Macgyver s05e07 Episode Script

Careful.
You've got less than a|minute.
It's set to go off at 12:00.
Give me a screwdriver.
Quick, come on you got it? I don't know.
Oh.
Macgyver, that's great.
|Thanks.
Oh, i don't have to worry|about sleeping in anymore.
Hi.
Hello, macgyver.
It's me, su ling.
Su su ling? Are you kidding me?|Uh, come in.
You didn't get the|letter that i sent to you that i arrive today? Uh, no, actually|this is kind of a surprise.
Pete! You remember that foster|child program i told you about? For asian orphans, sure.
|Yeah.
Well, mr.
Thornton,|we finally get to meet her this is su ling.
Su ling.
You know, i've gotten|regular reports about you ever since macgyver|first decided to sponsor you.
It's a pleasure|to finally meet you.
Thank you.
It's a pleasure|to meet you, too.
I, uh, i can't believe this.
|Look at you.
What were you, 14 the|last time i heard from you? I am 22 now.
Whoa! Perhaps i am interrupting? No, no, nothin'.
I'm sorry i did not|write in all these years, but after i was reunited|with my grandmother in china, she was afraid|that the government would accuse me|of being a spy, For writing to america i think she gave you|good advice.
I recently graduated from|the university in shanghai.
That is why i'm here.
To attend graduate school|at your university.
I register|tomorrow morning.
Well, congratulations.
Have you got|a place to stay? Well, no.
There is a mix-up with my|dormitory at the university.
The room is not ready.
Well, say no more.
This is obviously a kitchen, that's the|living room, upstairs is the bedroom.
I'll just stay on the couc|h until the dorm is ready.
You are even nicer|than i dream.
You hungry? Great.
Well, listen, you two|have a lot of catching up to do.
I'm going to say good night.
Uh, su ling, listen, i have a|very good friend at the university who can take care of your|dormitory problems overnight.
Oh, no, please,|don't take the trouble it's no trouble|at all.
Believe me.
Besides, it's, uh, it's a|good opportunity to call her.
I, uh, haven't talked|to her in a long time.
Uh, i will talk|to you tomorrow.
Thanks for fixing the clock,|macgyver.
Good night.
Good night, pete.
|Good night oh.
I have something|for you.
It's a back scratcher.
A chinese specialty.
Good for that camping trip you|wrote me about when i was 13.
When you were testing|some kind of night goggles and you couldn't tell|the difference between a blueberry bush|and poison ivy.
Oh.
You would remember that,|wouldn't you? It's nice to finally|meet you in person.
Uh, you've changed.
I've grown up.
Thank you, macgyver.
For everything.
She arrived from hong kong and made no contact|at the airport.
She got into a taxi,|and we followed discreetly.
Did she make contact|with any of the students? No.
She visited an american by the|name of macgyver at his houseboat.
She is still there.
Is he connected|with the student movement? We have never|heard of him.
Yang is watching|the houseboat.
When the underground fax machine|network was first uncovered, we successfully isolated|the beijing students from the rest|of the world.
This intelligence report says|a new fax machine network is being set up|in the united states, and she is carryin|g the numbers.
Do you want us|to bring her in now, comrade? No, zhao.
We will watch her.
She will lead us directly|to her collaborators.
Then we can destroy|the network at both ends.
Are they still|inside, yang? They're coming out now She's not|carrying anything.
Follow them.
|Yes, sir.
Yeah, this will be nice, havin' you|livin' in the same city, su ling.
It is very different|but beautiful here.
Thank you|for the ride, macgyver no problem.
No problem.
I'll catch you later.
Catch you later,|no problem.
It is lovely here|this time of year.
I beg your pardon.
|What did you say? I'm sorry.
I thought you were someone else.
No, i'm sorry, uh what did you say? It is lovely here|this time of year.
Yes, uh,|it is unusually warm.
The flowers|could use the rain.
Yes, and it will grow|and blossom.
Hi, i'm wing lee.
Yes.
Why are you lookin|g at me so strangely oh, i'm sorry.
|L i wasn't expecting a you're very pretty.
I did not come|to make a date.
Oh, i know.
Have you brought|the list? No, not yet.
I wanted to make certain|that we could meet safely.
We will meet|again tomorrow.
I was told you brought, uh,|something in addition to the list.
