MacGyver (1985–1992): Season 5, Episode 15 - The Treasure of Manco - full transcript
A friend of MacGyver's is killed in Peru looking for a mythical treasure. MacGyver helps his daughter to continue her father's quest.
[Manco speaking quechua]
I argued it was my father's
and they finally agreed.
Come, we'll go to his classroom.
Maria,
your father was a
brilliant archaeologist.
How do you expect to
find something he couldn't?
I don't know. But I have to try.
Will you listen to me?
Your father was murdered
in those mountains.
I don't want to have to come
back to Peru for another funeral, ok?
MacGyver, yesterday
as I stood and watched them
lower his coffin into the grave,
I promised myself that
his dream would be fulfilled.
The people of Peru are starving.
My father believed that the treasure
of manco could be worth billions.
Billions, that the government
could use to stabilize the economy.
It could provide food,
housing, education,
for every child in Peru.
I want his dream
to become a reality.
He chased that
dream for 15 years
and it cost him his life.
And I don't want his death to
be for nothing. Don't you see?
Maria.
Believe me, I understand
what you're going through.
But you have
got to face reality.
15 years of reality.
The treasure of manco
could very well be just a myth.
My father believed
it exists. I believe.
And Enrique murdered him for
his journal, so he must believe, too.
Now, see, that's the
part I can't understand.
Why? Because we all
went to school together?
Because he has an
American education?
No, MacGyver,
Enrique is not the man
you used to go skiing with.
He's a mountain rebel who
murdered my father for his journal.
He wants to use manco's treasure
to pay for his
bloody revolution.
If that's true, if.
Then Enrique is still in
those mountains somewhere.
So is manco's treasure.
This is why my father
believed the treasure exists.
14 months ago,
he led an expedition
To the 16th century site of a
conquistador's encampment.
A Spanish general's grave
Had been uncovered by a
landslide after heavy rain.
This was found.
Along with a number of other
Incan artifacts buried with him.
The legend says that
the great chief, manco
presented the headpiece
symbolizing the garden of gold
to the one chosen
as its protector.
And your father,
he believed this
is the same one?
He spent months
studying the symbols,
making diagrams in his journal.
He believed that this headpiece
is the key to finding
the treasure of manco.
Oh, I love this kind of stuff.
Enough to help me
fulfill my father's dream?
Where do we start?
At the place where my father
and his guide were murdered.
[Thunder clapping]
Well, looks like
the end of the road.
Capitan Diaz commands
the military post here.
He found the bodies.
We'll start with him.
Maria!
That's Ramon, the
son of my father's guide.
[Thunder clapping]
[Speaks Spanish]
[Speaks Spanish]
This is my friend, MacGyver.
Ramon.
I'm sorry about your father.
Maria tells me you're
going to be our guide.
I have taken my father's
place, senor MacGyver.
There's no one better.
I'm sure there's not.
I'll bring some
horses from my home.
We can get started right away.
But first we must see capitan Diaz.
We can leave at first light tomorrow.
But he has not been able to
find where Enrique's hiding.
Well, we're not here
looking for Enrique.
It's the military's
job to bring him in.
Not if I find him first.
Ramon, our fathers
shared the same dream.
To help the people of Peru.
We're here to finish
what they began.
It's not about revenge, Ramon.
I will be here at sunrise.
And don't worry, senor MacGyver,
I won't involve you in any
of my own personal interests.
He is young. His pain is deep.
Be patient with him.
Yeah, sure.
Let's go find capitan Diaz.
My men found their
bodies here on this meseta.
Enrique's guerrilla's had
shot them in their sleep.
Now, captain,
just out of curiosity,
why are you so sure it was
Enrique's men who killed them?
Well, we found the bullets matched those
taken from a captured guerrilla's weapon.
But you are here to, what,
investigate the murders?
No, no. To continue
my father's quest
for the garden of gold.
Ah.
[Speaks Spanish]
I had, uh, great admiration
for the purpose of your
father's work, Maria,
but I have to think you
are wasting your time
chasing a treasure
that does not exist.
We have the object
of my father's research.
The proof that
the treasure exists.
We will find it.
[Sighing]
She is like her
father, full of spirit.
I wish you both well.
You will stay tonight
as my guests here?
[Speaking Spanish]
[Speaks Spanish]
[Thunder clapping]
(Maria) My father
believed that the headpiece
was the key to finding
the garden of gold.
Did he talk about these symbols,
what they might have meant?
Yes.
He was particularly
interested in what he called
"the steps to the condor."
"The steps to the condor," huh?
