MacGyver (1985–1992): Season 3, Episode 11 - Kill Zone - full transcript
When a satellite carrying a genetic experiment crashes to earth MacGyver is sent in to recover it. When he arrives he discovers that the experiment mutated in space and now ages animals at a vast rate. It is taken back to the lab but the scientist in charge doesn't want to destroy it.
Satellite reentry zone
Should be about five
minutes ahead, MacGyver.
Roger.
You with me, Pete?
I've got you.
Let's run a final
check on Mike levels.
Do you read me?
Affirmative.
Testing, one,
two, three, four...
Five, six, seven,
eight. Do you copy?
Roger.
Activate the camera.
Camera activated.
Take a look, Pete.
Looks good.
Recording.
You getting all this, Pete?
Yeah.
Camera works fine.
When you pulled him out of bed
in the middle of
the night for this,
I wonder if he really knew
what he was getting into.
He knew the same
things all of us knew.
I didn't hold anything
back from him.
Why him, Pete? Why MacGyver?
Because he has the
scientific knowledge
And knows how to move
fast through rough country.
Aside from that, he's
the best person I know
to deal with... Whatever it is
he's gonna deal with out there.
And he volunteered.
Wouldn't have it any other way.
Satellite reentry
zone coming up.
Stand by for drop-off.
A tragic sight greeted
rancher Elmer hoggins this morning.
He awoke to find his entire
herd of 900 sheep lying dead
in his fields.
Our reporter, Nancy
bartlett, is on the scene.
As of now we've gone public.
Everything I own
gone, just wiped out.
I've lived next door to this...
Military station over here
for a lot of years now,
and I guess it
always bothered me.
But I believe in america
And they told me this kind
of thing could never happen.
Are you accusing the
United States government
of causing this?
Yes, ma'am, I am.
There's nerve gas
over there or something.
Captain, how do
you respond to this?
Uh, categorically denied.
You're denying
that your installation
is a biochemical
warfare testing tank?
Absolutely.
Then how do you explain
the 900 dead sheep
in those pasture lands?
We heard of the
incident, and while we...
I wonder if our
good Dr. Millhouse
Is watching the results
of her great experiment.
Well what else
could have done it?
I have no further comment.
A harmless organism
sent into space had mutated
Into something extremely deadly.
The satellite carrying
it had crashed to earth
without warning.
I had to find the satellite
and retrieve the capsule
before the military
unleashed "firestorm,"
the code name for a
napalm strike designed
to stop the spread
of the organism.
Confirming arrival
at primary drop zone.
Proceeding to target.
Roger. According
to our last fix,
you're about 200
yards from target.
Proceed now 22 degrees
north by northeast.
Roger. What's the
countdown to firestorm?
42 minutes... and counting.
But don't worry.
We've got plenty of time
to get you out of there.
So take it slow and easy.
Slow and easy. Roger.
You can tell your Dr. Millhouse
that bug she
put in the satellite
Kills more than just sheep.
Firestorm aircraft?
What are they
doing here already?
Only standing by. That's sop.
I've still got more
than 30 minutes left.
Get 'em out of here.
MacGyver, I thought we
all understood the rules
we have to play by here.
Pete?!
Call them off!
Right now!
I don't want him worried
about getting fried
in a napalm strike
While he's looking
for that thing!
Call them off!
Firestorm team, extend
your radius two miles
and stand by.
Extend 20 miles, 20 miles!
That's two minutes flying time.
Let's have a little
margin of safety here.
Correction, firestorm team:
Make that 20 miles
and await further orders.
Roger, twin Ridge.
Extending patrol
radius to two-zero miles.
It looks like very dense forest.
Watch yourself.
Right.
Whatever it is, it
killed them fast.
Dropped 'em
right in their tracks.
It's devastating, Pete.
Like walking
through a graveyard.
Yeah, we see it.
Do you see anything,
any evidence of burning?
The satellite would have
been red-hot from reentry.
No. Nothing yet.
MacGyver?
I'm okay, Pete.
I've never seen
anything like this.
Everything's dead.
Everything.
I see the satellite, Pete.
It's on the...
MacGyver? What's happening?
MacGyver? What's
going on out there?
MacGyver!
Talk to me!
He's down. It's taken him down.
We don't know that, not yet.
Pete, you saw what I saw.
He's flat on his back.
Something dropped
him like a rock.
We have to wait.
Anything could have
happened out there.
That's right, and the
recovery plan spells out exactly
What our obligation is if
anything like this happens.
I know the plan. I
also know MacGyver.
Hey, listen...
I'm still in one piece.
I'm okay.
Maybe his suit got torn,
Or whatever wiped out
that area ate through his suit.
But he's not answering.
We agreed, you agreed,
and MacGyver agreed
what had to be done.
We have to wait! We
have to give him time!
It's part of the plan, Pete.
Oh, great. Broken antenna.
Give him more time!
Anything could have happened.
We can't take that chance.
Firestorm team, come in.
Give him five more
minutes, please!
Pete? Pete, do we have audio?
Pete?
It could be a technical
glitch. Anything!
Pete, it's too late.
We have a possible
armageddon here.
I can't let that happen.
And neither can you.
Firestorm team, resume
previous coordinates.
Go to code two.
Roger, twin Ridge,
proceeding to heading 090.
