(Whistle blowing)
(Players chattering)
(Players shouting)
(Coach shouting in Russian)
(Speaking Russian)
Hey.
(Laughing) Hey, MacGyver!
(Speaking Russian)
- How are you, my dear friend? - Good.
You know, this, uh, this Phoenix organization of yours, eh,
It is very efficient.
You are in charge of all international relations, eh?
Well, lots of countries, lots of athletes. It's not easy.
Ah, we're just glad that we could be a part of it.
Oh, MacGyver,
you and me, we were the first to invent glasnost.
I have somebody for you to meet.
You have heard of Nikolai rostov?
Are you kidding? Of course.
Yes.
Well, every scout in the national hockey league
is with us everywhere.
I mean, they won't even give us a chance to practice.
They keep saying, "oh, Nikolai, can we talk?"
They keep saying, "Nikolai, can we make a deal?"
Oh! Wait.
Nikolai!
(Calling in Russian)
This is my very, very dear friend MacGyver.
- I've told you about him. - Yes!
We will be great roommates, dude!
Roommates?
Oh, I, uh, I have this list of, uh,
All Americans who volunteered to take, uh, athletes into their home.
Here. Here, here's your name, right here.
Where'd you get these?
Oh, from, uh, from the hospitality booth.
Uh, they gave me a tag.
They gave me list.
They gave me apple juice.
Is it mistake?
N-No, no, it's not a mistake.
Then I change, okay?
I come back.
Take your time, Nikolai.
Announcer on loudspeaker: All athletes are reminded
that the international cafeteria is now open.
Your identification tag will be sufficient for admission,
and all food service is free of charge.
The cafeteria hours will be from 6:00 A.M. in the morning
to 8:00 P.M. in the evening.
Antonio munez, please call jerico games operator 26.
Antonio munoz, please call jerico games operator 26.
- Hi. - Woman: Hi.
Can you tell me who's handling athlete housing?
Oh, sure, I'll go get her.
Ellen?
It's been a long time, MacGyver.
Ellen Stewart?
I'd say so.
How long?
20 years. High school graduation day.
Wha...
What? Look at your face!
Have I changed that much?
Um, just for the better.
Good answer.
What are you doing here?
Uh, same thing as you. Helping out.
Athletic housing, among other things.
Come on, let's take a walk.
You know, wait a minute.
You signed me up to host Nikolai rostov, didn't you?
I couldn't resist. I saw your name on the sponsor list
and, uh, I thought the maneuver might get me around to see you.
It wouldn't have taken half that much, you know.
I can make other arrangements, if you'd like.
Ellen, it's okay.
Turning my life upside-down
has always been one of your specialties as I recall.
Ooh, I like that. It makes me sound powerful.
(Laughing)
What have you
what have I been doing?
Well, I've been with jerico broadcasting for the past eight years.
I started in the makeup department,
then I moved to merchandising, business affairs,
and finally public relations.
Very impressive.
Yep. No more poor little clinging vine
who cried for months after we broke up.
(Laughing)
Oh, come on, it wasn't that bad, was it?
Oh, are you kidding? I was devastated!
(People chattering)
Ellen, it was high school, I was an 18-year-old kid.
MacGyver, stop.
I've had 20 years to get over you.
Okay, not exactly over you.
You're still one of my favorite memories.
Thanks.
The feeling is very mutual.
Well, um,
I shouldn't keep Nikolai waiting.
I guess.
(Camera clicking)
You know, it's like holding a memory in my hand.
I don't want to let go.
Nikolai: This is where you live?
On boat?
Uh, yeah. This is it.
You have TV and VCR!
And cassette player!
Radical!
We can rent American videos?
This is how I learned to speak English.
Well, yeah, sure.
In fact, why don't you take the cassette up to your room.
You are so righteous!
Where to, MacGyver?
Why don't you take the bedroom upstairs. I'll sleep down here.
What they told us about Americans before glasnost,
about how all of you are selfish monsters,
is totally bogus.
Well, I guess, dudes are dudes all over the world.
Hi.
Oh, I forgot to give you your official housing packet.
Think you can stand me twice in 20 years?
Three times if pressed.
Listen, before Nikolai settles in, I found another host family.
