MacGyver (1985–1992): Season 6, Episode 7 - Harry's Will - full transcript

(Telephone ringing)

Secretary: Wilton
newberry, attorney at law.

Hold for a moment, please.

You may go in now,
mister MacGyver.

Mr. Newberry?

Hi. My name's MacGyver...

You might remember me from
the reading of my grandfather's will?

Harry Jackson?

I'm supposed to
be here at 7 A.M.

I'm a minute early.

So?



Your grandfather instructed me

not to conduct any
business at hand until 7 A.M.

He said, "Mr. Newberry,

"I have chosen you because
of your adherence to detail."

I can see why.

Thank you.

Please.

Now, Mr. MacGyver,
I am in a panic.

I do not seem to have a record
of your first name in the file.

Yeah, it's just MacGyver.

Isn't that wonderful?

You must save so
much ink signing checks.

(Laughing)

Signing ch...



The codicil to your
grandfather's will,

which I'm supposed
to give you at this

precise moment.

(Humming)

Harry: Dear bud,

if you're readin' this note, I
guess i'm pushin' up daisies.

Well, at least I'm
not payin' taxes.

There's somethin' very
special that I want you to have.

You can pick it up at Mel's storage,
1420 minton, before 10 A.M. today.

Love, Harry.

Any idea what this is about?

I was not privy to your
grandfather's intentions,

nor did I pry. Why?

Because I am a professional.

The, uh, card in the envelope

might give you a clue, however.

Uh, a guess.

"Bud, keep your
eyes on the road,

"and your hands on the wheel."

That's very cryptic.

Just keep your eyes on the road,

hands on the wheel.

You're doin' fine.

Just fine, bud.

(Birds chirping)

Cody!

- Are you forgetting something?
- Like what?

Your recipe book.

Keep it.

Well, gee, Cody, I know I'll
never be as good a cook as you.

I know that.

But if I could come close.

You know, I just love the way you do
your goulash and your scalloped potatoes.

Oh, and your broccoli.

Uh, tiny, you'll do fine.

Dent.

Yeah, big mama.

Put your helmet on.

Whoa! Take it easy, big mama!

Mel: Yeah, MacGyver,
your grandpa Harry

made arrangements
for everything.

- Arrangements?
- Yeah.

Trailer to tow it, a slot
in speedy's garage,

And, oh, yeah, this note.

Uh, I'm sorry about
the coffee stains.

"Our larcenous friend
slipped out of the noose,

"take him to Robin,

"the chicken's a wild goose."

Aha, aha, just what I thought.

- What?
- Oh, that Harry is one clever fella,

I'll give you that.

Harry, Harry, Harry.

So, what does it mean?

It beats me.

That's what I mean about Harry.

Anyway, here she is.

Mel, I called you last week,

You said it was here!

It was.

Then where is it?

Try speedy's garage.

- On second Avenue.
- I know, I know.

Garage. Second
Avenue. Speedy's. Hurry.

Do it.

(Engine revving)

(Snoring)

Excuse me?

Uh... uh...

Oh, oh, I... I'm
sorry, I just...

- MacGyver.
- Yeah?

- Who are you?
- Give you a hint.

Dealer's got a six up,

You're holding 12.
Hit or stand pat?

Well, stand pat.

Cody?

Direct from the slammer to you.

Man, it's been, what?

Seventeen years, three months.

Long time.

Two weeks, four days.

I wanted to pay my
respects to Harry.

Of all my friends,

He was the only one who
visited me on the inside.

I loved your grandpa.

Well, thanks, Cody,
I appreciate that.

I appreciated him, too.

Anyhow, the nomad lives on!

I feel... I feel
good about that.

Yeah, she's a beauty, isn't she?

Yeah, yeah.

Uh, you didn't find anything
unusual in the car, did you?

Unusual. Like what?

Nothing. Nothing.

I was just, uh... You know...

Forget it.

Cody,

you're up to something.
You got that look.

MacGyver, I've known
you since you were a kid.

How could you
think such a thing?

Because I've known
you since I was a kid.

Yeah, but don't forget, I'm a
changed man. I've been rehabilitated.

