MacGyver (1985–1992): Season 6, Episode 2 - Humanity - full transcript

The Americans are here.

We move.

Thank you.

Mr. Thornton, Mr. MacGyver.

I am c pitan ion cuzo
of the national police.

I am the, uh, baby-sitter for
you and the other delegates.

This way.

Uh, you know,
actually, we had hoped

maybe to, uh,
freshen up a little bit

And, uh, get a bite to
eat before we got started.

You're not tourists, gentlemen.



Welcome to Bucharest.

Captain, is, uh, anything wrong?

I mean, you don't seem
too happy to have us here.

I do not like stirring up
ceausescu's demons.

I thought the idea of this was
to put those demons to rest.

(Chuckling)

By having foreigners examine
the archives of our dead dictator?

I think the point is that we are
outsiders and can be objective.

Uh, Romanian people can
trust the results of our study.

And if you find there are ceausescu
spies still in the system, then what?

A witch hunt?

No. Romania should
look to the future.

You're not needed.

Well, somebody wanted us here.



This sub-basement was dictator
ceausescu's headquarters.

Built to withstand
a nuclear attack.

I read there are
tunnels down here

Used by the secret
police to spy on dissidents.

Also for ceausescu's
escape attempt.

They've since been sealed.

(Beeps)

Mr. MacGyver, Mr. Thornton of the
Phoenix foundation, your counterparts.

French delegate:
I am serge houde.

(Rattling)

This is my associate,

- currell: Bonjour.
- Thornton: How are you?

We are from l'institut
mondial De Paris.

English delegate: And
I'm Maureen Sheridan,

from the institute of
London. How do you do?

Cuzo: So now you know
each other, we begin your work.

The files on these tables were taken
from the vault and will be examined first.

Then, the rest of the archives.

(Rumbling)

(Exclaiming)

(Groans)

No one move! Be perfectly still!

Krik: Gentlemen, ladies,

on behalf of the k-force,
welcome to Romania.

Major krik.

Ah, you know me. Excellent.

In 2.5 minutes you
will all burn to ashes,

along with the archives.

(Beeps)

I place Romania on notice.

Ceausescu's will lives on.

And so do his followers.

(Beeping)

Thornton: Easy, MacGyver.

Looks like it might

be a thermite bomb.

Can you defuse it?

This is cuzo.

A k-force soldier has us
locked in the archives room,

and a bomb is set to go
off in less than two minutes!

Policeman: We are
on our way, c pitane.

Monsieur, please, I am
trained in electronics.

I will try.

You'll never make it.

- Do you have the combination to this safe?
- Cuzo: No.

What are you doing?

I need a speaker.

Telephone?

Microphone.

He needs a microphone.

(Beeping)

- Not possible.
- What?

(Faint clicking)

(Loud click)

I got one.

Way to go.

Get that bomb over here!

Everybody back in the corner!

(Lock clicking)

Thornton: Down!

(Groans)

Policeman: This way!

(Machine gun firing)

(Guns firing)

- Are you in one piece?
- I'm okay.

(Guns continue firing)

(Exclaims)

Policeman: Drop
your weapons. Now!

(Gun firing)

Thornton: Why doesn't
he just give himself up?

Cuzo: K-force have
no fear of dying.

I got an idea.

(Exclaiming)

Drop your weapons
or I break his neck.

He's got MacGyver!

No! He will kill him!

(Groans)

Don't shoot!

I mean, let's face it.

You might need me to
get you out of this mess.

(Groaning)

(Birds chirping)

(Vehicles passing)

(Panting)

(Groaning)

(Tires screeching)

Hey! What the...

Drive.

(Tire bursting)

You picked the road.

(Sighing) Well, fancy that.

No spare.

Oh, come on. I'm
no threat to you.

There's no reason to kill...

(Groaning)

(Exclaiming) This is nuts.

There's no reason for this!

(MacGyver groaning)

Listen to me!

I'm not gonna take it in the back,
and I'm not gonna take it layin' down,

so you're just gonna have
to shoot me face to face!

(Whispering) I can't
believe I said that.

You hear me?

I'm comin' out!

(Groaning)

And, no, I'm not crazy.

Just take a good look.

Maybe you'll think twice about
cold-blooded murder, huh?

(Gun cocking)

Uh, there's a snake behind you.

Hey, I'm not kiddin'. There's
really a snake there. It's not a trick.

(Exclaims)

(Grunts)

(Panting)

(Sighing)

Call the command post.

Have all sector commandos
report to my office immediately.

(Panting)

(Sighing)

cuzo: My command post reports
they have commandeered a car

on the western
outskirts of the city.

Well, thank god
he's still alive.

His prospects are not good.

Krik sent a recorded message to
the offices of national television. Listen.

Krik: People of Romania, this is
major krik of the praetorian guard.

We have destroyed
president ceausescu's archives

in order to protect
his followers,

who remain active
in our society.

