Macgyver s05e11 Episode Script

You should leave that kind of|work to me, father laffarty.
It's almost christmas,|mrs.
Wilson.
I have to work up|my brownie points somehow.
Sounds like|we have a visitor.
Father laffarty!|Father laffarty! She's gone!|The madonna's gone! The special holiday music continues all the way through|christmas eve, on 1040 a.
m.
, with this classic|from days gone by, "i'll be home for christmas.
" I think santa's giving|me a hernia for christmas.
? i'll be home|for christmas? What's the matter? Uh, i don't know,|this christmas stuff gets a little sappy|after a while, that's all.
You sure you're all right? I'm fine.
I mean, i know this is a|tough time of year for you.
Thinking about|your mother and all.
That was|a long time ago, pete.
You get over|that kind of stuff.
Well, you never quite get over|losing someone you love, do you? That's why you stay busy.
So|you don't have to think about it.
Hey, mama,|how're you doing? Oh, please, no!|What've you got here? I don't have time for this what do you mean you don't have|time for this? I don't have time.
What have we got in|the cart, huh? Please.
Oh, let's see here.
|Please, don't touch that! Now boys listen, i'm gonna|call out the big guns! Oh, the big guns?|Oh, no.
Yes! That's right, mama! No, that's my stuff!|Oh.
Bye! stop! Stop, that's my stuff.
Stop! Merry christmas, grandma.
Hey, let go of the cart! Yeah, merry christmas|to you, too, punks! Careful.
You ok? Oh, yes, peachy.
And i can't thank you enough,|for getting my stuff back.
You know, you should have|that hand looked at.
Oh, it's nothing.
It's just a scratch.
Listen, uh,|can we drop you somewhere? Do you have a place to stay? Well, as a matter of fact, i'm just looking|for another abode.
Something with|a southern exposure.
Well, i know a place|you could stay, for a while, if you're interested.
But you just made me|an offer i can't refuse.
Lead on, gentlemen! Just lead on.
Easy.
Hey, cynthia.
|What is this? Look like|a basketball to me.
You know what i mean.
We've got a show|to put on tonight, and you're out here|playing games.
Relax.
|We'll get to it.
You've been singing that|same song for 2 days now.
It's showtime, get it? It's showtime|on the court.
Got it.
Good.
So move it.
And you can start by helping|take these gifts upstairs.
Both santa and phoenix|deliver on time.
The boys will give us|a hand with these.
Bobby, tyrone, come over|here and help us, please.
Oh, you guys|are too much.
Thanks.
This looks like|the biggest gift drive, ever.
I just hope santa brings u a whole lot of money|to go with it.
Donations down? Worse than that.
The new landlord's|trying to squeeze us out by demanding first|and last month's rent, plus a month's|security deposit, before he'll renew|our lease.
If we don't come up with|$9,000 by the end of next week, the challengers club|could become the challengers|memorial parking lot.
Don't you worry.
You'll have your act|together in plenty of time.
Uh, cynthia,|this is carol.
She needs a place|to stay for a while.
I never turned|anyone away yet.
Go ahead in there.
Thank you, cynthia.
And a very merry christmas|to you.
Yeah, right.
Happy new year, too.
All right, there we go.
|It's about as good as new.
Splendid.
Thank you.
I bet your mother always|wanted you to be a doctor.
Well, not exactly.
But she did always say i was|pretty good with my hands.
She was right.
Would it be all right|if i looked around? Make yourself at home.
Thank you.
While it's still here.
Oh.
Listen, i wish i could get the phoenix|board to excee d their original donation, But the budget|is set in concrete maybe in|another 6 months.
We'll be history|by then, pete.
I've got a call into the bank,|but i'm not holding my breath.
Breeze! How am i supposed|to get through to you? You're supposed to be|the stage manager, and you can't even manage|to move the stage! Chill out, woman! What do i need with|this christmas game? It's just another day.
People make too big a deal|about it, anyway.
Want me to talk to him? There's no point.
