Excuse me.
Uh, Pete Thornton's room, please.
211.
How's he doing?
If getting him into a hospital gown is any indication,
terrible.
Vacation, huh?
Why didn't you tell me, Pete?
Well, what's to tell?
I've got glaucoma.
I'm going blind.
And I'm gonna have surgery
to see if maybe, just maybe,
some of the sight that I've got left can be saved.
How did you find out?
I'm a clever guy.
What difference does it make? You knew I'd find out anyway.
Well, maybe I would like to handle this alone, okay?
No! No, it's not okay.
You've always been there for me.
Friendship works two ways, you know?
Oh! Look, MacGyver,
we are friends, we've been friends.
But you have never really needed me.
That's not true at all.
Oh, yeah? Well, name me one time.
- I could name a hundred. - Well, name one.
All right, the Chinese consulate,
when I was trapped on the roof.
Yeah.
Keep going.
Mei Jan.
That student leader who escaped to the U.S.
right after the Tiananmen Square Massacre.
Her own government wanted to see her dead
before she had time to spread the word about what really happened.
How are we going to get off this roof?
Thank you.
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.
That's good.
Come ahead.
There she is!
This might sound ridiculous,
but hang on!
You all right?
Nice going.
Thanks.
MacGyver, that was different.
You weren't helpless.
Anyone could've done what I did.
I am trapped.
This is out of my control.
And you don't know what I feel.
I think I do, Pete.
A little, anyway.
You remember ERMA?
ERMA?
Yeah, the sonar device we tested for the Drug Enforcement Agency.
Yeah, until the Miami drug runners stole it.
And then they tried to drown you in a mini sub.
Well, so what's your point?
My point is, I was helpless.
I would've drowned if you hadn't shown up when you did.
All right, lower it!
MacGyver!
What are you doing in there?
The backstroke, Pete.
Come on, MacGyver.
You didn't drown. You--You came up by yourself.
I had nothing to do with it.
You threw me a life preserver.
Oh, yeah.
I see what you're trying to do.
And I'm grateful.
It's just...
I'm not very good with people right now.
Not even my very good friends.
What if we talk about it?
What is there to talk about?
You don't understand what I'm going through.
You don't know what I feel.
Well, do I have to?
Did you know what I was going through when I was in that coma?
Coma?
Oh, well, now come on, that was really different.
I mean, I sent you on that assignment.
Well, that is your job.
Either way,
it was almost my last assignment.
That was awful.
It was the worst moment of my life.
I thought you were a goner for sure.
Yeah. Me, too.
I had made my peace.
I was ready to let go.
But something held me back.
What?
You, Pete.
You wouldn't let me die.
Ah.
So this is your idea of cheering me up?
Reminding me that I was responsible for your almost dying?
Not dying, Pete.
Giving me the will to live.
You had everything to do with that.
You and Harry.
MacGyver, that's crazy.
Your grandfather was already dead.
And you were in a coma.
Yeah, I know.
Everything was so peaceful.
You were unconscious.
All I know is
there was a ship.
My parents were on it.
Harry was gonna take me to 'em.
But, you know, when Harry told me your life was in danger,
I knew I had to get off that ship.
Hey, somebody's gonna be murdered if I don't get back.
You'll feel much better soon.
We do have a talent for getting boxed in.
Yeah.
- One, two... - Charging!
...three...
- Stand clear... - ...four.
- Stand clear. - All clear, doctor.
Remember that first camping trip we took?
Almost didn't make it when that truck of mine got stuck
in that deep washout.
Yeah, but you figured a way...
Harry, you're a genius.
I am?
Once again.
- Stand clear. - Clear.
I'm getting a little slow, bud. What's this idea of mine?
When that truck was stuck,
you said the best way to beat a problem
was to make it work for you.
So you took your tire off the back wheel,
tied a rope around the hub.
Yeah, sure.
Then you took the other end of the rope
and, uh, wrapped it around that tree up the hill.
And you put her in gear,
and that truck just winched herself up.
So you figure that propeller shaft's gonna
pull us out of this ditch?
Uh, something like that.
He's still in defib.
He's not responding, doctor.
Stand clear. Clear.
Come on, Harry.
You are a wonder, bud.
Just something my grandpa taught me.
