Danny Williams quotes from Hawaii Five-0

Steve

Take, like, a domesticated canine, you put it in the wild. Okay, but a cat-- they never forgot how to hunt and kill.

Danny

Well, I guess that's why you two get along then. That's why you like cats.

Steve

Yeah.

Danny

Aw, that smells disgusting, Steve. Who microwaves an omelet, huh?!

Steve

The body needs protein. When you're not sleeping, it needs it even more. What is that? What are you doing?

Danny

I'm doing a little, uh, quiz out of this book: uh, "how well you know your partner?". It asked me to list something you were very passionate about.

Steve

Oh, yeah? What'd you write?

Danny

Protein.

Danny

So like, uh, like I said, our job is to uphold the laws of this great country. Without policemen, without policewomen, uh, there'd be no order. And order is, um it's the backbone to any civilized society. And, yes, I like doughnuts very much. If anybody has any questions, uh, please, you can ask them now. [points at a boy raising his hand] Yes.

What's it like cutting up dead people?

Danny

I don't do that.

[refers to Max] I was asking him.

Max

The vivisection of a once-living organism as a scientific necessity can be quite rewarding if it yields forensic results.

Max

Quite the opposite. Thank you for asking.

Danny

I've heard of stories of people getting stuck in elevators for days-- days.

Dr. Shaw

I really don't think that's gonna happen.

Danny

My cell phone doesn't work, your cell phone doesn't work, the alarm doesn't work. Okay? No one's coming to look at office space because this guy, the office manager, is dead. We have got to be proactive.

Dr. Shaw

Or we can conserve energy.

Danny

We got no food, we got no water. Oxygen level in here is getting very low.

Dr. Shaw

There's plenty of oxygen.

Dr. Shaw

Listen to me. Everything is gonna be okay.

Danny

Yeah?

Dr. Shaw

Okay, right now, neurotransmitters in your brain have sent the wrong signal Uh-huh? activating your sympathetic nervous system. You just need to ride this out until your parasympathetic nervous system can restore your body to a normal state. That's good.

Danny

Can you do me a favor and speak English, please? Okay.

Dr. Shaw

Your body is lying to you. It's telling you you're in danger, but you're not.

Danny

You're not. So it's like a glitch.

Dr. Shaw

Exactly! It's a glitch.

Danny

Uh-huh.

Dr. Shaw

That's all. Just a glitch. There's no danger.

Danny

No danger.

Dr. Shaw

There's no there's no threat, okay? You're completely safe.

Danny

Absolutely.

Dr. Shaw

Now just breathe. Just relax. Breathe. There you go. You got it.

Danny

Thank you.

Dr. Shaw

You're welcome.

Danny

[sees Kono and Chin arriving at the crime scene] Hey. Welcome to the, uh, freak show. We got 17 Elvises, all of them potential suspects or witnesses.

Jerry

Actually, the correct terminology is "Elvii." But you can also call them ETAs. Elvis Tribute Artists.

[relieved after being rescued by Steve and Danny] Oh, thank God. Thought I was gonna die in there.

Steve

Like, a couple more hours, you probably would have.

[glances at his ankle monitor] This thing saved my life.

Danny

Oh, yeah? How's that?

'Cause that-that maniac was gonna shoot me in the head, and I said, "Hey "the cops are gonna be alerted right away if this monitor stops registering a pulse."

Steve

You know, it doesn't actually work like that, you know that, right? [Danny is laughing at the side]

It doesn't? Good thing I didn't know that.

We came over here for a boys' weekend, all right? You got to believe me, man, we're good guys.

Danny

[laughs] "Good guys"? Good guys? You're a bunch of married, 40-year-old guys come all the way to Hawaii for spring break to hit on college girls. I mean, you must have very understanding wives.

Steve

[glances at a glum-looking Danny] You do something wrong? What'd you do wrong?

Danny

I don't know. I've been thinking about it. I'm wracking my brain. I can't figure it out. But Rachel's definitely upset about something.

Steve

You think it's Amber-related?

Danny

Melissa.

Steve

Oh, that's official now?

Danny

Well, yes, it is her name, so I think it's official.

Danny

Why are you telling me this? [catches on and looks at Charlie] That's my kid? [sees Grace staring at him] How long have you known this, Rachel? You've always known.

Danny, I...

Danny

Why would keep something like this from me?

Because your life, from the chances that you take.

Danny

The chances I take?