Breeze never celebrated|christmas in his life.
I guess i was a fool to think i could|make him see what it was all about.
And we have this|special holiday plea from father patrick laffarty|of st.
Mary's church.
Pat laffarty? A hand-carved wooden madonna was taken|from our church early this morning.
She's very special to us.
If anyone out there knows the|whereabouts of the madonna statue, we'd appreciate|hearing from you.
Just call us at st.
Mary's|.
no questions asked.
There you are.
|The missing madonna isn't that your buddy|from back home? Yeah.
That's the guy.
Now, what kind of a snake would|steal a madonna from a church? And on christmas eve.
It takes all kinds,|doesn't it? Yeah, no kidding.
I'm gonna run over there|and see if i can help him.
Well, i'm going with you.
Hey, patrick! Macgyver, pete!|This is a surprise how are you doing? You know, every time|i see you in that collar, i got to remind myself|that you're the same kid that used to run me into the|boards during hockey practice.
I remember it|the other way around.
No way.
So, what brings you here? Well, we saw you|on the news.
Something about|a missing madonna? Can you believe that? Well, is there anythin|g we can do to help? No, i doubt it.
|The police came by, but there are no|real clues to go on.
I've started calling everyone|in the congregation for help, but it doesn't look like|there's much hope of finding her.
Not before|christmas morning.
Was the statue|valuable at all? To the world,|she's just a hunk of wood.
But in our hearts,|she's priceless.
She's been there in that|spot for nearly 20 years.
Ever since the christmas vincent|battaglia presented her to the church.
Well, did you see|anyone suspicious or notice anything|out of the ordinary? Right before we discovered|she was missing, we heard a peculiar noise,|a squeaking noise.
It was him.
|You know it was.
Who? Vincent battaglia.
|He took her.
Mrs.
Wilson,|you don't know that.
Well, the same man|who carved her? Why? He's always had a grudge|against the church.
Hasn't set foot in the place|in 15 years.
Ever since mrs.
Wilson, just because a man has a change|of heart, doesn't make him a thief.
Well, why would he want to|steal the madonna, anyway? Ask vincent battaglia|about that.
Well, i guess it can't|hurt to talk to him.
He runs a little furniture|fixer place over on homer.
I'll get you|the address.
Mr.
Battaglia? We're closed.
Mr.
Battaglia, father laffarty|sent us, from st.
Mary's.
I don't care who sent you.
|Can't you read? Uh, mr.
Battaglia, the madonna you carved,|for st.
Mary's, it's been stolen.
So, tell somebody who cares.
Well, father laffarty|thought you look, i cut my ties|with the church years ago.
I want nothing to do|with st.
Mary's.
Capisce? And a merry christmas|to you, too, sir! You believe that guy? Merry christmas.
Oh, boy.
Look at you call yourself a santa? No, i call myself employed you try standing around in a red|suit begging strangers for money.
Well, you know a little|christmas spirit might help.
A little of the old,|"ho, ho, ho.
" Ho ho ho.
No, come on, i mean, you got to|put a little something into it ho, ho, ho!|Merry christmas! Never mind.
Say, did i hear you guys say you|were looking for some kind of statue? Yeah.
A wooden madonna,|you seen it? Maybe.
Well?|What about your friend merry christmas.
Well, have you seen|the madonna or not? I'm not exactly sure|what i saw.
But there was this bag lad y|wheeling through the alley yesterday.
Bag lady? Wheeling? Yeah.
She could have had|something like a statue in the squeaky old|shopping cart of hers.
You ought to be|ashamed of yourself! Showing up drunk! What are the children|supposed to think? Take it easy.
|Let me have that.
Get off of from me,|you crazy old broad.
Get off of me!|Don't hurt him get her off of me.
He's anesthetized,|he can't be hurt! Oh, you are wearing|the uniform of a saint you're a disgrace! Yeah, yeah, yeah,|merry christmas.
Yeah.
Well, did you see|your friend, the priest? Well, we weren't actually able|to do anything for him.
