MacGyver (1985–1992): Season 2, Episode 2 - The Eraser - full transcript

A man once
said he went to a fight

and a hockey game broke out.

Lots of people think
fighting's a part of the sport.

Well, it shouldn't be.

Played the right
way, it requires skill,

Coordination,
stamina and finesse.

Of course, a little
muscle doesn't hurt.

Keep your head up!

I don't think this
will take very long.

Why don't you just drive
around the block a few times?

It is all there.



Three-quarters of a million.

I said it was all there.

So, what?

Mr. Simmons, we have
done business in the past.

We have always
treated you fairly, ja?

When I was a kid, I was
known as a rink rat.

The first one on the
ice and the last one off it.

So as a bonus for
my last assignment,

I asked Pete Thornton

to arrange a scrimmage
with the squires.

I was kind of nervous

lacing up my skates,

but once I was out there,
it was just like old times.

Got to keep your head up, eh!



Yeah!

Navcom 24 is not just any
piece of hardware, gentlemen.

We're talking about the most
sophisticated navigation system

ever developed.

When will it be
ready for shipment?

It's waiting for you now
at the pier three drop.

The crates are
labeled "Sauerkraut."

Until next time, comrades.

I'd love to see their
faces when they realize

they just paid
three-quarters of a million

For two crates of Sauerkraut.

Here, you buy the
tickets... One way to rio.

We leave in three days.

Put 12 guys carrying
sticks in an enclosed area,

and sooner or later
men will be boys.

Seven, two minutes!
Elbow! Let's go!

What're you talking about?!

Two on one...
you call that fair?

You got another two

For opening your
mouth. Let's go!

Come on! Open your eyes!

Get in there.

That's bush!

I rented a room down on sixth.

Drop me off now,
pick me up tomorrow.

We'll make the rounds,
wrap up the business. Let's go.

The penalty box

is hockey's version
of solitary confinement.

Except you serve your time

In front of a rink
full of people.

Hey, Mac.

You want some oxygen?

How long you been there?

Oh, not long.

Well, I did get to see
you, uh, inspect the ice

From pretty close range.

Hey, wait a minute.

You promised.

No assignments for a week

at least, right?

Mac, I came down
here to watch you play.

Higher, grandpa.

No, honey, you'll fall.

Higher.

Well, just a little.

Up, up we go.

That's right. You hold on.

Let's go.

Mr. Banning, look out!

Jimmy.

Oh. Oh, Jimmy.

With protection like this,
I'm lucky to be alive, huh?

Say...

For a guy who's
been in the joint,

You look good.

I looked better
before I went in.

Ten years is a long
time, Mr. Banning.

"Mr. Banning." I'm papa Chuck.

I got a job for you.

Yeah, I know, Mac.
You want some time off.

Fix up your place,
play a little hockey.

I know. Right now you're
not interested that, uh,

some of the country's

most precious and
top-secret technology

is being handed over
to the east Germans.

The federal government
figures a full-scale investigation

would tip off the
east Germans so, uh,

we're handling it.

The foundation is handling it.

We had a suspect

under surveillance at
vectrocon systems, but, uh,

just when we were about
to take him, he disappeared.

You mean Simmons?

What?

How'd you know that?

We needed somebody who
could get his hands on the goods.

Simmons was ripe,

so we plucked him.

So now he decided to pluck you.

Right.

So if we can find
this Simmons and, uh,

get the names of his
east German contacts,

we can shut down this technology
pipeline they've got going.

Jimmy, if I let Simmons
get away with this little game,

how could I hold my
head up in the family, huh?

Take the contract on him.

It's been ten years.

It's like riding a bike...
You never forget.

Hey, Pete,

I thought you gave up
your cloak and dagger

when you joined the
Phoenix foundation.

Yeah,
you and me both.

I'm retired now.
I'm through with it.

Grandpa, look, ice cream.

It's almost suppertime, honey!

I'm not the same guy I was.

I don't have the heart for it.

My knees are shot.

My left eye clouds up on me.

Hey, you're the eraser.

Bad knees and one eye,

you're still the best
hitter since DiMaggio.

Pete, you're fishing
for something.

Just one more job, Jimmy.

For all we've been through.

Otherwise, my
head's on the block.

Grandpa.

Now,
now don't tell grandma.

Is that a face? Is that a face?

Jimmy, I want to keep
this on a personal basis.

I don't want to call in
any of your markers.

What do you say?

Thank you.

