MacGyver (1985–1992): Season 5, Episode 19 - Hearts of Steel - full transcript
Disgruntled steel-mill workers kidnap the daughter of the industrialist who put them out of work.
MacGyver, what's shakin'?
Hey, wilt, how you doing?
Just dropped by to
borrow your paper.
The paper boy chucked
mine in the bay again.
Well, that'll happen
when you live on a boat.
Aren't you a little old to
be playing ice hockey?
Listen, why don't you come out
with me some time? Skate warm-up.
- Be good for you.
- Right.
I've seen how you come
home after those games.
[Imitating old man]
You're like grandpa McCoy!
[Laughing]
Oh! Oh, dag gum it!
[Groaning]
Yeah.
- Let's go in there.
- Yeah.
♪♪[Music playing]
Oh, listen, I love this
song, one more for the road.
It's so hot.
♪ I've heard it said
that love is a drug ♪
♪ well, I can't get enough ♪
♪ I need a mainline ♪
♪ shot to the heart ♪
♪ and your lovin' touch ♪
♪ it feels oh, so good
and you're so fine ♪
♪ come on, baby, give me ♪
(Chorus) ♪ one
more for the road ♪
♪ keep me rocking
till checkout time ♪
♪ oh, sugar, give me ♪
♪ one more for the road ♪
♪ come on, give me a shot ♪
♪ I gotta hit the bricks ♪
♪ sing a little pain for
my fortune and fame ♪♪
Wasn't that fun?
Let's go check out one
of those clothing stores.
- There she is.
- Yup.
Travers said she'd be wearing a
purple leather jacket with fringes.
Let's go.
- Let's go there.
- Yeah.
Oh, these are cool.
Todd Williams would
love these on you.
No way. He doesn't even
know I'm on the planet.
You said he sat
next to you at lunch.
He's 16!
So, when he's 30,
you'll be 28. Big deal.
Oh, Lisa, I'm never
telling you anything again.
Ingrid, just look at these.
Oh, wow, they're great.
Let's try one.
Am I too cool for
school, or what?
[Giggling]
You've got your dad's
credit card. Buy it.
I'll take this one.
Can't you just hear my father?
Yeah.
[Clearing throat]
Cheap.
The shoddiest.
[People chattering]
[Ingrid and Lisa screaming]
[Screaming]
You creep! What do
you think you're doing?
Let me out of here!
You can't do this!
Open the door now!
Help me, please!
[Tires screeching]
What'd you do with my friend?
(Woodman) Charlie, Charlie.
Smart brokers
listen, they don't talk.
How many shares gets
us control of the board?
Well, ludlum's white
knight goes $60 a share,
we'll float a bond
issue and go $70.
Whatever we need
to take ludlum down.
[Scoffs]
Charlie, what do I care how
many blue collars I put out of work?
This is business.
We crush ludlum like a bug, our
stocks are gonna go through the roof.
Neil, what is it?
Can't you see I'm in the
middle of a major transaction?
Sorry to interrupt
you, Mr. Woodman,
but a messenger just
dropped this off for you.
It was marked
urgent, so I opened it.
You better have a look at this.
I'll get back to you, Charlie.
(Woodman) Someone's taken Lisa.
Oh, my god.
What are you going to do?
The note said not
to call the police.
I'm not calling the police.
[Ringing]
- Hello?
- MacGyver.
Eric woodman. Lisa's father.
Hey, Eric, how are you doing?
You're not gonna believe
this. Lisa's been kidnapped.
What?
When?
(woodman) I don't know. She
went shopping this morning
with my maid's daughter.
They've just delivered
her jacket to the house,
Along with a note saying they
will call with further instructions.
MacGyver, I need your help.
All right, if they call, you
agree with everything they say.
I'll be right over.
Uh, Neil, get Charlie
back on the phone.
Tell him to forget
the ludlum deal,
sell all the stocks
in my portfolio.
I'm gonna need all the
cash I can get my hands on.
Mr. Woodman, when word
gets out on the exchange
you've liquidated your assets,
the brokers could read
this as a panic move.
They'd be like sharks
in a feeding frenzy.
You could lose everything.
I don't care.
Get Charlie on it now.
[Birds chirping]
- MacGyver, thanks for coming.
- Hi, Eric.
You heard from the kidnappers?
Nothing so far.
Come in. Come in.
You got any idea
who these guys are?
No. All I have is this note.
My success is no secret,
though. It could be anyone.
You call the police yet?
No, the note says
they'll kill her if I do.
That's why I called you.
After the way you
handled yourself
in Switzerland with Lisa, I
knew I could trust you to help.
I'll pay you, of course, whatever
it takes. Name your price.
Eric, this isn't about
money, it's about Lisa's life.
You have to call the police.
- But they said...
- No, it doesn't matter. You call them.
Ask for lt. Rhome.
All right. Whatever you say.
Mr. MacGyver.
My Ingrid would have called
by now if she was all right.
I'm so frightened.
Take it easy, Greta.
It's gonna be ok.
Hey, who's out there?
Let me out of here, please!
- [Banging on door]
- Somebody help! Can you hear me?
Please, can you hear me?
Answer me if you can hear me.
Open the door.
Please, open the door!
Get me out of here,
please, help me.
Answer me, let me out of here!
Get me out of here, please!
Hey, I'm working on
it, ok? I'm working on it!
Please.
Oh, thank you.
Oh, god, they took my
friend. I need to get home.
Can you drive me?
Hurry, this is an emergency!
Ok, kid, ok.
(Brantley) The phone's
connected to the computer.
Ok, we're ready for the test.
All right, put the call through.
