"I'm sure other people don't get this preferential treatment." "Well, most other people haven't witnessed a handful of murders." "She's deaf." "I have to locate this guy named Wilkins." "If he finds out she's alive, he could try and shut her up about the bank massacre." "Hi, guy." "You're Magnum?" "You think just 'cause you're deaf you have to take on the whole world by yourself?" "I don't need you." "Yes, you do!" "Excuse me." "Do you have the key to the safety deposit area?" "It's open." "Excuse me." "The key to the safety deposit area?" "The room is open." "Thanks." "Frank, I gotta clean outside." "Okay." "Get back!" "Get back!" "Get back!" "Get back!" "Put the gun down!" "Take it easy." "Easy." "Everything in that bag." "Everything!" "Hurry up!" "Get back." "Jack, police!" "Come on, it's a great view!" "Yeah, it's a great view of a Chinaman's hat, but what I needed was pictures of Ed Barton." "He's there, and you can see him handing the other guy an envelope." "Someone is there, and what he's holding might be an envelope." "Then again, it might be a Twinkie." "These pictures won't hold up in court, Thomas." "I'm sorry, but I'm not going to be able to pay you." "What?" "Carol, I spent two days on surveillance getting these photos." "We can only pay for what we can use, Thomas." "I'm sorry, you know that." "I don't believe this!" "Wait a minute." "I've got an idea." "Maybe if you performed some other tiny service." "What other service?" "I don't know, but some service I could put on a voucher." "Like, maybe, uh..." "I'm on my way right now to a lineup." "You want me to be in a lineup?" "Well, it's a service." "Carol?" "What?" "What's really going on here?" "What do you mean?" "You know good and well what I mean." "No, I don't." "Okay." "I mean that you must have had some good reason for getting me down here besides these photos, but as usual, you won't say what it is." "I mean, Carol, did it ever occur to you to just ask me for what you want?" "Just ask me without any games." "Don't you think that if it was really important to you, that I'm probably going to say yes?" "Well..." "There was a kind of a favor." "No." "You don't even know what I'm gonna ask!" "I know that if you've gone this far to avoid asking me, you knew what I'd say." "Thomas..." "No and that's my final word on the subject." "So I can still get paid for the photos, but we just have to call them something else?" "Exactly." "Oh, Linda, thank you for coming." "This is Thomas Magnum." "He's a kind of a consultant." "Hi." "Hi." "Uh, Debbie." "Please." "Linda was in that bank yesterday during the shooting." "I thought the papers said there weren't any witnesses." "Yeah, right." "Well, at least she agreed to have her identity protected." "At least?" "No police guards." "She doesn't want it and HPD didn't push it." "But she's not completely resistant to the idea of some private protection." "So you need a consultant bodyguard?" "That's right." "You can see them, Linda, but they can't see you." "Can they see me in here?" "No, they can't." "I keep forgetting." "What?" "Is she deaf?" "Yeah." "She lost her hearing in a boating accident five years ago." "But she can read lips." "He's not there." "Are you sure?" "Did..." "Linda, did the killer get a look at you at the bank?" "No, he doesn't know anyone else was there." "Excuse us a minute." "Carol?" "Hmm?" "How does an assistant D.A. Get involved in a case that isn't even a case yet?" "I have a friend at the police department who called me." "Now, don't you think that she could use a little help?" "Okay, maybe she doesn't realize the trouble she could be in." "But I can't keep an eye on her 24 hours a day." "I am not a bodyguard!" "Okay, forget it." "I didn't even say forget it." "Maybe she can stay at the estate." "If we can convince her." "Please, if you're discussing me," "I really don't merit all of this concern." "I'm sure other people don't get this preferential treatment." "Well, most other people haven't witnessed a handful of murders." "You deserve a little help." "The second man from the right." "He was the one who did the shooting." "The police picked Wilkins up a few blocks from the bank." "He had over $5,000 in cash on him." "Carol figures with your ID, that should pretty well nail him." "I was going to ID him, but when I saw him, I panicked." "I decided I just couldn't do it." "What changed your mind?" "I said, "What changed your mind?"" "You reminded me that he killed four