Magnum P.I.

("Tokyo Story" by Miho Hatori playing)

I'm in.

That was fast.

Yeah,

a lot less security than I expected.

And I expected you to lie

about how many security guards you had to take out.

Remember in Shakhty

when he took out a pack of insurgents?

Why do we have to keep having this conversation?

Three is a pack.

Okay, White Knight. Whatever you say.

You see the painting?

Yeah.

Actually, there's a few paintings.

Hang on. Just to be clear,

is it a pack of paintings?

Funny.

Found it.

Retinal scanner and all.

So far, so good on the intel.

You got the baggie?

Unfortunately, yes.

And it is disgusting.

You got to be kidding me.

What's the matter?

It's empty.

Well, maybe our intel

wasn't so good after all.

Maybe security was light for a reason.

Ah, somebody could've gotten here first,

taken out a few guards, emptied the safe.

Yeah, yeah. If that's the case,

they're probably long gone by now.

Meet me back at the checkpoint in 90 seconds.

Drop it.

And take off the mask.

Who are you?

The name's Belle.

T.R. Belle.

"And as the White Knight studied Belle,

"the corner of his mouth lifted up ever so slightly.

"It was a self-satisfied grin,

"and once Belle had seen it, she wanted nothing more

"than to wipe it off his face

with her foot."

Wow.

That is what I call an introduction.

I'm loving this book.

Yeah. I mean,

Robin sure knows how to spin a good yarn.

I'll give him that.

What's wrong?

I mean, sure, the plot is...

It's diverting.

It's just the way that Robin describes T.R. Belle.

She's cold.

Aloof and judgmental. Controlling.

Come on, it's just a book.

T.R. Belle is definitely not you.

I know, but she was inspired by me.

Well, the parts of her

that are you, I can totally see.

I mean, she's brilliant.

Strong. Witty.

Go on.

Decisive.

Athletic.

Sexy.

And?

And about to be deservedly frustrated.

Huh.

Did not see that one coming.

No, no, no, it's just I, uh, I really need to split.

Patients are starting to line up.

Hey, are you sure you don't want to join me?

I'm only two counties over.

I, uh, have to fly the other doctors

to Bartolimo in the morning.

It's funny

how we traveled halfway around the world

just to, uh, video chat.

Well, it's what we signed up for.

Go where the help is needed.

You are the best.

All right, get to it.

I have over 200 more pages

of bittersweet overanalyzing to do.

All right.

Have fun. I miss you.

Bye.

I wonder what Magnum thinks.

Honestly, it's not as good as his last one.

I really hope Robin hasn't lost his touch.

That's a bit extreme.

I think it lacks the realism of his earlier stuff.

Oh, yeah, like the one where you parachuted from outer space.

(chuckles) I think he's just

a little bit jelly because the White Knight

ends up being upstaged

by T.R. Belle.

That's ridiculous.

I don't know, I think TC has a point here.

You think I'm jealous

because a character loosely based on me

gets upstaged by a character that's loosely based on Higgins?

I mean, come on. I think it's great Robin

finally put a woman in the mix.

Yeah, totally. I mean, up until now,

the White Knight books have been a total sausage fest.

That's true.

Speaking of beautiful women

crashing a sausage fest...

Very funny.

Oh, my God. Isn't the book amazing?

Uh,

yeah. Parts of it.

Did you get to chapter nine yet?

No. Why?

That's when you hook up with Juliet.

I definitely did not read that,

but, uh, thank you for the image.

Don't blame me. Mr. Masters wrote it.

Well, I'm definitely gonna skip that chapter.

Good idea. It's pretty steamy.

Anyway,

I need background checks on some new staff.

You got it, boss.

Okay.

But, uh, first, I got to run.

I got to go meet a client. I'll see you guys later.

Oh, oh, oh. I just, uh, put in

some new ti plants near the main house.

Try not to trample through them

next time the lads are chasing you.

Okay. I'll be sure to watch where I step

next time I am running for my life. (chuckles)

Higgins has been gone for five months,

so it's not surprising that we all miss her.

Still, I got to say, it's nice being a lone-wolf P.I. again.

No one to answer to, and I get to pick all the cases,

so it doesn't have to be about chasing the money.

Case in point, I got a call yesterday

from a struggling single mom named Jenny Liu.

Not a lucrative case, but rewarding.

And I admit, I kind of have a soft spot for single mothers,

having been raised by one myself.

How you doing?

Thomas Magnum.

I have an appointment with Jenny.

I'm Dan, Jenny's father. And she's not here.

That's odd. She confirmed just yesterday.

I don't know anything about that.

Well, do you have any idea when she'll be back?

I wish

I did. She didn't come home from work last night.

Are you telling me she's missing?

Look, I'm sorry. I have to go.

Hold on.

I think I can help.

How?

Who are you, exactly?

Someone who knows how to find people.

When I couldn't reach Jenny on her cell, I called the hotel

where she works on the overnight cleaning crew.

I talked to one of her coworkers.

He said he hadn't seen her in weeks.

But as far as we knew,

she was still going to work every night.

Is there anything else about Jenny

that might be helpful to know?

Has she been in any kind of trouble

or get into any recent altercations?

A few years ago, Jenny moved to Vegas

to be a dealer at a casino.

It was a good job

till she fell in with the wrong crowd,

and she developed a pretty serious drug problem.

She came home to get help.

I thought she was clean, but now...

You think she's been using again.

Or up to something illegal.

She already has a record for theft.

You mind if I hang on to that photo?

Pap, you said Mommy would be back now.

Where is she?

Uh, you must be Emma.

My name's Thomas,

and I'm a friend of your mom's, and we were supposed to have

a meeting today, but she didn't make it.

That just means I have to go find her.

Don't worry,

I will.

And she'll be back home in no time.

Promise?

Promise.

Okay?

Oh, my God.