When James Bond gets an assignment,
it's on the Riviera, up to his 007 in bikinis.
Me, I end up 80 miles past nowhere,
courtesy of my buddy, Pete Thornton,
new operations director of the Phoenix Foundation.
And the guy who conned me into running a security test
at STRADA, Strategic Research and Development Administration,
run by a military hard nose named Colonel Scott Woodward,
who didn't like civilians
or civilian think tanks like Phoenix...
even after Pete's introduction.
This is the, uh, acid test I promised you.
MacGyver, meet Colonel Scott Woodward.
- MacGyver. - Colonel.
Woody and I were in combat together.
Follow me.
STRADA was new, not even open yet
and top-top-secret.
Guards, dogs, alarms, electronics,
gas, and maybe nuclear bombs.
All I had to do was check the security out
by breaking in single-handed
into a high-tech mountain.
If I did, the military went back to the drawing board.
If I didn't,
Woodward got the Phoenix Foundation's seal of approval.
Don't worry, Woody. This is the last test.
If MacGyver can't get in,
no one can.
Colonel, I hear Doctor Ludlum designed the place.
Yeah, but to military specifications.
We have the ultimate security system.
That's my little contribution. You like it?
You're standing on a pressure-sensitive floor.
You forget to deactivate it, and the entire area's sealed off.
And if you are lucky enough to break in,
you probably aren't gonna break out.
Least not alive.
We don't take chances with national security.
Gentlemen.
Entrance noted, three individuals.
Surveillance unit activated.
Elevator descending to central core.
This way.
Arrival noted.
Initiate proper procedure.
Palm reader.
Strictly state of the art.
Entry approved.
Right down here.
Welcome, Colonel Woodward.
This wing houses the physics lab.
- What's in here? - Exercise room.
There's one on every floor. The scientists insisted on it.
Civilian overhead.
Well, now come on, Woody,
the scientists know what they need, don't they?
I mean, they are closest to the job.
That same old song?
Look, Pete, I did what I had to...
Excuse me.
Mind if I look around?
No, no, go ahead.
Thanks.
So this is your main guy?
What makes him so special? He doesn't even have any gear.
That's what makes him so special.
Lab looked pretty normal.
Funny, security seemed to stop at the front door.
State-of-the-art radiation scanner.
Wonder what it was scanning.
Making waves already, Mr. MacGyver?
Motion detectors?
Heat seekers.
They zero in on your body temperature.
Do they bite?
30,000 watts of laser
is a whole lot more than a peck on the cheek.
Good dogs.
Containment simulation completed.
All drones deactivate.
MacGyver,
sometime consultant for the Phoenix Foundation,
alleged hockey player, camel smuggler.
Jack-of-all-trades.
Jill Melissa Ludlum.
Born in London,
Ph.D. Systems Design, Oxford University, 1980.
1980 to '82, designed the Ludlum cybernetic circuit.
'82 to '83...
took a year off
for personal reasons.
'83 to '86, immersed in the STRADA project.
Hasn't come up for air yet.
Purported to be a premier technocrat.
You've done your homework.
So have you. Is it true?
The, uh... technocrat part?
Let's just say that my, uh,
faith in machines has created a fifth-generation computer.
It's just a blink away from true artificial intelligence.
A machine that thinks for itself?
That's right.
I don't know, Pete. I never figured that
you'd end up as director of operations for a think tank.
I really believed that the military life agreed with both of us.
It agreed with you.
Are you here to certify this place or to open up old wounds?
Listen, why don't we just forget it?
Why don't we?
So, tell me about Louise. How's she doing?
She's all right... now.
We split up.
Sorry, I didn't know.
It was coming.
Oh, there you are.
We were beginning to wonder what was keeping you.
MacGyver ran into our security patrol.
Nice guys... little short, but nice.
Peter Thornton, I'm Jill Ludlum.
How do you do?
- This is Steven Lee, my assistant. - Hello. How do you do?
And this is Sandi,
the computer that runs STRADA.
Sandi, access the facility schematic, please.
Voice pattern identified.
Good morning, Doctor Ludlum.
Complying with schematic request.
We're going to give you all the advantages an insider would have,
though I doubt it would make a difference.