I now have a lock on kill zone.
Eta to napalm strike 90 seconds.
Firestorm to twin Ridge.
80 seconds to kill zone.
Roger, firestorm. Proceed.
Phelps, listen to
me. Call them off.
Buy him five minutes.
That's all I ask.
I have no choice,
Pete, and you know it.
Firestorm, advise your position.
60 seconds to kill zone.
Advise your final approach.
Roger, twin Ridge.
On approach now.
MacGyver,
Come in, please!
Answer me, MacGyver!
They're starting
the firestorm run.
Please, come in!
Come on! Come on!
Firestorm, what
is your etd to napalm drop?
Stall 'em, Pete. Stall 'em.
Twin Ridge, firestorm is
45 seconds to kill zone.
Roger, firestorm team.
Stand by to arm weapons.
Roger, twin Ridge. Standing by.
You've got to call them back!
You know better. You saw.
Look, we've got to give
him the full time allowed.
That's what we all agreed to.
We agreed to what
would happen if this thing went bad.
Everything's dead
out there, Pete.
Your friend, too.
You got to face it, Pete: The
only thing that matters now
is killing that organism!
Pete! Phelps!
Don't do this, please!
Arm weapons. Fire when ready.
Roger, twin Ridge.
Arming weapons.
On final approach now.
I'm here!
Do you read me? I'm okay!
Pete! Phelps!
I'm here. I'm okay!
He's okay! Call them off!
Base to firestorm, break
it off. I repeat: Break it off.
Break off, firestorm.
Do you read me?
Roger, twin Ridge. Breaking off.
Are you all right, MacGyver?
Yeah, Pete, I'm okay.
Send in the chopper.
We got what we came for.
Right through here, colonel.
The security lab is six
stories underground.
Elevator's over there.
What about all your personnel?
They've been told there's an
unscheduled maintenance shutdown
till after the weekend.
Kind of a pleasant surprise.
A few days paid vacation.
So the place is deserted.
Oh, except for
essential personnel,
And only as long as necessary.
And Sandra millhouse
feels she can handle
All the testing
procedures by herself?
Listen, that young lady thinks
she can run the world.
What are a few tests
on a little superbug?
There's a phone at
the security station.
Code 34 to Washington, DC.
Sandra?
Sandra, are you
in there? Sandra?
May I come in?
Sandra?
All right. Hello,
puppy. How are you?
Ah!
Dr. Millhouse, where are you?
So... here you are.
Hello, Pete.
"Hello, Pete?" That's it?
Sandra, how could you do this?
You smuggled that
organism of yours
onto a Phoenix satellite!
It was essential
to my work, Pete.
But you had no clearance!
But as usual, Dr. Millhouse
knows best, right?
The same stunt you pulled
With that Dutch elm tree
disease two years ago.
Haven't you learned
anything since then?
Yes. I've learned that
progress will not wait for a bunch
of bureaucrats to
get off their duffs
to make a decision.
Yeah, well, because
progress can't wait,
We are faced with a
potential disaster here!
Pete, listen to me.
If you push the
panic button too soon,
we're not gonna learn
anything from this.
Look, don't talk
to me about panic.
This has gone as
far as I can let it go.
I'm sorry, Sandra, but
you can't be trusted.
- Mmm.
- You are not a responsible scientist.
How did I know the damn thing
was gonna fall out of orbit?
- I didn't expect to see it again.
- Nobody knows that. They fall!
That is why I've been
monitoring growth data
on the telemetry gear,
and Pete, the information
I'm receiving is fantastic.
We have got to see
this thing through.
Please, don't let them panic.
You don't even hear me, do you?
Sandra, it's over.
It stops right here.
Word from topside:
Your man's on his way.
As soon as
we incinerate your suit,
We'll begin the
decontamination process.
Can we make this fast?
It's a little chilly in here.
We'll warm you up quick.
This decontamination
chamber's gonna zap off
The outer layer of your skin.
Strictly a precaution.
Now, there's eyecups in
there for you. Put 'em on.
Set it on medium well.
Will do.
All set.
Okay. That's it, Mr. MacGyver.
If you'll step out, we'll
get you dusted off.
With 2,000 acres already burned,
and thousands more in jeopardy,
the remote twin Ridge
forest fire blazes out of control.
Authorities see little hope
of containment at this hour,
with 60-mile-an-hour
winds adding to the danger.
300 firefighters presently
battle the flames,
and reserve teams brought up
from the Sierra
monument forest...
Thornton and Dr. Millhouse
Are about to start the
test on the canister.
You're not going to be there?
I have to give
Washington an update,
Then look into buying
up that sheep ranch.
MacGyver, about
firestorm, I, uh...
Not necessary.
You had your orders.
This is the same area,
you may remember,
where rancher Elmer hoggins
found more than 900
sheep dead just yesterday.
The hoggins ranch was
consumed by the flames.
Will you look at that, Pete?
In the few months the
organism was up there,
the weightless vacuum of space
allowed it to mutate
at an amazing rate.
An alarming rate
is more like it.
Oh, come on, Pete.
You're missing the point.
All I sent up was
a simple mixture
of synthetic growth
accelerators, nothing,
and it came back something else,
something I've
never seen before.
Whatever it is,
it's killing things.
MacGyver, this is Dr. Millhouse.
