[to Kono] Part of doing the job is knowing when you’re not the one to do the job.
6th most-quoted character in Hawaii Five-0: in 29 of its 427 quotes
Most scenes with: Steve McGarrett (16), Danny Williams (14), Kono Kalakaua (10)
Lines by Chin 2
[to Kono] You know, there might be a few other things I could teach you, but I think you got the whole ass-kicking thing down.
Scenes with Chin 27
Look, I can't be a cop anymore.
Why not?
Because I can't be! You understand? HPD accused me of taking payoffs, so I'm the last person the department wants to see wearing a badge. I've gotta go.
This is going really well.
Did you take the money?
Excuse me?
[more directly] Did you take the money?
No.
Then come with us. And we don't need to talk about this again. Ever. This is your ticket back into the game. Call it payback, call it whatever you want, I don't care, but I need you.
How do you know you can trust me?
Because my old man did.
[observes Kono yelling at the referee, to Chin] Ah, glad she's on our team.
No, she's just getting warmed up.
[watching a video of one of McGarrett's high school football games]
Your dad couldn't stop screaming.
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.
[...]
I got one question. What’s a quarterback doing wearing the number fifty?
Five-0.
Yeah.
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.
I like that. Five-0.
So, uh, who are the Kapu?
Part lifeguard, part unofficial security enforcer for the North Shore. Kinda like protectors for the island.
Protecting the island from who? [McGarrett and Chin look at each other and then at Danny] Oh! The haoles. Protection from the haoles.
[The GPS leads the Five-O team to the harbor]
Anyone up for a swim?
Ah, forgot to bring my board shorts.
Looks like the rookie is going swimming.
I'll go in with you.
Very nice of you.
Sure you don't want to come for a swim?
No, you go ahead, uh with your pants. I'll just be here with a dry towel.
[Chin and Steve are amused at the sight of Danny using a laptop with Hello Kitty stickers on it.]
Okay, how are you going there, Kitty?
Not good.
Is that how they do it in Jersey?
No, it's not how they do it in Jersey. This is Grace's computer. It's the only one Rachel could give me.
First rule of spearfishing is you kill what you eat, you eat what you kill.
[looks at the fish he caught, laughs] Guess what's for lunch today?
[looking at the bullets extracted from Victor Hesse]
[looks at Steve] You put two of those in Hesse and didn’t kill him?
Next time, shoot him in the face.
[to Danny] Wasn't that the mother of your child?
You know what the greatest invention of all time is?
What?
The Ignore button. You know, I have a theory that whoever invented the modern cellular phone also had an ex-wife.
[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.
I'm going to talk to these models.
Okay, well, just stay with questions that relate to the case, all right?
What is that supposed to mean?
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]
Patience isn't my strong suit.
You're a lot like Steve, you know that?
Am I?
Mm-hmm.
What's his deal anyway?
What do you mean, what's his deal?
Oh, I don't know. I mean, he's I mean, he's kind of hard to get a read on, you know, uh, except for the you know, the daddy issues.
[Having seen Capt. Fryer try to get Kono out of the Five-0 interrogation to save Trisha Joyner, Chin tries to talk to her]
If he gets to her first, she's dead. I have to go back.
No! You're already in too deep and it's too dangerous!
It's the only way to get to Trisha. Look, I don't like what he did, but I understand why Fryer targeted me.
You don't understand! Do you know who Frank Delano's partner was when he was on the job? Do you know?! It was Fryer!! Delano almost took Fryer down with him when he lost his badge. Don't you get it? Fryer's using you! He's using you to get revenge.
[overhearing Chin] That's true? Delano was your partner? You're going after your ex-partner?
My history with Delano has nothing to do with this.
This isn't about going after bad guys, okay? It's about you getting even, right? Huh? You put Kono's life in danger to settle a personal score. Not just Kono's life, the life of an innocent civilian who's still out there.
And that's exactly why Kono has to go back in. Without her, we've got nothing on Delano and no way to find Trisha Joyner.
There's gotta be another way.
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