McGarrett receives news that his former fellow Navy SEAL team member Carson Rodes was killed landing a private airplane o an aircraft-carrier and is officially the prime suspect in a baby kidnapping case. Duly fearing cocky NCIS agent Emma Warren incompetent to solve the case, McGarrett ignores having no jurisdiction, sneaks his team onto crime scenes and after ignoring warnings for interferes with the investigation ends up arrested, only to be released on governor's order and offers to collaborate. So Five-O can demonstrate how to crack the nuts, from identifying the baby boy as 'loot' in a bloody shootout to the sinister parental issues. Meanwhile, Adam is back in Hawaii, crushed after he and Kono had broken up. Tani hesitates with the decision to turn in Adam because of the gun discovered in his home but later finds out that someone actually trying to set Adam up, and Steve recruits his for F-O.
—KGF Vissers