MacGyver (1985–1992): Season 2, Episode 15 - Pirates - full transcript
An archaeologist is kidnapped by pirates to help them find $60 million in sunken treasure at the bottom of the sea. MacGyver must attempt a rescue on the isolated ocean.
Lsa naval operation swordplay.
Integrate phase ii.
Commence launch.
Confirming clearance.
Unit Charlie, fire.
Here they come.
Delta flight
leader in position.
Commence air attack.
Assault force incoming, sir.
They're coming
onto a mined beach.
And all those mines
have gotta go, right?
Here's where we shine.
Seal unit bravo, target nexus.
Go!
Seal unit bravo,
confirming drop.
The enemy salted the beach
with a string of land mines.
Our job is to go in and
take out the control center
Which controls and
activates those mines.
One man is going to do all that?
He just leads the
point, the others'll follow.
Here they come now.
They'll come in and lay charges
on the mine control center.
It's linked to a whole
beach-load of explosives.
So when the control center blows,
All the rest of the mines
on the beach go with it?
Right. One clean
beach for the marines.
They love to follow
in our footsteps.
How long before it blows?
It should be any second now.
Well, they certainly did it.
Half the beach is blowing up.
Instead of half
the assault force.
Here they come.
Control center destroyed.
Assault forces on the beach.
Primary assault target secure.
Navy seals, well done.
Thank you, sir.
Seal unit bravo one,
terminate and recover.
You know, everything
you've shown us here today
is absolutely top caliber.
So why do you need us?
Well, believe me,
it's not easy asking.
The Navy seals are
supposed to handle anything
from air-sea-land assault
to underwater demolition,
not pass our headaches on.
But...
two crimes in three weeks,
and we're getting blamed,
Because these thieves
used seal techniques.
The newspapers are implying
U.S. Navy seals are involved.
You have checked your men?
I know my men.
No seal is involved
in these robberies,
but we are getting
smeared in the media.
What about police?
They're getting nowhere,
and legally the military
can't become involved
in tracking a civilian crime.
That's why I'm
asking for your help.
You got it.
Where do we start?
We wait until
they hit the next time.
I know they're
gonna try it again.
That's when you
jump in with both feet.
That's the dive boat,
all right.
Don't get too close.
Yeah, they found something.
Let me see.
Give me the binocs.
That radio chatter
we heard is for real.
They brought up
some kind of treasure.
Good.
We'll hit them right now.
Don't forget to
wait for my signal.
- Right, gar.
- Go!
Now remember,
First the signal
balloon, then the assault.
We should have total surprise
on our side, you got me?
Yeah.
All the seams are
sealed with pitch.
There's a chance
that everything
inside is preserved.
Knock on wood. !
Well, let's find out.
Ready?
Let's do it.
Do you think this
came from the treasure fleet?
Look, I've read all
the contemporary accounts
and analyzed all the manifests.
I know everything
there is to know
About the nuesta senora.
Well, keep your fingers crossed.
Oh, dear god, it's real!
Fantastic!
Oh, look at this
jeweled crucifix.
This is a gold cob.
1712, on its way back to Spain
on the nuesta senora.
Look at this.
Government papers
out of monterey.
Look, this has to be
the ship's document box.
Well, it all looks like
it's in perfect condition.
What is it?
It's the log.
The ship's log.
If this has the
course corrections,
it's the last clue we need.
Oh, Paul, we could be this close
To finding the entire treasure.
Let's get all this forward
away from this mess.
Come on.
We've got all the
time in the world now.
It's an eight escudo cob.
The reign of Philip the fifth
from his royal treasure fleet.
Look, off the port bow!
What is it?
It's a signal balloon.
Could be a diver in trouble.
Come on, let's haul it up.
What's the matter?
It's anchored.
If it's a diver,
he's sure caught
in something down there.
All right, stay still,
stay quiet, stay alive.
Don't touch that!
It took us years to find it!
The ship's log isn't
worth anything to you!
Stay back!
Get your hands off that!
Get them below.
Come on!
Move it!
Go on. I said move it.
No!
All right, get him below.
Stay down or you're dead.
Listen.
I ripped out the radio.
They won't be calling
anybody from out here.
Good. Go grab the treasure.
Right.
Could be the coast guard.
No, the coast guard
would hail them down.
It has to be the
pirate's own boat.
He's alongside.
Hey, those seal
tactics really work.
Like cream.
Barb, careful.
All right, you in there!
Stay below!
Come on!
Barbara, don't. They'll shoot.
I want to be able
to identify them.
Get down!
You can't go out there.
They took the treasure
we found, even the log.
12 years of research destroyed.
The pirates hit again,
and Pete set up a meeting
with the victim at the
Ortega research center.
Barbara Ortega?
Name's MacGyver.
Phoenix foundation.
Oh, yes, I know the
Phoenix foundation, of course,
but I don't know exactly
what you do, Mr. MacGyver.
Just MacGyver.
I just kind of fix things
around the place, that's all.
Do you fix bullet-riddled
boat cabins?
I was kinda hoping to
do a little more than that.
Can we talk?
Sure.
But I don't think I can tell
you anything worthwhile.
Why don't we start with
what you told the police?
Oh, that was a grueling
three hours of retracing
Everything I did and everything
I've seen in the past week.