[Beeping]
All right, you're calling from
555-4566.
[Beeping]
The database at the
telephone company
Tells us your location is...
(MacGyver) Intersection
of Bronson and fairdale.
(Rhome) Bronson and fairdale?
We're online. It's
working perfectly.
Thanks, Vinnie.
Dad? Where are you? Dad?
Lisa!
- Lisa!
- Daddy!
They took Ingrid.
2 men in a Van. I
tried to stop them,
but they locked me
in a supply room.
Slow down now. Easy here.
Everything's gonna be fine.
MacGyver.
Hi, baby.
What are you doing here?
Well, I'm worrying about
you, like everybody else.
Oh, Lisa!
Oh, thank god you are safe!
And where is Ingrid?
The 2 men, I tried
to stop them...
But, they sent your
jacket to your father.
Ingrid was wearing it.
(Greta) Oh, no!
No. This can't be true.
They can't have my Ingrid.
Greta,
we'll get her back.
Um, Lisa?
I'm lt. Rhome.
Do you think you can
describe the men who took her?
Yeah, sure.
I really only got a good look
at the one who grabbed me.
He was tall, dark curly hair.
Age? Height?
I'd say in his 30s, I guess.
Not as tall as MacGyver.
Rough hands, like he
probably worked with them a lot.
Hands, fingerprints!
What fingerprints?
He left a big greasy thumbprint
on Ingrid's sunglasses.
Well, I'll be...
Way to go, Sherlock.
MacGyver, is
Phoenix still developing
that computer-imaging system?
The face-finder? You bet.
Maybe you could
run Lisa down there,
and see if you can come up
with a composite of this guy.
Will do.
[Phone ringing]
Mr. Woodman.
Now, Mr. Woodman, listen.
They may not know
they've got the wrong girl,
so tell them whatever
they want to hear,
and keep them on the line.
- All right.
- Now, hold it just a second.
[Phone continues ringing]
Hello, Eric woodman.
(Travers) $3 million, woodman.
In cash.
[Electronically distorted] Or your little
girl won't live to see her next birthday.
All right. $3 million,
whatever you say.
Where and when?
Leave the money at the
flagpole in observation park.
Midnight.
And you better be
on time, woodman,
Or the deal is off. Understand?
(Woodman) 12:00,
observation park. Right.
You will bring Lisa?
She'll be there.
Unless you do something stupid
and bring the police.
Uh, why are you doing this?
Wait... wait a minute. How
can I be sure she's still all right?
(Rhome) Damn! Not enough time.
They don't know
they've got the wrong girl.
No.
But we'll get her back.
You are gonna pay
them, aren't you, daddy?
Lisa.
Honey,
I'm afraid that's not up
to you or me to decide.
But Ingrid's my best
friend in the entire world.
Look, this whole matter
is out of my hands.
You just don't understand.
That's right. What do I know?
I'm only a kid. Who cares if
my best friend's gonna die.
Oh, now, Lisa, don't
even say such a thing.
Mr. Woodman,
I know this is a great
deal of money, I,
I couldn't even dream
of repaying you, but,
my Ingrid, she's all I have.
Well, we've just got to
be realistic here, Greta.
The police know how to
handle this sort of thing.
Are you going to give
them the $3 million?
Uh, no, sweetheart, we don't
have those kinds of resources.
We'll just have to
handle it another way.
But something could
go wrong, couldn't it?
There, you see?
Something could go wrong.
But what do you care?
You just say, "oh,
my gosh, we're sorry,"
and go home like it's
a bad day at the office.
That does it, young lady.
You go up to your room.
I hate my room!
I hate this house, and I especially
hate all your precious money!
She's upset,
but she'll be all right.
Yeah.
I'll take her down to the lab,
we'll get to work on the composite.
Good.
What are the girl's chances?
Well, right now, that's
up to the kidnappers.
(Lisa) No, they
weren't like that.
Keep trying, ok?
(MacGyver) How about those?
They were smaller, squintier.
Sort of like this.
No, no, no, not that round.
Just a little smaller.
That's it! Perfecto.
All right, let's try the mouths.
(Lisa) No, not that big.
This guy's lips were
really close together,
sort of thin.
Mean.
No lips, like Mr. Krillman.
Who?
My piano teacher. Never mind.
I'll stop you when I see it.
No, they were smaller.
No, we're talking real small.
There, that's it! Right there.
That's him, that's the guy.
This is so cool. We
did it, MacGyver.
I'm gonna post his picture all
over school and all around the mall.
I mean, maybe somebody will
recognize him and help us out.
Ok, let's get it printed out
and over to the police, huh?
[Printer whirring]
This thing's great,
yeah, well, there are
just so many combinations
of features in the world,
like the shape of your face.
It's just like your dad's.
I'd rather you didn't compare
me to him, thank you very much.
Come on, Lisa, he's
not such a bad guy.
We all get our priorities
messed up once in a while.
How can you defend him?
All he thinks about
is good old t.C.B.
Hmm?
Taking care of business.
He doesn't care what
happens to Ingrid.
No?
Then why is he risking his neck
going to that park at midnight
to get her back, huh?
He'll do anything so long as it doesn't
cost him any of his precious money.
I just have a bad feeling
this isn't gonna work out.
Do you remember when we escaped
from that boathouse
in Switzerland?
That wasn't supposed
to work out either.
But it did.
Darn you, MacGyver.
I just hate the way you
talk me into everything.
[Train horn blowing]
Woodman give you
are you kidding?
He sings a different tune
when he's on the receiving end.
[Door opening]
Well, sweetheart,
if everything goes right,
You'll be home with your
precious daddy by midnight.
