Hawaii Five-0, Season 3

[Steve McGarrett has finally met his mother - and he wants some answers]

Steve McGarrett:
Yeah, why don't we start with Shelburne.

Doris McGarrett:
Shelburne was the code name the agency gave me. I'm s -I'm sorry.

Steve:
Agency? What agency?

Doris:
Before I met your father, I worked for an intelligence program that reported directly to the Pentagon.

Steve:
You were a spy?

Doris:
Yes.

Steve:
So, all those years that I thought you were a a schoolteacher, that was just a cover. And, um, were me and Mary just a cover, too?

Doris:
Shelburne was way before you and Mary.

Steve:
How'd you meet Wo Fat's father?

Doris:
He was an assignment.

Steve:
So, you were ordered to kill him.

Doris:
It was a little more complicated than that.

Steve:
Well, we got some time, so why don't you why don't you uncomplicate it?

Doris:
Okay. Like you, I served my country, but after I got married, I left the agency because I wanted to be a mother. Unfortunately, I could change my name, but not my past.

Steve:
That's why you pretended to be dead?

Doris:
When I made that choice, I knew that my life would never be the same. I knew that I would have to give up the only thing that meant anything to me- my family.

Steve:
So, why'd you do it, Doris? If that's even your real name.

Doris:
It was the name I was born with, and the name the name I went back to the day I met your father. [indignant at son's tone] And since when does a son call his mother by her first name? Since you failed to be one I didn't see any other options, Steve.