Drop those bags and get out of my house.
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You know, you really don't have to leave, Rick.
No. No, no, no, no.
No. You and Thomas are together now.
I don't want to be around to cramp your style.
Besides, this is good for everyone.
I mean, you guys get free rein of the guest house
to explore your relationship.
And I get my own space.
And Suzy gets somebody to rent out her dad's old boat.
- Everybody wins. - Alright, just promise me
this isn't the end of Pancake Sundays.
I promise. Although, I got to say, I'm not gonna miss
Spaghetti Western Wednesdays.
Right.
What's a Spaghetti Western?
Oh, it's a subgenre of American Western movies
made in Europe in the '60s.
And for some reason, Magnum is a huge fan.
Speaking of TM, where is he?
Oh, we had two clients today,
so we decided to divide and conquer.
Alright, we got to get out of here.
Yeah. Everybody grab something.
Uh, sorry, guys. You're gonna have to handle this without me.
My client's here.
Oh, come on, Higgy. We need those guns.
Mr. Urima, Ms. Urima, tell me how I can help you.
Five nights ago, we were robbed.
Two men broke into our house while we were asleep.
Oh, that's... that's awful.
Were either of you harmed?
No.
Um, actually, my... my dad shot and killed one of them.
- Bastards. - Dad.
I didn't want to.
The guy left me no choice.
The other one at least had the good sense to run.
Did the surviving thief manage to get away with anything?
A few items, yes.
The most important of which was a necklace
that belonged to my mom.
It's a family heirloom.
It's worth almost $200,000.
I see.
And has HPD managed to identify the thief?
No. That's why we're here.
We were hoping you might have better luck.
Please.
You have to find that necklace.
It's all I have left of my late wife.
Also, it was the only thing of value I had to pass on to Kerry.
Honestly, I'm just grateful we're both okay.
I'm actually more concerned about my dad's safety
than the necklace.
Uh, I mean, the thief who got away is still out there,
and my dad killed his partner.
What if he comes back for revenge?
I keep telling her, I probably scared the son of a bitch
too much to come back.
Well, I can understand her fear.
I promise you I'll do everything that I can to help you both.
Thank you.
Verna.
Hi. Thomas Magnum.
- Hello. - Welcome to Hawaii.
Thank you.
Thank you for agreeing to meet with me.
Of course.
Do you mind if we walk?
No, not at all. It's a lovely day.
So, what can I do for you?
I'm trying to find my son, who lives here now.
I haven't seen him in a long time.
Not since he was a little boy...
36 years.
I know how that must sound.
Uh, do you mind if I ask what happened?
I've been struggling with mental illness for much of my life,
and it got harder when I became a mother.
Staying with my son and his father...
It just wouldn't have been fair to them.
So I made the difficult decision to leave.
To this day, I don't know if it was the right decision or not.
But I do know that I want a chance to be in my son's life again.
Well, I-I can do my best to find him,
but assuming I can, it's gonna be totally up to him
whether or not he wants any kind of relationship with you.
Oh, I understand.
Well, why don't we start off
by you telling me everything you know about him,
beginning with his name?
Well, Mr. Magnum, that's why I'm coming to you.
You already know my son.
His name is Theodore Calvin.
I apologize for deceiving you.
I just thought it would be better to do this
with somebody he knew.
So, what led you to me?
I saw you at that news conference y'all gave
after the big escape.
I wanted to reach out then,
but I wasn't feeling as good as I am now.
Well, I mean, still, 36 years without seeing your son.
I don't think I have to tell you how...
how that has affected TC.
It took me a long time to admit that I needed help.
Where I come from, mental illness isn't talked about.
And even after I started getting treatment,
it took years for me to find the right combination
of meds and therapy.
And I'm just now beginning to feel like
I'm not living in a prison of my own mind.
Well, I have no doubt that TC will be happy
that things are going well.
But I got to be honest.
I-I-I can't promise that he's gonna want to see you.
I-I understand.
I have no expectations, but I have to try.
So, can you put together a meeting for me and my son?
I can hardly believe it. What did you tell her?
Well, I said I'd talk to TC
and let him know she wants to see him
and then tell her where he stands.
That's all I really can do.
I really can't imagine this is gonna be easy for TC.
Yeah, these things never are.
