All language subtitles for MacGyver S06E06 - Lesson in Evil

AH!

Trick or treat!

Help the homeless, mister.

Oh, you bet.

We were just kidding.
We're not really monsters.

Yeah. Sure you're not.

I know, I know, I'm sorry.

It's about time, MacGyver.

We were beginning to think
you weren't gonna make it.

How's it going?

Well, Zito is behaving
like a perfect gentleman.

Ah, the mask of sanity?

Yeah, he always did
put on a good act.

But we're in for big trouble
if the judge buys it.

If Zito's declared sane, he walks
out of here a free man.

No way.

What about all those murders the
D.A. still has to prosecute, huh?

That was five years ago,
MacGyver.

Witnesses have died,
evidence is cold.

D.A. probably doesn't even
have enough of a case left

to even bring the man to court.

And that hospital shrink, Skinner,
she's making Zito sound like a victim

instead of a serial killer.

Well, how'd your testimony go?

- All right.
- It went well.

Except for Zito sitting there
staring at me the whole time.

According to
your written statement,

you first met Dr. Zito two
years ago. Isn't that right?

Yes.

Mr. MacGyver,

you sometimes work
for the Phoenix Foundation

which has a contract to supply

forensic and scientific assistance
to the police department?

That's right.

And you encountered Dr. Zito when the
Phoenix Foundation helped the police

track down an escaped serial
killer named Eric Cross?

Yes, I was searching Cross' cell

for forensic evidence.

And you discovered that
Zito helped Cross escape?

That's right.

He engineered the whole thing.

Engineered?
Would you clarify that?

Zito called the orderlies,

and he told them Cross was sick.

They thought he had a heart attack,
which was not the case.

What Cross was suffering from
was alkalosis.

The same symptoms
as a heart attack,

only self-induced chemically.

Cross had ingested a solution
with a very high alkaline content.

Zito provided him
with the drinking cup.

Then he came up with a way to
deliver it all to Cross' cell.

I figured out Zito's plan,
and I proved it to him.

Do you have an opinion as to what
Zito's motive was for doing all this?

Yes.

Revenge.

See, Cross wasn't really free.

Zito controlled him
psychologically.

He manipulated Cross
to attack his real target,

which was Lieutenant Murphy.

The same police officer who arrested
Zito for his original murders?

Yes.

In Zito's eyes she beat him

and his ego
just couldn't handle it.

So he used Cross to retaliate.

Murphy and her partner, Sweeney,
were lured into a trap,

in which Detective Sweeney
was killed.

Zito had Cross convinced
he could purge his sins

by performing a human sacrifice.

And, of course, Zito chose
the sacrifice victim.

In his twisted mind, I'm sure he
thought it was the perfect murder.

And it almost worked.

There is absolutely no proof to
these outrageous accusations!

You're here to provide medical
testimony, Dr. Skinner,

not act as counsel.

Did Cross ever admit that
Zito was behind his actions?

Cross hanged himself in his cell
before anyone had a chance to ask.

Mr. MacGyver,

how would you describe Zito?

Evil.

I have no further questions,
your honor.

Any questions for this witness?

No, your honor.

You may step down,
Mr. MacGyver.

All right.
I've reached a decision.

Dr. Skinner says you're sane.

Fit for release.

I think she's dead wrong.

The testimonies of Mr.
MacGyver and Lieutenant Murphy

tell me that you're as dangerous

as when you were
first committed.

Perhaps more so.

Therefore,

the petition
for your release is denied.

And you are ordered
to remain incarcerated.

This hearing is adjourned.

We did it, MacGyver.

Congratulations.

You made a noble attempt,
Dr. Skinner.

Thank you for your help
and patience.

It's not over yet. Sign this.

I'm going to help your attorney
file an immediate appeal.

Uh...

Oh, really.

Do you have to keep him
chained like some wild animal?

Oh, they're only doing
their job, Doctor.

I, uh, I can't thank you enough.

