As a blood brother,
I promise that, no matter what,
I will meet here in exactly 25 years from today,
at high noon to dig up this time capsule.
Good, let's go.
Okay, MacGyver, fill it in.
In 25 years,
we'll be lucky if we even remember where we buried it.
We'll remember.
My home town had grown a whole lot
in the years since I'd been back,
but coming home was still
like reaching into a grab bag full of memories.
Some of them good,
some of them not so good.
And you could never be sure
which memory you were gonna come up with.
The decisions we make shape our lives.
When I was a kid,
I made a bad decision about a gun,
and my life was never the same.
Now I was back,
25 years later, to follow up on a promise.
One I had to keep,
no matter how much it hurt.
How much did you get, MacGyver?
56 cents.
That makes $3.42 with what we've got.
How much is a box of bullets?
- Ah, four bucks at least. - Hey, guys...
Hey, Jess, we've been waiting for you.
Well, how much you get, Jess?
A buck.
That's a whole month's allowance.
Choice! That's enough; we're in business.
Great.
You guys sure this is a good idea?
I mean getting that gun and everything?
It's gonna be cool, Jess, just wait.
Just wait.
Way to go, Danny, whoa!
Cut him off.
Sean.
Buddy, where you been?
I expected to see you two days ago.
I'm through, man, no more.
I need a little more time.
That is not how it's done, Middle America.
Where I come from, if you want to play,
you got to pay.
Now, the first time you don't pay,
I'm gonna remind you a little.
The second time,
I'll cut you.
Maybe I'll break something.
The third time, you don't have to worry about,
'cause you'll be dead, man.
Now, do you see how easy that is?
Let him go!
Let him go, Spider.
Get off my car!
Let him go.
Now!
Run, Sean.
Come on, Danny.
You lay off Sean, you hear me?
Goes for all of you.
You are dog meat, man.
That is my car you're messing with.
Danny, come on!
I'll kill him!
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
- Stupid, little... - What?
I could have nailed 'em.
Yeah, right.
You told me you were clean.
I am.
Don't give me that, Sean!
You've been hooked on crack since the first time you tried it.
I'm not using it, I swear.
I owe some money, 200 bucks.
Sean, it's me, Danny, remember?
You can lie to your folks or the kids at school.
Anybody, but not me!
I just saved your butt back there, man,
but no more!
You want to kill yourself? Huh?!
That's fine.
Just don't expect me to watch.
Wait, man. Look, you, you can't leave.
Why not?
'Cause you're the only friend I got.
Yeah, the automatic is excellent.
We sell a lot of these.
Nice and light, easy to fire.
Holds an 18-load clip.
One in the chamber.
Hey, hombre! Excuse me just a second.
I was wondering when you were gonna blow into town.
Chuck, how are you doing, man?
Well, you certainly look... healthy.
Yeah, well, I still like to eat.
Listen, I sent you and Neil a letter the day I hit the road.
I assume you got it?
We got it.
You still want to go through with this, MacGyver?
We made a promise.
Nobody keeps kid promises, not 25 years later.
Look, Chuck, I'll go up there on my own if I have to.
Won't mean as much without you and Neil there,
but I'll do it.
Just a minute, let me take care of business, huh?
Yeah, looks good.
Uh, why don't you wrap it up for me?
Oh, I wish I could.
Problem is, hand guns require a police permit.
Well, I don't know, Chuck.
Uh, how long till I can take it home?
Only takes about seven days.
But you can have any rifle
in the place you want, cash and carry, no problem.
Well, uh, what rifle do you recommend?
Well, let's see.
We've got a good selection of semi-automatics here.
Any of 'em are just the thing...
No!
...better deal, if you ask me.
Well, take this one here.
Semi-automatic, pulls a 30- or a 90-round clip.
Ultra-lightweight.
Micrometer sight.
The works.
Nice balance, feels good.
Yeah, yeah. That's a nice piece of work.
I'll take it.
Put it on my account, will you, Chuck?
Great. I'll wrap it up for you.
Oh, that's okay.