I'm heading over to Island Hoppers now.
I'll, uh, catch up with you afterwards.
Okay.
- Bye. - Bye.
I couldn't find the insurance photos,
but here's a picture of my mom wearing the necklace.
Wow, it's beautiful.
I can see why she loved it.
When did she pass?
Six years ago.
Since then, my dad hasn't really been the same.
Then, a few years back, he was diagnosed with lymphoma
and has required daily care ever since.
Oh, I see.
Can you show me where the thieves broke in?
Yeah. This way.
The police think they were only in here a few minutes.
They're not really sure
since my dad and I were both asleep.
Right. And the necklace was kept in here?
No. It was in an old wooden bureau off the den.
They found it very quickly.
Well, they still made a mess in here.
My brother's here.
He promised to bring someone by to fix the window.
- Does your brother visit often? - No.
He's usually too busy with work to help out with Dad,
which is one of the reasons I had to give up my job
in order to do it.
Since then, my life has been consumed
with taking care of him.
That can't be easy.
It's not, but Dad needed me.
Mm-hmm.
I just couldn't be one of those people
who put their parent in a home.
Mm.
Well, I think it's very admirable,
what you're doing, Kerry. Mm.
Brent, this is Juliet Higgins,
the private investigator Dad hired.
Oh. Nice to meet you.
- Mm. - Thanks for helping us out.
No, of course. I'm just...
I'm sorry about what's happened to your family.
Me too.
You know, I've, uh, tried for years to get my dad
and sister to move in with me...
or at least to a safer area.
Maybe after this, they'll finally do it.
Do I have to remind you it's Dad who wants to stay here?
I mean, he's told us a dozen times
- this is where the memories are. - Boss?
It's, uh, right back there. Thanks.
Okay.
Have you, uh, contacted the insurance company
- about the necklace yet? - Yeah.
I submitted the paperwork and left a message.
That's it?
You have to keep calling till you get someone.
Come on, Kerry. You're supposed
to be taking care of this stuff.
Maybe you haven't noticed.
I'm a little busy with Dad here.
Um, Brent, your father mentioned that
on the night of the robbery,
you took a video of the aftermath.
I was wondering if I might take a look at it.
Sure.
What is it?
Nothing.
So, what can you tell me about our dead thief?
Name's Alo Kawiki.
Record of petty crime,
but no prior history of violence until now.
No known associates. No family on the island either.
Just a girlfriend in Waipahu.
- Hmm. - Juliet.
To what do we owe this pleasure?
Afternoon, Detective. I'm just working a case.
Nice.
Ooh! What's this?
Oh.
The Urima robbery? Heard about that one.
Sounds like the owner's a tough old goat.
- Yeah. - Good luck.
Thanks.
Listen, there's just...
There's something about this case that doesn't track.
What's that?
So, the thieves rummaged around in the office,
but everything that was on the floor
had shards of glass on top of it,
- which tells me that... - They broke the window
after they were already in the house.
Precisely. I think they were trying to hide the fact
that this was an inside job.
I think somebody with access helped the burglars get in.
That's good work. Mm...
And, apparently, the detectives working the case
- came to the same conclusion. - Mm.
But we're not sharing that theory with the family just yet.
Okay. In the meantime,
is HPD making a list of any regular visitors,
anyone with a key?
Yeah, but that appears to be a long list...
nurses, caretakers.
A couple of them had records,
but so far, everyone's alibied out.
Right. I take it no one had any connection
to our dead thief, Alo Kawiki?
None that we've found yet.
Right.
Well, has HPD questioned his girlfriend?
Yeah. But she swore she knew nothing about his criminal activities.
Well, maybe she'll be more forthcoming
with someone without a badge.
- Thank you. - Yeah.
I smell a favor coming on.
What? Am I that predictable?
You know what? Don't answer that.
How you doing, Cade?
Hey, Magnum.
Can I talk to you for a second?
Keep working on that gearbox.
- Right here. - Alright.
You got that look, man.
What's up?
Uh, I don't know how to ease into this,
so I'm just gonna say it.
Your mom's on the island, and she wants to see you.
She reached out to me.
A-And for what it's worth,
I think she genuinely wants to see you.
I don't feel like there's a... a hidden agenda or anything.
