MacGyver (1985–1992): Season 3, Episode 6 - GX-1 - full transcript

I'd finished
up a little mission in Zurich,

and the Phoenix
foundation gave me a bonus:

Some time off and a first-clas
flight anywhere I wanted to g.

So I took them up on it.

Signed up for a
hot air balloon rally.

Slow and easy, over the alps.

No schedule, no timetables.

Just watching the birds go by.

Enjoying the scenery,
smelling the fresh air,

And reminding myself
why eagles don't get ulcers.

I did hope we had enough fuel



to keep our altitude
over the peaks,

and clear the snow field.

We did, and as soon as
we got away from the others,

everything kinda worked out.

Besides, I'd brought
along an expert.

MacGyver, I can't make it pop.

Well, as they say,
it's all in the wrist.

Oh, well.

A bogey.

Not today, pal.
Let's part company.

Whoever you are, you're good.

Backup base, this is gx-1,
breaking radio silence.

I've been spotted.

I've got a mig-25 fox
interceptor on my tail.



I can't shake the bogey.

He's lining me up.

Man :
Gx-1, climb to 90,000 feet.

Mig tops out at 75,000.

Roger, base.
Attempting altitude.

I'm hit. I'm hit!

Climb, gx-1.

Climbing.

Zero, 78, longitude
50 degrees, 22 north.

Latitude 12 degrees, 55 east.

Altitude 78,000... 80...

84,000 feet.

And that's it.
That's all she's got.

All right.

Bogey hit her
ceiling. I've lost it.

Hold it!

Flare in #1 engine.

Losing power.

Engine #1 out!

Gx-1. Come on.
We'll pick you up.

I can't hold her! I
can't hold her steady!

Oh, god! Trouble in #2 engine!

#2 engine out!

Attempting re-ignition...

Negative, negative, no go!

Can't fire...
Setting destruct...

Now!

Tell my wife...
Tell her I love her.

One thing you got to know
when you're ballooning

is how to LAN.

Simply put, you
just cut the heat,

and let gravity do the rest.

MacGyver!

What a landing.

Hey, Pete!

What on earth are
you doing here?

Uh, listen, we have a problem.

Uh, would you excuse
us a minute, please?

Come here.

What's up?

We've, uh, lost a plane

somewhere here over the alps.

Must be a pretty important
plane for you to come this far.

Well, it is.

The gx-1.

Oh, you mean the plane
that's not supposed to exist yet?

Yeah, well this
is a modified gx-1.

It is the most secret,

most experimental
craft ever developed.

But it won't be a
secret very long,

if you can't find the wreckage.

No, wait a minute, Pete.

Search for a missing aircraft,
isn't that your department?

Certainly takes your
kind of manpower.

You need radar, infrared,
air search, all that stuff.

That's just the point.

This is a prototype
stealth craft

With an experimental
cooling system on the engine.

Its whole purpose is to
defeat radar and infrared.

Now, the air force has
done everything they can do.

They have, uh, gone
as far as they can go.

What do you mean, they've
gone as far as they can go?

I mean they can't cross
the east German border.

The Pentagon thinks the
plane is on the other side.

And they can't go in themselves.

So it's us.

Any more good news, Pete?

Yeah, I have, uh, a few things

I can give you
back at the hotel.

All right, fine.

I'll meet you there.

Just let me say
good-bye to Heidi.

What's she doing here?

Uh, Nikki, nothing personal,

but I'm going into the
mountains, I am going alone,

And Pete, you should
have consulted me.

Listen, I tried to call you,

more than once.

Oh yeah, well, I've
been out of touch.

Slaving away, as I can see.

Look, I said nothing personal,

but those mountains are rugged.

- I don't want to be saddled...
- And you don't want

To be stuck dragging
a woman around.

Well, I wouldn't have
put it quite like that.

But that's exactly
what you meant.

Nikki...

You're a closet sexist.

- What? Wait a minute. Wait a minute.
- MacGyver...

Why don't we just admit

that you and I do
things a little different?

Look, hold it, will you?

Look, MacGyver, as
soon as I'm finished

crossing that border,
baby-sitting you...

I should have known
this wasn't gonna work.

- I'm going to be at the aspenhaus spa...
- Baby-sitting? Baby-sitting?

- Did you hear what she said?
- Yes, I did.

- Okay, stop it.
- I do not need to be baby-sat.

- Courtesy of the Phoenix foundation
- did you hear what she said?

Would you hold it a minute?