Dragon lady, as I'm
sure you've been told.
Nice work out there.
Thanks.
Well, shall we get on with this?
Yes. First of all I want to see
how the organism
affects a live test subject.
Ah, haven't enough
animals died for one day?
Listen, this is a laboratory,
not a high-school
biology class, MacGyver.
Look, doctor, I saw animals
out there drop dead on the spot.
They didn't get sick.
They didn't run off and hide.
They just died,
hundreds of them.
Point made.
Well, what about
the, uh, satellite?
Was there enough
of it left to show
What might have
caused it to go down?
No, reentry pretty
much fried it.
There was a crack at
one end of that canister.
Are you implying that
there's a connection?
Oh, come on, you created
this thing. You tell us.
Let's take a look.
Everything's new here.
The DNA structure is changed...
And whatever it is,
it's getting stronger.
What do you mean, stronger?
This is so far away from
the organism I sent up,
we could be dealing with an
entirely new form of life here.
I just got the
pathologist's report
on those dead sheep.
And?
Arterial blockage,
brain malfunction,
Rapid and sudden
muscle deterioration...
My god.
Well, what does that mean?
They died of old age.
Washington wants to
discuss its disposition.
Oh, great. I guess this
means we run scared and kill it
Before we have a chance
to understand what it means.
Come on, Sandra. This bug has
already shown us what it can do.
Pete, don't you understand
the potential of
what we've got here?
Think about it:
Four crops a year
instead of two;
livestock that matures
three times as fast;
Shorter gestation periods.
The potentials are endless.
So are the risks.
- What if that thing had dropped on a city?
- It didn't.
Pete! What are you
going to tell them?
The truth.
I suppose you think
I'm a crackpot too?
No, I think you're a
dedicated scientist...
Who's gone too far.
May I show you just
how far I've gone?
Please.
This is what Dr. Sandra
millhouse is all about.
Some day, very soon,
I'm going to be able
to plant these trees in
the Sahara, the arctic,
and they will still bear fruit.
Heat, cold, pollution... they
won't be a problem. And why?
Because they've absorbed
organisms created in this lab...
Created by me.
Look, doctor, no one is
saying your work isn't valid...
I'm a big fan of
experimentation...
But there comes a time
when you have to acknowledge
a right and a wrong
way of doing things.
Have you ever seen
hunger, MacGyver?
Yes, ma'am, I have.
I've also seen what an out-
of-control experiment can do.
Those animals this
morning? 900 sheep.
What about the millions of
people who starved to death
in Africa last year?
What about them?
That is not a rational argument
for what we're
dealing with here.
Yes, it is.
If you'd watched a
child starve to death
or seen old people
living on dog food,
You might understand
what I'm trying to do here.
An end to world
hunger. That's it, huh?
You know, you're
not the only one
Who wants to see that happen.
I am on to something
that can make it happen.
So I don't care about
right ways or wrong ways.
I care about results, and
i'm going to keep on caring
Until I have my answers.
Yes, I'm sure you will,
but this isn't the way.
Well, the decision's been made.
We've got orders to
destroy the organism.
No.
No, Pete.
I am not going to
have years of work lost
because of some
paranoid bureaucrat.
Attention, all personnel.
Attention, bio lab seal integrity
compromised. Attention.
The lab!
Bio lab seal integrity
compromised.
Attention, all personnel.
What's happening?
Bio lab seal integrity
compromised.
What's wrong with the seal?
I don't see anything.
There!
There, look.
Pete, stop!
Don't touch it.
Sandra, what is going on?
I'm not sure, Pete.
It's
mutating even further...
and whatever it's become,
it's eating through
that sealing compound.
It's getting loose.
Attention: If seal
integrity is not restored,
Destruct sequence must
begin in seven minutes.
Repeat: Destruct
sequence in seven minutes.
If seal integrity
is not restored,
Destruct sequence
will begin in six minutes.
All right, everybody, stay
away from that window.
Wait.
What are you going to do?
Got to seal it, Pete.
Attention:
if seal integrity
is not restored,
destruct sequence
Will begin in six minutes.
Attention: If seal integrity
is not restored...
Well, that's not
going to stop it.
Not by itself it's
not, you're right.
Five and a half minutes.
Sandra, give me a hand here.
Keep that going right there.
What are you going to
do with the refrigerator?
Going to use the freon.
Need a pliers,
vise grips, anything.
I'll see what I can find.
Attention: If seal integrity
is not restored...
Ah! Here.
Destruct sequence will
begin in five minutes.
Perfect.
Attention:
If seal integrity
is not restored,
step back.
Destruct sequence will begin
in four and a half minutes.
What's he doing?
Well, he put the
torch on it before
to melt the casement material
so it would fill in the holes.
Now freezing it locks it tight.
Right?
That's pretty good, Pete.
Attention:
Seal integrity restored.
Resume non-emergency status.
All right.
Now kill that thing!
No.
Look, that patch isn't
going to last forever,
and whatever that stuff is,
it could mutate into something
that could eat through glass.
Now, come on.
Laser on-line.
Do it!
How can we be absolutely
sure that that thing is dead?
There's only one way.
I'll inform Washington.
One giant step
backwards for mankind.
Now why don't you two go
back to where you came from
and get the hell out of my lab.
Listen, you go on ahead,
and I'll catch up with you.