,|uh, carol, you see we've got to|ask you a favor.
Uh, you boys are|trying to say something.
Spit it out.
Would you mind if we had a look|at what you've got in your cart? Yeah, see carol it's not that we're|accusing you of anything, it's just that we have to eliminate|some possibilities, you understand.
Well, it's just|good detective work.
Yeah, like that.
|Yes.
Well, i can see that,|but what i don't see is, if you think i took it, why do you both|look so guilty? E|are you absolutely sur you've considered all|the angles in this case? We're doing the best we can.
|We're sorry for the trouble.
Oh, it's no trouble.
It's not often i'm pursued|by 1, let alone 2 men.
Well, i hope father laffarty is|having better luck than we are.
What is it, kiddo? I have a present for you,|macgyver.
Well, thank you, violet.
You didn't have to do this it's a hamster.
No way.
Not really, but i didn't|wrap it too good.
Are you kidding me?|This is great.
You know, when i was|about your age, i used to give my mom stuf f and it|was wrapped in old comic book pages.
But she didn't mind.
She always said, "it's the thought|that counts.
" Thanks for|thinking of me, violet welcome.
That was a nice story.
About your mother.
Yeah.
Well, christmas, you know? Yeah.
2, 3.
Are you kids crazy or what? Just, just leave it alone.
You trying to tear|the whole place down? Back off, woman! We're just trying to get|the job done, like you asked! Well, somebody's|gonna get hurt.
There are children running around|here, in case you haven't noticed! So you do it! Yeah, yeah.
Hey, breeze, guys,|we'll get it done.
You get it done.
|I'm out of here.
Breeze, get back in here.
|Breeze! Don't do this to me.
|Do what? I'm depending on you.
If you leave, they leave,|and nothing gets done.
Hey, it's every man for himself.
|I learned that real early.
No! I refuse|to believe that.
Booker doesn't booker didn't believe that.
If we don't pull together, this whole show is gonna|go down the tubes.
It's not my problem.
If we lose this club,|it's everybody's problem.
So who says i care I'll go after him, huh no, let him go.
I give up.
Boy.
You know, one of u s should|go back to the church.
Check in with|father laffarty.
Yeah, i suppose.
Do you mind handling that? I should stick|around here.
Yeah, sure.
|See you later.
All right, guys.
|Let's make this happen.
Come on.
All of you.
It's, like, a very basic,|simple problem.
Come on, a little hustle,|let's go! There it is.
Paul, give me|a hand here, will you? Grab that bar,|and wedge this corner up.
Yeah, sure.
Guys, give him a hand.
All right, set it down.
Pretty simple solution.
|Now you know what you need One on each corner, a couple on the|sides, just roll it into position weights for wheels.
|Why didn't we think of that? I don't know.
|Why didn't you? Cynthia? The bank just called.
They turned down|our loan application.
Well, we'll come up|with something.
Don't bother.
It's over, macgyver.
|I can't take it anymore.
Cynthia, you can't just|pack up and leave.
Why not? The kids.
Every kid you saved from the|street, was like one of your own.
I heard you say that|1,000 times.
Macgyver, there's an endless|supply of kids that need help.
But there's not|an endless supply of me! But this was your dream.
For both you and booker.
And i can't keep the dream|going without him.
He's dead, macgyver.
And maybe the dream|died along with him.
No.
It didn't die.
Look, cynthia,|i loved booker, too.
But if you jus|t give up now, all those kids are gonna end|up right back on the street.
Now, you don't want that.
You know i don't.
You know how hard it is to keep|those kids clean and off the streets? You have to be|everything for them.
Mother, father,|big sister, best friend.
You help the ones you can, and the rest just|slip through your fingers.
Special kids like breeze, who have the brains and|the guts to be so much more.
Booker and i fought|a lot of battles to make this place happen.
I guess i'm just|tired of fighting.
Oh, booker.
Christmas was|a special time for us.
He should|he should be here.
He should be here.
