- Thomas Magnum: It says here that HPD never found Libby's phone. That's kind of odd. Can you maybe...?
- Juliett Higgins: Yeah, I already tried pinging it. The last signal it emitted was from inside their apartment on the day she died.
- Thomas Magnum: Must've broke when Josh threw it. Maybe it's still in the apartment. Oh, uh, Josh told me about this creepy guy that worked at the bank that Libby was at.
- Juliett Higgins: Yeah, it's in the file. A "creepy stalker" was the term he used.
- Thomas Magnum: But no name?
- Juliett Higgins: No, there's no other mention of him other than in Josh's police interview. They never followed up or questioned him.
- Thomas Magnum: Why not?
- Juliett Higgins: Well, no need. They already had a solid case against Josh.
- Thomas Magnum: Well, got to start somewhere. I guess I'll go check out the bank.
- [standing to leave]
- Thomas Magnum: I know you want to ask to come along. Well, we're running out of time. Two heads is better than one. Come on.
- Juliett Higgins: Or one and a half.
- Thomas Magnum: Very funny.
- Juliett Higgins: I thought so.
- Juliett Higgins: Your self-congratulatory demeanor is repugnant, Magnum. You lied under oath to be dismissed.
- Thomas Magnum: Not exactly. I wouldn't have made a good juror. That wasn't a lie.
- Juliett Higgins: Has anyone ever explained karma to you?
- Thomas Magnum: Yeah, I'm not worried.
- Thomas Magnum: My name is Thomas Magnum. I reside at the estate of Robin Masters, where I'm in charge of security, which means I am... uh, basically a-a peer of the... well, kind of pretty close to the HPD.
- Orville 'Rick' Wright: [poking him with a foam finger] No! Not specific enough.
- Thomas Magnum: What do you mean?
- Orville 'Rick' Wright: I mean, you've got to name-check Katsumoto. All right? He is your ace in the hole and your best friend.
- Thomas Magnum: Yeah, I don't think we're quite there yet.
- Orville 'Rick' Wright: Do you want my help or not?
- Theodore 'TC' Calvin: What the hell are y'all doing?
- Orville 'Rick' Wright: Well, I'm-I'm prepping Thomas to get him out of jury duty, but it's not going very well. You know, maybe I should go in your place. If you recall, I did a pretty good impersonation of you not long ago.
- Thomas Magnum: Oh, that time you broke up a wedding, lost the venue, and almost got me sued? No, thanks.
- Thomas Magnum: [narrating] I'm gonna call my best friend and see what HPD knows that isn't in the file.
- [Magnum calls Katsumoto. Katsumoto answers the phone, immediately recognizing who is the caller]
- Detective Gordon Katsumoto: [sourly] Whatever you want, my answer's no.
- Thomas Magnum: But a life is on the line.
- Detective Gordon Katsumoto: Detective Dole already investigated Libby Conner's murder.
- Thomas Magnum: How did you know...
- Detective Gordon Katsumoto: He painstakingly collected evidence and brought it to the P.A., who decided to prosecute Josh Healy because the case was solid.
- Thomas Magnum: Yeah, but there was another suspect who was never interviewed.
- Detective Gordon Katsumoto: Police work 101: you follow leads. When one pans out, you don't then follow the other hundred. That would waste time and resources.
- Thomas Magnum: What if Josh is innocent?
- Detective Gordon Katsumoto: I'm certain you'll prove it.
- Thomas Magnum: Really?
- Detective Gordon Katsumoto: No.
- Detective Gordon Katsumoto: Leo Cho. Worked for the Company.
- Thomas Magnum: The Hawaiian Syndicate? Thought they were done decades ago.
- Detective Gordon Katsumoto: They were. 'Till they thought it was safe to re-engage. Now they hide behind clean businesses. You made some pretty bad enemies, Magnum.
- Juliett Higgins: Actually, uh, I was responsible for this body.
- Detective Gordon Katsumoto: This body? Is there another I should be aware of?
- Thomas Magnum: Well, funny you should ask. Rudy Wong is no longer with us.
- [indicating the body]
- Thomas Magnum: But that's all him.
- Brianna Healy: Do you think there's time for you to find anything?
- Thomas Magnum: If there's something to find, I'm gonna find it.
- Brianna Healy: You know, um, all these years, I've been both mother and father to Josh. But his-his drinking just really got in the way. And I'm wondering maybe if I had done more...
- Thomas Magnum: You know none of this is your fault.
- Brianna Healy: You don't know that.
- Thomas Magnum: You know, when I was... when I was six, I lost my father, and I miss him every day. I turned out pretty good. And most of the credit goes to my mom. She was... she was enough. My bet is you are, too.
- Brianna Healy: That's why you took this case, isn't it? I thought it was 'cause you felt guilty about getting out of jury duty.
- Thomas Magnum: No, I took this case because you needed help.
- Thomas Magnum: Where the hell were you?
- Juliett Higgins: Tone.
- Thomas Magnum: I'm sorry. I was worried about you.
- Juliett Higgins: Well, that sounded almost genuine. I was out front with Kumu. What's wrong?
- Thomas Magnum: I was just threatened at a gas station to back off the investigation.
- Juliett Higgins: By who?
- Thomas Magnum: I don't know. It was an Asian guy, he was well-dressed, drove a black Mercedes G-Wagen with tinted windows and no plates.
- Juliett Higgins: Okay, I'll see if I can find any security footage. The station on Liliha?
- Thomas Magnum: How'd you know that?
- Juliett Higgins: They sell the cheapest petrol, and you pay with coins you find under the floor mat.
- Thomas Magnum: I need your help.
- Juliett Higgins: What number is this? Where are you?
- Thomas Magnum: I am in jail.
- Juliett Higgins: Why?
- Thomas Magnum: I tried to get a delay on the trial, judge held me in contempt.
- Juliett Higgins: I know the feeling.
- Thomas Magnum: Honestly, I can't thank you enough.
- Detective Gordon Katsumoto: Turns out, Higgins can be even more annoying than you.
- Thomas Magnum: [laughing] Right?
- Detective Gordon Katsumoto: Now I have to take the judge to dinner. She's a... complicated woman.
- Thomas Magnum: Wait. Hold on, you and Judge Kamaka dated?
- Detective Gordon Katsumoto: Contrary to what you tried to sell in court this morning - perjury, by the way - we are not best friends. My personal life is none of your business.
- Thomas Magnum: When did it end? Or-or did it end? I don't know.
- Detective Gordon Katsumoto: I was wrong. You and Higgins are equally annoying.
- Thomas Magnum: Yeah, well, I've been called worse.
- Juliett Higgins: How was your stay in the big house?
- Thomas Magnum: Thanks for getting me out.
- Juliett Higgins: Josh's future depends on it.
- Thomas Magnum: Yeah, but also because you didn't want me locked up in jail, right?
- [Higgins just stares]