Macgyver s03e19 Episode Script

Maybe I was tired.
At least, that's what I kept telling myself.
I'd been following these two for a week.
They'd landed clerk jobs with a government contractor three months ago.
A week later, they were stealing top-secret documents that kept them in limos, parties and very mean company.
Come on over here! Two shots of rum.
1 51, please.
Matches? Do you have any matches? Excuse me, do you have any matches? He missed? He just flat missed? Yeah.
I couldn't believe it.
What were you doing asking for matches? I was going to make a fireball.
A diversion.
That didn't work.
So, what'd you do? - It must have come out all right.
- Yeah, it did.
But it had nothing to do with me.
It was luck.
The gun jammed.
What's going on? - That the gal you're coming to visit? - Yeah.
Nice.
Real nice.
Well, well, well.
MacGyver.
You sure don't give a girl much notice.
Think I'd give you a chance to say no? No.
When things get tough, sometimes I turn to a friend.
Other times I want to hide in the mountains.
This time, I found myself doing both.
I'd come to see Karen Miller.
We had a thing in college, but after a couple of years, she was ready for something a little more permanent.
I wasn't.
So I kept on moving.
And she put on the badge of a park ranger.
Well, there's the office and this is home.
I like it.
Nice back yard.
Gets a little cold at night, but the neighbours are quiet.
It's nice.
I love it.
No more dreams of French drapes and swimming pools? No.
I was converted by one of those nature nuts.
Remember? Who's this guy? That's Hooter.
Hey, Hooter.
You look good, MacGyver.
- Think so? - Always did.
Make yourself at home.
Your feet have grown.
- They're Sam's.
- Sam? Yeah, there's a Sam.
Sam Sheehan.
He's one of the rangers here.
Great guy.
You didn't just expect to fly back into my life after three years, did you? You'll get to meet him late tonight.
He's out on the north ridge.
So is this Sam? No.
That's Badger.
You'll get to meet him tomorrow.
Sam knows you're here.
I told him everything.
Yeah, and I also told him not to worry.
You're a friend, you've had a rough time and you're looking for a vacation.
- Am I right? - Oh, yeah.
Sure.
Of course.
Hi.
Hey, honey.
- Is that him? - Yeah, he's sleeping.
He's a nice guy.
You're really gonna like him.
Yeah, sure.
Come to bed.
So how many grizzly you got up here? About 1 00.
Or one for every 3,000 tourists.
- Meaning? - Meaning they're almost extinct.
Like every animal that's mean-tempered, feels soft or can't do tricks.
Did you think about teaching them to be useful? - What? - Well, like making jewellery, selling souvenirs, picking up garbage, park stuff.
- So is this Badger? - No, that's Marla.
Number 51.
She's been tagged and tracked for about ten years.
She's not gonna think we're trying to steal her fishing hole, is she? No, don't worry.
She knows that when she's cranky around me and this tranquillizer kit, it's instant nap time.
Know how to tell the difference - between black and grizzly bears? - How? Climb a tree.
If it follows you up, it's a black bear.
Knocks the tree down, it's a grizzly.
- Yeah.
- That's an old joke.
I'm an old boyfriend.
Oh, there's something about this place.
Whenever people go into the wild, they get this feeling, like they belong.
Like coming home.
How long do you think you'll stay? Well, that's kinda hard to say.
Why didn't you tell me about Sam? I didn't think he had much to do with it.
You said you needed a break.
What if I made it a little longer? I'd say you had your chance once.
Yeah, well, that was before someone taught me a very dangerous lesson at very close range.
Gets you to thinking.
- About old girlfriends? - About things that are important.
That's Badger.
Or his marks, anyway.
He's a big guy.
He's a good nine feet when he's hungry.
Badger's kind of the granddaddy around here.
At least, he hobbles around like one.
These are his tracks here.
Weighs about 800 pounds.
I patched him up once after a fight with a younger animal.