MacGyver what about
your off-shore dives?
Like I told the police,
we found pieces of
treasure two days running,
but I trust my crew implicitly,
and they're the only ones
who knew about the find.
The folks at the museum?
We told no one.
What about the pirates?
Did you get a good look at them?
I didn't see their
faces or their boat.
Like I said, I'm not
much help, am I?
Yeah, sure you are.
You're eliminating
possibilities.
That's progress.
I'm not into trade-in's, gar.
Come on. It's part of the deal.
Our boat's worth
75 thousand, easy.
Besides, it's a down payment
on this sweet thing.
You run a boatyard, Arnie.
You can sell a cigarette
boat for a good price.
And you can keep anything
over the 75 thousand.
Okay, then tell me
what's wrong with her.
Nothing, Arnie, nothing.
She's fast, she's hot.
We had a lot of fun with her.
But we want to do something
else, change our luck.
Okay, let me look it over.
Hey, why trade our
cigarette boat for this?
We used it three
times, now we dump it.
Think he'll buy it?
He'll go for the deal.
Once we get this baby out on
the open ocean, we are gone.
No passport checks,
no trails, no traces.
And enough money to
last us for a couple of years.
Yeah, maybe, but, uh,
how do we turn a lot
of old gold into cash?
Don't I always have the answers?
We're going to ask an expert.
Dr. Barbara Ortega.
It ought to be quite a rush
Asking her how to cash
in on her own treasure.
Gar, you've run those
engines pretty hard,
But she's not bad.
Got yourself a deal.
Great!
Look, I gotta go
to an appointment,
So the guys will handle
all the details, huh?
Okay. Come on, guys.
Let's take her for a ride.
We've each exhausted
every possibility
I can think of to identify them.
All right, now wait a minute.
Let's not give up yet.
Stolen artifacts,
what do you figure
they're worth?
Priceless in terms of knowledge,
and then there's
the material value.
Here, let me show you.
Now these were parts
of a shipment of treasure
out of monterey bound for Spain.
They've told us a lot about
Spanish colonial trade routes.
I got a hunch these guys
weren't too interested
in Spanish colonial
trade routes.
How much have
you collected so far?
About $30 or $40 thousand worth.
Yesterday was
our first real find,
But it was stolen.
I was gonna sell most of it.
Boy, did I ever need that money.
Excuse me.
You sound like you
know a lot about this stuff.
How much would
one of these be worth?
Roughly, $1,000. To a collector.
A bit less to a dealer.
Dealer?
You mean I could go
and buy one of these?
Where would I do that?
The treasure coin corporation
Or Cortez antique
coins right here in town.
Well, thank you. I
really appreciate it.
Sorry for the interruption.
So is that how
you plan to cash in
on your gold if you find it?
Well, not exactly.
My father and I spent 12 years
Searching for the
Spanish treasure fleet.
He found pieces of
one ship and drowned,
Caught inside the wreckage.
I'm sorry.
I was with him and
I couldn't help him.
But I can finish
what he started,
and try to justify his death.
By finding the fleet?
My father's wish was
to return the treasure
to its rightful owners,
the people of what
was Spanish america,
to set up hospitals
and set up schools,
give back what's theirs.
Yesterday I had the key to
the treasure in my hands...
The captain's log.
Do you have any idea
how much that log is worth?
Two ships carrying an estimated
$60 million worth of treasure.
Now, all I need are those
daily course corrections
and I'm positive that
I can find that fleet.
That's kind of funny.
What?
Well, the pirates.
They haven't got
the slightest idea
What they've really stolen.
All we want to do now, Barbara,
is stimulate your memory.
I don't understand.
Well, you were below decks.
You couldn't see anything.
You were blind, right?
Effectively, yes.
But you still had all your other
senses working for
you, especially hearing.
All right, let's go back there.
You're down below and you
can hear their boat's engine.
Try to remember that particular
sound you heard, okay?
All right.
No, too high-pitched.
No...
Wait... no.
They all seem to
sound a little bit alike,
But not the right one.
No...
Hold it.
This one?
The one before!
It had a heavier sound.
That's it! That's the boat!
Smuggler's boat. Ocean-going.
Very high-speed.
It fits.
See, I told you we'd get to it.
Now we've got
something to look for.
How much do you
think all this treasure is worth?
$200 thousand,
maybe a quarter of a million,
so be careful.
By the time we're finished,
you could bounce
these cans off a bulkhead
without scratching
any of the gold.
We're packing it like eggshells.
So, gar, what else did you
hear this Ortega broad say?
Okay, the next
thing she says is,
The one we took is just
the tip of the treasure chest.
That the bad guys don't
even know what they've got.
There's 60 million
bucks right here,
In this captain's log.
Now I don't read old Spanish,
But Dr. Barbara Ortega, she can.
Come on, gar. We
made one hell of a hit.
Hey, we got nothing.
Enough for a couple
of years of easy living.
This could be for
the rest of our lives.
Big time.
What I want you to do, as soon
as you finish stuffing the cans,
is to get a line on her,
like, where she lives,
Where she works, what
time she gets off work.
Don't you think we're,
uh, pushing it a little?
When we take the ketch out,
if we have Dr. Ortega along,
we got a handle on $60 million.
You get life for kidnapping.
It's not pushing it,
it's out over the edge.