I'll take it like this.
Let's go, son.
So, Chuck, tell me...
how is the "sporting goods" business?
Don't start, MacGyver.
Everybody has a right to defend themselves.
If he doesn't buy it from me, he'll just buy it someplace else.
Oh, now, that's original.
Did you come up with that yourself?
What do you say we go up to Bell Lake and snag us
a couple of pike?
We can stay at Neil's cabin. It'll be just like old times.
Chuck...
I didn't come back here to go fishing.
Look, I don't feel good about these guys.
Come on, Sean, it's over.
- Just stay away from them. - Danny, Danny,
you destroyed Spider's windshield, man.
He's not just gonna forget about it.
What am I supposed to do? Go to the cops?
I didn't think so.
Hi, Dad.
Hi, Mr. MacGyver.
- Dad said you were coming. - Danny?
Wow. Last time I saw you, you were a little kid.
Sure, six years ago in L.A.
I still remember that homemade volcano you showed me how to make.
Oh, yeah, did you get it to work?
We had to repaint the kitchen.
I don't think you ever met Neil's son.
This is Sean.
Hey, Sean, how you doing? I'm MacGyver.
Hi, Mr. MacGyver. It's good to meet you.
Well, I got to go, so I'll call you later.
- All right. - Bye.
I guess, uh, I'd better get to work.
- It was nice seeing you. - You, too, Danny.
Look, what happened out there that day with Neil and me...
Well, I never told Danny about it.
I don't want him to know.
It wasn't just what you and Neil did.
I was responsible.
Don't you get that yet?
That's why we all have to go out there, together.
I don't know.
If you can talk Neil into it, I'll see.
Okay.
Thanks.
Excuse me.
I'm looking for Neil Ryder.
He's down the hall, in the property room.
Should be back in a jiffy.
Oh, this darn thing.
What seems to be the problem?
Oh, the darn pin that holds the ribbon spool is busted off.
I guess I should've given up on this old clunker years ago.
Oh, nonsense.
Let me have a go.
Now we'll trim it up a little bit.
There.
That'll hold it for a while, least till you can get it fixed.
You know, there used to be a kid around here
could fix just about anything like that.
Used one of those pocketknives, too.
Rigged up the darndest thing you ever saw to mow our lawn once.
How you been, Sergeant Olson?
All right, uh, that's it.
I'm getting sick of hearing about how they do it in L.A.
Chill out, Watts.
You know, you chumps would be nothing without me.
Come on.
Having a ride, Meat.
Come on, man, we're gonna kill a guy over a car?
Yeah, we are.
If we're gonna own this town, it's gonna take power.
Do you know how to get power, J.D.?
No.
Fear.
We're taking your car.
This is the city.
Mission City, Minnesota.
My name is Ryder.
I'm a cop. I carry a badge.
My name?
MacGyver.
I'm his partner.
I carry everything else.
Dragnet.
Show that made you what you are today, huh, Neil?
Nah, I couldn't get in the Army.
How you been, Mac?
Good.
Can't complain.
You know, when I got your letter,
got me wondering if it was still down here.
It took me till just now to get up the nerve.
Yeah, you know, sometimes I can't even remember
what his face looks like.
I don't want to go, MacGyver.
I don't, either, Neil.
I have to.
Maybe he went out the back.
No, he's in there.
We wait.
When the man comes in from L.A. next Tuesday,
I want him to see I got this town in my back pocket.
There he is! Let's go.
Oh, no.
Danny!
All right, everybody back.
Come on, give us a break here, huh?
Back please.
All right.
They shot the place up. They almost killed Danny.
I'm all right, I'm fine.
Did you see who it was?
Dad, Dad, what happened?
Everything's fine, son, everything's all right.
- You okay? - Yeah, we're fine.
Were you able to get a description?
I saw a blue car. An old four-door.
It's probably those same punks again.
What punks?
Mac, we got a full-blown crack problem in this town.
Some hot shot from California rolls in about six months ago,
and took in some of the local kids to set up shop.
Come on, what's that all about?