So she sent you here to convince me to talk to her?
No, not at all.
I-I just told her that I'd deliver the message...
That's it.
Well, I don't want to see her.
- You sure? - Yeah.
Alright.
Thanks for coming by.
Can I help you?
Dawn Makali?
I'm a private investigator.
I'm working for the family that Alo and his partner robbed.
Listen, I've been over this with the cops already.
I don't know anything about the robbery, so...
Please. Uh...
I understand that you don't want to talk to the police.
You're trying to protect yourself.
It's not about me.
Of course.
It's about... It's about your child.
My baby girl's the only thing that matters anymore.
She's all I have left of him.
Dawn, I-I understand, and I really...
I don't want to cause you any trouble.
Then what do you want?
To get back my client's property
and to ensure that Alo's partner
won't seek revenge for his death.
And from me?
Just to talk.
Thanks.
According to Dawn, Alo's partner was this man...
Nixon Haoa, age 37.
He's the owner of that gray 2011 Jeep over there.
History of violent crime.
He was released from Halawa Prison
three years ago after serving a five-year sentence.
Aside from Dawn, do we have anything
that connects Nixon to the robbery?
No calls or texts between him and Alo.
And on the night of the robbery,
Nixon's phone actually puts him right here at home.
So, what's the plan?
I guess we, uh, follow Nixon around,
see if we can find anything that links him to the robbery.
Right. Only we can't let HPD know how we got onto him.
I promised Dawn I'd keep her out of it.
There he is.
So, how are the clients?
Well, Gus is a tough old coot.
Kerry, his daughter...
She's pretty remarkable, too.
How so?
Well, when Gus' caregivers didn't work out,
she moved home so that she could take care of him herself.
That's kind of like what you did when your mom
was dealing with Alzheimer's, right?
Uh, yeah, but I did it briefly,
and Kerry's been doing it for four years.
She's given up everything.
What is he doing?
I think he made us.
Why are you following me?
Buddy, I don't know what you're talking about.
The hell you don't.
This is your only warning.
Back off.
Really? Come on, man!
That's an $1,100 tire.
You know, personally, when I'm tailing somebody,
I prefer to do it from a parallel position.
I just find it to be far less obvious.
Yeah, my technique is not the problem.
I think your girl Dawn had a change of heart
and tipped this guy off.
Gordie, you have me and Thomas.
I got your text about Nixon Haoa.
I'm guessing you were able to get Alo's girlfriend to talk.
Where we got that information isn't important, Gordon.
I haven't been back a week, and you two are already lying to me.
Just like old times, right, Gordie?
Look, I can put a BOLO out on Nixon,
but without Dawn,
we need a reason to pick him up and hold him
while we try to connect him to the robbery.
Well, h-how about felony vandalism
and possession of a firearm?
Is he actually guilty of those things
or are you guys just making up an excuse?
No, no. It's true.
He literally just shot out one of our tires.
Yeah, okay. That should work for now.
- Alright, I'll talk to you later. - Okay.
Factoring in this tire,
we're gonna be lucky to break even on this case.
- Wait. - Here's something.
Rick's just sent me a list of four fences on the island
who could potentially move high-end stolen jewelry.
So if we cross-reference their location data with Nixon's,
maybe I can find out which one he visited.
Here we are.
Looks like Nixon did visit one of those fences
on Rick's list in the last two days.
Name's Jamie Lam.
Well, I think it's time to pay old Jamie Lam a visit.
Hey, man, I got that battery to power Suzy's dad's houseboat.
Thanks, pal. You're a lifesaver.
No problem.
Hey...
I heard about your mom.
Yeah.
So you're not gonna see her?
Nope.
Well, I think you should.
Did I ask for your opinion?
No, but I-I just...
Look, I already know what you're gonna say...
that I need to hear the woman out,
give her a chance, get some closure.
- Well, save it, man. - Look, I get it.
And I know you didn't ask for my opinion, but...
I don't think you owe your mother anything.
You just said I should see her.
For you, not her.
Look, so you can say the things you need to say to her face
instead of stewing about it and letting it eat you up.
Look, whatever you decide to do, I'm here...
to give advice, to listen,
to be your punching bag.
Whatever you need.
This is Jamie Lam's place.
The shipping company must be a front.
And it's closed.