Being on the edge is
how you know you're alive.
That's her.
I'll find out when
she'll be leaving.
Maybe we can
give the lady a lift.
Barbara!
Hi.
Oh, good timing...
I was just giving
some distinguished
guests a look around.
MacGyver, meet
senorita... come here...
Elena echeverria.
Hi.
And senor Cristobal Santos.
My pleasure.
Uh, con mucho gusto, hombre.
Su guapo?
Your... boyfriend?
Uh, no.
Solaemente UN amigo.
Ah, que lastima.
You're right, it is a shame.
And you two have to get
back to the clinic, pronto.
Adios, MacGyver.
Adio.
What happened to them?
War.
Elena was burned in a raid
and Cristobal's knee
was shattered by a bullet.
We don't even know
from which side.
We hope that the
surgery he's scheduled for
will repair his leg.
You see, these
kids are the reason
the treasure is so important.
Then we better find it, huh?
Speaking of which,
your message said
something about
having information
on the cigarette boat.
I posted a $5,000 reward.
My office got a phone call
early this morning while I was out.
A man named Arnie lindquist
said he would call back.
He owns a boatyard.
That's all he would say.
Get me some more paint.
Hey, Arnie... Is she ready yet?
Oh, the, the rigging
needs a little tune.
Uh, give me a couple
more hours, huh?
Sure, sure, no problem.
By the way, did you sell
our cigarette boat yet?
Huh? Uh...
Not yet, but, uh,
there's some interest.
Good, good.
Let me pay you
off right now, okay?
And I was worried
about a kidnapping?
This is heavy duty, gar.
You sweat too much.
Get him aboard.
We'll dump him at sea.
We gonna put out right away?
Not yet.
Not until we pick
up our passenger.
You're not going
after that girl?
We don't have to.
She's coming to us.
This lindquist
should have called hours ago.
We may have to do without him.
There are five cigarette
boats registered
As docked in Marina del Rey.
So?
So that's where we
start looking tomorrow
if lindquist falls through.
Then I guess that's where
we start looking tomorrow.
Yeah.
Uh, yeah.
Call forwarding for Dr. Ortega.
This is Barbara Ortega.
Dr. Ortega. I'm Arnie lindquist.
You called about
the cigarette boat.
That's right. I think
I know where it is.
Oh, that's wonderful. Where?
If you'll come to my
boatyard, I'll show you.
We're at sixth and pacific.
Say in an hour?
An hour?
Of course.
Do you mind if I
bring a friend along?
He's also interested
in the boat.
Fine. I'll be waiting
for both of you.
Good.
Good-bye.
You see?
How could it be any easier?
Mr. Lindquist?
I'm Barbara Ortega.
You found me.
We can talk inside.
Right this way.
This is my friend, MacGyver.
Hi.
You're both looking
for a cigarette boat?
Yes. It may be connected
to the piracy of my boat.
No question, Dr. Ortega.
It is connected.
Hey, you were in the
museum yesterday.
You came right on up to us.
You like to gamble
a little, don't you?
Well, I like to win.
What do you want from us?
First I want the girl,
Then I want the rest
of the Spanish treasure.
No!
Unfortunately,
we don't need you, MacGyver.
Uh... uh, hold it, right there.
Come on now.
Uh, you know, you
guys are missing out
On a great deal if you kill me.
I can help you.
See, I'm kind of an expert
with just about everything,
And I can handle all
kinds of machinery.
I know a lot
about all this stuff.
In fact, I used to do
a lot of salvage diving
when I was a kid.
Go on, get help.
Get them!
There he goes!
Hold it! Manning
may want him alive!
- What was that?
- Sounds like he went overboard.
I don't see him.
He's staying down.
He jumped in and he's
swimming underwater.
That's just what
he wants us to think.
Close that hatch and lock it.
Get her aboard the ketch.
Let's go! Let's go!
Cast off.
I'll send her friend
to the bottom.
Have a good trip, MacGyver!
It ought to be a real rush,
all the way to the end.
You can't leave him
in there. He'll drown!
Just keep moving!
Get her below and
get those engines started.
Hatch was locked down
and I was locked in...
With a lot of water for company.
The hatch was locked
down, the water was rising.
It was tight and
getting tighter.
I needed a way out... fast.
All I had to work
with was water.
And maybe this bilge pump.
Normally a bilge pump
shoves water out of the boat...
but if I pumped water into
one of these boat bumpers,
I just might have a
way to crack the hatch.
The angle brace made
my hydraulic Jack complete.
It was workin.
All I needed was
a little more time.
There was a problem.
My hydraulic Jack didn't
stand up to the pressure.
I was starting to
wonder if I could.
I had about one minute
to find another way out.
A tank of compressed gas.
If it had a minimum
2,000 pounds of pressure,
and if I could release
it all in one shot,
I just might have a chance.
What do you mean there
are no sightings?
A 58-foot ketch can't
disappear in thin air.
Well, the coast guard says
it can't be in local waters.
Well, the ketch that's
missing from the boatyard
Can barely make
nine knots an hour.
Well, he kidnapped Barbara
for one reason...
The treasure fleet.
And that's not far offshore,
so it's gotta be
within that area.
Well, the coastline has been checked.
Every cove, port and harbor.
What about
offshore? The islands?
Yeah, Catalina, negative.
