MacGyver (1985–1992): Season 5, Episode 5 - Second Chance - full transcript

MacGyver! Here it is!

- Get it checked out.
- Ok. Thank you.

The new dialysis machine.

Yeah, see? I told
you not to worry, doc.

Yeah, I should have known.

The Phoenix foundation
has never let me down before.

Yup, yup, yup,
yup, now, now, now, now.

Mr. Colton.

Take care of that, will you?

- Hey, Jesse.
- Hey.

How was the flight?



Flying coach and eating
off of my lap for 17 hours

Ain't no day at the beach.

Jesse Colton, I want you
to meet Dr. Sumlee triwai.

Are you the doctor that's
been treating my lady?

- Yes.
- How is she?

I'm sorry, Mr. Colton.

Wanda tran was
very ill for a long time

Before Mr. MacGyver found
her and brought her to the clinic.

She died late
yesterday afternoon.

Your plane was
already in the air.

There was no way
to let you know.

Damn.

It's been 15 years since
they pulled my unit out of nam.

I had to leave her behind.



I've been searching
all these years.

Why should I
suddenly get lucky now?

I'm sorry, Jesse.

Uh, there's something else.

You have a son.

A son?

A 15-year-old boy named Willie.

You're telling me this
kid is 15 years old?

Well, like I told you, man, that's
about how long I've been out of nam.

For 15 years.

So?

So she had a kid.

That doesn't necessarily
make me daddy warbucks.

Hey, man, she could
have met somebody else.

Jesse,

she told me Willie is your kid.

It was a lousy war.

Screwed everybody up.

Hey, shut him up, will you?

Come on, Gus, come on.

Hustle, throw it in
there. Come on, that's it. All right.

Come on, come on,
come on, come on.

Hey, now, hold the phone.
Now, wait a minute here.

Now, you're not taking off
without a little bit of profit

to show for all
our work, are you?

Now you go on back there
and get your hands full.

Go on, or I'll feed you to
the sharks, you little slime.

Come on, let's go!

That's the way it's done,
my boy. That's the way.

- Is that it?
- Yeah.

We're out of here. Let's go!

All right, go!

There you go, Suzie.
It's a work of art.

Just in time.

The old one broke
down yesterday.

Am I going to be
attached to it all the time?

Not all the time, Suzie.

Just for a 3-hour
treatment every other day.

And when I get to america,

and you give me that new
kidney you promised me,

MacGyver,

will I be able to play,

and go to school,

And do all the
things I used to do?

Yeah.

That's right.

Ta-da!

That's what happens
when you eat too much.

Nothing here, nothing there.

Whoa! Is something
in there? Let me see.

Whoa!

Look at this!

That's it, folks.

That's all I know is 3 tricks,
and you've seen 'em all.

Bye!

Bye!

Have you ever considered giving up
bounty hunting and going on the stage?

Once. When this, uh,
dude I was tracking

Threw me out a 6th floor window.

All right.

So, the Phoenix foundation
is gonna fly the sick kids

To america for treatment?

No, just Suzie and the 5
emergency cases in here.

As soon as the
visas come through.

Well, this ain't the
middle ages, folks.

They can get those
kind of operations here

as well as anywhere else.

Not amerasians, Mr. Colton.

They are very low-priority when it
comes to expensive, lifesaving operations.

Half-Asian, half-American,
they are treated as outcasts.

They have nowhere else to
turn, except to private institutions

like the Phoenix foundation
and other charities.

What about the others?
The, uh, kids in the street?

Good question.

May the lord receive
her into his peace,

And raise up her
body on the last day.

Amen.

I will keep my promise to you.

I will put a headstone
on your grave,

like all the rich people have.

I swear it, mama.

Willie?

This is Jesse Colton.

While my mother was in the bed

waiting for god to
take her to heaven,

she told me my father
was coming to Bangkok.

Are you my father?

I can see in your face
that you are my father.

Can you not see in my
face that I am your son?

Go easy on me, boy.

I never knew about you.

This is kind of scary.

Then you are my father?

I guess so.

You slime!

Willie?

