Danny Williams quotes from Hawaii Five-0

Lou

[notices Danny smiling] What are you smiling about?

Danny

Well, taking down a couple corporate scumbags...perfect way to end the day, right?

Lou

Yes, sir.

Lou Grover

It's not? You see any money in there? Because I don't! And without that money, my daughter is just as good as dead! [slams door] Aw! [sighs] Oh, God, she's just a baby. I'm-I'm so sorry, Samantha. [walks away and cries]

Danny Williams

[comes over to comfort him] Listen to me. A few years ago, uh, this guy that I thought I knew, he took my daughter. And, uh you know, I remember back then thinking I got two choices now. I can, uh, I can shut down, start mourning my daughter, or I could do anything and everything it took to run over whatever stood in my way to get my daughter back.

Lou

I can't stop thinking about her. I can't stop thinking about what she must be going through.

Danny

Right now you need to put that on hold. If you want to see Samantha, you stay focused on ending this son of a bitch. You understand?

Lou

Yeah.

Danny

Let's go get this guy.

Danny

So, uh, we have been together for 3 years.

Steve

4.

Danny

See, this is specifically what I'm talking about.

Steve

I was correcting you.

Danny

Okay, 4.

Steve

Three years, eleven months, three days. Exactly.

Danny

You're done? [Steve gives him a "duh" look.]

Detective Williams asked you a question.

Steve

What?

He asked if you were going to allow him to finish his thought.

Steve

Who's side are you on?

I don't take sides, Commander. I'm an objective observer. You know the Governor asked me to oversee the annual psychological audit of personnel and I was concerned by what Detective Williams had to say.

Steve

Okay, yeah, fine. So we don't agree on a few things but I don't see why that's such a big deal.

Danny

[interrupts] "A few things"? A few things?! We don't agree on anything.

Steve

You wanna know why you spend so much time in the passenger seat?

Danny

[sarcastically] This should be fantastic.

Steve

You wanna know?

Danny

Yeah.

Steve

I get carsick if I don't drive. [Danny scoffs and starts laughing] And he laughs.

So five people make up the Five-O Task Force.

Steve

Yeah, but we're more than a task force you see. We're ohana.

Why the look, Detective Williams?

Danny

Oh, no, no look. I guess I was just agreeing with him. For the first time. [smiles]

Steve

I think we're good. [smiles]

Now, you know I can't confirm whether Lieutenant Larkin's on a mission, Commander. What I can tell you is, there have been no security breaches on any of our current ops.

Steve

Okay, um, sir, Lieutenant Larkin's daughter was kidnapped just two hours ago, all right? We believe that the mission that he either is or is not on could be the key to getting her back.

That may be so, but I'm telling you, it's got nothing to do with our ops. You're just gonna have to take my word on that.

Steve

Yeah, with all due respect, sir, we've, uh we've been down this road before, you and I, and oh, you owe me.

[chuckles] Well, you did save my ass with that Chinese satellite. That much is true.

Steve

You're welcome.

But, unfortunately, I've said all I can on this matter.

Steve

What about his files? Can you give us access to his files?

I can do that.

Steve

Okay. If his daughter's kidnapping has anything to do with his service, there'll be a list of suspects there.

Danny

Uh, one more thing, I'm sorry-- um, Angela, his wife, uh, has been trying to get in touch with him. Is there any way we could make that happen? That would be nice.

I'm sensitive to the situation, Detective. Truly, I am. And I'm sure as soon as Lieutenant Larkin is available, he'll contact his wife.

Steve

Let's go. Thank you.

Steve

[sighs] We take an oath, Danny.

Danny

I understand that. But this is about the guy's family.

Steve

You don't think he's got a right to know? Of course he has a right to know, all right? But right now his team needs him focused and ready to lead. You tell him about his daughter, you could put all their lives in danger and compromise the entire mission.

Danny

Well, let me tell you something that you don't know, okay? As a parent, when your child is in trouble, you can sense it. You know about it. Like right now, Lieutenant Larkin, he knows that. He doesn't know why, but he knows it. Don't you think that puts him and his team in just as much danger?