Anacapa, negative.
Santa Cora, negative.
They even searched
around Sanchez rock
And goat island... negative.
And that's the lot.
You know, my I.D.
On Manning turned up
some pretty ugly history,
including an application
for a Navy seal assignment.
Yeah, he did great
on the physicals,
but he failed all
the character tests.
Kind of tells the
story of why he chose
to smear your
outfit, doesn't it?
And it's still not over.
Not until we find
him and Dr. Ortega.
You said they searched
around goat island.
They didn't land?
It's a target island.
The Navy uses it
for gunnery practice.
Nothing alive on it except
some unexploded ammo.
Think that'd keep a risk taker
like Manning away from it?
MacGyver, goat island
is a piece of hell...
Blasted dirt, live
mines, shell craters.
Nobody's allowed
within three miles of it.
Well, that would
make it perfect for him.
So how do we get on the island?
You can't.
It's absolutely off-limits.
Get permission.
Look.
I'm off duty.
I'm here strictly as
an unofficial advisor.
And I'm advising you, forget it.
There!
We can begin the turn
in about 30 seconds.
And then hold her steady
until MacGyver's out of sight.
MacGyver!
Have you got the transmitter?
Yeah, right here!
Now don't be a hero.
Just get the girl if you
can and come on back.
Pete, you know me.
As soon as I get the
girl, I'll run like crazy.
Then we'll send a signal.
We'll be waiting
with full backup.
Yeah, if they're out there.
Ready. Make this look good.
All right, go!
What was it?
Nothing, gar.
Sport Fisher.
So, how close are we
to the treasure fleet?
Look, getting inside the
mind of a Spanish sea captain
who died 250 years
ago takes a little time.
Okay.
I'm in no rush.
Man :
Rodger, return to base.
Sounds like they're about
to give up the
search and go home.
Our ketch is in a
cove, camouflaged.
And on top of everything else,
They'll never look
for us in a minefield.
So take your time.
All the time you want.
But find that treasure.
I had to hit the beach
fast and quiet...
Without any gear
slowing me down.
Interesting thing
about explosives.
They decay,
become real touchy...
Unless you get lucky.
There goes another one.
Ah, it's just another
rabbit for dinner.
I don't like this place.
It's like camping
in a combat zone.
Neither does anybody else.
That's why we're here.
The only place they could be
Was in one of the island's
abandoned artillery bunkers.
The question was
where, and which one?
Antipersonnel mine.
First click armed it.
Not many people ever
get to hear the second click.
The trick for surviving
this situation was making sure
the mine switch
didn't click twice.
The first click is
a simple "hello."
The second is a
serious "good-bye."
As long as I kept the wire taut,
The mine wasn't gonna go off.
They gotta be kidding.
This place is land mine heaven.
More rabbit stew?
Those damned bombs.
That, gentlemen,
was a land mine.
Could have been the
one I set this morning.
Let me see your glasses.
Go and check it out.
Rogan, both of you.
The detonator on
this land mine was a little different.
Pressure on the
button armed it...
now if I could just wedge
the button down tight,
I might be able to
survive this one, too.
Light, rusted and
hollow as an old tin can.
It was obviously a du.
The thing was...
Only I knew that.
It's just a rock.
You go that way.
Bet you liked it better
when you were
knocking off liquor stores.
Oh! Oh, my god.
Bell. Bell.
Don't move.
Don't turn around.
Lose the gun.
Lose it!
Okay. Okay.
Now give me your belt.
- What for?
- Just do it.
Come on.
What are you doing?
Never mind me.
Just make sure you
keep that line tight.
I don't blame you.
What?
There's somebody on
the island hunting you.
It's too bad.
I'm getting close to
locating the treasure fleet.
Just find it.
Nobody's going to get past bell.
He's an artist with that uzi.
Jack?
Eh?
Bell! Bell!
Okay. You boys stay put now.
There's live mines out there.
It's all going wrong, isn't it?
Not for long, it isn't.
all right,
that ought to do it.
You can let her go now.
MacGyver.
Ah, yes, MacGyver, the fool.
You know something?
I figure this ought to
even things between us.
You see, if you
shoot me, I fall.
Then we all go up.
Yeah, but you'll
kill the girl, too.
Yeah.
Sorry, Barbara.
Just as long as you get him.
Are you both that crazy?
You got it. Catch.
Don't drop it!
Don't drop it!
MacGyver!
It's no problem. Just a dud.
Hey, uh, gotta be
careful with these things.
You can get hurt.
Break away.
Set it up, Cristobal, set it up!
There's the break!
He shoots, he scores!
I win. I win.
Yeah, I'd say you won.
Good work.
Es bueno anda.
Yeah, it's gotta feel
good to walk again, huh?
Pero, los otro.
Oh, he's asked that before.
About the other
kids who need help.
You see, he's the reason
why we have to find
the rest of the treasure.
Well, as a matter of fact,
the Phoenix foundation
owed me a bonus,
and I have collected.
Pete's out right now
arranging for the loan
of a top-of-the-line dive boat.
The one we picked out can
handle up to about 50 divers.
Well, MacGyver,
that's wonderful,
But we can't afford five
divers, much less 50.
Amigos De MacGyver.
What friends of yours?
