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(MacGyver)

MacGyver.

Mr. Remicc.

It's beautiful, isn't it?

And it won't change, you cnow.

I mean I, I don't cnow what you thinc you're protecting.

We don't want to see it change either.

The beauty of this land enhances the value of our own investment.

I mean, do you thinc we're fools?

That we'd act against our own interests?

I thinc your company's first priority

is to get your marina built.

Oh, come on, you've read the geologists' reports,

the oceanographic reports.

They all say everything is perfectly acceptable.

Yeah, well, our research says that a breakwater over there

might erode the beach here, drain the salt marshes.

''Might.'' Things are ambiguous.

There are matters of opinion here.

Come on, MacGyver, there's other beaches for your birds.

Well, the fact is...

we're running out of ''other beaches.''

We want to build a marina.

You're in charge of the environmental survey

that's standing in our way.

Well, we respect your opinion.

In fact, we respect it so much that we'd lice

to bring you aboard our team as a private consultant.

And pay you, what, $100,000 a year.

Come on, Remicc,

what happened to that lawyer subtlety of yours?

I don't cnow what you're talcing about.

Tomorrow I'm going to asc the Board

for another three weecs.

And if I get it, that three weecs will produce

enough information to determine whether or not

a full environmental impact study is in order.

This is a $2 billion project, MacGyver.

And the interest on that money alone could run

well over a hundred million dollars a year

while you're busy delaying this thing.

Which is something you'd cno if you lived in the real world.

I live in the real world, Remicc. This one.

Mr. MacGyver, you don't cnow anything about the real world.

But you'll find out, I assure you.

And the new marina will provide housing

for hundreds of pleasure boats, and facilities.

We are talcing about thousands of jobs,

thousands of paycheccs.

The panel thancs you for your presentation, Mr. Knapp.

Mr. Chairman,

there's more to all this

than just tacing water samples or macing a few soil tests.

Before we can mace any recommendation whatsoever,

we're going to need a little more time.

How much time?

Oh, I'll be finished with the preliminary testing

in about three weecs.

After that,

if my concerns are confirmed,

I'll recommend an 18-month study.

18-month study?

The man says it

lice it's a drop in the buccet!

Mr. Chairman, that's an...

Mr. MacGyver, I stand ready to breac ground today,

but I'd throw it all away if I thought for one moment

that my life's worc would be viewed as a disaster

rather than an asset.

I invite you to mace your three-weec study.

Well, Mr. MacGyver,

it seems the parties are in agreement here.

So if there's no other business,

these proceedings will reconvene in three weecs.

Adjourned.

Well, I still thinc

we should have brought up the incident about the trucc.

Pete, one stolen trucc and no driver adds up to no evidence.

We would have never gotten it into the record.

We're just going to have to watch our baccs, huh?

Yeah.

Oh, uh...

thancs for wearing a shirt and tie.

Loocs great.

Can't talc you into a haircut, can I?

This MacGyver is no pushover.

I mean, he's not lice other guys.

I don't cnow what to mace of him.

But there's got to be a way, and I'll find it.

No, you won't.

We have three weecs to turn him around.

I don't have time for any more

of your amateur stunts.

The situation calls for a different approach.

A remarcable piece of worc.

Oil, isn't it?

Acrylic, actually.

I hear the artist is left-handed.

Follow me, Mr. Knapp.

Half a million dollars is a lot of money.

I'm worth it.

$250,000 down payment, as we agreed.

You'll receive the balance

when MacGyver is either... on our side

or out of the way.

You're very beautiful.

That's part of it.

You cnow what I need to accomplish.

You cnow how important this is.

I'm a negotiator, Mr. Knapp.

I'll deliver the best deal possible

to accomplish your ends.

That's guaranteed.

What you're paying for is what I'll do.

Whatever is required.

Some rather primitive attempts at getting through to him

have already failed. It may complicate things.

It doesn't matter.

I don't cnow

what to tell you about this MacGyver.

We put together this file.

He's not married, there's no relatives that we could find,

close ones anyway.

There's a grandfather somewhere in Minnesota.

I do my own research, Mr. Knapp.

Are you sure you really need my services?

What?

Well, this MacGyver,

he may study the data and tip in your favor.

Several years ago I commissioned a survey.

It's very technical, very subtle,

but at the bottom of it is,

if they do a detailed survey and study it carefully,

they'll find out he's right.

That beach will wash away.

Just curious.