Yes.
You will see it tomorrow.
Meet me here|at the same time.
It is good|to meet you, wing lee.
Macgyver? It's me, pete.
Got some interesting|news for you.
Macgyver! Su ling.
Macgyver? Here, pete, try that on.
Oh, thanks.
Oh, that feels good.
Did you happen to get|a look at whoever did this? No, i'm afraid not it was pretty much hello,|good-bye, and lights out.
All i can tell you is,|they were both chinese and in a big hurry|to leave.
Well, nothing's missing.
|I don't get it.
Yeah, well, i think i can|explain in just 2 words.
Su ling.
What about her well, that's what|i came back to tell you.
I did call my friend at the|university to see if she could help out with su ling's|dormitory problems.
Well, she came back|this morning with the word that no su ling has been|admitted to the grad school.
They've never|heard of her.
,|well, yeah but, pete, isn't that just|kind of a bureaucratic way of saying|they lost some paper? , i mean, you don't get into|grad school with just a phone call and you certainly don't get into|this countr y without the proper visa.
Exactly.
And that's why i called|the immigration department.
Now she did enter|the country yesterday but with a visitor's visa|not a student visa.
And it was issued|out of hong kong, not mainland china.
I don't get it.
Why would she lie? Ah, good question.
Long live|freedom in china! Long live democracy! It has been months now,|and still they come.
Found the list|of fax numbers? No.
We were interrupte|d in our search.
This man, macgyver, has connections|with the phoenix foundation, has a history of aiding|humanitarian causes.
What if she passed|the information to him? I do not think so.
Yang followed her to the|university where she made contact with a student|named wing lee.
He came over to study|3 years ago from beijing.
He has no connections|to the old fax network? No.
Then we may have found a key|member to the new underground i want to know more about|this student from beijing, this wing lee.
Right away,|comrade peng chow.
The question is, why? Why would she go through|all that deception? I don't know, pete, but i'm sure gonna ask her|when she gets back.
Oh, the university|is so beautiful.
I think i'm really going|to enjoy my studies here.
Is something wrong? You have any idea why|a couple of chinese guys would come in here|and tear my place up? Any particular reason|why you lied to us about where you came from|and how you got here? I did not lie.
I only my english is|not the best.
Perhaps you misunderstood me.
Uh, no.
You were lyin' then,|and you're stalling now.
Su ling, we know.
You're not registered|at the university.
They've never|heard of you.
We also know|that you entered the country on a visitor's vis|a out of hong kong, not china|like you told us.
I'm so sorry.
Please, you have every right|to be angry, but this is a very|difficult time for me.
I am not your foster child, macgyver.
I am not su ling.
My name is mel jan.
Su ling was my roommate|at beijing teachers college.
That's how i know|all about you, how wonderful you are, how you inspired her as a young|girl with your encouragement.
Your belief that nothing|is more precious than freedom|of mind and spirit.
We're listening.
The students, my comrades|at tiananmen square, sent me to america.
I needed a safe place|to begin my mission, and su ling had told me|about you.
Tiananmen square? You're part|of the student movement? Why didn't su ling|tell me you were comin'? Su ling is dead.
What? Killed by a government soldier|during the protests.
That is why|i'm using her visa.
Perhaps you read|about the 21 student leaders my government|has branded as criminals? Yeah, we sure have.
You? Yes.
If i did not escape,|i could be dead as well.
Freedom meant everything|to su ling, and when the soldiers came,|we made a pact.
Whoever survived|would make sure that the world|knew the truth.
It is what su ling|lived for.
I have something|to show you, if it has not been stolen.
Thank goodness.
My government|will stop at nothing to keep our story|from the eyes of the world.
And i will stop at nothing to make sure|the world sees the truth.
It was june 3rd.
Su ling was going to give a speech at the huge|pro-democracy rally that evening, so i borrowed|a friend's video camera.
Along the way, we joined|in the giant celebration of our new inspiration, the goddess of democracy.
You can see the mood|that day was festive.
There were rumors|that the army would attack, but we were not worried.
The night before, with gifts of food|and flowers.
But we were wrong.
Late in the day, the 38th|army arrived with tanks.
When night fell, the mood suddenly shifted,|and the trouble began.
Suddenly, somebody yelled|that the army was coming.
I looked,|and there were the tanks.