I took cris around to visit
some of my buddies in the seals,
and they're kind of happy
about having their name cleared.
So far, about 83
of the best divers in the
country have volunteered.
83?
I'd say help was on the way.
Integrate phase ii.
Commence launch.
Confirming clearance.
Unit Charlie, fire.
Here they come.
Delta flight
leader in position.
Commence air attack.
Assault force incoming, sir.
They're coming
onto a mined beach.
And all those mines
have gotta go, right?
Here's where we shine.
Seal unit bravo, target nexus.
Go!
Seal unit bravo,
confirming drop.
The enemy salted the beach
with a string of land mines.
Our job is to go in and
take out the control center
Which controls and
activates those mines.
One man is going to do all that?
He just leads the
point, the others'll follow.
Here they come now.
They'll come in and lay charges
on the mine control center.
It's linked to a whole
beach-load of explosives.
So when the control center blows,
All the rest of the mines
on the beach go with it?
Right. One clean
beach for the marines.
They love to follow
in our footsteps.
How long before it blows?
It should be any second now.
Well, they certainly did it.
Half the beach is blowing up.
Instead of half
the assault force.
Here they come.
Control center destroyed.
Assault forces on the beach.
Primary assault target secure.
Navy seals, well done.
Thank you, sir.
Seal unit bravo one,
terminate and recover.
You know, everything
you've shown us here today
is absolutely top caliber.
So why do you need us?
Well, believe me,
it's not easy asking.
The Navy seals are
supposed to handle anything
from air-sea-land assault
to underwater demolition,
not pass our headaches on.
But...
two crimes in three weeks,
and we're getting blamed,
Because these thieves
used seal techniques.
The newspapers are implying
U.S. Navy seals are involved.
You have checked your men?
I know my men.
No seal is involved
in these robberies,
but we are getting
smeared in the media.
What about police?
They're getting nowhere,
and legally the military
can't become involved
in tracking a civilian crime.
That's why I'm
asking for your help.
You got it.
Where do we start?
We wait until
they hit the next time.
I know they're
gonna try it again.
That's when you
jump in with both feet.
That's the dive boat,
all right.
Don't get too close.
Yeah, they found something.
Let me see.
Give me the binocs.
That radio chatter
we heard is for real.
They brought up
some kind of treasure.
Good.
We'll hit them right now.
Don't forget to
wait for my signal.
- Right, gar.
- Go!
Now remember,
First the signal
balloon, then the assault.
We should have total surprise
on our side, you got me?
Yeah.
All the seams are
sealed with pitch.
There's a chance
that everything
inside is preserved.
Knock on wood. !
Well, let's find out.
Ready?
Let's do it.
Do you think this
came from the treasure fleet?
Look, I've read all
the contemporary accounts
and analyzed all the manifests.
I know everything
there is to know
About the nuesta senora.
Well, keep your fingers crossed.
Oh, dear god, it's real!
Fantastic!
Oh, look at this
jeweled crucifix.
This is a gold cob.
1712, on its way back to Spain
on the nuesta senora.
Look at this.
Government papers
out of monterey.
Look, this has to be
the ship's document box.
Well, it all looks like
it's in perfect condition.
What is it?
It's the log.
The ship's log.
If this has the
course corrections,
it's the last clue we need.
Oh, Paul, we could be this close
To finding the entire treasure.
Let's get all this forward
away from this mess.
Come on.
We've got all the
time in the world now.
It's an eight escudo cob.
The reign of Philip the fifth
from his royal treasure fleet.
Look, off the port bow!
What is it?
It's a signal balloon.
Could be a diver in trouble.
Come on, let's haul it up.
What's the matter?
It's anchored.
If it's a diver,
he's sure caught
in something down there.
All right, stay still,
stay quiet, stay alive.
Don't touch that!
It took us years to find it!
The ship's log isn't
worth anything to you!
Stay back!
Get your hands off that!
Get them below.
Come on!
Move it!
Go on. I said move it.
No!
All right, get him below.
Stay down or you're dead.
Listen.
I ripped out the radio.
They won't be calling
anybody from out here.
Good. Go grab the treasure.
Right.
Could be the coast guard.
No, the coast guard
would hail them down.
It has to be the
pirate's own boat.
He's alongside.
Hey, those seal
tactics really work.
Like cream.
Barb, careful.
All right, you in there!
Stay below!
Come on!
Barbara, don't. They'll shoot.
I want to be able
to identify them.
Get down!
You can't go out there.
They took the treasure
we found, even the log.
12 years of research destroyed.
The pirates hit again,
and Pete set up a meeting
with the victim at the
Ortega research center.
Barbara Ortega?
Name's MacGyver.
Phoenix foundation.
Oh, yes, I know the
Phoenix foundation, of course,
but I don't know exactly
what you do, Mr. MacGyver.
Just MacGyver.
I just kind of fix things
around the place, that's all.
Do you fix bullet-riddled
boat cabins?
I was kinda hoping to
do a little more than that.
Can we talk?
Sure.
But I don't think I can tell
you anything worthwhile.
Why don't we start with
what you told the police?
Oh, that was a grueling
three hours of retracing
Everything I did and everything
I've seen in the past week.
MacGyver what about
your off-shore dives?
Like I told the police,
we found pieces of
treasure two days running,
but I trust my crew implicitly,
and they're the only ones
who knew about the find.