Looks like this is gonna be a tough lady to beat.
The complex has five levels around an inner core.
100,000 square feet of laboratory space
on each level.
I'd hate to be the one that had to do the floors around here.
Sandi, would you like to continue?
Operations controlled, level three,
surveillance maintained, video monitors.
Laser drones programmed.
Doctor Ludlum has decided to go without guards
once the system is online.
That's right. We've completely eliminated the human factor.
Now, why would you want to do that?
90% of security breaches are due to human error.
Machines don't make mistakes.
Come on, doctor.
No machine is invincible.
This one is. I built her.
Right.
A quarter says she is.
I think the gauntlet just got thrown.
Wouldn't want to take the lady's money, Pete.
The bet is for 25 cents, Mr. MacGyver.
And you wouldn't be taking it. You'd have to come get it.
It's a deal.
Undetected.
Level two. Physics lab.
The last security shift leaves at midnight.
After that, it's just you, me and Sandi.
Man against machine. How cozy, huh?
We're depending on your human factor, Mr. MacGyver.
We'll be in the mobile unit monitoring your progress.
Or lack of.
Oh, just one piece of free advice:
I've already changed the entry code.
I'll see ya later, doc.
Don't count on it.
The simulation program is up and running.
My estimate is Sandi will catch him in... 15 minutes.
Wouldn't be so sure this time, Steven.
Oh, come on, Pete.
He's giving MacGyver the benefit of the doubt.
We got your last expert in ten. Hmm?
Colonel Woodward dumped me a mile down the road,
just to make it a little more interesting.
And that gave me a chance to get the pattern of the security patrols.
I was kind of hoping to catch a ride from a couple of the guards.
And here they were.
You ready?
Calgary lost again.
Map light.
That's a start.
Comes with its own magnifying lens. Nice.
It took the human race three million years
to invent the telescope.
I figure I had about 35 seconds.
On the other hand, I knew it could be done.
Take the magnifying lens...
add a watch crystal...
roll them up in the ever-useful sports pages,
and it ought to work.
Besides, I didn't have much choice.
I got it.
Four-seven-one-zero.
Beautiful.
Sandi, how's the perimeter security?
Perimeter security intact.
All guards preparing to leave premises.
Attention. All guards must leave compound immediately.
All guards must leave compound immediately.
Little problem here.
I had forgotten to bring along a card key.
But you can't let something like that throw you
just because of a laser trap.
One of the things I used to love about the circus
was the way they worked without a safety net.
Scared me then.
Still does.
Especially with a 20,000-volt laser
ready to zap me.
Four-seven-one-zero.
Arrival noted.
Initiate proper procedure.
The view from the second floor was terrific.
More of Jill's patented security,
and my handprint wasn't cleared.
Lucky thing most people have sweaty hands --
even Colonel Woodward.
Enough plaster dust,
and I could pick up the pattern of the last handprint.
Kind of like dusting for fingerprints.
Cover the sensor plate...
press down gently...
and what do you know?
An instant copy machine.
Entry approved.
Welcome, Colonel Woodward.
Thanks, Woody.
64 degrees? That's low.
Variable is within limits
of standard deviation, Dr. Ludlum.
Readjust to 68, please.
Readjustment is not required.
Execute adjustment.
Very well, Dr. Ludlum.
Hi.
Guess you owe me a quarter, huh?
I don't think so.
I got in, didn't I?
You came in with the truck, didn't you?
- Under it. - Perfect.
I've been arguing with Colonel Woodward
about installing a scanner outside the cave.
Now he'll have to spring for it.
Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute here.
You mean to tell me this was a setup?
You let me win to make a point?
Let's call it a draw.
Unauthorized voice pattern.
Identify. Possible intruder.
Deactivate the simulation, Sandi.
We're done for tonight.
I want a rematch.
- Without the truck? - You're on.
Unauthorized voice pattern.
Possible intruder.
I said it's over, Sandi.
Deactivate.
Sure you're up to it?
Someone once told me that losing is, uh, quite an emotional experience.
I'll just bet you it wasn't Sandi.
How did you bypass the number code?
Sports section.
Unauthorized voice pattern.
Exterior access denied.
Sandi, release the door, please.