Mac, I'm really in a jam.

You wouldn't take
this job, would you?

All you had to do was ask, Pete.

You got a file on Simmons?

Yeah,

I already put it in your locker,

along with the latest
surveillance photos.

Oh, by the way,

he's heavily invested
in a bar downtown.

- Great.
- Going back in?

Yeah.

Show 'em how to skate now.

Go on, Mac. Do it!

Game of finesse.

I don't know what's
wrong with this thing.

It's never done this before.

Sure I can't get you some wine?

Let me see it.

I think what we have here
is a gas pressure problem.

Got any olives?

Olives?

Yeah, the little green ones

with the, uh, pimiento.

Thanks.

I love these things.

Love 'em.

We just bleed off some
of the carbon dioxide

- and that'll dislodge
the valve, -

Which is obviously stuck.

Then...

we'll have ginger ale.

It's working.

You sure you just
want ginger ale?

I could put something in that.

No, the bubbles
are just fine, thanks.

Make it?

Yeah.

Thanks, pal.

Take my advice: Stay young.

I'll try.

Shot of rye, honey.

Believe it or not, I used to
have a great set of wheels.

Home to first base,
three and a half seconds.

But this arthritis...

Thank you.

Luck.

Skoal.

Listen, can I ask you something?

I'm looking for a
Michael Simmons.

Is he around?

I haven't seen
him in a few days,

but you might want
to try him at the car lot

on the next block over.

He owns a piece of that, too.

All right, thanks a lot.

♪ ♪

Hey, nice, real nice.

You know, I'd buy this
tomorrow if it was red.

Okay, I couldn't help
overhearing you back at the bar.

I'm looking for Michael
Simmons, too. He's my son.

I mean, this is the both of us.

Atlantic city, '64,

before the casinos.

And you haven't seen him, huh?

Well, we ain't exactly
been tight over the years.

I came into town three days ago.

He was supposed to meet me.

He never shows.

I ask around...
Everybody's a clam.

Then I run into you.

I mean on the q.T.,
is he in trouble?

Are you a cop?

No.

Uh, well, look,
then, mister, uh...

MacGyver.

Nice to meet you.

Supposin' that me and you

put our heads together.

I don't think so, Mr. Simmons.

Jimmy. Just call me Jimmy.

Jimmy. These things
can be a little dangerous.

I'd hate to see you get hurt.

Then he is in trouble.

Look, pal,

you probably know what it's like

having your old man hanging
around... my Mikey don't.

A prince among men I ain't,

but if my boy's in trouble...

Well, I just want to help.

I want to be a father to him.

I never done that before.

All right, where
are you staying?

Ah, some fleabag hotel.

The Armstrong.

The roaches are friendly.

Yeah.

All right, if I find him,
I'll give you a call.

Thank you.

I guess there are
a lot of reasons

why a man would sell
his country's secrets,

but the most common is also
the hardest to understand...

Simple greed.

Of course, Simmons had
his fingers in so many pies,

the word "simple"
didn't really fit.

Some people give at the offic.

Simmons took from it.

Vectrocon systems was
his base of operations.

I figured it might provide me

With an idea or two
of where to find him.

I've never minded
checking out bars or car lots.

That's because they're
usually not ten floors up.

Pete didn't want to alert the
people at vectrocon systems

In case Simmons wasn't
the company's only bad apple.

Which is why I found myself

hanging around an elevator shaft

In total violation of
every instinct I own.

You can tell a lot about someone

By the things he
keeps on his desk...

provided you can
get to his desk.

♪ ♪

Electrical locks are
designed to open

When a person
inside hits a button.

Nice thing about
these kinds of locks

is that if you give
'em a power surge,

They don't know which
side of the door you're on.

Simmons didn't waste any time

moving everything
out of his apartment.

I was hoping he hadn't
been as thorough here.

"Linda. 401 west beech."

See you soon, Linda.

It's a funny thing
about elevator shafts...

They're just as dark
and just as scary

when you're riding down
as when you're riding up.

Bottom line, though,

I got what I came for
and... I was still alive.

My mom used to tell me,
"when you visit someplace,

make sure you leave it
the same way you found it."

I replaced Simmons' door lock,

and with the vent
cover back in place,

No one would ever
know I'd been there.

Nice going, buddy, but I...

It's a good thing
I've been tailing you.

Yeah.

Why?

Well, these things
can get dangerous,

and I wouldn't want
to see you get hurt.

Yeah.