I don't remember teaching anything this crazy, bud.
All it can do is kill us, Harry. Come on.
No, no, no, bud,
my time is up.
Harry, let's go.
No.
Celia's got supper waiting. You remember
how she used to get if you showed up late for meals.
It's my time.
Goodbye, Grandpa.
Be seeing you, bud.
We've got a rhythm on him.
Thank God.
He's got to keep fighting.
He's not on solid ground yet.
Jump, bud.
Go for it.
That showing 'em, bud.
Doctor!
Look!
He's coming out of it.
He's stabilizing.
Your friend is quite a fighter, Mr. Thornton.
MacGyver,
all those images...
Harry,
the boat,
reaching for my hand.
All that had to be a dream.
Whatever it was,
I survived.
We both survived.
Yeah.
I think I get the point.
Thanks for coming.
I just don't like my friends seeing me like this.
You're scared, aren't you?
Me?
Yeah. I'm scared.
But not just about the operation.
It's about afterwards.
I mean, what happens afterwards?
What am I gonna be?
Who am I going to be?
Pete,
isn't the important thing
how you feel inside?
How you live your life?
Sure it is.
But I've always been Mr. Indispensable.
I've always relied on myself.
I've been independent.
I'm gonna have to learn to live by a whole new set of rules.
I'm gonna have to learn
to be very dependent.
So what? What's the big deal?
You and I have always been dependent on each other.
Oh, yeah, sure.
You provide the brains, and I come up with the paychecks.
Oh, come on, that's...
What about the time you and I were trapped in that, uh,
storm cellar? You remember that?
On the way back from a ski trip, right.
Yeah, when those lousy terrorists locked us up.
Yeah, now see, I didn't know what to do.
Hey, that's right.
You were fresh out of ideas that time, weren't you?
You gentlemen know how these work?
Pull the pin, release the handle, and it explodes.
Crude, but effective.
Now then, if you gentlemen, uh, should try to
loosen your ropes, you will only succeed in blowing each other up.
So how do we get out of here?
I don't know.
You don't know?
MacGyver, don't do this to me. Come on, think.
I'm tryin', Pete.
You know, maybe you can come up with something.
All right, maybe I can.
Let's see, uh...
Uh... Okay. I got it.
We throw one of the grenades up there under the door.
We duck over there for cover,
and when it blows, we're out of here.
Yeah.
Except I think this place would cave in on us.
Oh, maybe you're right.
Uh...
Maybe we could find something to replace the pins?
Yeah.
It's better.
It's good, in fact.
Really?
Yeah. I'll need your lift ticket.
Oh, well, that's fine. How are you going to get it?
Ever heard of a party game called pass the apple?
This is suicide. There's gotta be another way.
If you can think of one in the next 30 seconds, let me know.
Got it?
Yeah, I got it.
Now hurry!
You know, I can still see your hands shaking.
Me? What about your heart pounding?
Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom.
Well, what did you expect?
I thought that was it for both of us.
It's slipping.
Don't talk.
Yeah, but...
You see, Pete?
You saved us.
Well, listen.
At least you thought of using the C4 from the--
from the grenade to blow the doors out.
Hey, it was no big deal.
You have got a way of putting things in perspective,
you know that, MacGyver?
Uh, well, look, uh,
I gotta meet Willis at the lab.
I'll be back, all right?
Thanks for coming.
Oh, wait a minute, MacGyver.
Since you're here anyway, would you mind, uh,
dropping this off at the foundation?
Yeah, sure. What is it?
It's my resignation.
The eye is white and quiet.
No sign of infection.
Okay, we'll do the trabeculectomy on your right eye
tomorrow morning as planned.
Oh, doc, uh, any chance of getting a break on the price
if we do both eyes at the same time?
Don't get too frisky.
You've got an EKG coming up.
Trabeculectomy.
What?
It's got a nice ring, doesn't it?
Trabeculectomy.
That's the surgery I'm gonna have.
It's sort of an artificial valve they put in your eye
to release the excess fluid.
That's what glaucoma is, too much fluid in your eyeball, and
that puts a lot of pressure on your optic nerve.
Oh, your operation sounds complicated.
Oh, it's not, really.
Only question is, did I wait too long?