How about a game? Be serious.
I could whip you with one|arm tied behind my back.
Well, it's easy|to play by yourself.
Not much challenge in that maybe you like it that way.
We play for high stake|s in this pool hall.
What you got? Well, abe lincoln says|i can take you down.
Your bet.
My break my turn.
You've got your own style,|i'll give you that much.
I knew that.
I was just trying to lull you into|a false sense of security.
I always like|a few shots to warm up Not the 8 ball scratch! Guess today's your lucky day.
I have always live|d a charmed life.
You know, you handle|that cue like a pro.
Did your father show you|how to play pool? All my old man ever showed|me was the back of his hand.
That's tough.
It's a good thing you've got|somebody who cares about you.
Like cynthia.
What do you know|about cynthia? I know that she's hurting.
I know that this is her first|christmas since her husband was killed.
I know that she wants to keep the|club open for you and the other kids, but she can't do it alone.
So just 'cause|it's christmas, i'm supposed to get with|the program, is that it? No, not because|it's christmas.
Because it's|the right thing to do.
You can get your butt in gear|and be there for her, like she is for you|and all the other kids.
I got|better things to do.
I know.
Christmas wasn't much|when you were growing up.
How do you know that? I heard you talking.
Listen up, breeze.
Christmas isn't what you get.
It's what you give.
Like love and understanding.
And helping out the other guy.
And you got|all the answers, huh? No.
Just a few.
Why don't you try it? Give a little.
You never know what good|it'll do for you inside.
Where it counts.
Mr.
Battaglia.
What's goin' on? You said she was missing.
|L i had to see for myself.
Well, i was under the|impression you didn't care.
I carved her 20 years ago|as a gift for the church.
When my wife took ill, we we'd come here|and pray to that madonna, day and night.
We prayed for a miracle.
But god took her|away from me.
He left our prayers|unanswered.
What what kind of|a compassionate god is that? How could he take her and leave me with nothing|but this pain in my heart? Mr.
Battaglia, we all lose|people we love.
You think i want this pain? How can i remember and not feel|how much i miss her? You tell me how.
I wish i could.
Get some 6-foot ladders.
We got to get|this curtain thing up.
And bobby, that lighting panel|downstairs? Bring it up.
We got 3 hours|to make this thing happen.
Tyrone, give me|a hand with this.
What got into you? I never knew what to|get you for christmas.
So i settled on less attitude and more cooperation.
I'll take it.
And you don't even|have to wrap it up.
Carol, what did yo|u say to breeze? Me? Nothing.
We just had|a friendly game of 8 ball.
That's very generous.
|Thank you.
Cynthia.
It's a pretty|good crowd, huh? I just hope they're in|a generous mood.
Everybody's got their|hand out this time of year.
Macgyver.
Macgyver, it's little violet.
She's|got a bad case of stage fright.
And she's the lead angel|in the opening act.
Will you come? By the way, pete,|i have a little favor to ask.
Me? What? What|? what is it? Hi|Hi.
Somebody tells me you've got|a bad case of butterflies.
If that means i'm scared,|i've got lots of butterflies.
I don't think|i can do it.
Ah, sure you can,|you're just nervous.
Everybody gets nervous you know, my mom and i had|a secret weapon we used that would always|make things ok.
What? well, when i was a kid i used to have to play the|guitar at music recitals, and i would|always freeze up.
My mom would say|the secret word, and everything would be|better.
Just like that.
What was it? Well i don't think i can tell|you.
It was our secret.
Please.
All right.
But don't tell anybody ice cream.
That's it? Hey, it worked.
No matter|what the problem was, all either one of us|had to say was "ice cream" and everything|would be perfect.
Ice cream.
Trust me.
I know about this stuff.
Thank you.
You're welcome excuse me,|is macgyver in there? He'll be out|in a minute.
A private conference.
Why,|you're father laffarty oh, i love|your sermons.
Especially the one, a few|christmases ago, about the 3 wise men.
You captured|them beautifully.
