All language subtitles for MacGyver S06E09 - Bitter Harvest

Halt! Halt!

Can't go this way, sir.

I'm just trying to get
to the garage over here.

Sorry, but I got a
bigger problem right now.

You'll have to turn around.

Stop the spray today!
Stop the spray today!

Stop the spray today!
Stop the spray today!

Stop the spray today!
Stop the spray today!

Stop the spray today!
Stop the spray today!

Growers and
contractors in this valley

have robbed you once again...

and are poisoning
you and your families.

Why should we risk our health,

our lives, our children,

because of their
apathy and greed?

Now... Now how can state
and government agencies

allow the spraying
of toxic chemicals

with known effects
on human health?

With deadly effects on
birds and fish and wildlife,

with the poisoning of our air,
our soil, our water.

Now I believe...

I believe
that future generations

will look back
at the 20th century's use

of toxic pesticides

in... in food production
as just total madness.

Farm workers must be
informed about the dangers

we face every day.

Can you hear us?
Can you hear us, Mr. Kasabian?

Our vineyards are clean.

We observe the pesticide laws.

The laws are weak.

Enforcement is in the hands
of government agencies

run by the growers
for the benefit of growers!

We've got to do something about Garcia.

My father's tied my hands.

Garcia knows.
So concerned about your workers,

explain the slavery
in your fields.

The deplorable conditions.

The... The low wages,
long hours.

Why don't you
balance your speeches

with the truth,
Mr. Garcia?

This man is using
some personal tragedy

to incite unrest.

I'm a grower,

and I care about my workers.
I care about all of you.

Your speeches are
exaggerations and distortions.

Hey, explain to me

why workers who complained about
being sent out into the fields

too soon after spraying
were dismissed

after seeking medical help
for nausea,

blurred vision,
burns of the skin?

That happened
in someone else's fields.

Not mine.

A contract would
help us see to it

that no worker
is hospitalized again

for exposure
to toxic pesticides.

You're gonna end up hospitalized

if you don't keep
your mouth shut.

He's a liar!

You shut your mouth!

You're under arrest!
Now move!

Stay here!

Hey, hey!

Hey, man, this is illegal.

Whatever happened, uh, to the
Constitution and freedom of speech?

Right, man!
Hector Lopez.

- Yeah?
- Lopez, Lopez.

Mr. Kasabian posted bail.

Posted bail?

Well, that's a joke.

I mean, you weren't supposed
to be here in the first place.

Shut up, Silva.

Hey, I got an idea.

Maybe you should get a nametag

"that says" Kasabian chump.

And that way, you know, the police
won't get you mixed up with us.

Hey, Alex!

Hector's not the problem here.

Hey, compadre.

You do what you
have to do, okay?

Okay.

We made a good
showing of ourselves.

The day is coming

when the grapes will
no longer be washed

with the tears and blood
of farm workers.

Nice speech.

You're starting to sound
like a politician.

Uh, excuse me.

I'm sorry.

Aren't you guys
on the same side?

You stay out of this.
I mean, nobody asked you.

Hey, nobody asked him
to fight for us, either.

Excuse my brother-in-law.

He's young.

Tony Garcia.

MacGyver.

I was kind of interested in
what you were saying out there.

Yeah? I wish others
were as interested.

You know, they conduct
investigations after investigation,

and then they say they don't know
what causes the health problems.

We live in an area

that's flooded with pesticides.

I-I-It's exactly
what happened in McFarland.

What do you mean?

He means the cancer clusters
among the children.

It's... It's happening here.

Just like in McFarland.

Three times
the national average.

Well, you know,

I've read about
the McFarland studies,

and...
I know, I know, I know.

They say that cancer
may include factors

such as our hard life,
uh, poverty,

exposure to all kinds of things,
including fertilizer

and bad plumbing.

Can you discount that?

Yes, I can.

See, in my opinion,

our children are exposed to
pesticides when they play outdoors,

when they hug their mothers and
fathers returning from the fields,

and I believe,
despite government findings,

when they drink our water.

I've read a lot of
those government studies.

They seem to be trying
to get all the facts.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, see, but we don't
need any more government studies,

or... or committees,
or experts, right?

What we need

is recognition from the growers
that addresses our concerns.

It's what we believe
is happening to us.

See, that's what we need.

But this is what we get.

Okay, on your feet.

Let's get a move on here.

Time to go home, everybody.

Aw, so soon?

You know, you could hold us.

Keep talking, Silva, and I will.

Let's move it, people.

You're a liar
and a troublemaker, Tony.

I know the growers
in this valley.

The majority of them are good,
law-abiding people,

especially Caspar Kasabian.

But he is the biggest one
and once I have him,

I have the ones
that do endanger my people.

