MacGyver (1985–1992): Season 7, Episode 6 - Walking Dead - full transcript

ooh,

your niece has some very

dangerous ideas, Denise.

Please, she cannot hurt you.

But she knows disrespect.

Remind her, it is we who make
sure that everyone here in little Haiti is

Protected from misfortune.

By the way, have you
forgotten what day it is?

No.

Don't do it, auntie.

Cherine, please, be quiet!



Listen to your aunt, girl.

No, you listen!

Our people booted creeps
like you out of Haiti and

You're not going to get away with
playing your filthy power games here.

If you ever bother us
again, I'll call the police.

As you wish.

The next time we meet, cherine,

I will introduce you
to a friend of mine.

Baron samdi.

Until then.

Hello, MacGyver.

Denise. Cherine.

I'm late for that protest rally.

Later, MacGyver.



What can I do for you, MacGyver.

Uh, well I was skating
with the boys this morning,

Took a little shot to the neck.

Mama Lorraine said you
might have a liniment for me?

Oh, I got just the
right thing to fix you up.

Grab her! Get her in the car!

Quickly!

Let me go!

- Put her in the car.
- Help me!

Somebody help me!

- Let's go.

And I ran outside
when I heard cherine scream...

Did you recognize the driver?

All right, how about the car?
You said it was a dark color.

Was it black, blue?

I'm sorry. I saw nothing.

May I please go now?

Yeah, sure.

We'll... we'll do what we can.

- Darryl, the car was black and there were three guys in it.
- Well, thank you.

Did you catch the
license number?

No, but Denise was talking to one
of the guys just before it happened.

She can identify him.

Yeah, the whole
block probably could,

but I can't give
everybody the third degree.

Besides, it wouldn't
do any good.

This is the third kidnapping
in little Haiti this year.

I mean, we got extortion, drugs,
murder, and every time it's the same thing.

There's no clues and
there's no witnesses.

- They're scared.
- Oh, yeah.

They're so scared her
aunt won't even help.

I mean, if she won't, who will?

This isn't much to go
on but we'll do our best.

Thanks for your help, MacGyver.

Okay, Denise. Why?

You would not understand.

Your niece has been kidnapped
and you won't help the police find her?

You're right, I
don't understand.

The tonton macoute have her.

The... the what?

The tonton macoute.

They were papa doc's secret
police in Haiti before the revolution.

If I speak, they
will kill cherine.

I have no choice.

That's not true. You
do have a choice.

They left this.

It is a voudon warning
to remain silent.

I was afraid to
give it to the police.

Let the pain flow from you.

Yes, yes, I can feel
the pain is going.

Yes.

Ah, I feel better, mama.

The pain is gone completely.
It's a miracle. A miracle.

Take this.

Carry it with you at all times

And your headache
won't come back.

Thank you, mama
Lorraine. Thank you.

She is wonderful.

Wow.

Don't make faces. This is
pure datura leaf from Haiti.

It's powerful medicine
against poison.

You know, what if something
was really wrong with that guy?

I send him to the free clinic.

I'm no doctor, MacGyver,
I am a spiritual...

"Spiritual advisor."
I know, I know.

Did the spirits tell you what
happened in little Haiti today?

Of course.

Poor cherine.

I pray to papa legba.

I think she could use some
help a little closer to home.

The people who took
her left this behind.

I think it connects to
the voodoo religion.

That is not religion.

That is sacrilege!

Well, somebody's using it

to scare the people of
little Haiti into keeping quiet.

There is good and bad
in all things, MacGyver,

including religion.

I am a mambo, a
priestess of voudon.

I serve the right and
the left, good and bad.

Some devote themselves
only to the left hand, the evil.

Like that wanga.

It means a curse has been placed
on cherine by the tonton macoute.

Any idea how I can
find this tonton macoute?

I know of one person.
Dr. Redemteur.

I first met cherine when I
was lecturing at the university.

I teach a course in
afro-Haitian culture and religion.

When cherine learned
that elements of

the old duvalier
government are trying

to gain power in
the United States,

she devoted herself
to stopping them.

Making speeches,
organizing marches.

Such spirit!

Mama, please,

Say a prayer for me
asking for her safe return.

Uh, doc... Doctor,
uh, pardon me but

how do we locate these
elements of the old regime?

Not easily.

The tonton macoute move
in shadows, like ghosts.

I have heard rumors
about secret meetings,

ceremonies, nothing more.

Well, one of the guys who
took cherine mentioned a name,

a baron samdi?

Oh, no.

What?

In the voudon belief, baron samdi
is the keeper of the graveyard,

lord of the dead and the undead.

"Undead"?

Zombies, MacGyver.

"Zombies"?

But they're myths.
Are... aren't they?

I assure you, such things
are not only possible,

there is medical proof
they actually exist.

A precise dose of the right
toxins can induce a coma state,

Which is nearly impossible
to distinguish from death.

Voudon is ancient, MacGyver.

You can't expect to
grasp all in one day.

Uh, doctor, these
secret meetings,

any idea where they're held?

No.

But I'm afraid they are
gathering new followers every day.