I'm sorry, uh, are you in my parish?|L i don't recall seeing you.
Well, uh,|it was probably my clothes i usually wear|something more elegant When i'm in the church are you ready?|Good! What a trouper! Now.
Any news|on the madonna nothing.
|I don't know what else to do.
Come on.
|I got an idea.
Breeze.
I need a favor.
Shoot.
Uh, this is|father laffarty.
We're looking for|a madonna, it's a statue that was|stolen from st.
Mary's.
Hey, i never took it.
|I got witnesses.
Nobody said you did.
We need help.
|Like what? Well, after the show, can you|pull a bunch of kids together? We wanna knock on every|door in the neighborhood, kind of an all out search.
Yeah, we can d|o that for you.
Thanks.
|All right.
Thank you.
Welcome.
We would like to start|the show off tonight with something very special.
Ladies and gentlemen, our own julio|and his 4 angels.
You look ok.
? come, all ye faithful? ? joyful and triumphant? ? o come ye, o come ye? ? to bethlehem? ? come and behold him? ? born the king of angels? ? o come, let us adore him? ? o come, let us adore him? Hey, how did we do not good enough.
We're still $2,711 short.
Now, all we need|is a miracle.
? sing all ye citizens? ? of heaven above? ? glory to god? ? in the highest? ? o come, let us adore him? ? o come? ? let us adore him? ? christ? ? the lord? We're all here this evening because 2 people|shared a dream.
Booker and cynthia always made|the christmas show special with a special song.
I'm sure we'd all like|to hear it again.
This was our favorite|christmas song.
It still is.
? i'll be home? ? for christmas? ? you can plan? ? on me? ? please have snow? ? and mistletoe? ? and presents? ? on the tree? ? christmas eve? ? will find me? ? where the lovelight? ? gleams? ? i'll be home? ? for christmas? Where are you off to? I just need some air.
I know what that song meant|to your mother and you.
Come on, pat.
We've been through|this before.
I wasn't there for her|when she needed me.
I blew it.
Nothing's gonna change that.
You're right.
|Nothing will.
And that includes|beating yourself up over something long past|that you can't change.
I know.
I called her on christmas.
I explained why i couldn't|make it back home.
She said she understood.
I knew better.
And the stroke hit her|the next day.
And you had nothing|to do with that.
Macgyver, even if she had lived|until you got back, it wouldn't have mattered.
She had a stroke.
She wouldn't have know|n you were there.
, she just kept muttering|things that made no sense about you and ice cream.
Crazy stuff.
But she loved you.
|Don't ever doubt that.
? christmas eve? ? will find me? ? where the lovelight? ? gleams? ? yes, i'll be home? ? for christmas? ? if only? ? in my? ? dreams? Ho, ho, ho, ho! Merry christmas, everybody! All children up here for|presents.
Merry christmas.
Merry christmas! Merry christmas.
|Here you are.
Let's see what we have|in here what's your name? Ho ho ho.
|Merry christmas.
Now how'd you|talk him into that? Christmas dinner|at my place.
But you were gonna|invite him anyway.
He didn't know that.
Hey, come here.
|You have to see this.
Look at this.
$2,711.
Isn't that exactly|how much you needed? Yes.
It was in the bubble.
|In this.
It's carol's.
I know bad news|when i see it.
I'm sorry, pat we looked everywhere.
This is going to be the first|christmas mass without her in 20 years.
Doesn't feel like|st.
Mary's, somehow.
Father laffarty.
Mr.
Battaglia.
I know|it's too late for this but I i wanted you|to have it, anyway.
I carved him|to go with the madonna, to lie in her arms.
But when i lost my wife,|well, you know the rest.
Thank you.
|It's beautiful.
Casey, you took the madonna? No, father.
Honest.
I didn't.
I promised the madonna|i would take her for a ride if i got a new wagon|for christmas.
I did.
And when i went out|to play with it this morning, I found her waiting for me vincent? Oh, the hand's|been damaged a little.
But i can fix that.