The folks at the museum?
We told no one.
What about the pirates?
Did you get a good look at them?
I didn't see their
faces or their boat.
Like I said, I'm not
much help, am I?
Yeah, sure you are.
You're eliminating
possibilities.
That's progress.
I'm not into trade-in's, gar.
Come on. It's part of the deal.
Our boat's worth
75 thousand, easy.
Besides, it's a down payment
on this sweet thing.
You run a boatyard, Arnie.
You can sell a cigarette
boat for a good price.
And you can keep anything
over the 75 thousand.
Okay, then tell me
what's wrong with her.
Nothing, Arnie, nothing.
She's fast, she's hot.
We had a lot of fun with her.
But we want to do something
else, change our luck.
Okay, let me look it over.
Hey, why trade our
cigarette boat for this?
We used it three
times, now we dump it.
Think he'll buy it?
He'll go for the deal.
Once we get this baby out on
the open ocean, we are gone.
No passport checks,
no trails, no traces.
And enough money to
last us for a couple of years.
Yeah, maybe, but, uh,
how do we turn a lot
of old gold into cash?
Don't I always have the answers?
We're going to ask an expert.
Dr. Barbara Ortega.
It ought to be quite a rush
Asking her how to cash
in on her own treasure.
Gar, you've run those
engines pretty hard,
But she's not bad.
Got yourself a deal.
Great!
Look, I gotta go
to an appointment,
So the guys will handle
all the details, huh?
Okay. Come on, guys.
Let's take her for a ride.
We've each exhausted
every possibility
I can think of to identify them.
All right, now wait a minute.
Let's not give up yet.
Stolen artifacts,
what do you figure
they're worth?
Priceless in terms of knowledge,
and then there's
the material value.
Here, let me show you.
Now these were parts
of a shipment of treasure
out of monterey bound for Spain.
They've told us a lot about
Spanish colonial trade routes.
I got a hunch these guys
weren't too interested
in Spanish colonial
trade routes.
How much have
you collected so far?
About $30 or $40 thousand worth.
Yesterday was
our first real find,
But it was stolen.
I was gonna sell most of it.
Boy, did I ever need that money.
Excuse me.
You sound like you
know a lot about this stuff.
How much would
one of these be worth?
Roughly, $1,000. To a collector.
A bit less to a dealer.
Dealer?
You mean I could go
and buy one of these?
Where would I do that?
The treasure coin corporation
Or Cortez antique
coins right here in town.
Well, thank you. I
really appreciate it.
Sorry for the interruption.
So is that how
you plan to cash in
on your gold if you find it?
Well, not exactly.
My father and I spent 12 years
Searching for the
Spanish treasure fleet.
He found pieces of
one ship and drowned,
Caught inside the wreckage.
I'm sorry.
I was with him and
I couldn't help him.
But I can finish
what he started,
and try to justify his death.
By finding the fleet?
My father's wish was
to return the treasure
to its rightful owners,
the people of what
was Spanish america,
to set up hospitals
and set up schools,
give back what's theirs.
Yesterday I had the key to
the treasure in my hands...
The captain's log.
Do you have any idea
how much that log is worth?
Two ships carrying an estimated
$60 million worth of treasure.
Now, all I need are those
daily course corrections
and I'm positive that
I can find that fleet.
That's kind of funny.
What?
Well, the pirates.
They haven't got
the slightest idea
What they've really stolen.
All we want to do now, Barbara,
is stimulate your memory.
I don't understand.
Well, you were below decks.
You couldn't see anything.
You were blind, right?
Effectively, yes.
But you still had all your other
senses working for
you, especially hearing.
All right, let's go back there.
You're down below and you
can hear their boat's engine.
Try to remember that particular
sound you heard, okay?
All right.
No, too high-pitched.
No...
Wait... no.
They all seem to
sound a little bit alike,
But not the right one.
No...
Hold it.
This one?
The one before!
It had a heavier sound.
That's it! That's the boat!
Smuggler's boat. Ocean-going.
Very high-speed.
It fits.
See, I told you we'd get to it.
Now we've got
something to look for.
How much do you
think all this treasure is worth?
$200 thousand,
maybe a quarter of a million,
so be careful.
By the time we're finished,
you could bounce
these cans off a bulkhead
without scratching
any of the gold.
We're packing it like eggshells.
So, gar, what else did you
hear this Ortega broad say?
Okay, the next
thing she says is,
The one we took is just
the tip of the treasure chest.
That the bad guys don't
even know what they've got.
There's 60 million
bucks right here,
In this captain's log.
Now I don't read old Spanish,
But Dr. Barbara Ortega, she can.
Come on, gar. We
made one hell of a hit.
Hey, we got nothing.
Enough for a couple
of years of easy living.
This could be for
the rest of our lives.
Big time.
What I want you to do, as soon
as you finish stuffing the cans,
is to get a line on her,
like, where she lives,
Where she works, what
time she gets off work.
Don't you think we're,
uh, pushing it a little?
When we take the ketch out,
if we have Dr. Ortega along,
we got a handle on $60 million.
You get life for kidnapping.
It's not pushing it,
it's out over the edge.
Being on the edge is
how you know you're alive.
That's her.
I'll find out when
she'll be leaving.
Maybe we can
give the lady a lift.