I've heard of these crack dealers franchising out
to places like Kansas City and Seattle, but here?
What... Come on.
Towns grow up, too, MacGyver.
You haven't had any trouble with those punks, have you, son?
No sir.
Come on, Chuck. We got to fill out a crime report, huh?
I'll call in a description of the car.
Look, uh, we'll get some brooms and clean this up.
- Come on, Sean. - Yeah, okay.
Danny, Danny, listen, man, I'll do something.
I'll talk to them, maybe, or something...
Oh, get real, Sean!
Those guys just tried to kill me out there, and they're gonna do it again!
You gotta tell your dad what's going on.
I can't.
What do you want from me?!
Do I have to take a bullet for you, too?
No!
Why don't you just take off, disappear for a while?
Oh, sure, and then what?!
Look, I don't know.
Maybe they'll slip up and get arrested or something.
Yeah, that's it!
What if the cops get a tip on the new shipment that's coming in.
Man, they'll nail them!
What are you talking about?
Listen, Spider's been talking about how his L.A. connection
is coming in with some new stuff on Tuesday.
I could call the cops.
They'd catch them with the goods.
They'd have to lock them up, man.
We'd be in the clear. It is a great plan.
Even if this plan works,
what am I supposed to do from now until Tuesday?
Just disappear, man... yeah, Bell Lake.
You can hide out in our cabin.
Oh, sure, and what do I tell my dad?
Tell him the truth.
I mean, we've been fishing up there since we could walk.
I don't know, man, it...
Danny, Danny, it's the only way.
It is, man.
Please, I swear this is gonna work.
All right, I'll do it.
Great. Listen, you're gonna need a key to the cabin.
I'll run home and get it.
Meet me in one hour up at the pump station
behind the state hospital.
It's abandoned, you'll be safe there.
Okay.
Two thumbs up, buddy.
I still need Danny's side of it for the paperwork.
Hey, where are those kids, anyway?
I'll get 'em.
That's about right.
Danny?
You want to tell me what's going on?
You wouldn't understand.
I understand this! Now, what's going on?
Those punks that Sean's dad was talking about?
They've been dealing to a friend of mine,
and I got caught in the middle.
And you figure the best way out is to pick up a gun?!
Hey, nobody's gonna get killed.
I might need it to scare them off.
It never stops there, Danny!
You got a gun, things happen. People die!
Why didn't you just go to your dad, or Neil?
- I can't! - You can!
Where's Sean?
Look...
this isn't your problem.
Just let me handle it, okay?
Please?
I can't do that, Danny.
We'd better go talk to your dad.
Come on.
Danny?
Danny, don't!
Now what?
It's Danny.
He just ran out the back.
- He took a gun. - What?!
Why would Danny need a gun?
Oh, it's got something to do with those punks and your crack problem.
- I think Sean's involved. - Oh, my God.
Let's get after them. I'll put out an A.P.B.
"You got to do it in the daytime
with people around, like they do in L.A."
Man, I don't know why I bought into you
and your big talk.
I'm walking.
You run now, and you are never gonna stop running.
If the cops don't find you, my people will.
But, see, if you do it my way,
you're gonna be numero uno in this town, man.
It's gonna all be yours.
Do you hear me?
Yeah.
Okay.
Now, we find that schoolboy. He's the only witness.
We cap him off, the cops can't touch us.
Yeah, what about the other one?
We already own him.
Let's get out of here.
Sean!
Buddy.
Let's take a ride.
Come on, hurry up!
It's your lucky day, man.
I'm gonna forget about the bread you owe me.
I'm gonna give you a free taste.
Hmm?
I'm looking for a missing person.
I won't give you Danny.
Yeah, you will.
Come on.
It's party time.
Sean.
Sean, where's Danny?
I didn't want to tell 'em.
Sean!
You sold him out for this?!
No, they made me do it.
They were gonna cut off my fingers with a razor, man.
Danny is my best friend.
I don't think you have friends anymore.
You have sources.
Now, where is he? Where'd you send 'em?