And what about these 2 cats?
Did he say anything about them?
I remember
transcribing for him once.
He was trying to
reconcile the symbols
With what he called, "El lugar
De la vision infinita De manco."
Whoa. What?
Manco's place
of infinite vision.
Place of infinite vision.
[Speaking Spanish]
[Luna speaking Spanish]
[Horse neighing]
[People chattering in Spanish]
[Speaking Spanish]
MacGyver?
Maria.
[Speaking Spanish]
What are you doing here?
I think we've been
kidnapped. What do you think?
[Speaks Spanish]
Murderer!
[Speaking Spanish]
I heard of your
father's death, Maria.
I have also heard that the
military has blamed it on me.
It is not true.
Oh, you expect me
to take your word?
Just like that?
It is all I have, my word.
And it is as good as when
we were friends in school.
Nothing has changed.
No, I'd say a lot has changed.
I am the same man you
knew before, MacGyver.
No.
The Enrique I knew
worked things out.
He had a real
thing about violence.
And I still do.
But sometimes an evil
and corrupted government
cannot be changed from within.
That is why I fight them
from these mountains.
And when the people have...
Oh, stop it!
Stop your high and mighty
justification for killing innocent people.
I fight the government, Maria.
The corrupt ones like Diaz.
And I did not kill your father.
He was my teacher. I loved him.
You are a liar.
Why?
Why do you think I killed him?
Because he was close to
finding manco's treasure.
There is no treasure.
We have proof.
We have the
protector's headpiece.
You believe what you
want to believe, Maria.
I believe that you killed
my father for his journal.
And I demand you
give it to me now!
I can see that my
words are not enough.
But they are all I have.
I am sorry, my friends,
that you do not believe me.
Well, you know, kidnapping your
friends does make you a little suspect.
We are at war here, MacGyver.
For all my men
knew, you were c.I.A.
Or another cocaine
trafficker here to cash in.
Cash in? You're the
one who wants to cash in.
You want to use the treasure
to fund your bloody revolution.
That's why you killed my father.
Your mind is made up.
There is nothing
left for us to discuss.
So?
Now what?
So now you are free to go.
I will miss our friendship.
Luna.
[Enrique speaking Spanish]
[Speaking Spanish]
[Laughs]
You make an early start.
Even after your
adventure last night.
We still have to accomplish
what we came for.
Ah, yes, so you do.
You know, it is a wonder
you were not killed.
Women and foreigners are not
known to be popular with the rebeldes.
Well, they were
just a little curious.
Guess we got lucky, huh?
Very lucky.
These gnats that buzz
about the mountains
can be dangerous.
But my patrols are on
their trail, we will find them.
Watch yourselves
out there, my friends.
If I had been face to face with
Enrique, I'd have killed him on the spot.
I thought we had
that settled yesterday.
Enrique lied to you.
If we find that treasure, he
will be close by to kill us for it.
But I will kill him first.
All right, listen up, Ramon.
I don't buy into guns
or vigilante justice.
Now, I can't tell you not to defend
yourself the best you know how.
But I can tell you that that
ache in your gut to kill Enrique
Is dulling your senses.
And you'd better
get a hold of it,
before you do
something you regret.
Now let's go.
I understand what
he feels, MacGyver.
Yeah, well, so do I.
But that doesn't make it right.
[People chattering]
This is it.
This is the meseta
where they were killed.
[Horse snorting]
[Birds twittering]
[Horse neighing]
Kind of a strange
place to make camp.
No protection from the wind.
It would be hard
to keep a fire going.
(Ramon) My father was too
experienced to camp on a meseta
with exposure like this.
The view is beautiful.
(Maria) Simply incredible.
Well, that could be it.
What?
Well, maybe they
were here for the view.
Place of infinite vision?
Yes.
"El lugar De la
vision infinita."
Yeah, see this?
See the lines under the 2 cats?
Mountains?
Yeah, I'd say so.
Take a look.
(MacGyver) See those 2 peaks?
They kinda look like a couple
of stretched out cats, don't they?
Those 2 peaks are
called los dos pumas.
My father and his father before
him have used them as landmarks.
Ramon,
are there any inca ruins
between here and those 2 peaks?
One. Uh, my father
called it sarra yahta.
But it's small.
It's insignificant compared to
the other ruins on these mountains.
MacGyver, you're right.
This is why our
fathers were here.
[Gun firing]
[Man shouting]
[Speaks Spanish]
[Leader speaking Spanish]
[Chuckles]
[Speaking Spanish]
[Speaking Spanish]
[Leader speaks Spanish]
[Sighing]
They took the headpiece.
