All language subtitles for MacGyver - 6x13 - The Wasteland.DVD.en

WILLIS: Welcome to
the Wasteland, MacGyver.

Put it in gear,
drive straight ahead
for three miles

and the next living thing
you'll see will be me.

I made this audio tape
to keep you company

and to prepare you
for the bad news
I've been accumulating

about the death of this land
that was once busy
with living things.

God said, "Let there be life,"
and there was life.

Man said, "Let me develop,
use and consume
everything I can

"without thinking
about the consequences,"

and this is the result.

Charming, isn't it?

Now you know where I've been
spending my time
the last couple of years.

Hard to believe this was
a thriving community
not too long ago.

Now it's just so much
arsenic and selenium.

So, you'd better
roll up your window.

Even breathing is hazardous
to your health here.

Take a good look, MacGyver.

This is what I believe
is going to happen
to the town of Maple Ridge

if Bartlett City Development
becomes a reality.

Any wonder I'm so worried?

WILLIS: Evidence
of decreasing PCB,
dioxin and solvent levels.

Arsenic and selenium present.

Heavy concentrations.

(SIGHS)

Radioactivity.

(GEIGER COUNTER CLICKING)

76 millirads.

To think some of
my fellow humans

will say we don't
need immediate action
to heal our environment.

Fools, every one of us.

(GRUNTS)

Loss of ground water
has badly eroded the land'
s subterranean structure.

(GRUNTS)

No telling how deep it goes.

(EXCLAIMS)

Talk about being
consumed by your work.

(PANTING)

Hang on, Willis.

Panic never solved anything.

WILLIS: Help!

Help!

MacGyver!

Stay out!

No telling where it'll give!

(GRUNTING)

All right,
hang on, Willis!

(WHIRRING)

(GRUNTS)

(WHIRRING)

Hang on, Willis!

I can't stop sinking.

(GRUNTS)

(GRUNTING)

(BOTH GRUNTING)

Somehow,

in the corner of my mind
as I was going down,

I knew you'd show up.

You're always on time.

(PANTING) Yeah.

You okay?

Fine, for a guy
who just took
a toxic mud bath.

We better wash off
before we melt.

WILLIS: And then I got
a little show and tell
for you on Bartlett City.

Melt?

(V.C.R. CLICKS)

WILLIS: Bartlett City.

A dream or a disaster?

That depends on nature,

or to be more precise,
the aquifer system present
to support the development.

In this case, Bartlett City
is going to be built
on a confined aquifer,

which has no recharge zone.

As the city grows,

human activities will disrupt
the natural equilibrium

affecting both the quantity
and quality of ground water.

As growth continues,

increased pollutants,
toxic materials,

less oxygen,
more carbon PCBs

and dioxins
are not far behind.

Plants start to die,

then animals,

then civilization.

The existing city
of Maple Ridge
will die first

and Bartlett city
will follow.

A landscape that once
looked like this

will become this.

A wasteland.

(TAPE REWINDING)

You know, the EPA report
in your file here

doesn't agree with you
r little show-and-tell.

Exactly.

That's why I've
arranged your visit
with Andrew Bartlett.

His land is a duplicate
of what this used to be.

Either Mother Nature
performed a miracle

or one of us is wrong.

That's why you have to
convince Bartlett

to stop building and have
his environmental studies
re-evaluated.

I don't think he's gonna
like the sound of that.

I'd do it myself,

but I have to catch
a flight to Washington

to present my findings
at the Environment Conference.

I told Bartlett you'd be
at the work site by noon.

Well, what I know of Bartlett,

.
he doesn't sound
like the type of guy
who listens much to people

.
If he doesn't, 20 years
from now they'll be callin
g Bartlett City a ghost town

,
BARTLETT:
This Phoenix guy, MacGyver

what does he want
to see me about?

I thought those
environmental test
s were done.

What's going on?

Phoenix is
a public interest foundation

that sticks its nose
in all kinds of places.

Does it have clout?

Well...
Uh, I did
a little research.

It's, uh, well-respected
by uh, the media,
uh, business,

uh, government
and mostly the public.

Yeah, well, we've got
a dog and pony show
to do this afternoon

for the investors
out at the development site.

And I want it to go
as smooth as silk.