What the devil!
This is not Lisa woodman!
Who are you?
My name is Ingrid.
Ingrid colberg.
Don't hurt me,
please, don't hurt me.
No.
Nobody's gonna get hurt.
What happened?
There was 2 of 'em.
You said to take the one
with the purple leather jacket.
You got the wrong girl!
They must have switched jackets.
Now what did you do
with the woodman girl?
We left her locked
up in the mall.
Damn it!
She's probably
been found by now.
Woodman's got to
be stringing us along,
just like he did when he
closed the place down on us.
Yeah, so, what do
we do with this one?
The same thing you do
when you catch the wrong fish.
You use it for bait.
(rhome) Now, Mr. Woodman,
after you make the drop,
all of my units
will hold position
Until I give go orders from
the command post. All right?
Now, we already
have men stationed
here, here, and here.
And as soon as Ingrid is safe,
I'll give the order to
seal the entire area.
We'll be watching you
from this overlook right there.
If you spot anything
suspicious, just whisper.
We'll hear everything you say.
- We ready?
- Yep.
Ross, lubash, stay here and
keep an eye on the house.
Let's move out.
Mr. MacGyver,
I pray to god that you
will bring my Ingrid home,
alive and well.
We'll do everything
we can. We promise.
Daddy,
About what I said before.
I'm sorry.
I know, sweetheart.
Be careful, ok?
Both of you.
[Door closing]
There's a note.
(Woodman) What should I do?
(Rhome) Get it
and read it to us.
All it says is observatory.
All units secure the perimeter.
Stay here. Watch the duffle bag.
[Ingrid moaning]
Ingrid.
Ingrid, I'm a friend, ok?
All right, you're gonna be ok.
Ingrid!
Oh, Mr. Woodman,
I was so scared.
They said to tell you something.
They said to tell you
that they have the leverage.
The what?
It's a market term. It
means they're in control.
Lisa.
What's recall
number for his house?
4-1.
[Phone ringing]
[Phone continues ringing]
Let's get back there.
[Police siren wailing]
Lisa!
- Are you all right?
- Yeah, I'm ok.
(Woodman) Lisa, answer me!
Lisa, where are you?
Lisa!
Ross! Are you ok?
In here!
Mom!
[Sobbing] Oh, Ingrid, my baby.
Lisa!
Where is Lisa?
They took her.
No.
No. Oh, god! No.
(MacGyver) Ingrid,
I know you're tired,
but we're gonna have to learn
everything we can about these people.
I don't remember anything.
I had on a blindfold.
Ingrid, think! Please.
All right, honey, I just
want you to relax, ok?
What we're gonna do is
pretend you're back there.
Now what do you hear?
Traffic sounds?
Uh, planes flying over?
No.
But I heard trains. I
heard lots of trains.
All right, how close?
Oh, pretty close.
There are lots of warehouses
down by the tracks.
Ingrid, um, this
place they took you to,
did it feel big?
Mmm, pretty big.
I remember we
had to go up stairs.
Was there anything special
about the stairs? Anything different?
They were steep and narrow.
And they felt funny
under my feet.
Funny, how? What,
uh, slippery, rough?
Gritty, kind of.
Not like gravel, though.
Mind if I look at
one of your shoes?
Steel shavings.
Could be from a place
where they grind metal.
Like an ironworks or scrap yard.
(Rhome) I'll get my
people right on it.
[Phone ringing]
It's from upstairs.
That's Lisa's private line.
Woodman.
Since you obviously have the
police tapped into your other line,
I convinced your little girl to
give us her private number.
You rotten scum! What have
you done with my daughter?
No, you're the scum, woodman!
I told you, no police.
But I should have known.
You never did play by the rules.
I'm not gonna
promise you anything
until I know Lisa's all right.
I want to talk to her now!
Ok.
But you remember one thing,
this may be the last
time you ever talk to her.
Daddy,
is that you?
Lisa, honey,
are you ok?
So far, but I'm scared.
Sweetheart, you'll be all right.
Just try to be calm, I'm going to
do everything they tell me to do.
The stakes just
went up, woodman.
$5 million
in unmarked cash.
And you get rid of the police.
Or she's dead.
You understand me?
I understand. Don't hurt her.
Tell me what you want me to do.
I'll get back to you.
No, tell me now! I want my...
[Phone disconnects]
I wish I'd known
about this phone.
I'll have it rigged right away.
No.
I'm handling this myself.
I've got to do exactly
what they say. No police.
Eric,
the police are the only
ones who can help you.
Well, then let 'em do it
from somewhere else.
The police station, anywhere.
From now on, I am doing exactly
what the kidnappers tell me.
[Sighing]
Why are you doing this? Why?
You want to know
why? This is why.
This is why.
(Travers) You see this place?
400 men used to work here,
Turning out 900
tons of steel a day.
3 shifts going around the clock.
And it's all gone.
What happened?
Your father is what happened.
He promised he'd keep the
mill open after he bought us out,
but he shut us down
with one phone call.
Why would he do that?
Because he didn't give a damn!
It's all a numbers
game to sharks like him.
What your father did,
We all paid for.
Now he's going to pay.
Easy, watch it!
I'm getting very tired of
you guys pushing me around!
You shut your mouth, kid!
Look, kidnapping me isn't
going to change anything.
Just let me go.
I'll ask my dad to give all
those jobs back. I promise.
A woodman promise
isn't worth the powder
it'd take to blow him to hell.
Mike.
Mike.
You let her see our faces.
She can I.D. All of us.
She won't get the chance.
Wait a minute.
What are you sayin'?
I'm saying it's too late.
All that matters now is
making woodman pay.