(Ramon) Those were
not the army uniforms.
Those were Enrique's men.
(Maria) I told Enrique about
the headpiece last night.
He only let us go so his men
could follow us and steal it.
I will find him!
Just take it easy, Ramon.
Don't press your luck.
They will lead me to Enrique and
I will avenge my father's murder.
No, more than likely,
you'll just get yourself killed.
We can't just let
them get away with it.
If Enrique finds the treasure he'll
use it to pay for his bloody revolution.
We'll get the
headpiece back, ok?
But we'll do it my
way. You got that?
Si.
As long as your way
brings results, senor.
Capitan!
[Speaks Spanish]
[Speaking Spanish]
[Speaking Spanish]
[Diaz speaks Spanish]
[Speaks Spanish]
(Ramon) The guerrillas
were met here by more horses.
They rode off
together, that way.
Well, let's get a better look.
Enrique sent his men to
do his dirty work for him.
[Horse neighing]
[Gun cocking]
Enrique has the headpiece.
Let me see.
(Maria) You finally
know for yourself.
You can see proof of
what he has become.
I always believed him.
Because you
wanted to believe him.
What do we do now?
[Sighing]
Well, we'll get the
headpiece back
But we'll wait till after dark.
Ramon, I...
Ramon?
[People chattering in Spanish]
[Enrique screams]
[Horse neighing]
[People shouting]
Are you nuts?
[Men shouting]
Hurry!
[Hooves pounding]
[Gun fires]
[Man speaking Spanish]
[Speaking Spanish]
I thought you detested
guns, MacGyver.
I shot you.
Maria and MacGyver are
not responsible for what I did.
I see.
And what a brave,
young man you are.
You are also foolish.
And a bad shot.
Let them go!
You have me to execute
for shooting you, Enrique.
And what a prize you are, huh?
You have the
protector's headpiece.
And you still have your life.
So go. Find the
treasure. Take it.
But do not harm Ramon for this.
The murder of our father should
be enough for your revenge.
You are as blind as
this boy is brash, Maria.
Again, I did not
kill your father.
Come with me.
MacGyver,
Are these the men
who attacked you?
Yep.
Luna!
These are not my men.
They are soldiers.
Members of captain
Diaz's death squad.
We captured them on the trail.
Along with your precious
headpiece, Maria.
We have made a terrible mistake.
But I was so sure.
I don't know what to say.
(MacGyver) You might
start with an apology
After I get done with mine.
I doubted you, Enrique.
I'm sorry.
This conflict of ours
Does many terrible
things to all of us.
I'm sorry, Enrique.
I'm so sorry.
[Soldier speaking Spanish]
[Speaking Spanish]
[Speaking Spanish]
So if there is
anything to the legend,
this ruin must play
into it somehow.
This symbol here,
I've seen it at the ruin.
Can you show us?
Yes, it's just over there.
Near the cliffs.
[Speaking Spanish]
[Speaks Spanish]
Look. The symbols are identical.
Well, it looks like
a lid of some kind.
(MacGyver) Ramon, give me a
hand, see if we can slide this over.
[Grunting]
Hold on, hold on.
(Ramon) I can't see the bottom.
It's a long way down.
[Stone thuds]
A long way.
What is it?
Well, it might be a well.
No steps, no condor.
I guess this doesn't
fit into the puzzle.
What are you talking about?
Condor? Steps?
No, no. Take a look.
(MacGyver) See? Steps
leading down to a condor.
Condors nest where
no one can find them.
In the face of a cliff.
It's worth a look.
We've got steps here.
[Speaking Spanish]
Looks like they continue down.
[Speaking Spanish]
(Maria) A condor!
It's exactly like the headpiece.
I don't believe this.
[Hollow knocking sounds]
It sounds hollow behind there.
Yeah, looks like
it's been sealed, too.
[Grunting]
(Maria) This is it!
This is manco's garden of gold.
Look.
But I see no gold here.
Enrique.
Spanish?
16th century.
We're 400 years too late.
Does that mean something to you?
It's a keep book. The inca
method of bookkeeping.
These knots probably record
how much gold was in here.
Seeds?
I've planted many fields,
but I've never
seen seeds like this.
All right, wait a minute. There's
something real strange going on here.
The incas sealed this place
after the conquistadors looted it.
(Maria) That's right. That
would make no sense.
Unless there's still
something of value here.
Look. Here.
It's the same inca
goddess on the headpiece.
Except, the mouth is
different on this one.
Let me see that headpiece.
I bet you that guard was
protecting something a little bigger.