What is it? Blood.
Poachers.
Karen? Karen! What the hell do you think you're doing? The tyres, MacGyver, I was going for the tyres.
I'm sorry, I I didn't know.
I can't deal with this, MacGyver.
Not now.
I've got to catch those poachers, and you've got to catch a plane.
At least let me help.
You can help by going.
Look, Karen I know this poacher business has got to take priority.
But that shouldn't mean we can't talk.
About what? You and I closed the book a long time ago.
The only reason you came is that close call made your life flash before your eyes, and my picture happened to come up.
I wouldn't have come at all, if you'd told me about Sam.
I guess I just needed to see you again to know it was really over.
- Look, Karen - You always spin my head around.
All through college, all that camping and independence stuff you drilled into my head until it stuck.
And then you changed your mind.
- Yeah, I wanted to be a ranger.
- You wanted to be a ranger.
You wanted to be a pilot.
You wanted to go to Africa.
And every time I agreed and tried to be part of it, you changed your mind.
Look, Karen I didn't come here to get between you and Sam.
- I - Look you can catch a bus at Trapper Skip's.
The seaplane leaves at noon.
I've got a job to do.
Bernice, that gentleman needs more coffee, please.
Have you made up your mind? Why can't I just have a hamburger? We specialise in wild game, ma'am.
We have fresh venison, elk, squirrel, or how about a nice bear steak? I was just feeding bears.
That's park life, ma'am.
This here's all wild game hunted out on the big ranches around here.
It's legal meat, shot on private property.
And does it taste different? Will you stop flapping your lips? We can get a hamburger anyplace.
We'll both have the bear steaks.
So, what'll it be, Cherokee? - How about a salad? - And? House dressing.
Is there a place I can wash up? - Yeah, just around there.
- You mind keeping an eye on my stuff? - Sure.
- Thanks.
- Yeah, that's better.
- Okay.
Wyatt! Eddie! Just the two men I want to see.
Bring me a nice fat deer, huh? - Skipper, how about some bear steak? - What are you doing? - I asked for venison.
- You got bear.
Dropped him in one shot.
Who are you trying to kid, Porter? You're no hunter.
You're a meat man.
I ask for deer, you bring me deer.
I ask for rabbit, you bring me rabbit.
You hillbilly butchers brought me bear last week.
I'll tell you something, tourists don't like your bear.
Especially something as tough as grizzly.
Now We're hunters, you little runt.
You hear me? We're hunters! You can milk the tourists all you want.
You want deer? Then pay the city prices and have it hauled all the way up here.
We're the ones taking the risks, hunting in the park! Now, I'm trying to make a living here.
I had a deal with you guys.
I ask for deer.
It's not that difficult.
There's thousands of deer running all over the woods.
- Hey, guys, we're friends, ain't we? - Shut up.
Here's $1 00.
Leave me the grizz.
For God's sakes, bag me a deer.
Come on.
We got to give them what they want, huh? We all do.
I'd flown 1,000 miles to work out some of my own problems, and I ended up hurting Karen.
I didn't mean to, but it happened.
One way to make it up to her was to get positive identification on these poachers.
Damn, that Skip burns me up.
Let it go, Ed.
- You got the corn? - Under the tarp.
King Snake here.
Clear on island.
- Roger, Karen.
Keep in touch.
Over.
- Will do.
You two could scare deer in three counties.
What are you trying to do, Earl? Get a king-size buck is the general idea.
You'll get your chance, hotshot.
There's your buck.
I'll take the little one.
King Snake, responding to gunshot northeast of Crow's Nest.
You read me? Sam! Park Service, freeze! - Miss your flight? - Yeah.
Don't shoot me for it.
- You heard the shots? - Yeah, I heard.
Mind telling me what you're doing here? Some guys were selling bear meat back at the café, so I trailed them here.
Thought they might be the ones you were looking for.
I figured I owed you one.