My patients, even some of my students
at the university, won't speak to me.

I fear the darkness is winning.

You do not pay your
respects to baron samdi, girl?

You're no spirit.
Your name's devraux.

You used to be one
of duvalier's puppets.

But now, I am
pulling the strings.

You pervert the voudon religion

and you use superstition to
frighten people into going along

With your protection racket.

You're just a sick, evil
man living in the past.

Ah, but the past can
become the future, girl.

We will bring back the old ways,

Restore strength and
stability to our people.

Yes, perhaps even
to our beloved Haiti.

And you will help.

That day will never come.

But you're wrong, cherine.

Because the future is now.

Hold her.

She's not breathing.

There's no pulse.

Now she will really
be of use to us.

This is very
evil mojo, MacGyver.

You shouldn't be messing
with that doll like that.

I'm just trying to find
out where it came from.

It came from
someplace very dusty.

Yeah.

That's silt,

like a dry riverbed.

That looks like oil.

Yeah, that's what it is.

It smells burnt.

Maybe it came from a garage.

Yeah, but that
doesn't explain the silt.

And besides, this kind of oil is
used to run generators and turbines.

"Turbines"? Power station?

The old Liberty dam?

Haitian drums.

That's the guy who
grabbed cherine.

I'm not surprised. His
name is concasseur.

In Haiti, he was torturer
for colonel devraux,

The commander of
papa doc's death squads.

Open the casket.

Close the casket.

She looked dead.

Not dead. Worse.

Worse?

Do you remember what
Dr. Redemteur told you about zombies?

No, I'm not buying into that.

Open your mind, MacGyver.

Magic comes from
the heart and the earth.

There are many things in nature
that can be used to cure or kill.

So what, she's been
poisoned? Drugged? What?

An ancient formula.

It renders the victim lifeless.

Only the mind remains conscious.

Cherine will be aware
of everything, until death.

Well, is there an antidote?

Yes.

Datura leaf, but more
than this, and in time.

How long has she got?

It depends on when the
poison was administered.

She may only have a few hours.

I can get past the
guard, no problem.

But for you, it's a big problem.

I think we can handle it.

Blessings to you.

And you, mama.

This is your first time with us.

I heard so much
about the ceremonies,

I thought I had to come
see them for myself.

It's a good time. Today we
make an offering to baron samdi.

How exciting!

But you can't meet
the baron like that.

It'd be an insult.

Why, what's wrong?

Your tie is loose.
Let mama fix it.

Mama.

What are you doing
to me? Come on now.

Mama!

Oh, too tight? I'll loosen it.

Stop! You're making it tighter.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Let me try again.
Oh, don't move.

That's much better.

Thank you, mama.

MacGyver?

Here.

It's not
nice to scare mama.

This way.

Maybe it would be
wiser if you went back.

What are you, crazy? I'm dying
to meet this samdi myself. Let's go.

Spare him. He
doesn't understand.

All right, why don't you go
ahead? I'll look for cherine.

You be careful, MacGyver.

Mama Lorraine! What
a pleasant surprise.

I'm so happy that
you've decided to join us.

Do I know you?

Oh, no. But of
course, I know you,

by your reputation.

All of little Haiti
knows mama Lorraine.

- Oh, baron samdi!
- Baron samdi.

Baron samdi!

Welcome, children!

In the name of baron samdi.

In the name of the old ones.

Papa legba!

Papa legba...

Shango...

Shango...

- Marassa...
- Marassa...

- Ogun...
- Ogun...

Dede!

Dede!

Their hearts cry
out to their people,

who have seen their
homeland torn apart

By anarchy and chaos!

Their hearts cry out for
their people cast upon

A cruel, foreign shore.

Lands that
persecute our beliefs.

We who hear your
pleas, old ones,

Feel your anger!

you. We have the power

to conquer all enemies.

All obstacles.

Even death.

This girl was an enemy.

Now she is an enemy no more!

I have sent her to
meet baron samdi,

In his garden.

But I will bring her back,

and when I do,

she will be my servant.

Now, dance, children.

Rejoice!

I leave you now,

but I will return,

And bring our
little sister back.

The power of the people.

Cherine?

Cherine.

Cherine.

Cherine.

Can you imagine
what could be done with

This power in the hands
of the right leaders?

Such as yourself?

Not just myself.

For there's enough to share,

especially if you
were to join us.

Join you?

Yes. You are a mambo.

You have great influence
on this community.

With your participation,
the people will be convinced

That we are the true
power in little Haiti.

I am a high priestess of voudon.

I could not join
this circus show.

I think I want to move a
little closer to the stage.

You will consider my offer.

Remember, those
who are not with us

are our enemies.

You don't want to be our enemy.

I will consult the spirits.

Well, don't take too long.

Even the spirits
run out of Patience.

Cherine?

Are we too late?

Mama, it's nuts.

She's got no pulse and she's not
breathing, but I think she's alive.

Not for long.

If she doesn't get the antidote
soon, she'll never recover.

Don't try to talk, cherine. We'll
get you to a hospital soon, girl.

Unfortunately, hospitals
are for the living.

