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Steve McGarrett quotes from Hawaii Five-0

Played by Alex O'Loughlin · 265 quotes · page 4 of 18

Steve McGarrett

Played by Alex O'Loughlin

Hawaii Five-0 · 427 quotes

Most-quoted character in Hawaii Five-0: in 265 of its 427 quotes
Most scenes with: Danny Williams (167), Lou Grover (28), Catherine Rollins (18)

Scenes with Steve McGarrett 260

[after McGarrett tells Governor Jameson that her biggest supporter is a Yakuza boss]

GJGov. Jameson

[wearily] Is there any beer around here?

McGarrett

What?

JJameson

I have never known a Navy man who couldn’t find a lady a beer.

Steve

You know, I never would've left the Island, I never would've joined the Navy or missed every holiday, every birthday, half of Mary's life. The day that car exploded, it made me who I am. Danny, I can't just let it go.

I'm not asking you to let it go. I want to get these guys as bad as you do.

Hey, it’s the CHiPs! Remember CHiPs?

Steve

Of course I remember CHiPs. I always thought that’d be the coolest job—you know, riding motorcycles, fighting crime…

No, no, motorcycle cops have a five-times-higher mortality rate than other cops.

Steve

It’s a cop fantasy, Danny; why do you gotta bring statistics into it?

Cop fantasy... In my cop fantasy, I’d be Estrada, and you’d be Wilcox.

Steve

I don't think so, baby.

[while following a suspect]

Hey, not so close, Wilcox.

Steve

Don’t tell me how to tail a suspect. And if this was CHiPs, I’d be Estrada, you’d be Wilcox, all right?

I don't think so.

[After closing the case, Steve and Danny are watching CHiPs in the office.]

Estrada was a bad bitch, man.

Steve

Yup. That's why there's no way.

Wait a minute. Why can't I be Estrada?

Steve

In a world where I didn't exist, you could be whatever you want.

That world sounds lovely.

[Danny finds out that Steve has found someone to babysit Grace and it turns out to be Kamekona]

Howzit, bruddah? I hear you got a high-priority assignment for me.

High-pri––Yeah. [looks at Steve] Are you sure this is a good idea?

Steve

He looked after my sister.

Yeah, I know, and your sister ran away.

Steve

Hey.

That's bulai, brah. She tricked me. Playing on my emotional vulnerabilities.

Steve

That part's true.

Shut up, you.

And besides, I'm great with keikis. I got this.

[Steve gets a call from Mamo 'Kahike]

Steve McGarrett

Mamo, what's up?

MKMamo 'Kahike

Bro, you gotta get these cops off my back. They want me to board up and get off the beach.

McGarrett

Just do as they say, Mamo, okay? There's a tsunami coming. It's not safe to be on the beach.

MMamo

Steve, I was here in '60, '64 and '75. I seen them all. I know the water. There's no tsunami in here today.

McGarrett

Okay, listen, I hear you, but you gotta get out of there just in case.

MMamo

Okay, bro, but I'm telling you, somebody's blowing smoke up somebody's okole.

McGarrett

Just be safe, Mamo.

Steve

Is there a relay station that the signal passes through or any place that could compromise the signal?

Sheldon Tunney No. It's a clean feed from GOES 11 to us. [his pager starts beeping] Oh! You'll have to excuse me.

Steve

Okay, thank you. You've been very helpful.

How was that helpful?

Steve

You just be quiet for a second, okay? So the adults can think.

If I'm going to die on this island which I never should've come to in the first place, your face is not the last face I want to see, you understand that? Respectfully, of course.

Steve

I know you like it here.

I like... here? Incorrect! You are incorrect, my friend!

Steve

Then why the board, huh? Did hell freeze over? Did I actually miss you trying to get up on that thing? [snickers]

No comment!!

[The team discovers the money from the HPD asset forfeiture locker packed inside sandbags stashed at the HPD central HQ and try to pin the prime suspect]

CHCommander Hale

Coast Guard tracked that drug deal for six months. It was supposed to be our takedown, but then HPD swooped in, took the credit. Now I'm being pushed out before my 20. No pension. No benefits. My country owes me.

Steve

[irritated, gets in Commander Hale's face] Hey, let's clear things right now. You swore to defend and support this country no matter what the cost. She doesn't owe you anything, okay?

This uh, gonna be your last chance to say it. Come on.

Steve

Book 'em, Danno.

[as Danny cuffs Hale] How much money is this?

HHale

Twenty-eight million.

Steve

I may not be able to see you, okay. But I can hear you. And you have a tone.

Tone? I don't have a tone. I don't have a tone.

Steve

You say I have a face. You, my friend, you have a tone. You have a tone, okay? And it's a tone that says "I'm gonna hit somebody."

Steve

[sees Danny bent over] What are you doing?

Buying a car. What's it look like I'm doing?

Steve

It looks like you're doing downward dog, but I know you don't do yoga.

I'm stretching because my back hurts. Do you know why my back hurts?

Steve

No. Why does your back hurt?

Because I spent the morning pushing a car down the Pali Highway.

Steve

Ah. Where I come from that's called good exercise.

Where is that, Krypton? Where I come from, that's called a worker's comp settlement.

[sees Kamekona in a tracksuit] When did you start jogging?

I'm in training, brah.

Did he just say he's in a training bra?

Steve

No, he...

Very funny.

I'm training for a sumo competition.

Oh. Sumo.

Steve

Sumo.

Shouldn't you be, uh, wearing a diaper? Big diaper? Something like that?

It's called a mawashi, brah. Lip off to me one more time, I'll give you a personal introduction to the sport.

I like my odds. Bring it.

[Steve and Danny visit Tongan pawnshop operator Big Lono]

Steve

You gonna open the door?

BLBig Lono

Not a chance.

Steve

I'll be back.

"I'll be back?" [to Big Lono] He's done a lot better, trust me. [To Steve] That's all you can come up with is "I'll be back?"

Steve

I've got something- I've got something good. [Goes outside]

What are you gonna do, Are you gonna drive the car through the... Hey, I got the keys! Quieres llaves? [to Big Lono] You see what you did? I don't know what he's gonna do. But if I were you: I'd run out the back, side, roof - go! [Steve returns with a grenade] A grenade? He has a grenade. Why do you have a grenade? He's got a grenade. You see this? He's not bluffing? He will pull the pin and blow everybody up. Will you trust me, please?

BLBig Lono

That thing's not even real.

Steve

You gonna open the door?

BLBig Lono

Not a chance.

Steve

Sure? [Lono refuses to budge] Okay. [sets up grenade on screen lock]

You're not bl - You're not bluffing.

Steve

Go, go! Move!

That is so sick. [Steve and Danny run outside as the grenade goes off; Danny is stunned at the explosion] Come on!!! What is the matter with you?!? You need help! I will pay for it!

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