MacGyver (1985–1992): Season 1, Episode 2 - The Golden Triangle - full transcript
In the opening gambit, Mac takes a diplomatic case during an criminal hand-over, and outsmarts he armed fiends making use of the site, a car demolition junk-yard, which almost ended fatally 'depressing' for him. - In the main story, the Pentagon lost an airplane carrying weapons, including a secret canister, over Burma (SE Asian, bordering Thailand) and Mac accepts the search mission. The region in the 'Golden Triangle' is controlled by the sinister war lord general Nairan, whose goons terrorize the rural villagers to work poppy fields for his opium - and arms trade. Mac observes the abusive overseer Truang at work, gets the brave teen boy Chan to show him the crash site but is captured by surprise; Nairan orders him slowly executed 'as an example', bound on a rack in the sun. Chan's sister Lin is too scared for reprisals -whole villages were brunt down for disobedience- to help, but Chan gets him a stolen army knife. In no time crafty Mac frees himself, overcomes his guard and his relieve, and using the supplies from the plane in his unique way chases the local goons. The villagers fear this can only bring Nairan's wrath on them, but after delivering the canister to the pick up-helicopter, Mac returns to teach them to set up an elaborately improvised warm welcome for the heavenly armed opium harvest convoy, also a chance for Lin's lover Ming to show his brave side...
People
usually go to a junkyard
looking for a bargain.
I did.
When I got my
first set of wheels,
One of them was kind of flat.
I spent a lot of time
at hubcap heaven
Piecing together that first car.
So would anybody else
looking for a real bargain.
Like a matched set of top secret
Pentagon missile launch codes.
Of course, missiles come in
all kinds of sizes and shapes.
I've always been
partial to round.
Stay here!
See anything?
Anything?
As long as you keep
a grip on things...
Briefcase! Gone! Up there!
There he is!
Get him!
The thing about a junkyard
is the treasure you find
is liable to be something
another fellow lost.
And sometimes he
wants it back... real bad.
Now, I've always
got the start of a plan.
Of course, sometimes
plans don't work out.
But you always know for sure
When they hit you
right in the... face.
Go on!
Now, you may find
this hard to believe,
but there have been times
when I've had a lot more
fun in the backseat of a car.
I think the last
thing I wanted to do
before these guys left the party
was to find the
nicest way I could
to lift their spirits.
Yeah! It's MacGyver.
You know that
diplomatic security case
You guys put me on awhile back?
Well, I got it... And
the boys who took it.
Yeah. Want to come pick 'em up?
I just did.
It's my humble opinion
That old Alexander Graham
bell has a lot to answer for.
Getting away from it all
gets tougher and tougher.
Not just the newspapers,
the telephone
and the radio... but people.
It's hard.
Maybe impossible.
Good morning, MacGyver.
Ever been to Burma?
You'll be going deep
into wild country.
There's no government, no law.
Just two kinds of
people... Opium vendors
and the local people
they hold as slaves.
Sounds like you're
sending me to a real nice neighborhood.
Well, it's
dangerous, but important. Very.
I hear it's
also sweaty and hot. Very.
No place to buy a condo.
The cargo plane hit hard.
Pieces scattered
all over the jungle.
The main thing is we
lost a canister of toxin.
Enough heavy-duty poison
to destroy 1,000 acres
of plant life,
animals and people.
And you'd
kind of like to have it back.
Get it if you can.
Destroy it if you have to.
We'll have a pickup
chopper come for you
24 hours after you drop in.
Don't be late, MacGyver...
Or you won't be back.
Ah, shucks.
I guess this means
I won't have time
to do any shopping.
Slavery.
It's just a word...
Something out of
ancient history...
Until you see it.
Get a close look
at human beings
treated like animals.
Oh, grandfather!
Leave him alone!
Is there trouble, sir?
You told me you could get
your people to work hard,
harvest the opium.
This one can't even walk.
I'm all right.
Please.
Come, grandfather.
I can walk.
Grandfather!
Oh!
I am sorry!
Keep them moving!