See, if anything ever happened to you, I didn't want two kids growing up without a father.

Danny

You had no right to do that. You understand that? You had no right to keep that from me, that I got a son. [looks away despondently]

I know that you hate me right now, and I don't blame you for hating me, but I am telling you now. We have a son, and there is something wrong with him, something that could kill him. He needs our help.

Danny

Okay. Okay, so what? So, what happens now?

You need to take a blood test. It won't take long, only a few minutes... 24 hours to get the results, and then the doctors can decide how to proceed from there.

Danny

And then, they set everything up then?

Yes.

Danny

What about Stan? What does he know?

He knows now.

Danny

Do you know how many times that I've dropped Grace off? You know how many times I've picked her up, and that kid's been sitting in the room? Rachel, too, sitting there?

Steve

Danny, no matter how misguided this was..

Danny

(angry) Please, don't. Do not say anything that sticks up for this woman, okay? What she did is unforgivable, and that is the bottom line. And because of what she did, I missed out three years of this kid's life. Huh? What about that?

Steve

(bringing Danny back from his anger) So what happens now?

Danny

Now. Now, I.. I take care of the kid. (frustrated) But Rachel - I don't know what I'm gonna do. No way I get past this.

Steve

You're right, man.

Danny

I know I'm right. Thank you.

Steve

Do me a favor, listen to me for a second, all right? These feelings that you're having, this anger.. you got to put it aside, that's all I'm saying. (Danny turns his head to listen) How many decisions are you guys gonna have to make, from here on in? And you and Rachel, you got to make the decisions together. Danny, it's not gonna do Charlie any good having his parents fighting. That's all I'm trying to say.

Danny

I know that. You're right.

Steve

All right?

Max

Good morning. I have a tuxedo fitting, so I'll be making this quick.

Danny

Oh, what are you doing? You doing powder blue, or, uh, crushed velvet?

Max

While both are valid choices, I will be attending Kono's wedding in a more traditional palette.

Danny

Pea soup green?

Max

Unlike you, Detective Williams, I have no insecurities when it comes to bold colors.

Danny

Insecurities?

Steve

He's right-- you hate color.

Danny

I hate color? I don't hate color. I like color very much.

Catherine

Hey.

Steve

[looks Catherine up and down] Wow.

Catherine

So, you approve?

Danny

Yeah, no, I think, I think what, uh, my ape-like friend meant to say is that you look, uh, fantastic, right?

Steve

[grins] Wow.

Danny

He said it again. All right. Well, I'm gonna let you two talk. And maybe he'll come up with more than one syllable.

You remember where you were when 9/11 happened? Remember what followed? Cause and effect, Commander. We had a chance to neutralize the threat, but we took our boot from off of their throats and now we don't feel safe anywhere. Airplanes, movie theaters, shopping malls... How are we supposed to raise our children in a country when they're constantly looking over their shoulder?

Steve

So what are you gonna do? Kill thousands of innocent people to make that point?

It's a small price to pay to ensure the future of this country. Think of all the lives that were lost before Roosevelt finally got us into World War II. And that all started right here, on this island, at Pearl Harbor. What's done is done. By this time tomorrow, we'll be dropping bombs all over the Middle East. Only this time, we're not gonna stop until we turn that place into a parking lot. [Steve is speechless and walks away in anger]

Danny

You know what? The military was right. You are insane. Okay? You're insane.

That's been said about a lot of great patriots who had the courage to stand up for what they believe in.

Danny

Fantastic. Well, I guess the good news is that dying would be better than looking at your bald head for the rest of my life.

Steve

What are you rambling about?

Danny

I got a nuke at my foot, okay? What am I rambling about? If we don't die, which is a gigantic if, I'm gonna be microwaving eggs with my finger, okay?

Steve

Nobody's gonna die, Danny.

Danny

Oh, really? Look, it's, uh, it's Dr. Strangelove-- he's back. Aren't you the one who said that residual radiation is-is not so bad, but it's the direct contact that is?

Steve

No, I didn't say that exactly.

Danny

Oh, well, you implied it. You basically said ...

Steve

Listen to me, just listen to me.

Danny

that I'm standing on the thing.

Steve

Listen to me, all right? One kid is one thing, Danny, but two kids is something else, all right? And g-guess what, you got two kids now. You got two kids now, and one of them needs you to go home and do something really important for him, all right? So you don't get to die today, even though it would make my life a lot quieter.