So you're off the hook if you want to be.
No, no, that's okay. We're good buddies already.
Uh, "chilled to the Max," I think he said.
He has a way with language, doesn't he?
Uh, yeah.
(Rock music playing on stereo)
♪ waiting for an angel ♪♪
E-Excuse, please!
I thought it was just us guys.
Did you need something, Nikolai?
I forgot to ask, where are towels?
Under the sink.
Check.
Oh, by the way, if you look at the schedule,
you'll see there's a photo session at 1:00 this afternoon,
and you're responsible for getting Nikolai there.
Yes, ma'am.
Look, why don't you join us?
We can catch up on each other.
Thought you'd never ask.
Tomorrow, 1500 athletes from 45 nations
will begin competition in the first annual jerico games,
Brainchild of broadcasting Maverick, Ralph jerico.
With me now is Nikolai rostov,
Reputedly the world's number one amateur hockey player.
- Welcome. - Thank you. I am happy to be here.
Nikolai, the question that's on everybody's mind,
is there any truth to the rumor
that you're planning to sign with the Los Angeles kings
right after the jerico games?
Uh, no comment.
All I'm thinking right now is competing for my country.
So, tell me what you do at the Phoenix foundation?
Oh, I'm kind of a troubleshooter, I guess.
They ask me to go someplace, I do what I can to help.
MacGyver, I have never known anyone
who could make such a mystery of everything.
- No, no, no. - (Laughing) Yes.
I'm not trying to be mysterious about it.
It's just that what I do is...
Well, it's tough to explain.
Sounds lonely.
Is it?
Sometimes, yeah.
So, is there, uh, anybody in your life now?
There is a girl.
She's on assignment for Phoenix.
Serious?
Well, I think about her, but, um...
(Laughing) Serious? I don't know.
MacGyver, you are pulling back, just like always.
Why can't you just go for it?
Make the commitment?
I don't know.
I mean, a part of it's because
when I was a kid, everybody that I loved died.
(Camera clicking)
My dad, grandma, my best friend, they all died.
I didn't die.
No.
But by the time I met you in high school, I'd already started to run.
Now come on, what about you? Married?
(Sighing) Three times.
Not a big success in the matrimonial department.
MacGyver,
I'm glad you explained things to me.
You know, all these years,
I thought I'd done something wrong.
You?
No, it wasn't you.
It was me.
(People chattering)
(Laughing)
What?
- What? - Do...
Do you remember boneless barton?
Boneless... Oh, boneless barton?
The guy that could turn himself inside out?
He used to walk across the gym floor
with his legs wrapped around his neck.
Oh, he gave me the willies.
I liked him.
I missed you.
Woman: 14 stationary, nine platform, and 15 remote units.
All right. How many cameras total?
Uh, 38.
They'll cover all the venues
And the opening ceremonies for this afternoon.
Good.
Very good job.
I do my best.
You certainly do.
I even made our reservations for sun valley.
Oh.
Are you sure your boss can let you off?
No problem.
I've got him wrapped around my little finger.
Don't ever count on that.
(Knocking)
- You got 'em? - Yes, sir.
So...
It's true.
Yeah.
You know, i'm... I'm really sorry, Mr. Jerico.
Look, I don't want your sympathy.
I want his name.
Announcer on loudspeaker: Press credentials
may be picked up in room a at the sports arena.
Energy.
Nikolai, do you have any idea what's in those?
No.
Neither does anyone else.
It's weak!
Nikolai, MacGyver.
I wanted you two to be the first to have these.
Nikolai: Jerico games pin!
I designed it. You like it?
It's way cool!
Oh, oh, Nikolai...
My office phone number. Any problems, you call me.
I like her.
Uh-huh.
- Let me do that. - Thanks.
Still the artist, huh?
Uh, yeah, well, I only lasted one semester at the art institute.
How come?
My father left us about a year after we graduated.
He married a blonde five years older than me.
She must have been expensive,
because she needed all my college money.
Sounds like you had a rough time.
I survived.
Jerico: Ellen!
Come on, let's go.
I said come on, let's go.
- Hey, wait a minute, what's going on here? - Stop it!
- Hey! - I wouldn't.
