S1E6 · Five-O

Complete story — includes the ending

In a flashback a few months prior, Mike arrives in Albuquerque and visits Dr. Caldera, a veterinarian, to have his wounded shoulder treated. In 2002, Mike is at the police station, requests Jimmy as counsel, and asks him to spill coffee as a diversion so Mike can steal a detective's notebook. Mike learns that his daughter-in-law, Stacey, called the police after she found money her husband Matt hid in a suitcase. Mike reveals to Stacey that Matt was a clean cop in a precinct of corruption that included Mike. Mike counseled him to participate for his own safety, but Matt's partner and another cop killed him for fear that he might turn them in. In another flashback, Mike manipulates the two cops into confirming they were the ones who killed Matt. They attempt to kill him, but he kills them, and is wounded in the process.