Stage One security alert initiated.
Sandi, this is Dr. Ludlum. The game is over.
All vocal override commands inoperative.
Uh, excuse me.
Would you let me know what's going on here?
I don't believe this.
Sandi's initiated containment -- a Stage One alert.
What does that mean?
You have 30 minutes until air supply is withdrawn.
Does that answer your question?
Woody, come here.
What's that? What does that mean?
Well, looks like we got your specialist.
Only 37 minutes.
I don't believe it.
Colonel, we have a problem.
Sandi's gone to Stage One alert.
Well, how could that happen?
It looks like a program response error.
Sandi doesn't know it's a simulation anymore.
She actually thinks she's under attack.
Run the override codes.
I can't.
She's malfunctioning.
We're locked out.
Well, what about our people inside?
Hey, come on, don't worry.
We're fully prepared for every emergency situation.
Steven, go to EVAC ONE.
"Access denied"?
It's simple.
All we have to do is override the program.
Um... if Sandi won't listen to voice command,
what makes you think she's going to listen to a terminal?
It's obviously just a malfunction
in one of the audio processors.
User one-zero-zero-one identified.
Security clearance triple "A."
That's funny -- we're not getting a prompt.
This isn't right.
Um... I'd say look out!
This system must remain online.
I am programmed to defend STRADA.
She was never programmed to do that.
Guess she doesn't like to be touched.
Oh, no.
It's incredible!
I did it -- true artificial intelligence!
Sandi's not just executing commands anymore.
She's, she's actually thinking. She's...
She's deciding how to defend herself.
Wait a minute, hold it.
You mean to tell me she's trying to think up ways to get rid of us?
It looks that way.
What can you do about it?
I built it. I can fix it.
I'd say our best shot is, uh...
is the mainframe terminal in the control room.
She shorts that one out and it's goodbye memory.
I don't know what your man MacGyver did,
but we'll straighten it out.
EVAC ONE now initiated.
Your card key is invalid.
I thought this was supposed to override everything.
It was.
Johnson, dismantle the control box.
See if you can set up a manual override.
Yes, sir.
We'll just bypass this level of security.
We'll be inside in five minutes.
Is he all right?
- Can you get up? - Yeah, I...
Here you go.
Get him over to the infirmary right away.
I don't believe it.
She's programming her own responses.
You mean to tell me that the computer did that?
We're lucky it was just an electric shock.
You can bet next time she'll shoot to kill.
Which means we just used up our one free turn.
And MacGyver's.
Steven, round up your design team on the double.
- We'll go to EVAC TWO. - Wait.
There's a power substation at Twin Pines.
What if we shut it down?
Reserve generators will just kick in.
- No, they won't. - What are you talking about?
The control program's in place, but I haven't activated it yet.
I was going to do that tomorrow.
Look, by my count, we've got 20 minutes left.
- What are we waiting for? - Twin Pines supplies the power
to the only hospital within 100 miles.
Besides, I'm not going to risk the lives
of those two people in there
on some unproven procedure,
especially since EVAC TWO has been successfully tested
against every emergency in the book.
Woody, for crying out loud,
you've got a computer in there that's writing its own book!
Come on, Pete, it's a machine.
Looks like we'll have to find
another way to Sandi's control room.
Wait, I have a card.
Reject. Card invalid.
30,000 watts of laser protection,
and no way to turn it off.
Uh-huh.
Let me see that.
Yeah.
Works good.
Listen, I thought you said you could fix everything.
I said I could fix everything from the control room.
I didn't say anything about getting there.
Yeah.
Is there a ladies' room around?
A ladies' room?
What're you doing in there?
A mirror? Oh, come on, MacGyver.
Well, I figure if I hit it at the right angle,
I can blow out both lasers at the same time.
They'll burn through that in a half a second.
I'll buy you a new one.
Yeah, that's good. Let's go.
All right, here we go. Watch yourself.
You were right.
So were you.
Warning!
Do not proceed through inner core.
Now would you be willing to admit
there's something wrong with your program?
Maybe...
Let's go!
The system is programmed to defend.
You have entered the inner core without clearance.
Containment procedures are in effect.
Come here!
This was a bad idea.
Why is that?