Yes?
You're pushing it, MacGyver.
Can't I even say good-bye?
Good-bye.
Look, for what it's worth...
the things you're
trying to do...
I think they're good things.
Thank you.
But I've decided to go
into a different direction.
I'm going to develop
An organism that eats red tape.
Hey, I'm not a big
fan of red tape either,
but this...
I agree with 'em.
Some things take time.
Time.
This is time, MacGyver.
Time well spent.
Years of research
that ultimately
could feed the world.
Don't miss your
chopper, MacGyver.
One thing happened here.
You saw what was possible.
Might take a little longer,
but the world's going
to hear from you again.
You can be sure of it.
I'll be in
touch with the final report.
Thanks again.
Well, I'm glad that's over with.
Me, too.
What's going to
happen to her, Pete?
Well, I'm going to make
my recommendation
and I'm afraid that's
not going to be too good,
but it's really up to
the executive board.
Listen, she and that dog of hers
Are going to land
safely someplace.
She's too good not to.
Did I ever tell you the story
about how she smuggled
Another bug out of the
lab a few years ago?
Uh-uh.
Had to do with Dutch
elm disease, right?
She transfused the bug
into the dog's bladder.
Yeah.
He smuggled it out.
All she had to do
was lead it to the trees,
let him lift the old leg.
Did it work?
Yeah. Strongest
stand of Dutch elm
In the whole country.
But that's the problem.
She doesn't stop.
She won't give up.
Yeah, well, she
gave up this time.
What?
She gave up way too easily.
Come on.
Well, at least
you still love me,
Don't you, ace?
Well, the hell with them.
Come on. Come on.
All right, that's good.
We'll play in a little
bit. Don't worry.
Right now...
We have a lot of work to do.
Sandra?
I'm sorry, MacGyver.
How'd you do it?
Well, I knew they were
going to destroy it...
Or at least try to.
So I took just a
little bit of the smear
before Pete got back to the lab.
It's too big a breakthrough.
I couldn't just walk
away from that.
Sandra, it's too dangerous!
Nothing is going to happen.
Look what we have
here, MacGyver.
Look at this.
No! Don't!
Ace!
Stay away from...
Sandra.
You stay away from there, baby.
Stay away.
Oh, ace.
Ace, come here.
Come here, baby.
Oh, come here.
Oh, ace, baby,
Does it hurt?
Oh, no.
Oh, please
tell me it doesn't hurt.
Attention:
Contamination recorded.
Hydroponics lab.
Organism unidentified.
This is a priority alert.
Repeat: Priority alert.
So here we are.
I guess you were right.
I love you, ace.
And look what I've done to you.
Oh, my sweet little friend.
I'm so sorry.
I'm sorry.
Attention:
Hydroponics lab.
Seal integrity compromised.
Repeat: Hydroponics lab.
Seal integrity compromised.
Sandra! Where is she?
She's in the hydroponics lab.
She held out on us, Pete.
She's been exposed.
Don't go in there!
Attention:
Hydroponics lab.
Seal integrity compromised.
Repeat: Hydroponics lab.
Seal integrity compromised.
Oh, my god.
My dear god.
Here, Pete.
Put this on.
Thank you anyway.
Attention: If seal
integrity is not restored,
destruct sequence will
begin in seven minutes.
It's very interesting.
The contagion has mutated
to infest plant life.
It didn't do that before.
Sandra...
I'm sorry.
Pete.
Save my work.
Please.
All my other work, Pete.
It can be important.
I'll get it.
Attention: If seal
integrity is not restored,
destruct sequence will
begin in six and a half minutes.
Sandra?
I suppose...
an "I told you so" is in order.
Attention: If seal
integrity is not restored,
destruct sequence
will begin in six minutes.
Did you get it?
Yeah.
Sandra.
We saved them.
We've got them.
We're going to get them out.
Thank... you...
She's gone, MacGyver.
There's nothing more
we can do for her now.
- Attention: -
Biolaboratories and corridors
will be sealed in sequence.
They're closing the
sections, one by one.
We've got to get out of here.
Let's go!
Section one,
hydroponics lab, sealed.
Section two, general
biology lab, sealed.
Section three,
bacteriology lab, sealed.
Section four...
The elevator shaft
is our only way out!
This facility will self-destruct
in four and a half minutes.
There's got to be
a maintenance
override switch up top.
You first.
One, two, three, go.
Push!
Okay, come on.
This facility will
self-destruct in four minutes.
It's too slow!
We're never going
to get up there
Before it blows up.
This facility
Will self-destruct
in three minutes.
What are you doing?
We certainly can't
climb out of here.
I'm going to have
to speed things up.
Crank those doors open for me.
This facility will self-destruct
in two and a half minutes.
Come on.
All right, Pete,
let the doors go.
Come here and grab this.
This facility will
self-destruct in two minutes.
This facility will self-destruct
in one and a half minutes.
This transformer
should zap the override,
make it all go faster, I think.
First we'll bypass the normal
circuit to the transformer.
That'll juice the power, and if
we're lucky, we're home free.
This facility will
self-destruct in one minute.
All right, it's all yours.
It's working.
I got it.
This facility will
self-destruct in 30 seconds.
This facility will
self-destruct in 20 seconds.
19...
- 18...
- Come on!