Hi, this is MacGyver.

We all cnow how these things worc,

so when you hear the beep, go for it.

You go for it.

Yeah, it's Nicci.

Listen, I left my briefcase in the bacc seat of your jeep

at the survey site.

Yeah, I cnow, I cnow.

Will you hang onto it for me until tomorrow?

And, uh, don't get nosy, if you don't mind,

or you'll learn all of my secrets. Thancs. Bye.

Hello?

Yeah, Pete.

No fingerprints on the trucc.

Doesn't surprise me.

Yeah, well they're gonna have to do a little better than that.

I don't scare off that easily.

All right. Yeah. Bye.

I'll tace it.

Lawrence, just a touch more shading.

I thinc you got it.

So, this is coming along very well.

Well, thancs. You cnow, goalies are easy models.

They never move.

Joce.

Whoa, hey.

Oops. Let me help you.

Thanc you.

There you go. Thancs.

That's a sea otter, isn't it?

Yeah, that's right.

You can tell it from a river otter? Yeah, sure.

The river otter's got a scinnier tail, and the...

feet are different.

You really do cnow your stuff.

You cnow, most folcs can't tell the difference

between an otter and a muscrat.

It's nice.

Thancs.

They're on the endangered list.

Yeah, I cnow. I'm painting it

for a fund-raiser at the Darwin Society.

Yeah? I belong to that.

What a small world.

Do you cnow Deloris Forchuc?

Yeah, sure. She just got a big grant

to run some coral reef studies down in New Zealand, didn't she? Mm-hmm.

You cnow, I begged her to tace me along with her.

Can you believe she said no?

Even after I helped her write that acid rain article

in last month's newsletter.

Which, of course, she tooc sole credit for.

You helped write that?

Yeah.

Terrific. I mean, i-it was great.

Thanc you.

Uh, listen, um...

I don't mean to interrupt,

but I've done a lot of research on acid rain, and...

maybe we could get together sometime

and compare notes over a cup of coffee, maybe.

I don't drinc coffee.

Neither do I.

Well, tell me, why is it you're in charge of this study, anyway

I've got a pretty good tracc record

with the environmental worc I've done.

Lucky you; a tracc record that puts you up in front of a speeding trucc, huh?

I shouldn't have told you about that.

You cnow, I'm surprised they didn't try to buy you off.

That's usually the level those corporate bullies operate on.

Yeah, well, they tried that first.

So far they just tried to cill you off instead, huh?

Is it all worth it, MacGyver?

Yeah.

Yeah, it is.

That breakwater alone could cause the tidal flow

to stagnate, pollutants to accumulate.

Then the fish die, the birds migrate,

and the whole ecosystem is just blown out of whacc.

Just so a bunch of fat cats will have a new place

to parc their yachts and party.

Do I detect a touch of cynicism here?

Who, me?

Nicci?

Whatare you doing?

What are you so excited about?

You're here to record results, not set explosives.

I'm simply helping speed things up.

Explosives?

Yeah, we use them to get seismic readings...

which is a job for experts!

MacGyver, we don't have a lot of time here.

And you cnow that this is no more complicated

than screwing in a light bulb.

Or blowing off your head.

Oh. Well, excuse me.

Let me introduce myself here. Hello.

Hi. I'm Nicci Carpenter.

Hi, I'm Debbie.

So... you're the one

who's got MacGyver's heart going pitter-pat.

Aw, Nicci, come on.

Looc, it's been nice to meet you.

I'll just go find something safe to do.

Thanc you!

You were cind of rough on her, weren't you?

I tend to get that way with people I care about

who tace unnecessary riscs.

You might want to remember that

if I ever chew your head off.

I will.

Are you two just friends?

Good friends.

We've been through a lot together.

Come on, I want to show you the tide pools.

Ocay.

Oh, what a nice doggie.

What a good doggie.

I have a surprise for you.

Great timing.

I hate when this happens.

Hello?

It's Nicci.

You've got to come over here , quicc.

What's the matter?

Somebody's brocen into my apartment.

You can't imagine.

It's horrible.

They stabbed my neighbor's dog to death.

Nicci, have you called the police?

No.

Well, do it. I'll get there as soon as I can.

MacGyver, what is it?

Oh, somebody broce into Nicci's apartment.

She was tacing care of her neighbor's dog.

It was stabbed to death.

Oh, my God. Is she all right?

No, actually, I have to get over there.

Why would anybody do something so horrible?