Hey, nice
neck of the woods.

Lived here long?

Oh, about six months.

Little fixer-upper.

I keep the hardware
store in business.

This is it.

Smell that sea air.

Yeah, the ocean's just a
couple of miles that way.

Come on.

I lived by the beach
when I was a kid in Jersey city.

Well, it really wasn't a
beach, it was a drainage ditch,

but my mother said it was
a beach, and I believed.

Come on in.

I love what you've
done with the place.

Right.

Hockey.

Beautiful game.

I don't like the jerks

Who just go there for
the fighting, though.

Did you ever play?

Nah, I skated on my ankles.

Baseball was my game.

'47 braves.

That's when they were in Boston.

Get out of here. You
were in the majors?

For two whole weeks.

They called me up in
case the other guy got hurt.

The bum stayed healthy.
I never got into the game.

They had me
driving the team bus.

But for two weeks, I
was a major leaguer.

No kidding.

The wind got it.

You know, when I was your age,

I used to have the itch to
keep moving all the time,

Always looking for that
next piece of excitement.

Know what I mean?

Then one day I wake up,
I'm not young anymore.

Racked up a lot of
miles, but no people.

Very easy trap to fall into.

Now I don't want
no more excitement.

I just want to go where
the weather's nice,

Watch kids play ball...

But first I got to get things,
uh, straight with Mikey.

I might be on to something.

He's got a girlfriend.

What did I tell you?

You do the looking,
I'll do the following,

and everything's
going to be just lovely.

Yeah.

Hey, I want to thank
you for putting me up.

I mean, it beats that
hotel by a furlong.

How about some dinner?

In or out?

Take your chances.
What're you kidding?

All right, just in case, I cook.

I want you to know.

MacGyver
at center of ice.

Shoots... Shoots it wide.

- In the corner.
- Come on!

And breaking down
through the blue line.

Come on, it's like a
power... What? No!

Corner... Rebound,
shoots, scores!

Oh, no!

Oh, finesse!

He shoots, scores and wins.

I mean, I haven't done
dishes since I was a kid.

Well, you just earned the
right to do them tonight.

Congratulations.

It's a great game, isn't it?

You dreamed of making
it to the pros, didn't you?

Yup.

Well, like I used to tell Mikey,

dreams are important,

Otherwise, sleep is just
eight hours of nothing.

So, what got you into
your current line of work?

I don't know what it is, but
there must be an easier way

of making a living.

Yeah.

Simmons' girlfriend, Linda,
and I had a date for lunch.

She didn't know about
it, so I started without her.

I like alfalfa sprouts
for two reasons...

Lots of minerals and...
They don't stain your clothes.

Look at this!

My eyes are my best feature!

Especially this one!

You should have gotten
your face outta the way.

I had to make it look
good for MacGyver.

You betting, Jake?

Nah, garbage.

What is it with that guy?

I still say you ought
to take care of him

after he leads you to Simmons.

It ain't part of the contract.

Yeah, but if MacGyver
gets in the way...

I'll worry about it then.

And let me suggest this...
Keep your mouth shut

Before your brains
spill out all over the floor.

What do you got?

Two pair.

Three kings.

No good. Full boat.

Thank you, gentlemen.

If Simmons picked
this neighborhood

because of its low profile,
he made a great choice.

Everything you
always wanted in a slum

and less.

Whenever I see a car
phone, I can't help wondering

whether the person
who owns it is important

or wants everyone else
to think he's important.

Simmons obviously fell
into the latter category.

With the proper
connections, it's possible

that a cellular
phone can reach out

And touch the security system
of the car's onboard computer.

I was hopin' to take control

of Linda's very
expensive new toy

by simply getting the
phone to talk to the computer,

knowing that computers
always do as they're told...

except at my bank, of course.

You're just gonna
sit around and wait

for MacGyver to
handle the legwork, huh?

It's my plan at the moment.

If papa Chuck knew

you were gonna handle it
that way, he would have...

Mr. Banning to you.

He hired you to do
a job, do it your way.

Hello?

Jimmy, it's MacGyver.

It's father's day.

No kiddin'.

Yeah, I know
exactly where it is.

Hey, do me a favor, huh?

Uh,

don't tell him that I'm comin'.

I want it to be a surprise.

You got it.

MacGyver's got Simmons.

Give me the keys.

Papa Chuck wants me to drive.

I never had a driver in my life.

Hey, you been in
the joint ten years.