Hurry! Back to
the village! Move!
Oh!
Shh! Quiet.
Quiet!
It's all right.
It's all right.
I'm on your side.
Just want to ask
you about this red hat.
Come on, now.
I just helped you
out of a little jam.
Is that any way to thank me?
That's gratitude.
Nice guy.
Who are you?
Name's MacGyver.
- Chan.
- Good to meet you.
I apologize.
No problem.
Now, you want to tell
me where you got the hat?
I will show you.
Who was that guy
that was chasing you?
He is truang,
general narai's dog.
He in charge of forced
labor for the poppy fields?
Yes.
And who's narai, his boss?
They say general
narai is not human.
They say he drinks blood.
This is where I find
my red hat, MacGyver.
Of course.
Poison canister's gone.
Pentagon's not
going to be too happy.
You're lucky, boy.
I don't have time
to punish you now.
Did he hurt you?
Who is that?
I know who you are
and what you are doing here,
so do not lie.
French?
English?
American.
Well, take your pick.
Wherever you come from,
I know what you
are, narcotics agent.
A what?
Your kind have been
In our area before. I know.
The general is coming!
Get everything ready!
The storeroom.
He will want to see the opium.
His guns... make sure
his guns are ready.
Move! Move!
♪ ♪
A long time
ago, my cousin Allie got a dog
from the pound... Part
airedale, part spaniel.
Real cute... But
she'd been beaten.
All that puppy knew how to do
Was cower, cringe away
from you, expecting to be hit.
It's a real ugly
thing to see in a dog.
It's even worse
in a human being.
This is something
I did not expect.
Who are you?
Name's MacGyver.
And I'll just bet
you're general narai.
That was a nice
landing, general.
Little flashy, but effective.
He's a narcotics agent!
I made him speak.
The poppies?
Only half the
harvest is complete.
You radioed about
downed American airplane...
With weapons.
Bingo!
Good.
Very good.
My helicopter will
become a gunship,
a powerful weapon.
Load 'em.
You wish to tell me the
real reason you're here?
Tourist?
I like a sense of humor.
Shows spirit.
Five days, and my
caravan will come here
To pick up the opium.
Finish the harvest.
And if you're not ready...
They are slow.
Too many old men and women.
Lazy children.
They are stubborn.
Headman!
Are your people slow,
stubborn?
I've
told them, general.
I-I've warned them
you'd be angry.
I care for you.
I give you protection,
Food, shelter.
But as children are responsible
to their father,
you must not disappoint me,
Hurt me.
If I suffer...
You will suffer.
We will bring in
the crops, I promise.
Good.
Just to remind all of you
how important this is...
I will give you an example.
Stake our narcotics agent
out at the head of the trail.
No food, no water.
Every morning you go to work,
every evening you come back,
you can watch him dying.
He will inspire you to work.
I will return in five days...
and with luck,
You may live the
entire five days...
but I doubt it.
My mom used to
make a great broiled chicken.
One of my favorites.
Funny. I'm starting to feel
Real sympathetic
towards them chickens.
I'll watch.
MacGyver, her
name lin, my sister.
Hi.
Chan has told me
how you helped him.
We're very grateful.
Well, you're very welcome.
Now, if you wanted
to cut me loose,
I bet we could call it even.
I'm sorry. I can't.
If we help you escape,
narai will kill many
of our people.
MacGyver, you don't know narai.
He has burned entire villages
and massacred many people
because they refused to
harvest his opium poppies.
He is very rich and powerful.
We have no way to fight him.
I would fight.
I bet you would, champ.
They are coming!
Lin, please, come now!
Been wondering
when somebody'd show up.
Getting some good rays here.
You must
work faster! Faster!
Work faster, ming, you lazy boy!
We only have four
days left to harvest!
Where
did you get that?
I stole it back
from guard house.
For MacGyver, or
he will die out there.
Go to the narcotics
agent and relieve ho.
Be careful!
For a second, I thought
you were truly stupid, boy.
Are you?
Are you a stupid boy?
