Hawaii Five-O (TV Series)

The Burning Ice (1971)

Jack Lord: Det. Steve McGarrett

Quotes 

• Det. Steve McGarrett : Tell me, doctor... Do you know of anyone who had a reason to kill your wife?

  Dr. Alexander Southmore : I don't understand, Mr. McGarrett. She was robbed... Isn't it obvious why she was killed?

  Det. Steve McGarrett : Well... The obvious always bothers me, doctor.

• Det. Steve McGarrett : [Looking at tire tracks]  Okay, get me photographs and plaster casts... Maybe we'll get lucky.

• David Harper : [Harper is arrested for killing Mrs. Southmore]  I don't need a lawyer.

  Det. Steve McGarrett : I'll tell you something, Mr. Harper... I've been a cop a long time, and I've never seen a man who needed a lawyer more.

• Resident : [to McGarrett after David Harper has died]  He's dead, apparently from a brain hemorrhage... But that's academic.

  Det. Steve McGarrett : What do you mean, "That's academic"?

  Resident : He' d have died anyway... In a matter of weeks.

  Det. Steve McGarrett : What makes you say that?

  Resident : David Harper was a patient here a few months ago... He insisted on being released when he was told there was nothing that could be done for him... He had leukemia.

• Dr. Alexander Southmore : Mr. McGarrett, I detect a reluctance on your part to accept his confession... Why is that?

  Det. Steve McGarrett : Well, doctor... Have you ever ran all the tests you can run on a patient, gotten all the facts, and still feel the diagnosis is wrong somehow?... That there's something missing?

  Dr. Alexander Southmore : Yes, that happens.

  Det. Steve McGarrett : That answers your question, doesn't it?

• Det. Steve McGarrett : [Chin brings McGarrett some Japanese food]  I thought your uncle was Chinese?

  Chin Ho : Well, he is... But his joint is in a Japanese neighborhood, so he's passing.

• Chin Ho : Steve, Lieutenant Rice wants to know if you want him to go on looking for the gun.

  Det. Steve McGarrett : [Realizing that Southmore killed his wife]  no... NO!... Tell him I just found it!

• Danny Williams : [Dan is at the hospital, researching information on Dr. Southmore]  A couple of months ago, Southmore went through the files looking for male patients with terminal illnesses.

  Det. Steve McGarrett : That's good enough, Danno... Come on in.

• Det. Steve McGarrett : [as Southmore is apprehended]  Book him!

• Doc Bergman : [Giving McGarrett a rundown on the shots that killed Mrs. Southmore]  There were two shots fired... One in the chest, and one through the left temple. Powder burns indicate the second shot was fired with the gun right against the head.

  Det. Steve McGarrett : Sort of a coup de grace, huh?

  Doc Bergman : Right.