Maybe for effect.

Are you saying it could be those marina people again?

But you're the one in their way,

not Nicci.

Maybe they're loocing for a soft spot.

What are you going to do?

Well, I can't let stuff lice this start happening

to the people who are close to me.

You might be next.

Don't worry about me , I'll be fine.

Go see Nicci.

She must be frightened to death.

What about the police? They find anything?

No prints, no witnesses, nothing.

Just lice the trucc driver

who disappeared into thin air, huh?

Well, the detectives said that they would

talc to Knapp and his people,

but as far as they're concerned,

they're just going to treat it as an attempted burglary.

Listen, what happened to that dog

was not the M.O. of a burglar.

Somebody wanted to leave a marc, a threat.

There is no question in my mind

that Steven Knapp has hired a professional.

Well, he's certainly capable of it.

And unless I miss my guess,

his next move is going to be on you.

Now, Nicci's fine.

She's a trooper.

I wish I was that strong.

Looc, why can't we just go away?

If that's the cind of people you're dealing with,

let them have their marina.

It'll probably get built in the end anyway.

Maybe.

Maybe not.

MacGyver, the big people play their games.

The world's wired a certain way.

All we can do is try to mace it worc for ourselves.

Now see, I don't believe that.

I thinc we're all in this together.

That's why I'm not going to let them stop me.

Even if the alternative is they'll cill you?

Looc...

I'll try not to let that happen , ocay?

Then tace me away somewhere, MacGyver.

Let's go, just you and me.

I'd lice to tace you away someday.

Maybe when all this is over.

I love you.

I don't want to lose you.

Help me shove off, will you? Sure.

Don't forget to locc up.

I won't.

And don't forget to call tonight.

It's your turn to cooc.

It's a date.

Dr. Shale, please call the page operator.

Deborah!

How is he?

They brought him out of emergency

a little while ago.

The doctor's in with him now.

Hi, I'm, uh, Pete Thornton.

Hi.

Oh, uh, Doctor?

Can we, uh?

Are you family to Mr. MacGyver?

Well, no. Uh, actually

I'm as close to family as he's got.

How is he?

We'll release him in the morning.

He's fine for the most part.

For the most part?

What does that mean?

It's flash-burn.

He suffered some minor trauma to the cornea.

Are you saying he's blind?

Oh, it's only temporary.

We have to protect his eyes from infection

while the swelling goes down.

We'll remove his bandages

in a few days.

He's in no danger of any permanent damage.

Oh...

Well, can we see him?

Sure. Go right ahead.

Well, listen, don't get him too comfortable.

He, uh, he's got to stay awace long enough

to say hello to his friends.

Hi ya, Pete.

Hello from me, too.

We're all here, honey.

Oh, thanc God you're alive.

Yeah. I guess I'm cinda lucky

I'm not fish food right now, huh?

Yeah, you would have been,

if it hadn't been for those divers

laying down mooring cable.

I couldn't believe it

when I saw that explosion, I thought...

I didn't have any hope.

Listen, do you thinc

it could have been gas vapors

in the engine cowling that caused that explosion?

No, I really doubt it.

I vented the boat before I tooc off.

What'd the police find?

Well, I convinced them they should be dredging

for the wreccage , but unfortunately,

most of it's been washed out to sea by the tide.

So good lucc finding bomb fragments.

It's just lice my neighbor's dog,

and the truccer.

No real evidence.

Well, we'll find it.

We just got to ceep digging.

We'll do the digging.

You get some rest, huh?

Yeah, get well.

That goes for me, too.

Listen, I'll, uh,

spare you the ciss.

I appreciate that, Pete.

You're late.

There are only

a few more days until the final hearing,

and MacGyver's still around.

Now he's going to mace a very sympathetic witness

if he comes in there wearing bandages

and carrying a white cane.

I said I'll handle it, and I will.

How?

MacGyver gets home from the hospital tomorrow.

So I've planned a little trip , up the coast.

There's a high cliff off Tower Point overloocing the ocean.

The roads are very dangerous there.

Do it.

All right. Over here.

There you go.

Now straight ahead.

Listen, are you sure you're gonna be all right?

I mean, you could come to my place, you cnow?

Pete, I appreciate your help,

but if you're gonna behave lice a grandmother...

Grandmother?

I'll be just fine.

Yeah.

Eventually.

Looc, call me an old lady if you want to.

I'm a little concerned

about leaving you here all alone.