When I was a kid,
one of the big events
of the country fair
Was watching a lot of optimists
trying to catch a greased pig.
It was a lot of fun.
It sure keeps a crowd occupie.
Now let's try a little
chain reaction action here.
Now I'll get this signal flare
Tucked under the airplane tir.
It should serve nicely
as a delayed fuse.
And a little air pumped
into the life jacket...
The boat inflates... hopefull.
Signal flare pops, and yes...
The big bang.
No, chan!
Ming, he needs help!
Well, I guess that's it, then.
Now you're free.
No. Truang will reach
general narai's convoy.
They will return very soon.
You...
You have destroyed us all!
MacGyver, maybe you can
teach us how to use these guns.
No, I don't think so.
It takes a couple of weeks or so
To train a soldier
how to use a rifle.
We need no training.
We need you to leave
now before it gets worse.
So, go! Just go!
Is that the way all of you feel?
If we cannot
find our souls,
We do not deserve our lives.
Thank you for what you
have done, MacGyver.
You need not thank him.
Just pray that narai
does not kill us all!
You know, I think you
folks ought to decide
which way you're
going to go now.
I promised a man
I'd do a job for him.
That's what I got to do.
I got a chopper to meet.
Everyone,
it will be all right.
When general narai comes
back, we will apologize.
We will beg him to forgive us.
42-23 Alpha.
Looks like MacGyver's
got the goods.
Going in.
MacGyver!
Easy, big guy.
I wasn't going anywhere.
I was a hunter.
I have been a farmer.
Now I'm a slave.
You are alive.
At narai's whim.
Ming is right.
Narai controls our lives,
and everything else.
This is a
useless conversation.
We have no means to fight.
And your great hope,
MacGyver, has gone.
Grandfather! Lin!
MacGyver is back!
I've finished the job I
was sent here to do.
What have you all decided?
Are you going to
keep peeling poppies,
or are we going to give
this fashion-plate narai
a run for his money?
Teach me to be a
soldier, MacGyver.
You are fools!
All of you!
You will suffer!
Narai will kill you!
Listen, folks,
I don't think we have
much more than a few hours
Before old truang
spreads the good news.
You said we cannot
learn to shoot in time.
How do we fight?
Oh, I've got a couple ideas.
A little higher.
That's good.
That is to be seen.
Excellent.
Yes, yes, yes, here,
take this up to the Ridge.
Signal us as soon as
you see the convoy.
It is narai!
He's checking us out.
Heading north.
Yes, heading north
to process his opium.
Let's hope they keep
him busy for awhile.
Truang should reach
that convoy in a bit.
Now, this is how you cut
the bandits down to size.
Teamwork.
The women and
children are cooking up
a bamboo buffet...
A giant wooden flute
filled with fire ash
and rice alcohol.
Guaranteed to bring
tears to the eyes.
How's it going?
Fine. Except for the guns.
I set traps like this
when I was a boy.
That's why you're in charge.
Ah, you have given ming
a chance to become a man.
I can see the change in him...
From a slave to a leader.
Okay,
go now.
Is it deep enough?
That is perfect.
Perfect.
But they can see it, though.
That's what makes it perfect.
A good morning's work.
My... people did a good job.
The signal.
All right.
I don't think we've
got more than an hour
before truang and
his goons get here.
What shall we do now?
Get some food.
First we eat...
Then we fight.
♪ ♪
Hey!
Uh, it seems only
fair to warn you
that these folks don't
want you guys back here,
so if you just
want to turn around
and go back to wherever
you came from, uh,
These folks won't hold a grudge.
But I got to warn you, if,
uh, you keep on coming,
you're liable to have
a battle on your hands.
So, what do you say?
Whoa!
Those guys are just
spoiling for a fight.
Let's move.
MacGyver:
Herpetologists will tell you
Everyone has an
inner fear of snakes.
Even true for the
herpetologists.
Now!
Yow!
Are you afraid of
snake, MacGyver?
No.
I just don't like
being around 'em.
Now, you
take your psychologists.