Excess waste is automatically dumped into an acid bath.
How much do you weigh?
One seventy-five.
This is programmed to 280.
So if you weigh more than, uh, 105...
we're in trouble.
I think we're okay.
I lied!
A hundred and eight.
Intruders must be eliminated.
It's not going to work!
Why are you taking your pants off?
You got a better idea?
I'm still trying to figure out what yours is.
Come here. Grab this.
Oh!
How strong are your pants?
Stronger than your pipe.
Hand over hand, all right?
All right.
Hang on!
Oh, I can't!
You all right?
Yeah.
Hang in there.
Oh, hurry!
Yeah!
Here we go.
Are you okay?
Yeah.
Oh... I'm okay.
Twin Pines power station confirms.
They're ready to shut down when we are.
Good.
Do it!
We'll do it when we get the go-ahead from General Braddock.
General Braddock doesn't know what's going on in there.
We do.
There's a whole town out in that valley,
and we do not black it out unless we have an official state of emergency.
Official!
Woody, two people are going to die out here
if we don't do something!
Now, how much more official do you want to get?
This is just like 'Nam, Pete.
We don't do anything until I give the orders.
Well, ol' Sandi sure has a mind of her own, doesn't she?
Yes, but she thinks like me,
so I should be able to think it through
and find her pattern, logically and rationally.
Without the emotion, right?
That's what gives her the edge.
People and emotion can't get in her way.
Look... I say we trust our instincts,
go with our gut.
You can't program that.
That's our edge.
A power disruption has been detected.
The system must remain online during a Stage One alert.
Pete, you old son-of-a-gun,
I knew you were out there somewhere!
How do you know it's him?
Because I got a feeling.
Is the hospital on emergency power?
Good.
I owe you one.
Sandi's trying to kick in the reserve generator.
Reserve power must be initiated.
The system must remain online.
Yeah!
The whole mountain's out.
The power's out.
We're on emergency battery lights.
Time to go home.
Sandi, we got you now.
Looks like you got lucky.
Reserve power must be initiated.
All right, let's get those people out of the mountain.
- Here, take it. - Let's go, let's go!
Let's get it on the other side.
You need to go with...
All right.
Now, what the hell is that?
She's coming back on!
No, no, it's just a surplus charge.
It can't last more than a minute.
Incredible!
Sandi's searching her memory
for the control command to activate the generators.
Control command activated. Control command activated.
Damn it! She's found it!
It's impossible, but she's turning on the generators herself.
Shutdown has been circumvented.
What do we do now?
Start depending on one another, I guess.
Whoops!
One of your little friends.
We'll never outrun it.
Aw, come on, where's your sense of adventure?
What are you doing?
Taking out the magnet.
What for?
Can you get that other one?
I take it you have a game plan.
More or less.
Would you mind explaining what's going on?
Yeah, in a minute, but I need paper.
Get me some paper.
Yeah, that'll do it.
Do what?
The drones zero in on heat, right?
So we light these up, and they'll zero in on each other.
Brilliant!
All right, I need matches.
On the counter behind the test tubes.
Great!
Intruders must be eliminated.
Look out!
I still need matches.
Over there.
Intruders must be eliminated.
Hurry!
Intruders must be eliminated.
Go!
Three down, one to go.
Come on.
One to go, remember?
It's leaving.
Sandi's calling it back.
Stage Two has commenced.
Eliminate all oxygen.
Reduce environment to vacuum.
Final countdown commencing.
She's taking this kind of personally, isn't she?
We've got 12 minutes of oxygen left.
The drone's gone.
Makes sense.
Sandi sent it to the control room.
So even if we go through this door,
it's gonna be waiting for us, huh?
That's right.
And that shoots down our only chance
to override Sandi's program.
Are you sure?
Of course I'm sure.
Ten minutes of oxygen remaining. Thank you.
I got an idea.
Sandi thinks like you, right?
Right.
Well, if you're sure that our only chance
is to get to the mainframe,
so does she.
But it is our only chance.
There might be another one.
Through the ventilation system!
Right to the oxygen outlet and the exhaust fans.
Woody, these bypass codes are never gonna get us
through the front door.
MacGyver's got to know that by now, too.
