Macgyver s05e14 Episode Script

Ever been in this part i used to work summers|up here during college.
Yeah? It's changed|a lot since then.
Clear-cut.
See those tree|s down there? The ones right alongside|of the road? They're only a couple|of hundred yards deep, that's all clear-cut.
They call that|a visual corridor.
Most of the main roads|here in oregon why do you think|they do that? Well, some say it's good|forest management.
Others say|it's fire protection.
And then there's those|that say it's so they're driving throug|h a big, healthy forest.
But i guess we can make|our own minds up more people should|see it from up here.
You know, they say 85%|of the old growth forest if it wasn't for|the forest service there'd be nothing left.
Who knows when|it's all gonna stop? There's got to be|an answer.
A timber summit was planned,|but it got cancelled.
Yeah, i know.
|That's why i'm up here.
And to find out why|an old friend let me down.
Amy chandler.
|You know her? Mister, everybody know|s amy chandler.
Even your own people know|you're cutting illegally! That's why lopez was killed!|To shut him up! Out of the way, lady! Not until you stop You're ruining you're silting up|the river.
Hypocrites! Your paychecks are printed|on paper pulp! Break it up.
You people are neighbors.
You ought to be|ashamed of yourselves.
Tree-killers.
|Tree-killers! Braddock, you want Damn right, sheriff.
And then i'm gonna deliver|these logs to the mill.
Amy, i'm gonna have|to take you in.
I warned you what about them?|You tell me, huh? Who's restraining them|from destroying one of the last virgin forests|in the pacific northwest? My men replant|what they cut, lady.
I want those trees to grow|as much as you do.
So you can a tree farm is not|a forest, foxworth! So what do you suggest?|That we just shut down yeah.
Yeah, that's right.
What about the people|in the towns of this state who depend on logging|for their survival? What about|the spotted owl? The marbled murrelets,|the whole damn ecosystem? I said that's enough.
|Amy, get in the car.
Let's go.
Now the rest of you|clear out of here when are you gonna do|something about i'm not.
That's why we're separated,|remember? Just let me go.
|I can do it, ok? Well, as if this town|ain't hurtin' enough, with costs goin' up,|the mill goin' automated.
That lady and her tree-head|cost me 2 hours.
You tell her|next time she tries i ain't stoppin'.
Hi, i'm looking|for amy chandler.
I just saw her come in.
Yeah, she's with|sheriff delaney.
Come on,|i'll show you.
Come on, bill,|where's your guts? Can't you see|what they're doing? What they're doing|is perfectly legal.
Since when|is murder legal? Look, we've been|through this before.
What happened to lopez|was an accident.
Logging is dangerous.
Now, i'm warning you.
One more time|and i'm keeping you here.
Then you better|clean out that cell, bill, because until they stop|clear-cutting or you re-open i am going to be|out there every day! Same old fire.
Macgyver,|what are you doing here? Oh, guess.
The timber summit.
So i pulled out|and canceled it.
I wouldn't mind|knowin' why.
Ask the loggers.
Now, what is that|supposed to mean? It means i'm tired of waiting|for the system to work while they keep|strip mining the forest.
Amy Amy, the phoenix foundation|worked for months to put this summit together.
|And you supported the idea.
That was befor|e the cover-up.
What cover-up? Look, not here.
|We'll talk at my house He was killed the day and everybody's|chalking it up his name was lopez.
He was a chokerman up at|the half moon logging camp.
Anyway, 3 days ago, he calls me up|out of the blue and said he might be in danger|because of something he told me he had proof,|that his boss, foxworth, was violating|his cutting contract proof? Well, that's all he told me.
And then he suddenly said,|"check out betsy," and he hung up.
Who's betsy? I don't know.
And the next morning,|i look in the paper and that's why|you pulled out don't you get it? That slimeball foxworth|must have had him murdered no, it says here,|it was an accident.
It was no accident.
And there's no way i'm gonna|sit down and pow wow amy.
Even if you're right|about lopez, declaring war on the loggers|is not the answer.
Then what is? Compromise.
Finding a win-win solution|so they'll listen to you.