What if this was a door?
And the headpiece
is the key.
It's opening, MacGyver!
Wow.
(Ramon) These jars
must be filled with gold!
Gracias, amigos.
I would never have gotten
this far without all of you.
I am in your debt.
(Diaz) Get down from
there. Both of you.
You killed my father, you pig!
[Speaking Spanish]
Your father refused
to cooperate.
Perhaps you have
more sense than he did?
Now,
Let us see how much gold
there is in manco's garden.
My father would not
have told you anything.
How do you know
about the garden of gold?
Because he was thoughtful
enough to put it in writing.
But his journal was meaningless!
(Diaz) Until you provided
us with the headpiece.
(Maria) The gold of manco
belongs to the people!
400 years ago, perhaps.
But today, it is mine.
Seeds.
Seeds.
Where is the gold?
Seeds, seeds, seeds!
[Exclaims]
Seeds.
Why would they go through
all this trouble for seeds?
(MacGyver) Well
obviously, capitan,
you're not up on
your inca history.
Perhaps, you would like
to give me a quick lesson.
Well, uh, unless I
miss my guess here,
this idol represents
the great god,
quintano.
(Diaz) Quintano?
So what about it?
Where is my gold?
Well, now, see,
that's the tricky part.
Quintano was the
inca god of the fields.
To show respect
they brought him gold.
Tons of it.
So what does that
have to do with seeds?
Well, think about it.
The Spaniards burned their crops
And ran the incas
into these mountains.
So, they brought their seeds
to quintano to protect them.
Until the Spanish were gone.
Then, they could
replant their fields.
Yes. It makes perfect sense.
And explains the well.
What well?
There's an altar up top
with a big hole in the ground.
We thought it
was a well at first,
But obviously it
was a depository.
A gold depository?
Yeah, you bet.
See, Diaz, uh, the
incas had this... this big...
This big quintano dance.
And they'd throw all this
gold down in the hole.
Which has got to be
behind here, somewhere.
Now, how do we get behind it?
Well, the priests had to
have some way to get it out.
Then I recommend you find it.
I'll tell you what, Diaz,
You let these people
go, I'll see what I can do.
[Laughing] No,
no, no, no, senor.
You will find my gold
or you will watch
them die, one by one,
starting with that one.
You win.
An excellent choice.
Well?
What do you see? What is it?
Didn't the legend of
quintano say something about
his golden words
of enlightenment?
Yes.
That's right.
I wonder...
What does it look like I'm doing
right here, standing like this?
Looks like you are
waiting for something.
An offering of gold.
Maybe.
[Rumbling]
Well, stand on it,
put your weight to it!
[Stone rumbles]
We found it.
It's here!
I'll need a little more weight
to get it all the way open.
Somebody else want
to stand on that arm?
You do it. Get up here.
Move it!
[Diaz speaking Spanish]
We're really gonna
have to push hard.
Just like mammoth.
Both of you, put
your full weight to it.
[Stone rumbles]
It's not working. Push harder!
More, keep pushing. Come on.
- [Rumbling]
- It's coming.
The gold is coming.
[Stone rumbling]
(Diaz) It's coming!
[Laughing]
[Diaz groaning]
[Diaz yells]
[Diaz groans]
[Grunting]
(Ramon) Enrique, watch out!
Gracias, Ramon!
Well, I think we can all be grateful
to manco and his grain elevator here.
(Maria) So, the treasure of
manco isn't a garden of gold.
It's a garden of corn.
How did you know
it would do that?
It was just a matter of seeing
what the inca held most precious.
Here, take a look.
See there?
(Ramon) Stalks
of corn and plants.
Yeah, when I saw all these
seeds stored around here,
I finally realized
what this place
and that well up
top was all about.
A giant silo.
So the incas were planning
on replanting their crops.
Where did you come up
with this god, "quintano"?
I never heard of him.
(Enrique) Gene quintano.
He was our old ski
coach from mammoth.
He took us up to
the cornice once.
Almost got us killed trying
to out-run an avalanche.
But we did it.
I think we did it again.
[Speaks Spanish]
I will see that Diaz
and his death squad
are escorted to Lima
as soon as the government
agrees to a public trial.
Well, when Maria and
Ramon present their case,
I don't think they'll be
in a position to refuse.
Only this time, we will make
our accusations with facts.
Right, Ramon?
You can be sure of that, Maria.
Just don't lose that
wonderful fire of commitment.
Either of you.
What about your commitment?
I'm going to try it
your way, my friend.
As you said,
these seeds that you
are going to test for us
Could be an extinct
species of food plant.