In addition, the foreign delegation
that was examining the archives

have paid with their lives.

Let this be a warning to
the international community.

We will not tolerate outside
meddling in our internal affairs.

Krik doesn't know
that his mission failed.

He will be humiliated.

And this is what concerns me.

He will transfer that
rage onto MacGyver.

I have deployed ground units
in the entire southern section.

And this is where we will
conduct our helicopter search.

Captain, what are our
chances of finding MacGyver?

Alive?

(Sighing)

(Water flowing)

(Groaning)

(Uncorking canteen)

Drink some water.

Why did you do this?

Uh, reflex?

Your feet were elevated.

If I didn't get you turned around, the venom
would have gone straight to your heart.

Assuming you have one.

Here.

Come on, I know you're thirsty.

(sighing) Look,

we don't have an antidote, and there
doesn't seem to be a phone handy,

so it comes down to
how much poison you took

and how high your tolerance is.

The next couple of
hours should tell the tale.

Of course, it didn't help any,
your chasin' me all over the forest.

The point is, you don't
wanna get dehydrated. Okay?

Attaboy.

(Gasping)

(Gasping)

(Man chattering on radio)

The government scorns us.

I should not

the tape recording.

have delivered

You did as I ordered, iorga.

But now we must strike back.

How, major?

I'm waiting for Victor.

He took an American hostage.

I passed an abandoned vehicle
six kilometers down the road.

The engine was still warm.

It must be them.

Assemble the men.
I want that American.

You feelin' better?

So what's your name, anyway?

Oh, it's okay. The
bullet went right through.

Thanks for askin'.

Listen, we're gonna
have to get movin'.

Tell me why you
came back for me.

Well, it seemed like a
good idea at the time.

Like I said, reflex.

Even if you torture me,

I will not reveal the
location of our outpost.

Oh, I could care less about
the location of your outpost.

Then you think there is
a reward for my capture.

No.

Then it is just for glory.

Glory?

Can't you comprehend
a simple act of humanity?

How were you raised, anyway?

Barracks k-11 was my
home since I was five.

Major krik was our commandant.

Ceausescu was our father.

Great role model.

Every day from dawn until dark,

we trained to become
the perfect soldiers,

to be part of the k-force.

Our life's purpose was
very clearly defined.

Exactly what is
your life's purpose?

To defend father
ceausescu's will to the death.

Wow.

Well, the training sure
works, I'll give you that.

So you think I'm a threat
to ceausescu's will, huh?

Yes.

Well, you might be right.

But the important thing here is,

am I a threat to you?

My name is Victor.

MacGyver.

Well, listen, Victor,

I gotta get movin'.

You wanna point me in
the direction of the highway?

(Water splashing)

They must not have
come toward the farm.

- The abandoned car is a short distance.
- Keep moving.

Hey, Victor, come
on. Hold up, huh?

You look like you need a break.

(Groans)

(Both panting)

So, uh, how's the fishing
around here, anyway?

What's the matter?

Nothing.

A memory.

It is gone.

Well, listen, why don't we take
half an hour and then move on?

Okay?

I could kill you in your sleep.

(Groans) I'm an insomniac.

(Sighing) You
don't wanna kill me.

How could you be sure?

Human nature.

I do somethin' nice for you,
you do somethin' nice for me.

Like not kill me.

Next thing you
know, we're friends.

On the off-chance I'm wrong

and you get this uncontrollable
desire to do something violent,

why don't you toss a line in that
lake and catch us some lunch?

(Sighs)

(Groaning)

(Inaudible)

Victor, stop!

It is my duty not to
be captured alive.

You have got a
bigger duty to yourself.

It is the right that a man
should die for what he believes.

Yeah, that's fine!

But how can you
know what that is?

Everything you've seen,
everything you've experienced

has been programmed
by somebody else.

One of us must die. You choose.

No! That is crazy!

Look, why don't you just...

Walk away?

What's stoppin' you
from that? Escape.

This has nothing to
do with duty, does it?

You wanna tell me
what this is all about?

Major krik will
be looking for us.

Victor, I'm trying to help you.

I will accompany you
as far as the highway.

After that,

I don't know.

Maybe I will disappear
into the countryside.

Major, over here.

Good.

What's the matter?

What you said before

Brought back a
long-forgotten memory.

Of fishing.

And friendship.

And death.

That is why I was
trying to kill myself.

Yeah?

Friendship was
forbidden at our barracks.

Major krik said that personal
allegiances undermined our duty

To father ceausescu.

But when I was 11,

I had a very close friend.

Nicolae.

We were ordered to stop spending
time together or face a firing squad.

And this was no idle threat.

Other boys had been
executed for lesser offenses.

Like failure to
compete physically.

But still,

nicolae and I,

we disobeyed.

You see, he had found
some fishing Poles

on the base.