Do you know who I am?
I'm Ralph jerico.
And you don't want to mess with me, friend.
And you certainly don't want to mess with my wife!
Your wife?
Now you know, ace.
Stay away.
Come on, Ellen.
What...
So just go through the parking lot and take a right,
you'll hit the bike path.
You did not know she was Mrs. Jerico, did you?
No, I didn't.
You want me to stay?
You need to talk man-to-man?
No, thanks. Go have a good time.
MacGyver.
I think I owe you an apology.
You lied to me!
I didn't exactly lie.
You let me think that you were divorced.
What do you call that?
You're right.
And I'm sorry.
I didn't mean to hurt you, I swear!
I just wanted to reminisce about us being happy.
I didn't know I'd still feel the same way about you.
But why would you string me along like that?
You are a married woman.
He is not a nice man, MacGyver.
Your husband did that?
He'd never do it to his Picasso,
But then I'm one of his minor possessions.
Wh... Why would you stay with a guy like that?
I mean, wh... what is it? Money?
In a funny way, yes.
A man that rich can always find you.
And he always will.
He's violent, and I'm scared.
Mr. Jerico wanted me to make sure
That you meet him at the studio before the opening ceremonies.
How dare you follow me?
I do what I'm told. Let's go.
Hey, whoa! Wai... wait a minute here!
Hey, no offense, fella.
I'm just doin' my job, okay?
(Grunting)
Ellen: No! Please, don't!
Stop it!
I'll go.
Well, I'm real happy to hear that, ma'am.
(Clears throat) I'll send a driver around for your car.
I'm looking for Ellen jerico's office. Where is it?
Do you have an appointment?
Never mind.
Hey, wait a minute! You can't go...
Sir, sir!
I don't believe it!
Who do you think you are coming in here?
- I'm lookin' for your wife. - Why?
I want to make sure she feels free to report a wife beater.
MacGyver, I'm late for the opening ceremonies.
Ellen, sir Galahad here says I beat you.
Do I?
No. Of course not.
Ellen, you don't have to lie.
Jerico: (Laughing) That's right, Ellen.
Why don't you try something new, huh?
Don't lie.
Let's just go.
You're in over your head, high school sweetheart.
Stay out of it.
(Seagulls cawing)
"Press play."
Nikolai: Dear MacGyver,
I have gone to opening ceremony with coach.
Please, would you videotape broadcast? 3:00.
Your best friend, Nikolai.
Why not?
Man: That was Pierre buffeau,
assistant secretary-general of the United Nations.
And heading to the vip box,
behind senator rawlings,
the honorable Nigel Worthington, British ambassador,
who with dignitaries from all over the world
are now taking their seats
for the formal opening of the jerico games
And the dramatic lighting of the friendship torch.
Oh, there's Vladimir korinski, Soviet ambassador.
Hello, Mr. Ambassador, Vince king from jbn television news.
Tell me, sir, some people have said
the jerico games represent the dawning of a new era
of friendship and cooperation between the great nations of the world.
Especially after the recent political upheaval in Eastern Europe. You...
vision news. Tell me, sir, some people have said
The jerico games represent the dawning of a new era of...
What?
Mr. Jerico!
- Would you like to say anything... - Yes.
To our viewing audience at home, sir?
Uh, well, I'd just like to say how...
How proud I am.
How... how proud we all should be
that these fine athletes from all over the world
have gathered here to compete,
As all nations should compete, on the playing field.
Would you care to make any predictions on the final medal count?
(Laughing) No. No predictions,
except to say that everyone who came here is a winner.
Jerico!
(Ellen shrieking)
Ellen: No! No!
(People clamoring)
Ellen: Oh, my god!
Somebody call an ambulance!
Ralph! Ralph!
Oh, my god, he's dead!
He's dead!
All units, we've got a 187 here at the ice arena.
Stand by for suspect description.
Is there anyone here who can describe the suspect?
It was MacGyver.
(Exclaiming in Russian)
(Gun fires)
(Gun firing)
(Tires squealing)
(Police sirens approaching)
Nikolai!
There he is! That's the suspect! Get him!
- Freeze! - What? Why?