Your faith in me has been a great
comfort through this ordeal.

Well, we're going
to keep fighting.

You've made too much progress
to give up now.

Oh, be assured, I never
give up, Dr. Skinner.

I think you forgot something,
Dr. Zito.

Oh.

Where's my mind?

Your pen, Doctor.

And again,

- my gratitude.
- I'll see you soon.

Once again,

the fates have
brought us together.

As long as they keep you
locked up forever.

Oh, the same predictable Murphy.

Nothing you said to the judge
was surprising.

But you, Mr. MacGyver,

your description of me
was fascinating.

Do you actually think you're
qualified to judge what is evil?

I just call it as I see it.

I'm an expert on the subject.

One day I'll educate you.

A lesson in evil, you might say.

Well, Charles,

it seems you just can't
get rid of me.

Fine by me,

so long as you don't
step out of line.

Oh, wouldn't dream of it.

Oh, may I?

Yeah, sure.

I'm not sure, ma'am.

I thought it was on this floor.

Family courts
are on the fifth floor, ma'am.

I... I want the counselor.
Would that be with the court?

Uh, yes, ma'am. That's, uh,
right on up those steps there.

Just go on up
to the fifth floor.

Oh, thank you very much.

You're welcome, ma'am.

That Zito, he's a walking
cold front, isn't he?

I'm just glad the judge didn't
buy his act.

It's not an act, Lieutenant.

Lieutenant Murphy,
Metro Division. What happened?

Zito escaped.
We sealed the building.

Both of his guards are dead.

How did it happen?

Zito strangled
one of them with his chains.

- Oh, no! Oh, my God!
- The other was stabbed repeatedly.

Stabbed? With what?

We don't know.
Something small.

We're still looking
for a weapon.

Did anyone see him
come off the elevator?

No one.

It's like he,
he just disappeared.

We've got to find him,
before he gets out of the building.

I've got people mobilized
to cover every exit.

It's happening now.

Trick or treat, mister.

Oh. Ha.

For a couple of fine-looking
monsters like you, trick.

I saw him, I saw him! He left the
building dressed as a bailiff.

It was Zito!

He's gone.

Oh, God.

Zito's out there.

All right. Ready. Lift.

It's unbelievable that one man
could bring about that much carnage

with a simple ballpoint pen.

I let him use it
to sign some papers.

He only had it for a moment.

That's all he needed.

We found this
on one of the bodies.

It's addressed to you.

"Your lesson in evil begins,
MacGyver."

"6 times 2
minus 8 equals?"

Does that mean anything to you?

It means something to Zito.

He promised MacGyver
a lesson in evil.

6 times 2 minus 8 equals 4.
That's so simple.

How does that fit in
with Zito's twisted brain?

I think it has to do with where
he wants the lesson to start.

Why would he deliberately
lead us back to his cell?

He likes to play games,
remember?

Library card.

Yeah, it's a message.

He remembered.

The book,

the chemicals,
the means of transport,

they all connect
to your cell, Dr. Zito.

You helped Eric Cross escape.

So,

now what?

Are you gonna have them
take away my library card?

He wanted me to find this.

He could have left it there
unintentionally.

No, no, Zito doesn't do
anything unintentionally.

I'll bet this lesson started
the day I stopped Cross.

Two years ago?

Yeah.

Just about the same time he
started therapy with Dr. Skinner.

You know,

he never expected
to win that sanity hearing.

You mean everything he's done
for the past two years,

he did to manipulate his escape today?
No. No, that is too...

Evil, maybe?

MacGyver, telephone.

Hello?

I assume you're well into
the game by now, MacGyver.

Zito.

I hated to cut short our
little discussion about evil.

It's a subject
close to my heart.

Why don't you
just get to the point, huh?

Oh, sorry, MacGyver.

This you'll have to do
by the numbers.

Evil cannot be beaten

simply by confronting it.

That will be the first lesson
in your education.

My so-called lesson in evil?