That is totally unfair.

The farm inspectors do
a good job out here.

There aren't enough of them.

We live in a real world,
for God's sake.

The growers follow
pesticide regulations.

Most of the growers aren't in their
own fields doing the picking, Sheriff.

We are.

Well, you listen up, mister.

The things you are saying are
unproven and erroneous scare tactics.

And it better stop.

Now are we through, Sheriff?

Yeah, I'm through with you.

Where are you staying?

Not really sure.

Are you staying?

Not really sure about that, either.

It all kind of depends on when I
can get my car back on the road.

Yeah, figures.

That's his way of saying thanks.

What's he got to thank me for?

Caring.

I'll tell you what.
It's too late to get your car fixed now.

Um, I'll call my nephew,
tow it back to my place,

and fix it for you
in the morning.

Tonight, you can stay with
me and my family, huh?

What do you say?

I say muchas gracias.

You must be glad you came
this way, huh, MacGyver?

Well, someday I'll learn
to drive on the Interstates.

Actually, you've... you've
come at a very interesting time.

I've just received some
information that, if true,

could help change things around here.

What kind of information?

Well, at this point,
I think it's best left unsaid.

Tell me, MacGyver,
you got any kids?

No.

I have a 12-year-old.
Natalie.

Wait till you meet her.

Oh, my God!

What are they doing?

Run, MacGyver, run!

You gotta go!

Tony.

You were sprayed.

And hit.

Workers found you
in the field this morning.

You were hosed off,
but you should still see a doctor.

I am Carmen Garcia.

My husband, Tony,

he was with you last night.
He's missing.

We have searched all over.

What happened?

That description could fit any
truck in the county, Mr. MacGyver.

Well, why don't you try
starting with the Kasabians?

Sheriff, the front fender
of the truck that hit us

has got to be dented.

Garcia's vehicle was found
abandoned outside of town,

burned in a wreck.

I sure didn't see
any bullet holes.

It was a shotgun.

What are you,
some kind of weapons expert?

It was a shotgun.

Look, will you just tell us
what you're doing to find Tony?

That's police business, Silva.

I'll conduct the
investigation as I see fit.

That's what I was afraid of.
Don't give me any of your mouth.

Well, then why don't you... Hey,
hey, hey, hey, hey. Come on.

Sheriff,

Tony Garcia was chased,

and he was shot at
and now he's missing.

You've got a description
of the truck,

and, Sheriff, I would think you'd want to find it.

Don't push me,
Mr. MacGyver.

I'm trying to help.

Help?

Know what I think?
I think you're an organizer.

You drove into this town
just looking for trouble.

Well, you're not here 10 minutes and
you're thrown in jail for fighting.

And now you're in here
with the local hothead,

accusing one of the most
upstanding citizens of this county

of murder.

Let me give you some advice.

Soon as your car is fixed,
get out of town.

And just keep going.

When I'm ready to, Sheriff.

Yeah, this is where I was hit.

And Tony ran up this way.

You okay?

I hope so.

You know,
I heard a story about a worker in Texas

who was applying, uh,

Dinoseb with a backpack,
uh, type sprayer.

You know, he wore regular clothes,
not protective clothing.

Well, it leaked.

Next day,
he collapsed in the fields.

Contractor gave him aspirin,

which makes
the Dinoseb poisoning worse.

He died an hour later,
with a temperature of 110 degrees.

Now Dinoseb is against the law.

Well, that makes me feel
a lot better. Thanks.

It's not Tony's.

Must have belonged to one
of the guys that jumped you.

Tony's blood?

I did hear two gunshots.

Look, I didn't
know him very well.

But he sure seemed
like a friend to me.

Yeah.

That's the way it was with him.

You know,
this won't prove anything.

Yeah. I know.

I gotta go tell my sister.

We'll get them.

I swear to you, we'll get them.

At night,

Tony would confide in me.

He knew he was in danger.

They would only
allow him to push so far

before they would
try to stop him.

Um...

He told me he had
some information

that might change things
here in the valley.

Did he ever mention
anything like that to you?

Only that he suspected
Kasabian of illegal activity.

When Tony got proof,
he would use it

to pressure them into

signing a contract
to protect the workers.

Tony believed that would be the only way

that... that we could win this war.

You know, that we wouldn't
have to wait for, uh,

for Sacramento or Washington

to, you know,
to pass laws to protect us.

And now it's too late.

Mama, what's wrong?

No! No!

No!

No!

How's Natalie?

She'll be okay.

One good thing
about Natalie's handicap,

it makes her strong.

I...

worked in the fields into my
seventh month of pregnancy.

They used to spray
the fields at night,

and every day when we worked.