Down to the old pump station behind the old hospital.
I didn't want to tell them.
I didn't want to tell them!
All right, settle down.
Calm down. Listen to me.
Look, if Danny really is your best friend,
now is the time to prove it.
Go find your dad.
Have him meet me up there.
- You hear me? - Yeah.
- All right? - Yeah.
All right.
Do it. They could have him already.
Go!
There he goes!
Let's go.
This is so cool.
I still don't like this, guys. What if we get caught?
We won't, if you stop your belly-aching.
Pow!
Spider!
Look -- bullets.
You think he's got a gun?
Let's find out.
All right, that way.
Whoa.
All right!
Where'd you learn how to shoot like that?
My dad taught me. Your turn, Jess.
I'll keep score.
- What about me? - Sure.
Yeah.
Look at that.
No!
I think I got him!
Danny!
Jesse!
It...
can't hurt... can't hurt this bad.
All right, hang on, hang on.
You're gonna be all right.
Come on...
All right, take it easy, try to lie still.
He's dead, he's dead!
You killed him!
It wasn't me!
He's not dead. Now, help me.
There's blood all over him!
Let's get out of here.
Let's go.
Hurts. I can't breathe.
Hold on, Jesse.
Stay with me, come on.
Hang on, Danny.
Hang on.
All right, let me see it.
You're going to be all right, Danny.
Ow. Oh.
Your dad and Neil are on the way.
They were...
They were... They were after me.
Two of 'em.
I locked 'em in a room upstairs.
They're come... They're coming!
Kick it in.
All right, let's go.
All right, he's got to be looking for a way out.
You go back where we came from.
I'll check up here.
If you find him, you kill him.
It's all right. Don't talk. I'll find us a way out of here.
Wait, don't leave me.
Don't leave me. Don't leave me.
I won't, Jess. I'll get you to a doctor.
I'll be back, Danny.
Wh-Wh... What are you going to do?
I'm going to make sure we get out of here.
I'll be back.
Hey!
Who are you?
Where is he?
Who?
Do you want to die, too, smart mouth?
Look, I don't know what you're talking about.
I just work here.
Sure you do.
Why don't we just go see where you were going?
Open the door.
Come on. Come on, move over there.
Where is he?
I told you, I haven't the slightest idea what you're talking about.
You've got one second to find the truth.
Okay.
He's down in the kitchen.
Let's go.
Oh, come on, stay with me, Danny.
Stay with me.
It hurts...
I know, Jesse. Just hang on.
Stop!
Help! Stop, please!
Oh, come on, Jesse, please don't die.
Stop!
Please!
What is it, son?
Help, please. My friend's hurt.
He needs a doctor.
Danny?
Danny! Oh, my God!
Get an ambulance out here, quick!
He's going to be all right.
He's going to make it.
Neil, come on!
One L-30, requesting an ambulance, code three.
Up behind the old state hospital on River Road.
Repeat, code three.
Copy, one L-30.
Ambulance responding.
Fight for it, Danny.
Come on.
Look at this kid.
When are they going to do something about guns?
It was an accident. It was only an accident.
You've got to help him.
He's lost an awful lot of blood.
Get a line in him.
I'm sorry, son.
I've got a pulse.
He's reactive.
- Let's get him out of here. - Right. Let's go.
He's going to make it. He's going to make it.
Sean on crack.
I still don't know how I missed it.
Oh, don't beat yourself up over it, Neil.
You got him in a treatment program.
That's a start.
And Danny's going to be all right, too,
thanks to you.
Yeah, there it is.
Let's do it.
Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.
You put that on the cake at your tenth birthday party.
Your mom had a fit.
First she screamed, then she beat the cake to death.
How about this for you, honch.
Ah...
I was going to play for the Twins.
You still got a pretty mean slider.
Oh, yeah.
What is it?
Oh, you remember this.
The world-famous MacGyver mousetrap.
Snag 'em and let 'em go.
Figured it'd be worth something to the Smithsonian by now.
Maybe in the next 25 years.
Yeah, right.
We miss you, Jesse.