Let me get a word
in edgewise here.

Now you are going to go across

that east German border
together, as a married couple,

because that's how I think
you will get across undetected.

Now once you are across,

once you're at the
resort, you can separate.

You can each go your own way.

Okay?

Everybody happy now?

Mm.

Good.

Okay, let's go
back to the hotel.

There's a lot of
prep work to do.

Fine. I'll meet you there,

soon as I get Heidi a ride home.

Heidi? It would be.

- Oh, stop it.

I can't hold her!

I can't hold her steady.

Oh, god! Trouble in #2 engine!

Attempting re-ignition...

Negative, negative, no go.

Can't fire.

Setting destruct... now.

Tell my wife...
Tell her I love her.

Any word on the pilot?

No. Not since he ejected.

In fact, the pilot
is presumed dead.

But, from his last
known position,

the speed of the aircraft, and
the direction he was flying in,

we've calculated
that the wreckage

Should be somewhere here...

In this area, in the mountains,

just over the border.

What do we expect to find?

Well, the skin of the aircraft

was coated with a
radar deflection shield.

But the real goody

is this new cooling system

on the engine exhaust.
It makes the plane

virtually undetectable
with infrared.

And that's what the
Russians are after.

So you're in a race.

Well, we got a head start

with those last
coordinates, didn't we?

Well, that's true,

but the Russians have
something... someone...

Going for them, too.

I'll be honest, I
scoffed myself,

but intelligence is
taking this very seriously.

It's a man named
starkoss. He's a psychic.

A psychic?

That's right.

Watch this.

This film was smuggled out of

The petroskia institute for
paranormal studies in Moscow.

The Russians are very
deeply into parapsychology,

Psychic phenomena, mind control.

They find these psychics,

and they train them
for intelligence work.

Now this man, starkoss,
is their #1 performer.

He's a celebrity, a star.

He lives like a king,

Even in Russia.

And our experts

say that he could
be the real thing.

Well, that's great by me.

I've got the pilot's last
coordinates, his altitude,

his air speed, a satellite map.

And they've got some
guy doing parlor tricks.

I'll take the odds any day.

I wouldn't.

There is trouble.

The craft...

It was over our airspace.

We believe it was making

a high-altitude
surveillance flight.

We detected
nothing on our radar.

Some malfunction
must have forced it down

to lower altitudes.

That is when our
aircraft observed him.

Yes, there is trouble.

I see it.

The pilot is afraid.

All he wants is to go home.

And then he's spotted.

We fired upon him.

The photographs are
from our gun cameras.

We fired on him when
he refused to land.

I'm hit. I'm hit.

There's damage.

I can't make it.

Call to base.

We lost him, but he
went down, we know that.

Where's the plane?

Map... bring me map.

You will find plane here.

You were real smooth
with that border guard back there.

How did you ever manage to
ask him about his sister's feet?

All right, so
my German's not so good.

We got through, didn't we?

I want to thank
you for all your help.

Oh, I suppose your Swiss
miss could have done better.

Heidi happens to be
extremely competent,

intelligent and articulate.

Not to mention a great body.

That's not her fault.

You certainly wouldn't
hold it against her.

Oh, now who's the sexist, huh?

Who's the sexist?

Heidi.

Heidi, that's right.

That's her name.

H-e-i-d-i, Heidi.
What's wrong with it?

Nothing. Nothing.

You're Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter?

- Yes.
- Welcome to aspenhaus.

I am Helmut.

I will be your personal
attendant while you are with us.

Oh, very nice to
meet you, Helmut.

What a lovely name. Please...

Call me Nikki.

First I will take
these to your room,

then later I will tell you

all about the services
we have at the spa.

Oh, wonderful.

I'm sure we'll find
plenty to keep us busy

while my husband's off hiking.

Just drop the
bags in the bridal suite, Helmut.

Jawoh.

Hmm.

Ciao.

Ja.

See you later, Helmut.

Well he seemed very polite.

And articulate.

Yeah.

Helmut...

Well, have a nice
time on the mountain.

Good morning, comrade starkoss.

Morning.

The helicopter's ready, colonel.

MacGyver!

Oh!

Oh! Hello!

Boy, am I glad to see you.

I could really use a hand.

Actually, I could
really use your horse.

Could I borrow him?

Or... or rent him?

I'd be happy to buy
him outright if I had to.

Ja. Sprechen sie
deutsche, fraulein?

... English.

Uh... how much deutchmarks

for das

Horsey?