And so the hundreds|of good, honest people don't get wiped ou|t overnight.
You sound|just like my husband.
Well, he sounds|like a smart guy.
I'm sorry|i never met him.
What happened|between you two? We separated|about 6 months ago.
I guess we couldn't find|a win-win solution.
Tell you what.
I'll reschedule the summit|on one condition.
You help me find out|what happened to lopez.
Amy, come on.
Look, they still need|a chokerman up at the camp.
You know the work.
|No one around here i came here|to save the summit what kind of summit|is it gonna be if the loggers are being|represented by criminals Ok.
If i do,|you got to promise to sit down|with those loggers and stop fanning the fire|on this thing.
The loggers won't come.
You just get|your people there.
I'll worry about|the loggers.
Ok.
It's a deal.
I promise.
Foreman around? Yeah, that'd be jack.
|Right over there.
Ok, harry,|cinch it down.
You jack? Name's macgyver.
I understand you're looking|for a chokerman.
Chokerman, huh? You got any experience well, i worked summers|as a rigging slinger now, that was|a long time ago.
Chokerman's the most|dangerous job on the line.
I can handle it.
Ok.
Go sign up|and get your gear But watch yourself last chokerman didn't.
We had to scrape him|off a log.
I'm telling you, glass you listen to me,|mr.
Foxworth.
You're 5 loads behind|and we're floatin' those logs and i'm telling you,|i've diverted our arrangement was for|a million board feet now, that freighter only has|4 hours to load them when it rendezvous|for the pickup.
And i intend|to satisfy my contract.
Look, i've got forest service|inspectors crawling and i've got a lien|on your equipment.
A snap of my fingers|and i own your company.
Just like the others.
Now, wait a minute.
The yakuza have a saying, "The wind does not wait|for the tree to bend.
" I don't like being|threatened, glass.
And i don't care about|your gangster garbage.
The yakuza is not garbage,|foxworth.
It's 1,000 times more deadly|than anything you can imagine.
Can't breathe.
Now, my contract with them|is worth $2 million.
But more important|is my reputation.
So if you do not|hold up your end and deliver the number|of logs that i require, i will cut you down|like one of your trees.
Take the next 2 loads|to glass, the usual system.
Are you crazy? The inspector|just checked my tags.
If he checks again|on my next load, he'll kno you heard me, just do it.
Who's the new man?|Haven't seen him before.
Chokerman.
|I just hired him.
I'm gonna break him in|real good.
I saw that guy he was there|to see amy chandler.
What? Must be another on what if lopez|told them something you take care|of those loads.
I'll handle|the new chokerman.
Aw, now what's|the matter? Didn't get much sleep|last night? Come on, man,|you're not wrapping choke it off! That's lunch.
Better get some grub.
|You're gonna need it.
You know, up in washington? The environmentalists|are using to force injunctions|on logging companies.
Them dumb spotted owls again.
I heard a rumor that timber summit|might be on again.
Couldn't hurt.
I think it stinks.
Those bambl-lovers|are trying maybe they just want|the same thing we do.
Oh, yeah?|And just what well, to plan ahead,|work out a compromise.
Before we cut|past our options.
I ain't got time|for this sheep dip.
I gotta get Awful lot|of red tape, huh? Control tags, brands, you'd be surprised|how valuable these babies chaser put the tags on? No, usually the driver the inspector checks 'em? If he's got time.
And assuming he's here|, which he ain't often.
There's only|a handful of inspector Oh, don't mind him.
This summit idea's got|everybody a little edgy.
It's up to all of us|to do something.
So our grandchildren|can know what a forest is.
Yeah.
You can help put up give them to your friends.
If enough people|become aware of the problem, maybe we'll finally|see some change.
We need all the support|we can get.
We have|to do something.
We have|to do something! Yeah! This is nuts.
I'll be lucky to get|this shipment put together.
Another one next month|is too big a risk for me.
My tokyo buyers|are paying 3 times the domestic price|for the logs.
They have no interest|in your risk.
We've got problems.
Macgyver's been|asking questions.
He's been nosing|around my tags.
Who? The new chokerman|who replaced lopez.
