That's one of the dealers down there, man.
We got to get him out of there before the ether blows, bro.
Oh, my God!
Let's get out of here. Let's go.
Come on. Now!
- Up on the right, there, T.C. - Okay.
- T.C.? - Yeah.
This is right, this is left, okay?
Yeah. Okay, little bit more.
Dario, drop your end just a little bit, there, okay?
- You want it higher? - Great, great.
How's that?
Now start lifting it up. There you go.
A little higher. Oh, you got to drop your end, Dario.
Drop your end just a little bit. There you go.
A little bit more. A little bit more. Let go, let go.
Okay, now raise her up a little bit.
Looks perfect.
- Is that a MacGyver I see? - Manny!
How you doin'?
Great, great. It's good to see you.
You know, Cynthia had to step away for about an hour.
She asked if I'd show you around.
Yeah, but what are you doin' here?
I'm stoppin' crime before it gets started.
You are lookin' at their number-one volunteer.
Whenever I'm not on duty, I come down here and help out.
Yeah, but I thought you moved away to someplace like Nebraska
and bought a farm!
I did. Then I sold it, came back.
Chief reinstated me.
What can I say, I'm a city cop.
- Did you get your old beat back? - Yep.
And, thanks to Cynthia, and a fellow named R.T. Hines,
they've made my job a whole bunch easier.
Would you believe that they've tripled enrollment?
Well, looks like somebody's been busy.
That's why they need this Phoenix grant.
"Self-Esteem Life Force." It's our new program.
The man who runs it, Rutherford Hines, unbelievable.
Yeah, well, I'm looking forward to meetin' him.
So, how's Joan?
Well, Joan had to divorce me, old buddy.
She's in therapy.
- Sorry about that, man. - It's okay.
It's just old Manny the cop, my grandbaby...
Full-time nurse now.
Let's get you started.
But before we go in,
both Cynthia and I want you to keep an open mind about R.T. Hines.
I think I can manage that.
You are what you believe!
Let no one nowhere convince you that you are lacking!
It's up to you to make your life better!
You and no one else!
- Understand? - Understood, sir!
- I can't hear you! - Understood, sir!
Give me ten!
One, two, three...
Some have left gangs.
Some have stopped using drugs.
Some get better grades.
He just pushes and pushes and pushes.
Try, try, try, try! Do you hear me?
Yes, sir!
Is that "Coco" Hubbard?
None other.
He stopped being the leader of the Rolling Thunder gang to come here.
This is our neighborhood! Ours!
And we can make it anything we want it to be!
Anything...
we believe with all our hearts!
- Do you hear me? - Yes, sir!
Jumping jacks. 100! Do it!
You're lookin' at magic, MacGyver.
One, two, three, four...
Halt!
♪ Users and abusers, you better jump back ♪
♪ 'Cause we're burning down everything that has to do with crack ♪
♪ Tough Boys, Tough Boys ♪
♪ Tough! T-T-T-T-Tough... ♪♪
You're late, Angel!
Oh, I'm late.
Does that mean I have to scrub your mat for you?
Turn that music off.
Oh, no way, ese. This is a loco hit record.
You don't like it?
You've been drinking.
And we don't allow drugs or alcohol in here.
You got 10 seconds to get out, son.
How about 30 seconds, ese? Huh?
Give me 30 seconds, and we'll all get out of here!
Huh? What do you say?
- There, I scrubbed your mat for you. - All right, Angel, let's leave.
We'll have no disrespect in here, Angel. Do you understand me?
Do you?
Do you understand me?
Mr. Hines!
I think you made your point.
Now, you understand we cannot tolerate
any disrespect in here, Angel, don't you?
No more, "Yes, sir!"
"Understood, sir!"
I don't want to be nobody's soldier!
You understand?
All right, everybody.
Review today's lesson. Take a minute for meditation.
Hector, Coco, you scrub those mats.
- Yes, sir. - Yes, sir.
What's your name, tourist?
This is MacGyver, R.T.
Oh, so you're MacGyver. I want to talk to you.
Outside.