How's it run?

We're about to find out.

(Engine starting)

- Dent.
- Big mama.

What it is?

The man said Cody's
looking for a '57 nomad.

This dude named MacGyver
is supposed to have it.

Check it out.

(Car engine revving)

Think it's in the nomad?

I do, dent, I do.

Ditto.

All right, she's warm.
Let's go. Hop in.

Wait a minute, wait
a minute, hold it!

- What?
- You're missing a radiator cap.

What?

I don't see it.

Oh. Oh, there's an auto
supply right across the street.

All right. I'll be right back.

Harry, what are you...
What are you up to anyway?

(Whimpering)

There's nothing here.

(Whimpers)

Looking for something, Cody?

Dent.

- Bonk him.
- Bonk?

(Grunting)

Bonk.

(Car approaching)

Hey! That's my car!

Policewoman: Too
bad about your nomad.

Car's a classic.

Sign right there at the bottom.

MacGyver: Thank you very much.

"Take your... take your
best friend's counsel,

"then talk to the bird.

"Go... go to the habit,

"Over on third."

You see?

Thieves get a hold of one
of these puppies and poof!

Stripped faster than you
can say "black market."

Thank you very much.

Okay, partner.
We're out of here.

So, are you hungry?

Hungry?

Yeah, yeah. So am I.

- For some chicken.
- Chicken?

Chicken, yeah.

How about the
chicken habit on third?

(Telephone ringing)

I've had a craving for one

speedy, phone.

(Snoring)

Sp...

Hello?

Man: You MacGyver?

Yeah, who's this?

Your nomad's at 2211 Thatcher.

Bring Cody. He's the key.

And no cops.

(Dial tone)

All right, Cody, let's go. I
got a lead on the nomad.

- What about the chicken?
- Later.

(Snoring)

What was that?

Maybe I ought to stay
here, hold down the fort.

Yeah, sure.

On second thought, you
might need me inside.

- Anybody in there?
- Shh!

Come on.

Can you teach me how to do that?

I don't think that's
such a good idea.

Probably right.

There's a phone booth
outside. Call the police.

What about my chicken?

Forget your chicken.

I don't have any change.

Just dial 911. It's free.

911. Got it.

Cody!

My toe!

My toe!

My trike!

Dent: It's that MacGyver guy!

Freeze, dudes!

(Gun fires)

(Panting)

You hurt?

Just my pride.

Better let me do the talking.

My trike!

Look at what you
did to my trike!

Uh-oh.

You better do the talking.

We want the diamond pendant.

Diamond pendant?

I don't know anything
about a diamond pendant.

Cody, I spent six years
in the cell next to yours.

We're talking a million-dollar
diamond pendant.

I never said anything
about a diamond pendant.

You talk in your sleep.

Cody, we know it's in the nomad.

The question is, where?

Cody: I got nothing to say.

Big mama: Convince him.

MacGyver: Cody!

Big mama: Hold it.

Cody.

The pendant's mine.

Law says finders keepers.

I did 17 years hard time
for that piece of jewelry.

Go ahead, kill
me. I ain't talking.

Cody.

What about your friend here?

Maybe I'll put a
couple of holes in him.

(Gun cocks)

I'm sorry, MacGyver.

Cody!

Okay, okay.

Harry,

MacGyver's grandfather,

owned the nomad.

He moved the diamond
and left this note.

Give me that.

"take your best
friend's counsel,

"then talk to the bird.

"Go to the habit,
over on third."

No wonder you
wanted chicken so bad.

Yeah, and the one on
third has the big chicken

- where you place the order.
- Yeah!

The bird on third!

(Chuckling) The
pendant's in the chicken!

Sometimes the
man is frightening.

Excuse me, ma'am?

You got what you want.

Why don't you let
us out of here, huh?

After what you did to my trike?

Get real!

Dent.

Big mama: Sorry
this place is such a pit.

Dent: Ditto.

I'm so depressed.

I don't want to hear it.

When I pulled that
jewelry store heist,

I was hired by the owner.

A guy named biff Arnold.

