A man once said he went to a fight
and a hockey game broke out.
Lots of people think fighting's a part of the sport.
Well, it shouldn't be.
Played the right way, it requires skill,
coordination, stamina and finesse.
Of course, a little muscle doesn't hurt.
Keep your head up!
I don't think this will take very long.
Why don't you just drive around the block a few times?
It is all there.
Three-quarters of a million.
- I said it was all there. - So, what?
Mr. Simmons, we have done business in the past.
We have always treated you fairly, ja?
When I was a kid, I was known as a rink rat.
The first one on the ice and the last one off it.
So as a bonus for my last assignment,
I asked Pete Thornton to arrange a scrimmage with the Squires.
I was kind of nervous lacing up my skates,
but once I was out there, it was just like old times.
Got to keep your head up, eh!
Yeah!
NAVCOM 24 is not just any piece of hardware, gentlemen.
We're talking about the most sophisticated navigation system
ever developed.
When will it be ready for shipment?
It's waiting for you now at the Pier Three drop.
The crates are labeled "Sauerkraut."
Until next time, comrades.
I'd love to see their faces when they realize
they just paid three-quarters of a million
for two crates of sauerkraut.
Here, you buy the tickets -- one way to Rio.
We leave in three days.
Put 12 guys carrying sticks in an enclosed area,
and sooner or later men will be boys.
Seven, two minutes! Elbow! Let's go!
What're you talking about?!
Two on one -- you call that fair?
You got another two for opening your mouth. Let's go!
- Come on! Open your eyes! - Get in there.
That's bush!
I rented a room down on Sixth.
Drop me off now, pick me up tomorrow.
We'll make the rounds, wrap up the business. Let's go.
The penalty box is hockey's version of solitary confinement.
Except you serve your time in front of a rink full of people.
Hey, Mac.
You want some oxygen?
How long you been there?
Oh, not long.
Well, I did get to see you, uh, inspect the ice
from pretty close range.
Hey, wait a minute.
You promised.
No assignments for a week at least, right?
Mac, I came down here to watch you play.
Higher, Grandpa.
No, honey, you'll fall.
Higher.
Well, just a little.
Up, up we go.
That's right. You hold on.
Let's go.
Mr. Banning, look out!
Jimmy.
Oh. Oh, Jimmy.
With protection like this, I'm lucky to be alive, huh?
Say...
for a guy who's been in the joint, you look good.
I looked better before I went in.
Ten years is a long time, Mr. Banning.
"Mr. Banning." I'm Papa Chuck.
I got a job for you.
Yeah, I know, Mac. You want some time off.
Fix up your place, play a little hockey.
I know. Right now you're not interested that, uh,
some of the country's most precious and top-secret technology
is being handed over to the East Germans.
The federal government figures a full-scale investigation
would tip off the East Germans so, uh,
we're handling it.
The foundation is handling it.
We had a suspect
under surveillance at Vectrocon Systems, but, uh,
just when we were about to take him, he disappeared.
- You mean Simmons? - What?
How'd you know that?
We needed somebody who could get his hands on the goods.
Simmons was ripe, so we plucked him.
So now he decided to pluck you.
Right.
So if we can find this Simmons and, uh,
get the names of his East German contacts,
we can shut down this technology pipeline they've got going.
Jimmy, if I let Simmons get away with this little game,
how could I hold my head up in the family, huh?
Take the contract on him.
It's been ten years.
It's like riding a bike -- you never forget.
Hey, Pete,
I thought you gave up your cloak and dagger
when you joined the Phoenix Foundation.
Yeah, you and me both.
I'm retired now. I'm through with it.
Grandpa, look, ice cream.
It's almost suppertime, honey!
I'm not the same guy I was.
I don't have the heart for it.
My knees are shot.
My left eye clouds up on me.
Hey, you're The Eraser.
Bad knees and one eye,
you're still the best hitter since DiMaggio.
Pete, you're fishing for something.
Just one more job, Jimmy.
For all we've been through.
Otherwise, my head's on the block.
Grandpa.
Now, now don't tell Grandma.
Is that a face? Is that a face?
Jimmy, I want to keep this on a personal basis.
I don't want to call in any of your markers.
What do you say?
Thank you.
Mac, I'm really in a jam.
You wouldn't take this job, would you?
All you had to do was ask, Pete.
You got a file on Simmons?
Yeah,
I already put it in your locker,
along with the latest surveillance photos.
Oh, by the way, he's heavily invested in a bar downtown.
Great.
- Going back in? - Yeah.