Well, I'll be a son of...

That kid stole my wallet!

Willie!

Oh, forget it!

Forget it, man,
forget it. Let him go.

I guess it's plain he didn't wanna
have anything to do with me, huh?

He didn't get very much.

My mama taught me

Never to keep a picture of
Andrew Jackson in your wallet.

Now, you
come back soon, folks.

Bring your money, all right? Come
in, sir. Come right this way, pal.

Ok, got some great deals
for you. Step right up.

See that man right there.
He'll take good care of you.

Whatever
you need, we got.

Whatever you don't, we've got
that, too. Heck, we've got it all.

Come right over here, sir. Yes,
sir, I got some great deals for you.

Oh, step this way,
ma'am. You'll like it, too.

then we're gonna talk
cash discount, all right?

Where else can you find merchandise
like this at such bargain prices?

It's a steal, folks,
I tell you, a steal.

Now, go in there and take a look
around. We got a lot more stuff, sir.

Ringe, show these
people what we got.

Typewriters, tapes,
videos, you name it.

You like that motorcycle, kid?

You got the money, you got
it. We got lots more to look at.

Socks, we got acrylic, nylon,
all kinds of socks up there.

More sneakers, more...
You like those ties, ma'am?

Your husband would
look great in those.

We got more sandals, too. Ringe,
I told you to keep these tapes neat!

- Skinner.
- You looking for a meal, kid?

The garbage pails
are out on the pier.

A friend told me that you sell
things. And that you buy things also.

- Yes, that's right. Get on with it.
- I found this on the street.

You found it? Sure you did, kid.

So what happened to the money?

There was none. Only the cards.

They say credit cards
are worth money.

"Jesse Colton."

Seems this Colton person had some
connection with the Phoenix clinic.

- That mean anything to you?
- No.

How much will you give for it?

Ordinarily, not much.

But you're lucky,
my boy. 200 baht.

Maybe even 5.

500?

Sure, kid, sure.

But it's not that easy.

Something you got to do first.

Hi, MacGyver. Look at me.

I'm flying.

Yeah, it's a piece of cake, huh?

It's fantastic. Look at
how good she looks.

You're going to
be all right, Suzie.

Of course I am,

With you and MacGyver
to look after me.

Yep, see? That's
what friends are for.

We have a problem with
the embassy, MacGyver.

What, the kids' visas again?

Yes. They still
haven't issued them.

If we don't have them
by at least noon tomorrow,

you'll have to postpone
the flight again.

These kids are sick,
and they're getting sicker.

Don't those people
understand that?

Baan jar, number
10, poi dang road.

Yeah, got it.

Any other stonecutters
in the area?

Thanks.

Hey, I didn't think you were
interested in tracking Willie down.

It's not the kid,
it's the credit cards.

- You know what a hassle it is trying to get new ones?
- Oh, yeah, sure.

So what'd you come up with?

5 headstone cutters I gotta
check out. Wanna come along?

If you're not busy.

Yeah, sure.

Just got a quick stop
to make along the way.

Look, MacGyver, you
have to understand.

The Thai government isn't very
sympathetic to your amerasians.

They're your
amerasians, too, rog.

The point is, there are
some in the government

who don't like the idea of being
shown up by the Phoenix foundation.

You wanna spell that out for me?

It's simple enough, isn't it?

Flying those kids back to the
states for medical procedures

is a form of charity.

There are those who feel
that charity begins at home,

And don't want the government
embarrassed in the eyes of the world.

They say they'll look
after it themselves.

Yeah, sure. 6 months, a year,
whenever they get around to it.

These kids don't
have that much time.

I'm sorry. My hands are tied.

Well, ok.

Then I guess we'll
have to spring this story

- to the Washington post, time, newsweek...
- Shh.

It's a good idea, slick.

You never know what a
little publicity like that'll do.

It'd get me called up before a congressional
committee, that's what it would do.

Oh! Darn.

All right. I'll see
what I can do.

When?

Give me a week.

Tomorrow, rog.

Tomorrow noon, 6 visas.

Make that 7 visas.

