Kono Kalakaua quotes from Hawaii Five-0

Kono

Sounds like he's torturing a walrus.

Kono

[voice-over] Those girls had no idea what they were walking into when they got onto that bus. For them, life as they knew it was simple. It was waking up every day with a desire to catch a better wave than the day before. The adrenaline you feel paddling out knowing that at any time you could get the ride of your life. And then there's the rush of walking on water. Only gods do that. Everything they did was to preserve that life. To surf is to get up every day with a desire to battle something greater than yourself. And those girls just wanted to ride that wave as long as they could. And now their endless summer is over.

What do you need, cuz? You said it was urgent.

Kono

There's a rolling casino tonight. Can you get us in?

They said I was working security detail for something.

Kono

Then will you do it?

You're putting me in a tough spot, kid. If this thing goes south, I risk compromising my investigation.

Kono

I wouldn't be asking you to do this if I didn't think that we had a real shot at ending this gang war.

I'll help you, but I don't want anything to do with Chin Ho. [walks to surfboard]

Kono

That's cold, brah. That is still family.

[at Kono's remark] You think I wanna feel this way? We were boys, me and Chin. I thought I knew him.

Kono

You do know him.

I know that what he did set me back with HPD. If I'm not the one volunteering for the hardest jobs, the one that nobody will take, they're gonna think I'm dirty too. You think I like living in a tenement, away from my wife and baby almost a year? That's what being related to Chin Ho did for me.

Kono

Do you ever think for a second maybe he didn't do anything, that he was set up?

All that matters are what the bosses think. And they took his badge away. To think anything else is career suicide.

Kono

He protected you at the football field and this is how you pay him back?

No, he thought I was a gangbanger and he let me go. What kind of cop does that?

Kono

The kind who knows how to look after his family.

I worry about you, Kono. You know those HPD guys, the one that you depend on for backup? Think they don't know who your cousin is?

Kono

They're wrong about him and so are you. He's a good man.

Listen, kid, if you want my help, you got it. But not Chin. End of story.

Kono

He's not going undercover. Everyone knows him on the island. It's just me, McGarrett and Danny.

I can probably get you in if you don't mind serving drinks. I don't know about the two haoles.

Kono

They clean up nice. They can go as whales. Trust me.

Chin Ho

Your dad couldn't stop screaming.

McGarrett

You were there with my dad?

Yeah. I was fresh out of the academy, he was my training officer. I'll tell you, any day that Steve McGarrett was starting at quarterback was an official day off.

Danny

I got one question. What’s a quarterback doing wearing the number fifty?

McGarrett

Five-0.

Danny

Yeah.

McGarrett

No, it’s not fifty, it’s five-0. It’s what my dad used to call our family, because we weren’t native Hawaiian. Five-0. I don’t know; it was his way of making us feel like we belonged somewhere I guess.

Kono

I like that. Five-0.

Kono

I’ll go find out if the daughter saw anything. I mean, I’m the woman, so you’d probably ask me to do it anyway.

Danny

No, it’s not because you’re a woman, it’s because you’re a rookie, and that’s way worse.

Kono

Anyone up for a swim?

Ah, forgot to bring my board shorts.

Danny

Looks like the rookie is going swimming.

Steve

I'll go in with you.

Danny

Very nice of you.

Steve

Sure you don't want to come for a swim?

Danny

No, you go ahead, uh with your pants. I'll just be here with a dry towel.

Steve

Looks like our guys are dopers.

Danny

What? What does that mean?

Steve

You draw a pint of your own blood, your store it in the fridge, and then you reinject it days later.

Kono

Why, what for?

Steve

Increases your red cell count and it allows your muscles to work harder for up to 12 hours. Some SEALs in Coronado would do it before their underwater drills.

Kono

Kinda like an all-natural steroid.

Danny

Yeah, for vampires.

Steve

Or ultra-endurance athletes.

Kono

So you deal with dead bodies all day, and your hobby is dead bodies?

Max

I also make pickles. It’s a good way to reuse specimen jars.

Danny

[hands Steve an ice pack] Ice, for your head.

Steve

I'm fine.

Danny

Don't be a tough guy, okay? I've been popped with a stun gun before, it's no fun. Ice helps.

Kono

[curiously] You've been stun gunned?

Danny

Yes, I've been stunned. Hoboken, Halloween '02. It's a long story I don't want to tell you right now. [turns back to Steve] How many guys were there?

Steve

Three.

Danny

Three. Okay, good, 'cause I was wondering how one little burglar comes in and takes advantage of a Navy SEAL.

Kono

What are the real chances of getting these kids back alive?

Steve

When my father was kidnapped, I knew from prior experience that no matter what I did that day, the results would not be good, okay? In these situations they rarely are... We're gonna change that. We're gonna get these kids back. We're gonna get them back alive!

Kono

[visits a bar full of coeds on spring break while checking leads] Four year-college tuition, $200,000. Books and supplies, $5,000. Room and board, $25,000. [sees unconscious patron] Passing out with two cocktail olives up your nose...

Priceless.

Kono

"You don't find Johnny. He finds you."

Danny

You're gonna quote this schmuck now?

Kono

I can spoof Tiffany's cell and make it look like she's sending him a text.

Danny

Lure him here. I like it. But move over please. Because I'm gonna do this. Because it should be very filthy and you're a young lady.

Kono

Did you graduate from Kukui High?

Nope. Punahou.

Kono

You're not going to make this easy are you?

Just the crime-solving stuff.

Kono Kalakaua

I can run his ID, trace his cell, run surveillance.

Chin Ho Kelly

How you gonna do that? You don't have access to HPD's database.

Kono

I'll use your password.

Danny

Whoa, whoa, whoa. That's not a good idea.

Chin Ho

You're not carrying a badge anymore, Kono. I can't guarantee HPD backup.

Kono

You guys are my backup.

Danny

[chuckles] Definitely been hanging out with McGarrett too long now.

Frank Delano

Listen Kono, I don't want to sit around all day and play footsie. A person with your skill set and experience has a... certain value in my line of work.

Kono

And what kind of work is that?

Delano

It's kind of like police work, except the bad guys we take down, we don't read Miranda, we just take their money.

Kono

So you provide a public service.

Delano

Something like that.