1 00:01:14,073 --> 00:01:16,075 [Students chattering] 2 00:01:25,043 --> 00:01:28,588 What you see here is an example of equilibrium. 3 00:01:29,589 --> 00:01:32,133 Now it looks like the forks should fall over, but they don't. 4 00:01:32,217 --> 00:01:34,177 Can anybody tell me why? 5 00:01:37,597 --> 00:01:40,141 Come on. Any ideas at all? 6 00:01:40,225 --> 00:01:41,810 It's some kind of trick. 7 00:01:42,060 --> 00:01:44,312 Yeah, but it's a trick of nature. 8 00:01:44,687 --> 00:01:49,317 It does this because the center of gravity and the center of mass 9 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:52,195 are balanced in exactly the same place. 10 00:01:52,278 --> 00:01:53,571 Big deal, man. 11 00:01:53,655 --> 00:01:55,865 Oh, come on, it is a big deal. 12 00:01:56,950 --> 00:01:58,201 What's your name? 13 00:01:58,284 --> 00:01:59,911 Deron. 14 00:01:59,994 --> 00:02:02,914 Deron, do you by any chance play football? 15 00:02:03,164 --> 00:02:04,958 [All laughing] 16 00:02:05,834 --> 00:02:07,544 Yeah. Why? 17 00:02:07,627 --> 00:02:09,045 Let me guess, uh, 18 00:02:09,128 --> 00:02:13,216 Defensive tackle, 6'3", 220? 19 00:02:13,299 --> 00:02:14,843 Uh, 235. 20 00:02:14,926 --> 00:02:17,846 That's perfect. Deron, I want you to come up here 21 00:02:17,929 --> 00:02:21,349 And help me demonstrate how physics affects our everyday lives. 22 00:02:21,432 --> 00:02:22,725 Especially yours. 23 00:02:22,809 --> 00:02:24,519 Man, I don't need physics. 24 00:02:25,854 --> 00:02:27,272 I'm an athlete. 25 00:02:27,814 --> 00:02:30,066 (MacGyver) All the more reason you should pay attention. 26 00:02:30,149 --> 00:02:32,110 Come on, deron, it's just you and me, 27 00:02:32,193 --> 00:02:34,904 on the 5 yard line, it's a goal line stand. 28 00:02:34,988 --> 00:02:37,073 Your back's up against the wall. There's no tomorrow. 29 00:02:37,156 --> 00:02:39,033 Come on, for the school, deron! 30 00:02:39,117 --> 00:02:41,119 Come on down! 31 00:02:41,202 --> 00:02:42,912 [Students cheering] 32 00:02:46,749 --> 00:02:48,084 (Deron) All right. 33 00:02:48,167 --> 00:02:50,128 [All whooping] 34 00:02:50,879 --> 00:02:52,171 Ok. 35 00:02:55,008 --> 00:02:56,217 All right. 36 00:02:56,968 --> 00:03:00,179 You are a large mass. 37 00:03:00,471 --> 00:03:02,265 I am a much smaller mass, 38 00:03:02,348 --> 00:03:04,434 but with a lower center of gravity. 39 00:03:04,809 --> 00:03:07,645 Now let's check out this equilibrium principle. 40 00:03:07,729 --> 00:03:08,876 It's your funeral, man. 41 00:03:08,877 --> 00:03:10,023 (Boy) Yeah. 42 00:03:10,106 --> 00:03:11,482 Maybe so. 43 00:03:12,233 --> 00:03:13,735 (MacGyver) On 3. 44 00:03:14,819 --> 00:03:17,155 [Yelling] Flying clef! Dog blue! 45 00:03:18,072 --> 00:03:19,282 90! 46 00:03:19,365 --> 00:03:20,617 Set! 47 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:23,119 Hut, hut, 48 00:03:23,536 --> 00:03:24,829 Hut. 49 00:03:24,913 --> 00:03:26,623 [Groans] 50 00:03:26,706 --> 00:03:28,625 [All laughing] 51 00:03:28,708 --> 00:03:31,127 (MacGyver) Come on, don't laugh. 52 00:03:31,210 --> 00:03:33,129 Some of the greatest of scientific discoveries 53 00:03:33,212 --> 00:03:35,256 have been made in exactly the same way. 54 00:03:35,340 --> 00:03:37,926 Like, the lever. 55 00:03:38,343 --> 00:03:40,261 Archimedes once said, 56 00:03:40,345 --> 00:03:44,557 "Give me a place to stand, and I will move the world." 57 00:03:44,641 --> 00:03:46,100 Archimedes, huh? 58 00:03:46,184 --> 00:03:48,978 Sounds like a cool dude, but, uh, who does he play for? 59 00:03:49,062 --> 00:03:51,272 [All laughing] 60 00:03:51,356 --> 00:03:54,233 I'm telling you, deron, if you tune in to this stuff, 61 00:03:54,651 --> 00:03:56,611 there's no telling how far you'll go. 62 00:03:56,694 --> 00:03:59,155 Before and after the super bowl. 63 00:03:59,238 --> 00:04:00,323 [Bell ringing] 64 00:04:00,406 --> 00:04:02,659 Remember, class, tomorrow we'll be in the science lab. 65 00:04:02,742 --> 00:04:04,661 Mr. MacGyver's going to show you a few things 66 00:04:04,744 --> 00:04:07,956 About earthquakes that will really shake you up. 67 00:04:08,039 --> 00:04:09,791 [Students chattering] 68 00:04:10,583 --> 00:04:13,002 Talk about your hands-on teaching techniques. 69 00:04:13,086 --> 00:04:16,422 I've never seen my remedial class so turned on, 70 00:04:16,798 --> 00:04:18,758 I thought it was dumb. 71 00:04:20,259 --> 00:04:21,177 [Sighing] 72 00:04:21,260 --> 00:04:22,804 Tony milani. 73 00:04:25,431 --> 00:04:27,350 One of our, uh, tougher cases. 74 00:04:28,184 --> 00:04:30,520 Seems bright. What's he doing in a remedial class? 75 00:04:30,603 --> 00:04:31,854 Good question. 76 00:04:31,938 --> 00:04:33,356 I'm afraid Tony's well on his way 77 00:04:33,439 --> 00:04:35,358 to becoming one more of our country's 78 00:04:35,441 --> 00:04:38,027 700,000 dropouts this year. 79 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:42,073 Come on. I want to show you something. 80 00:04:43,992 --> 00:04:46,369 Vicki, there are still ways you can finish high school 81 00:04:46,452 --> 00:04:48,162 And get your diploma. 82 00:04:48,246 --> 00:04:50,039 You know my door is always open. 83 00:04:50,123 --> 00:04:52,041 Let's talk about it, ok? 84 00:04:52,125 --> 00:04:53,626 [Students chattering] 85 00:04:57,839 --> 00:04:59,257 Pregnant at 15. 86 00:04:59,340 --> 00:05:01,217 Probably won't graduate. 87 00:05:01,300 --> 00:05:03,219 Now you know how high school principals 88 00:05:03,302 --> 00:05:04,971 spend their valuable time. 89 00:05:05,430 --> 00:05:06,848 Well, your foundation 90 00:05:06,931 --> 00:05:09,392 wanted a school with a high dropout rate, 91 00:05:09,475 --> 00:05:10,560 you've got it. 92 00:05:10,643 --> 00:05:12,729 I hear you, Mrs. Juarez, believe me. 93 00:05:12,812 --> 00:05:15,314 If our pilot program can work here at dillard, 94 00:05:15,398 --> 00:05:17,233 maybe we can turn our schools 95 00:05:17,316 --> 00:05:19,068 Into places where kids want to be. 96 00:05:19,152 --> 00:05:21,070 - Wouldn't that be lovely. - (Boy) Come here! 97 00:05:21,154 --> 00:05:22,864 Hey, you two! 98 00:05:24,741 --> 00:05:27,410 Take those off! No gang colors. You know the rules. 