Saw their truck about a mile back.
I made sure they'd be walking out.
Yeah, well, we're out of radio range.
I'll have to arrest them myself.
There's a good place to do that a little ways back.
- We can take them.
- All right.
I'll take it from here, come on.
You're a mean man with a 308, Ed.
- Set them down.
- What is it? Somebody's been on this trail since we came through.
- Could be a ranger track.
- No way.
Well, I'm not gonna take any chances.
- Well, what are we going to do? - Just be cool, Earl.
You stay on the trail.
You come with me, Earl.
- Here we go.
- Wait, there should be Hold it! Park Service Karen! Don't move.
Pick up that gun, get the knapsack.
You, hand me that radio.
Tranquillizer gun in here, Ed.
Take it.
- She's hurt.
- Now you've done it.
- Shut up.
- Look, put it down.
They don't know us from nobody.
All he sees is your mask.
Let's go.
Don't follow us.
Oh, I'm sorry, MacGyver.
Just take it easy nice and easy.
The bullet just grazed you.
I'll stop the bleeding.
But we're gonna have to get moving.
Not you, Ed.
Earl maybe, but not you! I did what I had to do.
You want to go to prison for shooting a deer? Not to mention the fines.
They'd take everything we got.
That's squat compared to what it's gonna cost for shooting that ranger.
I winged her.
Besides, they never saw our faces.
We're home free.
- Damn! - It's dead? I'll check it.
Oh, God, what are we gonna do now? Can you fix it? The distributor cap's gone.
They know the truck.
They know who we are already! We're home free, huh? We're out of this.
Don't worry about it.
You shot a ranger, Ed.
What do you mean, we're out of this? We go in, and we finish them both off.
That's how.
Which way, Karen? There's a a field station with a radio about a mile upstream, and then another two into the woods.
Well, let's send them downstream, on the other side.
- Oh, man, you really nailed her! - Be quiet, Earl.
They could only be headed to Camus Creek.
Yeah? Upstream or down? Cut through the meadow.
If they're headed downstream, you'll get ahead of them.
We'll go straight across, work our way up.
If you spot them, fire off a couple of rounds.
We'll do the same.
- Karen, are you still with me? - Sorry.
- Sorry, I'm not - No, no.
We'll just keep moving.
Look.
- Think they crossed it? - Drift looks right.
Better call in Earl.
They could be on to us.
We can break trail for the cabin here.
Well, where are they? Bandanna across the creek says they crossed here.
Makes sense, no trace of a trail downstream.
Let's get after them.
- Look at this.
- What's that? Handkerchief dropped here, there's no footprints anywhere.
Look at this.
Fresh broke.
My guess is, they chucked this bandanna from over there - to set us off the wrong way.
- They stayed on the other side.
Couldn't be downstream.
I would have seen them.
They got to be going upstream.
On the other side of the river.
Well, they ain't quite as smart as they thought, are they? Let's go.
- How much further to the cabin? - As the crow flies, about a mile.
As the wounded walk, we're gonna have to take the long way.
I'm in no shape for hill climbing.
You're in no shape for anything.
- You've got to rest.
- Okay.
What are you gonna do? I'm gonna give them a choice.
Stay here, okay? Hold it! They're headed this way.
From the looks of that track, he must be helping her a lot.
She's not gonna last much longer.
Let's go.
- I'll be darned.
- What? My distributor cap.
Be careful.
It's our chance out.
- Out? - They don't know us.
They don't want to know us.
They're saying take our truck, leave in peace.
- Too late, we've got them on the run.
- If we find them and we kill them, - who's running then? - Maybe he's right, Ed.
Let's just fly.
- Let's just get in the truck and - Shut up! Go on, shoot.
You're going to hang me out to dry anyway.
Do it face-to-face.
You're crazy.
Both of you.
I've had it.
To hell with you both! They gave us a chance, Ed.
They gave us nothing! I'm going to bury them.