Oh, I do so enjoy
teaching a bright pupil.

You'll find your homework
assignment at the pay phone

in front of the east entrance
of the hospital.

I'll see you in school,
MacGyver.

Let us out of here.

MacGyver.

- "3 times 10 divided by 2?"
- 15.

Fifteen what?

Now let me see
if I follow this, MacGyver.

You're saying the number four got
you to his cell and the library card,

so the number 15 should tell you
something about his reading habits?

That's the general idea.

So where does all this stuff

from the shopping cart
come into it?

I have no idea.

Maybe Pete'll come up
with something

after he runs the stuff
through the Phoenix Lab.

Well, these are all the books that Zito
checked out at the hospital library

in the past two years.

Well, well,
would you look at that.

And here I thought he spent
all his time conning shrinks.

All right, ladies, what do
you say we get started?

Where?

Fifteenth book? Fifteenth page?
Fifteenth paragraph?

Yes. All of the above.

Here we go.

Page 15.

He's written another equation.

That'll be three.

"The Three Fates."

Yeah, you remember
what Zito said in court

about the Fates
bringin' us together?

Mmm-hmm.

It says here
the ancient Greeks believed

they controlled the future.

MacGyver.

This is your teacher speaking.

I'll get a trace.

So speak.

Just interested
in your progress.

Have you read
any good books lately?

As a matter of fact,
I'm on page 15

of Myths and Legends
of Ancient Greece.

Ah, you deciphered my message.

Bravo, you are a good student,
MacGyver.

Shall we see
if you can solve the riddle?

Riddle?

Look hard,

be diligent, and it will happen
when you least expect it.

Remember,
evil is never predictable.

It follows no pattern.

It strikes friends,

loved ones, coworkers.

Then, when you least expect,

it comes home for the kill.

That will be your next lesson,
MacGyver.

Got a question for you,
Professor.

Why me?

Call it a rematch.

You think you beat me last time,

but the game never ends,
MacGyver.

I will win this time.

No one can stop me.

It's in the hands of the Fates.

- Not enough time.
- He's playing with us!

He mentioned the Fates again.

Yes. The Three Fates.

Somehow they're the key
to his riddle.

Captain Kiley.

Yeah, Pete. What do you have?

Uh, j-just hold on,
let me put you on the speaker.

We just found another
of Zito's math puzzles.

The formula was written on the
shears from the shopping cart

in fluorescent paint.

The lab spotted it
under an ultraviolet scan.

Better write it down.

"2 times 12, minus 4."

Got it.

I'm leaving now
for the police station.

See you back here, Pete.

Twenty.

What could he be telling us?

If we could just figure out
what twenty means,

maybe we could find
some sort of pattern.

Then we can really nail him.

Nail him, Lieutenant?

Isn't it your job to arrest
Zito rather than execute him?

You still don't get it, do you?

As long as Zito is alive,
he is dangerous!

Someone should blow him
out of his shoes.

Captain, is it normal
police procedure

to allow someone who is
so emotionally involved

to be assigned
to a case like this?

Doctor, we do everything in our
power to capture any suspect alive.

Zito is no exception.

That's our standard
operating procedure.

Isn't that right, Lieutenant?

Yes sir.

It's SOP.

It strikes friends,

loved ones, coworkers.

Then, when you least expect,

it comes home for the kill.

MacGyver, what are you on to?

What you said about
standard procedure.

We know Zito prides himself on
his knowledge of police procedure.

He proved that
with the Cross investigation.

So, he'd know that all the stuff
he left us in that shopping cart

would be examined
by the Phoenix Lab.

Right again. So?

So maybe he's found a way to connect
the number 20 with the Phoenix Lab.

The same way he did with
4 and 15 in his other clues.

The question is, how?

Friends, loved ones, coworkers.

Follows no pattern.

It strikes friends,
loved ones, coworkers.

Friends,

coworkers...

Oh, man.

Twenty.