99 00:05:27,493 --> 00:05:28,411 And no running! 100 00:05:28,494 --> 00:05:31,205 You're not on the street, this is a school. 101 00:05:33,499 --> 00:05:34,542 [Sighing] 102 00:05:36,335 --> 00:05:37,980 MacGyver, do you have the feeling that, uh, 103 00:05:38,004 --> 00:05:40,256 we have our work cut out for us? 104 00:05:58,566 --> 00:06:02,361 As you can see, these kids love the science scholarship competition. 105 00:06:02,445 --> 00:06:04,447 Well, when MacGyver reminded the Phoenix board 106 00:06:04,530 --> 00:06:07,283 that our country was rated with third world nations 107 00:06:07,366 --> 00:06:09,160 in quality of scientific education, 108 00:06:09,243 --> 00:06:10,620 they sat up and took notice. 109 00:06:10,703 --> 00:06:12,914 (Zirkonis) Believe me, we appreciate it. 110 00:06:12,997 --> 00:06:14,582 Don't know what we'd do without it. 111 00:06:14,665 --> 00:06:16,626 Here, let me show you some of the exhibits. 112 00:06:16,709 --> 00:06:18,461 [Electricity buzzing] 113 00:06:19,837 --> 00:06:22,298 (Zirkonis) Now, Mike is on the creative side. 114 00:06:22,381 --> 00:06:25,218 Wait till you get a load of his high voltage exhibit. 115 00:06:27,887 --> 00:06:30,473 Oh, that's doctor, uh, what's his name? 116 00:06:30,556 --> 00:06:32,367 (Mike) Yeah, he's getting a real charge out of this. 117 00:06:32,391 --> 00:06:34,018 (Thorton) That's wild. 118 00:06:34,894 --> 00:06:36,562 Looking good, Mike. 119 00:06:41,025 --> 00:06:42,610 [Snickering] 120 00:06:45,404 --> 00:06:46,239 Hey, you did it! 121 00:06:46,322 --> 00:06:48,950 This jerk used this to wreck my project! 122 00:07:05,466 --> 00:07:06,592 Yo! 123 00:07:09,262 --> 00:07:11,305 Hey, hey, hey. Come on! Come on! 124 00:07:11,389 --> 00:07:13,182 All right, all right, break it up. 125 00:07:13,266 --> 00:07:14,767 Settle down, come on! 126 00:07:15,268 --> 00:07:17,520 Welcome to the real world of public education. 127 00:07:17,603 --> 00:07:18,959 Did you rig this thing? 128 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:20,314 Yeah. What of it? 129 00:07:20,690 --> 00:07:23,860 Nothing. It's just pretty clever, that's all. 130 00:07:23,943 --> 00:07:27,196 And I'm kind of curious as to why you didn't enter your own science project 131 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:28,698 instead of wrecking somebody else's? 132 00:07:28,781 --> 00:07:31,826 Because he's a master at tearing down anything 133 00:07:31,909 --> 00:07:33,369 and everything that's decent. 134 00:07:33,452 --> 00:07:35,037 Last week he blew up his gym locker. 135 00:07:35,121 --> 00:07:36,761 That's how he gets attention. Right, Tony? 136 00:07:36,789 --> 00:07:38,124 (Blake) Let's go, milani. 137 00:07:40,585 --> 00:07:41,794 What is this? 138 00:07:41,878 --> 00:07:44,881 Security men with handcuffs and guns? I don't believe it. 139 00:07:44,964 --> 00:07:47,550 I'm afraid it's a way of life around here now. 140 00:07:47,633 --> 00:07:50,720 You Phoenix people with your namby-pamby quick fixes! 141 00:07:50,803 --> 00:07:52,483 You should come down from your ivory towers 142 00:07:52,513 --> 00:07:54,849 Once in a while and get in touch with reality! 143 00:07:54,932 --> 00:07:57,518 Hey, I think we know the reality, ok? 144 00:07:57,602 --> 00:08:00,521 What you need to do is stop coddling troublemakers like milani. 145 00:08:00,605 --> 00:08:02,690 He's a lost cause. Give it up. 146 00:08:02,773 --> 00:08:05,067 Worry about the kids who give a damn. 147 00:08:05,151 --> 00:08:07,445 All right. Come on, back in class. Come on. 148 00:08:08,154 --> 00:08:09,739 Who was that guy? 149 00:08:09,822 --> 00:08:11,324 George fraley. 150 00:08:11,657 --> 00:08:13,659 He's our toughest critic. 151 00:08:14,493 --> 00:08:16,245 [People chattering] 152 00:08:16,329 --> 00:08:17,496 [Hammering] 153 00:08:19,081 --> 00:08:20,625 Hey, milani! 154 00:08:21,083 --> 00:08:24,420 The school just called. They want you down there again. 155 00:08:29,008 --> 00:08:32,094 It's that kid of mine. He's always getting in trouble. 156 00:08:34,013 --> 00:08:36,390 (Langston) We're losing too much money on this project. 157 00:08:36,474 --> 00:08:38,601 2 weeks behind schedule. 158 00:08:38,684 --> 00:08:41,229 You know what that's costing me, buck? 159 00:08:42,980 --> 00:08:44,232 What do you suggest? 160 00:08:44,315 --> 00:08:46,609 Well, you're the foreman, be creative. 161 00:08:46,901 --> 00:08:48,736 You know what I mean. 162 00:08:50,446 --> 00:08:51,572 [Telephone ringing] 163 00:08:53,533 --> 00:08:55,159 [People chattering] 164 00:08:57,203 --> 00:08:59,747 (Man) Well, I know the books were already ordered. 165 00:09:01,207 --> 00:09:02,458 Hey, MacGyver! Good news. 166 00:09:02,541 --> 00:09:04,460 I tracked down that equipment you wanted. 167 00:09:04,543 --> 00:09:06,066 For tomorrow? 168 00:09:06,067 --> 00:09:07,588 Oh, that's great, Gus. Thanks. 169 00:09:11,884 --> 00:09:14,679 Nick milani. I got a call about my kid. 170 00:09:22,436 --> 00:09:24,689 So what do you gotta say this time, huh? 171 00:09:24,939 --> 00:09:27,024 You look at me when I'm talking to you! 172 00:09:27,108 --> 00:09:29,860 In here, Mr. Milani. You, too, Tony. 173 00:09:31,570 --> 00:09:33,531 Hey, when are you gonna listen to me? 174 00:09:33,614 --> 00:09:34,782 You don't wanna be in school, 175 00:09:34,865 --> 00:09:37,618 You quit, and get yourself a decent job. 176 00:09:47,586 --> 00:09:49,005 (Thornton) Hope. 177 00:09:49,422 --> 00:09:51,966 We don't provide potential dropouts 178 00:09:52,049 --> 00:09:54,343 With a sense of hope. 179 00:09:54,427 --> 00:09:56,804 A belief in themselves. 