I don't want to hear about it.

(Groans)

The deal was

That he was to collect the insurance
money and keep all the jewels.

The diamond pendant was
my payment for pulling the job.

I never told the cops
about the jewels.

That's why they
threw the book at me.

Can we discuss
this some other time?

The insurance company
went out of business,

and biff Arnold was never paid.

I guess not.

Why are you telling me this?

Because big mama was right.

Legally speaking, the
pendant is finders keepers.

When I found out five years ago,

who do you think
I called? Right.

My childhood buddy, Harry.

I told Harry.

When he found out about
the heist, he was steamed.

Do you know I wanted
to cut him in for half?

But no, he didn't
want any part of it.

Started talking about
the immorality of theft.

Yeah, well, Harry was right.

Yeah, yeah, tell me something.
How could a million bucks be immoral?

Anyway,

at least Harry agreed to
keep the pendant safe for me.

Cody: Then a year
ago, he writes me,

he put the nomad in storage.

So,

Is the pendant still
there when I go to get it?

Of course not.

He leaves some
stupid riddle instead.

I was gonna open a restaurant
with the money from the pendant.

I always dreamed that I would be
truly appreciated for my culinary skills.

(Hissing)

Harry always said you
were a whiz in the kitchen.

I can give Wolfgang
puck a run for his money.

But now, dent and big mama have

got the pendant,

And the world will never
taste my eggplant parmesan.

Hey.

Hey, that's nice. Real nice.

All right, let's go.
Use me as a step.

(Hissing)

Hey!

It's got a leak!

Well, hurry up!

(Hissing)

Okay, here.

Keep adding
pressure till I get out.

Let up for a second.
It's getting too full.

Cody, let up.

- It's stuck!
- Well, pull it out!

(Grunting)

(Gasping)

Sorry, I'm not very mechanical.

I'll try to remember that.

So, come on.

Let's get to the chicken habit.

Uh, I don't think
the pendant is there.

What do you mean?

Harry left me a note, too.

Come on, I'll
explain on the way.

Ah! Radiator cap.

Cody: Right.

(Birds chirping)

(Children chattering)

(Girl screaming)

(Children chattering)

(Screaming)

Hi. Welcome to chicken
habit. Can I take your order?

Oh, yes.

(children yelling)

I'd like six chicken nuggets,

woman: Can you
speak a little louder, sir?

I can't hear you.

Oh, okay. Quiet.

(Children chattering)

(Screams) Quiet!

(Chattering stops)

I'd like six chicken nuggets,
and three corn on the cob.

Repair. Just go
on with your order.

Oh. Okay.

Uh, we'd also like three
colas and a root beer.

"Our larcenous friend
slipped out of the noose."

Do you think Harry's
talking about me?

Probably right.

"Take him to Robin.

"The chicken's a wild goose."

Robin's an old friend
of Harry's and mine.

So what's he mean, "the
chicken's a wild goose"?

Well, I think that was
Harry's way of telling me

that the chicken habit
was a wild goose chase.

Okay.

That all makes sense to me.

Except...

"Habit."

MacGyver! It's so
good to see you!

Hi, sister.

Uh...

Sister Robin, this is bill Cody.

She's wearing a habit.

I know that.

It's so nice to
meet you, Mr. Cody.

(People chattering)

Uh, same here, sister.

Bill Cody, I know your name.

Buffalo bill. I
get it all the time.

No, from somewhere else.

Harry. He said you'd be
coming here with MacGyver.

He left a package.

A package?

But before I give it to you, Harry
wanted us to have a meal together.

Meal? Why?

I don't know.

But when I read that
note, I said to myself,

"Harry, what are
you up to, anyway?"

Did you figure it out?

No.

But, he was very insistent.

No meal, no package.

No meal, no package.

Uh, pardon me, but my
manager wants to know

What you're doing
to our chicken.

We're replacing it with a duck!

Where is that pendant?

Man: Well, why don't you
try sister Robin's kitchen

just up the street.

What?

I didn't say anything.

I did.

(Man laughing manically)

(People chattering)

Mr. Cody, this is quite possibly

the best soup I've ever had,

and I know, because my
Stanley was a first-rate cook.

