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Careful.

You've got less than a minute.

It's set to go off at 12:00.

Give me a screwdriver.

Quick, come on.

You got it?

I don't know.

Oh.

MacGyver, that's great.

Thanks.

Oh, I don't have to worry about sleeping in anymore.

Hi.

Hello, MacGyver.

It's me, Su Ling.

Su... Su Ling?

Are you kidding me? Uh, come in.

You didn't get the letter that I sent to you?

That I arrive today?

Uh, no, actually this is kind of a surprise.

Pete!

You remember that foster child program I told you about?

- For Asian orphans, sure. - Yeah.

Well, Mr. Thornton, we finally get to meet her.

This is Su Ling.

Su Ling.

You know, I've gotten regular reports about you

ever since MacGyver first decided to sponsor you.

It's a pleasure to finally meet you.

Thank you.

It's a pleasure to meet you, too.

I, uh, I can't believe this. Look at you.

What were you, 14 the last time I heard from you?

I am 22 now.

Whoa!

Perhaps I am interrupting?

No, no, nothin'.

I'm sorry I did not write in all these years,

but after I was reunited with my grandmother in China,

she was afraid that the government

would accuse me of being a spy,

for writing to America.

I think she gave you good advice.

I recently graduated from the university in Shanghai.

That is why I'm here.

To attend graduate school at your university.

I register tomorrow morning.

Well, congratulations.

Have you got a place to stay?

Well,

no.

There is a mix-up with my dormitory at the university.

The room is not ready.

Well, say no more.

This is obviously a kitchen, that's the living room,

upstairs is the bedroom.

I'll just stay on the couch until the dorm is ready.

You are even nicer than I dream.

You hungry?

Great.

Well, listen, you two have a lot of catching up to do.

I'm going to say good night.

Uh, Su Ling, listen, I have a very good friend at the university

who can take care of your dormitory problems overnight.

Oh, no, please, don't take the trouble.

It's no trouble at all. Believe me.

Besides, it's, uh, it's a good opportunity to call her.

I, uh, haven't talked to her in a long time.

Uh, I will talk to you tomorrow.

Thanks for fixing the clock, MacGyver.

- Good night. - Good night, Pete.

Good night.

Oh.

I have something for you.

It's a back scratcher.

A Chinese specialty.

Good for that camping trip you wrote me about when I was 13.

When you were testing some kind of night goggles

and you couldn't tell the difference between

a blueberry bush and poison ivy.

Oh.

You would remember that, wouldn't you?

It's nice to finally meet you in person.

Uh, you've changed.

I've grown up.

Thank you, MacGyver.

For everything.

She arrived from Hong Kong

and made no contact at the airport.

She got into a taxi, and we followed discreetly.

Did she make contact with any of the students?

No.

She visited an American by the name of MacGyver at his houseboat.

She is still there.

Is he connected with the student movement?

We have never heard of him.

Yang is watching the houseboat.

When the underground fax machine network was first uncovered,

we successfully isolated the Beijing students

from the rest of the world.

This intelligence report says a new fax machine network

is being set up in the United States,

and she is carrying the numbers.

Do you want us to bring her in now, comrade?

No, Zhao.

We will watch her.

She will lead us directly to her collaborators.

Then we can destroy the network at both ends.

Are they still inside, Yang?

They're coming out now.

She's not carrying anything.

- Follow them. - Yes, sir.

Yeah, this will be nice, havin' you livin' in the same city, Su Ling.

It is very different but beautiful here.

Thank you for the ride, MacGyver.

No problem.

No problem.

I'll catch you later.

Catch you later, no problem.

It is lovely here this time of year.

I beg your pardon. What did you say?

I'm sorry.

I thought you were someone else.

No, I'm sorry, uh...

What did you say?

It is lovely here this time of year.

Yes, uh, it is unusually warm.

The flowers could use the rain.

Yes, and it will grow and blossom.

- Hi, I'm Wing Lee. - Yes.

Why are you looking at me so strangely?

Oh, I'm sorry. I... I wasn't expecting a...

You're very pretty.

I did not come to make a date.

Oh, I know.

Have you brought the list?

No, not yet.

I wanted to make certain that we could meet safely.

We will meet again tomorrow.

I was told you brought, uh, something in addition to the list.

Yes.

You will see it tomorrow.

Meet me here at the same time.

