Ep 2. No Bottles... No Cans... No People

The show Hawaii 5-0 season 4 episode 2 titled No Bottles... No Cans... No People follows the special police task force on a puzzling case that initially appears to be a possible kidnapping in itself. The episode starts with the discovery of a parked car with an engine running and no driver in sight, alongside a tipped-over trash bin and a trail of blood. The team contacts the car's owner, who turns out to be a former client of Kono's and a recovering drug addict who has been sober for two years.

A search for the missing car owner and potential kidnapper initially leads nowhere, as the team discovers several more abandoned cars in the same neighborhood together with vandalized public trash cans. Additionally, the team is puzzled by the complete absence of any eye-witnesses or CCTV footage of the suspect. To complicate things further, the team has limited time to solve the case, as the missing car owner needs a life-saving donor organ transplant in just a few hours.

The investigation moves forward when the team starts to notice a pattern in the trash cans that were vandalized. Further research suggests that the trash cans were not just randomly vandalized, but that the suspect was specifically targeting cans with a particular printing on them. With this new lead, the team narrows down its search for the suspect to a particular North Shore beach 20 miles away, where they identify a homeless man with a history of mental health issues and drug addiction who has been living in the area for the past several weeks.

Danny and Chin Ho head over to the beach to talk to the identified homeless man. Here, they find his belongings hidden inside one of the destroyed trash cans. The team soon discovers that the homeless man, who was involved in a car accident, has suffered from a traumatic brain injury, leading to increased aggression and a troubled relationship with the police ever since. The team realizes that the man was not the kidnapper, but rather a witness to the events that took place on the day the car owner went missing.

The team realizes that the kidnapper is someone who has a grudge against the medical community, as evidenced by the specific type of trash cans that were targeted. The team's investigation leads them to a disgruntled ex-employee of the hospital where the victim was to receive his transplant. The man had access to the victim's medical records and schedule and had planned to take revenge by withholding the victim's donor organ.

The case reaches a swift conclusion as the team locates the victim and the kidnapper who has him hostage, and the victim successfully receives his transplant. The team manages to arrest the kidnapper before he can execute his plan of revenge.

No Bottles... No Cans... No People is an episode that showcases the Hawaii 5-0 team's abilities in deduction, investigation, and the seamless execution of their duties in the tight timeline. The investigation's twists and turns keep the audience engaged and invest them in the team's success in bringing the kidnapper to justice, all while ensuring the victim receives his transplant on time. This episode demonstrates the team's resilience, expertise, and commitment to protecting the citizens of Hawaii.