Joe White quotes from Hawaii Five-0

Jenna Kaye

Where are you going? Steve needs our help.

Joe White

He will be fine.

Jenna

How do you know?

White

I trained him.

Danny

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

Steve

No.

Danny

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

Steve

[deadpan] Keep that up.

Danny

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?

Joe

Roger that. You ready for the Magical Mystery Tour?

Kamekona

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

Joe White

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

Steve

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

Kamekona

Sparkling or flat?

Steve

Seriously, I can't breathe right now.

Steve

You never gave that video to the DOD, did you Joe?

Joe

...No.

Steve

You know what? I know he was your friend, but he was *my* father. Whatever it is you're trying to protect me from I can handle it. You understand me?

Joe

Did you ever think that maybe you're not the only one I'm trying to protect?

Steve

What are you talking about?

Joe

Risk versus reward, Steve. How much damage are you willing to do to your family - to your family's name - because whatever's on that video, it's not going to bring your father back.

Steve

I need to know.

You have room for a few more on this.... What are you calling it?

Joe

Humanitarian mission...

Righhhhhht.

Joe

How about you treat me to a shrimp jambalaya and we'll call it even?

Steve

You are the only man on the planet who would see jambalaya as even for the end of their career.

Joe White

I know you took my passport.

Steve McGarrett

[gives back passport] What are you doing in Japan? [sees Joe sigh, but doesn't answer] You might as well tell me, 'cause I'm not gonna stop asking.

Joe

I was hoping you wouldn't say that.

Joe White

You're interfering with something you don't understand.

Steve McGarrett

Then why don't you explain it to me, Joe? Tell me what the hell's going on! You gotta wake up. The walls are closing in on you. HPD wants answers. The Yakuza wants blood. Shelburne - is he worth this? Is he worth going to jail for? Is he worth dying for?

Joe

People are already dying, son. I'M TRYING TO MAKE IT STOP!

Steve McGarrett

Okay, all right, if it was an investigation into the Yakuza, then why does Wo Fat care so much about Shelburne?

Joe White

Because Shelburne killed his father.

Steve

And by Shelburne, you mean my father.

Joe

No, it was me. I killed him.

[shivers] "I will never quit! I persevere and thrive on adversity! My nation expects me to be physically harder and mentally stronger than my enemies!"

Joe White

What the hell are you doing, Hart?

Reciting the philosophy of the Navy SEALs, Chief!

White

No, you don't have what it takes to be a Navy SEAL, Hart. Navy SEAL is a man. A man who will lay down his life. A man who will persevere in the face of adversity. You are two steps below plant life, boy!

[continues reciting] "If knocked down, I will get back up every time. I will draw on every remaining ounce of strength...

White

[cuts in at "strength"] Words, Hart, meaningless words, to a pantywaist, dribble-chin orangutan like you.

"to protect my teammates and to accomplish our mission. [after White speaks] I will never fail."

White

Move out! [recruits start running]

Boss said you wanted to see me.

Joe White

This man's name is William Harrington. Former Lieutenant Commander, SEAL Team VII. He saw action in lraq and Afghanistan. He served his country with courage and distinction.

I'll take good care of him, sir.

Joe

I'm sure you will. I just wanted you to know who he is.

Joe White

You wanna go for a ride?

Danny

Yeah, sure.

Joe

But I'm driving.

Danny

Oh, yeah, yeah, the story of my life.

Joe

Well, look, how about if I change the subject?

Joe

Steve asked me to get in touch with Doris.

Danny

Okay, well, I-I mean, that makes sense. You know, he's got questions, and she may have the answers.

Joe

Yeah, well, what I didn't tell him was I've been trying to find her for over a month. I haven't talked to her since she put Adam and Kono on that freighter that night. And the chatter is that once she left the country, old enemies came out of the woodwork.

Danny

What, she's on the run?

Joe

Or worse.

Danny

Or worse? Well, what are you gonna tell Steve?

Joe

I can't tell him anything. I don't have any confirmation. What I'm hoping is that you will tell him to stand down on this and let this go. Because we start turning over rocks, God knows what might crawl out.

Danny

Yeah, so I'll just talk to Steve. What makes you think he's gonna listen to me?

Joe

Because he trusts you. He looks at me, he sees ulterior motives. He looks at you, he just sees a friend.

Danny

Ah, okay. Well, I could tell Steve whatever you want me to tell him and he's gonna say, "Okay, sounds good," and he's gonna go off and do whatever he wants to do. And you know that. So my advice to you is, please, get confirmation on these rumors, and get the truth, and share that truth with Steve. Because you know and I know that he's not gonna stop until he gets it.

Joe White

You know, Steve, if I didn't know better, I would swear there was something on your mind.

Steve

[sighs] You want to do this with me? You want to talk circles with me, huh? You know I got questions.

Joe

And I'm not gonna duck them anymore. You want answers- I'm here to give you answers. Fire away.

Steve

Did you know about my mother's relationship with Wo Fat?

Joe

I knew that she took care of him after his mother was killed, until the CIA found out about it and they forced her to abandon him.. and I promised her I would never tell you that.

Steve

So why are you telling me now?

Joe

Because you deserve to know the truth.

Steve

Okay. Here's the thing, Joe-- I already got the truth, and I got from the person I least expected it from.

Joe

Wo Fat?

Steve

Yeah.

Joe

And I bet that pissed you off.

Steve

Well, I put a bullet in his head. What do you think?

Joe

Steve, I believe that your mother always did what she thought was right.

Steve

What my mother did was self-serving, and it was all to cover up the murder of an innocent woman. Wo Fat's mother was an innocent woman.

Joe

Doris had an assignment- that death was collateral.

Steve

She covered it up, and that is a crime.

Joe

So I tell you where she is, and what-- what are you gonna do then? Are you gonna go arrest your own mother?

Steve

Are you gonna tell me where she is? You just finished telling me you're done ducking my questions. [gets startled by wrecking ball broadsiding the car]

You like to make a dramatic entrance, don't you?

Steve McGarrett

Yeah, well, uh, we found your coke.

Where is it?

Steve

Well, it's gone.

What do you mean, gone?

Steve

I mean, uh, we destroyed it. [shows phone cam footage of the team burning the coke stash]

You realize you just signed your friend's death warrant, right?

Steve

I don't think so. You see, at the same location, we didn't just find the drugs. We found Reyes' books. [shows USB drive] This, right here, is everything to do with Sandpiper. Including all the payoff accounts. Hey, see, Marco Reyes was, uh, he was paying money to a bunch of different people-- various Colombian generals, politicians, government officials - and one American.

Joe White

You.

Steve

You never cared about justice; you never cared about the law. All you wanted was your piece of the action.

You are meddling in international affairs, Commander.

Joe

Just shut up and listen.

Steve

This is what's gonna happen. You're gonna have Detective Williams returned to U.S. soil with all charges dropped. And the second his plane touches down in Oahu, you're gonna resign, you're gonna collect your pension, and then you're gonna disappear. And if you don't, this gets released.