Maybe it was just an innate fear of nurses with cold hands.
Yeah.
So, did you, uh, deliver my resignation?
Oh, Pete, don't you think you're being a little
premature about that?
Yes or no?
I did what you asked.
Well, it looks like I'm not the only one who cares about you.
Oh.
Yeah, that's what you think. Wait till you read the note.
"Dear Peter."
I hate Peter.
"In spite of the anger and all the pain you've caused
in the name of your beloved Phoenix Foundation,
I'd like to be there for you,
even though you were never there for me."
It's signed, uh,
"Brainwashed no more."
Yeah, Brainwashed.
Brainwashed. Now who does that make you think of?
Jack Dalton.
Jack Dalton!
That's just the kind of practical joke he would pull.
Even though I had nothing to do
with his being brainwashed that time.
What was that, uh...
"From the bottom of my heart, I salute you."
Amazing how those nine words turned him into a killer.
An assassin!
Yeah. And I was his target.
Yeah.
From the bottom of my heart, I salute you.
From the bottom of my heart...
Jack.
Go ahead, Jack. Take your best shot.
Over here, Jack.
Kill me again, Jack. Go ahead.
Again, Jack.
Yeah, that's just like Jack.
He'd send me a note like this just to keep me guessing.
Nope.
Jack didn't send this.
Have a smell.
- Perfume. - Mmm-hmm.
MacGyver, what kind of woman
would send a note like this to someone in the hospital?
A woman with a score to settle.
You mean, somebody who wants to do me bodily harm?
MacGyver, women don't think like that.
Santina did.
Santina?
Yeah.
Now, she was brainwashed.
Now that was one angry woman.
Especially after we sabotaged her plans to overthrow the government.
I thought we'd never get out of that jungle alive.
Yeah, you were hurt pretty badly
when Jack and I flew in to get you and Sister Margaret out.
Yeah, and then there wasn't room to take off.
Until you thought of the anti-tank rockets.
We can mount the rockets against the float struts.
That ought to give us just enough extra thrust to hop on out of here.
Yeah, but we still need a way to ignite them both at the same time,
or the plane's gonna spin like a top.
Come in. This is Captain Santina.
You will not be harmed if you surrender now.
You will not be harmed.
Repeat. You will not be harmed. Come in, do you read?
Your safety is guaranteed if you surrender now.
Yeah, who's gonna guarantee that, Santina?
- You? - Yes.
I guarantee your safety.
You can't guarantee anything. Not even what you're fighting for.
Not as long as you're taking orders from Rafael.
I did not ask you for a sermon. I asked you for your surrender.
That's great, Jack.
Now loop the rope around the rear spreader bar.
- Rig it with a slipknot. - Aye, aye.
What have you got there?
The quartz igniters.
They're off the rockets.
They're wired so I can trigger the missiles from inside the cockpit.
They're ignited by a sharp impact.
We can use the hammer from the toolbox as a firing pin.
We will take them on face to face.
Move out! Come on. We'll take them alive.
Let's blow this pop stand!
Seven hundred RPM.
Eleven hundred.
Seventeen hundred RPM.
Twenty-three hundred. Now, Mac! Yank it!
MacGyver, what's happened?
Your slipknot's not slipping!
Stop. Cease firing! Cease firing!
Hang on, Mac!
Upsy-daisy.
Whoa! Yes, we are airborne!
Reason enough to swear vengeance, wouldn't you say?
Well, then, not now.
The last I heard of Santina, she had quit the revolution
and was teaching school in a barrio.
It's EKG time.
Watch it.
I could always go back and put these contacts in the freezer.
This just arrived for you by messenger.
- Uh... - Yeah.
MacGyver, would you mind?
"Dear Peter."
Sorry.
It's the same handwriting.
"It's me again.
I guess I just can't stay away
despite the harm we've done each other.
Possibly because Phoenix was everything to you
and nothing less than cold death to me.
But now that the ice is broken, it's time I paid you a visit,
for better or worse."
It's, uh, signed "Brainwashed no more" again.
Who in the devil could that be?
You have to leave. Now.
All right. Uh, relax, I'll look into it.
Oh, relax, he says.
You know the drill.
Yeah.
What do you mean, you could put them in the freezer? That's cold!