Maybe manco's treasure will
feed the people of Peru after all.
Seeds of change. I like it.
I argued it was my father's
and they finally agreed.
Come, we'll go to his classroom.
Maria,
your father was a
brilliant archaeologist.
How do you expect to
find something he couldn't?
I don't know. But I have to try.
Will you listen to me?
Your father was murdered
in those mountains.
I don't want to have to come
back to Peru for another funeral, ok?
MacGyver, yesterday
as I stood and watched them
lower his coffin into the grave,
I promised myself that
his dream would be fulfilled.
The people of Peru are starving.
My father believed that the treasure
of manco could be worth billions.
Billions, that the government
could use to stabilize the economy.
It could provide food,
housing, education,
for every child in Peru.
I want his dream
to become a reality.
He chased that
dream for 15 years
and it cost him his life.
And I don't want his death to
be for nothing. Don't you see?
Maria.
Believe me, I understand
what you're going through.
But you have
got to face reality.
15 years of reality.
The treasure of manco
could very well be just a myth.
My father believed
it exists. I believe.
And Enrique murdered him for
his journal, so he must believe, too.
Now, see, that's the
part I can't understand.
Why? Because we all
went to school together?
Because he has an
American education?
No, MacGyver,
Enrique is not the man
you used to go skiing with.
He's a mountain rebel who
murdered my father for his journal.
He wants to use manco's treasure
to pay for his
bloody revolution.
If that's true, if.
Then Enrique is still in
those mountains somewhere.
So is manco's treasure.
This is why my father
believed the treasure exists.
14 months ago,
he led an expedition
To the 16th century site of a
conquistador's encampment.
A Spanish general's grave
Had been uncovered by a
landslide after heavy rain.
This was found.
Along with a number of other
Incan artifacts buried with him.
The legend says that
the great chief, manco
presented the headpiece
symbolizing the garden of gold
to the one chosen
as its protector.
And your father,
he believed this
is the same one?
He spent months
studying the symbols,
making diagrams in his journal.
He believed that this headpiece
is the key to finding
the treasure of manco.
Oh, I love this kind of stuff.
Enough to help me
fulfill my father's dream?
Where do we start?
At the place where my father
and his guide were murdered.
[Thunder clapping]
Well, looks like
the end of the road.
Capitan Diaz commands
the military post here.
He found the bodies.
We'll start with him.
Maria!
That's Ramon, the
son of my father's guide.
[Thunder clapping]
[Speaks Spanish]
[Speaks Spanish]
This is my friend, MacGyver.
Ramon.
I'm sorry about your father.
Maria tells me you're
going to be our guide.
I have taken my father's
place, senor MacGyver.
There's no one better.
I'm sure there's not.
I'll bring some
horses from my home.
We can get started right away.
But first we must see capitan Diaz.
We can leave at first light tomorrow.
But he has not been able to
find where Enrique's hiding.
Well, we're not here
looking for Enrique.
It's the military's
job to bring him in.
Not if I find him first.
Ramon, our fathers
shared the same dream.
To help the people of Peru.
We're here to finish
what they began.
It's not about revenge, Ramon.
I will be here at sunrise.
And don't worry, senor MacGyver,
I won't involve you in any
of my own personal interests.
He is young. His pain is deep.
Be patient with him.
Yeah, sure.
Let's go find capitan Diaz.
My men found their
bodies here on this meseta.
Enrique's guerrilla's had
shot them in their sleep.
Now, captain,
just out of curiosity,
why are you so sure it was
Enrique's men who killed them?
Well, we found the bullets matched those
taken from a captured guerrilla's weapon.
But you are here to, what,
investigate the murders?
No, no. To continue
my father's quest
for the garden of gold.
Ah.
[Speaks Spanish]
I had, uh, great admiration
for the purpose of your
father's work, Maria,
but I have to think you
are wasting your time
chasing a treasure
that does not exist.
We have the object
of my father's research.
The proof that
the treasure exists.
We will find it.
[Sighing]
She is like her
father, full of spirit.
I wish you both well.
You will stay tonight
as my guests here?
[Speaking Spanish]
[Speaks Spanish]
[Thunder clapping]
(Maria) My father
believed that the headpiece
was the key to finding
the garden of gold.
Did he talk about these symbols,
what they might have meant?
Yes.
He was particularly
interested in what he called
"the steps to the condor."
"The steps to the condor," huh?
And what about these 2 cats?
Did he say anything about them?
I remember
transcribing for him once.
He was trying to
reconcile the symbols
With what he called, "El lugar
De la vision infinita De manco."