?
Can I count on you two

Scott, put that
back on my desk.

(EXHALES)

What are you doing in here
without a coat and tie?

(CHUCKLING) I didn't know
it was formal, Dad.

Business in an office
is always formal.

.
You gotta do what'
s appropriate, Scott

When I was young,
I had to wear those clothes.

You don't have to.

?
You understand

Yes, sir.

You wouldn't wear farm clothes
to the White House, would you?

No. Not unless...

Not unless what?
Put your head up, Scott.

(SIGHS)

.
Unless, I was a farmer

That's good.

I like that.

But you're not a farmer.

You're a Bartlett.

And that's got
to mean something

and you've got to prov
e it means something.

I sent you to
the best schools.

You rubbed shoulders
with the best people.

You gotta prove to them
that you're a cut above.

You gotta show them that
you're something special.

Okay?

Now, Laura knows that.

(SIGHS)

?
Um, Dad, do you want
to meet with this MacGyver

Only if you and Scott
can't figure out
how to make him go away.

Scott and I can handle him.

Good.

Oh, and Scott,

I want you to go out
and get yourself
some decent suits.

And if I ever see you
come to a meeting
dressed like that,

I'm gonna take that Porsch
e away for a little while.

Yes, sir.

(TELEPHONE RINGING)

(DOOR CLOSING)

.
Great guy, old Dad

Laura, I can't
take it any...
Shh.

Come in here.

(PEOPLE CHATTERING)

(SIGHS)

I'm having second thoughts
about working against him.

(SCOFFING) Andrew Bartlett
charm's getting to you, huh?

He is still
our father, Scott.

Doesn't bother you
he killed Mom.

Alcohol killed Mom, Scott.

Alcohol made it painless.

He kills everythin
g he touches.

It's no accident
Bartlett City's gonna
turn into a desert.

.
It's Dad's magic touch

He'd make the world lifeless

as long as he coul
d turn a profit.

(CHUCKLES)

The only way we can
ever have anything
that we can call our own,

is to take it.

And that means taking
the company away from him.

MACGYVER: Excuse me.

Can I help you
with something?

Yeah, I'm looking
for the job supervisor.

Sis!

Someone wants
to talk to you.

(SIGHING) Scott,
what are you doing?

You're supposed to be over
at the hospitality tent
getting everything ready.

You'd better clean up
and get over there
before Dad shows up.

Executive duties call.

Hi. I'm Laura Bartlett.

Um, you wanted to see me?

,
MACGYVER: Yeah,
my name's MacGyver

I have an appointment
with Andrew Bartlett.

That's my father.
Your appointment's with me.

Dad asked me
to discuss your concerns
with our project.

Okay.

Let's start with the
environmental impact reports

.
and this presentation tape

Got it. Enviro-head.

What's the cause this month?

Well, our testing shows
that this development

could endanger the water table
for the entire area.

(TELEPHONE RINGING)

Excuse me.

?
Is he gonna be trouble

Um, yes, I think so.

Then, the plan's a go.

Yes, it is.

Goodbye.

Sorry.

I tell you what, I'll take
a look at your tape,

and then you can
buy me lunch.

Deal?

Deal.

??(MUSIC PLAYING)

(PEOPLE CHATTERING)

If you wanted to scare me,
MacGyver, that video worked.

But it's got nothing
to do with us.

s
These environmental report

.
give us a clea
n bill of health

The Wasteland Project
was set up to predict
aquifer depletion.

Now, there's something wrong
with your reports

because that's exactly
what's gonna happen out there.

Every time we turn around,

there's another new
environmental theory

making life difficult
for business.

It can't be too good
for business

if you build a city
where there isn't
enough water.

(SCOFFING) So you say.

It's your reports
against ours.

You know, I think I'd like
to talk to the agent
who ran your tests,

this Simon Rogolf?

.
If you think
it's necessary

Sorry to interrupt,
Miss Bartlett.

Is your name
MacGyver?
Yeah.

There's a phone call for you.

You can take it
in the back room.

Okay, thanks.

Excuse me.
Sure.

(DOORS CLOSING)

Somebody said there was
a call for me back here?

I did. You're
gonna leave town,

and leave our jobs alone
or we gonna break you down.