All right, kids. Let's take a break.
Let's go upstairs. Come on.
People I respect have said some pretty nice things about your, mister.
And I know you're here to figure out if we get some money.
I'm here to tell you I'm the first one that hopes we get some money.
But nobody interferes when I'm working with my kids.
Nobody undercuts my respect when I'm in a session.
Do you understand me?
What I understand
is that you were stickin' a kid's head in a bucket of water,
and nobody does that in front me.
You understand that?
Let me tell you somethin', tourist.
You're standing in the middle of a war zone.
Almost as many people die on these streets as there are days in a year.
I'm givin' these kids what they need to survive!
That may be your intention,
but what I saw up there bordered on abuse.
- It was appropriate! - It was excessive.
Look, look, I know the both of you.
And believe me, you both want the same thing.
I don't think so, Manny.
Mr. MacGyver is a tourist.
He ain't dirtying his hands in this war.
And you know what I think of tourists.
- Look, R.T., MacGyver is not a tourist... - Don't bother, Manny. Forget it.
Excuse me!
I'm going to find Angel.
I've no time for educating the educated.
Tough Boys.
Every time I turn around, it's Tough Boys.
What do you want to do?
What do I want to do?
Look at this!
They burned down eight of our buildings.
Last night somebody got killed.
People are getting nervous about doing business with us.
They're becoming heroes!
Songs on the radio. T-shirts.
I want them dead. Yesterday!
We've got to do somethin' about him.
Angel's losin' it, man.
He's gonna jam us all.
Hey, what you talkin' about, man?
Angel's gonna be all right.
He's lucky Hines didn't drown his butt, man.
This is it, man! This is our deal.
At the top of the news,
we have the eighth "Take back the neighborhood" crack-house burning
by the self-styled vigilante group who call themselves "The Tough Boys."
- Vigilantes? What's wrong with her? - Chill.
Sixteen were arrested at the location.
All believed to be crack-house customers and pushers.
But the big story is, for the first time,
there was a fatality.
Police believe that a 19-year-old crack dealer...
Oh, man, that's weak.
...was trapped inside the building.
Neighbors say there were shots...
Yeah, wh-what you need, cuz?
Nothin'. Just lookin' around.
Uh, hey, uh, come on, we better go finish up them mats, huh?
You kickin' me in my gut.
Hey, that hurt, man.
You know, you ain't supposed to treat your homies like that.
We should've got him out of there. He was 19!
Just like my brother was.
Look, man, everybody around here
that lost somebody to gangs, drugs, or some stupid stray bullet.
Now, you think I loved my little cousin
any less than you loved your big brother, huh?
You think Hector don't hurt? Sinclair?
Now, you take that raggedy suitcase home, man.
We got a burn-down tonight, and you're in on it.
We made a pact to take back the 'hood from these drug freaks
and we're doin' it.
And we need you, man.
So, what you gonna do?
I don't want to be in no more killings, man.
Boy. Ain't gonna be no more killings, man.
It was an accident.
For real, brother.
Hey, my grandmother sat on her porch
for the first time in three years last week, man.
The 'hood needs us.
No more dyin'. I promise you.
Brother to brother. Promise, man.
You down?
Yeah, I'm down, man.
Hey, you know, this is real, uh, cozy, now,
but we gonna have to square about you kickin' me in my gut.
Go ahead, man.
Take your best shot, chump.
Ooh! Called the man a chump!
Hey, man, you hit like a punk.
Yeah? Only when I'm hittin' a punk.
Now check this.
Now, our next hit
is gonna be right at the heart of the matter.
The man says that we're goin' across town to haul in some bigger fish.
Bigger fish, homes?
The rich boys who funnel the poison into the 'hood.
Yes, this is the ninth Tough Boys burn down, but...
Come on, MacGyver, I know Hines was a little rough on you,
but that's not your style.
Head-hunting a guy on a hunch?
Manny, I told you, it's nothin' personal.
I heard some of the kids talkin'.
It sounded like they were involved.
You know, a Hines-Tough Boy connection is not such a big stretch.
