MacGyver (1985–1992): Season 6, Episode 21 - Hind-Sight - full transcript

Excuse me.

Uh, Pete Thornton's
room, please.

211.

How's he doing?

If getting him into a hospital
gown is any indication,

terrible.

Vacation, huh?

Why
didn't you tell me, Pete?

Well, what's to tell?

I've got glaucoma.

I'm going blind.



And I'm gonna have surgery

to see if maybe, just maybe,

Some of the sight that
I've got left can be saved.

How did you find out?

I'm a clever guy.

What difference does it make?
You knew I'd find out anyway.

Well, maybe I would like
to handle this alone, okay?

No! No, it's not okay.

You've always been there for me.

Friendship works
two ways, you know?

Oh! Look, MacGyver,

We are friends,
we've been friends.

But you have never
really needed me.

That's not true at all.



Oh, yeah? Well,
name me one time.

I could name a hundred.

Well, name one.

All right, the
Chinese consulate,

When I was trapped on the roof.

Yeah.

Keep going.

Mei jan.

That student leader
who escaped to the us

right after the tiananmen
square massacre.

Her own government
wanted to see her dead

before she had time to spread the
word about what really happened.

How are we going
to get off this roof?

Thank you.

Thank you.

Tie it to your bumper
and take up the slack!

What are you doing?

You're gonna have
to trust me on this.

Take it up.

More.

A little more.

That's good.

Come ahead.

There she is!

This might sound ridiculous,

but hang on!

You all right?

Nice going.

Thanks.

MacGyver, that was different.

You weren't helpless.

Anyone could've done what I did.

I am trapped.

This is out of my control.

And you don't know what I feel.

I think I do, Pete.

A little, anyway.

You remember erma?

Erma?

Yeah, the sonar device we tested
for the drug enforcement agency.

Yeah, until the Miami
drug runners stole it.

And then they
tried to drown you in a mini sub.

Well, so what's your point?

My point
is, I was helpless.

I would've drowned if you
hadn't shown up when you did.

All right, lower it!

MacGyver!

What are you doing in there?

The backstroke, Pete.

Come on, MacGyver.

You didn't drown. You...
you came up by yourself.

I had nothing to do with it.

You threw me a life preserver.

Oh, yeah.

I see what you're trying to do.

And I'm grateful.

It's just...

I'm not very good
with people right now.

Not even my very good friends.

What if we talk about it?

What is there to talk about?

You don't understand
what I'm going through.

You don't know what I feel.

Well, do I have to?

Did you know what I was going
through when I was in that coma?

Coma?

Oh, well, now come on,
that was really different.

I mean, I sent you
on that assignment.

Well, that is your job.

Either way,

it was almost my
last assignment.

That was awful.

It was the worst
moment of my life.

I thought you were
a goner for sure.

Yeah. Me, too.

I had made my peace.

I was ready to let go.

But something held me back.

What?

You, Pete.

You wouldn't let me die.

Ah.

So this is your idea
of cheering me up?

Reminding me that I was
responsible for your almost dying?

Not dying, Pete.

Giving me the will to live.

You had everything
to do with that.

You and Harry.

MacGyver, that's crazy.

Your grandfather
was already dead.

And you were in a coma.

Yeah, I know.

Everything
was so peaceful.

You were unconscious.

All I know is

there was a ship.

My parents were on it.

Harry was gonna take me to 'em.

But, you know, when Harry
told me your life was in danger,

I knew I had to
get off that ship.

Hey, somebody's gonna be
murdered if I don't get back.

You'll feel much better soon.

We do have a talent
for getting boxed in.

Yeah.

One, two, charging!

Three...

Stand clear. Four.

Stand clear. All clear, doctor.

Remember that first
camping trip we took?

Almost didn't make it when
that truck of mine got stuck

in that deep washout.

Yeah, but you figured a way...

Harry, you're a genius.

I am?

Once again.

Stand clear.
Clear.

I'm getting a little slow,
bud. What's this idea of mine?

When that truck was stuck,

you said the best
way to beat a problem

was to make it work for you.

So you took your
tire off the back wheel,

tied a rope around the hub.

Yeah, sure.

Then you took the
other end of the rope

And, uh, wrapped it
around that tree up the hill.

And you put her in gear,

And that truck just
winched herself up.

So you figure that
propeller shaft's gonna

pull us out of this ditch?

Uh, something like that.

He's still in defib.

He's not responding, doctor.

Stand clear. Clear.