17, 16, 15, 14,
13, 12, 11,
- ten, nine, -
Eight, seven, six,
five, four,
let's go!
Three, two, one, destruct.
Go!
Oh, my god.
What a loss.
Should be about five
minutes ahead, MacGyver.
Roger.
You with me, Pete?
I've got you.
Let's run a final
check on Mike levels.
Do you read me?
Affirmative.
Testing, one,
two, three, four...
Five, six, seven,
eight. Do you copy?
Roger.
Activate the camera.
Camera activated.
Take a look, Pete.
Looks good.
Recording.
You getting all this, Pete?
Yeah.
Camera works fine.
When you pulled him out of bed
in the middle of
the night for this,
I wonder if he really knew
what he was getting into.
He knew the same
things all of us knew.
I didn't hold anything
back from him.
Why him, Pete? Why MacGyver?
Because he has the
scientific knowledge
And knows how to move
fast through rough country.
Aside from that, he's
the best person I know
to deal with... Whatever it is
he's gonna deal with out there.
And he volunteered.
Wouldn't have it any other way.
Satellite reentry
zone coming up.
Stand by for drop-off.
A tragic sight greeted
rancher Elmer hoggins this morning.
He awoke to find his entire
herd of 900 sheep lying dead
in his fields.
Our reporter, Nancy
bartlett, is on the scene.
As of now we've gone public.
Everything I own
gone, just wiped out.
I've lived next door to this...
Military station over here
for a lot of years now,
and I guess it
always bothered me.
But I believe in america
And they told me this kind
of thing could never happen.
Are you accusing the
United States government
of causing this?
Yes, ma'am, I am.
There's nerve gas
over there or something.
Captain, how do
you respond to this?
Uh, categorically denied.
You're denying
that your installation
is a biochemical
warfare testing tank?
Absolutely.
Then how do you explain
the 900 dead sheep
in those pasture lands?
We heard of the
incident, and while we...
I wonder if our
good Dr. Millhouse
Is watching the results
of her great experiment.
Well what else
could have done it?
I have no further comment.
A harmless organism
sent into space had mutated
Into something extremely deadly.
The satellite carrying
it had crashed to earth
without warning.
I had to find the satellite
and retrieve the capsule
before the military
unleashed "firestorm,"
the code name for a
napalm strike designed
to stop the spread
of the organism.
Confirming arrival
at primary drop zone.
Proceeding to target.
Roger. According
to our last fix,
you're about 200
yards from target.
Proceed now 22 degrees
north by northeast.
Roger. What's the
countdown to firestorm?
42 minutes... and counting.
But don't worry.
We've got plenty of time
to get you out of there.
So take it slow and easy.
Slow and easy. Roger.
You can tell your Dr. Millhouse
that bug she
put in the satellite
Kills more than just sheep.
Firestorm aircraft?
What are they
doing here already?
Only standing by. That's sop.
I've still got more
than 30 minutes left.
Get 'em out of here.
MacGyver, I thought we
all understood the rules
we have to play by here.
Pete?!
Call them off!
Right now!
I don't want him worried
about getting fried
in a napalm strike
While he's looking
for that thing!
Call them off!
Firestorm team, extend
your radius two miles
and stand by.
Extend 20 miles, 20 miles!
That's two minutes flying time.
Let's have a little
margin of safety here.
Correction, firestorm team:
Make that 20 miles
and await further orders.
Roger, twin Ridge.
Extending patrol
radius to two-zero miles.
It looks like very dense forest.
Watch yourself.
Right.
Whatever it is, it
killed them fast.
Dropped 'em
right in their tracks.
It's devastating, Pete.
Like walking
through a graveyard.
Yeah, we see it.
Do you see anything,
any evidence of burning?
The satellite would have
been red-hot from reentry.
No. Nothing yet.
MacGyver?
I'm okay, Pete.
I've never seen
anything like this.
Everything's dead.
Everything.
I see the satellite, Pete.
It's on the...
MacGyver? What's happening?
MacGyver? What's
going on out there?
MacGyver!
Talk to me!
He's down. It's taken him down.
We don't know that, not yet.
Pete, you saw what I saw.
He's flat on his back.
Something dropped
him like a rock.
We have to wait.
Anything could have
happened out there.
That's right, and the
recovery plan spells out exactly
What our obligation is if
anything like this happens.
I know the plan. I
also know MacGyver.
Hey, listen...
I'm still in one piece.
I'm okay.
Maybe his suit got torn,
Or whatever wiped out
that area ate through his suit.
But he's not answering.
We agreed, you agreed,
and MacGyver agreed
what had to be done.
We have to wait! We
have to give him time!
It's part of the plan, Pete.
Oh, great. Broken antenna.
Give him more time!
Anything could have happened.
We can't take that chance.
Firestorm team, come in.
Give him five more
minutes, please!
Pete? Pete, do we have audio?
Pete?
It could be a technical
glitch. Anything!
Pete, it's too late.
We have a possible
armageddon here.
I can't let that happen.
And neither can you.
Firestorm team, resume
previous coordinates.
Go to code two.
Roger, twin Ridge,
proceeding to heading 090.
I now have a lock on kill zone.
Eta to napalm strike 90 seconds.
Firestorm to twin Ridge.
80 seconds to kill zone.
Roger, firestorm. Proceed.