I checked him out.
He works for an outfit|called the phoenix foundation.
The ones behind|the timber summit.
Don't worry.
|I've got it under control.
Yeah, that's what you said|about lopez.
I won't stick my neck out|for any more killing.
You'll do what i tell you! And i'm telling you|to eliminate or believe me, you'll have|a lot more to worry about than losing your company.
Mr.
Glass,|recognize it? This is what it looks like,|thanks to you log brokers.
Hi, meg.
I was wondering|if you would put this poster it really tells the story of|how the old growth forests Gee, amy, i don't know a lot of my customers depend|on logging for a living.
This might kind of upset them.
You know what i mean.
Wiping out the forest|is what's upsetting, meg.
I wouldn't eat in a place|with a poster like that.
Nobody supports|your cause here, lady.
Why don't you go out|and save the whales she's not worth it,|braddock.
No wonder her husband|left her.
You can say|whatever you like, foxworth.
But i'm gonna make you|stop cutting even if i have to sabotage|your equipment to do it.
Are you sure|you won't put the poster up? That girl has|a violent temper.
I hope she doesn't Oh, you look terrible.
Oh, thank you.
|But i found betsy.
Who is she? She is a truck.
|Belongs to a guy braddock? He was at|the bowling alley today and that tree pimp, glass.
Who's that a log broker.
He's been buying up|bankrupt logging outfits you know, come to think of it,|jack did mention something about glass having|a hold on foxworth.
Jack? Is he the foreman|up at half moon? Yeah.
So since when are you|friendly with a logger? Macgyver, jack's my husband.
Oh.
Great.
He didn't mention me,|did he? Uh, no.
Not that i care.
A logger and|an environmentalist? Who ever heard of yeah.
Right.
Hey, it turns out|we know someone yeah? Yeah.
Your wife.
Amy and i went|to school together.
We're old friends.
Yeah, well, it looks to me like you're more than|just old friends.
I saw you together|at her place now, wait a minute, jack.
|Nothing happened.
There's nothing going on.
|We're just old friends.
Tell me another one,|macgyver.
You believe what you want,|but it's true.
Matter of fact, i think she's still|in love with you.
I don't know.
I don't know|what's going on anymore.
I guess amy and i just|let this logging thing well, it's never too late.
Just a matter of|wantin' to work it out.
All right, go ahead|on the main line.
You know, macgyver, while we're being honest|with each other, maybe you ought to explain|what you're really doing here.
And why you've been|asking people about lopez.
Jack! Jack? You guys ok? You all right? You all ok Jack! Macgyver Yeah, we're ok.
They're ok I don't get this at all.
Hey, boss, check this out.
What happened? Rig snapped.
Wrong.
I checked|this gear myself look, it's been cut.
It's that crazy she said|she'd sabotage no way! Hey! Amy would not|deliberately hurt anyone.
You don't know her|as well as you think i heard her threats, too,|at the bowling alley.
Along with a dozen|other townspeople.
No.
Amy would not do this.
I'm calling the sheriff.
We're gonna put that lady|behind bars i got to be honest, jack.
|Things don't look good.
My men found these|in her cabin That's crazy.
And that's not all.
We found these steel spikes|in her van.
One of frank green's men|was killed last year when a spiked tree|tore up their mill saw.
Now come on, bill.
You know amy would never|pull a stunt like that.
The hell she wouldn't.
You know, foxworth,|you're awfully you know something we don't? Look, amy chandler|started this war, and i'm not gonna|let her take the rap and i don't need|my own employees i want you packed|and out of my camp that goes for you, too,|macgyver.
Take it easy,|jack.
Let's just|get our stuff.
Who was that? The man who raised me.
He's head of yakuza.
It's because|of your sloppiness what are you talking about?|I solved the problem, she'll be out on bail|making more trouble and that phoenix man|is still walking around.
I fired him|and jack chandler.
Firing a man look, glass No, you look, foxworth you take a good look.
It's called yubitsume.
I made a mistake once.
And to prove my loyalty,|my worth, i cut off my own finger|while the oyabunwatched.
You people are crazy.
No.