(Grunting)
You're under arrest for the murder of Ralph jerico.
No, no, that's wrong!
Somebody was shooting at a Soviet athlete.
Cuff him.
Come on!
Come on, guys, please!
Find Nikolai rostov.
He had to see the killer.
His life's in danger!
Save your breath, pal.
All right, listen to me.
At least let me talk to captain Kiley.
Kiley's on vacation. Look, save it for your lawyer.
This isn't about me!
Rostov saw something. They'll go after him!
Yeah, okay, in the car. Just watch your head.
(People chattering)
Okay, break it up, folks, it's all over.
Bill Norton, evening tribune.
I hear you got a suspect in custody.
Just give us a break. Move away, all right?
Policeman: Please stay back, away from the car.
Beat it, Norton. I got a crime scene here right now.
Come on, folks, let's go, show's over.
Come on, move it on, move it on,
Let's go, let's get that truck out of here!
Read what?
Dispatch. The 187 suspect
Has escaped from the fourth complex parking lot.
I repeat, we got an escape of a 187 suspect.
I want a code 100 on the sports arena complex.
I repeat, I want a code 100 on the sports arena complex.
(Rain pattering)
Just like clockwork.
Yeah.
We got a little problem, though.
The Russian kid, he saw me takin' off the mask.
Nikolai? He saw you?
Yeah, I tried to pop him, but he got away.
(Sighing)
Well, maybe it's not such a problem.
He doesn't know who you are, and he'll be back in Russia in three days.
He could put me away for life if the cops get ahold of him.
I think we ought to shut him up.
Hey, he is just a kid.
Look, I'll take care of it, okay?
You don't have to worry your pretty little head...
Don't you ever touch me again.
We are business partners and that's it.
Okay, so what about the kid?
He's got my phone number. He'll call.
How do you know?
Men really are stupid, aren't they?
(Man chattering on TV)
man on TV: Miss Ellen jerico, who was so shockingly widowed
only hours ago.
Ellen: I want to thank everyone
for the tremendous outpouring of sympathy
which has given me the strength to continue.
And the status of the jerico games? Will they be cancelled?
No, no, they will resume tomorrow,
not only as a memorial to my husband,
but as a symbol of man's eternal quest
to rise above such needless hate and violence.
Let's hope the message gets through.
I want to make a personal appeal
to one of our Soviet athletes, Nikolai rostov,
who is missing and was last seen leaving the stadium,
apparently in a state of shock.
Nikolai, please, if you hear me, call me.
I'll be waiting for your call.
(Footsteps approaching)
(Sighs)
(Tape rewinding)
(Answering machine beeps)
Gloria: Hi, Ellen? Gloria.
I'm sure you and Ralph are on the way to the stadium by now.
Just wanted to wish you luck.
See you at the party. Ciao.
(Answering machine beeps)
Arnold: Arnold foster, Ellen.
Gwen and I saw it all on television.
If there's anything we can do,
please call.
(Answering machine beeps)
Nikolai: Hello, Mrs. Jerico?
It's... it's Nikolai. I don't know what to do.
He was wearing a mask to look like MacGyver.
Miss Ellen?
I call back.
(Receiver hanging up)
(Answering machine beeps)
MacGyver?
I can't believe it, Ellen. I just can't believe it.
What are you talking about?
This!
You set me up!
And you faked the bruises, too, to get me goin', didn't you?
Not exactly.
The bruises were real enough. They just faded,
So I used makeup to bring them back.
Ralph jerico really was a brutal pig.
Why me?
I mean, we were friends.
Hey! It was high school, remember?
We were just kids.
And we weren't friends, I loved you!
And you threw me away.
Ellen, we were 18 years old.
People don't know what they want when they're 18!
Oh, well, that's my mistake.
I guess that explains everything.
Do you know what, when you walked out on me,
it all started.
First you, then my father, then three husbands.
The first one was stupid.
The pinnacle of his earning capacity was about $200 a week,
Which he wisely invested in liquor and a motorcycle.
The second was a stockbroker.
I woke up one day to find he'd left for parts unknown,
taken everything but the debts.
Which brings us to ralphie,
Who liked young blondes and wife-choking.
I got tired, MacGyver.