They'll tell you
when someone thinks
they have you all figured out,
That's when they're
the most vulnerable.
When it comes to truang,
He doesn't know an asp
from a hole in the ground.
Come on, truang,
It can only get worse.
Why don't we call it a day?
He's only trying to bait us.
We go to the village first.
Then MacGyver.
Hurry! Dismount!
Move that tree out of the way!
And, of course,
the archeologist tells us
The wheel is man's
greatest invention.
I thought we'd blow
the air out of that notion.
What are you waiting for?!
Pick up your weapons! Move out!
General!
♪ ♪
Gentlemen,
you're in time for the buffet.
Our short order cook
just turned on the gas.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
Now we are free.
Yeah.
usually go to a junkyard
looking for a bargain.
I did.
When I got my
first set of wheels,
One of them was kind of flat.
I spent a lot of time
at hubcap heaven
Piecing together that first car.
So would anybody else
looking for a real bargain.
Like a matched set of top secret
Pentagon missile launch codes.
Of course, missiles come in
all kinds of sizes and shapes.
I've always been
partial to round.
Stay here!
See anything?
Anything?
As long as you keep
a grip on things...
Briefcase! Gone! Up there!
There he is!
Get him!
The thing about a junkyard
is the treasure you find
is liable to be something
another fellow lost.
And sometimes he
wants it back... real bad.
Now, I've always
got the start of a plan.
Of course, sometimes
plans don't work out.
But you always know for sure
When they hit you
right in the... face.
Go on!
Now, you may find
this hard to believe,
but there have been times
when I've had a lot more
fun in the backseat of a car.
I think the last
thing I wanted to do
before these guys left the party
was to find the
nicest way I could
to lift their spirits.
Yeah! It's MacGyver.
You know that
diplomatic security case
You guys put me on awhile back?
Well, I got it... And
the boys who took it.
Yeah. Want to come pick 'em up?
I just did.
It's my humble opinion
That old Alexander Graham
bell has a lot to answer for.
Getting away from it all
gets tougher and tougher.
Not just the newspapers,
the telephone
and the radio... but people.
It's hard.
Maybe impossible.
Good morning, MacGyver.
Ever been to Burma?
You'll be going deep
into wild country.
There's no government, no law.
Just two kinds of
people... Opium vendors
and the local people
they hold as slaves.
Sounds like you're
sending me to a real nice neighborhood.
Well, it's
dangerous, but important. Very.
I hear it's
also sweaty and hot. Very.
No place to buy a condo.
The cargo plane hit hard.
Pieces scattered
all over the jungle.
The main thing is we
lost a canister of toxin.
Enough heavy-duty poison
to destroy 1,000 acres
of plant life,
animals and people.
And you'd
kind of like to have it back.
Get it if you can.
Destroy it if you have to.
We'll have a pickup
chopper come for you
24 hours after you drop in.
Don't be late, MacGyver...
Or you won't be back.
Ah, shucks.
I guess this means
I won't have time
to do any shopping.
Slavery.
It's just a word...
Something out of
ancient history...
Until you see it.
Get a close look
at human beings
treated like animals.
Oh, grandfather!
Leave him alone!
Is there trouble, sir?
You told me you could get
your people to work hard,
harvest the opium.
This one can't even walk.
I'm all right.
Please.
Come, grandfather.
I can walk.
Grandfather!
Oh!
I am sorry!
Keep them moving!
Hurry! Back to
the village! Move!
Oh!
Shh! Quiet.
Quiet!
It's all right.
It's all right.
I'm on your side.
Just want to ask
you about this red hat.
Come on, now.
I just helped you
out of a little jam.
Is that any way to thank me?
That's gratitude.
Nice guy.
Who are you?
Name's MacGyver.
- Chan.
- Good to meet you.
I apologize.
No problem.
Now, you want to tell
me where you got the hat?
I will show you.
Who was that guy
that was chasing you?
He is truang,
general narai's dog.
He in charge of forced
labor for the poppy fields?
Yes.
And who's narai, his boss?
They say general
narai is not human.