We are disciplined y|that's why we'll control within a few years.
And if anything|should go wrong, if a single log is missing i will show you|the way of the yakuza.
And you will welcome|the shadow of death.
There's nothing|in lopez' locker.
Then let's check out|old betsy.
Answer somethin' for me.
What's foxworth's connection|with glass? Aw, glass bailed him out so he could get|his logs from here? No, no, no.
|See, glass only sells so he has to|fill his orders but most of|the private lands are which is why the deman|d keeps going up.
And why the japanese|will spend almost anything especially prime grade|like these, to keep their mills|in business.
Well, why doesn't glass|get his logs from here? Because he can't.
See, it's illegal|to export whole logs from public|forest service land.
What if glass found|a way around that? What do you mean,|like stealing these logs? Yeah.
Too complicated.
see, even if he'd still have to get rid|of the control brands, the marker paint,|then there's the tag receipts.
One of those goes|to the scaling station, nah.
What if the loads|never reached and they re-use the tags.
Like these.
Old staple holes.
But the owner|controls the tags.
Which means foxworth's|gotta be a part of it.
All locked down jack, get to the sheriff.
Tell him to check with|the scaling stations and the mills.
See if they got any receipts|for braddock's loads.
And try and find out where glass could hide|stolen logs.
If braddock is avoidin chances are it's somewhere|in the opposite direction.
What about you? I'm gonna hitch a ride|with braddock.
I am telling you, delaney, we don't have time|for all this red tape.
And i told you,|i can't go charging in just because you think|he might be dirty.
Now, you just stay here.
I'll call and chec|k on those receipts.
Hey, will.
Hey, jack.
Amy's lawyer's in with her.
Bond's posted.
|She'll be out soon.
Oh, good.
Uh, listen, could you do me|a favor? Could you find out|what properties it's, uh, kinda urgent.
I'll see what i can do There you go.
The only place|that glass owns in is cal harding's|old saw mill.
Cal harding? I thought he was fighting|the bank for his place.
Glass bought him out.
|About a month ago.
Thanks, will.
I owe you one.
Thanks for your help, howard.
|I'll give you a call later.
Hi, amy.
What are you doing here? You were right, jack.
The scaling station|hasn't had from braddock in|the last 2 weeks.
What are you|talking about? Macgyver thinks|that braddock has been i knew it!|Didn't i tell you, bill? But now he's hitched a rid|e on braddock's truck and if my hunch is right,|he's going to be at so, come on.
Let's go.
Now hold it right there.
Nobody's going anywhere|till i get a proper warrant.
Oh, that could take forever.
It'll take 2 hours.
I'll go find|a judge.
You two stay put,|understand? This could be it.
|I can prove amy!|I'm not waiting.
Amy, slow down.
This could be dangerous.
He's right i always told you|she's trouble, jack.
You should have left|while you still No, the freighter made in alaska and washington|exactly on schedule.
You can tell|our friends in tokyo as soon as they confirm|the logs on board.
No, this is the last load,|this month.
The shipment will be|going directly to japan.
What is this? I found them|snooping around.
What about the guy Didn't see him.
Macgyver's the least|of your worries.
The sheriff knows|we're here.
When he shows up,|you're history.
Not when he learns unfortunately,|you had a little accident.
Jack! Hold her hands Let go! Let go of me! Recycling happens to be|one of your concepts Put them on the conveyor.
You can't do this! Watch me.
You.
Get up.
I told you to get up.
Come on.
Come on.
Come on! Hey! We intercepted this log boom uh, coast guard reports|boarding thekogo maru.
She was crammed full of logs.
Roger, will.
Well, i'd say|that just about does it.
Nice work, sheriff.
E|it would have instead of taking|the law into don't blame jack.
|It was my fault.
I guess that's my problem.
|I act before i think.
Maybe it is time|i start listening to what and try|and work things out.
Maybe if we stop makin|g short-term demands, we can find some|long-term solutions.
What do you think|about bringing to a timber summit, huh? I made you a promise,|macgyver.
I'm ready to sit down|with the loggers I'll get 'em there how about tomorrow night,|at town hall? You got a date.