Come on, Harry.

You are a wonder, bud.

Just something my
grandpa taught me.

I don't remember teaching
anything this crazy, bud.

All it can do is kill
us, Harry. Come on.

No, no, no, bud,

My time is up.

Harry, let's go.

No.

Celia's got supper
waiting. You remember

How she used to get if you
showed up late for meals.

It's my time.

Goodbye, grandpa.

Be seeing you, bud.

We've got a rhythm on him.

Thank god.

He's got
to keep fighting.

He's not on solid ground yet.

Jump, bud.

Go for it.

That showing 'em, bud.

Doctor!

Look!

He's coming out of it.

He's stabilizing.

Your friend is quite a
fighter, Mr. Thornton.

MacGyver,

All those images...

Harry,

the boat,

Reaching for my hand.

All that had to be a dream.

Whatever it was,

I survived.

We both survived.

Yeah.

I think I get the point.

Thanks for coming.

I just don't like my
friends seeing me like this.

You're scared, aren't you?

Me?

Yeah. I'm scared.

But not just about
the operation.

It's about afterwards.

I mean, what happens afterwards?

What am I gonna be?

Who am I going to be?

Pete,

isn't the important thing

how you feel inside?

How you live your life?

Sure it is.

But I've always been
Mr. Indispensable.

I've always relied on myself.

I've been independent.

I'm gonna have to learn to
live by a whole new set of rules.

I'm gonna have to learn

to be very dependent.

So what? What's the big deal?

You and I have always been
dependent on each other.

Oh, yeah, sure.

You provide the brains, and I
come up with the paychecks.

Oh, come on, that's...

what about the time you
and I were trapped in that, uh,

storm cellar? You remember that?

On the way back
from a ski trip, right.

Yeah, when those lousy
terrorists locked us up.

Yeah, now see, I
didn't know what to do.

Hey, that's right.

You were fresh out of
ideas that time, weren't you?

You gentlemen
know how these work?

Pull the pin, release the
handle, and it explodes.

Crude, but effective.

Now then, if you
gentlemen, uh, should try to

Loosen your ropes, you will only
succeed in blowing each other up.

So how do we get out of here?

I don't know.

You don't know?

MacGyver, don't do this
to me. Come on, think.

I'm tryin', Pete.

You know, maybe you can
come up with something.

All right, maybe I can.

Let's see, uh...

Uh... okay. I got it.

We throw one of the grenades
up there under the door.

We duck over there for cover,

and when it blows,
we're out of here.

Yeah.

Except I think this place
would cave in on us.

Oh, maybe you're right.

Uh...

Maybe we could find
something to replace the pins?

Yeah.

It's better.

It's good, in fact.

Really?

Yeah. I'll need
your lift ticket.

Oh, well, that's fine. How
are you going to get it?

Ever heard of a party
game called pass the apple?

This is suicide.

There's gotta be another way.

If you can think of one in the
next 30 seconds, let me know.

Got it?

Yeah, I got it.

Now hurry!

You know, I can still
see your hands shaking.

Me? What about
your heart pounding?

Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom.

Well, what did you expect?

I thought that was
it for both of us.

It's slipping.

Don't talk.

Yeah, but...

You see, Pete?

You saved us.

Well, listen.

At least you thought of
using the c4 from the...

From the grenade
to blow the doors out.

Hey, it was no big deal.

You have got a way of
putting things in perspective,

you know that, MacGyver?

Uh, well, look, uh,

I gotta meet Willis at the lab.

I'll be back, all right?

Thanks for coming.

Oh, wait a minute, MacGyver.

Since you're here anyway,
would you mind, uh,

dropping this off
at the foundation?

Yeah, sure. What is it?

It's my resignation.

The eye is white and quiet.

No sign of infection.

Okay, we'll do the
trabeculectomy on your right eye

Tomorrow morning as planned.

Oh, doc, uh, any chance of
getting a break on the price

if we do both eyes
at the same time?

Don't get too frisky.

You've got an EKG coming up.

Trabeculectomy.

What?

It's got a nice
ring, doesn't it?

Trabeculectomy.

That's the surgery
I'm gonna have.

It's sort of an artificial
valve they put in your eye

to release the excess fluid.

That's what glaucoma is, too
much fluid in your eyeball, and

that puts a lot of pressure
on your optic nerve.

Oh, your operation
sounds complicated.

Oh, it's not, really.

Only question is,
did I wait too long?

