lawyer made these arrangements, 890 00:38:50,295 --> 00:38:51,629 and it’s the same fancy lawyer 891 00:38:51,629 --> 00:38:54,365 that represents Captain Ishikawa. 892 00:38:55,800 --> 00:38:57,502 Michael Pope. 893 00:38:57,502 --> 00:38:59,604 What’s an upscale attorney 894 00:38:59,604 --> 00:39:02,640 like Michael Pope doing representing a two-bit hit man? 895 00:39:02,640 --> 00:39:03,908 Hmm... 896 00:39:06,978 --> 00:39:09,581 STEVE: Ah, you see, Gene Wahale was onto the right conspiracy. 897 00:39:09,581 --> 00:39:11,182 He just had the wrong guy. DANNY: Yeah, you were right. 898 00:39:11,182 --> 00:39:14,018 Captain Ishikawa is a, is a good guy, honest guy. 899 00:39:14,018 --> 00:39:16,621 You were the one working with Willoughby. Not him. 900 00:39:16,621 --> 00:39:18,122 (chuckles): This is ridiculous. 901 00:39:18,122 --> 00:39:19,857 No, it’s not ridiculous. 902 00:39:19,857 --> 00:39:22,126 You were the prosecuting attorney on all of those cases. 903 00:39:22,126 --> 00:39:25,029 And you were so keen to make a big name for yourself, 904 00:39:25,029 --> 00:39:27,298 you didn’t mind padding your conviction rate. 905 00:39:27,298 --> 00:39:29,634 You did whatever you had to do, right? 906 00:39:29,634 --> 00:39:31,002 I mean, you put innocent people 907 00:39:31,002 --> 00:39:32,971 in jail, man. That’s cold-blooded. 908 00:39:32,971 --> 00:39:35,707 20 years ago, Trevor Wahale was onto you, so you had him killed. 909 00:39:35,707 --> 00:39:38,877 Then his son Gene comes up, figures out what’s going on, 910 00:39:38,877 --> 00:39:40,345 so you take care of him, too. 911 00:39:40,345 --> 00:39:42,247 I see you’ve bought into Wahale’s delusions. 912 00:39:42,247 --> 00:39:43,581 But that’s all they are, 913 00:39:43,581 --> 00:39:46,284 which is why you can’t prove any of this. 914 00:39:46,284 --> 00:39:48,720 POPE (over recording): You’re not getting the message. 915 00:39:48,720 --> 00:39:50,722 Drop your investigation or pay the price. 916 00:39:50,722 --> 00:39:53,358 You see, it’s much easier to unscramble 917 00:39:53,358 --> 00:39:54,692 a distorted voice message 918 00:39:54,692 --> 00:39:57,795 when you know whose voice it was in the first place. 919 00:39:57,795 --> 00:40:00,765 And lucky for us, you’re all over your firm’s website, 920 00:40:00,765 --> 00:40:03,034 talking about what a genius you are, 921 00:40:03,034 --> 00:40:05,270 how impressive your record is. 922 00:40:05,270 --> 00:40:07,238 A lot less impressive now. 923 00:40:07,238 --> 00:40:08,806 This is the point where, Michael Pope, 924 00:40:08,806 --> 00:40:10,742 you’re under arrest. 925 00:40:14,512 --> 00:40:18,016 SHARON: Pope had a head start. 926 00:40:18,016 --> 00:40:21,052 He made it to the elevator just steps ahead of our heroes. 927 00:40:21,052 --> 00:40:24,322 Pope had planned for this. 928 00:40:24,322 --> 00:40:26,557 On the roof, a private helicopter 929 00:40:26,557 --> 00:40:28,226 was fueled and ready. 930 00:40:29,494 --> 00:40:31,529 The ’copter took flight. It was over, 931 00:40:31,529 --> 00:40:33,998 for anyone but McGarrett. 932 00:40:33,998 --> 00:40:35,566 He grabbed the struts, 933 00:40:35,566 --> 00:40:38,169 launched himself into the cockpit, and... 934 00:40:38,169 --> 00:40:40,538 The helicopter dove into a death spiral. 935 00:40:40,538 --> 00:40:42,373 But against all odds, McGarrett brought it 936 00:40:42,373 --> 00:40:45,677 to a pinpoint landing on the busy downtown street. 937 00:40:50,682 --> 00:40:54,652 "Book ’em, Danno." 