He knows you don't
have a driving license,

So, uh, I volunteered.

Well, let's go, nosebleed.

Hello?

Yeah, I want a 12-inch pizza.

Run it through the
garden, hold the 'chovies.

We're locked in here!

What's goin' on? Look,

start the car and
let's get out of here.

It won't start.

Do something.

Howdy.

Hey, the doors are locked.

You folks got a problem?

Yes, we've got a problem.

The doors are locked.

We can't get 'em open.

Can't hear ya.

Windows closed.

We're locked in here.

Pick up the phone.

What?

The phone. Pick it up.

Yeah, that'll do it.

Come on out.

What the hell's goin'
on here? What...?

Excuse me. Let's just say

somebody from the government

want to talk over a few
things with you, okay?

Hang on here.

Linda, sweetheart,

the car'll go now.

I suggest you go with it.

Linda!

That's loyalty.

You ought to know.

I'm... hold it!

That would be a big mistake.

Take it easy, okay?

All right.

Come on.

Come on!

I'm coming, I'm coming.

We'll just wait in my car.

What do you say?

Uh, for what?

What are you
government, FBI, what?

I promised somebody

they could talk to you
before I took you in.

Evidently, they think
you're worth the effort.

Who?

Your father.

My father's dead.

What are you talking about?

In case you need backup.

I'm warning you, Ralph.

Stay put.

Look, I don't care what
somebody told you.

My father's been
dead for six years.

Yeah?

Well, if Jimmy's
not your father,

who's he?

- Let's go, come on.
- They're setting me up. It's a hit!

♪ ♪

What in the hell
is going on here?

Who are you?

I'm the guy who's going to try
and get you out of here alive.

Maybe.

What are you doing?

Yes.

What are you doing?

Improvising.

What kind of gas is that?

It's the only kind we've got.

Yeah, but it could-could...
It could explode.

Yeah? Would you
rather take your chances

with prince charming out there?

Look, if this works,

It'll keep us from
gettin' caught.

If it doesn't, it'll keep
us from gettin' old.

Hand me that
other rag, will you?

You got a light?

I got a light, yeah.

Boy, I hope this works.

- Help me with this.
- Right.

Get out of the way, MacGyver.

Now.

You know,

I've been wrong
about a lot of people,

but I have never
been this wrong.

It's a contract.

It has nothin' to do with you.

So step aside.

Can't do it.

Guy's scum.

His life ain't worth savin'.

That may be so,

but I can't make that decision

about people, Jimmy.

If that's really your name.

That's right, Jimmy Kendall.

Now I'm telling you
for the last time...

Wait a minute, wait a minute.

Uh... uh, well,
who was that, uh,

in that picture then that
you had in your wallet?

That was me and
my nephew, Frankie.

My sister's kid.

Oh.

You know, I bought
your whole story.

The Boston braves.

True.

Bad knees.

Critical.

Being a friend.

What did you say?

"I don't want any
more excitement.

"I just want to go where
the weather's good

and watch kids play ball."

Isn't that what you said?

That was what I wanted.

Well, then do it.

Just walk away.

Look,

I got three-quarters
of a million here.

Ain't about money, pal.

Jimmy, he's got some
information we need.

Once we've got it,

We'll take care of him.

With a jury.

It's a contract,
and I got no choice.

Me, neither.

I'm not moving, Jimmy.

Ah.

The bum's yours.

Hey! Hey!

Wait a minute! Hold it!

What, are you, ungrateful?

You know, for a
smart guy, you're not

too bright, are ya?

Come on.

Jimmy, I wasn't
so sure you were...

Jimmy didn't ice
him, Mr. Banning.

That's what I'm saying.

Simmons is going
to sing to the feds.

Sing? He's going
to do pagliacci?

I gave Jimmy his
start in the business.

You sure about this?

On my mother's eyes.

The things I got to do.

If you need some
heavyweight work,

it'd be an honor.

All right, ralphie.

I like a man with initiative.

Kill Simmons.

But, first, find Jimmy,

And put him to sleep.

Consider it done, Mr. Banning.

Papa Chuck.

It's open.

Mac?

- Office hours are over, Pete.

Loosen your tie
and grab a yogurt.

Oh.

Well, you know, I was, uh,
kind of hoping for a drink.

I'll pass.

Oh. Well, we did it.

The federal agents
just picked up

the east Germans
getting on a plane.

Boy, that's one time I would
love to have been there.

Like to have seen
the look on their faces.

