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Steve McGarrett quotes from Hawaii Five-0

Played by Alex O'Loughlin · 265 quotes · page 6 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

I'm going to talk to these models.

Steve

Okay, well, just stay with questions that relate to the case, all right?

What is that supposed to mean?

Steve

What it means is I know you. I'm just saying stick to the case.

[protests] Hey, hey, they're just women.

Who happen to be insanely hot and make millions of dollars.

[feigns innocence] I didn't know either of those things.

[Kono, Steve and Chin all grin at him]

[Steve insists on Chin coming clean about his corruption charges to the IA review board]

Steve

Look Chin, listen this is gonna clear your name.

Yeah, it will, but at what cost? My uncle was a righteous cop, Steve. In his 25 years, he put away hundreds of criminals. Guys that deserved to be off the streets. And if he's found guilty, they'll enact judicial review. All of his past convictions will be called into question. Guilty men will walk straight out of prison.

Steve

Let me call the governor.

No. This is my problem. I'll handle it.

Steve

Why is a fashion photographer sending coded texts? All right...you know what? I'm going to send this to Catherine. She can have the, uh, the boys in intel run it through–

[interrupts Steve] Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Steve

What?

It's not coded texts. Okay? No need for your little Ramboette. Okay, this is not your, uh, cloak and dagger spook speak. This is Danny's world.

[McGarrett had handcuffed Jenna Kaye to his car before a raid.]

McGarrett

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't there a car attached to you? [Kaye looks down at her wrist]

Oh. Weird.

[Jenna Kaye and Steve McGarrett confront Fallon Global official Elliot Connor at his office]

You shifted in your chair and touched your face as you were answering the question. Those are both signs of deception, plus you added unnecessary details about delivering the papers just to make your lies sound more credible.

Steve McGarrett

Does Jeff know that you're using his house to cheat on his sister?

ECElliott Connor

What? That's absurd!

Wow. Mock outrage - that's a bad one.

[Sang Min suddenly appears at the Five-0 offices]

You don't understand. I'll plead to any charge. Take the maximum sentence. As long as you put me in protective custody.

Oh yeah? What happened?

Wo Fat. I tried to make things right with him.

Steve

What did he say?

He told me he's not gonna rest until I'm dead. And then when I am, he's gonna come after you next.

[At the Governor's Mansion, Steve McGarrett wants a lot of answers]

GPGovernor Patricia Jameson

Steve. I was hoping they were wrong about you.

Steve McGarrett

I didn't kill Laura Hills. You did.You move, I will put a bullet in you. Put your hand on the desk!

JJameson

Just put the gun away and we can talk.

McGarrett

It goes down when we're done.

JJameson

What do you want?

McGarrett

[sets up iPhone recording] I want a confession.

JJameson

You have a gun pointed at my head. I'll say whatever you want, Steve.

McGarrett

I want the truth.

JJameson

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

McGarrett

I know what you did! I know everything!

JJameson

Then, why don't you just go ahead and pull the trigger.

McGarrett

Because I want answers. Speak.

JJameson

Trust me, that is not what you want.

McGarrett

[miffed at phone ringing] Don't touch that phone. Don't answer it. Look at me. I know my father was investigating you. I know about your ties to the Yakuza. I know about the Noshimuri brothers. I know about your connection to Wo Fat. My father was getting close to exposing you, wasn't he, Governor, huh? That's why my mother died in that car bomb. Just like Laura Hills. But what I really want to know is who gave the order. I know Koji Noshimuri set the car bomb that killed my mother. I know Victor Hesse killed my father, but I want to know- who gave the order, Governor? Was it Wo Fat, or was it you?

JJameson

[bitterly] You captured the man who shot and killed your father. You took down the people responsible for your mother's murder. I gave you the ability to do that. I gave you the immunity and the means. I protected you, and when you got into trouble, I got you out of it.

McGarrett

You put the money in the asset forfeiture locker, didn't you? You covered for us.

JJameson

I was trying to protect you. Five-0 has done a lot for the people of Hawaii. I wanted that work to continue.

McGarrett

Stop lying to me! You created Five-0 so you could keep an eye on me. So I wouldn't pick up where my father left off. Isn't that right? You keep friends close, but you keep your enemies even closer?