938 00:40:54,652 --> 00:40:59,490 So, how much of that really happened? 939 00:40:59,490 --> 00:41:02,460 Well, I might have taken a little dramatic license. 940 00:41:02,460 --> 00:41:06,331 The lawyer just gave up and let Five-O arrest him. 941 00:41:06,331 --> 00:41:08,599 But that didn’t quite give the story the climactic ending 942 00:41:08,599 --> 00:41:09,767 that it deserved. 943 00:41:09,767 --> 00:41:14,272 Well, I know Gene would’ve loved this. 944 00:41:14,272 --> 00:41:16,507 He’d appreciate you finishing his story. 945 00:41:17,842 --> 00:41:19,844 (door chimes) 946 00:41:19,844 --> 00:41:21,145 Hey, man, let me, uh... Yeah. 947 00:41:21,145 --> 00:41:23,147 Let me do this. 948 00:41:23,147 --> 00:41:24,649 Captain. 949 00:41:24,649 --> 00:41:25,883 Commander. Hey. 950 00:41:25,883 --> 00:41:27,719 Duke. Steve. 951 00:41:27,719 --> 00:41:29,587 Listen, Captain, thank you so much 952 00:41:29,587 --> 00:41:31,089 for your help with everything, and... 953 00:41:31,089 --> 00:41:33,491 I’m sorry we, uh, had to drag you through it. 954 00:41:33,491 --> 00:41:35,026 Ah, not at all. 955 00:41:35,026 --> 00:41:37,562 You did the right thing. And now it’s my turn. 956 00:41:37,562 --> 00:41:39,030 I intend to make sure everyone 957 00:41:39,030 --> 00:41:41,966 Pope wrongly convicted is exonerated. 958 00:41:41,966 --> 00:41:44,369 LUKELA: HPD’s reopened all the cases 959 00:41:44,369 --> 00:41:46,070 that Pope and Willoughby both worked on. 960 00:41:46,070 --> 00:41:47,872 That’s awesome. 961 00:41:47,872 --> 00:41:49,640 Thanks to Trevor and Gene Wahale, 962 00:41:49,640 --> 00:41:51,642 a lot of people are going to get their lives back 963 00:41:51,642 --> 00:41:54,312 because of their investigations and sacrifice. 964 00:41:54,312 --> 00:41:57,815 I just wish they were here to see it. 965 00:41:57,815 --> 00:42:03,321 Well, I mean, they kind of are. 966 00:42:10,561 --> 00:42:12,397 Pretty cool Dad’s in a comic book, huh? 967 00:42:12,397 --> 00:42:13,631 Mm-hmm. 968 00:42:13,631 --> 00:42:16,000 Does that mean you and Uncle Steve are superheroes? 969 00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:18,102 That’s exactly what it means. Yeah. 970 00:42:18,102 --> 00:42:19,003 Awesome. 971 00:42:19,003 --> 00:42:23,074 Come on, give me that. Yeah. 972 00:42:23,074 --> 00:42:24,542 Hey, brother. 973 00:42:24,542 --> 00:42:27,545 Hey, what’s up there, Mini D? 974 00:42:27,545 --> 00:42:28,946 What you have there? 975 00:42:28,946 --> 00:42:30,248 I should you ask you the same question. 976 00:42:30,248 --> 00:42:31,649 I just need to clear something up here. 977 00:42:31,649 --> 00:42:33,751 I thought you put down childish things 978 00:42:33,751 --> 00:42:35,453 when you moved out of your parents’ basement? 979 00:42:35,453 --> 00:42:37,822 Thanks-- yes, I did, but, uh, he’s the child, 980 00:42:37,822 --> 00:42:39,457 and it’s for him. It’s not for me. 981 00:42:39,457 --> 00:42:40,825 Oh, I see. Well, here’s the good news: 982 00:42:40,825 --> 00:42:42,527 you’re not alone. I’m with you. 983 00:42:42,527 --> 00:42:44,495 Look, and all the people over there, having a read? 984 00:42:44,495 --> 00:42:47,565 DANNY: Well, uh, you know, 985 00:42:47,565 --> 00:42:49,934 nothing wrong with a little fun for old time’s sake, right? 986 00:42:49,934 --> 00:42:51,536 No, there’s not. 987 00:42:51,536 --> 00:42:53,538 Captioning sponsored by CBS 988 00:42:53,538 --> 00:42:56,441 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org