Why didn't you just divorce him?
Prenuptial agreement.
I would have been left with nothing, like always.
Ralphie was also a cautious pig.
I got to call the police.
It's always so easy for you to throw me away.
(Dial tone)
Hey,
put it down.
New boyfriend already?
He's just a private detective Ralph hired to watch me.
It wasn't hard to convince him to turn the tables on Ralph.
Actually, I got the idea of a double
when I saw your name on the jerico games list a few months ago.
(Phone ringing)
Wait outside.
Let's go, handsome.
Hello?
Miss Ellen?
Are... are you machine?
No, no. It's me, Nikolai.
I saw killer!
They tried to kill me, too.
Nikolai, calm down. Everything's going to be okay.
I don't know what to do.
You're going to meet me. Do you have any money?
- Yes. - Ellen: Good.
I want you to find a taxi.
You tell him to drop you off in front of jbn studios.
I'll meet you out front. And Nikolai, come alone.
Don't trust anyone.
Jbn, alone.
I got it. Thank you, Mrs. Jerico.
Why you are doing this? I don't understand.
Hey, put it this way, kid,
You're just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Ellen,
I can't believe you planned this.
Oh, I didn't count on it turning out this way.
Yeah, her idea was
you'd only do 10 to life for murder.
(Laughing) How do you figure 'em? I don't even try anymore.
All right. In here.
Come on.
Over there.
Nikolai: Incinerator? What they are doing?
Ellen, don't do this.
It's your fault.
It all started with you, MacGyver.
And this is where it ends.
I'll be in my office.
Ellen. Ellen!
Your grudge is against me. Not Nikolai.
Sometimes innocent people get hurt.
I should know.
(Door closing)
Hey, what can I say?
She's gonna make me a rich man.
Inside.
(Whirring)
(Engine sputtering)
You okay?
Is that American sense of humor?
Sure, I'm not bad, for a guy who's going to be toast.
Oil!
(Clicking)
Get to the back!
(Roaring)
Nikolai, help me with this grate!
Forget it!
We are dead, yes?
Not yet.
Hurry!
MacGyver: Hand me that rod!
MacGyver, hurry!
(Whirring)
We did it, MacGyver, we did it!
No, not quite.
Maybe if we try to kick it open!
No, no, that won't work.
Nikolai.
Give me the drawstring off your sweats.
Come on.
Reese: Dumb, Ellen.
Really dumb, leavin' this stuff layin' around.
MacGyver and Nikolai, are they...
Yeah. They ought to be by now.
I'll check 'em when I get rid of this stuff.
(Laughing)
I'll meet you downstairs.
(Metallic grating)
(Clanking)
(Metallic squeaking)
All right, there's a phone around the corner. Call the police.
9-1-1, it's automatic.
(Door opening)
(Engine starting)
(Grunting)
(Groans)
I can't seem to get you out of my life, can I?
Let me have it, Ellen.
Oh, that's right. You hate guns, don't you?
So do you.
Right, the good old days.
"Students for gun control."
This is the real world, MacGyver.
Ellen,
You need help.
I know some people.
You don't care about me.
You care about yourself.
You care about rights and justice.
You care about gun control and the environment, but not me. No!
Never me!
Ellen, I'm sorry.
I did not mean to hurt you.
You never loved me, did you?
(Screaming) Did you?
Ellen,
I cared about you.
You're a liar!
Ellen,
We were two kids in high school.
Kids!
And you know I cared about you.
Shut up!
Shut up.
(Ellen sobbing)
Why couldn't you just love me?
(Sobbing)
We were the perfect couple. Everybody said so.
Everybody said so.
(Seagulls cawing)
Ah, goodbye, my friend.
So much sadness.
Goodbye, Sergei. It was good to see you.
Will Mrs. Jerico go to jail?
That's kind of a tough call right now, Nikolai.
The judge ordered a psychiatric hearing, but...
We'll see what happens.
Well, we must go. The plane.
Give me five, dude!
Never forget, part of gold medal belongs to you.
Well, thanks, Nikolai, but you earned that.
Yes. That is why I take it with me.
See you.
Ellen: Everybody says we're the perfect couple.
Forever and ever, Ellen.