Oh! Oh!

As soon as your
teeth stop chattering...

Oh! Oh, MacGyver!

There's an obvious question.

Do you realize what
I've been through?

That rotten horse!

He threw me off
halfway up the mountain.

And then I had to
walk... and walk,

and I fell into this river,

And I cut my feet
trying to get out.

I think a mountain
lion followed me here.

No, that wasn't the question.

Oh, and then I saw
this glorious campfire,

and I prayed that
it would be you.

But if it wasn't, it could
have been Jack the ripper,

and I would have been his
gladly just to get to this fire.

You know, I know this comes
as no big surprise to you,

but you are soaked to the bone.

- Here. Put those on.
- Thank you.

Could you turn around?

Oh! Oh!

Put both shirts on,
and tuck them in.

Leave the top one unbuttoned.

I saw starkoss. He's up here.

He left the aspenhaus by car.

And there was something
said about a helicopter.

Yeah, a helicopter.

I saw one fly over
this afternoon.

From the direction,

I'd say it was headed
towards the target zone,

which means they've
got a jump on us.

Listen, that was important
information for me to have.

I owe you one.

It's okay.

You can turn around now.

Pull your top shirt open there.

Like this?

Yeah.

What are you doing?

Putting pine needles between
the shirts for insulation.

It's not quite neiman Marcus,
but it'll keep you warm.

Ah. Okay. Ouch! Ow! I got it.

Thank you. I'll do it later.

Now, there's some
trail mix there.

Water in the
canteen, if you'd like.

No, thanks.

I'm not hungry.

I just want to get warm.

Uh... by the way,

there are no mountain
lions in east Germany.

Is that it? Is that... Is
that all you have with you

is one sleeping bag?

Yeah, well, I wasn't
expecting company.

There's plenty of room here.

Yeah, right. Not
in a million years.

Suit yourself.

Good night.

Good morning.

Morning.

Well...

I have to give you high marks

for acting like a perfect
gentleman last night.

That's amazing.

I don't know how I did
it, but I controlled myself.

I guess I deserved that.

Now what?

Well, we find the plane.

But it's going to take
some walking to get there.

You all right?

Just fine...

If you don't count the blisters.

Those homemade
boots I made for you

aren't going to last long.

You might have been better
off going back to... Helmut.

Excuse me. I'm the one

who had to play
sir Edmund hilary

to get up here and warn you

About that Russian search
party, if you remember.

How can I forget?

You keep reminding me.

Fine. Wisecrack all you want,

But we don't know what
we're up against here.

Starkoss is something else.

Mr. Starkoss is
no more clairvoyant

Than common sense and logic.

Then how did
they know where to go?

Same way we did.

They calculated the
speed of the gx-1,

and approximated
where it had to go down.

Uh-oh.

What is it?

I'm afraid we found the pilot.

Josef, quickly, come with me!

Well, colonel, have I
earned my keep today?

Very impressive.

Or maybe a bit of good fortune.

I'll resist the
temptation to celebrate

Until we find the plane.

Bring me a piece

of his clothing.

That chopper couldn't
land around here.

They must have
dropped them in a clearing

when they saw the parachute.

At least they haven't
found the plane yet.

Look around.

Look around the
ground for anything.

Oh... I don't want to die.

I... I don't want...

Position...

Location...

Where is the plane?

There.

Let's go.

The pilot. We should Bury him.

Should we also hold
a service, lieutenant?

Collect your squad. Move out!

Call the base.

Alert the helicopter.

Have it stand by with
the equipment just in case.

Lieutenant stukel to
command air force.

Have the helicopter ready...

Standing by... With
all the equipment.

This way! Quickly!

All right! Move! Move!

Move! Move! Move!

This must be an
abandoned barracks.

There's stuff all
over the place.

I found these boots.

I guess the best we can do

Is bring these
back to his family.

MacGyver...

"Follow me.

Starkoss."

He knew we'd come here.

Of course he did. He saw us.

Well, then why didn't
he come after us?

We're in east Germany.

Maybe they're trying
to draw us closer.

Maybe starkoss didn't
tell them that he saw us.

Maybe we should get
moving and find that plane.

Let's Bury the pilot first.

We're here!

Come on!

Hurry.

Come on.

There it is.

Well done! Well done.

Very dramatic.

You should faint, starkoss,

For surely this is an
overwhelming moment.

You have just ensured

your personal supply
of caviar forever.

I cannot talk. I just want
to replenish my energies.