180 00:09:57,096 --> 00:09:58,514 And how else are they going to feel 181 00:09:58,597 --> 00:10:01,934 Or know that they can make it? 182 00:10:02,893 --> 00:10:07,648 Which brings us to the most important phase of operation uplift. 183 00:10:07,732 --> 00:10:09,692 The mentor program. 184 00:10:09,942 --> 00:10:12,862 Now we make it work here at dillard, 185 00:10:12,945 --> 00:10:14,989 and it could breathe new life 186 00:10:15,072 --> 00:10:18,617 Into this nation's entire public school system. 187 00:10:19,660 --> 00:10:21,495 It could have a real impact. 188 00:10:22,079 --> 00:10:24,582 Now quite simply, the mentor program 189 00:10:24,665 --> 00:10:29,211 pinpoints the potential dropout before it's too late. 190 00:10:29,545 --> 00:10:32,715 And then assigns 2 positive role models 191 00:10:32,798 --> 00:10:34,925 who take a very active and personal interest 192 00:10:35,009 --> 00:10:38,179 In his or her scholastic career. 193 00:10:38,554 --> 00:10:41,766 Wouldn't higher fences be a lot cheaper? 194 00:10:42,767 --> 00:10:43,893 Not really. 195 00:10:43,976 --> 00:10:46,228 The mentor program doesn't cost anything. 196 00:10:46,312 --> 00:10:47,563 (Thornton) Just a little time 197 00:10:47,646 --> 00:10:50,358 And a lot of old-fashioned caring. 198 00:10:50,733 --> 00:10:52,234 Oh, come on. 199 00:10:53,736 --> 00:10:55,613 Old-fashioned means 200 00:10:55,696 --> 00:10:58,032 spare the rod and spoil the child. 201 00:10:58,115 --> 00:11:02,286 What you're proposing is pure and simple nouveau pap. And you know it. 202 00:11:02,370 --> 00:11:04,580 The only thing we know for sure right now 203 00:11:04,663 --> 00:11:06,916 Is that the dropout rate is skyrocketing. 204 00:11:06,999 --> 00:11:09,752 You said 2 mentors to each student? 205 00:11:09,835 --> 00:11:11,087 That's right. One is a teacher 206 00:11:11,170 --> 00:11:13,714 And the other is a volunteer role model from the community. 207 00:11:13,798 --> 00:11:17,093 And they work together to provide positive reinforcement. 208 00:11:17,593 --> 00:11:19,553 After looking over the files, 209 00:11:19,637 --> 00:11:21,639 Mr. MacGyver suggested a student that 210 00:11:21,722 --> 00:11:24,266 That we feel would make an excellent first subject. 211 00:11:24,350 --> 00:11:25,434 Who? 212 00:11:25,810 --> 00:11:26,852 Tony milani. 213 00:11:27,311 --> 00:11:28,979 You've got to be kidding. 214 00:11:29,063 --> 00:11:30,648 You just suspended him. 215 00:11:30,731 --> 00:11:32,608 His actions were inexcusable. 216 00:11:32,692 --> 00:11:34,068 Sure they were. 217 00:11:34,151 --> 00:11:36,445 But then, maybe no one ever showed him 218 00:11:36,529 --> 00:11:40,408 a positive way to attract attention. Did you ever think of that? 219 00:11:40,741 --> 00:11:43,994 So, we're going to unsuspend Tony. 220 00:11:44,078 --> 00:11:46,789 And really put the mentor program to the test. 221 00:11:46,872 --> 00:11:49,208 So, who are the 2 mentors going to be? 222 00:11:49,500 --> 00:11:52,878 Mr. MacGyver asked if he could serve as the community representative. 223 00:11:52,962 --> 00:11:56,090 And the teacher mentor? Who would that be? 224 00:11:58,717 --> 00:12:01,721 I'd sure like to work with George fraley. 225 00:12:02,263 --> 00:12:03,806 [Coughing] 226 00:12:26,287 --> 00:12:27,830 Just for the record, MacGyver, 227 00:12:27,913 --> 00:12:29,039 I am not here by choice. 228 00:12:29,123 --> 00:12:30,541 If it wasn't for Mrs. Juarez... 229 00:12:30,624 --> 00:12:32,042 George, will you relax? 230 00:12:32,126 --> 00:12:34,170 We've got a real opportunity here. 231 00:12:34,253 --> 00:12:35,588 Opportunity? 232 00:12:36,255 --> 00:12:37,756 This is ridiculous. 233 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:40,050 I'm paid to teach, not play nursemaid. 234 00:12:45,723 --> 00:12:46,724 Yes? 235 00:12:46,725 --> 00:12:47,725 (Fraley) Mrs. Milani? 236 00:12:48,434 --> 00:12:51,020 I'm Mr. Fraley, this is Mr. MacGyver. 237 00:12:51,103 --> 00:12:52,688 We're from dillard high school. 238 00:12:52,771 --> 00:12:54,064 We'd like to talk to Tony. 239 00:12:54,148 --> 00:12:55,733 (Nick) Who is it, Sophie? 240 00:12:55,816 --> 00:12:57,359 2 men from school. 241 00:12:57,443 --> 00:12:59,028 They want to see Tony. 242 00:12:59,111 --> 00:13:00,779 Please, come in. 243 00:13:08,954 --> 00:13:11,874 If it's about my kid, there's nothing to say. 244 00:13:12,249 --> 00:13:14,835 Uh, we think there is, Mr. Milani. 245 00:13:21,800 --> 00:13:23,844 Yeah, so what's this all about? 246 00:13:26,013 --> 00:13:27,890 Well, just what it says. 247 00:13:28,557 --> 00:13:30,851 Tony's suspension has been lifted. 248 00:13:30,935 --> 00:13:32,770 Right. So it's lifted. 249 00:13:33,312 --> 00:13:35,564 So he can keep on humiliating us. 250 00:13:35,648 --> 00:13:38,567 Pulling all 'em dumb stunts, flunking his classes. 251 00:13:38,651 --> 00:13:40,444 Costing me or his mother half a day's work 252 00:13:40,528 --> 00:13:41,888 every time we got to run over there 253 00:13:41,946 --> 00:13:45,741 Just to listen to some pencil pusher read us the riot act. No way, pal. 254 00:13:45,991 --> 00:13:47,993 He's 16, let him get a job. 255 00:13:48,410 --> 00:13:51,080 Nick, they came all this way. 256 00:13:51,163 --> 00:13:52,957 Let them talk to the boy. 257 00:13:53,040 --> 00:13:54,083 Sure. 258 00:13:55,793 --> 00:13:58,420 Sure, why not? I just pay the rent around here. 259 00:14:00,506 --> 00:14:02,091 Don't mind my husband. 260 00:14:02,758 --> 00:14:05,928 He's a good man, but stubborn, you know. 261 00:14:06,762 --> 00:14:09,723 Tony's in the basement. I'll show you the stairs. 262 00:14:19,358 --> 00:14:20,985 Hey, Tony. 263 00:14:25,155 --> 00:14:26,907 In case you're interested, 264 00:14:26,991 --> 00:14:29,034 your suspension has been lifted. 