And believe me,
He is gonna pay.
$3,990,000, 10 makes $4 million.
Bank should have the other million
arranged for pickup within the hour.
Good.
I just talked to lt. Rhome.
The sunglasses and
the composite paid off.
They I.D.'D a guy named
kirk Delaney.
- You ever heard of him?
- No, never.
Well, he has a record for assault
tied to a steelworkers' strike
About 5 years ago.
You say that as if it
may be significant.
Yeah, well, steelworkers
work in steel mills.
The metal tracings I found on
Ingrid could be from a steel mill.
The police are checking that?
Yeah, yeah, they are.
But you remember last night?
The kidnapper said that...
Well, you never
played by the rules.
And then they gave Ingrid
that business phrase that
let you know they had Lisa.
You mean about having
leverage. What about it?
Well, I don't know, it just...
It sounds like they're
trying to make it personal.
Is there a chance we're dealing with
someone you've done business with?
How should I know? I'm...
I'm always making deals.
Do those deals sometimes
produce enemies?
MacGyver, I'm in a
cutthroat business.
That comes with the territory.
Well, does that territory
include steel mills?
What about breland steel?
You shut that down last year.
Hmm, that was a
leverage buy-out.
I never even set
foot in the place.
And the chairman of the
board wasn't very happy.
After the shutdown, I had to
have him physically removed
From the plant
a couple of times.
(Woodman) Travers, that's right.
A real hot head.
He was the founder, but he
couldn't see the writing on the wall.
Breland steel was just a
dog I put out of its misery.
But, I gave everyone
3 months severance.
It was more than fair.
Yeah, well,
a man spending his whole
life trying to build a company
might not agree.
It was good business.
Yeah, I'm sure.
Listen, I'm gonna
run out to breland.
You want to call lt. Rhome,
tell him to meet me there?
Sure. Whatever you say.
Call the bank.
Make sure that other
million's gonna be ready.
You know that
liquidating like this
leaves you highly
vulnerable to a takeover?
What other choice do I have?
[Phone ringing]
Woodman here.
Do you have any idea
who this is, woodman?
Should I?
Only you could destroy
a man's entire life
and never look him in the eye.
It's Mike Travers.
Formerly of breland steel.
Now I'm telling you that
because your
daughter saw my face,
and it may be the last
thing she'll ever see.
Travers.
Don't hurt Lisa, please.
I'll have your money together
within the hour, all $5 million.
Good.
Now I want you to
bring it to the steel mill,
so you can see for
yourself what you destroyed.
I'll be there.
Alone, woodman.
Or you'll never see
your little girl again.
Mr. Woodman, what
are you going to do?
- Exactly what they told me.
- But what about the police?
Forget the police,
I'm going alone.
If Travers catches MacGyver
poking his nose around there,
he's going to kill my daughter.
(Delaney) Look, molenski and
me agreed to this whole thing
To help the men.
(Travers) This
will help the men.
There's no other way now.
Come on, Mike, gettin' money
out of woodman's one thing,
but you never said anything
about killin' anybody.
I know,
But we've got no choice.
(Molenski) How do we know
he's not bringing the cops, huh?
(Travers) Because I've got
woodman running scared.
We're in control now.
(Delaney) I still don't like it.
This is the only
way it's gonna work.
Now, you stay here
and watch the kid.
So why don't you bring the car
around here to the scrap bay?
I'll watch for woodman.
- When we're through with him, I don't want to hang around.
- Ok.
[Groans]
The guy you knocked
down's got the key!
Delaney!
Woodman is pulling
up at the gate.
Bring the girl.
Delaney? Do you hear me?
Delaney?
(Travers) I don't
believe that guy.
Let's go. Your father's here.
(Travers) Come on, kid, now!
I'm coming, don't rush me!
(Molenski) Hey, what is this?
Get me down from here!
(Travers) What the
hell's going on here? Hey!
(Molenski) Hey,
Travers, do something!
Daddy, daddy!
- Lisa!
- Daddy!
- [Gun firing]
- Stop right there, kid!
Or I'll kill you
both, right now.
I swear!
Let her go.
I have your money
right here, sir.
Here's $5 million.
(Woodman) Let her go, now.
You think you can buy
anything, don't you woodman?
All I want is my
daughter's life.
Please.
What about the lives of the
400 families you destroyed?
- What are you willing to pay for those?
- Travers, no!
Don't do it! Please.
It's not worth it.
It's not gonna change anything.
I say it is!
Then you're gonna
have to kill all of us,
and I don't think
you're that kind of man.
That $5 million is
going to the men,
their families.
Those people don't
want blood money.
They want an honest day's work.
If you go through with
this, there's no way
this place is ever
gonna run again.
But if you give up now,
there's still a chance
it can be reopened.
Right?
Listen to him, daddy.
If all those men
hadn't lost their jobs,
none of this would
have happened.
Isn't that right?
Well, the place can
be reopened, Travers.
I-I'll get my people
on it immediately.
Sure you will.
Is that another one of those
great woodman promises?
You're gonna have to trust him.
Just like we have to trust you.
Daddy.
All right, get them out of here.
Lieutenant, I want to
thank you for everything.
I'm sorry if I got a
little crazy before.
Hey, forget it.
So, how long
you think it'll take
Before you get this
place open again?
Well,
I'm not really sure
if that's possible.
But you promised him all those
men would get their jobs back.
Sweetheart, I'd have promised
anything to get you back.
You lied to him!
Just like you
lied to him before.
Daddy, can't you
see what that does?
You can't just say anything you
want to make things go your way.
Sounds like pretty good advice.
All right, I'll look into it.