Barbara!
Hi.
Oh, good timing...
I was just giving
some distinguished
guests a look around.
MacGyver, meet
senorita... come here...
Elena echeverria.
Hi.
And senor Cristobal Santos.
My pleasure.
Uh, con mucho gusto, hombre.
Su guapo?
Your... boyfriend?
Uh, no.
Solaemente UN amigo.
Ah, que lastima.
You're right, it is a shame.
And you two have to get
back to the clinic, pronto.
Adios, MacGyver.
Adio.
What happened to them?
War.
Elena was burned in a raid
and Cristobal's knee
was shattered by a bullet.
We don't even know
from which side.
We hope that the
surgery he's scheduled for
will repair his leg.
You see, these
kids are the reason
the treasure is so important.
Then we better find it, huh?
Speaking of which,
your message said
something about
having information
on the cigarette boat.
I posted a $5,000 reward.
My office got a phone call
early this morning while I was out.
A man named Arnie lindquist
said he would call back.
He owns a boatyard.
That's all he would say.
Get me some more paint.
Hey, Arnie... Is she ready yet?
Oh, the, the rigging
needs a little tune.
Uh, give me a couple
more hours, huh?
Sure, sure, no problem.
By the way, did you sell
our cigarette boat yet?
Huh? Uh...
Not yet, but, uh,
there's some interest.
Good, good.
Let me pay you
off right now, okay?
And I was worried
about a kidnapping?
This is heavy duty, gar.
You sweat too much.
Get him aboard.
We'll dump him at sea.
We gonna put out right away?
Not yet.
Not until we pick
up our passenger.
You're not going
after that girl?
We don't have to.
She's coming to us.
This lindquist
should have called hours ago.
We may have to do without him.
There are five cigarette
boats registered
As docked in Marina del Rey.
So?
So that's where we
start looking tomorrow
if lindquist falls through.
Then I guess that's where
we start looking tomorrow.
Yeah.
Uh, yeah.
Call forwarding for Dr. Ortega.
This is Barbara Ortega.
Dr. Ortega. I'm Arnie lindquist.
You called about
the cigarette boat.
That's right. I think
I know where it is.
Oh, that's wonderful. Where?
If you'll come to my
boatyard, I'll show you.
We're at sixth and pacific.
Say in an hour?
An hour?
Of course.
Do you mind if I
bring a friend along?
He's also interested
in the boat.
Fine. I'll be waiting
for both of you.
Good.
Good-bye.
You see?
How could it be any easier?
Mr. Lindquist?
I'm Barbara Ortega.
You found me.
We can talk inside.
Right this way.
This is my friend, MacGyver.
Hi.
You're both looking
for a cigarette boat?
Yes. It may be connected
to the piracy of my boat.
No question, Dr. Ortega.
It is connected.
Hey, you were in the
museum yesterday.
You came right on up to us.
You like to gamble
a little, don't you?
Well, I like to win.
What do you want from us?
First I want the girl,
Then I want the rest
of the Spanish treasure.
No!
Unfortunately,
we don't need you, MacGyver.
Uh... uh, hold it, right there.
Come on now.
Uh, you know, you
guys are missing out
On a great deal if you kill me.
I can help you.
See, I'm kind of an expert
with just about everything,
And I can handle all
kinds of machinery.
I know a lot
about all this stuff.
In fact, I used to do
a lot of salvage diving
when I was a kid.
Go on, get help.
Get them!
There he goes!
Hold it! Manning
may want him alive!
- What was that?
- Sounds like he went overboard.
I don't see him.
He's staying down.
He jumped in and he's
swimming underwater.
That's just what
he wants us to think.
Close that hatch and lock it.
Get her aboard the ketch.
Let's go! Let's go!
Cast off.
I'll send her friend
to the bottom.
Have a good trip, MacGyver!
It ought to be a real rush,
all the way to the end.
You can't leave him
in there. He'll drown!
Just keep moving!
Get her below and
get those engines started.
Hatch was locked down
and I was locked in...
With a lot of water for company.
The hatch was locked
down, the water was rising.
It was tight and
getting tighter.
I needed a way out... fast.
All I had to work
with was water.
And maybe this bilge pump.
Normally a bilge pump
shoves water out of the boat...
but if I pumped water into
one of these boat bumpers,
I just might have a
way to crack the hatch.
The angle brace made
my hydraulic Jack complete.
It was workin.
All I needed was
a little more time.
There was a problem.
My hydraulic Jack didn't
stand up to the pressure.
I was starting to
wonder if I could.
I had about one minute
to find another way out.
A tank of compressed gas.
If it had a minimum
2,000 pounds of pressure,
and if I could release
it all in one shot,
I just might have a chance.
What do you mean there
are no sightings?
A 58-foot ketch can't
disappear in thin air.
Well, the coast guard says
it can't be in local waters.
Well, the ketch that's
missing from the boatyard
Can barely make
nine knots an hour.
Well, he kidnapped Barbara
for one reason...
The treasure fleet.
And that's not far offshore,
so it's gotta be
within that area.
Well, the coastline has been checked.
Every cove, port and harbor.
What about
offshore? The islands?
Yeah, Catalina, negative.
Anacapa, negative.
Santa Cora, negative.
They even searched
around Sanchez rock
And goat island... negative.
And that's the lot.