Oh, thank you.

Would you divulge a recipe
to a harmless old lady?

To a harmless old
lady? Not a chance.

But to you, I might consider it.

Oh, thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Cody.

Cody, I'm impressed.
You can cook.

Mr. Cody, I am speechless.

Well, actually, not
really, you know.

But you are simply wonderful.

Oh, that's very kind
of you. Thank you.

And now I suppose
you'd like the package.

Seventeen years
I've waited for this.

"bud, I'd teach Cody
myself, except that I died,

"your lesson at center,

"four notes, side by side."

Isn't this a beautiful thing?

Okay, everybody, freeze!

Can't you ever wait? All right!

Hand it over. Now!

(Gun cocking)

You heard the
lady. Hand it over.

No.

(Groaning)

Give it to him, Cody.

Have a nice life.

Ditto.

Cody,

They have got a gun.

So what? Without that
pendant, life is worthless anyway.

That pendant is a
piece of costume jewelry.

Costume jewelry? No way.

I had it appraised
before I went to prison.

It was almost worth
a million back then.

Not that pendant.

The diamond had a big scratch
right down the middle of it.

It was glass.

Harry...

Harry must have, must
have made a switch.

"I'd teach Cody myself,
except that I died,

"Your lesson at center,
four notes, side by side."

Four notes side by side.

(Wind howling)

Come on, what is this?

A hockey rink.

A hockey rink.

Why would Harry bring us here?

(People chattering)

Hey, we made it.

Now your skates and stick
are behind the back seat.

You coming or what?

Just a second.

Harry,

you never forgot a thing.

Come on, MacGyver, how is
skating going to solve anything?

(Sighing)

I don't know.

"I'd teach Cody myself,

"except that I died,

"Your lesson at center."

My lesson at center.

(People chattering)

Commentator: Taylor arena, and the
first period of sudden death overtime

To decide this Minnesota state
pee wee hockey championship.

MacGyver, number 11 of the wildcats facing
off against Steve Smith of the eagles.

MacGyver wins the draw...

(Crowd cheering)

a long pass up the middle!
MacGyver gets the...

(Commentator chattering)

(Crowd cheering)

MacGyver scores!

Wins the state
championship in ot!

What a beautiful
goal from MacGyver!

He took a super pass...

(Crowd yelling)

(Commentator chattering)

The wildcats win this game,

One-nothing in
sudden-death overtime.

You intentionally
tripped that boy.

But we did it, grandpa. We won!

You're no winner, bud.

The wildcats are
still celebrating

Their dramatic win
here at Taylor arena.

MacGyver, the last
man to leave the ice,

is skating over to
referee boss Jones.

He's pointing to center ice.

I don't know what
he said to the referee.

The referee going back to the
timer's bench has disallowed the goal.

- (Crowd booing)
- Unbelievable.

I've never seen
anything like it!

They're taking the
points off the scoreboard.

(Whistle blowing)

Hey, Cody.

I think I figured it out.

The pendant's in the ice?

My lesson at center.

The one he wanted to teach you.

By slipping me a fake pendant?

Well,

In case you ran off with it
before the meal, I guess.

Harry always saw
something in you.

Something decent.

And he knew sister Robin's kitchen
was the perfect place to tap into it.

By having me make lunch?

Well, yeah.

Cooking is what you do best,

and it's what the people at
the soup kitchen need most.

It was all a part
of Harry's lesson.

That success isn't a matter
of how much you've got,

it's how well you live.

Which is what?

I'm supposed to give
my pendant to charity?

Well, as a matter of fact,

sister Robin is
losing her lease.

Hold it, hold it, wait a minute.

Sister Robin has gotten
along just fine without me.

People have been eating
her lousy food for decades.

All of a sudden they need
me to stay in business?

It's not that sudden.

Harry knew about
the lease coming due.

It was all part of his plan.

That's what he was up to.

That no-good schemer.

Why couldn't he have just
died like everybody else?

No, not Harry.
He's too stubborn.

Cody: Holy mackerel!