Odd during business hours.
Yeah.
Problem?
Yeah, it's a chain key lock.
Keyway is curved, it's not straight.
Can't be picked.
We'll have to find another way in.
There's probably an alarm.
What're you doing?
Well, if you put a cellphone camera up to the tinted glass,
you can see right through it, kinda like an X-ray.
Huh.
Well, Superman, what do you see?
I'd say he's been dead about 48 hours.
He's got bruising on his face.
Like he got into an altercation before he got shot.
You can bag him now.
Any update on Nixon?
Uh, none. Since your encounter, his phone's been off-line.
Found this in the desk drawer.
It's gotta be Lam's.
Be nice if we knew his passcode.
Hey, hang on a second.
Here we go.
Someone texted Lam photos of a necklace
the night of the robbery.
That's gotta be Nixon, right?
So what are we thinking?
Nixon makes a deal with Lam to sell the stolen necklace,
but for some reason, it goes south?
Detective, we got the safe open.
This was the only thing inside.
It's around 100 grand.
That's about half the retail value of the necklace.
That's as much as a fence is gonna give you for stolen goods.
Only Nixon never got the payout.
Apparently not.
So why didn't this deal go through?
Hello, Theo.
Look at you.
You look just like your father.
You want to sit?
Yeah.
I guess I should start.
I know I owe you some explanations.
But please don't hear them as excuses because they're not.
For a long time, before you were born,
I wasn't well.
There were times I was so messed up, I scared myself.
I thought I could get better if I just work harder...
pray longer.
I thought I could beat it.
And then you were born.
My angel.
Then all of a sudden, life got serious real fast.
God had given me this perfect creation
and I was terrified of destroying it.
Before long, I was trapped in a prison
of some very dark thoughts.
And no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't see my way out.
Leaving you
was the hardest thing I had ever done.
But I knew you would be better off without me.
And look at you now.
I was right.
Despite all you've been through, you are still a big,
beautiful, strong Black man,
and for that, I'm grateful.
And I am sorry.
I'm so sorry that I wasn't the mother that you deserved.
But if you can find it in your heart
to forgive me,
I swear I'll spend the rest of my life making it up to you.
Pops was different after you left.
Colder, harder.
It changed him.
And me.
It took a long time for me to feel good about anything again.
I was afraid if I loved something too much,
it would go away.
Every day you were the first thing
I thought about when I woke up
and the last thing before I went to sleep.
Then one day...
I stopped.
I let you go...
so I could survive.
I not only learned to live my life without you...
I learned how to thrive.
See, my life is good now, too.
And I got good people in it that... that love me.
And they would die before they abandoned me.
I do forgive you.
And I'm glad you're better.
But you gave up your place in my life a long time ago.
I've never seen him before.
Kerry?
No, never.
Do you think you'll be able to find him
and get my wife's necklace back?
Well, we do think he still has it.
And we're doing everything that we can to recover it.
Come on, Dad. Let's get you home.
Mm, yeah.
- We'll be in touch. - Thanks.
Take care.
Rick's reaching out to the other fences.
Hopefully, one of them will get in touch
if Nixon approaches them to make a deal.
Yeah. In the meantime, we should check out Nixon's place.
Maybe he brought the necklace there after he killed Lam.
Need I remind you that HPD is still staking out his house
in case he comes back?
Which is why we'll park around the block
and sneak in through the backyard.
I'll check in here.
Nothing in here!
What is it?
Have a look.
Look likes Nixon was participating
in the write-a-prisoner program when he was in Halawa.
Yeah.
And guess who the pen pal is.
Kerry Urima.
She said she didn't know Nixon.
She lied.
You lied about Nixon.
Makes me think you enlisted him to rob your house.
I was going to inherit that necklace.
Why... Why... Why would I steal it?
Maybe you got worried your dad would change his mind?
Leave the necklace to both you and your brother.
That wouldn't have been fair, right?
Because of Nixon, two people are dead.
- Where is he? - I don't know.
I haven't spoken to Nixon in three years.
Why'd you lie about knowing him?
Because I screwed up. I...
I must have told him about that necklace
back when we were in touch.
I didn't want my dad
to know that this was all my fault.
So Nixon hears about the necklace from you,
waits a few years, and then only now decides to steal it?