Hey, I've got at least six different organizations on our list
that fit the Tough Boys profile perfectly.
Now, they're good people.
They're just fed up with crack in their neighborhood,
and they can't wait for us to do it by the law.
Look, Manny. I know how you feel about the guy.
But I got to check him out. I can't recommend a Phoenix grant
unless he's cleared.
Well, the truth is, I'm probably most disturbed
because I know that you don't go off half-cocked.
I like R.T. Hines, a lot.
He's a damn good man, MacGyver.
I'm sure he is.
Look, I'll keep you posted if I find out anything.
Now, you do the same, okay?
Sí, señor.
But there's just one other thing.
I've got multiple sources on the street,
and the word is that some drug boss has put up a reward
for information on the Tough Boys.
Things could get nasty.
Make sure you don't get caught in the middle.
So, what's the progress on these Tough Boys?
We're down to three possibilities.
We feel the strongest about this ex-Marine named Hines.
We're checking him first.
Well, do it.
Go!
Don't forget the hammer.
Nice eye, Angel. Beauty.
What happened?
I can't talk, man, all right? I'm working.
What do you say we talk about Tough Boys?
I didn't hear anybody say "coffee break," Angel.
Move it!
I understand you've been askin' around about me.
Just what the hell are you after?
Oh, I'm just lookin' out after the Phoenix Foundation
and these kids, Mr. Hines.
I bet you think I hit Angel, don't you?
You personally? No.
You're a southpaw. That was done with a right hand.
And, even if you pulled your punch,
you'd do a lot more damage than that.
For a man who doesn't like violence, you certainly know a lot about it.
Exactly why I don't like it.
Then I suggest you stay the hell out of my way.
You play with fire, you get burned.
Yes, sir. Eventually, you do.
We're almost done here, Mr. Hines.
What do we do now?
He's getting close.
Yeah. The man says too close.
So what we gonna do about it?
The man says we tag him.
So we gonna tag him.
He's comin'.
Exactly like the man said.
All right, I'll bite.
♪ Listen up, chumps, listen up good ♪
♪ We don't want no more poison messin' up our neighborhood ♪
♪ Tough Boys, Tough Boys comin' at you ♪
♪ T-T-Tough Boys, Tough Boys ♪
♪ Pushers and users, you better jump back ♪
♪ 'cause we're burnin' down everything related to crack ♪
♪ Tough Boys, Tough Boys, they're comin' at you ♪
♪ Tough Boys ♪
♪ Sell dope? You better hide ♪
♪ Crack dealers know 30 seconds to go ♪
♪ 'Cause the Tough Boys are comin' ♪
♪ Then everything blows ♪
♪ The Boys are real We mean what we say ♪
♪ If you ain't standing with us, then you stand in our way ♪
♪ Tough Boys, Tough Boys, they're comin' at you ♪
♪ Tough Boys, Tough Boys, you better move it ♪
♪ Silent like a dead man that move through the night ♪
♪ Strictly taking care of business so that everything's right ♪
♪ Get with the program Support it with your mind ♪
♪ Gotta face the drug man, tell him you ain't buyin' ♪
♪ Protect the children, lock your home ♪
♪ Let your mind be free, leave the drugs alone ♪
♪ T-T-T-Tough Boys, Tough Boys ♪
♪ They're comin' at you ♪
♪ T-T-T-Tough Boys, here comes one now ♪
♪ T-T-T-Tough Boys ♪
♪ T-T-T-T-T-Tough Boys ♪
Hey. W-Wait a minute.
Hey!
Everything on that bomb is real.
Except the detonator cap.
I'd say that means that they really didn't want to hurt you.
Just run you off.
Obviously, they don't know you too well.
This time it was a phony bomb.
Next time it might be a real one.
Maybe you should take the warning and just let the police handle it.
Manny, I followed a kid in here.
But the layout is advanced military training.
So? The Tough Boys, they found themselves a jungle warfare manual.
No!
That snare net configuration is strictly force recon.
They don't even make a manual for that.
I think it's time I had a talk with our good Captain Hines.
You want to wear my badge while you're at it?