The extra one's for a
boy named Willie tran.

Can you
remember that name, rog?

Thanks, rog.

Thank you very much!

Like I told you, my boy,
honesty is the best policy.

I'll be
waiting around back.

Well, hello, Willie.
How can I help you?

This belongs to the man
who calls himself my father.

Mr. Colton?

I found it. Now I
want to give it back.

Well, he's out with
Mr. MacGyver just now.

I expect they'll be back soon.

- Do you want to leave it?
- No. I'll wait.

All right. Make
yourself comfortable.

Bingo.

Stonecutter said Willie was
here a couple of hours ago.

He ordered a stone.

Any idea where he went?

No. Just that he was going to
get the money for it and come back.

Willie.

Willie!

Hi, Suzie.

I've been wanting to see you.

I'm so sorry about your mother.

Are you ok?

Yeah.

I... i see you got
the new machine.

Yes. Just in time.

The old one stopped working.

Real complicated-looking
thing, isn't it?

How does it work?

I don't know.

But it keeps me alive.

- Wow.
- Yes.

I would die without it.

Why do you ask?

Are you gonna be
a doctor someday?

Maybe.

A boy like you...

Yes, I believe you can.

Oh, yeah.

All right, come on, you little
monsters, let's clear it out.

What did I tell you about honesty,
my boy? It works every time.

Come on, get out of here.

Hustle!

Listen to me, I don't
want anything damaged, all right?

If it says "fragile," it
means don't break it.

Take everything. Everything.

Take the dust off the walls!

Get this one out of here.

3, 4, 500 baht.

You join our little
group, my lad,

and that is just the beginning.

Mr. Skinner, no, they
mustn't take that machine.

Get serious, kid.
Everything goes.

No, not that!

What are you doing?

Let go of it!

Leave off, you little sewer rat!

Come on, let's get
the rest of this stuff.

Yes. Mr. Colton?

Yes, at the clinic. Thank you.

You're a very lucky
man, Mr. Colton.

Very few people lose
their wallet and get it back.

What are you talking about, doc?

Willie. He found it somewhere,
and came to give it back.

He's here? Where?

Wandering around.

Dr. Triwai! Strange
people, Dr. Triwai.

What people, ko lin?

In the back. Strange people.

I'll check it out. Come on.

I'm gonna dig up Willie.

Where'd you see 'em?

They have a truck
parked near the back.

Why don't
you go get in the truck?

We got
ourselves a good haul today, huh?

I'll just clean
off this bottom shelf.

You never know what's
stashed away in these places.

Go on, go! Go, go, go!

- What happened?
- They cleaned out the joint.

It's Willie!

All
right. Thanks, Pete.

What did Mr. Thornton say?

Is the foundation going to
replace the dialysis machine?

Yeah. The problem is, it'll
take 4 or 5 days to get here.

Suzie can't wait
that long, MacGyver.

If she misses a
treatment, it could be fatal.

I'll try the other
hospitals again.

Come on, boy, talk to me.

Why didn't you just tell me you
needed money for a tombstone?

I would've given it to you. You
didn't have to steal my wallet.

How you doing, Willie?

Man.

He is one stubborn kid.

Look,

I'm not putting you on.

How much is that
stone gonna cost?

Come on, how much?

I don't need your money.

Man!

He must be my kid, all right!
He's got a lot of dumb pride!

Why won't you let me help you?

Because I hate you.

You show me this money, you
think it's going to make you my father?

Where were you
when I needed a father?

Hey, Willie, that's
not quite fair.

He didn't even know about you
until he got here this morning.

But he knew about my mother.

Where were you all those
years she worked day and night

just to put food on the table?

I loved your mother.

Many years ago, when
they pulled me out of Saigon,

I told your mother that I
was gonna come back for her.

When I did, she was gone.

To
Cambodia, Thailand...

There were all kinds of rumors.

But I never stopped
looking for her.

I show you my money.

I will buy a stone for my
mother with my money.

I will do this without the help of a
father who was never my father.

Where did you get all that?

It's none of your business.

Hey, Willie.