- I don't buy it. - I'm telling you the truth.
Are you?
Because here's a little truth...
We've actually known from the start that this robbery
was most likely an inside job.
We also know that someone tipped off Nixon
that he was being tailed by private investigators.
You see where I'm going with this?
Nixon had help.
I-I need to call my father to check in on him.
He's fine. Your brother's with him.
I know my rights.
I get a phone call.
You know, I think she's telling the truth.
What?
I'm just not convinced
that she was in on this with Nixon.
Okay, don't take this the wrong way, but...
could it be that you've got a soft spot for her?
I...
Gordon, I think we've made a mistake.
Uh, I don't believe that Kerry was, in fact,
involved in the robbery.
You're kidding, right?
I mean, we have a direct line between Kerry and Nixon.
And we have motive.
Both provided by the two of you, I might add.
Yes, but if you're gonna rob your own house,
there are far easier ways of doing it.
She also told Brent that she filed a claim
with the insurance company. Why would she do that?
Why would she invite greater scrutiny?
They approve the claim, she doubles her payday.
No, no, no. The risk far outweighs the reward.
I mean, the insurance company is in for $200,000.
They're going to investigate this
far more thoroughly than the police.
Agree to disagree. But what's your point?
Would you just talk to the insurance company
and see if she did, in fact, make that claim?
If she didn't, we can agree that is suspicious.
And, you know, then you'll have one more piece
of circumstantial evidence to help you make your case.
I don't know, Gordie. Something's not adding up.
I think she's right.
Yeah, fine.
I'll contact them.
So, you also think she might be innocent?
Well, not exactly.
Well, then why did you just back me up?
'Cause I always back you up.
Besides, you're not just my business partner anymore.
I do it right?
Yeah, she's airworthy.
So...
...uh...
what's, uh, going on...
you know, with your mom?
Oh, it's...
it's complicated.
You know, I barely have any memories of my mom.
All I really have
are stories that I heard from other people that knew her.
I know from those stories that as much as I wanted a mom...
hm...
I was better off without her in my life.
You know, the funny thing is, the person from those stories...
...didn't seem like the person I met today.
You know,
sometimes when bad stuff happens,
I think, "What did I do to deserve this?
Like, why me?"
And then I think about the good stuff,
all the really good stuff that's happened, and...
I ask myself the same thing...
"What did I do to deserve this?"
And the more I think about it,
I think it's not about deserving anything.
Life just happens.
And the more time I spend being mad about the bad stuff,
the more I miss out on the good.
I walked into La Mariana looking for a way
to make some easy cash, and look what happened.
Hm.
The good things in life can come from the most unexpected places.
Yeah, I think you'd be surprised.
Just think about it.
Yeah. Come on out for a few days.
Let me show you around.
Okay. Alright, sure.
Talk later. Bye.
It's fake?
100%.
Yeah, if you look at the prong settings,
they were fabricated by a machine.
Each setting should have been handmade by a master jewelry,
causing each one to have their own unique imperfections
in their shape.
When you're shopping engagement rings,
you become an expert on this stuff.
Well, that explains why Nixon's deal with Lam went sideways.
He tried to sell him a fake, and things escalated from there.
Insurance company.
Gordon Katsumoto.
Engagement ring, eh?
So are you planning to propose to someone, Detective?
I already did... twice.
She turned me down both times.
Said I'm already married to my job.
I'm hoping third times the charm.
- So did Kerry file the claim? - No.
Oh.
Well, I stand corrected.
Well, not exactly. Kerry couldn't file a claim
because the policy was canceled three months ago.
Apparently, the insurance company
wanted a new appraisal on the necklace
before they'd agree to renew the policy.
But Kerry never brought it in.
She let the policy lapse? That's odd.
Well, unless there was a reason
why she didn't want it to be inspected.
Because she knew it was fake.
Okay, but she definitely had to have had
the original necklace at some point, right?
I mean, it was insured in the first place.
Yes, so sometime between getting the initial policy
and that initial policy lapsing,
the real necklace was replaced with a replica.
I think Kerry stole it. The real one.
And then she replaced it with a fake.
Back up. 20 minutes ago, you were on Team Kerry.
No, no. I still think she's innocent
of this most recent theft.