They say he drinks blood.
This is where I find
my red hat, MacGyver.
Of course.
Poison canister's gone.
Pentagon's not
going to be too happy.
You're lucky, boy.
I don't have time
to punish you now.
Did he hurt you?
Who is that?
I know who you are
and what you are doing here,
so do not lie.
French?
English?
American.
Well, take your pick.
Wherever you come from,
I know what you
are, narcotics agent.
A what?
Your kind have been
In our area before. I know.
The general is coming!
Get everything ready!
The storeroom.
He will want to see the opium.
His guns... make sure
his guns are ready.
Move! Move!
♪ ♪
A long time
ago, my cousin Allie got a dog
from the pound... Part
airedale, part spaniel.
Real cute... But
she'd been beaten.
All that puppy knew how to do
Was cower, cringe away
from you, expecting to be hit.
It's a real ugly
thing to see in a dog.
It's even worse
in a human being.
This is something
I did not expect.
Who are you?
Name's MacGyver.
And I'll just bet
you're general narai.
That was a nice
landing, general.
Little flashy, but effective.
He's a narcotics agent!
I made him speak.
The poppies?
Only half the
harvest is complete.
You radioed about
downed American airplane...
With weapons.
Bingo!
Good.
Very good.
My helicopter will
become a gunship,
a powerful weapon.
Load 'em.
You wish to tell me the
real reason you're here?
Tourist?
I like a sense of humor.
Shows spirit.
Five days, and my
caravan will come here
To pick up the opium.
Finish the harvest.
And if you're not ready...
They are slow.
Too many old men and women.
Lazy children.
They are stubborn.
Headman!
Are your people slow,
stubborn?
I've
told them, general.
I-I've warned them
you'd be angry.
I care for you.
I give you protection,
Food, shelter.
But as children are responsible
to their father,
you must not disappoint me,
Hurt me.
If I suffer...
You will suffer.
We will bring in
the crops, I promise.
Good.
Just to remind all of you
how important this is...
I will give you an example.
Stake our narcotics agent
out at the head of the trail.
No food, no water.
Every morning you go to work,
every evening you come back,
you can watch him dying.
He will inspire you to work.
I will return in five days...
and with luck,
You may live the
entire five days...
but I doubt it.
My mom used to
make a great broiled chicken.
One of my favorites.
Funny. I'm starting to feel
Real sympathetic
towards them chickens.
I'll watch.
MacGyver, her
name lin, my sister.
Hi.
Chan has told me
how you helped him.
We're very grateful.
Well, you're very welcome.
Now, if you wanted
to cut me loose,
I bet we could call it even.
I'm sorry. I can't.
If we help you escape,
narai will kill many
of our people.
MacGyver, you don't know narai.
He has burned entire villages
and massacred many people
because they refused to
harvest his opium poppies.
He is very rich and powerful.
We have no way to fight him.
I would fight.
I bet you would, champ.
They are coming!
Lin, please, come now!
Been wondering
when somebody'd show up.
Getting some good rays here.
You must
work faster! Faster!
Work faster, ming, you lazy boy!
We only have four
days left to harvest!
Where
did you get that?
I stole it back
from guard house.
For MacGyver, or
he will die out there.
Go to the narcotics
agent and relieve ho.
Be careful!
For a second, I thought
you were truly stupid, boy.
Are you?
Are you a stupid boy?
When I was a kid,
one of the big events
of the country fair
Was watching a lot of optimists
trying to catch a greased pig.
It was a lot of fun.
It sure keeps a crowd occupie.
Now let's try a little
chain reaction action here.
Now I'll get this signal flare
Tucked under the airplane tir.
It should serve nicely
as a delayed fuse.
And a little air pumped
into the life jacket...
The boat inflates... hopefull.
Signal flare pops, and yes...
The big bang.
No, chan!
Ming, he needs help!
Well, I guess that's it, then.
Now you're free.
No. Truang will reach
general narai's convoy.
They will return very soon.
You...
You have destroyed us all!
MacGyver, maybe you can
teach us how to use these guns.