Look into it?
All right, I'll do it.
Thank you, daddy. I love you.
Lisa, I love you, too.
Hey, wilt, how you doing?
Just dropped by to
borrow your paper.
The paper boy chucked
mine in the bay again.
Well, that'll happen
when you live on a boat.
Aren't you a little old to
be playing ice hockey?
Listen, why don't you come out
with me some time? Skate warm-up.
- Be good for you.
- Right.
I've seen how you come
home after those games.
[Imitating old man]
You're like grandpa McCoy!
[Laughing]
Oh! Oh, dag gum it!
[Groaning]
Yeah.
- Let's go in there.
- Yeah.
♪♪[Music playing]
Oh, listen, I love this
song, one more for the road.
It's so hot.
♪ I've heard it said
that love is a drug ♪
♪ well, I can't get enough ♪
♪ I need a mainline ♪
♪ shot to the heart ♪
♪ and your lovin' touch ♪
♪ it feels oh, so good
and you're so fine ♪
♪ come on, baby, give me ♪
(Chorus) ♪ one
more for the road ♪
♪ keep me rocking
till checkout time ♪
♪ oh, sugar, give me ♪
♪ one more for the road ♪
♪ come on, give me a shot ♪
♪ I gotta hit the bricks ♪
♪ sing a little pain for
my fortune and fame ♪♪
Wasn't that fun?
Let's go check out one
of those clothing stores.
- There she is.
- Yup.
Travers said she'd be wearing a
purple leather jacket with fringes.
Let's go.
- Let's go there.
- Yeah.
Oh, these are cool.
Todd Williams would
love these on you.
No way. He doesn't even
know I'm on the planet.
You said he sat
next to you at lunch.
He's 16!
So, when he's 30,
you'll be 28. Big deal.
Oh, Lisa, I'm never
telling you anything again.
Ingrid, just look at these.
Oh, wow, they're great.
Let's try one.
Am I too cool for
school, or what?
[Giggling]
You've got your dad's
credit card. Buy it.
I'll take this one.
Can't you just hear my father?
Yeah.
[Clearing throat]
Cheap.
The shoddiest.
[People chattering]
[Ingrid and Lisa screaming]
[Screaming]
You creep! What do
you think you're doing?
Let me out of here!
You can't do this!
Open the door now!
Help me, please!
[Tires screeching]
What'd you do with my friend?
(Woodman) Charlie, Charlie.
Smart brokers
listen, they don't talk.
How many shares gets
us control of the board?
Well, ludlum's white
knight goes $60 a share,
we'll float a bond
issue and go $70.
Whatever we need
to take ludlum down.
[Scoffs]
Charlie, what do I care how
many blue collars I put out of work?
This is business.
We crush ludlum like a bug, our
stocks are gonna go through the roof.
Neil, what is it?
Can't you see I'm in the
middle of a major transaction?
Sorry to interrupt
you, Mr. Woodman,
but a messenger just
dropped this off for you.
It was marked
urgent, so I opened it.
You better have a look at this.
I'll get back to you, Charlie.
(Woodman) Someone's taken Lisa.
Oh, my god.
What are you going to do?
The note said not
to call the police.
I'm not calling the police.
[Ringing]
- Hello?
- MacGyver.
Eric woodman. Lisa's father.
Hey, Eric, how are you doing?
You're not gonna believe
this. Lisa's been kidnapped.
What?
When?
(woodman) I don't know. She
went shopping this morning
with my maid's daughter.
They've just delivered
her jacket to the house,
Along with a note saying they
will call with further instructions.
MacGyver, I need your help.
All right, if they call, you
agree with everything they say.
I'll be right over.
Uh, Neil, get Charlie
back on the phone.
Tell him to forget
the ludlum deal,
sell all the stocks
in my portfolio.
I'm gonna need all the
cash I can get my hands on.
Mr. Woodman, when word
gets out on the exchange
you've liquidated your assets,
the brokers could read
this as a panic move.
They'd be like sharks
in a feeding frenzy.
You could lose everything.
I don't care.
Get Charlie on it now.
[Birds chirping]
- MacGyver, thanks for coming.
- Hi, Eric.
You heard from the kidnappers?
Nothing so far.
Come in. Come in.
You got any idea
who these guys are?
No. All I have is this note.
My success is no secret,
though. It could be anyone.
You call the police yet?
No, the note says
they'll kill her if I do.
That's why I called you.
After the way you
handled yourself
in Switzerland with Lisa, I
knew I could trust you to help.
I'll pay you, of course, whatever
it takes. Name your price.
Eric, this isn't about
money, it's about Lisa's life.
You have to call the police.
- But they said...
- No, it doesn't matter. You call them.
Ask for lt. Rhome.
All right. Whatever you say.
Mr. MacGyver.
My Ingrid would have called
by now if she was all right.
I'm so frightened.
Take it easy, Greta.
It's gonna be ok.
Hey, who's out there?
Let me out of here, please!
- [Banging on door]
- Somebody help! Can you hear me?
Please, can you hear me?
Answer me if you can hear me.
Open the door.
Please, open the door!
Get me out of here,
please, help me.
Answer me, let me out of here!
Get me out of here, please!
Hey, I'm working on
it, ok? I'm working on it!
Please.
Oh, thank you.
Oh, god, they took my
friend. I need to get home.
Can you drive me?
Hurry, this is an emergency!
Ok, kid, ok.
(Brantley) The phone's
connected to the computer.
Ok, we're ready for the test.
All right, put the call through.
[Beeping]
All right, you're calling from
555-4566.
[Beeping]
The database at the
telephone company
Tells us your location is...