265 00:14:29,702 --> 00:14:31,495 Didn't my old man tell you? 266 00:14:31,579 --> 00:14:33,998 I ain't coming back, I'm going to work. 267 00:14:36,041 --> 00:14:38,210 Thermocouple amplifier, not too shabby. 268 00:14:54,184 --> 00:14:56,145 "Introduction to electrical engineering." 269 00:14:56,228 --> 00:14:58,564 You want to be an engineer? 270 00:14:58,897 --> 00:15:01,275 I use it as a doorstop, ok? 271 00:15:01,358 --> 00:15:04,320 Pays a lot more than $6 an hour, that's for sure. 272 00:15:04,403 --> 00:15:07,448 Come on, MacGyver, we're just wasting our time. 273 00:15:08,032 --> 00:15:10,451 Yeah. Listen to the man. 274 00:15:10,534 --> 00:15:11,534 All right, fine. 275 00:15:11,577 --> 00:15:14,204 You want to throw away your talent, no problem. 276 00:15:14,288 --> 00:15:16,498 - What talent? - What do you mean, "what talent?" 277 00:15:16,582 --> 00:15:20,336 These sketches, that crazy remote control you invented. 278 00:15:20,419 --> 00:15:22,296 Now come on, Tony, you're not gonna be happy 279 00:15:22,379 --> 00:15:24,298 Flipping burgers all your life. 280 00:15:24,381 --> 00:15:25,674 What do you know? 281 00:15:25,758 --> 00:15:27,384 I know that if you stay in school 282 00:15:27,468 --> 00:15:30,804 You at least got a shot at being what you want to be. 283 00:15:31,972 --> 00:15:33,015 [Sighs] 284 00:15:34,892 --> 00:15:38,228 Now, come on. I'll see you in science lab tomorrow. What do you say, huh? 285 00:15:53,827 --> 00:15:54,870 A lot of good that did. 286 00:15:54,953 --> 00:15:56,038 We'll see. 287 00:15:56,121 --> 00:15:57,206 Yeah, right. 288 00:15:57,289 --> 00:15:59,917 You think that kid's going to show up, you're dreaming. 289 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:03,045 All right! Fraley, I'll make you a little wager. 290 00:16:03,379 --> 00:16:05,005 Tony doesn't show up tomorrow, 291 00:16:05,089 --> 00:16:07,049 You're off the hook as a mentor. 292 00:16:07,132 --> 00:16:08,132 What's the catch? 293 00:16:08,175 --> 00:16:11,345 If he does, you run the program after I leave. 294 00:16:13,138 --> 00:16:14,682 - You're on. - All right. 295 00:16:28,112 --> 00:16:29,405 Well, 296 00:16:29,988 --> 00:16:32,950 Looks like you lost that bet, MacGyver. 297 00:16:33,701 --> 00:16:35,035 Maybe not. 298 00:16:35,828 --> 00:16:39,540 Hey, just thought i'd, uh, see what's shaking. 299 00:16:40,207 --> 00:16:41,834 That's great. 300 00:16:43,168 --> 00:16:44,168 Yeah. 301 00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:50,426 So how's your dad feel about this? 302 00:16:50,509 --> 00:16:53,762 He don't know about this. He thinks I'm out looking for a job. 303 00:16:53,846 --> 00:16:54,680 You want me to talk to him? 304 00:16:54,763 --> 00:16:57,433 No, no, uh, I'll do it. I just have to, uh, 305 00:16:57,516 --> 00:16:59,977 I have to pick the right time. 306 00:17:00,060 --> 00:17:01,520 Need some help? 307 00:17:01,521 --> 00:17:02,980 Yeah. Grab an end. 308 00:17:07,735 --> 00:17:09,236 Watch your back. 309 00:17:10,529 --> 00:17:12,114 Tony, right in front of this counter. 310 00:17:12,197 --> 00:17:13,323 (Boy) All right. 311 00:17:13,407 --> 00:17:15,451 All right, kids, let's gather round here. 312 00:17:15,534 --> 00:17:18,120 Ok, now for a little earthquake technology. 313 00:17:18,203 --> 00:17:19,329 MacGyver. 314 00:17:19,913 --> 00:17:22,791 Can anybody tell me what that thing is? 315 00:17:22,875 --> 00:17:24,209 [Students chattering] 316 00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:26,128 A martian toothbrush. 317 00:17:26,211 --> 00:17:27,588 [All laughing] 318 00:17:27,671 --> 00:17:32,050 No. Actually, what it's called is a nuclear densometer. 319 00:17:32,134 --> 00:17:35,137 It's used to measure soil compaction or density 320 00:17:35,220 --> 00:17:37,973 By sending out radioactive particles. 321 00:17:38,057 --> 00:17:39,475 Tony? You want to help me out? 322 00:17:39,558 --> 00:17:41,977 Set that probe in the sample there? 323 00:17:42,060 --> 00:17:43,228 Yeah, sure. 324 00:17:47,191 --> 00:17:49,693 That's it. Now, just squeeze the handle. 325 00:17:50,402 --> 00:17:52,529 Get the probe to go down in there. 326 00:17:53,071 --> 00:17:55,991 All right, now flip that top switch and get a reading on it. 327 00:17:57,701 --> 00:17:59,119 [Ticking] 328 00:18:00,287 --> 00:18:01,789 [Beeps] 329 00:18:02,581 --> 00:18:03,832 Got one. 330 00:18:03,916 --> 00:18:06,293 All right, same process. New sample. 331 00:18:13,091 --> 00:18:14,092 [Grunts] 332 00:18:14,551 --> 00:18:15,552 [Ticking] 333 00:18:18,430 --> 00:18:19,473 [Beeps] 334 00:18:19,556 --> 00:18:21,183 (MacGyver) Get a reading? 335 00:18:22,100 --> 00:18:25,646 Ok. Now the soil samples appear to be the same. 336 00:18:25,896 --> 00:18:27,815 But the readings will show 337 00:18:28,106 --> 00:18:30,859 that the density of the soil sample on the right 338 00:18:30,943 --> 00:18:33,195 is twice as great as the one on the left. 339 00:18:33,278 --> 00:18:36,573 Can anybody tell me why that information might be important? 340 00:18:37,157 --> 00:18:39,326 To see how much punishment a football field can take. 341 00:18:39,409 --> 00:18:41,036 [All laughing] 342 00:18:41,119 --> 00:18:42,412 That's wrong. 343 00:18:42,704 --> 00:18:45,040 Anybody else want to take a guess? 344 00:18:45,124 --> 00:18:46,708 What about using it in construction? 345 00:18:46,792 --> 00:18:48,377 To see how far down pilings should go 346 00:18:48,460 --> 00:18:51,171 so a building won't collapse in an earthquake? 347 00:18:51,839 --> 00:18:53,006 You've got it. 348 00:18:53,090 --> 00:18:54,424 (All) All right! Milani! 349 00:19:14,611 --> 00:19:15,946 [Growling] 350 00:19:16,238 --> 00:19:16,989 Tony! 351 00:19:17,072 --> 00:19:19,867 Shame on you! You scared me to death. 352 00:19:21,451 --> 00:19:22,911 What's that? 353 00:19:22,995 --> 00:19:26,415 That is the readmittance slip to all my classes. 