people!" "I'm sorry." "I didn't mean to, uh..." "Forget it." "It happens all the time." "You're going to be picking up your muffler assembly in a minute." "What?" "Your muffler, it's coming loose." "Well, I did kind of drag it, coming out of the driveway this morning, but it sounds..." "It seems fine to me." "Did we lose it?" "The vibration in the floor is gone." "Mr. Magnum, you have truly exquisite taste." "Oh, um..." "Uh, call me Thomas." "Uh, Linda, this is Keo." "Keo, this is Linda Andrews." "She'll be staying here for a while." "Hello." "Hi." "A sixth century Vishner from the Temple of Angkor?" "Private collectors just don't find these." "Oh, they're around." "Uh, actually, uh..." "They're not all mine." "There's this other guy who, uh, stays here." "Well, we kind of..." "We kind of, uh, share the place." "Uh, Linda, I'm talking to you." "Uh, Linda?" "Higgins!" "This is..." "I've already introduced myself to Miss Andrews, Magnum." "I've also thoroughly explained your position here." "What did he tell you?" "That you were just leaving." "I was thrilled when Carol called to say that you would be staying with us here at Robin's Nest, Miss Andrews." "Thank you." "Yes." "I, uh..." "I hope you won't consider it an imposition, but, uh..." "I'm, uh, most anxious to hear your comments and, uh..." "So, I..." "Well..." "That's terrible." "I think it's really quite..." "Aside from the obvious deep-seated and bizarre psychological symbolism, what is it?" "It's Primitive." "I can see that." "The style is Primitive." "Which is why I'm most interested in Miss Andrews' opinion of it." "Naturally, there's no way you could know that she is an internationally acclaimed artist, the reigning master of neo-American Primitive in the Islands." "Right, well..." "I'm sure you two have plenty to talk about." "Uh, if you'll excuse me, I am late for a ball game." "Each to his own form of primitive." "Good morning." "Hi." "To thank you for the breakfast invitation." "You don't like it." "Are you kidding?" "I love it." "I mean, no one's ever done this for me before." "I haven't done a straight portrait since college." "It was good practice." "Magnum!" "What in God's name have you done with Mr. Masters' muffler?" "I can explain." "Uh, as we were coming over here yesterday, a mongoose ran across the road." "Thomas tried to avoid it, but he couldn't." "A mongoose destroyed a Ferrari exhaust system?" "A very big mongoose." "Uh, I was gonna mention it to you, but I didn't get the chance." "Thomas?" "Thomas?" "Why is the gate open?" "Oh, uh..." "I always open it at this hour for the staff." "Can you make some other arrangement?" "Carol, what's wrong?" "Jack Wilkins has managed to make bail." "They had to let him out." "$50,000?" "How can they set his bail that low?" "Because he owns property and because he doesn't have a record!" "To a judge, that means that Wilkins will probably show up at the arraignment." "When's that?" "Two weeks." "Two weeks?" "You mean he can go anywhere he wants, do anything?" "Yes." "I've discarded your bacon." "It was burned to a crisp." "Higgins, I'm not really concerned about my bacon or my dirty kitchen right now." "I wasn't passing a judgment, merely preventing a fire." "I have a feeling there's something you're not telling me." "If I knew anything else, I'd tell you." "Miss Andrews, perhaps you should rest." "I'll have breakfast sent to your room." "I don't need to be sent to my room, and I don't need to be protected from the truth." "Linda, I promise you, as soon as I know anything more, I'll tell you." "Okay?" "I've got to go." "I'll walk you to your car." "So, Carol, what do you know that you're not telling her?" "I don't know anything for sure." "But?" "But I think that Wilkins suspects we have a witness." "His attorney has been asking a lot of questions." "What have you told him?" "Well, we're not required to tell him anything, yet." "But?" "But the fact that he's even asking has to mean that Wilkins is suspicious." "Thomas, could..." "Yeah, I'd better keep an eye on him." "What's his address?" "I can't really give you his address, legally." "It's not here." "It's on the yellow sheet, the top left hand corner." "Oh, I got it." "Uh, 226..." "Is this Hester Street or Chester Street?" "I don't know, Thomas." "I'm not looking at it!" "Well, I'm sorry, Carol, but your handwriting is awful." "It's Chester!" "That's a C-H." "Are you sure?" "That looks like..." "Chester." "That's it all right." "Thank