Replenish all you
want. Lieutenant.

You men, spread
out, patrol the area.

You are to gather
every piece of the aircraft

no matter how small.

- Yes, sir.
- You, too, move.

Start here.

Markov to base.

I have located the wreckage.

You have a fix on our location.

Send in the removal team.

Starkoss.

He took them right to it.

Well, he got here first.

But we can't let them leave

with one piece of
that cooling system.

With all these soldiers,
what are we going to do?

We're going to have
to destroy the plane.

That's a very good idea.

Had I wanted to have
you taken prisoner,

I could have pointed you out

to colonel markov at any time.

Yeah, we got your note.

How did you know
we were following you?

How did I know?

But I brought you to me.

And why would you do that?

What do you want with us?

After you destroy the plane,

I want to go back
with you to the west.

You want to defect?

Yes.

And that be feather
in your cap, no?

Well, I don't care about that.

But if you want to
go, we'll sure take you.

Of course, you will have to
wait until the soldiers have put

the remainder of
the plane into a pile,

and then you can
use your explosive

you've been
carrying in your pack

and destroy the pieces.

It is good of you
to come with him.

You will save his life.

And don't worry about your feet.

They will not fail you.

How did you know?

It might be better
to wait until night,

but you're an impatient man.

He knew!

He knew about my feet.

I mean, I've got blisters.

I didn't tell him that.

Nikki, you're wearing
oversized boots.

Blisters are a given.

He knew you were
carrying explosives.

He knew I came here

to destroy the
pieces of the plane

when I found them.

Obviously, I'm not
going to truck them

off the mountain in my backpack.

Maybe.

But he was right
on both occasions.

And he found the plane.

Yeah, well, if he thinks

we're gonna hang
around long enough

for the Russians to take
that stuff off the mountain,

then he's been reading
the wrong minds.

Okay, now what
are we going to do?

Well, you're going to stay put.

I'm going to give myself ten
minutes to make it back here.

I'll use the explosion
as a diversion,

grab starkoss and go.

Listen, if I get hung
up, we'll meet back

where we buried
the pilot, all right?

MacGyver!

What?

Don't blow yourself up.

Okay.

Good.

The helicopter has just
left the refueling station.

It should be here for the
pickup within three hours.

Make the final sweep.

Not a scrap shall remain here.

All in this area.

Keep going, keep it going.

Keep going, keep it going.

All right, hold it, hold it.

Stop, stop, stop...

Let's get it off here.

Okay, go forward.

Man :
All right, go forward.

We finished.

Very good.

MacGyver!

- Look!
- Hey!

Fire! Hey, quick!

Quick, quick!

Fire!

Quickly!

We must go.

We must go quickly.

The plane... He
has destroyed it all.

And probably himself.

Colonel, starkoss is missing.

I saw him leave the camp.

That traitor.

Assemble the men

and notify the border.

Begin a search, now.

Move.

And when you find them,

I want them shot.

Move out!

Let's go, quickly!

Move!

MacGyver! Thank god.

It's been hours.

Where have you been?

Running and ducking, mostly.

Were you spotted?

Probably.

What about the soldiers?

They're camped
out at the crash site.

That chopper's got to be
running on fumes by now.

Starkoss,

how long will it take them

to get to a refueling base
and back after sunrise?

Two, maybe three hours.

That'll give us 12 hours.

They'll have sealed
off the border by then.

We'll never make it

Down the mountain in the dark.

We're trapped.

Well, maybe.

Maybe not.

Nikki,

go out to the barracks.

Grab every piece
of fabric you can find.

Curtains, tarps, tents,
the lighter the better.

Go! Starkoss,

give me a hand over here.

Help me get this
refrigerator up.

Pull this grate off.

You worry.

Worry about the girl.
You worry about me.

We shall not be
captured. I know this.

Look, starkoss, I'm trying
to come up with a plan here.

Now, there's some welding
equipment in the back room.

Could you get it for me, please?

I think it's about time we
start dealing with reality.

You're a serious man.
You're an intellectual man.

You're a man of the mind.

Why do you feel such guilt?

It's all right. She understands.

Your mother... she forgives you.

What?

It's all right.

She understands.

You could not go to the funeral.

She forgives you.

You do not forgive yourself,

but she forgives you.

What kind of a dossier
do you people have on me?

I couldn't be there. There...

Oh, you're good.

You're very good.

You've done your homework.

From the time I was a
boy, I could see pictures.

Pictures of the mind.