The first thing|they destroyed was the goddess|of democracy.
Shots were fired.
Everybody began running|from the square.
First, an unarmed student|was shot in the arm, and then those that started|to help him were also shot.
Everybody began running, looking for escape from|the soldiers and the tanks.
Buses were set on fire, and all of a sudden, there were more shots|directly ahead of us.
And su ling shouted|to keep the camera running.
And then suddenly|we met jiang and li, I ran past the bus looking for a way|back to the university.
They were right behind me|when i heard su ling shout.
I swung the camera around.
Then i heard su ling say, "please, we come in peace.
" But the soldier|would not listen.
He shot them.
He shot them.
What's goin' on?|What is this? What do you want? We are friends|of your family.
You're no friends|of mine.
You don't intimidate me.
Your mother sends|her best wishes from beijing.
She is in fine health.
She will remain so only if you cooperate.
Using su ling's identity,|i was able to reach macao.
From there|i slipped into hong kong and was given|a plane ticket here.
If it is any comfort, you were su ling's|inspiration.
So, uh, what happens|to this tape now? I deliver it|to my contact here.
After tiananmen square,|the government destroyed our underground|fax machine network.
They stopped our only|means of communicating with each other|and the outside world.
Sure.
Cut off the flow|of information, the movement will die.
Yes.
Exactly.
That's why i brought|these phone numbers, to establish a new|fax machine network.
There are 50 numbers|on this scroll.
That's a pretty|clever way to transmit|chinese characters.
I've memorized|the numbers.
But now, my government|must know that i'm here, or they would not have|attacked you and searched here.
Yeah, but they don't know|what you've got.
Well, they must suspect|i have the fax numbers, but the tape, no.
If they suspected that, i would have|been killed the moment i landed here.
They would not have risked me|exposing the truth with this tape.
People must see this tape.
They will, mel jan.
They will.
I thought|you were coming alone.
This is mr.
Macgyver.
|He is with us.
Macgyver, this is|wing lee.
Hi, how you doin'? Everything ok? If i seem nervous, it is because i don't like|taking chances, and by bringing|you here, we're taking|an unnecessary one.
Now our activities may not seem|dangerous to you, mr.
Macgyver, but they are.
And if i've offended you|by not trusting you, i apologize.
Oh, believe me,|i'm not offended.
It shows you're being|careful.
That's good.
We, uh, know mel jan's been watched.
Yes.
Somebody broke into macgyver's|house and attacked a friend of his.
Did they find the package?|No.
It is safe.
But that doesn't mean|they've stopped lookin'.
Well, i found a safe place|for mel jan to hide.
She will be|all right there.
Good.
You are everything su ling|talked about, macgyver.
Thank you|for being my friend.
I'm safe now.
Ok.
Follow me.
E you must first distribute the tap to the international|news service.
I've already made|the initial contact.
The local station here will link|up with the satellite service.
Good.
Then the whole world|will see what our governmen|t has tried to bury.
You also have|the list of fax numbers? Yes.
But we will not give the whole|list of fax numbers to anyone.
Only one numbe|r to one person.
That way, we can reduce our|chances of being discovered.
Mel jan, i'm sorry.
I'm a coward.
What is it? You've done everything|expected of you.
I admire you, wing lee|.
you are brave.
Forgive me.
Your mother would be very|proud of you, wing lee.
Macgyver, take a look.
|Who's that? Oh, that's wing lee.
It's the boy|i was tellin' you about.
Hey, wing lee,|what are you doin' here? Where's mel jan? Mr.
Macgyver, they|threatened to kill my mother, and and i've|betrayed mel jan.
L i don't know|what to do.
My mother should not have|to pay for what i have done.
All right, settle down|, wait a minute.
What what happened? They took mel jan, and they talked|about taking her to the consulate.
Well, sure,|that makes sense.
They've got|diplomatic immunity.
They use|protected personnel to pull off|this kind of thing.
I'm going|to call washington, see if i can get a few|people to put a little heat on the chinese|consulate here.
No, pete.
If they contact|the chinese consulate, they'll know|wing lee talked, and they'll still|go after his mother.
Yes, that is true.
Yeah, but then we have to make a|choice between protecting mel jan or your mother.
Or maybe not.
Mel jan said she|memorized the fax numbers.