354 00:19:26,498 --> 00:19:28,542 I am not even on probation this time. 355 00:19:28,625 --> 00:19:32,254 Oh, Tony! That makes me so happy. 356 00:19:32,337 --> 00:19:33,422 (Nick) Tony, is that you? 357 00:19:33,505 --> 00:19:34,923 Yeah, pop. 358 00:19:35,716 --> 00:19:37,885 Pop, get a load of this. 359 00:19:38,176 --> 00:19:41,263 Your son, he's got good news. 360 00:19:41,346 --> 00:19:42,931 Yeah, well, I got better news. 361 00:19:43,015 --> 00:19:45,326 One of the men got hurt down at the construction site today. 362 00:19:45,350 --> 00:19:49,938 They needed a replacement so, uh, I pulled a favor to get you the job. 363 00:19:50,314 --> 00:19:52,608 $10 an hour and you don't even have to apprentice. 364 00:19:52,691 --> 00:19:54,610 What do you think of that, huh? 365 00:19:54,693 --> 00:19:55,986 [Nick laughs] 366 00:19:56,069 --> 00:19:57,946 Huh, Tony, isn't that great? 367 00:20:03,410 --> 00:20:04,661 Just heard from Washington. 368 00:20:04,745 --> 00:20:07,915 The education department is sending out an observer next week. 369 00:20:07,998 --> 00:20:09,333 That's great. 370 00:20:09,334 --> 00:20:10,667 Maybe not so great. 371 00:20:11,877 --> 00:20:15,130 The mentor program may not have much for your observer to see. 372 00:20:15,213 --> 00:20:17,799 - What are you talking about? - Mrs. Juarez, she just told me. 373 00:20:17,883 --> 00:20:21,053 Tony milani has dropped out of school for good. 374 00:20:24,890 --> 00:20:27,309 That's the way it is, in the real world. 375 00:20:28,560 --> 00:20:31,396 Well, onward and upward. 376 00:20:44,284 --> 00:20:46,244 [Motor whirring] 377 00:20:52,751 --> 00:20:54,252 [Men chattering] 378 00:21:04,638 --> 00:21:06,515 How's it coming, Nick? 379 00:21:06,598 --> 00:21:09,101 Hey, I'm going as fast as I can, buck. 380 00:21:09,643 --> 00:21:12,229 Concrete seems thinner than the stuff we tested. 381 00:21:12,312 --> 00:21:14,856 Don't worry about it. How's your kid doin'? 382 00:21:14,940 --> 00:21:17,150 Well enough you shouldn't be asking. 383 00:21:17,234 --> 00:21:19,236 Yeah, but just keep it that way. 384 00:21:29,621 --> 00:21:31,707 Yeah, right over there. 385 00:21:32,749 --> 00:21:34,167 [Hammering] 386 00:21:35,961 --> 00:21:37,337 [Drilling] 387 00:21:45,095 --> 00:21:46,304 Hey, Tony. 388 00:21:47,139 --> 00:21:47,931 What are you doing here? 389 00:21:48,015 --> 00:21:50,392 I was gonna ask you the same thing. 390 00:21:50,475 --> 00:21:52,352 What happened? 391 00:21:52,436 --> 00:21:54,271 Hey, man, $10 an hour happened. 392 00:21:54,980 --> 00:21:57,566 Steady. A down payment on a car. 393 00:21:57,649 --> 00:21:59,276 Money in my pocket for a change. 394 00:21:59,359 --> 00:22:01,987 No teachers bugging me, ok? 395 00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:04,990 Is that you talking or somebody else? 396 00:22:05,532 --> 00:22:07,826 Come on, Tony, you're a bright kid. 397 00:22:07,909 --> 00:22:09,828 You could do whatever you want. 398 00:22:10,120 --> 00:22:11,371 I am doing what I want. 399 00:22:11,455 --> 00:22:13,915 Is that true? Really? 400 00:22:16,001 --> 00:22:17,336 Here. 401 00:22:17,878 --> 00:22:19,713 I got these engineering scholarship forms 402 00:22:19,796 --> 00:22:21,548 from the guidance office. 403 00:22:21,631 --> 00:22:23,425 Come on, man, with my marks? 404 00:22:23,508 --> 00:22:26,136 No, with your imagination. Will you take a look? 405 00:22:26,219 --> 00:22:27,304 Come on. 406 00:22:28,722 --> 00:22:33,143 Those awards are based on designs, not marks. 407 00:22:33,727 --> 00:22:35,645 What if I ain't interested? 408 00:22:36,229 --> 00:22:38,065 Then that's your choice. 409 00:22:38,148 --> 00:22:40,233 If this is really what you want for yourself, great. 410 00:22:40,317 --> 00:22:41,943 That's no crime. 411 00:22:42,360 --> 00:22:44,446 But if it isn't, 412 00:22:44,529 --> 00:22:46,073 if you wake up 30 years from now 413 00:22:46,156 --> 00:22:48,283 and all you are is 30 years older, 414 00:22:48,366 --> 00:22:49,951 that is a crime. 415 00:22:50,327 --> 00:22:54,456 Hey, you! Hey, MacGyver, can't you read? No trespassing. 416 00:23:00,879 --> 00:23:02,255 I was just talking to Tony 417 00:23:02,339 --> 00:23:04,591 about coming back to school, Mr. Milani. 418 00:23:04,674 --> 00:23:06,760 Yeah, well, the talk's over. Get lost. 419 00:23:06,843 --> 00:23:09,179 The kid is only 16 years old. 420 00:23:09,262 --> 00:23:12,307 He'll be 17 next week. Now beat it. You, back to work. 421 00:23:12,390 --> 00:23:14,559 And you, you leave my kid alone. 422 00:23:20,732 --> 00:23:22,651 I guess I'm out of here. 423 00:23:23,110 --> 00:23:24,820 Look, if you need anything... 424 00:23:24,903 --> 00:23:26,113 I won't. 425 00:23:27,864 --> 00:23:29,324 It's cool, ok? 426 00:23:48,426 --> 00:23:50,387 You're building on landfill, clovis. 427 00:23:50,470 --> 00:23:52,222 Your pile ratio is off. 428 00:23:53,265 --> 00:23:54,391 By how much? 429 00:23:54,474 --> 00:23:56,101 Good 10%. 430 00:23:56,184 --> 00:23:58,478 That's not to mention the other deficiencies. 431 00:23:58,562 --> 00:24:02,065 Concrete mix, rebar size and grade. 432 00:24:02,941 --> 00:24:04,067 Forms. 433 00:24:04,151 --> 00:24:07,112 Come on, Barney, I'm behind schedule. 434 00:24:07,654 --> 00:24:10,240 What do you expect me to do, tear all this down? 435 00:24:10,323 --> 00:24:13,285 Buck, trust me. You're below specs. 436 00:24:19,457 --> 00:24:21,918 Look, Barney, you got to give me a break here. 437 00:24:22,294 --> 00:24:24,629 We never had a code violation before. 438 00:24:44,024 --> 00:24:45,775 On second thought, 439 00:24:50,197 --> 00:24:52,532 maybe some of my figures are off. 440 00:24:52,949 --> 00:24:56,620 (Buck) Come on. I'll buy you a cup of coffee. 441 00:25:24,522 --> 00:25:25,523 (Tony) Pop! 442 00:25:26,191 --> 00:25:27,943 Hey, Tony, you finish up already? 