Phelps, listen to
me. Call them off.
Buy him five minutes.
That's all I ask.
I have no choice,
Pete, and you know it.
Firestorm, advise your position.
60 seconds to kill zone.
Advise your final approach.
Roger, twin Ridge.
On approach now.
MacGyver,
Come in, please!
Answer me, MacGyver!
They're starting
the firestorm run.
Please, come in!
Come on! Come on!
Firestorm, what
is your etd to napalm drop?
Stall 'em, Pete. Stall 'em.
Twin Ridge, firestorm is
45 seconds to kill zone.
Roger, firestorm team.
Stand by to arm weapons.
Roger, twin Ridge. Standing by.
You've got to call them back!
You know better. You saw.
Look, we've got to give
him the full time allowed.
That's what we all agreed to.
We agreed to what
would happen if this thing went bad.
Everything's dead
out there, Pete.
Your friend, too.
You got to face it, Pete: The
only thing that matters now
is killing that organism!
Pete! Phelps!
Don't do this, please!
Arm weapons. Fire when ready.
Roger, twin Ridge.
Arming weapons.
On final approach now.
I'm here!
Do you read me? I'm okay!
Pete! Phelps!
I'm here. I'm okay!
He's okay! Call them off!
Base to firestorm, break
it off. I repeat: Break it off.
Break off, firestorm.
Do you read me?
Roger, twin Ridge. Breaking off.
Are you all right, MacGyver?
Yeah, Pete, I'm okay.
Send in the chopper.
We got what we came for.
Right through here, colonel.
The security lab is six
stories underground.
Elevator's over there.
What about all your personnel?
They've been told there's an
unscheduled maintenance shutdown
till after the weekend.
Kind of a pleasant surprise.
A few days paid vacation.
So the place is deserted.
Oh, except for
essential personnel,
And only as long as necessary.
And Sandra millhouse
feels she can handle
All the testing
procedures by herself?
Listen, that young lady thinks
she can run the world.
What are a few tests
on a little superbug?
There's a phone at
the security station.
Code 34 to Washington, DC.
Sandra?
Sandra, are you
in there? Sandra?
May I come in?
Sandra?
All right. Hello,
puppy. How are you?
Ah!
Dr. Millhouse, where are you?
So... here you are.
Hello, Pete.
"Hello, Pete?" That's it?
Sandra, how could you do this?
You smuggled that
organism of yours
onto a Phoenix satellite!
It was essential
to my work, Pete.
But you had no clearance!
But as usual, Dr. Millhouse
knows best, right?
The same stunt you pulled
With that Dutch elm tree
disease two years ago.
Haven't you learned
anything since then?
Yes. I've learned that
progress will not wait for a bunch
of bureaucrats to
get off their duffs
to make a decision.
Yeah, well, because
progress can't wait,
We are faced with a
potential disaster here!
Pete, listen to me.
If you push the
panic button too soon,
we're not gonna learn
anything from this.
Look, don't talk
to me about panic.
This has gone as
far as I can let it go.
I'm sorry, Sandra, but
you can't be trusted.
- Mmm.
- You are not a responsible scientist.
How did I know the damn thing
was gonna fall out of orbit?
- I didn't expect to see it again.
- Nobody knows that. They fall!
That is why I've been
monitoring growth data
on the telemetry gear,
and Pete, the information
I'm receiving is fantastic.
We have got to see
this thing through.
Please, don't let them panic.
You don't even hear me, do you?
Sandra, it's over.
It stops right here.
Word from topside:
Your man's on his way.
As soon as
we incinerate your suit,
We'll begin the
decontamination process.
Can we make this fast?
It's a little chilly in here.
We'll warm you up quick.
This decontamination
chamber's gonna zap off
The outer layer of your skin.
Strictly a precaution.
Now, there's eyecups in
there for you. Put 'em on.
Set it on medium well.
Will do.
All set.
Okay. That's it, Mr. MacGyver.
If you'll step out, we'll
get you dusted off.
With 2,000 acres already burned,
and thousands more in jeopardy,
the remote twin Ridge
forest fire blazes out of control.
Authorities see little hope
of containment at this hour,
with 60-mile-an-hour
winds adding to the danger.
300 firefighters presently
battle the flames,
and reserve teams brought up
from the Sierra
monument forest...
Thornton and Dr. Millhouse
Are about to start the
test on the canister.
You're not going to be there?
I have to give
Washington an update,
Then look into buying
up that sheep ranch.
MacGyver, about
firestorm, I, uh...
Not necessary.
You had your orders.
This is the same area,
you may remember,
where rancher Elmer hoggins
found more than 900
sheep dead just yesterday.
The hoggins ranch was
consumed by the flames.
Will you look at that, Pete?
In the few months the
organism was up there,
the weightless vacuum of space
allowed it to mutate
at an amazing rate.
An alarming rate
is more like it.
Oh, come on, Pete.
You're missing the point.
All I sent up was
a simple mixture
of synthetic growth
accelerators, nothing,
and it came back something else,
something I've
never seen before.
Whatever it is,
it's killing things.
MacGyver, this is Dr. Millhouse.
Dragon lady, as I'm
sure you've been told.
Nice work out there.
Thanks.
Well, shall we get on with this?
Yes. First of all I want to see
how the organism
affects a live test subject.