Well, how does|that help us? Well, if we can fix it so|they can't touch his mother, it's a whole|new ball game.
Come on.
Where's your mother live?|Beijing.
I get it.
We fax a message|to the students underground.
Yes, the students|will hide her.
Yeah, but what if mel jan has|already told 'em about these numbers? Do you think she would|do that? No.
Never.
Neither do i.
Let's do it.
people of china,|free the people! Do you believe us now? Your superiors ordered the|murder of innocent students.
The students were armed|and provoked the army.
It was the wish of the people|that they be disciplined.
You're a liar! What? The list of fax numbers,|we know you carry it.
I don't know what you're talking about.
Where is it? Destroy the tape.
Take her downstairs.
You will remember the numbers.
Come on.
Freedom! Freedom! Really, mr.
Macgyver.
You think you are playing with children? Missed one of your cameras, did i? What i do not understand,|mr.
Macgyver, is why you bother.
I'm sure you don't.
You have an opportunity.
Persuade the girl to give us|the list of fax machines, and you can go.
You know,|i'm real sorry about this, but i couldn't convince her|even if i wanted to.
As trade liaison, i enjoy|diplomatic immunity here.
So if you have|any hopes of rescue, let me assure you it will|be too little too late.
Put him with the girl.
Mr.
Macgyver.
Thank you.
Thanks.
Macgyver.
You have until this evening|to give us the fax numbers.
It is so much easier to dispose|of unwanted elements at night.
I've failed, macgyver.
I have failed|my fellow students i've failed su ling.
I was so eager to get the|tape out for the world to see.
I made|a stupid mistake.
My friends trusted me,|and i let them down.
Uh, it wasn't your fault,|mel jan.
It was.
Now they have erased the tape|and the truth with it.
Well, not exactly.
See, after you went to bed|last night, i made a copy.
Pete's looking after|distribution.
Oh, thank you.
Now, what do you say|we get out of here? It's no use, macgyver.
I've looked everywhere|.
there's no way out.
Give me a hand|with this bench.
Slide it over|this way.
And despite china's assertions that such reports|were pure fabrication, these shocking scenes,|smuggled out of china and released|to news services worldwide, show a chinese soldier|shooting 3 young women.
These events were recorded by a|student with a home video camera.
How can that be?|How can that be? Mel jan must have|made copies.
Do you realize|what this means? Beijing will recall us when they|discover the source was mel jan.
We we will be disgraced and executed.
Perhaps not.
Besides ourselves, only|this macgyver or wing lee know that|we ever met mel jan, or that we hav|e this tape.
Wing lee is in|no position to talk.
We have his mother|to use against him.
You're right.
Gather all your files.
Everything that connects us|to them.
Yang! The students have hidden my|mother.
She is safe for now.
Come on.
|I've got an idea.
Hold this pipe|right here.
It's not gonna reach.
Hang on to that wood.
Look.
This is the last|of them.
Take care of macgyver|and mel jan now! Where did|they go? Keep goin' How are we going|to get off this roof? Tear out this cable.
|I need about 200 feet of it.
Get the fire axe! We must remember those people|who died in tiananmen square Thank you.
Thank you.
Please, listen to me.
I must talk to you|about a student from china.
One of our comrades escaped the|nightmare of tiananmen square.
She risked her life|to bring us the truth.
Her name is mel jan, and now she is|a prisoner in there inside the consulate! Free mel jan! Free china free mel jan! Free china Free mel jan! Free china! Free mel jan! Free china! Free mel jan! Free china! Free mel jan! Free china! Free mel jan! Free china! Free mel jan! Free china! Free mel jan! Free china! 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.
A little more.
Easy! That's good.
Come ahead! Free china! Free mel jan! Free china! Free mel jan! Free china! Free mel jan! There she is! This might sound ridiculous, but hang on! You all right? Nice goin'|Thanks.
You kids have fought|a great fight.
You can stop looking over|your shoulder now.
The newspaper said the consulate|staff had been recalled to china i don't think you|or mel jan have to worry about their|replacements either.
The chinese government has had|enough bad press for a while.
Here it is.
She's safely|across the border.
The report says|she's in hong kong.
My mother is safe.
|She is safe.
That is wonderful news Thank you.
Both of you hey, no problem.
Yes, macgyver.
|No problem.