443 00:25:28,026 --> 00:25:30,278 Pop, I think you better read this. 444 00:25:30,362 --> 00:25:31,613 Yeah, what is it? 445 00:25:31,696 --> 00:25:34,074 It's about the job specs. Clovis was talking to the inspector 446 00:25:34,157 --> 00:25:35,968 - and what they were saying... - Where'd you get this? 447 00:25:35,992 --> 00:25:38,662 In a waste basket. Look what it says there, pop. 448 00:25:41,206 --> 00:25:42,624 It says you're nosing into stuff 449 00:25:42,707 --> 00:25:44,084 you got no business nosing into. 450 00:25:44,167 --> 00:25:46,294 Now you get back to work and mind your own business. 451 00:25:46,378 --> 00:25:48,630 But, pop, the pile ratio, y-y-you think it's all right? 452 00:25:48,713 --> 00:25:52,008 Pile ratio, huh? Listen to him. Pile ratio. 453 00:25:52,092 --> 00:25:54,695 A few days on the job and he thinks he's already a hotshot engineer. 454 00:25:54,719 --> 00:25:55,804 Pop, I just thought... 455 00:25:55,887 --> 00:25:57,639 Well, stop thinking, that's not your job! 456 00:25:57,722 --> 00:26:00,475 Cleaning up the site, that's your job, you got that? 457 00:26:00,558 --> 00:26:02,519 Now get back to work, you hear me? 458 00:26:10,026 --> 00:26:11,152 Problem, milani? 459 00:26:11,236 --> 00:26:13,989 No, my kid, he was dumping out the trash. 460 00:26:14,072 --> 00:26:15,949 Came across this old inspection form. 461 00:26:16,032 --> 00:26:18,493 He thought it might have been something important. 462 00:26:18,576 --> 00:26:19,619 Well, is it? 463 00:26:19,620 --> 00:26:20,662 Hey, 464 00:26:20,745 --> 00:26:23,331 what do either one of us know about this kind of stuff, huh? 465 00:26:23,415 --> 00:26:24,666 [Nick laughs] 466 00:26:24,749 --> 00:26:26,751 I didn't even bother to read it. 467 00:26:58,700 --> 00:27:01,703 Working pretty late, aren't you, Mr. Fraley? 468 00:27:01,786 --> 00:27:03,621 Yeah, tell me about it. 469 00:27:04,456 --> 00:27:05,790 Well, good night. 470 00:27:06,207 --> 00:27:07,584 Good night, Blake. 471 00:27:11,755 --> 00:27:12,756 [Moaning] 472 00:27:18,636 --> 00:27:20,847 What are you doing here? It's almost midnight. 473 00:27:20,930 --> 00:27:23,683 Oh, Mrs. Juarez wanted a report on Tony. 474 00:27:24,434 --> 00:27:27,562 Ah, the mentor program's first big success. 475 00:27:27,645 --> 00:27:29,064 No. 476 00:27:29,147 --> 00:27:32,650 Just another fine example of how the system has failed kids like Tony. 477 00:27:34,444 --> 00:27:36,446 You know, you're part of that system, fraley. 478 00:27:36,529 --> 00:27:37,655 Wait a minute! 479 00:27:38,656 --> 00:27:40,658 Who are you to judge? 480 00:27:40,909 --> 00:27:43,620 Let me tell you something about the system. 481 00:27:44,162 --> 00:27:45,872 You think you're so idealistic. 482 00:27:45,955 --> 00:27:47,540 When I first started teaching, 483 00:27:47,624 --> 00:27:50,085 I was Albert schweitzer, Martin Luther King, 484 00:27:50,168 --> 00:27:52,545 Bobby Kennedy, all rolled into one. 485 00:27:52,629 --> 00:27:54,255 Full of innovative ideas! 486 00:27:54,339 --> 00:27:57,884 Excited about turning kids on to their own potential. 487 00:27:57,967 --> 00:28:00,595 Race, color, poverty, the drug scene, 488 00:28:00,678 --> 00:28:03,598 they weren't a problem, I had all the answers. 489 00:28:03,681 --> 00:28:06,226 What happened? 490 00:28:06,684 --> 00:28:09,479 This is what happened. 491 00:28:09,562 --> 00:28:10,605 [Drawer closing] 492 00:28:10,688 --> 00:28:11,856 I have one drawer 493 00:28:11,940 --> 00:28:15,443 And a desk that I have to share with 2 other teachers. 494 00:28:15,777 --> 00:28:21,950 No homeroom of my own. 45 kids in a class! 495 00:28:22,033 --> 00:28:24,577 Not enough textbooks to go around. 496 00:28:24,661 --> 00:28:27,122 A day that starts with 20% teaching 497 00:28:27,205 --> 00:28:30,166 And 80% just trying to keep order. 498 00:28:30,250 --> 00:28:34,045 $2,000 in the bank, and a mortgage that won't quit. 499 00:28:34,546 --> 00:28:35,922 You saying it's not worth it? 500 00:28:36,005 --> 00:28:37,465 All I am saying is that 501 00:28:37,549 --> 00:28:39,634 I am your average overworked, 502 00:28:39,717 --> 00:28:42,137 underpaid, under appreciated teacher 503 00:28:42,220 --> 00:28:44,681 whose biggest thrill is to discover 504 00:28:44,764 --> 00:28:48,935 a senior who could find Washington, D.C. on a map 505 00:28:49,018 --> 00:28:51,312 and spell the word "necessary!" 506 00:28:51,688 --> 00:28:54,149 And I was gonna change the world. 507 00:28:59,904 --> 00:29:01,990 George, you've got every right to be bitter, 508 00:29:02,073 --> 00:29:03,825 but you can still make a difference. 509 00:29:03,908 --> 00:29:05,034 How? 510 00:29:05,618 --> 00:29:08,663 By not taking your frustration out on these kids. 511 00:29:08,746 --> 00:29:09,747 Look, 512 00:29:11,249 --> 00:29:13,334 obviously the system needs help, 513 00:29:13,418 --> 00:29:15,336 and both you and Tony milani 514 00:29:15,420 --> 00:29:16,689 are getting the short end of the stick. 515 00:29:16,713 --> 00:29:19,632 Ok. So tell me, what more can I do? 516 00:29:19,716 --> 00:29:21,092 For starters, 517 00:29:21,468 --> 00:29:22,677 get back in touch 518 00:29:22,760 --> 00:29:25,430 With the George fraley who used to care. 519 00:29:27,223 --> 00:29:29,642 (Blake) Hey, you! Stop! Hold it! Stop! 520 00:29:29,726 --> 00:29:31,019 Stop right there! 521 00:29:31,102 --> 00:29:32,979 (MacGyver) Whoa, whoa, slow down, slow down. 522 00:29:33,062 --> 00:29:35,690 Wait! Wait! Wait a minute now! What's going on? 523 00:29:35,773 --> 00:29:37,484 This punk broke into the science lab. 524 00:29:37,567 --> 00:29:38,919 I was not trying to steal anything. 525 00:29:38,943 --> 00:29:41,529 I just wanted to borrow that nuclear thing. 526 00:29:41,613 --> 00:29:43,406 I think somebody's gonna get hurt. 527 00:29:43,490 --> 00:29:44,657 Come on, kid, let's go. 528 00:29:44,741 --> 00:29:47,410 Hey, come on, just take it easy, will you? 529 00:29:49,913 --> 00:29:51,789 Can we talk to him privately? 