Uh...

?
Don't you boys wan
t to talk about this

Wrong answer.

(MEN EXCLAIMING)

(MEN GRUNTING)

(GROANING)

MacGyver.

What happened?

(GROANING)

Construction workers
jumped me.

(SIGHS)

You wouldn't happen
to know who sent them?

Oh, come on.

Word gets around fast
when people think their jobs
are being threatened.

Are you okay?

Yeah. I'll live.

Maybe you should take
the warning seriously.

(SIGHS)

Maybe I should visit the guy
who made your EPA reports.

What was his name?
Rogolf, huh?

BARTLETT: And the
infrastructure of our city
will support 15,000 people

with an ultramodern library,

and a school system
with an elementary, junior
, and senior high school.

.
Not to mention
the Bartlett shopping mall

And we expect
100% occupancy

.
within a year
of our completion date

(PEOPLE APPLAUDING)

I guess he didn't go away.
That's MacGyver.

Hmm.

Well, it's been
a long day, folks.

How about some refreshments?

Come on over here.

Come on this way.

(PEOPLE CHATTERING)

And by the way, this pure,
crystal clear water

.
comes directly
from our very own
on-site artesian wells

Straight from the boso
m of Mother Nature.

Just one of
the many features

that will contribute
to a return
on your investment.

Mr. MacGyver.

Come join us,
there's plenty more water
where this came from.

Well, there won't be,
if you move 15,000 people
into the area.

Laura, honey, would yo
u take care of our guest
s for a little while?

Sure.

Excuse me.

.
LAURA: All right,
are there any questions
concerning the financial..

.
My daughter said
you were difficult

She's an excellent
judge of character
, my daughter.

I'd like to talk to you
about your plans
to develop Bartlett City.

Oh, from what
I understand,

there's nothin
g to talk about.

We have documents
to prove that there's
ample water supplies here.

Well, it depends on
what documents
you're looking at.

Mine say otherwise.

(SIGHING) All right,
Mr. MacGyver.

Why are you trying
to destroy me?

Destroy you?

I'm trying to save you
from what could be a disaster.

Oh, I see. You came all
the way up here

at the precise moment
my investors are having
their inspection tour

to save me?

I'm not the problem here,
Mr. Bartlett,

just the messenger.

Now do you wanna
listen to me or not?

I talked to Mr. Rogolf
, the man who did
your water tests.

He didn't run them
according to
standard procedure.

All right,
so he was a little lazy.

You get that with
these local guys.

No. He manipulated
the results.

.
He ran his tests
after a heavy rain

Just tell me,
did he violate any law?

No.

And were the permits filed
properly in a timely fashion?

Yes.

(SIGHING) If you'll
excuse me, Mr. MacGyver,

I think
this conversation is over.

Not if you are
as curious as I am

about the new car
Rogolf got a week afte
r his report cleared.

All right, MacGyver,
what is going on?

Is this a shakedown, or what?

.
I'm just trying to get you
to take a look at what
you might be creating here

Look, I know what
I'm creating here.

I'm creating a beautiful city
with jobs and industry.

What are you creating?

Looks like trouble to me.

And I guarantee you,
this whole thing's gonna
come down on you hard.

Oh, save the threats,
will you?

I'm not going away.

(SIGHING) Okay.

What will it take
to get you out of here?

Two hours of your time.

That's it, two hours?

That's it. I want to
show you something.

It's about 40 miles
away from here.

We can be there
and back in two hours.

All right.

Pick me up at 4:00.

Dad, why are you
bothering with him?

'Cause you
didn't handle it.

You all set?

Yeah.

Hey, sis.

What's up?

Dad just left
with MacGyver,
that's what's up.

Scott, MacGyver's
more trouble
than I thought.

I mean, first, all that
contradictory test data,

.
now he's got
his claws into Dad

Laura, relax.

It's gonna be okay.
Everything's in place.

What do you mean,
"Everything's in place"?

I mean, suppose Dad lets
MacGyver run new tests.

Or suppose he doesn't
let him run new tests,

and MacGyver
calls in the EPA.

And what if Dad finds out
that we paid off Rogolf?

Forget MacGyver.

Forget Dad.

They're not gonna
be a problem.

I'm afraid
of what he'll do.