Come here.

You see, Willie, the
thing that's got me puzzled

Is that door.

Since you're the
only eyewitness,

maybe you can tell me how
the thieves might have gotten in

Without breaking the lock, hmm?

I don't know. They
were already in.

It doesn't take a brain surgeon

To figure out that
it was an inside job.

Does that make
sense to you, Willie?

That somebody from the
inside opened the door for 'em?

Who?

Hey, Willie!

I don't
see him anywhere.

This crowd of people
swallowed him up.

Forget it, man. He's
gone. Long gone.

What about Suzie?

She gonna be able to
make it without that machine?

The only way she's gonna make it

Is if we get that machine back.

Yeah, how are we gonna do that?

- We don't even know who ripped it off.
- Willie knows.

Yeah, but we
gotta find him first.

Out in these streets,
that could take forever.

We don't have forever.

Well, then you got to fix the
old dialysis machine, don't you?

Jesse, if it was in the
least bit fixable, I would.

You're the man! You can do it.

While you're working on it,

I'll call an old army
buddy of mine.

Maybe he can give us a lead on
who fences hot property around here.

I don't know, Jesse, it
looks pretty hopeless.

Come on, man,
you can fix anything.

Yeah, sure. No problem.

George, Jesse Colton here.

Hey,
buddy, how are you?

Yeah, I'm in Bangkok.

Listen, um, I need
you to do me a favor.

I'm looking for some local creep

who knocked over a bunch of medical
supplies at a friend of mine's clinic.

Yeah.

He uses kids to
do his dirty work.

Any progress?

Well, the pump that
circulates the rinsing liquid

is pretty much shot.

I can get it to circulate,
but not perfectly.

Any irregularity or
turbulence in the blood flow

Could cause clotting.

Got it fixed, slick?

No, I don't have it fixed!

There are some things in
this world that can't be fixed,

and this happens
to be one of 'em.

And we don't need a
seat-of-the-pants patch job.

What we need is the
new dialysis machine.

Can't risk Suzie's
life on this thing.

MacGyver,

am I gonna die now?

Jesse Colton, call on line 1.

Excuse me.

No, baby, you're not gonna die.

You think if you
lie, I'll feel better?

No.

I think I'm gonna find that
machine and get you back on it.

Hey, I appreciate it, baby.

It's my army contact.

He gave me a lead on
a guy named Skinner.

Says he loves to gamble.

That's p-pathetic!

Hit the sucker,
don't blow him a kiss!

Kind of place that sticks
to the bottom of your shoes.

Watch where
you're stepping, then.

Yeah.

This is
like coming home.

You've been here before?

No, not this joint. But the good
ones are all alike, aren't they?

That's him.

How do you know it's him?

My man told me
he was about 6 feet,

curly hair, mean,
wears a red bandanna.

Slightly pale.

Works for me.

So what do you think?

He's a businessman.

Let's do some business.

Yeah! Go on up there. Hit him!

The nest of the
eagle is empty, man.

- What?
- What do you mean, "what"?

What does he mean, "what"?

The nest of the eagle is empty.

Look, pal, I have got a
lot of bread on this fight.

Now get away from me
or I'll punch your heart out.

Hey.

He doesn't know the password.

This ain't frank Skinner, man.

I'm Skinner, all
right? I am Skinner.

Now, who the hell are you guys?

Colonel mugwana.
This is major bright.

We were told we
had to do this password bit

in order to do
business with you.

This creep in Manila was putting
us on about the password, man.

Wait a minute, what
kind of business?

The revolution business.

The major and me are running a
little war on the island of mindoro.

That's a little south of Manila.

I know where it is.

See, the thing is,

We need more guns, more
ammunition, and everything.

We were told you were
the guy that could handle it.

Yeah, I can handle it,
if you've got the money.

Does the sun rise in the east?

We've gotta see the
merchandise first, though.

All right, you got it.

I'll get right on it.

As soon as this
fight's finished.

Come on, hit him!

Uh-oh.

What "uh-oh"? What?

Uh-oh, you'll see.

- It's him.
- What?