(MacGyver) Intersection
of Bronson and fairdale.
(Rhome) Bronson and fairdale?
We're online. It's
working perfectly.
Thanks, Vinnie.
Dad? Where are you? Dad?
Lisa!
- Lisa!
- Daddy!
They took Ingrid.
2 men in a Van. I
tried to stop them,
but they locked me
in a supply room.
Slow down now. Easy here.
Everything's gonna be fine.
MacGyver.
Hi, baby.
What are you doing here?
Well, I'm worrying about
you, like everybody else.
Oh, Lisa!
Oh, thank god you are safe!
And where is Ingrid?
The 2 men, I tried
to stop them...
But, they sent your
jacket to your father.
Ingrid was wearing it.
(Greta) Oh, no!
No. This can't be true.
They can't have my Ingrid.
Greta,
we'll get her back.
Um, Lisa?
I'm lt. Rhome.
Do you think you can
describe the men who took her?
Yeah, sure.
I really only got a good look
at the one who grabbed me.
He was tall, dark curly hair.
Age? Height?
I'd say in his 30s, I guess.
Not as tall as MacGyver.
Rough hands, like he
probably worked with them a lot.
Hands, fingerprints!
What fingerprints?
He left a big greasy thumbprint
on Ingrid's sunglasses.
Well, I'll be...
Way to go, Sherlock.
MacGyver, is
Phoenix still developing
that computer-imaging system?
The face-finder? You bet.
Maybe you could
run Lisa down there,
and see if you can come up
with a composite of this guy.
Will do.
[Phone ringing]
Mr. Woodman.
Now, Mr. Woodman, listen.
They may not know
they've got the wrong girl,
so tell them whatever
they want to hear,
and keep them on the line.
- All right.
- Now, hold it just a second.
[Phone continues ringing]
Hello, Eric woodman.
(Travers) $3 million, woodman.
In cash.
[Electronically distorted] Or your little
girl won't live to see her next birthday.
All right. $3 million,
whatever you say.
Where and when?
Leave the money at the
flagpole in observation park.
Midnight.
And you better be
on time, woodman,
Or the deal is off. Understand?
(Woodman) 12:00,
observation park. Right.
You will bring Lisa?
She'll be there.
Unless you do something stupid
and bring the police.
Uh, why are you doing this?
Wait... wait a minute. How
can I be sure she's still all right?
(Rhome) Damn! Not enough time.
They don't know
they've got the wrong girl.
No.
But we'll get her back.
You are gonna pay
them, aren't you, daddy?
Lisa.
Honey,
I'm afraid that's not up
to you or me to decide.
But Ingrid's my best
friend in the entire world.
Look, this whole matter
is out of my hands.
You just don't understand.
That's right. What do I know?
I'm only a kid. Who cares if
my best friend's gonna die.
Oh, now, Lisa, don't
even say such a thing.
Mr. Woodman,
I know this is a great
deal of money, I,
I couldn't even dream
of repaying you, but,
my Ingrid, she's all I have.
Well, we've just got to
be realistic here, Greta.
The police know how to
handle this sort of thing.
Are you going to give
them the $3 million?
Uh, no, sweetheart, we don't
have those kinds of resources.
We'll just have to
handle it another way.
But something could
go wrong, couldn't it?
There, you see?
Something could go wrong.
But what do you care?
You just say, "oh,
my gosh, we're sorry,"
and go home like it's
a bad day at the office.
That does it, young lady.
You go up to your room.
I hate my room!
I hate this house, and I especially
hate all your precious money!
She's upset,
but she'll be all right.
Yeah.
I'll take her down to the lab,
we'll get to work on the composite.
Good.
What are the girl's chances?
Well, right now, that's
up to the kidnappers.
(Lisa) No, they
weren't like that.
Keep trying, ok?
(MacGyver) How about those?
They were smaller, squintier.
Sort of like this.
No, no, no, not that round.
Just a little smaller.
That's it! Perfecto.
All right, let's try the mouths.
(Lisa) No, not that big.
This guy's lips were
really close together,
sort of thin.
Mean.
No lips, like Mr. Krillman.
Who?
My piano teacher. Never mind.
I'll stop you when I see it.
No, they were smaller.
No, we're talking real small.
There, that's it! Right there.
That's him, that's the guy.
This is so cool. We
did it, MacGyver.
I'm gonna post his picture all
over school and all around the mall.
I mean, maybe somebody will
recognize him and help us out.
Ok, let's get it printed out
and over to the police, huh?
[Printer whirring]
This thing's great,
yeah, well, there are
just so many combinations
of features in the world,
like the shape of your face.
It's just like your dad's.
I'd rather you didn't compare
me to him, thank you very much.
Come on, Lisa, he's
not such a bad guy.
We all get our priorities
messed up once in a while.
How can you defend him?
All he thinks about
is good old t.C.B.
Hmm?
Taking care of business.
He doesn't care what
happens to Ingrid.
No?
Then why is he risking his neck
going to that park at midnight
to get her back, huh?
He'll do anything so long as it doesn't
cost him any of his precious money.
I just have a bad feeling
this isn't gonna work out.
Do you remember when we escaped
from that boathouse
in Switzerland?
That wasn't supposed
to work out either.
But it did.
Darn you, MacGyver.
I just hate the way you
talk me into everything.
[Train horn blowing]
Woodman give you
are you kidding?
He sings a different tune
when he's on the receiving end.
[Door opening]
Well, sweetheart,
if everything goes right,
You'll be home with your
precious daddy by midnight.
What the devil!
This is not Lisa woodman!
Who are you?
My name is Ingrid.
Ingrid colberg.