I'll let you know how it goes.
Hello?
Hines?
I'd say you in a very bad situation, tourist.
The door was open.
I left it that way to see how bold you are.
Bold. And nosy. I'm famous for that.
Could cost you your life.
Now, you tell me quickly, why are you dogging me?
If you're not the leader of the Tough Boys,
you got nothing to worry about here.
Leader of the Tough Boys?
Is that why you've been snooping and irritating my life?
And I'll keep on doing it until I find out otherwise.
Mister,
I've fought from one end of this world to the other
and I ain't never used no kids to fight my battles.
Do you realize what I am?
I am an American Marine, sir!
Yeah, I play hard.
But I don't break the law.
And to think that I might need some help is an insult. Do you read me?
No, sir. I don't.
I just figured out what your problem is.
You're a soft-bellied idealist who looks at hard discipline
as a crime against mankind.
Discipline's only a crime when it's enforced by somebody
with the sensitivity and judgment of a rock.
Yeah.
Well, I heard about your "sensitivity and judgment" on the news, mister.
Walked right into a snare-net.
Tourist.
Don't look left, don't look right, just go.
I didn't walk right in.
I looked around.
There were three options.
I picked a door that was locked.
Come again?
I didn't choose the obvious.
I chose a locked door.
I'd say somebody knows you very well.
Yeah.
Hey, why don't you guys sit up?
I got a feeling the man's got something real special for us,
and we better be focused like a big dog
when the man starts talkin'.
The man is right behind you, brother.
Angel, over here.
According to my street sources, this is definitely the big one.
And it's going to be our last burn-down.
We can walk away from this feeling damn proud
that we took poison off of our streets.
I never connected Anthony M. Lopez with Manny.
One of the smartest young Marines I've ever served with.
He could easily provide all the Tough Boy expertise.
In his sleep.
And he'd know I'd pick a locked door over the obvious.
Part of his training.
But there's no training that prepares a man
for having his family devastated by drugs.
Well, crack is as brutal as anything I've ever seen in war, MacGyver.
Manny provided everything for his daughter,
even moved to a different neighborhood.
- It's everywhere. - Let's go talk to him.
I want you to set your foundation charges here, here, here, and here.
Blow your caps to draw them out,
take your escape routes, go home, and don't look back.
But, uh, what about you, chief?
While you guys are finishin' up,
I'll be on a yacht,
taking down one of the biggest crack dealers in the country.
For good.
You gonna meet us back home?
Circle up.
This is for the family we lost, and all the kids coming up.
Hey, hey!
My friends!
I'm glad to see that you two hombres finally got together.
We know it's you, Manny.
Now, I don't want to hurt either of you.
But I'm committed.
Today, 3:00, the cannery.
I'm gonna shut off one big drug artery.
And then, with all the press watching,
I'm gonna cut out the heart.
Oh, come on, man, give it up, before another kid gets killed.
Please, inside.
Please.
Straight ahead.
Don't do it this way, Manny. Use the law!
The law?
Crack doesn't care about the law.
Have you ever seen a crack-addicted baby?
Their eyes, they don't focus.
They...
can't even suck on a bottle. They shake like an old wino
with a bad case of the DTs.
Just a touch of your hand will send them into spasms.
I h-have a granddaughter like that.
Did the law help her?
No!
I took an oath to serve and protect.
I'm doing what has to be done.
Now, move.
To the right.
Open the door, R.T.
Okay, inside.
What, are you gonna stand there and watch? Get your shoulder over here.
What for? So we can both have broken shoulders?
Paint cans.
Oh, I see. You gonna take the sensitive approach.
What are you doing?
Here, sharpen those to a point on the ground, there.
For what?
So we can get out of here.
I've decided to try a new approach.
These people have to be getting their information from the street.
So I called a few street sources and put out a big carrot.
These Tough Boys can't miss it.
We have to make plans for an ambush, gentlemen.
- Psyched up? - Nervous. Listen.
Just make sure they're all trapped in the cross-fire patch
before you start shooting.
Relax.
Once they pass us, they're boxed.