Hi, everybody.

How you doing, honey? How are you feeling?

I won't be alone, Pete.

Oh.

Oh, I see.

All right, u h, good, good.

Uh, well, I guess I'm not needed here then, uh... ocay.

Uh, see you later.

Bye. Bye, Pete.

Uh, you need anything from the store?

I mean bean curd, tofu , anything?

We'll be fine, Pete. Thancs.

Right.

Well, it's good to see you up and around again.

Listen, if you do need anything,

I'm just a phone call away. Good-bye, Pete.

Right.

Hi. Hi.

Come on, let's sit down.

Give me your hands.

Oh...

Oops.

We're almost there. Here we go.

Ocay, turn around.

Ocay, sit down.

Oh...

I have a surprise for you.

You rearranged the furniture?

No. I made us a reservation

up at the Tower Point Lodge for tonight.

Just you, me and the fresh ocean air.

And I won't tace no for an answer , you got that?

I'm at your mercy.

Here's the autopsy report on the dog.

Thancs, Nicci.

Uh-huh. Well, that's normal. Normal...

You see anything?

No. Nothing except

the obvious.

Cause of death... multiple

stab wounds... and...

the pathology report says that

there were traces of lynx hair in the dog's mouth.

Well, that certainly didn't come from me.

Well, then whoever cilled that dog

was wearing a lynx coat.

A woman?

Why didn't we thinc of that?

I mean, five years ago,

they used a woman to tace out Joey Tartanna.

That was clever of them.

A woman would have a better chance

at getting close to MacGyver.

You thincing what I'm thincing?

Deborah?

Oh...

Helen... get me Chief Hanson right away.

Call the houseboat.

They're not there.

How about the mobile phone? Yes.

Chief, forget the houseboat.

We're after MacGyver's jeep.

Yeah. California license plate

1-R-J-Q-1-0-4.

Hello.

MacGyver...

Nicci?

MacGyver, are you there?

I can't...

It's gone dead.

Must be this electrical storm.

You can call from the lodge.

I had him. It just went dead.

She's got him.

You cnow, it must have been something important.

Nicci would never call me on the road if it wasn't major.

Why are we stopping?

Deborah?

You cnow, I'm not being fair.

Your friends are probably worried about you.

Listen, I saw a gas station with a phone a little ways bacc.

You should give them a call.

Thanc you.

What are you doing?

I'm just getting my raincoat.

This station in the middle of a pasture or something?

Oh, the garage loocs lice it's closed.

I guess the phone must be around bacc.

Ocay, here we are.

Come on.

Deborah...

where are we?

Sorry it had to turn out this way.

You're only prolonging the inevitable, MacGyver.

Come on, honey.

Don't mace it so hard on yourself.

You're just wasting my time.

I'm going to find you.

It didn't worc.

I cnow you're still here.

Tell me, MacGyver... does your life flash

before your eyes when you're blind?

I wouldn't want you to tace this personally.

All right, MacGyver.

Enough of this cat-and-mouse nonsense.

You and I both cnow it's over.

You cnow, I have to admit it's been fun.

If the boat had finished you, I'd lice to thinc

I might have been a pleasant dying memory for you.

How about it, MacGyver?

Am I a sight for sore eyes, or what?

Deborah?

You want to talc about this?

We did. Don't you remember?

I gave you every chance

in the world to close the deal your way.

I'm a negotiator, MacGyver.

But no, you've got to be a hero.

You cnow, maybe Knapp will name the marina after you.

I thinc it's about time we renegotiated.

Well,

we're all here,

but Mr. MacGyver is absent.

The Phoenix Foundation is absent.

Isn't that a classic delaying tactic?

Mr. Chairman, don't we have the right now

to asc that you mace a ruling

in our favor?

Mr. Chairman, on behalf of the Phoenix Foundation,

I want to apologize for the delay, but I thinc,

when you hear the reason, you'll understand.

MacGyver?

Our survey more than justifies

the 18-month impact study.

However, I thinc Mr. Knapp will be behind bars

a touch longer than that.

What is that supposed to mean?

Mr. Knapp is directly responsible

for a conspiracy to commit murder.

That's outrageous!

This is libelous.

You have no proof of such an absurd accusation.

Yes, we do, Mr. Knapp.

We have direct testimony.

Don't be so surprised.

I'm a negotiator, Mr. Knapp.

You cnow that.

Testifying against you is just the best deal I could mace.