Hawaii Five-0

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to the Coral Prince

Surf Championship here at world famous Pipeline.

How about a big hand for all of our competitors?

On the water, some of the finest champions both past and present:

We got Ty Samson, Greg Richardson, Kono Kalakaua.

I miss this, Kono, being out here

with the people who mean the most to me.

This is where I want to be.

I think your fans couldn't agree more.

And now, ladies and gentlemen, it's my pleasure to introduce

the man behind the brand, Ian Adams!

That's your cue.

Let's give 'em a show. Whoo!

Whoo! Go, Ian!

Ian!

Ian!

Got him. Go, go, go!

Ladies and gentlemen, please give the lifeguards some room.

Ian! Ian!

He's been shot.

He's dead.

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I want this entire beach on lockdown.

Nobody leaves until we give the order, okay?

Thank you.

This place is crazy.

All these people... you'd think it was the Super Bowl.

It's Hawaii.

The Coral Prince Championship is our Super Bowl.

Grace keeps asking me for surfing lessons.

I told her, "No chance."

You got something against surfing now?

I don't have anything against surfing.

I have something against sharks, skin cancer,

anything involving my daughter wearing a bikini.

Hey,

it's confirmed.

Victim's Ian Adams.

He's the CEO of Coral Prince,

biggest surf brand in the world.

He was riding a wave and he took a shot to the chest.

So far, nobody's seen or heard where the shot came from.

It should be easy. Come on.

It's a nationally televised event, right?

We got TOV cameras on it, something panning the crowd.

All the cameras were pointed to the water

for the competition.

We're interviewing the other surfers

in case Ian wasn't the target. Wait a minute.

Did you catch the surf report this morning?

Can I ask you what that has to do with anything? Just wait.

Yeah, five to eight, swells from the west, light trades.

That would put the peak about 50 yards out, right?

Moving target, hit center mass.

Come on. That's no lucky shot.

Trained sharpshooter, you're thinking.

Maybe. But whoever did the shooting,

Ian was definitely the mark.

This is gonna be hard on Kono.

Why's that?

She know the vic?

Yeah. Ian signed Kono to a Coral Prince contract

when she was about 15.

He was really like a second father to her.

She was actually riding for the team

when she blew out her knee.

But instead of dumping her after that,

Ian covered everything:

surgery, rehab, all of it,

even though he knew that she was never gonna compete again.

You okay?

Yeah, I want to go to the Coral Prince house,

talk to the team, get statements.

Kono, we can cover this one for you.

No, I want this one.

I hate it when rich people get killed.

Why?

They got something that everybody wants.

Yeah, money.

Which means plenty of suspects.

Next time, try flip-flops, brah.

I'm gonna pretend you didn't just say that.

Hey, Chin, see if you can find out who's in charge.

Start building a profile. Get some background information.

Financials... first rule in homicide investigations.

Follow the money. Copy that.

So, break it down. I don't understand.

All these kids live here or what?

The Coral Prince Surf Team

and their coaches live here October to January.

I'm sorry. Did you say coaches? Yeah.

What does that mean What do they say,

"Don't fall off the foam toy" Or what?

Oh, brah, where'd you eat it?

I'm sorry. What?

The kine, brah.

I'm sorry. Are you speaking English?

Hey, no need for get agro.

He caught it on land, brah.

Danno don't surf.

Shoots.

I dare you to tell me what he just said.

I'm done.

Excuse me. I'm investigator Chin Ho Kelly.

Linda Leon. I was Ian's executive assistant.

Do you have his schedule last week?

Any phone logs, e-mails, financial transactions?

I can get all that for you no problem.

What about anything out of the ordinary recently?

- Stalkers, threats? - No, nothing like that.

All Ian talked about lately was this event

and getting back on his board.

Okay.

Did he seem nervous about today

or give you any hint that something was wrong?

No. As a matter of fact,

he was happier than he'd been in a long time.

Meant a lot to Ian that you came out today, Kono.

He wanted the entire Coral Prince team there.

Why wasn't Ben there?

You'd have to ask him that

as my son no longer talks to me.

I tried last year

at his mother's funeral, but he refused.

I think Ian tried to reach out to him, too,

but nothing ever came of it.

When was the last time you saw Ben?

I don't know. It's been years.

Hey, Kono.

This is Lieutenant Commander Steve McGarrett.

How you doing? And Detective Danny Williams.

Carlton Bass.

Carlton and Ian grew up surfing together.

Yeah, while Ian was selling board shorts out of his van,

I was flipping condos in Waialua.

A couple of beach bums, really.

Never dreamed our businesses would take off.

What's a real estate company

doing involved in a surf contest?

Carlton owns about 30 shopping malls

that house Coral Prince stores.

It's been a lucrative partnership.

Sir?

Sorry to interrupt, but the press would like a statement.

Thanks, Randall.

If you'll excuse me.

One more thing before you go.

Since you and Ian go back,

you got any idea why someone would want to kill him?

Look, he marketed the North Shore surfing lifestyle to the masses

and he profited wildly.

A lot of people resented that.

But only one pulled the trigger.

This is the view from the cameraman down in the sand.

Essentially, that's the angle

at which the spectators from the beach were watching.

Look at the way he falls;

back and to the left.

There's no way that shot came from the beach.

The bullet came from above.

One of the houses maybe.

Maybe.

The M.E. Said the angle of entry was about 30 degrees.

Cuz, I didn't see you there.

Hey, Kono, listen, why don't you

sit this one out? Just take the day.

No, I'm fine.

Cuz, take the day.

You know I can't do that.

Part of doing this job is knowing when

you're not the one to do the job.

She's good.

All right. Shooter.

All right, so if the angle of entry is roughly 30 degrees...

that puts the bullet's trajectory here.

Okay, so the shot was fired

from the Pupukea ridgeline above the houses.

Yeah. The only problem is there are no roads

going in or out of there.

We don't need roads.

Hey.

What are you doing here?

Boss told you to beat it, huh?

Look, I really don't want

to see that face he makes when we don't do

what he tells us to do.

I call it his "Constipated look."

I know.

Hey...

Hey, you cannot blame yourself, okay?

Okay.

I just felt helpless out there.

I know. Cops are supposed to come in and save the day,

but sometimes we just can't.

Did you ever have a teacher that turned you around?

Someone that made you look at everything in whole new way?

Yeah, actually.

Mrs. Stojak.

My sixth-grade history teacher.

Till I met her, I thought