Don't hurt me,
please, don't hurt me.
No.
Nobody's gonna get hurt.
What happened?
There was 2 of 'em.
You said to take the one
with the purple leather jacket.
You got the wrong girl!
They must have switched jackets.
Now what did you do
with the woodman girl?
We left her locked
up in the mall.
Damn it!
She's probably
been found by now.
Woodman's got to
be stringing us along,
just like he did when he
closed the place down on us.
Yeah, so, what do
we do with this one?
The same thing you do
when you catch the wrong fish.
You use it for bait.
(rhome) Now, Mr. Woodman,
after you make the drop,
all of my units
will hold position
Until I give go orders from
the command post. All right?
Now, we already
have men stationed
here, here, and here.
And as soon as Ingrid is safe,
I'll give the order to
seal the entire area.
We'll be watching you
from this overlook right there.
If you spot anything
suspicious, just whisper.
We'll hear everything you say.
- We ready?
- Yep.
Ross, lubash, stay here and
keep an eye on the house.
Let's move out.
Mr. MacGyver,
I pray to god that you
will bring my Ingrid home,
alive and well.
We'll do everything
we can. We promise.
Daddy,
About what I said before.
I'm sorry.
I know, sweetheart.
Be careful, ok?
Both of you.
[Door closing]
There's a note.
(Woodman) What should I do?
(Rhome) Get it
and read it to us.
All it says is observatory.
All units secure the perimeter.
Stay here. Watch the duffle bag.
[Ingrid moaning]
Ingrid.
Ingrid, I'm a friend, ok?
All right, you're gonna be ok.
Ingrid!
Oh, Mr. Woodman,
I was so scared.
They said to tell you something.
They said to tell you
that they have the leverage.
The what?
It's a market term. It
means they're in control.
Lisa.
What's recall
number for his house?
4-1.
[Phone ringing]
[Phone continues ringing]
Let's get back there.
[Police siren wailing]
Lisa!
- Are you all right?
- Yeah, I'm ok.
(Woodman) Lisa, answer me!
Lisa, where are you?
Lisa!
Ross! Are you ok?
In here!
Mom!
[Sobbing] Oh, Ingrid, my baby.
Lisa!
Where is Lisa?
They took her.
No.
No. Oh, god! No.
(MacGyver) Ingrid,
I know you're tired,
but we're gonna have to learn
everything we can about these people.
I don't remember anything.
I had on a blindfold.
Ingrid, think! Please.
All right, honey, I just
want you to relax, ok?
What we're gonna do is
pretend you're back there.
Now what do you hear?
Traffic sounds?
Uh, planes flying over?
No.
But I heard trains. I
heard lots of trains.
All right, how close?
Oh, pretty close.
There are lots of warehouses
down by the tracks.
Ingrid, um, this
place they took you to,
did it feel big?
Mmm, pretty big.
I remember we
had to go up stairs.
Was there anything special
about the stairs? Anything different?
They were steep and narrow.
And they felt funny
under my feet.
Funny, how? What,
uh, slippery, rough?
Gritty, kind of.
Not like gravel, though.
Mind if I look at
one of your shoes?
Steel shavings.
Could be from a place
where they grind metal.
Like an ironworks or scrap yard.
(Rhome) I'll get my
people right on it.
[Phone ringing]
It's from upstairs.
That's Lisa's private line.
Woodman.
Since you obviously have the
police tapped into your other line,
I convinced your little girl to
give us her private number.
You rotten scum! What have
you done with my daughter?
No, you're the scum, woodman!
I told you, no police.
But I should have known.
You never did play by the rules.
I'm not gonna
promise you anything
until I know Lisa's all right.
I want to talk to her now!
Ok.
But you remember one thing,
this may be the last
time you ever talk to her.
Daddy,
is that you?
Lisa, honey,
are you ok?
So far, but I'm scared.
Sweetheart, you'll be all right.
Just try to be calm, I'm going to
do everything they tell me to do.
The stakes just
went up, woodman.
$5 million
in unmarked cash.
And you get rid of the police.
Or she's dead.
You understand me?
I understand. Don't hurt her.
Tell me what you want me to do.
I'll get back to you.
No, tell me now! I want my...
[Phone disconnects]
I wish I'd known
about this phone.
I'll have it rigged right away.
No.
I'm handling this myself.
I've got to do exactly
what they say. No police.
Eric,
the police are the only
ones who can help you.
Well, then let 'em do it
from somewhere else.
The police station, anywhere.
From now on, I am doing exactly
what the kidnappers tell me.
[Sighing]
Why are you doing this? Why?
You want to know
why? This is why.
This is why.
(Travers) You see this place?
400 men used to work here,
Turning out 900
tons of steel a day.
3 shifts going around the clock.
And it's all gone.
What happened?
Your father is what happened.
He promised he'd keep the
mill open after he bought us out,
but he shut us down
with one phone call.
Why would he do that?
Because he didn't give a damn!
It's all a numbers
game to sharks like him.
What your father did,
We all paid for.
Now he's going to pay.
Easy, watch it!
I'm getting very tired of
you guys pushing me around!
You shut your mouth, kid!
Look, kidnapping me isn't
going to change anything.
Just let me go.
I'll ask my dad to give all
those jobs back. I promise.
A woodman promise
isn't worth the powder
it'd take to blow him to hell.
Mike.
Mike.
You let her see our faces.
She can I.D. All of us.
She won't get the chance.
Wait a minute.
What are you sayin'?
I'm saying it's too late.
All that matters now is
making woodman pay.
And believe me,
He is gonna pay.
$3,990,000, 10 makes $4 million.