I mean, I can't see
taking over the compan
y behind his back.

.
I don't know
why I ever agreed
in the first place

Because we're both nowhere.

Because we're
both knocking 30

and he still tells us
exactly what to do.

The way he's always
threatening to cut us off.

Huh? Huh?
The way he's always
threatening to cut us off.

Is that the way
you want to spend
the rest of your life?

Begging for handouts?

Jumping every time
he says "boo"?

Not me, thank you very much.

.
I still can't
go through with it

Too late, Sis. It's done.

What do you mean,
"It's done"?

I can't take him
putting me down anymore,
Laura, I can't.

Sometimes he says
something to me

and it's all I can do
not to start shaking
like a leaf.

I'm tired of being afraid.

Scott, tell me,
what have you done?

I did it, Laura.

I could hardly work,
I was shaking so bad.

But I did it.

I did it for you and me.

You did what?

,
When MacGyver
checked into his motel

I attached a bomb
to his odometer.

When it hits 55,

goodbye, Daddy.

And MacGyver.

How much further
to the laboratory?

Not too far.

Another couple of miles.

I got to hand it
to you, MacGyver,
you're a real salesman.

What's that?

Your sales technique.

Videotape.

Tours across a wasteland.

So, I'm getting
to you, huh?

I can't believe
this used to be a meadowland.

Yeah, it's scary,
isn't it?

(MOANING)

(FIRE CRACKLING)

(GRUNTING)

BARTLETT: Ow, my leg.

(GROANING)

What's going on?

BARTLETT: Ow!

.
Ah, my leg

Let me see that.

(GROANING)

Need to get
some pressure on that.

(GROANING) What happened?

Well, the second explosion

was the gas tank.
The first, was a bomb.

Are--are you saying
someone tried to kill us?

Or one of us.

Oh, you?

Maybe.

Me?

Who'd want to kill me?

Someone who would
benefit from your death.

Oh, boy. My company's
family owned. Nobody'd
want to kill me.

You got to be wrong.

There's got to be
something wrong
with that van.

Mr. Bartlett, it was a bomb.

What?

? (WHIRRING)
SCOTT: Laura?
What are you doing

Destroying everything
that has to do
with our takeover plan.

Good.

Do you think Dad's dead?

I know what
you know, Laura.

What happens if he isn't?

We're gonna take a ride.

To make sure.

I don't want to.

Sometimes you have to do
unpleasant things, Laura.

Dad taught us that.

(BARTLETT GROANING)

MACGYVER:
All right, come on.
Sit down for a while.

All right,
your bleeding's worse.

This is as far as you go.

Oh, come on,
I can keep going.

You can try to keep still
and stay conscious.

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

You make it sound so serious.

It is serious. You've
lost a lot of blood.

If I don't get you
to a doctor in the nex
t couple of hours,

you could die.

This place, it feels dead.

I don't even hear a cricket.

.
Well, there aren't any

Yeah, yeah, your Wasteland.

Yeah? This is a hell
of a place to die.

You think somebody
out there's trying
to tell me something?

Well, life has a way
of making its points.

This dead, desolate place,

you think this is what I do.

I think you're lik
e a lot of people.

You can't see the trees
because you're too busy
cutting down the forest.

Huh, you don't pull
any punches, do you?

No, it's too late for that
. There's too much at stake.

Well, what do we do now?

Well, you're gonna
keep still and try
to stay conscious.

I'm gonna build a fire,
then make it to the lab,
and radio for a chopper.

We gotta get you
to a hospital.

(TIRES SPINNING)

Oh, great.

What are we gonna
do now, Scott?

(GRUNTS)

Walk.

Where?

Down the road.

Laura,

we have to make sure.

Attagirl.

(DOOR CLOSING)

(BARTLETT MOANING)

.
You know, you may
be right, MacGyver

I may be too busy
to see the trees.

Is my little tour
getting to you?

Yeah.

I must be delirious.

You know what went through
my mind, just now?

I actually asked myself,

.
that bomb could have been
a gift from one of my kids

How's that for a guilt trip?

Well, maybe there's
something to that.

No, no way.

I made my kids strong.
They're...

They're winners.
They're part of me.

I started out with nothing.