She has departed life.

It would be unwise to move.

I see that you have made
your decision, mama.

Too bad.

Take him!

Sergeant concasseur,
keep an eye on the witch.

Oh, god!

Don't try to fight it.

Now, you are one of the undead.

Stay still, MacGyver.

The more you move, the
faster the poison works.

Breathe deep,
get lots of oxygen.

That won't help him for long.

Even now he can
feel his joints stiffened,

his muscles freezing like ice.

Soon he will hear his own
heart beating, slower and slower,

until it stops.

Or until he is
given the antidote.

That choice is yours, mama.

What do you mean?

I was going to perform the zombie
ceremony with cherine myself.

But if you, a true mambo,

one the people know and trust,
were to perform the ceremony,

That would convince them that we
truly possess the power of voudon.

I am a priestess,
not a showgirl!

You will do as I say,

If you care about your friend.

All you have to do is perform
the ceremony and awaken the girl.

Once the people have
seen that you are on our side,

You can revive your friend
and we will all part ways.

How can you watch
him suffer like this?

Stay calm, MacGyver.

Mama will do what she must do.

Mama.

And you will do
what you must do.

Eat it. It's datura leaf.

Only enough to prolong
you for a short time.

Without more you will die.

Papa legba protect you.

Well, what is it to be?

I'll do it.

But if you cross me,

I'll show you more than
chemistry and acting.

Take her to my chamber.

Place him inside.

You are indeed
fortunate, MacGyver.

You are going to witness
something few people have ever seen.

Your own burial.

Seal the coffin.

Turn.

MacGyver! I thought
you were a burglar.

Oh, I was poisoned, I had to
let myself in to get the antidote.

What are you doing here?

I was sent to retrieve this.

But now it seems I have two
jobs to do for colonel devraux.

Datura stramonium.

A harmful substance,

But a strong remedy for the
symptoms of tetrodotoxin poisoning.

That's the poison in blowfish,

like the ones in your office.

Bravo.

You would have still needed to visit
a hospital if you were to fully recover.

Make yourself comfortable.

I'll call sergeant concasseur.
He and his men can deal with you.

Cherine and the
students trusted you.

Of course. It was my
job to gain their trust.

So are you on devraux's payroll,

Or is he controlling
you with a voodoo doll?

Really, MacGyver,

don't tell me you
believe that superstition.

Well, I like to
keep an open mind.

Sometimes you just
have to have a little faith.

Colonel devraux says to hurry.

If this is not done
properly, it could be deadly.

Just being in this room,

breathing the air, can kill you

so don't tell me to hurry.

Yes, well,

you just make sure you
put on a good show, mama.

radegonde, baron samdi,

guardian of the cemetery.

You who have the
power to go into purgatory,

you the loa must continue.

You must build
new temples in this new land,

And you must join us as we
build new temples in this new land.

Break my jar!

The mambo
repeats the sacred chant.

Sacred loa, let the
powers work for us.

Wake up, cherine.

Come back to us from
the baron's garden.

I call on papa legba.

I call on damballa.

I call on erzulie.

Everybody's here
for your party, cherine.

Wake up and join us.

Come back to the
living, little sister.

Come on, girl.

Don't let it win.

Welcome back, cherine.

It's time for the baron to make his
entrance again and bless the ceremony.

Don't let them leave the stage.

Yes, sir, colonel devraux.

Take your position.

Get up, girl,
you've got to move.

Get the medicine circulating.

That's it.

You'll be all right now, girl.
Keep moving, one step at a time,

keep your blood
flowing, don't stop.

That's it,
cherine. Keep walking.

You've got to move those legs.

If you lay down the
poison will start to work again.

You've got to work those
muscles. Get your blood flowing.

Remember that, girl. This is no
time to relax. You've got to fight it.

Don't worry, girl.
You'll be all right now.

Just keep moving
and stay on your feet.

Force yourself to walk.
That's the way, girl.

One step at a time. Good.

You got the idea. Keep walking.

Go see
what's keeping the colonel.

Baron!

I come to you in the
name of baron samdi.

Hear me, children. I must speak.

MacGyver, are you crazy?

That doesn't sound
like the colonel.

Listen to me.

You have been
deceived and lied to.

These men abuse the gods

and use them for evil.

They possess no magic,

only greed.

They are your enemies!

Listen to the baron,
he is speaking the truth!

That's not the colonel!

Stop him!

After them! Stop them!

That's him.

My foot! I cannot move!

MacGyver.

I'm glad they let you
out of the hospital.

You feeling better now?

Good as new, mama. Thanks.

You know, I talked to Denise.

She told me cherine will
be recovered in time to

testify against
devraux and his people.

They misused the gods badly.

The spirits will be avenged.

Well, with all due respect, mama, I
think the courts will put them away

before the spirits do.

Really, MacGyver?

How can you say that after all
you've seen and experienced?

Okay. I admit it.

I have a lot to learn
about your religion. Yes.

For papa legba, the god of
communication and understanding.

You know, after all your
luck, you owe the spirits a goat.

A goat?

But don't worry.

I told them you're a vegetarian.

Ah!