you." "Now, you understand that any surveillance of Wilkins is unofficial, it's illegal and it's unbillable." "You're welcome." "Something I've noticed over the years about movie bad guys." "They're always bad." "The henchmen, the hit men, the big bosses, they all have that one-dimensional evil." "We don't like to think about the fact that they may have families or about what their families have to go through because of them." "I could see that Jack Wilkins was just that kind of scary enigma, and I was counting on the possibility that he would have the same universal household problems we all have." "Hi." "Bugs-Be-Gone." "What?" "Um, 226 Chester." "I'm here to do your, uh, bug investigation." "I didn't call about any bugs." "You're kidding." "No." "Boy, I can't believe the office has messed me up again!" "Look, I'm sorry to bother you." "Listen, while I'm here, uh, do you want me to check it out?" "We got this $15 special this week." "Here, I've got it." "Wilkins isn't living there." "I mean, why wouldn't any of his clothes be in the closets?" "Thomas, this better not be another one of your cockamamie stories." "Rick, I'm telling you, Linda could be in a lot of trouble." "You know what I mean about her being deaf and all." "And all?" "That's it, she's deaf." "Well, she better be." "Look, wait a minute." "That's not what I meant!" "I..." "Okay, guys, where is she?" "Oh, T. C., thanks for coming." "Are you kidding?" "A chance to meet Linda Andrews." "Where is she?" "She's not here yet?" "Well, I didn't exactly say she'd be here." "But you said if I came over, I'd get a chance to meet her." "And you will." "I promise." "Why do you want to meet her?" "Oh, I want to get her to sign these prints of hers that I bought last year." "She's an artist?" "You've never heard of Linda Andrews?" "You told me she was deaf." "She is deaf." "You told me that she'd be happy to sign these prints." "I'm sure she will." "She's at the estate right now, and she could be in a lot of trouble." "Now, are you guys gonna help her or not?" "Does it ever occur to you to just ask for what you want, without any games?" "Don't you think that if it's really important to you," "I'd probably say yes?" "All right." "I have to locate this guy named Wilkins, and if he finds out she's alive, he could try and shut her up about the bank massacre." "All right, I'll see what I can find out about Wilkins." "Whatever." "Great." "I knew I could count on you guys." "Now, could I borrow the Club's fumigator?" "Children!" "Hello?" "Oh, hi, Tony." "No, he's not here." "I'm not supposed to give that out." "Just hold on a minute." "Tony, here's the number." "It's 5-5-5..." "Tell him that I miss him, okay?" "Bye." "I've just about had it with you!" "I don't want you kids running in the house!" "Go outside to play, now!" "Why?" "Because I said so!" "Is Jack there?" "Who's this?" "My name is Thomas Magnum, and I need to talk to Jack Wilkins." "It's about what happened yesterday." "You can talk to me about it." "Oh, that's okay." "Thanks anyway." "Uh, wait a minute." "Give me a number where he can call you." "1944," "I was in the Pacific, suffering through the tedium of waiting to go into battle, and so I spent many hours with my watercolors." "There was this Island maiden, a fetching girl, who seemed intrigued with me, and one day she literally forced me into her hut, where I discovered a most magnificent display of Primitive panurgy." "I proceeded to spend several wonderful weeks with the girl, gaining invaluable knowledge." "I mastered her technique, but I could never rival her extraordinary talent." "She was indeed a gifted artist." "Mmm." "Now I find myself in the presence of another great artist." "And curiously, you're very reminiscent of that Island girl." "That is to say, uh, strictly in the artistic sense." "Married?" "No." "I've observed that you only use sign language when you find it difficult to speak your thoughts." "No, I don't believe there is a woman of any special importance in Magnum's life at the moment." "Mr. Higgins, it really isn't that heavy a question." "I'm just curious." "Betsy, I can't do it." "I can't operate." "I couldn't even hold a knife steady." "Robert..." "Look at my hands." "They won't hold still." "Why must I always fail these people?" "I've so enjoyed watching your progress as an artist." "I saw your first Kaiina Point painting at the Windward Gallery." "That was three years ago." "Nobody knew who I was