But given this new information,
it's making me think that she was responsible
for the original necklace disappearing in the first place.
Okay, if you're right, how would we ever prove that?
Well, she had to have gone to somebody
to get the fake one made, right?
There's gotta be only a handful of jewelers
on the island that can do that level of forgery.
Right. I'm gonna call Rick.
Okay, I, uh... I stole it.
But not because I was bitter.
My father needed a very expensive medical treatment
to prolong his life.
Insurance wouldn't cover it.
I begged him to sell the necklace, but he refused.
So you did it without his
or your brother's knowledge?
I lied and said that I appealed
the insurance company's decision.
And that they agreed to pay for the treatment.
I mean, it... it was the only way.
I didn't want to lose him.
Meanwhile, Nixon still thought the real thing
was in your house.
But you could've come clean earlier.
There's something else you haven't told me, isn't there?
My brother also has a relationship with Nixon.
When Nixon got out of prison,
I got Brent to get him a job off the books.
You think it's possible Brent recruited Nixon
to steal the necklace?
I don't know.
Maybe.
Because if so, you can't be too happy
with your brother right now.
Was there any money left after the treatments?
I still have about $48,000 hidden around the house.
How'd you sell the necklace in the first place?
I, um...
I took it to a guy in Pearl City.
Charlie Kapono.
That was one of the fences on Rick's list.
If Nixon saw him after things went sideways with Lam,
he could've told Nixon about the meeting with Kerry.
Which could send Nixon back to Gus' house
to look for that cash.
Yeah.
Hey, partner.
What are you doing here?
Why haven't you called me back?
This crap is fake.
Your sister stole the real one six months ago.
Got herself a nice little payout.
I want whatever's left.
You.
Call your sister and find out where that money is.
And pray she's still got some of it left.
What money?
Wh... What's this son of a bitch talking about?
I'll explain later, Dad.
Make the call or I'm gonna blow your father's head off.
- Yeah? - Just heard from Childs.
Brent called Kerry asking about the cash
she got for the necklace.
Which means Nixon's there now.
Hurry up, Brent.
Let's go!
You got what you wanted, okay?
- Now go. - Not yet.
There's one more thing I want.
No, no, no, no!
Please.
This is between you and me.
Leave my dad out of this.
Brent!
That's Nixon.
Stay on him. We'll get the house.
Check that room.
Door left.
Clear!
Bedroom clear.
In here!
Brent.
We need paramedics in the house, right now.
He's conscious.
Roadblock's in position, Detective.
Copy that. Take him down.
Now!
Go, go! Hands up... now!
He made me do it.
Repeat... Mr. Urima was behind the wheel.
There's no sign of Nixon.
He must have used Gus as a diversion.
I got eyes on Nixon. He's on foot.
Get the hell outta the car!
Out... now!
Let me see your hands.
Hands!
Turns out Brent has some serious financial problems,
which motivated him to enlist Nixon in the robbery.
Thank you, sir.
Dad.
It's okay.
I know about the necklace.
You didn't have to do that, sweetheart.
I just wanted you to have something
for everything you've given me.
I have you, Dad.
That's all I ever wanted.
Hey.
You doing okay?
Yeah.
It's just, um, knowing all the sacrifices
that Kerry made to look after her dad, you know,
got me thinking about how I handled things
when my mom needed help.
I mean, Kerry kept her dad at home because...
because he said that that's where all the memories were,
even though moving him to a facility
just would've been easier.
And that's exactly what I did.
And part of me has just always wondered
if that decision hastened her decline.
What choice did you have?
I could've done things differently, you know?
I had this career at MI6 that I put on hold
and that I was desperate to get back to.
At the time, I-I told myself that putting her care
in the hands of others was the best thing for her,
but now I-I just can't help but think
that that was just the best thing for me.
You know, you can't compare yourself to Kerry
or anyone else's situation.
You were there for your mom.
And I have no doubt that you did
the best you could under very difficult circumstances.
Hey.
Come here.
- Hey. - Hey.
I'm really glad you called.
The last thing I wanted to do was hurt you.
I realize I could've been more open to your side of things.
I'm sorry.
Listen, um...
There's a lot of work to be done between us.
On both sides.
But if you really mean it,
you want a shot at a relationship...
...I'm willing to give it a chance.
I would like that very much.
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