It's the one from the clinic.

What are you saying?

He's the one who came running into
the alley when we were driving away.

- Let the games begin.

Let's get out of here.

They're splitting!

Whatever you want, man.

Morning, Willie. Hold it.

I just wanna talk.

About what?

Frank Skinner.
Where do I find him?

I don't know
anybody by that name.

I think you do.

Your dad took off after him yesterday
afternoon. He hasn't been seen since.

So, who cares?

Willie, we know you let
Skinner into the clinic.

Hey, come on!

Your dad's not the
only one in trouble here.

Suzie's life is at stake, too.

She needs that dialysis machine.

Now, come on!

Where do I find Skinner?

All right.

I will show you
where to find Skinner,

But not for that man
who says he's my father.

For Suzie.

Ok. For Suzie.

There it is.

All right. Wait here, Willie.

The one from the bar yesterday.

You come
looking for more trouble?

Huh?

No. Not really.

Not really.

You're gonna die, pal.

You go that way.

Don't make me hurt you.

If this boy means
anything to you, come out!

If you don't, I'll
blow him away!

You hear me?

Come on.

It's a big ocean out there with a
lot of hungry fish waiting for you.

Could start a feeding frenzy.

Arrange for a boat to pick 'em
up. I want them gone, out of here.

Got it.

The cavalry's come
for me. How about that?

You feel as bad as you look?

Oh, man, I've had better days.

- Yeah, you had me worried.

Hey, thanks for trying
to give me a hand, Willie.

I was helping MacGyver
for Suzie, not you.

I have to give it to you,
kid. You are consistent.

So what do you think?

Stay here and keep an
eye on 'em. Come on.

I think we need a plan.

Here, use that to blow the lock.

Chloroform?

How's an anesthetic
gonna do that?

We'll put fire to it.
It'll blow, believe me.

What do I do for a fuse?

Soak something in alcohol.

A shoelace.

Yeah, good.

What about the guard?

I'm working on that.

Psst! Hey, Willie.

I wanna make my peace with you

In case we don't get out of
here with all of our bones.

I have nothing to say.

Well, I do.

All I'm asking for is
you to listen to what I have to say.

Talk is cheap
and you got lots of it.

Look, kid,

I know you haven't
had an easy time of it.

We live in a world where
most people don't have it easy.

You rich Americans, what do you
know about it? You have everything.

Not all of us are rich, Willie.

We don't all live in... in fine
houses, and... and drive big cars,

and eat 3 steaks a day.

In fact, a lot of us live
from hand to mouth,

just like some of the
people in this country.

Words. You speak words,
and the words say nothing.

I've heard too many
promises already in my life.

You're not the only one who's
an outcast in his own country.

I've been there.

In fact, in some
ways, I'm still there.

Hey, I don't blame
you for being angry.

But you've got to
learn to overcome it.

Anger only gets in your way when
you're trying to make important decisions

that's gonna affect
you the rest of your life.

My mother.

She spoke of you many times.

"Someday he will come
back for us," she said.

Only someday came
too late for my mother.

God, I wish it could
have been different.

Hey, guys, sorry
to break this up,

but I think it's time
we bust out of here.

Go to work. Willie,
give me a hand.

Stay down.

- I'll call you back.
- Hurry. Come on.

Lighter.

Get the key.

Get the key!

You did soak it in
alcohol, didn't you?

Yeah, I soaked it.

Willie?

How's the machine?

It's ok, it's not hurt.

Suzie's gonna
be fine, isn't she?

Yeah.

She'll be just fine.

Well, come on, Jesse.
You gotta at least ask him.

Man, bounty hunting is
nothing compared to this.

MacGyver's, uh,

Got some visas to fly the sick kids
to america for medical treatment.

I'm going... I'm
going with them.

Um, listen, uh,

he also managed to work an
extra visa out of the embassy.

You think you might
want to come along?

I don't know what
kind of father I'd be. I...

Well, I never thought about it.

But I'm willing
to give it a try if...

What should I do, mama?

Couldn't pull it off, slick.

Goodbye, mama.

You sure?