then." "Yes, well, I did." "Oh, Keo, we'll have tea in here, please." "Yes, Mr. Higgins." "Then you can watch television in the kitchen." "I, uh, felt this room would give us the space to continue working during tea, if you like." "Thanks, but I'm ready for a break." "Thomas didn't give you any idea what time he'd be back, did he?" "Uh, no." "Miss Andrews, I don't know how much you know about private investigators as a lot, but I've found them to be most irresponsible." "Do you have an aspirin?" "Why, yes, of course we have aspirin." "I'll get you one right away." "How could you let Linda leave?" "I didn't let her leave." "She said she wasn't feeling well." "I got her an aspirin, and she went to lie down." "A short time later, I noticed she was gone." "She must have taken the keys to the car from my desk." "But you must've known she'd be upset by the news!" "I had no idea there was any news." "Oh, you're right." "I mean, how could you have known." "I'm sorry, I'm blaming you when I should be blaming myself." "No, you're entirely right." "I'm the one to blame." "I should have been more sensitive to her..." "The important thing right now is just finding her." "Is the Ferrari back yet?" "It's still in the shop." "It's running fine, but they can't fix the muffler until tomorrow." "We'll have to take the jeep." "No, you're not coming with me!" "I most certainly am." "Higgins, you can't!" "I need you to stay here and let Carol know what happened and notify the police that Linda's missing." "And besides, I'm expecting an important phone call." "You found Wilkins?" "Maybe." "Look, if he calls, just make him believe he can only get to her through me." "You may depend on it." "When you find her..." "I'll call." "I know what you're thinking, and you're right." "I couldn't really expect Linda to tell anyone where she was going." "At least not on purpose." "But I had a hunch that she might have left a very visible clue without even knowing it herself." "I have some interesting Keene Prints that might be more in your price range." "No, thanks." "I'm only interested in Linda Andrews." "Uh, how long have you had this one?" "This was the first one she painted after the accident." "Some think she started the Kaiina Point series as a sort of therapy." "That's where she lost her hearing." "Do you have any more of these?" "We did have 28." "There are six left, including a set of three that's a bargain for $22,500." "This one," "and these." "We just received these last week." "It looks like she spends a lot of time there." "I wouldn't know." "I try not to get involved in the personal lives of our artists." "Thanks for your time..." "I could get you a lithograph at a reduced rate." "Thanks, I already have one of her originals." "Really?" "Which one?" "Private Investigator Number One." "I just stood there dumbfounded." "This reporter, he sticks his mike in my face, and he says, "Miss Baldwin, could you comment on the rumor" ""that the leak on Linda Andrews came from your office?"" "Do you think it's true?" "Absolutely not." "I don't know, maybe." "I just can't believe it is." "I don't know what difference it makes now anyway." "The point is if I'd told Linda the whole truth in the first place, she might have been prepared for this." "I know what you mean." "If I had been with her to temper the blow of the news report..." "Oh, Jonathan." "I guess everyone wants to take the blame for what's happened to her." "Everyone but Wilkins." "If Thomas calls, you tell him I'm at HPD." "I want to be there in case there's a lead on Linda or Wilkins." "They can legally arrest him?" "No!" "They can't legally do anything." "But if they find him, at least they can keep an eye on him from a discreet distance." "Robin Masters' estate." "Who's calling, please?" "Yes." "Yes, I understand." "That will be fine." "I'll tell him." "Magnum has an appointment with Mr. Wilkins in an hour." "Where?" "I'll call the police." "Well, he may lead us to Linda." "No, no, no." "If we tip him off, he may send someone else after her." "Well, we have to do something." "You're going to drop me off at Milo's Muffler Shop." "Hi, guy." "You're Magnum?" "You're not Wilkins." "You sound..." "You sound different than before." "Hay fever." "It comes on suddenly." "I, uh, don't think we've actually met." "The name's Nelson." "Are you sure you don't have a squad car on your tail because of those straight pipes?" "Straight..." "Oh, no." "Look, uh, I promised there'd be