It is good to meet you, Wing Lee.

MacGyver?

It's me, Pete.

Got some interesting news for you.

MacGyver!

Su Ling.

MacGyver?

Here, Pete, try that on.

Oh, thanks.

Oh, that feels good.

Did you happen to get a look at whoever did this?

No, I'm afraid not.

It was pretty much hello, goodbye, and lights out.

All I can tell you is, they were both Chinese

and in a big hurry to leave.

Well, nothing's missing. I don't get it.

Yeah, well, I think I can explain in just two words.

Su Ling.

What about her?

Well, that's what I came back to tell you.

I did call my friend at the university to see if she could help out

with Su Ling's dormitory problems.

Well, she came back this morning with the word

that no Su Ling has been admitted to the grad school.

They've never heard of her.

Well, yeah, but, Pete, isn't that just kind of a bureaucratic way

of saying they lost some paper?

I mean, you don't get into grad school with just a phone call,

and you certainly don't get into this country without the proper visa.

Exactly.

And that's why I called the immigration department.

Now she did enter the country yesterday

But with a visitor's visa not a student visa.

And it was issued out of Hong Kong,

not mainland China.

I don't get it.

Why would she lie?

Ah, good question.

Long live freedom in China!

Long live democracy!

It has been months now, and still they come.

Found the list of fax numbers?

No.

We were interrupted in our search.

This man, MacGyver, has connections with the Phoenix Foundation,

has a history of aiding humanitarian causes.

What if she passed the information to him?

I do not think so.

Yang followed her to the university where she made contact

with a student named Wing Lee.

He came over to study three years ago from Beijing.

He has no connections to the old fax network?

No.

Then we may have found a key member to the new underground.

I want to know more about this student from Beijing,

This Wing Lee.

Right away, Comrade Peng Chow.

The question is, why?

Why would she go through all that deception?

I don't know, Pete, but I'm sure gonna ask her when she gets back.

Oh, the university is so beautiful.

I think I'm really going to enjoy my studies here.

Is something wrong?

You have any idea why a couple of Chinese guys

would come in here and tear my place up?

Any particular reason why you lied to us

about where you came from and how you got here?

I did not lie. I only...

My English is not the best.

Perhaps you misunderstood me.

Uh, no.

You were lyin' then, and you're stalling now.

Su Ling, we know.

You're not registered at the university.

They've never heard of you.

We also know that you entered the country

on a visitor's visa out of Hong Kong,

not China like you told us.

I'm so sorry.

Please,

you have every right to be angry,

but this is a very difficult time for me.

I am not your foster child, MacGyver.

I am not Su Ling.

My name is Mei Jan.

Su Ling was my roommate at Beijing Teachers College.

That's how I know all about you,

how wonderful you are,

how you inspired her as a young girl with your encouragement.

Your belief that nothing is more precious

than freedom of mind and spirit.

We're listening.

The students,

my comrades at Tiananmen Square,

sent me to America.

I needed a safe place to begin my mission,

and Su Ling had told me about you.

Tiananmen Square?

You're part of the student movement?

Why didn't Su Ling tell me you were comin'?

Su Ling is dead.

What?

Killed by a government soldier during the protests.

That is why I'm using her visa.

Perhaps you read about the 21 student leaders

my government has branded as criminals?

Yeah, we sure have.

You?

Yes.

If I did not escape, I could be dead as well.

Freedom meant everything to Su Ling,

And when the soldiers came, we made a pact.

Whoever survived would make sure that the world knew the truth.

It is what Su Ling lived for.

I have something to show you,

If it has not been stolen.

Thank goodness.

My government will stop at nothing

to keep our story from the eyes of the world.

And I will stop at nothing

to make sure the world sees the truth.

It was June 3rd.

Su Ling was going to give a speech

at the huge pro-democracy rally that evening,

so I borrowed a friend's video camera.

Along the way, we joined in the giant celebration

of our new inspiration,

the goddess of democracy.

You can see the mood that day was festive.

There were rumors that the army would attack,

but we were not worried.

The night before,

10,000 of us had turned them back

with gifts of food and flowers.

But we were wrong.

Late in the day, the 38th army arrived with tanks.

When night fell,

the mood suddenly shifted, and the trouble began.

Suddenly, somebody yelled that the army was coming.

I looked, and there were the tanks.

The first thing they destroyed was the goddess of democracy.