This is the real thing.

So what do you say?

Sister Robin: Young man,
you get your hands off of me!

Just let go of me right now!

Play it straight, or say
goodbye to the penguin!

All right, take it easy, relax.

And this one better be real.

Our fence laughed at us.

Oh, this is real, all right.

Come on, let's go. Toss it over!

Okay.

(Grunting)

(Groaning)

Get him, MacGyver!

(Groaning)

Give me that!

(Groaning)

Are you all right?

(In German accent)
Herr Cody and associates!

Welcome.

Perhaps you noticed my black
Van tracking your every move.

(Man laughing)

That was I.

The one behind the scenes.

The one who pitted each
of you against the other,

so that I may
step in at the end,

And annex mein just desserts.

You don't remember
me, do you, freinholtz?

No.

I am herr Arnold.

I own this pendant

and I am reclaiming it.

Biff Arnold?

The owner of the jewelry store?

You weren't German.

(In American accent) Right.

Well, as you can see, the years
have been very stressful for me.

Uh, Mr. Arnold,

that pendant is not yours.

(Imitating Jonathan
winters) Is that right, Sonny?

Well, as you can see, I
still have possession of it,

(laughing) Don't I?

(Imitating John Wayne) And possession's
nine-tenths of the law, pilgrim.

Besides,

(imitating John
houseman) I earned it.

The old-fashioned way.

It all started when
I was very young.

(Imitating a small child) I said,
"daddy, daddy, can I have some money,

"Daddy, please?"

(Imitating John
Wayne) Tarnation, boy!

I said get out in them fields

And shuck that cotton, and
shovel out that mule pen.

And get yourself a haircut,
you look like a sissy.

(Speaking in gruff
voice) And so I did.

I wandered off into the world
to build my own business.

A jewelry store.

Very respectable, but,
I didn't have enough.

I wanted more. Do you hear me?

More, more, more!

And, now look at me.

A shadow of the man I once was.

(Chortling)

I've waited years
for this moment.

And now the pendant is mine.

Do you hear me? Mine! All mine!

Can I see it?

See it?

Uh, what do you mean,
see it? I, I don't understand.

Look at it.

I want to look at your pendant.

Oh, sure, have a look.

But don't get any ideas.

(Imitating Sean
Connery) I'm a crack shot.

Yeah. I know you are.

Notice the quality.

And the fine cut.

(Imitating Jonathan winters) It's not
the size that makes the gem, you know.

Stop that, Sonny!

You're a pervert.

Mommy, mommy, forgive me, mommy.

Let's ask daddy, mommy.

I want some money, mommy.

(Imitating John Wayne)
Hold on there, pilgrim.

- I told you to...
- Is this how you remember him?

Nah, the years
haven't been kind.

He's gone over the deep end.

Dang ballet classes again.

Yeah.

(Imitating Jonathan winters)
But daddy, I gotta be me.

Hold it right there.

What?

The gun.

Give me the gun.

Sure.

Good. Now, stay put.

Someone will be here soon.

(Imitating inspector
clouseau) Stay put?

Yes, stay put.

Put my foot.

Call 911?

Arnold: Put me down.

Putting. Ah, yes,
yes. Tapioca pudding.

(Laughing)

Definitely.

(Imitating porky pig)

(Stammering)
T-t-t-that's all, folks!

(Humming looney tunes melody)

(All chanting) Cody, Cody!

Just listen to them.

Word got out that Cody's
going to start cooking today.

You don't think he's changed his
mind about paying off our lease?

Ah,

I think he just stopped off to
deposit the check. He'll be here.

He's just late.

Yes, he'll be here.

(Crowd chanting)
Cody! Cody! Cody!

But he is awfully late.

(Door opening)

What are you
staring at? The shirt?

The suitcase?

What would you do if
you had a million dollars?

All of a sudden, I was in back
of a taxi on the way to the airport.

The cabbie turns on the radio,

and do I hear music?
No, I hear Harry. He says,

"what are you up to, Cody?"

How can I deal with that?

Well, am I late?

I'd say you were just in time.

Your public awaits you.

(All cheering)