He Cannot be Caught for He is an Ulua Fish of the Deep Ocean

"He Cannot be Caught for He is an Ulua Fish of the Deep Ocean" (A 'ohe ia e loa'a aku, he ulua kapapa no ka moana) is the 21st episode of Season 10 in the remake version of Hawaii Five-0.

Synopsis
After Steve receives a posthumous letter from his mother that contains a cipher, Danny is attacked by someone willing to kill to steal it. Also, Five-0 must help Lincoln Cole, an anonymous good Samaritan who’s in the crosshairs of some very dangerous people.

Plot
Dorris McGarrett left behind a package. She asked that this package be delivered four months after her death and so her attorney followed her instructions. Michael Claypool flew out to Hawaii. He met with McGarrett and he handed over a package that was more a letter. McGarrett read the letter. It affected him in some way and he later visited his father’s grave. He was still there when Danny came looking for him. Danny needed McGarrett because they caught a new case and this time McGarrett didn’t want to hide behind work. He was rather focused on the letter. The letter was a cipher.

McGarrett knew he was supposed to decode it. He just wasn’t sure if he wanted to. McGarrett spent years believing his mother was dead and it was also coming up on the anniversary of his father’s death. He was going through a lot. He wasn’t sure if he wanted to open the door to wherever that letter was going to lead and so McGarrett threw himself into the case. He and the team were investigating two armed robbers who held up the Oahu National Bank. The robbers killed someone and they went into a diner where they ran into a mother and son. The robbers held the mother up at gunpoint.

They forced her to take them back to her apartment. They demanded she patches up one of them that was injured and right as she was about to – someone rang the doorbell. It was the busboy from the diner. He was returning a toy the young boy left and he noticed the mother was acting oddly. He later busted into her home, took on the robbers, killed one, and forced the other to run. He then disappeared. The busboy who had given his employer the name Michael Ellington was not the real Michael Ellington. The real man died several months ago and so this Good Samaritan had taken on his identity.

The team wanted to find this Good Samaritan. They also weren’t the only ones looking for him. The robber that killed had been connected. His name was Marc Acosta and his brother was high up in organized crime. Hector Acosta even knew his brother was at the morgue before the team had identified him. Hector came barging in. He demanded to see his brother and he broke into tears once he did. The team had tried asking him how he knew where Marc was. They asked him if he knew the other robber and Hector quickly clammed up. He wasn’t going to talk to them. The only he was willing to say is that he was going to handle this situation with Marc.

Hector Acosta was going to hunt down the Good Samaritan. The team knew they had to find him first and so they checked out the man’s apartment. They went looking for anything that could reveal his true identity, but all they found was a toothbrush and so ran the DNA off of it. It came back as belonging to Marine Gunnery Sergeant Lincoln Cole. Cole was heavily trained and he had just won the Purple Heart for a mission when out of nowhere he went AWOL. Lincoln disappeared. He hasn’t been heard of until now and so the team believed he came back because of his connections to the island. He was trained in Hawaii. He still has friends there.

The team looked up the man that trained Lincoln. They found him and this, in turn, lead them to Lincoln. McGarrett got close to him. They got into a fight and Lincoln was winning when Junior showed up. Junior threw it in McGarrett’s favor. They were able to bring down Lincoln together and they brought him to the icebox. They all wanted to know why Lincoln ran. Why he ran after the Purple Heart and why is he still running now? McGarrett has his own suspicions. He believes Lincoln blames himself for his last mission. He has lost five guys overseas and Lincoln was never the same after that.

He disappeared because he didn’t want to honor what he believed was a failure. He lost five of his fellow soldiers as well four of the guards that were protecting them and so Lincoln has been running for his past. He was being questioned as Hector made his move. Hector forced a tv camera to film his people as they held the mother and son duo from earlier hostage. Hector’s people demanded that Marc’s killer turn himself into them or they were going to kill two innocent people. The team knew it was Hector and his people. They were the only ones that had an interest and so the team tried to find out where the hostages were being held.

They studied the video. They even tried to get information from the tv crew and unfortunately, it was prerecorded. No one knew where the mother and son were being held. The team tried calling Hector to get his location. He sent them on a merry chase with so many proxy servers that it was impossible to locate and so the team couldn’t find him. They were just about to consider handing over Lincoln when the Military Police showed. They were alerted the moment the DNA test indicated Lincoln had been found. The MPs wanted Lincoln. They pushed McGarrett and McGarrett handed him over.

Lincoln was being taken back to base when he escaped. He knocked out his handlers and he ran off to meet with Hector’s people. He was going to turn himself in exchange for the hostages. Lincoln managed to contact them. He later did as they asked. He went to meet-up and he got lucky because the team arrived at the meet-up as well. They all worked together to protect the mother and son. They also worked at taking down Hector and his people. And together they did it.

Later, McGarrett had managed to arrange things so that Lincoln could be held on the island. He was under Military Review and he might get thrown out of the marines, but the higher-ups were taking into account all that he said to save Silvia and Manu and so that could still go in his favor.

Danny meanwhile took the time to talk to McGarrett. McGarrett found himself in a runt and he didn’t know how to get out of it. He talked to Danny. Like he seriously opened up to him and then they made light of it. Danny went back into the house for something. He walked in on someone robbing McGarrett and he tried to fight up. And sadly he failed.

The thief got away and it took the envelope that held the letter, but thankfully not the letter itself.

Quotes
(Steve's beach. Danny is relaxing in his chair with a Longboard)

Steve McGarrett: Yo.