Maybe it was just an innate
fear of nurses with cold hands.

Yeah.

So, did you, uh,
deliver my resignation?

Oh, Pete, don't you
think you're being a little

premature about that?

Yes or no?

I did what you asked.

Well, it looks like I'm not the
only one who cares about you.

Oh.

Yeah, that's what you think.
Wait till you read the note.

"Dear Peter."

I hate Peter.

"in spite of the anger and
all the pain you've caused

"in the name of your
beloved Phoenix foundation,

"I'd like to be there for you,

"even though you were
never there for me."

It's signed, uh,

"Brainwashed no more."

Yeah, brainwashed.

Brainwashed. Now who
does that make you think of?

Jack Dalton.

Jack Dalton!

That's just the kind of
practical joke he would pull.

Even though I had nothing to do

With his being
brainwashed that time.

What was that, uh...

"From the bottom of
my heart, I salute you."

Amazing how those nine
words turned him into a killer.

An assassin!

Yeah. And I was his target.

Yeah.

From the bottom of my heart,
I salute you.

From the bottom of
my heart, I salute you.

From the bottom of
my heart, I salute you.

From the bottom of
my heart, I salute you.

From the bottom of
my heart, I salute you.

From the bottom of my heart...

Jack.

Go ahead, Jack.
Take your best shot.

Over here, Jack.

Kill me again, Jack. Go ahead.

Again, Jack.

Yeah, that's just like Jack.

He'd send me a note like
this just to keep me guessing.

Nope.

Jack didn't send this.

Have a smell.

Perfume. Mmm-hmm.

MacGyver, what kind of woman would send a
note like this to someone in the hospital?

A woman with a score to settle.

You mean, somebody who
wants to do me bodily harm?

MacGyver, women
don't think like that.

Santina did.

Santina?

Yeah.

Now, she was brainwashed.

Now that was one angry woman.

Especially after we sabotaged her
plans to overthrow the government.

I thought we'd never
get out of that jungle alive.

Yeah, you were hurt pretty badly

when Jack and I flew in to
get you and sister Margaret out.

Yeah, and then there
wasn't room to take off.

Until you thought of
the anti-tank rockets.

We can mount the rockets
against the float struts.

That ought to give us just enough
extra thrust to hop on out of here.

Yeah, but we still need a way to
ignite them both at the same time,

or the plane's
gonna spin like a top.

Come in. This is
captain santina.

You will not be harmed
if you surrender now.

You will not be harmed.

Repeat. You will not be
harmed. Come in, do you read?

Your safety is guaranteed
if you surrender now.

Yeah, who's gonna
guarantee that, santina?

You? Yes.

I guarantee your safety.

You can't guarantee anything.
Not even what you're fighting for.

Not as long as you're
taking orders from Rafael.

I did not ask you for a sermon.

I asked you for your surrender.

That's great, Jack.

Now loop the rope around
the rear spreader bar.

Rig it with a
slipknot. Aye, aye.

What have you got there?

The quartz igniters.

They're off the rockets.

They're wired so I can trigger
the missiles from inside the cockpit.

They're ignited
by a sharp impact.

We can use the hammer
from the toolbox as a firing pin.

We will take them
on face to face.

Move out! Come on.
We'll take them alive.

Let's blow this pop stand!

Seven hundred rpm.

Eleven hundred.

Seventeen hundred rpm.

Twenty-three hundred.
Now, Mac! Yank it!

MacGyver, what's happened?

Your slipknot's not slipping!

Stop. Cease
firing! Cease firing!

Hang on, Mac!

Upsy-Daisy.

Whoa! Yes, we are airborne!

Reason enough to swear
vengeance, wouldn't you say?

Well, then, not now.

The last I heard of santina,
she had quit the revolution

And was teaching
school in a barrio.

It's EKG time.

Watch it.

I could always go back and
put these contacts in the freezer.

This just arrived for
you by messenger.

Uh... Yeah.

MacGyver, would you mind?

"Dear Peter."

Sorry.

It's the same handwriting.

"It's me again.

"I guess I just can't stay away

"Despite the harm
we've done each other.

"Possibly because Phoenix
was everything to you

"And nothing less
than cold death to me.

"but now that the ice is
broken, it's time I paid you a visit,

"for better or worse."

It's, uh, signed
"brainwashed no more" again.

Who in the devil could that be?

You have to leave. Now.

All right. Uh,
relax, I'll look into it.

Oh, relax, he says.

You know the drill.