530 00:29:53,458 --> 00:29:55,585 Ok. Uh, it's all right, Blake. 531 00:29:55,668 --> 00:29:57,962 I'll take responsibility, thank you. 532 00:30:03,384 --> 00:30:05,845 Now, what's this about somebody getting hurt? 533 00:30:07,138 --> 00:30:08,890 [Panting] Down at the construction site, 534 00:30:08,973 --> 00:30:10,892 I saw the foreman give the inspector 535 00:30:10,975 --> 00:30:13,895 An envelope of money to ignore some violations. 536 00:30:13,978 --> 00:30:15,230 What? 537 00:30:15,313 --> 00:30:17,594 That's when I remembered that thing you showed us in class. 538 00:30:17,649 --> 00:30:18,858 The... the densometer. 539 00:30:18,942 --> 00:30:21,528 How they measure soil compaction so that everything's safe. 540 00:30:21,611 --> 00:30:22,820 Wait a minute. 541 00:30:23,321 --> 00:30:24,948 Did you tell somebody about this? 542 00:30:25,031 --> 00:30:26,282 I did. 543 00:30:26,366 --> 00:30:29,160 I told my old man. I even showed him the inspector's report. 544 00:30:29,244 --> 00:30:31,746 He... he pretended like there was nothing wrong. 545 00:30:31,829 --> 00:30:33,623 Did he read that report? 546 00:30:33,706 --> 00:30:34,874 [Sighing] Yeah. 547 00:30:35,375 --> 00:30:36,543 Yeah. 548 00:30:37,669 --> 00:30:39,087 You want me to say it? 549 00:30:39,170 --> 00:30:40,213 Ok. 550 00:30:41,172 --> 00:30:42,674 My dad's in on it. 551 00:30:43,132 --> 00:30:44,926 Now wait a minute, Tony. 552 00:30:45,009 --> 00:30:46,469 Before you go judging your dad, 553 00:30:46,553 --> 00:30:49,389 Why don't we make sure exactly what was on that paper? 554 00:30:49,472 --> 00:30:50,765 Forget it. 555 00:30:50,848 --> 00:30:53,768 I saw the foreman burn it after my dad gave it to him. It's too late. 556 00:30:53,851 --> 00:30:55,311 Maybe not. 557 00:30:57,689 --> 00:30:59,774 George, would you ask Blake to keep the school open? 558 00:30:59,857 --> 00:31:00,775 Sure, you got it. 559 00:31:00,858 --> 00:31:03,152 - All right, we'll be back. Come on. - Okay. 560 00:31:08,408 --> 00:31:10,410 [Thunder rumbling] 561 00:31:19,836 --> 00:31:20,837 [Dog barking] 562 00:31:50,867 --> 00:31:54,579 The paper's in that butt can by the cement walls down there. 563 00:31:54,912 --> 00:31:55,912 All right. 564 00:31:56,122 --> 00:31:57,957 I'll work around back. 565 00:31:58,499 --> 00:32:00,251 What do you want me to do? 566 00:32:00,793 --> 00:32:02,503 Keep an eye on the guard. 567 00:32:02,587 --> 00:32:03,921 Any problems, 568 00:32:04,422 --> 00:32:06,674 Use that imagination of yours. 569 00:32:16,559 --> 00:32:17,977 [Thunder rumbling] 570 00:32:29,447 --> 00:32:31,074 [Rain pattering] 571 00:33:24,168 --> 00:33:26,045 [Thunder continues] 572 00:34:07,879 --> 00:34:09,088 [Plank snapping] 573 00:34:10,173 --> 00:34:11,382 Who's there? 574 00:35:08,105 --> 00:35:09,273 Hey, you! 575 00:35:11,150 --> 00:35:13,778 Excuse me, could I borrow your flashlight? 576 00:35:17,156 --> 00:35:19,033 Skip, is that you? 577 00:35:21,160 --> 00:35:22,912 What are you doing here? 578 00:35:22,995 --> 00:35:24,205 I lost my wallet. 579 00:35:24,288 --> 00:35:25,748 [Thunder rumbling] 580 00:35:25,832 --> 00:35:28,209 (Skip) At 3:00 in the morning? You're putting me on. 581 00:35:28,292 --> 00:35:30,920 (Tony) No, I bought a cup of coffee off the truck this afternoon. 582 00:35:31,003 --> 00:35:32,713 This is the last place I could think of. 583 00:35:32,797 --> 00:35:34,090 Hey, come on, could you sleep 584 00:35:34,173 --> 00:35:37,218 Not knowing if you just lost your first paycheck? 585 00:35:40,930 --> 00:35:42,265 [Dog barking] 586 00:35:55,820 --> 00:35:57,363 Hey, what's this? 587 00:35:57,697 --> 00:35:59,282 That's it. 588 00:35:59,365 --> 00:36:02,285 You saved my life, skip. Thanks a lot. 589 00:36:02,368 --> 00:36:04,036 You have a good night now. 590 00:36:34,400 --> 00:36:37,278 The foreman must have known this report could ruin him. 591 00:36:38,321 --> 00:36:40,615 But you can't read it, it's burned. 592 00:36:40,698 --> 00:36:44,160 Well, sometimes things are hidden under the surface. 593 00:36:47,872 --> 00:36:50,333 You just got to know how to bring them out. 594 00:37:08,351 --> 00:37:09,810 What are you doing? 595 00:37:09,894 --> 00:37:10,978 Glycerol. 596 00:37:11,062 --> 00:37:12,772 It'll soften the ash. 597 00:37:13,397 --> 00:37:15,441 Want to check that darkroom? 598 00:37:15,524 --> 00:37:17,610 Need a camera with some infrared film. 599 00:37:32,833 --> 00:37:33,960 [Spraying] 600 00:38:37,648 --> 00:38:39,900 How'd you learn to do all this stuff? 601 00:38:40,484 --> 00:38:41,986 How do you think? 602 00:38:45,322 --> 00:38:46,466 Is there a tripod around here? 603 00:38:46,490 --> 00:38:48,034 Yeah. Set the camera up. 604 00:39:32,536 --> 00:39:33,788 (Tony) What's with the light? 605 00:39:33,871 --> 00:39:37,541 It'll bring out the phosphorescent properties in the ink. 606 00:39:40,503 --> 00:39:42,963 [Camera clicking] 607 00:40:15,246 --> 00:40:16,413 Well? 608 00:40:18,124 --> 00:40:19,625 You were right. 609 00:40:20,251 --> 00:40:22,336 According to this, that construction site 610 00:40:22,419 --> 00:40:24,505 Is a disaster waiting to happen. 611 00:40:24,588 --> 00:40:26,048 (Tony) Low pile ratio? 612 00:40:26,465 --> 00:40:29,885 Substandard supports, concrete, the whole works. 613 00:40:29,969 --> 00:40:32,012 We better let your dad know about this. 614 00:40:32,429 --> 00:40:35,558 He read that report already. I showed it to him, remember? 