(Steve walks out to join Danny)

Danny Williams: Yo.

(Steve notices Danny's beer)

Steve McGarrett: You got started without me.

(Steve grabs and opens a beer)

(Danny and Steve clink their bottles and have a drink)

(Steve side eyes at Danny)

Steve McGarrett: What's the face? You got a face on..your face.

(Danny just looks at Steve with his serious/worried face on)

Steve McGarrett: Oh.. is this about Lincoln? You're worried Lincoln's my new BFF?

(Danny just keeps looking at Steve with his serious/worried face)

Steve McGarrett: Yo! No one can replace you. You're my Danno.

Danny Williams: Don't do that.

Steve McGarrett: Don't do what?

Danny Williams: I actually want to talk to you. Don't deflect. I'm.. I'm concerned about you. I want to have a real conversation.

(Steve drops his masks)

Steve McGarrett: Okay.

(Steve takes a deep breath and gets serious)

Steve McGarrett: Look, man, I don't know, uh.. I don't know when it happened, but something changed. I've been here doing this for so long now, I... (deep breath) I kind of feel like I've been protecting everybody except for myself.

(Steve looks intently at Danny)

Steve McGarrett: Does that make sense?

(Danny takes a deep breath)

Danny Williams: Yeah. So why don't you just take a break? Take some time for yourself and just cool out?

Steve McGarrett: It's more then that. And I can't do that here anyway - I got too many memories. But I will say this is how I thought it would end for us... a couple of old guys sitting on a beach, watching sunsets.

Danny Williams: I mean, that sounds great to me. We can still do that.

(Steve sighs)

Steve McGarrett: (confused) I don't know anymore, Danny... I don't know. I've been trying to distract myself with a bunch of things, you know, like, I mean, I-I... did a bunch of dating. Which was nice, but didn't help. I really thought that restaurant would balance things out. But when it closed... I started thinking.

Danny Williams: (slightly snarky) Well, you know, I think.. personally, that's your problem. You think a little bit too much.

Steve McGarrett: (calling him on it) Now who's deflecting?

Danny Williams: (serious) So I don't understand, I mean, what? You think you're capable of being done?

Steve McGarrett: I don't know. Maybe... Look, all I know is that ten years ago, I hit the ground running hard and I've been running ever since. And I feel like maybe I need a, a little time away to get some perspective, you know?

Danny Williams: Yeah, I do, so when?

Steve McGarrett: Soon.

(Danny nods)

Danny Williams: Can I make a suggestion?

Steve McGarrett: Yes.

Danny Williams: If you want to go clear your head, get some, uh... some clarity, go to, uh, (small smile) to Jersey.

(Steve smiles and laughs a bit breaking the emotional tension)

Danny Williams: I'm being serious.

(Danny and Steve fall back into their banter)

Steve McGarrett: I know you're being serious; I knew you were gonna say that.

Danny Williams: Why wouldn't you go to Jer... ? You've never been to Jersey...

Steve McGarrett: I'm not going to Jersey.

Danny Williams: Why not?

Steve McGarrett: 'Cause it's, it's full of people like you. I don't need to go. I already know what it's gonna be like.

Danny Williams: Go to, go to Bali. Or Timbuktu, go to Africa. Anywhere but Jersey, how about that?

Steve McGarrett: Now I have to go.

Danny Williams: I'm gonna go get another beer.

(Danny gets up to go inside)

Steve McGarrett: Okay, I'm gonna go to Jersey.

Danny Williams: You're not going to Jersey.

Steve McGarrett: I'm gonna need recommendations for, uh, places to stay. Oh, and restaurants! I'm gonna need a... a list of restaurants, okay?

Danny Williams: Okay, I'll get right on that.

Steve McGarrett: (quietly to himself) I don't want to go to Jersey.

Trivia

 * The episode was originally scheduled as a two-part finale on April 3, 2020, however, it was pushed back to March 27 after the 2020 March Madness having violations and canceled the event under COVID-19.
 * Despite being credited, Taylor Wily and Dennis Chun are both do not appear in this episode.
 * Chuck Norris made a special guest appearance in this episode.

Cast

 * Lincoln Cole
 * Lance Gross
 * Lance Gross


 * Lee Phillips
 * Chuck Norris
 * Major Seargeant
 * Hector
 * Lobo Sebastian
 * Sylvia
 * Diana Lu
 * Manu
 * Zayne Eveland
 * Marc
 * John Orantes
 * Lester
 * Sean Rosales
 * Reporter
 * Malika Dudley
 * Capt. Ingram
 * Leonard Roberts
 * Security Guard
 * Russell Subiono
 * Major
 * Ryan Finley
 * Shopkeeper
 * Ed Dearmore
 * Lady with Groceries
 * Emme Tomimbang
 * Thug #1
 * Michael Castillo
 * Claypool
 * Anthony Armatrading
 * Capt. Ingram
 * Leonard Roberts
 * Security Guard
 * Russell Subiono
 * Major
 * Ryan Finley
 * Shopkeeper
 * Ed Dearmore
 * Lady with Groceries
 * Emme Tomimbang
 * Thug #1
 * Michael Castillo
 * Claypool
 * Anthony Armatrading
 * Lady with Groceries
 * Emme Tomimbang
 * Thug #1
 * Michael Castillo
 * Claypool
 * Anthony Armatrading
 * Thug #1
 * Michael Castillo
 * Claypool
 * Anthony Armatrading
 * Claypool
 * Anthony Armatrading