Shots were fired.

Everybody began running from the square.

First, an unarmed student was shot in the arm,

And then those that started to help him were also shot.

Everybody began running,

looking for escape from the soldiers and the tanks.

Buses were set on fire,

and all of a sudden,

There were more shots directly ahead of us.

And Su Ling shouted to keep the camera running.

And then suddenly we met Jiang and Li,

two girls from my dormitory.

I ran past the bus

looking for a way back to the university.

They were right behind me when I heard Su Ling shout.

I swung the camera around.

Then I heard Su Ling say,

"Please, we come in peace."

But the soldier would not listen.

He shot them.

He shot them.

What's goin' on? What is this?

What do you want?

We are friends of your family.

You're no friends of mine.

You don't intimidate me.

Your mother sends her best wishes from Beijing.

She is in fine health.

She will remain so

only if you cooperate.

Using Su Ling's identity, I was able to reach Macao.

From there I slipped into Hong Kong

and was given a plane ticket here.

If it is any comfort,

you were Su Ling's inspiration.

So, uh, what happens to this tape now?

I deliver it to my contact here.

After Tiananmen Square, the government destroyed

our underground fax machine network.

They stopped our only means of communicating

with each other and the outside world.

Sure.

Cut off the flow of information,

the movement will die.

Yes. Exactly.

That's why I brought these phone numbers,

to establish a new fax machine network.

There are 50 numbers on this scroll.

That's a pretty clever way to transmit Chinese characters.

I've memorized the numbers.

But now, my government must know that I'm here,

or they would not have attacked you and searched here.

Yeah, but they don't know what you've got.

Well, they must suspect I have the fax numbers,

but the tape, no.

If they suspected that, I would have been killed the moment I landed here.

They would not have risked me exposing the truth with this tape.

People must see this tape.

They will, Mei Jan.

They will.

I thought you were coming alone.

This is Mr. MacGyver. He is with us.

MacGyver, this is Wing Lee.

Hi, how you doin'?

Everything okay?

If I seem nervous,

it is because I don't like taking chances,

and by bringing you here, we're taking an unnecessary one.

Now our activities may not seem dangerous to you, Mr. MacGyver,

but they are.

And if I've offended you by not trusting you,

I apologize.

Oh, believe me, I'm not offended.

It shows you're being careful. That's good.

We, uh, know Mei Jan's been watched.

Yes.

Somebody broke into MacGyver's house

and attacked a friend of his.

- Did they find the package? - No. It is safe.

But that doesn't mean they've stopped lookin'.

Well, I found a safe place for Mei Jan to hide.

She will be all right there.

Good.

You are everything Su Ling talked about, MacGyver.

Thank you for being my friend.

I'm safe now.

Okay.

Follow me.

You must first distribute the tape to the International News Service.

I've already made the initial contact.

The local station here will link up with the satellite service.

Good.

Then the whole world will see what our government has tried to bury.

You also have the list of fax numbers?

Yes.

But we will not give the whole list of fax numbers to anyone.

Only one number to one person.

That way, we can reduce our chances of being discovered.

Mei Jan,

I'm sorry.

I'm a coward.

What is it?

You've done everything expected of you.

I admire you, Wing Lee. You are brave.

Forgive me.

Your mother would be very proud of you, Wing Lee.

MacGyver, take a look. Who's that?

Oh, that's Wing Lee.

It's the boy I was tellin' you about.

Hey, Wing Lee, what are you doin' here?

Where's Mei Jan?

Mr. MacGyver, they threatened to kill my mother,

And... And I've betrayed Mei Jan.

I... I don't know what to do.

My mother should not have to pay for what I have done.

All right, settle down, wait a minute.

What... what happened?

They took Mei Jan,

and they talked about taking her to the consulate.

Well, sure, that makes sense.

They've got diplomatic immunity.

They use protected personnel to pull off this kind of thing.

I'm going to call Washington, see if I can get a few people

to put a little heat on the Chinese consulate here.

No, Pete. If they contact the Chinese consulate,

they'll know Wing Lee talked,

and they'll still go after his mother.

Yes, that is true.

Yeah, but then we have to make a choice

between protecting Mei Jan or your mother.

Or maybe not.

Mei Jan said she memorized the fax numbers.

Well, how does that help us?

Well, if we can fix it so they can't touch his mother,

it's a whole new ball game.