Victor: We started
sneaking out at night.

Eventually we were caught.

Major krik ordered
us to fight to the death.

If we disobeyed, we
would both be shot.

He kept screaming at
us to fight, fight, fight!

He said it was our duty.

We were friends.

We did not want to fight.

But krik had ordered it.

We had been taught to
obey without question.

So we fought.

And I won.

Nicolae died in my arms.

I held him, I held
him for a long time.

Until I was pulled away.

I've lost friends, too.

Friends that I cared about.

Believe me, I know the pain.

It is all right
for you! But I...

I am a soldier.

Victor,

there was nothing you could do.

I could have lost.

(Helicopter approaching)

Pete.

Your colleague?

My friend.

We gotta get to the road.

Krik: Victor!

Come on.

Victor, stop him!

Come on, Victor, let's go!

Krik: Victor!

I order you, stop the American!

Krik: Stop him! Now!

(Door opening)

Better for you, Mr. MacGyver,

that you had not wakened.

What's he talkin' about, Victor?

I have chosen you
to play the central role

in my retaliation
against the government.

(Groaning)

Aw, come on, major,

why don't you just give it up?

Ceausescu is dead.

You seem to be the only
one who wants him back.

In time, I might
convince you otherwise.

But, for the moment...

I have a rather elaborate
execution to prepare for.

I did as I was ordered.

Congratulations.

(Door slamming shut)

Yes, major.

Victor,

was there an incident with MacGyver
that you did not tell me about?

Answer me!

You also looked away when
MacGyver spoke to you. Why?

I am not aware
of doing that, sir.

What kind of capitalist propaganda
did he fill your head with?

Victor, you know
that I am the only one

who cares what happens to you.

Tell me what
happened in the forest!

I was bitten by a viper.

MacGyver saved my life.

Do you know why he
would do such a thing?

He spoke of humanity.

(Laughing)

Humanity is an abstraction
for priests and philosophers.

Do you forget who we are?

I only know what I've been told.

I am no longer
certain it is the truth.

The truth is you
were a 5-year-old boy,

Unclothed and hungry.

Ceausescu delivered you
from the streets of Bucharest,

Just as his family delivered my
family from the Nazis during the war.

We, both of us, owe
ceausescu a lifetime of devotion

and nothing less.

I also owe a debt to MacGyver.

I am not convinced
now that he is our enemy.

I think that...

Soldiers do not think!

They fight!

And you will fight
whomever I say! Is that clear?

Yes, sir.

You were chosen for the
highest honor in Romania!

To become a praetorian
guard, the k-force!

There is your humanity!

(Footsteps approaching)

(Door slamming shut)

Victor: Try these.

(Grunting)

(Birds chirping)

if you go three kilometers
due north of the woods,

you will come to the abandoned
vehicle. You know the way from there.

- What about him?
- He will not be a problem.

(Groaning)

(Groaning)

(Helicopter approaching)

(Panting)

I'm sorry. We have
to turn back now.

We can't just give up now.

But we're running short of fuel.

(Sighing)

(Helicopter whirring)

(Grunting)

Look!

- Where?
- There!

That has got to be MacGyver!

Cuzo: Turn around. Quickly!

Your plan worked.

Well done, Victor.

MacGyver! What a relief.

Take the pilot.

Captain cuzo,

I've done some checking.

You have a fine reputation.

It is too bad you cooperate
with the enemies of Romania.

You are the enemy, krik.

MacGyver, you are free to go.

Mr. Thornton,

as director of the
Phoenix foundation,

Is more than
adequate for my plan.

What?

You set me up, didn't you?

It was necessary
to save your life.

You just don't get it, do you?

You think I'd just walk away
and leave my friend to this lunatic?

You're welcome to
share your friend's fate.

Tie up the pilot!

There will be no passenger.

MacGyver, please,
you can't stay.

No, Victor.

I can't leave.

MacGyver!

Forget it, Pete.

I'm stayin'.

Get ready.

MacGyver, it is important
that you understand.

I made the deal with major
krik to keep him from killing you.

What about when you slugged me?

Well, krik gave
an order, and, uh,

Reflex.

Let me help.

All of you.

(Sighs)

I've got a better way.

(Whirring loudly)

(Soldier grunting)

Come on!

(Groaning)

Get him out of here. I
will hold off the major.

(Guns continue firing)

I'm goin' back.

(Victor's gun clicking)

You taught me well, major.

(Exclaiming)

How are you doin'?

Like you, I will live.

They captured the
remaining k-force.

What's gonna happen to them?

Oh, they should be shot, but...

But captain cuzo is gonna
recommend that they be rehabilitated.

They are young.

We should at least try, hmm?

Hey, hold up.

His life was programmed
right from the start.

Oh, he never had a chance.

Well,

at least he discovered his
own humanity in the end.

That's something, MacGyver.

That's a lot.