Whoa. What?
Manco's place
of infinite vision.
Place of infinite vision.
[Speaking Spanish]
[Luna speaking Spanish]
[Horse neighing]
[People chattering in Spanish]
[Speaking Spanish]
MacGyver?
Maria.
[Speaking Spanish]
What are you doing here?
I think we've been
kidnapped. What do you think?
[Speaks Spanish]
Murderer!
[Speaking Spanish]
I heard of your
father's death, Maria.
I have also heard that the
military has blamed it on me.
It is not true.
Oh, you expect me
to take your word?
Just like that?
It is all I have, my word.
And it is as good as when
we were friends in school.
Nothing has changed.
No, I'd say a lot has changed.
I am the same man you
knew before, MacGyver.
No.
The Enrique I knew
worked things out.
He had a real
thing about violence.
And I still do.
But sometimes an evil
and corrupted government
cannot be changed from within.
That is why I fight them
from these mountains.
And when the people have...
Oh, stop it!
Stop your high and mighty
justification for killing innocent people.
I fight the government, Maria.
The corrupt ones like Diaz.
And I did not kill your father.
He was my teacher. I loved him.
You are a liar.
Why?
Why do you think I killed him?
Because he was close to
finding manco's treasure.
There is no treasure.
We have proof.
We have the
protector's headpiece.
You believe what you
want to believe, Maria.
I believe that you killed
my father for his journal.
And I demand you
give it to me now!
I can see that my
words are not enough.
But they are all I have.
I am sorry, my friends,
that you do not believe me.
Well, you know, kidnapping your
friends does make you a little suspect.
We are at war here, MacGyver.
For all my men
knew, you were c.I.A.
Or another cocaine
trafficker here to cash in.
Cash in? You're the
one who wants to cash in.
You want to use the treasure
to fund your bloody revolution.
That's why you killed my father.
Your mind is made up.
There is nothing
left for us to discuss.
So?
Now what?
So now you are free to go.
I will miss our friendship.
Luna.
[Enrique speaking Spanish]
[Speaking Spanish]
[Laughs]
You make an early start.
Even after your
adventure last night.
We still have to accomplish
what we came for.
Ah, yes, so you do.
You know, it is a wonder
you were not killed.
Women and foreigners are not
known to be popular with the rebeldes.
Well, they were
just a little curious.
Guess we got lucky, huh?
Very lucky.
These gnats that buzz
about the mountains
can be dangerous.
But my patrols are on
their trail, we will find them.
Watch yourselves
out there, my friends.
If I had been face to face with
Enrique, I'd have killed him on the spot.
I thought we had
that settled yesterday.
Enrique lied to you.
If we find that treasure, he
will be close by to kill us for it.
But I will kill him first.
All right, listen up, Ramon.
I don't buy into guns
or vigilante justice.
Now, I can't tell you not to defend
yourself the best you know how.
But I can tell you that that
ache in your gut to kill Enrique
Is dulling your senses.
And you'd better
get a hold of it,
before you do
something you regret.
Now let's go.
I understand what
he feels, MacGyver.
Yeah, well, so do I.
But that doesn't make it right.
[People chattering]
This is it.
This is the meseta
where they were killed.
[Horse snorting]
[Birds twittering]
[Horse neighing]
Kind of a strange
place to make camp.
No protection from the wind.
It would be hard
to keep a fire going.
(Ramon) My father was too
experienced to camp on a meseta
with exposure like this.
The view is beautiful.
(Maria) Simply incredible.
Well, that could be it.
What?
Well, maybe they
were here for the view.
Place of infinite vision?
Yes.
"El lugar De la
vision infinita."
Yeah, see this?
See the lines under the 2 cats?
Mountains?
Yeah, I'd say so.
Take a look.
(MacGyver) See those 2 peaks?
They kinda look like a couple
of stretched out cats, don't they?
Those 2 peaks are
called los dos pumas.
My father and his father before
him have used them as landmarks.
Ramon,
are there any inca ruins
between here and those 2 peaks?
One. Uh, my father
called it sarra yahta.
But it's small.
It's insignificant compared to
the other ruins on these mountains.
MacGyver, you're right.
This is why our
fathers were here.
[Gun firing]
[Man shouting]
[Speaks Spanish]
[Leader speaking Spanish]
[Chuckles]
[Speaking Spanish]
[Speaking Spanish]
[Leader speaks Spanish]
[Sighing]
They took the headpiece.
(Ramon) Those were
not the army uniforms.
Those were Enrique's men.