no police and there aren't." "Now, where's Wilkins?" "Something came up." "He said you could give me the message." "If he's not interested in the whereabouts..." "If he doesn't want to know where the girl is stashed," "I'll sell the info to the cops." "Once she's in their protective custody, he won't be able to get to her." "Wait a minute!" "Century Motel." "Room 12." "Jack'll talk to you there." "Thanks, guy." "Officer, I can explain about the muffler." "Uh, there was a mongoose, a rather large mongoose..." "I know it sounds preposterous, but..." "What's the room number, Mr. Higgins?" "Room number?" "You promised not to follow me." "What if Nelson saw you?" "He didn't!" "I know what I'm doing, Jonathan." "And we can't afford to waste any time." "Thomas?" "Oh, my God!" "Higgins?" "Why are you here?" "Why?" "Ice Pick found out that Wilkins had a room at this motel." "Why are you here?" "Please don't arrest him, Officer." "This Magnum impersonation is just some harmless hero worship." "Did you find any evidence of Wilkins in the room?" "Yeah, he's been here." "In fact, he's even got a lead on Linda." "We found that by the telephone." "If I'd wanted you here, I'd have left a note." "In a way, you did." "Why'd you leave the estate?" "You were safe there!" "Safe?" "You don't know what it's like to have to depend on people to take care of you all the time." "You're never safe anywhere." "I learned that five years ago." "I don't need to learn it again from you." "Just go away." "I'm not gonna..." "Look at me!" "I'm not gonna leave you here alone." "I can take care of myself!" "No, you can't!" "You can't take care of yourself against people like that!" "Not alone." "Look, you think just because you're deaf you have to take on the whole world by yourself?" "I don't need you." "Yes, you do!" "And I'm not gonna let you down." "Even if you want me to." "When I..." "After the accident, when I lost my hearing," "I felt so helpless." "Now, I promised myself I was never ever going to feel that way again." "I'm trying to remember." "We must have had a dozen inquiries today." "You don't think I'd help if I could?" "Perhaps we can narrow it down." "We're only interested in the men who inquired." "Yes, tall with a mustache." "He comes to mind because he claimed to have one of her originals." "I don't believe it because I didn't know the title." "And he didn't look like the right sort of Line 23." "Line 23?" "IRS, 1040, total income." "I mean, he was dressed like an out-of-work teenager." "Okay, okay." "Now, can you think of any other non-proper Line 23s who came in here today?" "Yes, there was another off-the-wall type that came in later." "And he asked the same question as the one with the mustache." "What?" "What did they ask?" "If Linda painted all of her Kaiina Points at the same location." "Let's go." "Sorry I cried all over you." "Oh, feel free anytime." "What do you think we ought to do?" "Well, I think you ought to go to the police." "Stay down!" "They followed you here!" "No, they didn't, but this isn't the time to discuss it." "Looks like there's three of 'em." "Sorry." "We're going out the back." "Come on." "No!" "I can't!" "I can't swim!" "It's okay." "There's nowhere to go anyway." "Why don't you shoot back at them?" "Let them think you're alone." "You go to the window and watch." "What are you doing?" "Don't look at me, look at them!" "I'll let you know if I'm going to say something important." "They've taken cover behind the logs." "They're loading a rifle." "I don't need a blow by blow." ""She may not..." ""Herself." ""I've a feeling he's in there with her." ""Nelson, you go back."" "Is anybody moving this way yet?" "Huh?" "Is anybody moving this way?" "No!" "Wilkins is talking to Tony, but I can't see his lips." "Wait a minute, Thomas, one of them is gone!" "He must be moving around the house." "Here comes Wilkins." "Come here." "How long can we hold them off?" "Linda?" "Linda!" "Linda, come on!" "Come on!" "Help me!" "Thomas!" "I have to go outside." "No!" "I have to get closer to him!" "When I tell you, you fire two shots." "Do you understand?" "Say it!" "Two shots." "And then wait two minutes." "Wait two minutes." "And fire two more." "That should leave you one left, just in case." "Thomas." "No, it's okay." "I'll come back for you." "Now!" "Hey, Thomas, are you guys okay?" "We're fine." "Nice outfit, Higgins." "Hey," "I thought I told you I'd be back for you." "Yeah, I know." "I never listen."