Danny

Drop the weapon. Drop the weapon, Jason. You got to drop that weapon right now. We know about the accident. We know it wasn't your fault. You got to drop that weapon right now.

Do you have any idea how it feels to lose someone you love? To live with the guilt that it's your fault?

Danny

No, I can't imagine what that must feel like.

No, you can't.

Danny

Listen, no parent should have to go through what you went through.

What do I have to live for?

Danny

Listen to me, there's a family out there right now and they want to see their daughter. I know you don't want to put them through the pain of having to bury that kid. I know that's not what you want, right?

Jerry

[about Thomas Farrow] My money's on him being an MI-6 bad-ass. That's British Secret Intelligence Service.

Danny

I know. I've seen James Bond.

Jerry

Hey, can you guys manage here without me? [Steve glares at him]

Danny

[facetiously] No.

Jerry

Well, you're gonna have to. I have a British source. He's kind of my one-stop-shop for all Brit-related intel. We also watch Doctor Who together.

Steve

What kind of cop are you?

Danny

The kind of cop that gets things done.

You do understand that if there's a widespread outbreak of this virus, we'd be looking at a slate wiper.

Danny

Slate wiper?

From all the projections we've done, a weaponized H5N4 would decimate the population.

Kono

Of Oahu?

The world. [they see a computer simulation where Oahu is gradually swamped with red dots indicating cases and the world turns red as well]

Danny

[walks into Steve's house] He's dead. He is dead. [walks into kitchen]

Steve

Good morning to you, too.

Danny

I swear, I think that I am gonna kill this little punk. [sees Steve making coffee] Nice.

Steve

Okay. Who we killing?

Danny

This, uh, kid in Grace's math class, his name is 'Apane, and he's been texting her nonstop. Text, text, text, text, text, text.

Steve

How do you know he's been texting her?

Danny

Because I bought her a new cellular phone and somehow in the family cloud share plan, whatever you call it, it got mixed up and I'm receiving all of her text messages.

Steve

So you've been spying on her.

Danny

I'm not spying on my kid. What'd I just say? Number one. Number two, it's called parenting, so you know.

Steve

It's also spying.

Danny

You know why you think it's funny? Because you don't understand subtext.

Steve

Subtext. They're two kids talking about candy the day before Valentine's Day. Romance is in the air, Danny.

Danny

Romance is in the air?

Steve

Romance is in the air.

Danny

No, romance is not in the air. You know why? Because she's twelve. There should not be any romance in her airspace, period.

Lou

Raising kids is a lot like grilling burgers.

Danny

Uh-huh.

Lou

You can't poke them and prod them too much. All you can do is just watch them closely and be there when the flames jump up.

Danny

That's it! There you go. That's fantastic.

Danny

Steve?

Steve

Yeah?

Danny

You got to hear this. Grover is comparing, uh, raising children to, uh, making hamburgers.

Lou

What's the matter with that?

Steve

I like it.

Danny

You like it?

Steve

I like it.

Danny

Right. 'Cause the analogy is free, like, uh, the-the booze is free. The beers are free. Everything is free.

I didn't have much of a family as a kid. And when I was 19, I met Frank. And he was older and charming and he was the first man who ever made me feel special. A year later, we were married, and everything changed. He wanted to control every aspect of my life. And when I stood up for myself, he got violent. One night, he, uh, he almost killed me, so I-I left the city and ran as fast and far away as I could. And then I met you.

Danny Williams

I got lucky, huh? [laughs] Right, babe?

I wouldn't call it lucky.

Danny

No?

No. I-I mean, I was, I was afraid you would think I was damaged goods. That you wouldn't want me with all that baggage.

Danny

Baggage? Look, I got, um, I got plenty of baggage my-my-myself, you know? I think between the two of us, we may be able, be able to open up a luggage joint one day, you know?

Yeah.

Danny

Look, um I say that-that that part of your life is over with now. You know, it's finished. I mean, we we can start over right now. What do you say? Hmm?

Yeah.

Danny

Yeah.

Yeah? Be good? I'm Melissa Armstrong.

Danny

Melissa Armstrong? [chuckles] Oh Melissa Armstrong, I'm, uh, Danny Williams; nice to meet you.

It's nice to meet you.