Yeah.

What do you mean, you could
put them in the freezer? That's cold!

Glenview hospital, please.

That does it.

Every female suspect
in the files from a to z.

Does that include those in jail?

Incarcerated, deceased.
The whole enchilada.

Including a cross check
on the handwriting sample.

You sure it's a woman
who's giving Pete a bad time?

Well, yeah. Unless
somebody's playing a sick...

Unless it's murdoc.

Murdoc?

No, but you said yourself
you were looking for woman.

Yeah, but he's a
master of disguise.

Clothes...

He's got the mannerisms,
the voice, all of it.

No, i-it can't be.

But I thought he fell down
a mineshaft and was killed.

Uh, Willis, he's also been
blown up in a building,

consumed by a fireball, he's
fallen off a 2,000 foot mountain,

he's drowned and
they never find the body.

Well, that's true.

Yeah, considering everything

that Pete and I have
been through with that guy,

I'd say he's got a pretty
strong motive for revenge.

MacGyver, at last!

Don't open the
door, it's rigged!

MacGyver, be careful!

They're both right, MacGyver.

Open the door,
and Pete will drown.

Or you don't open the door

and you die.

It's up to you, MacGyver.

It's either deep-fried Thornton
or pancakes MacGyver.

Either way, one of you
gets to watch the other die.

Enjoy!

MacGyver! Let me go!
Where are you taking me?

There's a trip line
hooked to the door.

Where is it?

It runs along the bottom of
the door to a release switch.

Maybe I can reach it.

You're running
out of time. Get out of there!

Guide me,
Pete. Tell me when I got it.

Lower. Lower.

No, you're never gonna make it.

Forget about me. Save
yourself. Open the door.

That's almost it.

You got it!

Okay, you got it.
Now get out of there!

Help me!
Please, somebody help!

Forget about me. Go help penny.

Hold on. Work on it.

MacGyver!

Mr. Thornton, somebody,
please, help me!

Help me!

Penny?

MacGyver? Is that you?

Penny.

My hero.

So, Pete's dead.

I knew you had it
in you, MacGyver.

Underneath it all,
we're so much alike.

I'm almost sorry to see it end.

Now come on,
murdoc, after all this,

You're not gonna just
shoot me, are you?

Well, MacGyver, I know
it's not very creative,

but, uh, it gets the job done.

Murdoc!

MacGyver!

Man, you're right.
It could be murdoc.

Yeah.

Call the hospital. Tell
them absolutely no visitors.

Who's there?

I got your message.

Mr. Thornton's only
visitor is his wife.

Matter of fact, she's
in with... His wife?

He's been divorced for 20 years.

Call security. Have
them block the exits.

Connie?

Yeah.

Alias "brainwashed no more."

Hello, MacGyver.

And guess what?

My ex-wife is now the proud
owner of her own travel agency.

Hmm, life does go on, you know.

You know, losing you to another
woman I could've dealt with.

Losing him to the Phoenix
foundation, that was too much.

Wait a minute here. Wait.

Why all the anonymous notes?

Why didn't you sign your name?

I wasn't sure Peter
would see me.

Uh, Pete. Call me Pete.

It was a messy divorce.

But there are lots of
happy memories, too.

That's why when I heard Pete
was in the hospital all alone,

I just wanted him to know
that I was here for him.

In spite of that ridiculous
male pride of his.

Yeah.

Sounds like the lady knows
me pretty well, doesn't it?

Whoa! Whoa, wait a
minute. It's... it's okay.

Everything's all right.

Everything's just fine.

Now, when you get to surgery,

Don't give them
a hard time, okay?

Okay.

Hey, you all right?

Yeah, I'm fine.

In fact, I'm great.

You know, it's like you said.

It's not what I see, it's
what I feel that counts.

And right now, with
you two in my corner,

that's the best
feeling in the world.

My goodness.

I didn't know you
were so sentimental.

Well, anyone can change.

Even a grouch.

Well, then I'll walk
you to the elevator.

You're gonna be fine, Pete.

Let's go, you old grouch.

Oh, wait a minute. MacGyver,

did anybody at Phoenix say
anything about my resignation?

Uh, nope.

No one?

Well, I don't see
how they could.

It's still sitting on your desk.

What?

Pete, you're the one that said

that all matters
pertaining to personnel

has to go through your office.

MacGyver! That
is just like you! Oh!

You wait till I'm back on
my feet. I'm gonna get you!

I'm counting on it.