I'm going to bury them both.
Karen.
How are you feeling, baby? I think both our chances would be better if you left me and came back.
We're going to that cabin together.
Got it? Come on.
Nice and easy.
That ranger's cabin is on the other side of this ridge.
The way I figure, if that's where they're headed, that wounded girl's gonna force them to go around the ridge.
We go straight over the top, we beat them by about at least an hour.
What about Earl? By the time he wakes up, it's all gonna be over.
Red Bear, this is Mobile One.
Any word from Karen? Over.
Nothing on Highland.
Suggest you call Sam.
Over.
- Okay, people.
Let's go.
- Okay, let's go.
We made it.
I told you we'd be all right.
Fix that.
- Now what? - We wait.
- Come on.
Let's rest.
- Okay.
Down here! Oh, come on.
Come on, Karen, stay with me.
We got to let them know where we are.
- Easy.
- Okay.
They're looking for them.
They ain't gonna find them.
No sign of them at Base Nine.
You see anything, Sam? You'd have heard.
Keep looking.
We're pushing up for the north border.
This is no good, MacGyver.
Just go on ahead.
Once you radio for help, it's only a matter of time.
Just forget it.
We're getting out of here together.
- You understand? - Okay.
- What is that? - It's called limonite.
The Indians used to use it in cave paintings.
It's amazing what you can do with decomposed rock, huh? - Where you going, Wyatt? - I'm heading left.
- I'm not going to Canada! - Well, then go to jail.
Just gonna run out on your family? I won't do it, Ed.
I won't kill 'em, it's not worth it.
- Why don't you come with me? - You run out on me now, and I swear, you'll never stop running.
I'll find them, I'll bury them on your land.
When the law comes, it'll be you and your family.
That's the price you're gonna pay if you run out on me now.
- All right, come on.
- Okay.
Easy okay.
- Here.
I think we made it.
- Yeah.
Here.
You'll need these keys.
I don't think so.
There's no lock on the door.
That's impossible.
That door's never left unlocked.
Well, it is now.
What is it? It's a hunting blind.
But I'd be willing to bet they're not after deer.
Come on.
Easy.
What are you gonna do? I'm not exactly sure yet.
It'll come to me.
I hope.
I do know I have to try and even the odds.
Stay put.
I'll be back.
This is stupid.
Maybe Earl came and got a drop on them.
Maybe they're having a tea party.
No, this fella's good.
He's not turning back, he wants to finish this just as much as we do.
We'll wait.
There's a fine line in nature that divides the hunter from the hunted.
The trick was to turn the situation around.
The tools I had available were nature, Karen's coat and the tranquillizer darts in her backpack.
The first thing I had to was to give them something to shoot that wasn't me.
Chopper three to search party.
Looks like they're on their way to Base Nine after all.
Copy, chopper three.
The poachers had taken the tranquillizer gun but left the darts.
So, what I needed was a way to propel one a distance of about 40 yards.
What I had was the barrel of a flashlight, and the elastic cord from Karen's coat.
So I could be in two places at once, it became necessary to invent a time delay: A fuse that would last long enough to get me into another position.
Something doesn't feel right.
They'll be here.
Ed! - Park Service, hold it right there! - Don't shoot.
I give up.
Don't shoot.
Check out the cabin.
There's another one over here.
Thanks, MacGyver.
You sure know how to show a girl a good time.
- Just like always.
- Oh, it wasn't that bad.
No.
It wasn't.
- Here you go.
- Thanks.
I guess it's safe to say those guys won't hunt in your territory again, huh? No, I think the only thing they'll be hunting for is parole.
Thanks, MacGyver.
I said a lot of things.
I You don't have to explain anything.
- I know how you feel.
- No.
You don't.
You found your place.
It's here with Sam.
Now I know why we never say goodbye.
- Too damn hard.
- Let's not.
Take care.
Yes, ma'am.