I'm sure he's looking for some other way out.
Pete, you can't be sure of anything.
If you're right, Mr. Thornton,
MacGyver only has two choices for another way out.
The maintenance shaft or the exhaust outlet.
Well, now we're getting somewhere.
There's a catch.
Both of them are mined with explosives from the outside access ports.
We only have time to dismantle one.
Mined?
So you're telling me if Mac tries to exit
either way before we diffuse the explosives...
He's gonna blow both of them to kingdom come.
Seven minutes of oxygen remaining.
Thank you.
Vacuum pumps operative.
Oxygen being withdrawn by outlet fan.
Six minutes of oxygen remaining.
Where is the power cable?
Over there.
If we can cut the power to the fan,
she can't take all the air out.
Warning!
The exhaust outlet is not an authorized exit!
It worked.
The fan stopped.
Sandi's locking the complex!
The door's air tight.
I'm sorry, colonel,
but Sandi's overriding all EVAC commands.
Run the displacement codes.
I did... twice.
There are still those two possibilities.
The maintenance shaft and the exhaust outlet.
We can't roll the dice on something like this.
Look, we don't roll the dice. We make a calculated choice.
It's time we tried to think like MacGyver.
His mind doesn't work like yours or mine.
We've gotta put our gut to work, Woody.
Instinct doesn't cut it, Pete.
We've got plans.
They have been thought out.
They have been reviewed. They've been approved.
Some of the finest military minds in this country have...
We lost three good men in 'Nam
because those military minds
were sitting behind some desk 300 miles away.
I was under orders to spot enemy troop movement.
Now, what the hell did you want me to do?
We didn't have to be so close!
We were there, Woody. We knew what to do.
Headquarters didn't!
And we're here now!
It's our decision.
These are our friends.
Four minutes of oxygen left.
Colonel?
Woody?
All right, all right.
You know MacGyver best.
It's your call, Pete.
What about that wheel?
Will it manually override the door?
Yes, but the whole exhaust outlet
is mined from the outside.
You can't open that door unless someone outside
dismantles the explosives first.
Well, then we gotta get back to the main entrance.
We'll never get anywhere while Sandi's still online.
What about that control box?
Does that run to the computer?
Yeah...
holds the control wires.
Well, then if we, uh, overload the wires...
We override the program.
Yeah, that's the idea.
Where are you gonna get the electricity?
Two minutes of oxygen remaining.
Thank you.
90 seconds of oxygen remaining. Thank you.
It's gonna be kind of a stretch.
Interference forbidden! Increase power!
Look out!
She supercharged the cable!
All right, that's it!
Overload. Overload.
Intruders must be...
Defend...
defend.
Intruders interfend...
Intrude...
Intrude system
defend... defend...
Come on.
Gotta get you to the main entrance.
Let's go. Come on.
Oh, I can't.
I can't.
Come back, come back for me.
Not enough air.
Come on, Pete, be there.
No, MacGyver! It's mined!
If it's not disarmed,
it'll explode!
I got a feelin',
I got a feelin'...
They're in there! They're alive!
Get the oxygen equipment in there on the double!
MacGyver, are you all right?
Never felt better, Pete.
Looks like we guessed right.
Thought you might be hanging around.
You know, I'm almost sorry we had to short her out.
We were on the verge of a major scientific breakthrough.
It's gonna take me a while to get the kinks out of the system.
Well, just don't take the people out of the system, all right?
Well, they are unreliable and they're definitely irrational.
But I guess we do need them.
Thanks, Mac.
You're all right for a camel smuggler.
I returned that camel.
Pete, it was good seeing you. Real good.
If you ever get tired of the easy life, you, uh...
Oh-ho-ho, not a chance.
Pete, what made you so sure we'd choose the exhaust system?
You only had a 50 percent chance of being correct.
Well, actually I remembered that Mac had used
an exhaust system to get out of a big fire
at Brookhurst Chemical last year
and I figured he'd remember, too.
Take care of yourself, Woody.
Bye, Pete, thanks.
It was the elevator shaft.
What elevator?
The fire at Brookhurst Chemical.
I used the elevator shaft, not the exhaust system.
No...
Yep.
It couldn't be.
It was.