I'm no wasteland, MacGyver.

Um, concentrate
on staying awake.

.
Keep pressure on your leg,
but try not to move around

The lab's only
about a mile away.

I'll get back
as soon as I can.

.
BARTLETT: Okay

Can you see anything?
No.

Can't we just go
back to the car?

Not until we take
care of business.

Tell me this is
a dream, Scott.

Tell me this isn't
really happening.

Come on, Sis.

Are you forgetting
our heritage?

When the going gets tough,

the tough get going.

At all costs.

(RADIO STATIC CRACKLING)

Mayday, mayday, mayday.

I have a man with
life-threatening injuries.

I need help.

(RADIO STATIC CRACKLING)

Does anybody hear me
out there?

.
A storm. Great

You go look.
I can't.

They're not here.

Blood.

Can't be far away.

(CLICKING)

Come on, Laura.

(BARTLETT MOANING)

No! No.

(FIRE CRACKLING)

(PANTING)

SCOTT: Campfire.

It's got to be them.

Come on.

Let's get it over with.

Dad?

Scott?

Is that you?

.
Oh, thank God, you're here

SCOTT: Dad, you all right?

Yeah, I'm all right.

LAURA: Dad.

What's this all about?

Consider it
a hostile takeover.

The bomb?
You planted the bomb?

Yes, Dad. Me.

But you're tough,
aren't you?

Give me the gun.
Stay where you are.

?
What's gotten into you

All your lessons about life
are finally taking a hold.

Are you in on this, too?

Answer him, Laura.

We just couldn't
take it anymore.

?
Couldn't take what

You.

I pushed you kids hard

because life doesn't
cut any breaks.

I pushed you kids hard
because I wanted you
to be somebody.

I am somebody, Dad.

Always have been.

I wasn't anybody you liked.

Anybody you respected.

You know why you push?

I just figured it out.

Because for all your talk
about being number one,

the big guy, one cut above,

you're still a kid
with holes in his shoes

trying to be good enough

to fit in with the kids
from across the tracks.

Like you said,

I didn't grow up
with holes in my shoes,

so I don't have
that problem.

(COCKING GUN)
Scotty, don't.

(LAURA GRUNTING)

(PANTING) Scott,
we can work this out.

Too late for that.

I want you to know
that I understand.

I can change.

Sorry, Dad.

(WHIRRING)

BARTLETT: Oh, God.
What have I done?

Scott,

Laura, I--I love you both.

I don't want to hear it.

Scotty, we can't do this.

(LAURA GRUNTS)

Scott, listen to her.

No.

The only thing
you love is power.

(COCKING GUN)
Power

and profit.

Scotty, don't!

(GUN FIRING)

(LAURA EXHALING)

BARTLETT: No.

Laura!

She's dead.

(CRYING)
Oh, God.

Oh, God.

Laura's dead.

(BARTLETT SOBBING)

And you killed her.

It's your fault.

You killed her.

(COCKING GUN)

(WHIRRING)

(GUN CLICKING)

(GRUNTING)

REPORTER: Mr. Bartlett,

have you talked to your son
since he's been incarcerated?

Yes, this morning.

Then you're planning
to stand by him,

even though
he's responsible

for the death
of your daughter?

Well, it was an accident
and he's my son.

And if any of you
are parents, I suspect
you'd do the same.

What about Bartlett City?

Rumor has it you're
abandoning the project.

Well, based
on the newest
ecological data

,
provided by
the Phoenix Foundation

I've determined
that the site is
no longer suitable

.
for commercial venture

Uh, we're looking
at other alternatives.

I knew you'd get through
to him, MacGyver.

REPORTER 1: Mr. Bartlett,
sir, if you don't mind...
REPORTER 2: No, Mr. Bartlett.

Sorry, folks, but that's
gonna be the end of it.

One more question, please.

What's next?
The new sports arena?

No, my next project
is a very personal one.

I'll be setting up
a memorial trust

in memory of my daughter

to fund a local
family counseling center.

It'll be the kind of a place
where ith problems

can come to work out
things in a very

loving and caring
environment.

REPORTER: Thank you,
Mr. Bartlett.

(REPORTERS CHATTERING)

What do you think?

He's trying.

That's all we can expect
of anyone, huh?