Come on.

- Where's your mother live? - Beijing.

I get it.

We fax a message to the students underground.

Yes, the students will hide her.

Yeah, but what if Mei Jan has already told 'em about these numbers?

- Do you think she would do that? - No. Never.

Neither do I.

Let's do it.

People of China, free the people!

Do you believe us now?

Your superiors ordered the murder of innocent students.

The students were armed and provoked the army.

It was the wish of the people that they be disciplined.

You're a liar!

What?

The list of fax numbers, we know you carry it.

I don't know what you're talking about.

Where is it?

Destroy the tape.

Take her downstairs.

You will remember the numbers.

Come on.

Freedom! Freedom!

Really, Mr. MacGyver.

You think you are playing with children?

Missed one of your cameras, did I?

What I do not understand, Mr. MacGyver,

is why you bother.

I'm sure you don't.

You have an opportunity.

Persuade the girl to give us the list of fax machines,

and you can go.

You know, I'm real sorry about this,

but I couldn't convince her even if I wanted to.

As trade liaison,

I enjoy diplomatic immunity here.

So if you have any hopes of rescue,

let me assure you it will be too little too late.

Put him with the girl.

Mr. MacGyver.

Thank you.

Thanks.

MacGyver.

You have until this evening to give us the fax numbers.

It is so much easier to dispose of unwanted elements at night.

I've failed, MacGyver.

I have failed my fellow students.

I've failed Su Ling.

I was so eager to get the tape out for the world to see.

I made a stupid mistake.

My friends trusted me, and I let them down.

Uh, it wasn't your fault, Mei Jan.

It was.

Now they have erased the tape and the truth with it.

Well, not exactly.

See, after you went to bed last night, I made a copy.

Pete's looking after distribution.

Oh, thank you.

Now, what do you say we get out of here?

It's no use, MacGyver.

I've looked everywhere. There's no way out.

Give me a hand with this bench.

Slide it over this way.

And despite China's assertions

that such reports were pure fabrication,

these shocking scenes, smuggled out of China

and released to news services worldwide,

show a Chinese soldier shooting three young women.

These events were recorded by a student with a home video camera.

How can that be? How can that be?

Mei Jan must have made copies.

Do you realize what this means?

Beijing will recall us when they discover the source was Mei Jan.

We...

We will be disgraced

and executed.

Perhaps not.

Besides ourselves, only this MacGyver or Wing Lee

know that we ever met Mei Jan,

or that we have this tape.

Wing Lee is in no position to talk.

We have his mother to use against him.

Yes. You're right.

Gather all your files.

Everything that connects us to them.

Yang!

The students have hidden my mother. She is safe for now.

Come on. I've got an idea.

Hold this pipe right here.

It's not gonna reach.

Hang on to that wood.

Look.

This is the last of them.

Take care of MacGyver and Mei Jan now!

Where did they go?

Keep goin'.

How are we going to get off this roof?

Tear out this cable. I need about 200 feet of it.

Get the fire axe!

We must remember those people who died in Tiananmen Square...

Thank you.

Thank you.

Please, listen to me.

I must talk to you about a student from China.

One of our comrades escaped the nightmare of Tiananmen Square.

She risked her life to bring us the truth.

Her name is Mei Jan,

and now she is a prisoner in there

inside the consulate!

Free Mei Jan!

Free China!

Free Mei Jan!

Free China!

Free Mei Jan!

Free China!

Free Mei Jan!

Free China!

Free Mei Jan!

Free China!

Free Mei Jan!

Free China!

Free Mei Jan!

Free China!

Free Mei Jan!

Free China!

Free Mei Jan!

Free China!

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.

A little more. Easy!

That's good.

Come ahead!

Free China! Free Mei Jan!

Free China! Free Mei Jan!

Free China! Free Mei Jan!

There she is!

This might sound ridiculous,

but hang on!

You all right?

Nice goin'.

Thanks.

You kids have fought a great fight.

You can stop looking over your shoulder now.

The newspaper said the consulate staff had been recalled to China.

I don't think you or Mei Jan have to worry about their replacements either.

The Chinese government has had enough bad press for a while.

Here it is.

She's safely across the border.

The report says she's in Hong Kong.

My mother is safe. She is safe.

That is wonderful news.

Thank you. Both of you.

Hey, no problem.

Yes, MacGyver. No problem.