Bank should have the other million
arranged for pickup within the hour.
Good.
I just talked to lt. Rhome.
The sunglasses and
the composite paid off.
They I.D.'D a guy named
kirk Delaney.
- You ever heard of him?
- No, never.
Well, he has a record for assault
tied to a steelworkers' strike
About 5 years ago.
You say that as if it
may be significant.
Yeah, well, steelworkers
work in steel mills.
The metal tracings I found on
Ingrid could be from a steel mill.
The police are checking that?
Yeah, yeah, they are.
But you remember last night?
The kidnapper said that...
Well, you never
played by the rules.
And then they gave Ingrid
that business phrase that
let you know they had Lisa.
You mean about having
leverage. What about it?
Well, I don't know, it just...
It sounds like they're
trying to make it personal.
Is there a chance we're dealing with
someone you've done business with?
How should I know? I'm...
I'm always making deals.
Do those deals sometimes
produce enemies?
MacGyver, I'm in a
cutthroat business.
That comes with the territory.
Well, does that territory
include steel mills?
What about breland steel?
You shut that down last year.
Hmm, that was a
leverage buy-out.
I never even set
foot in the place.
And the chairman of the
board wasn't very happy.
After the shutdown, I had to
have him physically removed
From the plant
a couple of times.
(Woodman) Travers, that's right.
A real hot head.
He was the founder, but he
couldn't see the writing on the wall.
Breland steel was just a
dog I put out of its misery.
But, I gave everyone
3 months severance.
It was more than fair.
Yeah, well,
a man spending his whole
life trying to build a company
might not agree.
It was good business.
Yeah, I'm sure.
Listen, I'm gonna
run out to breland.
You want to call lt. Rhome,
tell him to meet me there?
Sure. Whatever you say.
Call the bank.
Make sure that other
million's gonna be ready.
You know that
liquidating like this
leaves you highly
vulnerable to a takeover?
What other choice do I have?
[Phone ringing]
Woodman here.
Do you have any idea
who this is, woodman?
Should I?
Only you could destroy
a man's entire life
and never look him in the eye.
It's Mike Travers.
Formerly of breland steel.
Now I'm telling you that
because your
daughter saw my face,
and it may be the last
thing she'll ever see.
Travers.
Don't hurt Lisa, please.
I'll have your money together
within the hour, all $5 million.
Good.
Now I want you to
bring it to the steel mill,
so you can see for
yourself what you destroyed.
I'll be there.
Alone, woodman.
Or you'll never see
your little girl again.
Mr. Woodman, what
are you going to do?
- Exactly what they told me.
- But what about the police?
Forget the police,
I'm going alone.
If Travers catches MacGyver
poking his nose around there,
he's going to kill my daughter.
(Delaney) Look, molenski and
me agreed to this whole thing
To help the men.
(Travers) This
will help the men.
There's no other way now.
Come on, Mike, gettin' money
out of woodman's one thing,
but you never said anything
about killin' anybody.
I know,
But we've got no choice.
(Molenski) How do we know
he's not bringing the cops, huh?
(Travers) Because I've got
woodman running scared.
We're in control now.
(Delaney) I still don't like it.
This is the only
way it's gonna work.
Now, you stay here
and watch the kid.
So why don't you bring the car
around here to the scrap bay?
I'll watch for woodman.
- When we're through with him, I don't want to hang around.
- Ok.
[Groans]
The guy you knocked
down's got the key!
Delaney!
Woodman is pulling
up at the gate.
Bring the girl.
Delaney? Do you hear me?
Delaney?
(Travers) I don't
believe that guy.
Let's go. Your father's here.
(Travers) Come on, kid, now!
I'm coming, don't rush me!
(Molenski) Hey, what is this?
Get me down from here!
(Travers) What the
hell's going on here? Hey!
(Molenski) Hey,
Travers, do something!
Daddy, daddy!
- Lisa!
- Daddy!
- [Gun firing]
- Stop right there, kid!
Or I'll kill you
both, right now.
I swear!
Let her go.
I have your money
right here, sir.
Here's $5 million.
(Woodman) Let her go, now.
You think you can buy
anything, don't you woodman?
All I want is my
daughter's life.
Please.
What about the lives of the
400 families you destroyed?
- What are you willing to pay for those?
- Travers, no!
Don't do it! Please.
It's not worth it.
It's not gonna change anything.
I say it is!
Then you're gonna
have to kill all of us,
and I don't think
you're that kind of man.
That $5 million is
going to the men,
their families.
Those people don't
want blood money.
They want an honest day's work.
If you go through with
this, there's no way
this place is ever
gonna run again.
But if you give up now,
there's still a chance
it can be reopened.
Right?
Listen to him, daddy.
If all those men
hadn't lost their jobs,
none of this would
have happened.
Isn't that right?
Well, the place can
be reopened, Travers.
I-I'll get my people
on it immediately.
Sure you will.
Is that another one of those
great woodman promises?
You're gonna have to trust him.
Just like we have to trust you.
Daddy.
All right, get them out of here.
Lieutenant, I want to
thank you for everything.
I'm sorry if I got a
little crazy before.
Hey, forget it.
So, how long
you think it'll take
Before you get this
place open again?
Well,
I'm not really sure
if that's possible.
But you promised him all those
men would get their jobs back.
Sweetheart, I'd have promised
anything to get you back.
You lied to him!
Just like you
lied to him before.
Daddy, can't you
see what that does?
You can't just say anything you
want to make things go your way.
Sounds like pretty good advice.
All right, I'll look into it.
Look into it?
All right, I'll do it.
Thank you, daddy. I love you.
Lisa, I love you, too.