You know, my I.D.
On Manning turned up
some pretty ugly history,
including an application
for a Navy seal assignment.
Yeah, he did great
on the physicals,
but he failed all
the character tests.
Kind of tells the
story of why he chose
to smear your
outfit, doesn't it?
And it's still not over.
Not until we find
him and Dr. Ortega.
You said they searched
around goat island.
They didn't land?
It's a target island.
The Navy uses it
for gunnery practice.
Nothing alive on it except
some unexploded ammo.
Think that'd keep a risk taker
like Manning away from it?
MacGyver, goat island
is a piece of hell...
Blasted dirt, live
mines, shell craters.
Nobody's allowed
within three miles of it.
Well, that would
make it perfect for him.
So how do we get on the island?
You can't.
It's absolutely off-limits.
Get permission.
Look.
I'm off duty.
I'm here strictly as
an unofficial advisor.
And I'm advising you, forget it.
There!
We can begin the turn
in about 30 seconds.
And then hold her steady
until MacGyver's out of sight.
MacGyver!
Have you got the transmitter?
Yeah, right here!
Now don't be a hero.
Just get the girl if you
can and come on back.
Pete, you know me.
As soon as I get the
girl, I'll run like crazy.
Then we'll send a signal.
We'll be waiting
with full backup.
Yeah, if they're out there.
Ready. Make this look good.
All right, go!
What was it?
Nothing, gar.
Sport Fisher.
So, how close are we
to the treasure fleet?
Look, getting inside the
mind of a Spanish sea captain
who died 250 years
ago takes a little time.
Okay.
I'm in no rush.
Man :
Rodger, return to base.
Sounds like they're about
to give up the
search and go home.
Our ketch is in a
cove, camouflaged.
And on top of everything else,
They'll never look
for us in a minefield.
So take your time.
All the time you want.
But find that treasure.
I had to hit the beach
fast and quiet...
Without any gear
slowing me down.
Interesting thing
about explosives.
They decay,
become real touchy...
Unless you get lucky.
There goes another one.
Ah, it's just another
rabbit for dinner.
I don't like this place.
It's like camping
in a combat zone.
Neither does anybody else.
That's why we're here.
The only place they could be
Was in one of the island's
abandoned artillery bunkers.
The question was
where, and which one?
Antipersonnel mine.
First click armed it.
Not many people ever
get to hear the second click.
The trick for surviving
this situation was making sure
the mine switch
didn't click twice.
The first click is
a simple "hello."
The second is a
serious "good-bye."
As long as I kept the wire taut,
The mine wasn't gonna go off.
They gotta be kidding.
This place is land mine heaven.
More rabbit stew?
Those damned bombs.
That, gentlemen,
was a land mine.
Could have been the
one I set this morning.
Let me see your glasses.
Go and check it out.
Rogan, both of you.
The detonator on
this land mine was a little different.
Pressure on the
button armed it...
now if I could just wedge
the button down tight,
I might be able to
survive this one, too.
Light, rusted and
hollow as an old tin can.
It was obviously a du.
The thing was...
Only I knew that.
It's just a rock.
You go that way.
Bet you liked it better
when you were
knocking off liquor stores.
Oh! Oh, my god.
Bell. Bell.
Don't move.
Don't turn around.
Lose the gun.
Lose it!
Okay. Okay.
Now give me your belt.
- What for?
- Just do it.
Come on.
What are you doing?
Never mind me.
Just make sure you
keep that line tight.
I don't blame you.
What?
There's somebody on
the island hunting you.
It's too bad.
I'm getting close to
locating the treasure fleet.
Just find it.
Nobody's going to get past bell.
He's an artist with that uzi.
Jack?
Eh?
Bell! Bell!
Okay. You boys stay put now.
There's live mines out there.
It's all going wrong, isn't it?
Not for long, it isn't.
all right,
that ought to do it.
You can let her go now.
MacGyver.
Ah, yes, MacGyver, the fool.
You know something?
I figure this ought to
even things between us.
You see, if you
shoot me, I fall.
Then we all go up.
Yeah, but you'll
kill the girl, too.
Yeah.
Sorry, Barbara.
Just as long as you get him.
Are you both that crazy?
You got it. Catch.
Don't drop it!
Don't drop it!
MacGyver!
It's no problem. Just a dud.
Hey, uh, gotta be
careful with these things.
You can get hurt.
Break away.
Set it up, Cristobal, set it up!
There's the break!
He shoots, he scores!
I win. I win.
Yeah, I'd say you won.
Good work.
Es bueno anda.
Yeah, it's gotta feel
good to walk again, huh?
Pero, los otro.
Oh, he's asked that before.
About the other
kids who need help.
You see, he's the reason
why we have to find
the rest of the treasure.
Well, as a matter of fact,
the Phoenix foundation
owed me a bonus,
and I have collected.
Pete's out right now
arranging for the loan
of a top-of-the-line dive boat.
The one we picked out can
handle up to about 50 divers.
Well, MacGyver,
that's wonderful,
But we can't afford five
divers, much less 50.
Amigos De MacGyver.
What friends of yours?
I took cris around to visit
some of my buddies in the seals,
and they're kind of happy
about having their name cleared.
So far, about 83
of the best divers in the
country have volunteered.
83?
I'd say help was on the way.