And I could do things.

The state took me away,
and I lived with the finest.

And I lived like a king.

But always with doctors,

Always an object of
study, always a freak.

From what I understand, you've
made the most of your... gift.

If it is a gift I have,

It is a gift you would
not choose to receive.

Pay dirt.

There's enough bedding and
tents and stuff in the barracks

And in the storage
rooms to outfit an army.

Good, keep it
coming. I can use it all.

Uh, and grab the
pilot's parachute.

The welding equipment.

Please?

Yes, colonel,

We are returning
to base to refuel.

There has been no sign
of starkoss or the others

Since we sighted the man near
the abandoned mine last night.

Are the ground troops from
the base on their way in?

Yes, sir.

They have established roadblocks

And are making their
way up the mountain.

They should arrive at
the abandoned mine site

in approximately three hours.

Good. By that time,
we will be in a position

to cut them off from above.

When you return,

We'll have their bodies
ready for transport.

Move out.

Yes, sir. Let's go. Quickly!

Move, move, move!

This is the last scrap
of nylon that I could find.

I hope this super-glue of
yours works, MacGyver.

Well, it should if I
melt it down right.

But we're gonna need more.

Run out of glue.

Something next for me, please.

Yeah, as a matter of fact.

Give me a hand with this.

Here, keep stirring.

Come here.

All right. Push.

Keep moving!

Yes, sir.

We'll be there in one hour!

I feel time is running short.

Do you want to give
me a hand here?

Quickly, let's go. Hurry!

Let's go!

Come on. Move!

Hurry! Move!

Got something for you.

A parachute? Why?

It's the pilot's reserve chute.

Ever use one of these?

Once I went skydiving on a dare.

Get your hands up.

What is this for?

Why are we doing this?

Do I have to spell it out?

Keep moving!

Look.

What's that?

A balloon?!

What's it doing here?

It's starkoss! Fire!

Come on! Move!

Cease firing.

They're out of range.

Whoopee! Come here, MacGyver.

Consider that a
professional congratulations,

Because I thought we were
dead ducks, but we made it!

Thank you,
MacGyver. Thank you both.

You're very welcome.

Well, starkoss,

you're over and
beyond the border.

You're home free.

Whoops.

What is it?

We're out of gas.

But we made it
across the border,

- didn't we?
- Yeah.

But are we gonna make
it over that mountain?

We must gain altitude.

Well, let's steer this
thing. Let's land it.

It doesn't work that way.

Balloons drift
where they're going.

I've got to lighten the load.

Did that help?

It's not going to
carry all three of us.

What?

Nikki...

Oh, you can't be serious!

Look, you weigh more than I do.

Nikki, I'd do it,

But you've got the chute
and there's no time to switch.

You've got to go, now!

I'm sorry. There is no time!

Look, you said
you did it before.

Just get clear of the
balloon and pull the cord.

I can't! MacGyver,
I'll get you for this.

So help me god,

if I've got to walk all
the way to Munich!

Go! Just go!

I'll see that Pete knows
exactly what you've done to me!

All right, she made it.

She's okay.

Now we got to deal
with the mountain.

Come on.

Come on!

Do not worry. We'll make it.

Hold on!

All
right. I'll take it.

Lucky your Nikki didn't
drift back to the east.

Oh, she'll be all right.

Not too happy, but all right.

That woman... you
will come to love her.

What?!

Yes.

No, no, no, no, no. No way. No.

I'm glad she's all
right, but... trust me.

No, MacGyver, trust me.

Whoo-hoo!

Oh! What a flight!
What a balloon!

Starkoss, we did it!

Oh, we'll contact the
American embassy as soon

As we get to Munich.

When we get to your
country, MacGyver,

Your people will want to
talk to me, too, won't they?

Find out

what I'm up to.

And get me a place to
live very, very comfortably

with all the steaks
I can eat, huh?

But I be prisoner
again, wouldn't I?

I be freak again, isn't that so?

Good-bye, my friend.

You!

You rat!

You're the lowest!

I should have known
there was a reason

you gave me the only chute!

What's next, MacGyver?

Perhaps you'd enjoy dragging me

behind a speeding truck.

Did it ever even occur to you

that I could have
landed in a tree

or in the middle of
a busy intersection?

What if I hadn't spotted
where you landed?

Did you ever consider
that, Mr. Improvise?

And another thing...
Wait a minute.

Where's starkoss?

Don't tell me.

You didn't make him
jump too, did you?