Ambush! Hit the ground!
No!
Two guys just pulled up in the truck.
Cover me. I'm gonna clean this up.
All right. I got you covered.
Mmm, baby!
Hey, man, that's an Uzi!
Now it's a wrench.
Mr. Hines?
- MacGyver? - Angel, where are the others?
Where are the others?
A-Are they still out there?
God, everything went wrong.
He's dead, man. Coco's dead.
Why don't you boys come out of there?
Where's Manny?
He's somewhere taking down some big drug dealer.
He didn't s-say-- say where.
The heart.
He said the press would be there.
Why don't we give a call and find out where?
I think Manny's planning to go down with him.
You gotta stop him!
There's been enough dying.
The police are here.
Just tell the truth.
I'm Police Detective Anthony Lopez.
This whole deck is wired with dynamite,
so everybody stay back.
I hold in my hand the trigger that's gonna blow this slimeball drug dealer
and his cocaine boat to kingdom come.
I invited you here because...
I am tired of seeing pictures of inner-city kids
down on their knees, with their hands locked behind their heads.
I wanna show you this guy,
this cocaine-dealing parasite on his knees
and 100 kilos of his poison.
This is a CEO in the $100-billion-a-year drug industry.
You think our kids don't know that it's men like this behind it?
Paying people to look the other way?
What do you think goes through our kids' minds
when they read that Noriega worked for our government?
I want every greedy, crooked politician, cop, and businessman to know
that if there's a hell,
they should go there.
They do more than crime.
They kill faith. They breed cynicism
and lack of trust and disrespect for the law
and those of us who try to uphold the law.
I want to read you something.
"How do you tell somebody about something that lures you in,
promises you heaven,
grabs you and shows you hell,
and is determined not to let go until you're dead?
Crack is so evil that it doesn't even allow me room to cry.
I love you, Daddy. And I'm sorry.
I'll try to do better next time.
Promise."
This was the last sane communication that I received from my baby girl.
My daughter.
Her wonderful and generous child ruined
by this man's poison.
I would love to destroy every man on earth like this one.
But since I can't,
I'm gonna blow this one up.
- No! Please! - Talk is over!
No, Manny!
You stay out of this, MacGyver! I'm gonna count to 10.
I mean it!
MacGyver, I'm counting.
At 10, I'm gonna let this go, and you'd best be out of here. Now, go!
No, Manny, he's finished! Don't waste yourself!
Listen to MacGyver, Manny.
Don't you dare relax.
Manny!
I've gotta push. Don't you get it?
He thinks he's gonna get off with his lawyers and his connections.
He relaxed when he thought it was over.
I got to do it. Now leave!
Coco died today.
What good do you think it's gonna do us
if we lose you?
Time's up.
If you push,
you're gonna take two friends with you.
Come on, Manny. Give it to him.
You got a granddaughter to take care of.
All right, let's go, guys.
Move it.
It's okay, Manny.
We're gonna take care of you, buddy.
Just like you'd take care of us.
Me and MacGyver gonna see you through this thing, okay?
I've noticed some doggin' it lately, and I don't like it,
not even a little bit.
Do you hear me?
Yes, sir!
I can't hear you!
Yes, sir!
So today,
we're gonna hit the ground running and pick up speed.
Harder, harder, harder, harder!
Do you understand me?
Yes, sir!
Let me hear it again!
Yes, sir!
Is that a frown I notice on your face, Mr. MacGyver?
- Yes, sir. - Yes, sir?
Well, there must be something wrong with my approach.
Well, uh, now that you mention it, um...
You know, I'd start off... easy.
Warm the muscles up... Stretch! You know?
- Kind of sensitive-like. - Yeah, like that.
Would you like to take over?
Don't mind if I do, Mr. Hines.
People, Mr. MacGyver is going to take over today,
and I'm gonna sit back and see if I can learn something.
No, please!
Join us, Mr. Hines!
All right.
Now, we're gonna start with some nice,
easy
stretching.
Let's get it up there.
Oh, is that a frown I sense, Mr. Hines?
You bet!