(Maria) I told Enrique about
the headpiece last night.
He only let us go so his men
could follow us and steal it.
I will find him!
Just take it easy, Ramon.
Don't press your luck.
They will lead me to Enrique and
I will avenge my father's murder.
No, more than likely,
you'll just get yourself killed.
We can't just let
them get away with it.
If Enrique finds the treasure he'll
use it to pay for his bloody revolution.
We'll get the
headpiece back, ok?
But we'll do it my
way. You got that?
Si.
As long as your way
brings results, senor.
Capitan!
[Speaks Spanish]
[Speaking Spanish]
[Speaking Spanish]
[Diaz speaks Spanish]
[Speaks Spanish]
(Ramon) The guerrillas
were met here by more horses.
They rode off
together, that way.
Well, let's get a better look.
Enrique sent his men to
do his dirty work for him.
[Horse neighing]
[Gun cocking]
Enrique has the headpiece.
Let me see.
(Maria) You finally
know for yourself.
You can see proof of
what he has become.
I always believed him.
Because you
wanted to believe him.
What do we do now?
[Sighing]
Well, we'll get the
headpiece back
But we'll wait till after dark.
Ramon, I...
Ramon?
[People chattering in Spanish]
[Enrique screams]
[Horse neighing]
[People shouting]
Are you nuts?
[Men shouting]
Hurry!
[Hooves pounding]
[Gun fires]
[Man speaking Spanish]
[Speaking Spanish]
I thought you detested
guns, MacGyver.
I shot you.
Maria and MacGyver are
not responsible for what I did.
I see.
And what a brave,
young man you are.
You are also foolish.
And a bad shot.
Let them go!
You have me to execute
for shooting you, Enrique.
And what a prize you are, huh?
You have the
protector's headpiece.
And you still have your life.
So go. Find the
treasure. Take it.
But do not harm Ramon for this.
The murder of our father should
be enough for your revenge.
You are as blind as
this boy is brash, Maria.
Again, I did not
kill your father.
Come with me.
MacGyver,
Are these the men
who attacked you?
Yep.
Luna!
These are not my men.
They are soldiers.
Members of captain
Diaz's death squad.
We captured them on the trail.
Along with your precious
headpiece, Maria.
We have made a terrible mistake.
But I was so sure.
I don't know what to say.
(MacGyver) You might
start with an apology
After I get done with mine.
I doubted you, Enrique.
I'm sorry.
This conflict of ours
Does many terrible
things to all of us.
I'm sorry, Enrique.
I'm so sorry.
[Soldier speaking Spanish]
[Speaking Spanish]
[Speaking Spanish]
So if there is
anything to the legend,
this ruin must play
into it somehow.
This symbol here,
I've seen it at the ruin.
Can you show us?
Yes, it's just over there.
Near the cliffs.
[Speaking Spanish]
[Speaks Spanish]
Look. The symbols are identical.
Well, it looks like
a lid of some kind.
(MacGyver) Ramon, give me a
hand, see if we can slide this over.
[Grunting]
Hold on, hold on.
(Ramon) I can't see the bottom.
It's a long way down.
[Stone thuds]
A long way.
What is it?
Well, it might be a well.
No steps, no condor.
I guess this doesn't
fit into the puzzle.
What are you talking about?
Condor? Steps?
No, no. Take a look.
(MacGyver) See? Steps
leading down to a condor.
Condors nest where
no one can find them.
In the face of a cliff.
It's worth a look.
We've got steps here.
[Speaking Spanish]
Looks like they continue down.
[Speaking Spanish]
(Maria) A condor!
It's exactly like the headpiece.
I don't believe this.
[Hollow knocking sounds]
It sounds hollow behind there.
Yeah, looks like
it's been sealed, too.
[Grunting]
(Maria) This is it!
This is manco's garden of gold.
Look.
But I see no gold here.
Enrique.
Spanish?
16th century.
We're 400 years too late.
Does that mean something to you?
It's a keep book. The inca
method of bookkeeping.
These knots probably record
how much gold was in here.
Seeds?
I've planted many fields,
but I've never
seen seeds like this.
All right, wait a minute. There's
something real strange going on here.
The incas sealed this place
after the conquistadors looted it.
(Maria) That's right. That
would make no sense.
Unless there's still
something of value here.
Look. Here.
It's the same inca
goddess on the headpiece.
Except, the mouth is
different on this one.
Let me see that headpiece.
I bet you that guard was
protecting something a little bigger.
What if this was a door?
And the headpiece
is the key.
It's opening, MacGyver!
Wow.