You noticed this smell.

I used to get sick often,

but I thought
it was the pregnancy.

When Natalie was born,
her leg was not formed properly.

And you think
it was from the pesticides?

We're poor people,
Mr. MacGyver.

Many things contribute
to birth defects.

There's no proof, but...

But that's what
Tony believed, right?

Yes.

That's when he quit work in the fields.

He vowed that
no other child or parent

should have to suffer so much.

A fine dream.

But now it's dead.

Like Tony.

Carmen.

There is no reason in the world

why Tony's work has to die, too.

Who's gonna follow
in his footsteps?

Alex? You?

No one.

But we can all do our part.

But how?

Lopez

if any of this bunch
is rabble-rousing,

I want to know about it.

We can't stop them
all from talking.

If they get the kind of
agreements that they're after,

labor contractors like me
will be out of business.

Just tell me
who the agitators are.

I'll take care of it from there.

There's one right there.

Get outta here.

Troublemakers don't work for me.

I don't need to work
for you to make trouble.

Get on up there.

Excuse me.

Is there any
drinking water around?

Uh,

excuse me.

Is there a bathroom?

Really.

Yours?

Isn't yours.

Well, it was on the ground
. I just put it back.

Now I remember you.
From yesterday.

You're the gabacho that
went in to help Tony Garcia.

Big help, huh?

You know, you're crazy
coming out here.

No, I need the work.

Yeah, right.
You're probably one of those organizers.

No, I'm not.

But I did want to see what
Tony Garcia was fighting for.

Tony's my friend. We grew up
together working in these fields.

He tried to get me to
leave here to go with him.

But supporting
my family comes first.

You know there's a good chance
that Tony Garcia is dead.

Murdered.

I don't know
anything about a murder.

You know where to find him?

No, and why should I?
Now get off Kasabian's land!

How?

It's 20 miles to town.

Crawl, for all I care.

Oh.

Good morning.

Hi.

You missed mass,
but Mama said to let you sleep.

Oh, that's a good choice.

Where's she?

She and Uncle Alex
are still at the church.

Here are the things you asked for.

Sunglasses
and nail polish remover.

Oh, that's great.

Polarized. Perfect.

Can you pop the lenses out of that?

Okay.

That's a microscope?

Actually, it's a spectroscope.

I can't make a microscope.

See anything?

Take a look.

Wow. Crystals.

Yeah, and they're melting.

What does that mean?

Well, I have to verify it.

But I think I know
what your dad was onto.

Nick, I checked on that
outsider I told you about.

Carlos got the report on his
fingerprints from station.

And?

His name's MacGyver.

He works for The Phoenix Foundation.

Look, Hector, get the big truck

and meet us
over at the warehouse.

MacGyver.

Is he the one
who was with Tony Garcia?

Yeah.

And we've got ourselves
a major problem.

So we'll just get rid of the evidence,
and then MacGyver.

Let's go.

All right. Thanks, Pete.
I'll be here.

It's Alex.

He's gone to the Kasabian farm.

What for?

Uh, we saw our friend,
Juan, at church.

He owns the auto body shop.

Yesterday, he repaired a fender
on Nick Kasabian's truck.

We better report
that to the police.

Juan did.

That's why Alex is so angry.

He says the police
have done nothing.

Well, how does Alex
know what they've done?

He doesn't. I said the same thing,
but Alex would not listen.

MacGyver,

I'm afraid he's going
to do something foolish.

Um...

I ran a test
on Kasabian's grapes.

I think he's spraying
a growth enhancer called FIX.

I've... I've heard of it.

Yeah.
It's illegal on grapes.

All right, listen. There's a
team from The Phoenix Foundation

coming here to run some tests.

You meet them.
I'll find Alex.

Okay.

I need to talk to you.

Later, okay, Dad?
I'm kind of busy.

Now.

I got a call from the sheriff.

Yeah?
So what's he want?

Another contribution for his campaign
fund? He wants to talk to you.

I got nothing to say
to that rent-a-cop.

All right.
Then you tell me.

How'd your truck get banged up?

You know, I really don't know.

Someone must have smashed
into it when it was parked.

Yeah, Davis thinks
that you may know something

about what happened
to Tony Garcia.

Well, I don't.

Nick, contrary
to what you think,

I don't own
the police department.

They're gonna
start investigating

Tony Garcia's
disappearance all the way.

Sounds like you're
worried about me, Dad.

Yes, I'm...

I'm worried about you.

I, uh,

went to the clinic
last night, you know,

where the workers take their
families for medical treatment?

I'm gonna start making
concessions about spraying.

You crazy?

Are you gonna give in
to a bunch of pickers?

What has happened to you?

Well, we didn't have.