That's Pete's parking space
at Phoenix Research.

I've been expecting you,
Mr. Thornton.

Um, how did you sleep,
Mr. Thornton?

Well, I trust?

Tell me, how do you
like my sanctuary?

Don't bother struggling.

This device was made
a hundred years ago

to restrain particularly
violent prisoners.

The clamp kept them
from biting off their tongues.

Very humane.

Save your strength.

I need you
for MacGyver's next lesson.

This is crazy.

All these formulas and numbers.

We'll never find Pete
at this rate.

I don't get it.

And where does
all this stuff fit in?

Well,

I think it's the key
to Zito's riddle.

Here, take a look.

The Three Fates.

Greek mythology was
my worst subject in school.

Well, they were supposed
to control the future.

One was a weaver of cloth,
which symbolized birth.

Second weighed life
on a scale or balance.

And the shears

cut the thread.

Death.

Yeah.

But what does it mean?

I don't know. I think
maybe in his own sick mind,

he's trying
to control the future.

They just found
Pete's car. Come on.

Dumped right in front of the
police station in broad daylight.

It's crazy.
Doesn't make any sense.

It's just an old doormat.

That's mine.

- Come on.
- I'll call for backup.

It's SOP, MacGyver.

You okay, Pete?

Zito's gone.

He left another message.

Murphy!

Murphy!

No!

Patient is female, Caucasian.
Multiple fractures to one leg,

evidence of concussion.
Standby for vitals.

I'm starting IV
with 9% normal saline.

Prep the ER for ETA 20 minutes.

Let's move her.

MacGyver?

Right here, Murphy.

Zito planted that bomb for me.

He knew I'd do
a room-to-room search.

It's SOP.

Get him, MacGyver.
Get him for me.

All right.

Lieutenant.

I'm so sorry.

I guess,

guess you were right about not
being emotionally involved.

I didn't anticipate Zito
the way I should have.

That makes two of us.

You know, maybe she's right.

Maybe he can't be stopped
until he's dead.

The answer to the math problem
on the wall there is 18.

I wrote it down with the others.

Pete, do you remember anything
about where Zito took you?

No, not really.

I was blindfolded until
he chained me to the wall.

That was in a small room
with an old bathtub.

The building itself
felt big, old.

It smelled musty,
like an abandoned building.

He called it his sanctuary.

Sanctuary.

He's used that word before.

The monastery.

What was that, Dr. Skinner?

Something Zito said.

In our final session
before the hearing,

I asked him
what he was going to do.

If he were set free,
where he planned on going.

He said he wanted to go
to a monastery.

Did you make transcripts
of those sessions?

Yes. I have it all on tape
at my office.

Can you get them for us?

Oh, yes, of course.

I'll bring 'em to
the police station right away.

I hope the Lieutenant
will be all right.

You know, I can't
shake the feeling

that Zito is just
laughing at us.

You mean, like, he's changed
the rules of the game

without telling us?

Yeah. Like that.

Oh, man.

Mike, let me see that.

He's got two 15s.

Why two?

Oh, great.

Perfect timing.

Oh, boy.

Of course.

That's why he repeated
the number.

What, what, what?
You lost me. What?

Well, these numbers stand
for letters in the alphabet.

That's an O.

T.

P, Q, R!

Doctor.

Doctor.

Skinner.

State Psychiatric Hospital,
and hurry please.

Excuse me,
what is this back here?

It's the battery
from your car, Dr. Skinner.

I took the liberty
of removing it.

Intimacy with other people.

I've grown accustomed to
the routine of the hospital.

I'd miss it.

You wouldn't return home?

My only true home is the asylum.

Where would you go?

MacGyver.

How is Lieutenant Murphy?

Well, I'm sorry, Zito.

She's gonna be just fine.

I must send her a get well card.

What have you done
with Dr. Skinner?

You deciphered my code.
Very good, MacGyver,

A plus.

Now, your final exam.

You must solve the riddle.