JJameson

I am not the enemy, Steve. I have always been loyal to the people who are loyal to me.

McGarrett

Really? Is that why you had Laura Hills murdered? Because she was the least loyal?

JJameson

Yes. [sees Wo Fat taser McGarrett; picks up iPhone and deletes recording] What are we going to do? We have to get rid of him.

I have everything under control. [shoots Jameson with McGarrett's pistol and puts it on his hand]

[Danny witnesses Chin Ho and the HPD officers bring McGarrett out of the Governor's Mansion]

Hey! What the hell are you doing? What happened? Huh?

Steve McGarrett

The governor's dead.

What are you talking about?

Steve

It was Wo Fat. You understand? It was Wo Fat, Danny.

Let him go. Let him go.

He was the only one there. His gun was just discharged. I can't let him go.

Yes, you can. We have jurisdiction. We're Five-0. Get him out.

You don't understand, Danny. There is no Five-0 anymore.

[at Kamekona's shave ice shop, the Five-0 gang show Lt Gov Sam Denning the hidden camera footage from Jamieson's murder]

GSGovernor Sam Denning

Commander McGarrett, you have my sincerest apologies for everything you've been through.

Steve McGarrett

With all due respect, sir, I don't need your apologies. What I need you to do is reinstate my Five-0 Task Force so we can go after this son-of-a-bitch right here.

...Well no doubt, that Five-0 had an impact on crime. So as Lt. Governor I'll grant your request.

McGarrett

All right! Thank you, sir.

But there are conditions.

DDDanny 'Danno' Williams

What conditions?

Governor Jamieson gave you full immunity to basically run roughshod over every single law on the State's books. That's not gonna happen on my watch. You cross the line, you answer to me.

McGarrett

Understood, sir. But just so you're clear. Sometimes we get put in positions where lives are on the line, and we have to make split-second decisions. The line you're talking about gets a little hard to see.

[Chin Ho, Danny and Steve talk about Lori Weston]

What? Why wouldn't she last?

DDDanny 'Danno' Williams

Well, Let's see what she looks like when she gets done with Sgt. Slaughter's Boot Camp.

Steve McGarrett

What's that supposed to mean?

Let's just try not to get the new girl blown up, kidnapped, or shot on her first day. That's all. Can we do that, Steven?

Steve

I can't guarantee that.

[Five-0 raid "The Chameleon"'s hideout and sees a bunch of surveillance materials on SEAL Team IX personnel]

[browsing a folder] Operation Strawberry Fields ring a bell?

Steve

What did you say?

Operation Strawberry Fields. It's got a picture of you and your men. [Steve snatches folder from him] Photo of you.

Steve

It's classified.

Oh, I apologize. The Chameleon unclassified it.

[Having saved a SEAL from being killed by the Chameleon, the Five-0 team are invited into a secret room inside JFB Pearl-Harbor Hickam]

So what, you're not gonna tell me about Operation Strawberry Field?

Steve

No.

No, no, 'cause you'd have to kill me if you told me.

Steve

[deadpan] Keep that up.

I'm just curious, though. Is there an Operation Abbey Road? Are you the walrus? [Joe White looks at him and raises his eyebrows] Time to shut up?

Roger that. You ready for the Magical Mystery Tour?

Now dig in to the grinds, and tell me what you think, please.

[takes a bite of the jambalaya] Jambalaya has got some kick. [looks at Steve] Try it.

[Steve takes a shrimp and nearly chokes due to its spiciness]

Steve

You got a cast-iron stomach that should be weaponized. [to Kamekona] You got any water in there?

Sparkling or flat?

Steve

Seriously, I can't breathe right now.

[looks at a life-sized whale hanging from the ceiling of the museum] It's amazing. I mean, one day you are the king of the ocean, right? The next thing you know, you're hanging from the ceiling in a museum and children are looking at your private parts.

Steve

Yep, kind of puts things in perspective.

[Steve catches on to Danny about Dr Gabrielle Asano]

I don't want a relationship.

Steve

Coffee is not a relationship, it's a beverage.

Not true, every relationship has started with a cup of coffee. Then it's dinner and a movie, okay? Next thing you know, you're divorced, you're moving to Hawaii so you can see your daughter every other weekend.

Steve

You need to talk to someone professionally.

Danny I do. You. And now the session's over.

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