DDT scares 40 years ago.

We didn't have
changing climates.

There was plenty of water.
No acid rain.

And whether there's
scientific evidence or not,

I never heard of cancer
clusters among school children.

Dad, we have an entire crop
coming and we could lose it all.

Every damn grape.

Well, it wouldn't
be the first time.

Do you want to watch
this place go under?

You want to lose it all,
forever?

Your whole life's work?

I don't understand.

Yeah, I know you don't.

And I take a lot of
the responsibility for that.

Nick, where you going?

I have business to take care of.

Let it go! It's Sunday.

I can't.
Why?

Because! We've been
spraying FIX, Dad!

Since when?

Since we've been
doubling our profits.

Why wasn't I told?

What's the difference?

The only thing that matters now
is that I get it cleaned up.

Why wasn't I told?

Why wasn't I told?

Alex, no!

No!

Don't you try to stop me, man.

That tractor's sprayed
its last poison!

Hey, hey!

You blow up a spray tractor,

Kasabian gets
a new spray tractor,

you get two years at Soledad.

What good are you gonna do then?
Yeah, well,

it's something, man,
it's something.

Listen to me!

I tested one of his vines.

It looks like
he's spraying 4-CPA.

FIX?
Yes.

It's the information
Tony was gonna use

to pressure Kasabian into
signing a union contract.

Yeah, maybe.

If your test is good.

If you know FIX from fertilizer.

I mean, who are you, man?

I work for The Phoenix Foundation.

And they can help us
expose this whole thing.

Even if you're right,

one sample's not enough.

The Kasabians have
high-priced lawyers.

That'll say your tests
are inconclusive,

that there's no proof
it came from their fields.

Then I'll take another sample.

Right from the tractor
. Pure FIX.

No one will be able to dispute

its chemical origin or its makeup.

This is the way Tony wanted it.

Now, are you gonna help or not?

Huh?

You won't get
anything from the tractor.

It's washed down
after the spray.

They keep the chemicals up here.

Methomyl, captan...

Both legal.

Maple syrup?

Is it FIX?

I wouldn't put it
on my pancakes.

You know,
killing us isn't going to do any good.

Authorities are gonna
be all over this place.

Let 'em come.

Once we get rid of our supplies,
they'll never place it here.

Let's fertilize
Section C with them.

Like we did Garcia.

No, no.

Their deaths have to look
completely accidental.

Let's go, boys.

This tank was drained yesterday.

But they haven't
bled off the CO2 yet.

So the real question is,

how long can you hold
your breath, MacGyver?

What's he talking about?

When you drain a tank
you're left with two levels.

Oxygen and carbon dioxide.
So hold your breath in there.

That's right
. Oxygen on top.

But you'll be on the bottom.

Drowning in an empty tank.
I'm very sorry.

But these kind of
accidents happen.

Yeah, right,
with our hands and feet tied.

Don't worry about that.

We'll take care of that after you're dead.

This ought to replace
what spilled out the door.

That won't last long.

They're dead by now.
Get inside and get the ropes.

Oh, no.

You okay, man?

Yeah, I'm fine.
Let's get that sample, huh?

Let's not.

Good work, Lopez.

Shoot 'em.

Killing Tony was bad enough.
Don't make it worse.

What are you saying?

What are you doing?

What's that?

This is yours, isn't it?

It came off your jacket,
didn't it?

So what?

We found it in the field.

Where you killed Tony.

Tony's dead?

Yeah, he's dead.

And that button puts you there.

I never killed nobody.

You borrowed my jacket.

You wore it that night
when you left the pool hall.

Shut your mouth, Lopez.

You killed Tony, man.

He went with you.

You left together.

Garcia was no good.

He was a troublemaker.

He was my friend!

Lopez, no!

Hector.

Put the gun down.

Put it down.

It's over.

Thanks for, um,

staying for the services.

Tony dreamed of stopping
the suffering in this valley.

Maybe now it will come to pass.

I hope so. I really do.

You.

Take care of your mom.

Bye.

Back to our music
after the local news.

This is Juan Velasco

reporting live from
the Kasabian vineyards

where government authorities supervised
the destruction of contaminated grapes.

Earlier today, a farm worker
named Tony Garcia

was laid to rest in Our
Lady of Guadalupe Cemetery.

In custody without bail
for his murder

is Nicholas Kasabian, heir
to the Kasabian vineyards.

Caspar Kasabian,
the defendant's father

and president of the company,

has stopped using
all Tox.1 pesticides,

and has volunteered
Kasabian grapes

to be tested by an
independent laboratory.

Kasabian volunteered this

as a gesture of openness,

and asked that other
growers in the valley

follow his lead.

Only time will tell if they do.