But to do it,

you'll have to find
my sanctuary.

You have one hour, MacGyver.

If you don't,

the good doctor will die.

So be sure and come alone.

This is a private lesson,
MacGyver.

Still no trace.

Sanctuary.

He said it again.

Oh, what does it mean?

We've got less than an hour
to find out.

I've chosen a fitting tomb
for you, Doctor.

Here,

in this relic
of your barbaric profession,

surrounded by the tools
of your trade,

these cruel devices

to hold and torment
the so-called insane,

abandoned people,

locked up,

left to rot in their madness.

This is your legacy, Doctor.

This was prescribed treatment
to calm violent patients.

No.

The ice water rises,

slowly numbs the body,

deadens the nerves,

until all feeling
is temporarily gone.

This, ahem, will make
the sensation more permanent.

It's my own version
of electroshock therapy.

You must solve the riddle.

But to do it,

you'll have to find
my sanctuary.

You have one hour, MacGyver.

What else can sanctuary mean?

My people have checked every monastery
and church in the city. Nothing.

Well, you don't find this
kind of thing in a church.

You know,
when Zito put that on me,

he laughed and he said

that it was used to keep violent
prisoners from biting off their tongues.

Not prisoners,

patients.

Patients?

Listen to what Zito says
to Dr. Skinner.

Intimacy with other people.

I've grown accustomed to
the routine of the hospital.

I'd miss it.

You wouldn't return home?

My only true home is the asylum.

Zito's sanctuary is an asylum.

What better place
for him to feel at home.

Now, the Health Department
shut down that old asylum

out on River Road
about 40 years ago.

And that was a monastery before
they turned it into an asylum.

10 minutes.
I can still make it.

Forget it, MacGyver.
Last time we almost lost Murphy.

I'm not letting you go
in there without backup.

Mike, you know we'd lose Skinner
if he sees anybody but me.

Kiley, he's right.

Okay, but we'll be
no more than a block away.

You look cold, Doctor.

Don't worry.

The water will heat up soon.

Goodbye, Dr. Skinner.

You've been a great help.

MacGyver! Help!

Oh, thank God, help me!

MacGyver, the water's rising,
I'm gonna be electrocuted!

Help me, please!

Do you really think
I'd give you a door

with a lock that you can
pick open, MacGyver?

That sound you hear

is the only key
that will open that door.

Come and get it.

Welcome to school, MacGyver.

This is your classroom.

Without this key,
Dr. Skinner will die.

You are about to kill the only person
in this world who wants to help you.

The nature of evil, MacGyver.

And you'll have to kill me

to pass the exam.

Can you, MacGyver?

Do you have
what it takes to kill me?

You do want me dead.

I know it.

This is your chance.

Pick it up.

It's a shame
about poor Lieutenant Murphy,

lying in the hospital,
her insides broken like glass.

I must pay her a visit.

I hate to leave a job
unfinished.

Pick it up, MacGyver!

Sorry, Zito.

I know your riddle.

Oh?

The Three Fates.

They control the future.

The rope is the thread of life.

The gun, the shears
that cut it off.

That leaves scales,

or a balance.

Add a little extra weight

to trigger it off.

Evil never plays fair.

That's why it will always win.

And you lose.

End of lesson,

MacGyver.

Now look!

Take a look!

I'm keeping you alive
for Dr. Skinner.

But this is for Murphy.

MacGyver, hurry!

Hurry!

- Take it easy.
- Would you stop mothering me?

I've got the hang of these.
Ow!

Oh, thank you.

You knew about this, didn't you?

- Who, me?
- Yes.

The sign says it all,
Lieutenant.

Welcome home.

Thanks, Captain.

It's good to be back
on my feet again.

Well, one of 'em, anyway.

Listen, considering Zito's track record,
I'd say you're pretty lucky.

When I think that it all started
because of a simple ballpoint pen.

Well, Zito is back
in maximum security

under close guard and restraint.

And he'll never escape again.