Ah, haven't enough
animals died for one day?
Listen, this is a laboratory,
not a high-school
biology class, MacGyver.
Look, doctor, I saw animals
out there drop dead on the spot.
They didn't get sick.
They didn't run off and hide.
They just died,
hundreds of them.
Point made.
Well, what about
the, uh, satellite?
Was there enough
of it left to show
What might have
caused it to go down?
No, reentry pretty
much fried it.
There was a crack at
one end of that canister.
Are you implying that
there's a connection?
Oh, come on, you created
this thing. You tell us.
Let's take a look.
Everything's new here.
The DNA structure is changed...
And whatever it is,
it's getting stronger.
What do you mean, stronger?
This is so far away from
the organism I sent up,
we could be dealing with an
entirely new form of life here.
I just got the
pathologist's report
on those dead sheep.
And?
Arterial blockage,
brain malfunction,
Rapid and sudden
muscle deterioration...
My god.
Well, what does that mean?
They died of old age.
Washington wants to
discuss its disposition.
Oh, great. I guess this
means we run scared and kill it
Before we have a chance
to understand what it means.
Come on, Sandra. This bug has
already shown us what it can do.
Pete, don't you understand
the potential of
what we've got here?
Think about it:
Four crops a year
instead of two;
livestock that matures
three times as fast;
Shorter gestation periods.
The potentials are endless.
So are the risks.
- What if that thing had dropped on a city?
- It didn't.
Pete! What are you
going to tell them?
The truth.
I suppose you think
I'm a crackpot too?
No, I think you're a
dedicated scientist...
Who's gone too far.
May I show you just
how far I've gone?
Please.
This is what Dr. Sandra
millhouse is all about.
Some day, very soon,
I'm going to be able
to plant these trees in
the Sahara, the arctic,
and they will still bear fruit.
Heat, cold, pollution... they
won't be a problem. And why?
Because they've absorbed
organisms created in this lab...
Created by me.
Look, doctor, no one is
saying your work isn't valid...
I'm a big fan of
experimentation...
But there comes a time
when you have to acknowledge
a right and a wrong
way of doing things.
Have you ever seen
hunger, MacGyver?
Yes, ma'am, I have.
I've also seen what an out-
of-control experiment can do.
Those animals this
morning? 900 sheep.
What about the millions of
people who starved to death
in Africa last year?
What about them?
That is not a rational argument
for what we're
dealing with here.
Yes, it is.
If you'd watched a
child starve to death
or seen old people
living on dog food,
You might understand
what I'm trying to do here.
An end to world
hunger. That's it, huh?
You know, you're
not the only one
Who wants to see that happen.
I am on to something
that can make it happen.
So I don't care about
right ways or wrong ways.
I care about results, and
i'm going to keep on caring
Until I have my answers.
Yes, I'm sure you will,
but this isn't the way.
Well, the decision's been made.
We've got orders to
destroy the organism.
No.
No, Pete.
I am not going to
have years of work lost
because of some
paranoid bureaucrat.
Attention, all personnel.
Attention, bio lab seal integrity
compromised. Attention.
The lab!
Bio lab seal integrity
compromised.
Attention, all personnel.
What's happening?
Bio lab seal integrity
compromised.
What's wrong with the seal?
I don't see anything.
There!
There, look.
Pete, stop!
Don't touch it.
Sandra, what is going on?
I'm not sure, Pete.
It's
mutating even further...
and whatever it's become,
it's eating through
that sealing compound.
It's getting loose.
Attention: If seal
integrity is not restored,
Destruct sequence must
begin in seven minutes.
Repeat: Destruct
sequence in seven minutes.
If seal integrity
is not restored,
Destruct sequence
will begin in six minutes.
All right, everybody, stay
away from that window.
Wait.
What are you going to do?
Got to seal it, Pete.
Attention:
if seal integrity
is not restored,
destruct sequence
Will begin in six minutes.
Attention: If seal integrity
is not restored...
Well, that's not
going to stop it.
Not by itself it's
not, you're right.
Five and a half minutes.
Sandra, give me a hand here.
Keep that going right there.
What are you going to
do with the refrigerator?
Going to use the freon.
Need a pliers,
vise grips, anything.
I'll see what I can find.
Attention: If seal integrity
is not restored...
Ah! Here.
Destruct sequence will
begin in five minutes.
Perfect.
Attention:
If seal integrity
is not restored,
step back.
Destruct sequence will begin
in four and a half minutes.
What's he doing?
Well, he put the
torch on it before
to melt the casement material
so it would fill in the holes.
Now freezing it locks it tight.
Right?
That's pretty good, Pete.
Attention:
Seal integrity restored.
Resume non-emergency status.
All right.
Now kill that thing!
No.
Look, that patch isn't
going to last forever,
and whatever that stuff is,
it could mutate into something
that could eat through glass.
Now, come on.
Laser on-line.
Do it!
How can we be absolutely
sure that that thing is dead?
There's only one way.
I'll inform Washington.
One giant step
backwards for mankind.
Now why don't you two go
back to where you came from
and get the hell out of my lab.
Listen, you go on ahead,
and I'll catch up with you.
Yes?
You're pushing it, MacGyver.
Can't I even say good-bye?
Good-bye.
Look, for what it's worth...
the things you're
trying to do...
I think they're good things.