Glenview Hospital, please.
That does it.
Every female suspect in the files from A to Z.
Does that include those in jail?
Incarcerated, deceased. The whole enchilada.
Including a cross check on the handwriting sample.
You sure it's a woman who's giving Pete a bad time?
Well, yeah. Unless somebody's playing a sick...
Unless it's Murdoc.
Murdoc?
No, but you said yourself you were looking for woman.
Yeah, but he's a master of disguise.
Clothes...
He's got the mannerisms, the voice, all of it.
No, i-it can't be.
But I thought he fell down a mineshaft and was killed.
Uh, Willis, he's also been blown up in a building,
consumed by a fireball,
he's fallen off a 2,000 foot mountain,
he's drowned and they never find the body.
Well, that's true.
Yeah, considering everything
that Pete and I have been through with that guy,
I'd say he's got a pretty strong motive for revenge.
MacGyver, at last!
Don't open the door, it's rigged!
MacGyver, be careful!
They're both right, MacGyver.
Open the door, and Pete will drown.
Or you don't open the door
and you die.
It's up to you, MacGyver.
It's either deep-fried Thornton or pancake MacGyver.
Either way, one of you gets to watch the other die.
Enjoy!
MacGyver! Let me go! Where are you taking me?
There's a trip line hooked to the door.
Where is it?
It runs along the bottom of the door to a release switch.
Maybe I can reach it.
You're running out of time. Get out of there!
Guide me, Pete. Tell me when I got it.
Lower. Lower.
No, you're never gonna make it.
Forget about me. Save yourself. Open the door.
That's almost it.
You got it!
Okay, you got it. Now get out of there!
Help me! Please, somebody help!
Forget about me. Go help Penny.
The lock. Work on it.
MacGyver!
Mr. Thornton, somebody, please, help me!
Help me!
Penny?
MacGyver? Is that you?
Penny.
My hero.
So, Pete's dead.
I knew you had it in you, MacGyver.
Underneath it all, we're so much alike.
I'm almost sorry to see it end.
Now come on, Murdoc, after all this,
you're not gonna just shoot me, are you?
Well, MacGyver, I know it's not very creative,
but, uh, it gets the job done.
Murdoc!
MacGyver!
Man, you're right. It could be Murdoc.
Yeah.
Call the hospital. Tell them absolutely no visitors.
Who's there?
I got your message.
Mr. Thornton's only visitor is his wife.
- Matter of fact, she's in with... - His wife?
He's been divorced for 20 years.
Call security. Have them block the exits.
Connie?
Yeah.
Alias "Brainwashed no more."
Hello, MacGyver.
And guess what?
My ex-wife is now the proud owner of her own travel agency.
Hmm, life does go on, you know.
You know, losing you to another woman I could've dealt with.
Losing him to the Phoenix Foundation,
that was too much.
Wait a minute here. Wait.
Why all the anonymous notes?
Why didn't you sign your name?
I wasn't sure Peter would see me.
Uh, Pete. Call me Pete.
It was a messy divorce.
But there are lots of happy memories, too.
That's why when I heard Pete was in the hospital all alone,
I just wanted him to know that I was here for him.
In spite of that ridiculous male pride of his.
Yeah.
Sounds like the lady knows me pretty well, doesn't it?
Whoa! Whoa, wait a minute. It's--It's okay.
Everything's all right.
Everything's just fine.
Now, when you get to surgery,
don't give them a hard time, okay?
Okay.
Hey, you all right?
Yeah, I'm fine.
In fact, I'm great.
You know, it's like you said.
It's not what I see, it's what I feel that counts.
And right now, with you two in my corner,
that's the best feeling in the world.
My goodness.
I didn't know you were so sentimental.
Well, anyone can change. Even a grouch.
Well, then I'll walk you to the elevator.
You're gonna be fine, Pete.
Let's go, you old grouch.
Oh, wait a minute. MacGyver,
did anybody at Phoenix say anything about my resignation?
Uh, nope.
No one?
Well, I don't see how they could.
It's still sitting on your desk.
What?
Pete, you're the one that said that all matters pertaining to personnel
has to go through your office.
MacGyver! That is just like you! Oh!
You wait till I'm back on my feet. I'm gonna get you!
I'm counting on it.