Norman Cargill, an old friend of McGarrett who has provided help in authenticating documents, is sick (he is going blind) and tired (of walking the straight and narrow for crumbs). When asked to verify a shipment of highly valuable bonds, he agrees and carefully starts copying them by hand to create bonds which he can keep and redeem himself. Cargill kills two people who are aware of his doings. McGarrett reluctantly orders surveillance on Cargill who indignantly protests. McGarrett, who doesn't yet know for sure if Cargill is a killer, calls off the surveillance. However, the evidence he already has in hand forces him investigate Cargill for murder.
—Peter Harris