Thank you.
But I've decided to go
into a different direction.
I'm going to develop
An organism that eats red tape.
Hey, I'm not a big
fan of red tape either,
but this...
I agree with 'em.
Some things take time.
Time.
This is time, MacGyver.
Time well spent.
Years of research
that ultimately
could feed the world.
Don't miss your
chopper, MacGyver.
One thing happened here.
You saw what was possible.
Might take a little longer,
but the world's going
to hear from you again.
You can be sure of it.
I'll be in
touch with the final report.
Thanks again.
Well, I'm glad that's over with.
Me, too.
What's going to
happen to her, Pete?
Well, I'm going to make
my recommendation
and I'm afraid that's
not going to be too good,
but it's really up to
the executive board.
Listen, she and that dog of hers
Are going to land
safely someplace.
She's too good not to.
Did I ever tell you the story
about how she smuggled
Another bug out of the
lab a few years ago?
Uh-uh.
Had to do with Dutch
elm disease, right?
She transfused the bug
into the dog's bladder.
Yeah.
He smuggled it out.
All she had to do
was lead it to the trees,
let him lift the old leg.
Did it work?
Yeah. Strongest
stand of Dutch elm
In the whole country.
But that's the problem.
She doesn't stop.
She won't give up.
Yeah, well, she
gave up this time.
What?
She gave up way too easily.
Come on.
Well, at least
you still love me,
Don't you, ace?
Well, the hell with them.
Come on. Come on.
All right, that's good.
We'll play in a little
bit. Don't worry.
Right now...
We have a lot of work to do.
Sandra?
I'm sorry, MacGyver.
How'd you do it?
Well, I knew they were
going to destroy it...
Or at least try to.
So I took just a
little bit of the smear
before Pete got back to the lab.
It's too big a breakthrough.
I couldn't just walk
away from that.
Sandra, it's too dangerous!
Nothing is going to happen.
Look what we have
here, MacGyver.
Look at this.
No! Don't!
Ace!
Stay away from...
Sandra.
You stay away from there, baby.
Stay away.
Oh, ace.
Ace, come here.
Come here, baby.
Oh, come here.
Oh, ace, baby,
Does it hurt?
Oh, no.
Oh, please
tell me it doesn't hurt.
Attention:
Contamination recorded.
Hydroponics lab.
Organism unidentified.
This is a priority alert.
Repeat: Priority alert.
So here we are.
I guess you were right.
I love you, ace.
And look what I've done to you.
Oh, my sweet little friend.
I'm so sorry.
I'm sorry.
Attention:
Hydroponics lab.
Seal integrity compromised.
Repeat: Hydroponics lab.
Seal integrity compromised.
Sandra! Where is she?
She's in the hydroponics lab.
She held out on us, Pete.
She's been exposed.
Don't go in there!
Attention:
Hydroponics lab.
Seal integrity compromised.
Repeat: Hydroponics lab.
Seal integrity compromised.
Oh, my god.
My dear god.
Here, Pete.
Put this on.
Thank you anyway.
Attention: If seal
integrity is not restored,
destruct sequence will
begin in seven minutes.
It's very interesting.
The contagion has mutated
to infest plant life.
It didn't do that before.
Sandra...
I'm sorry.
Pete.
Save my work.
Please.
All my other work, Pete.
It can be important.
I'll get it.
Attention: If seal
integrity is not restored,
destruct sequence will
begin in six and a half minutes.
Sandra?
I suppose...
an "I told you so" is in order.
Attention: If seal
integrity is not restored,
destruct sequence
will begin in six minutes.
Did you get it?
Yeah.
Sandra.
We saved them.
We've got them.
We're going to get them out.
Thank... you...
She's gone, MacGyver.
There's nothing more
we can do for her now.
- Attention: -
Biolaboratories and corridors
will be sealed in sequence.
They're closing the
sections, one by one.
We've got to get out of here.
Let's go!
Section one,
hydroponics lab, sealed.
Section two, general
biology lab, sealed.
Section three,
bacteriology lab, sealed.
Section four...
The elevator shaft
is our only way out!
This facility will self-destruct
in four and a half minutes.
There's got to be
a maintenance
override switch up top.
You first.
One, two, three, go.
Push!
Okay, come on.
This facility will
self-destruct in four minutes.
It's too slow!
We're never going
to get up there
Before it blows up.
This facility
Will self-destruct
in three minutes.
What are you doing?
We certainly can't
climb out of here.
I'm going to have
to speed things up.
Crank those doors open for me.
This facility will self-destruct
in two and a half minutes.
Come on.
All right, Pete,
let the doors go.
Come here and grab this.
This facility will
self-destruct in two minutes.
This facility will self-destruct
in one and a half minutes.
This transformer
should zap the override,
make it all go faster, I think.
First we'll bypass the normal
circuit to the transformer.
That'll juice the power, and if
we're lucky, we're home free.
This facility will
self-destruct in one minute.
All right, it's all yours.
It's working.
I got it.
This facility will
self-destruct in 30 seconds.
This facility will
self-destruct in 20 seconds.
19...
- 18...
- Come on!
17, 16, 15, 14,
13, 12, 11,
- ten, nine, -
Eight, seven, six,
five, four,
let's go!
Three, two, one, destruct.
Go!
Oh, my god.
What a loss.