You know, I'm hooked
into the main frame

at the Phoenix foundation.

Simmons' file has
been tampered with.

That's why it shows
his father's still alive.

Mm! This is great.

Did you make this?

You're supposed to heat it.

Mmm.

I like it cold.

I didn't think you'd go in

for whipped bean curd.

Been trying to get
Jimmy's file to come up.

Oh, here we go.

Spent the last
ten years in prison.

He's been linked with
papa Chuck banning.

That contract Jimmy
was talking about?

Banning must have
wanted Simmons killed.

Yeah, but Jimmy didn't do it.

So now there's a
contract out on him.

Pete, I got to find him.

Oh, come on, Mac,
don't get yourself involved.

I'm already involved.

Listen, Jimmy could be anywhere.

Yeah.

Put that back in
the fridge, will you?

Where do you start to look

for a man who could be anywhere?

A man with no roots,
no reason for him to stay,

and one big reason
for him to leave?

I started asking myself,

"Where would I go
if I were Jimmy?"

If you've seen one ball
field, you've seen 'em all.

I know.

I must've seen ten of
'em before I found Jimmy.

What worried me was if
I knew him well enough

To find him at a ball
field, so did banning.

Kid's got a hitch in his swing.

Fastball will get by him.

Reminds me of me.

Well, there's no use hiding.

I got to face the music.

You could try to
get away, you know.

There is no getting away,
not from these people.

There was this guy once,
morrie gluck, a numbers runner.

They caught him with
his hands in the till.

Friend of mine got the contract.

Morrie calls him,
asks for 24 hours

to get his affairs in order.

They set a time,
met the next day,

And that was that.

Morrie... well, he
knew the jig was up,

But at least he went
out with a little class.

What, you're
wondering how it felt

For me to pull the trigger?

I spent the last ten years

thinking about
that, seeing faces.

Maybe that's why I couldn't
do it no more.

Well, I'm not going to let
you sit here and just wait.

I appreciate your concern,
but it's not your worry.

Well, I'm funny that way, Jimmy.

You know, I'm glad

that I met you
that day in the bar,

but the truth is I'm tired,
and I'm too old to run.

You know, there are
a lot of kids who'd like

To make it to the major leagues.

You could help 'em.

You do have two
weeks' experience.

What, driving the team bus?

Yeah.

You know... maybe.

Pipe dreams.

♪ ♪

Come on.

Let's go.

Jimmy, wait.

They'll see that.

MacGyver, why don't you get
out of here before they find us?

No. Come on.

♪ ♪

They're still out there, huh?

Yeah.

Ralph and his .357.

Dum-dums that'll open
you up like a cantaloupe.

I tell you, even if
we get out of this,

they're going to keep coming...
They're not going to stop.

They're going to keep comin'

Till they put me
right in the grave.

Help me with this mirror.

It won't work.

I don't know what you're doing,

but it won't work.

Jimmy, you said they
wouldn't stop until they got you.

Well, let's make
them think they did.

All right, Jimmy, don't move

from in front of that mirror

until they see you
and they start shooting.

Then what?

Hit the deck.

Ralph, look.

Uh...

Come on.

This way.

Sleep tight, Jimmy.

He's dead, Ralph. Let's go.

That Ralph is so dumb,
he'd study for a blood test.

Yeah.

Although I got to admit,

I looked pretty dead to me, too.

Yeah.

I owe you, MacGyver.

How can you owe a friend?

My boys tell me

you did a good job
putting Jimmy down.

Yes, sir.

Jimmy the eraser got rubbed out.

If I'd wanted a comedian,
I'd have hired one.

I want a nice arrangement
sent to the funeral.

A couple dozen
roses, some lilies.

Take care of it.

Yes, sir.

Nice touch, Mac,
calling the reporters.

Yeah, I think Jimmy
would've loved this.

Oh, by the way, Pete,

about that bonus
I asked you for.

It's all taken care of.

New name, new personal history.

Tell me, why'd you want
to relocate him in Florida?

Well, I found him a job.

Something I think he'll like.

Hey, Louie, I need
some oil for my glove.

You don't need
oil. You need glue.

- That's two errors on one play yesterday.

I lost it in the sun.

It was a ground ball.

When I was in the
bigs, we didn't use oil.

Spit, we used.

You played?

That's right. '47 braves.

And I could honestly
say for a two-week stretch,

The team couldn't go
anywhere without me.

Yep,

I think he'll like it a lot.