(Ramon) These jars
must be filled with gold!
Gracias, amigos.
I would never have gotten
this far without all of you.
I am in your debt.
(Diaz) Get down from
there. Both of you.
You killed my father, you pig!
[Speaking Spanish]
Your father refused
to cooperate.
Perhaps you have
more sense than he did?
Now,
Let us see how much gold
there is in manco's garden.
My father would not
have told you anything.
How do you know
about the garden of gold?
Because he was thoughtful
enough to put it in writing.
But his journal was meaningless!
(Diaz) Until you provided
us with the headpiece.
(Maria) The gold of manco
belongs to the people!
400 years ago, perhaps.
But today, it is mine.
Seeds.
Seeds.
Where is the gold?
Seeds, seeds, seeds!
[Exclaims]
Seeds.
Why would they go through
all this trouble for seeds?
(MacGyver) Well
obviously, capitan,
you're not up on
your inca history.
Perhaps, you would like
to give me a quick lesson.
Well, uh, unless I
miss my guess here,
this idol represents
the great god,
quintano.
(Diaz) Quintano?
So what about it?
Where is my gold?
Well, now, see,
that's the tricky part.
Quintano was the
inca god of the fields.
To show respect
they brought him gold.
Tons of it.
So what does that
have to do with seeds?
Well, think about it.
The Spaniards burned their crops
And ran the incas
into these mountains.
So, they brought their seeds
to quintano to protect them.
Until the Spanish were gone.
Then, they could
replant their fields.
Yes. It makes perfect sense.
And explains the well.
What well?
There's an altar up top
with a big hole in the ground.
We thought it
was a well at first,
But obviously it
was a depository.
A gold depository?
Yeah, you bet.
See, Diaz, uh, the
incas had this... this big...
This big quintano dance.
And they'd throw all this
gold down in the hole.
Which has got to be
behind here, somewhere.
Now, how do we get behind it?
Well, the priests had to
have some way to get it out.
Then I recommend you find it.
I'll tell you what, Diaz,
You let these people
go, I'll see what I can do.
[Laughing] No,
no, no, no, senor.
You will find my gold
or you will watch
them die, one by one,
starting with that one.
You win.
An excellent choice.
Well?
What do you see? What is it?
Didn't the legend of
quintano say something about
his golden words
of enlightenment?
Yes.
That's right.
I wonder...
What does it look like I'm doing
right here, standing like this?
Looks like you are
waiting for something.
An offering of gold.
Maybe.
[Rumbling]
Well, stand on it,
put your weight to it!
[Stone rumbles]
We found it.
It's here!
I'll need a little more weight
to get it all the way open.
Somebody else want
to stand on that arm?
You do it. Get up here.
Move it!
[Diaz speaking Spanish]
We're really gonna
have to push hard.
Just like mammoth.
Both of you, put
your full weight to it.
[Stone rumbles]
It's not working. Push harder!
More, keep pushing. Come on.
- [Rumbling]
- It's coming.
The gold is coming.
[Stone rumbling]
(Diaz) It's coming!
[Laughing]
[Diaz groaning]
[Diaz yells]
[Diaz groans]
[Grunting]
(Ramon) Enrique, watch out!
Gracias, Ramon!
Well, I think we can all be grateful
to manco and his grain elevator here.
(Maria) So, the treasure of
manco isn't a garden of gold.
It's a garden of corn.
How did you know
it would do that?
It was just a matter of seeing
what the inca held most precious.
Here, take a look.
See there?
(Ramon) Stalks
of corn and plants.
Yeah, when I saw all these
seeds stored around here,
I finally realized
what this place
and that well up
top was all about.
A giant silo.
So the incas were planning
on replanting their crops.
Where did you come up
with this god, "quintano"?
I never heard of him.
(Enrique) Gene quintano.
He was our old ski
coach from mammoth.
He took us up to
the cornice once.
Almost got us killed trying
to out-run an avalanche.
But we did it.
I think we did it again.
[Speaks Spanish]
I will see that Diaz
and his death squad
are escorted to Lima
as soon as the government
agrees to a public trial.
Well, when Maria and
Ramon present their case,
I don't think they'll be
in a position to refuse.
Only this time, we will make
our accusations with facts.
Right, Ramon?
You can be sure of that, Maria.
Just don't lose that
wonderful fire of commitment.
Either of you.
What about your commitment?
I'm going to try it
your way, my friend.
As you said,
these seeds that you
are going to test for us
Could be an extinct
species of food plant.
Maybe manco's treasure will
feed the people of Peru after all.
Seeds of change. I like it.