615 00:40:36,142 --> 00:40:39,019 You showed it to him, Tony, but I don't think he read it. 616 00:40:39,103 --> 00:40:40,271 What? 617 00:40:41,647 --> 00:40:42,731 [Sighing] 618 00:40:43,816 --> 00:40:46,986 Tony, I don't think your father knows how to read. 619 00:40:47,069 --> 00:40:49,530 What? I-i-I've seen him read. 620 00:40:49,613 --> 00:40:51,574 No. I think that's just an act. 621 00:40:53,284 --> 00:40:55,035 I first suspected it when he looked at 622 00:40:55,119 --> 00:40:57,037 the school reinstatement form. 623 00:40:57,121 --> 00:40:59,999 And then he completely misread a sign out at the site. 624 00:41:00,082 --> 00:41:01,959 Why would he fake it? 625 00:41:02,543 --> 00:41:06,547 I don't know. Maybe he's ashamed, angry at himself. 626 00:41:06,630 --> 00:41:10,426 Maybe he's afraid of what people would think if they knew. 627 00:41:12,428 --> 00:41:15,222 MacGyver, if you're right, that means 628 00:41:15,556 --> 00:41:17,516 he's not in on the scam. 629 00:41:17,600 --> 00:41:19,476 Your father's a very proud man, 630 00:41:19,560 --> 00:41:21,604 but I don't think he's a crook. 631 00:41:22,480 --> 00:41:26,358 His shift started at 6:00. Come on, we'd better tell him. 632 00:41:27,943 --> 00:41:29,153 [Door opening] 633 00:41:34,366 --> 00:41:36,410 We just finished the corner section. 634 00:41:36,493 --> 00:41:39,580 As soon as milani's done, we're gonna pour secondaries. 635 00:41:40,164 --> 00:41:42,625 I figure we're just about back on schedule. 636 00:41:42,708 --> 00:41:45,544 Where there's a will there's a way, huh, buck? 637 00:41:53,302 --> 00:41:54,970 [Cracking] 638 00:41:55,054 --> 00:41:55,888 (Man #1) Hey, hey, 639 00:41:55,971 --> 00:41:57,324 - what is that? - (Man #2) What's that? 640 00:41:57,348 --> 00:41:58,557 It's moving! 641 00:42:00,142 --> 00:42:02,102 [Men screaming] 642 00:42:07,233 --> 00:42:09,109 Call the fire department! 643 00:42:09,193 --> 00:42:10,611 (Man #3) Give me a hand! 644 00:42:11,695 --> 00:42:12,988 There's Nick under there. 645 00:42:15,491 --> 00:42:16,492 Hey! 646 00:42:17,159 --> 00:42:18,494 Need some help. 647 00:42:18,869 --> 00:42:20,120 You all right? 648 00:42:20,204 --> 00:42:22,665 [All chattering] 649 00:42:48,357 --> 00:42:49,357 Where's my pop? 650 00:42:49,400 --> 00:42:50,985 He's trapped in there! 651 00:42:51,610 --> 00:42:54,613 (Tony) Pop! Are you there? Are you ok? 652 00:42:55,030 --> 00:42:57,908 Come on guys, help me move this thing. My dad's in there! 653 00:42:57,992 --> 00:43:00,661 Pop, answer me! Answer me! 654 00:43:00,744 --> 00:43:03,330 I-If you can hear me, answer me, please! 655 00:43:03,414 --> 00:43:07,167 Pop! Pop, don't be hurt. Please, answer me! 656 00:43:07,751 --> 00:43:10,462 Pop! Pop! 657 00:43:11,422 --> 00:43:13,007 Pop! Pop! 658 00:43:13,090 --> 00:43:14,633 Tony, wait. Listen. 659 00:43:14,717 --> 00:43:17,886 [Tapping] 660 00:43:19,305 --> 00:43:21,181 That's him. He's alive. 661 00:43:21,265 --> 00:43:23,267 MacGyver, we gotta do something. 662 00:43:28,731 --> 00:43:31,150 All right, it looks like we've got a fulcrum under here, 663 00:43:31,233 --> 00:43:33,402 but we're gonna need more leverage. 664 00:43:36,447 --> 00:43:38,699 All right, some of you men give me a hand with this beam. 665 00:43:38,782 --> 00:43:40,534 (Man #4) Come on, you guys, let's move! 666 00:43:40,617 --> 00:43:43,037 (Tony) Come on, guys, my dad's under there. Hurry up! 667 00:43:47,291 --> 00:43:49,335 Feed it through the rebar. 668 00:43:54,089 --> 00:43:55,716 Easy, easy. 669 00:43:59,261 --> 00:44:01,764 All right, gently, get your weight on it. 670 00:44:01,847 --> 00:44:03,849 Come on, come on, lend a hand now. 671 00:44:03,932 --> 00:44:05,601 Rock it up, nice and slow. 672 00:44:05,851 --> 00:44:07,519 Come on. Go. Come on. 673 00:44:07,603 --> 00:44:08,896 [Cracking] 674 00:44:19,740 --> 00:44:21,075 [Panting] 675 00:44:21,700 --> 00:44:24,119 (MacGyver) Let it come. Come on. 676 00:44:31,835 --> 00:44:33,045 Easy. 677 00:44:36,382 --> 00:44:38,342 All right, hold it right there. 678 00:45:01,365 --> 00:45:02,699 [All grunting] 679 00:45:22,886 --> 00:45:24,805 All right. Let it down. 680 00:45:26,598 --> 00:45:28,638 (MacGyver) You might not want to move around too much 681 00:45:28,684 --> 00:45:30,060 Till the paramedics look you over. 682 00:45:30,394 --> 00:45:31,895 You ok, pop? 683 00:45:32,604 --> 00:45:34,940 The two of you saved my life. 684 00:45:36,900 --> 00:45:39,361 Tony, you didn't come home last night, I thought maybe you... 685 00:45:39,445 --> 00:45:41,613 Pop, we came to show you something. 686 00:45:41,905 --> 00:45:43,073 What is it? 687 00:45:43,407 --> 00:45:46,618 MacGyver and me, we restored the inspection report. 688 00:45:46,702 --> 00:45:49,872 It shows all the reasons why this place is falling apart. 689 00:45:50,914 --> 00:45:52,499 All right, gentlemen, 690 00:45:53,959 --> 00:45:55,544 You might want to stick around. 691 00:45:55,627 --> 00:45:58,088 I think you've got some questions to answer. 692 00:46:00,924 --> 00:46:02,468 Tony, I... 693 00:46:09,600 --> 00:46:11,518 I got to tell you something about me. 694 00:46:11,602 --> 00:46:12,769 No. 695 00:46:13,020 --> 00:46:15,522 No, you don't, pop. I know. 696 00:46:20,068 --> 00:46:21,778 I love you, pop. 697 00:46:22,738 --> 00:46:24,114 You gotta know that. 698 00:46:25,240 --> 00:46:26,617 I love you. 699 00:46:36,752 --> 00:46:38,337 [Car horn honking] 700 00:46:40,464 --> 00:46:42,257 MacGyver! Good news. 701 00:46:42,341 --> 00:46:44,402 My pop's being released from the hospital this morning. 702 00:46:44,426 --> 00:46:45,427 That's great, Tony. 703 00:46:45,511 --> 00:46:46,512 And something else. 704 00:46:46,595 --> 00:46:49,223 We had a long talk about, you know, the reading, 705 00:46:49,306 --> 00:46:51,725 and he decided to start taking night classes. 706 00:46:51,808 --> 00:46:54,102 Well, that is really good. Congratulations. 707 00:46:54,186 --> 00:46:57,314 Uh, maybe he could use a tutor to help him get started. 708 00:46:58,065 --> 00:46:59,942 You got somebody in mind, George? 709 00:47:00,025 --> 00:47:01,818 Yeah. I just might. 710 00:47:02,319 --> 00:47:05,405 Somebody who's getting excited about education again.