No, I don't think so.
It takes a couple of weeks or so
To train a soldier
how to use a rifle.
We need no training.
We need you to leave
now before it gets worse.
So, go! Just go!
Is that the way all of you feel?
If we cannot
find our souls,
We do not deserve our lives.
Thank you for what you
have done, MacGyver.
You need not thank him.
Just pray that narai
does not kill us all!
You know, I think you
folks ought to decide
which way you're
going to go now.
I promised a man
I'd do a job for him.
That's what I got to do.
I got a chopper to meet.
Everyone,
it will be all right.
When general narai comes
back, we will apologize.
We will beg him to forgive us.
42-23 Alpha.
Looks like MacGyver's
got the goods.
Going in.
MacGyver!
Easy, big guy.
I wasn't going anywhere.
I was a hunter.
I have been a farmer.
Now I'm a slave.
You are alive.
At narai's whim.
Ming is right.
Narai controls our lives,
and everything else.
This is a
useless conversation.
We have no means to fight.
And your great hope,
MacGyver, has gone.
Grandfather! Lin!
MacGyver is back!
I've finished the job I
was sent here to do.
What have you all decided?
Are you going to
keep peeling poppies,
or are we going to give
this fashion-plate narai
a run for his money?
Teach me to be a
soldier, MacGyver.
You are fools!
All of you!
You will suffer!
Narai will kill you!
Listen, folks,
I don't think we have
much more than a few hours
Before old truang
spreads the good news.
You said we cannot
learn to shoot in time.
How do we fight?
Oh, I've got a couple ideas.
A little higher.
That's good.
That is to be seen.
Excellent.
Yes, yes, yes, here,
take this up to the Ridge.
Signal us as soon as
you see the convoy.
It is narai!
He's checking us out.
Heading north.
Yes, heading north
to process his opium.
Let's hope they keep
him busy for awhile.
Truang should reach
that convoy in a bit.
Now, this is how you cut
the bandits down to size.
Teamwork.
The women and
children are cooking up
a bamboo buffet...
A giant wooden flute
filled with fire ash
and rice alcohol.
Guaranteed to bring
tears to the eyes.
How's it going?
Fine. Except for the guns.
I set traps like this
when I was a boy.
That's why you're in charge.
Ah, you have given ming
a chance to become a man.
I can see the change in him...
From a slave to a leader.
Okay,
go now.
Is it deep enough?
That is perfect.
Perfect.
But they can see it, though.
That's what makes it perfect.
A good morning's work.
My... people did a good job.
The signal.
All right.
I don't think we've
got more than an hour
before truang and
his goons get here.
What shall we do now?
Get some food.
First we eat...
Then we fight.
♪ ♪
Hey!
Uh, it seems only
fair to warn you
that these folks don't
want you guys back here,
so if you just
want to turn around
and go back to wherever
you came from, uh,
These folks won't hold a grudge.
But I got to warn you, if,
uh, you keep on coming,
you're liable to have
a battle on your hands.
So, what do you say?
Whoa!
Those guys are just
spoiling for a fight.
Let's move.
MacGyver:
Herpetologists will tell you
Everyone has an
inner fear of snakes.
Even true for the
herpetologists.
Now!
Yow!
Are you afraid of
snake, MacGyver?
No.
I just don't like
being around 'em.
Now, you
take your psychologists.
They'll tell you
when someone thinks
they have you all figured out,
That's when they're
the most vulnerable.
When it comes to truang,
He doesn't know an asp
from a hole in the ground.
Come on, truang,
It can only get worse.
Why don't we call it a day?
He's only trying to bait us.
We go to the village first.
Then MacGyver.
Hurry! Dismount!
Move that tree out of the way!
And, of course,
the archeologist tells us
The wheel is man's
greatest invention.
I thought we'd blow
the air out of that notion.
What are you waiting for?!
Pick up your weapons! Move out!
General!
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Gentlemen,
you're in time for the buffet.
Our short order cook
just turned on the gas.
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Now we are free.
Yeah.