Show 'em how to skate now.
Go on, Mac. Do it!
Game of finesse.
I don't know what's wrong with this thing.
It's never done this before.
Sure I can't get you some wine?
Let me see it.
I think what we have here is a gas pressure problem.
Got any olives?
Olives?
Yeah, the little green ones with the, uh, pimiento.
Thanks.
I love these things.
Love 'em.
We just bleed off some of the carbon dioxide
and that'll dislodge the valve,
which is obviously stuck.
Then...
...we'll have ginger ale.
It's working.
You sure you just want ginger ale?
I could put something in that.
No, the bubbles are just fine, thanks.
- Make it? - Yeah.
Thanks, pal.
Take my advice: stay young.
I'll try.
Shot of rye, honey.
Believe it or not, I used to have a great set of wheels.
Home to first base, three and a half seconds.
But this arthritis...
Thank you.
Luck.
Skoal.
Listen, can I ask you something?
I'm looking for a Michael Simmons.
Is he around?
I haven't seen him in a few days,
but you might want to try him at the car lot
on the next block over.
He owns a piece of that, too.
All right, thanks a lot.
Hey, nice, real nice.
You know, I'd buy this tomorrow if it was red.
Okay, I couldn't help overhearing you back at the bar.
I'm looking for Michael Simmons, too. He's my son.
I mean, this is the both of us.
Atlantic City, '64,
before the casinos.
And you haven't seen him, huh?
Well, we ain't exactly been tight over the years.
I came into town three days ago.
He was supposed to meet me. He never shows.
I ask around -- everybody's a clam.
Then I run into you.
I mean on the Q.T., is he in trouble?
Are you a cop?
No.
Uh, well, look, then, Mister, uh...
MacGyver.
Nice to meet you.
Supposin' that me and you put our heads together.
I don't think so, Mr. Simmons.
Jimmy. Just call me Jimmy.
Jimmy. These things can be a little dangerous.
I'd hate to see you get hurt.
Then he is in trouble.
Look, pal, you probably know what it's like
having your old man hanging around -- my Mikey don't.
A prince among men I ain't,
but if my boy's in trouble...
Well, I just want to help.
I want to be a father to him.
I never done that before.
All right, where are you staying?
Ah, some fleabag hotel.
The Armstrong.
The roaches are friendly.
Yeah.
All right, if I find him, I'll give you a call.
Thank you.
I guess there are a lot of reasons
why a man would sell his country's secrets,
but the most common is also the hardest to understand --
simple greed.
Of course, Simmons had his fingers in so many pies,
the word "simple" didn't really fit.
Some people give at the office.
Simmons took from it.
Vectrocon Systems was his base of operations.
I figured it might provide me
with an idea or two of where to find him.
I've never minded checking out bars or car lots.
That's because they're usually not ten floors up.
Pete didn't want to alert the people at Vectrocon Systems
in case Simmons wasn't the company's only bad apple.
Which is why I found myself hanging around an elevator shaft
in total violation of every instinct I own.
You can tell a lot about someone
by the things he keeps on his desk...
provided you can get to his desk.
Electrical locks are designed to open
when a person inside hits a button.
Nice thing about these kinds of locks
is that if you give 'em a power surge,
they don't know which side of the door you're on.
Simmons didn't waste any time
moving everything out of his apartment.
I was hoping he hadn't been as thorough here.
"Linda. 401 West Beech."
See you soon, Linda.
It's a funny thing about elevator shafts --
they're just as dark and just as scary
when you're riding down as when you're riding up.
Bottom line, though,
I got what I came for and... I was still alive.
My mom used to tell me, "When you visit someplace,
make sure you leave it the same way you found it."
I replaced Simmons' door lock,
and with the vent cover back in place,
no one would ever know I'd been there.
Nice going, buddy, but I...
It's a good thing I've been tailing you.
Yeah.
Why?
Well, these things can get dangerous,
and I wouldn't want to see you get hurt.
Yeah.
Hey, nice neck of the woods.
Lived here long?
Oh, about six months.
Little fixer-upper.
I keep the hardware store in business.
This is it.
Smell that sea air.
Yeah, the ocean's just a couple of miles that way.
Come on.
I lived by the beach when I was a kid in Jersey City.
Well, it really wasn't a beach, it was a drainage ditch,
but my mother said it was a beach, and I believed.
Come on in.
I love what you've done with the place.
Right.
Hockey.
Beautiful game.
I don't like the jerks who just go there for the fighting, though.
Did you ever play?
Nah, I skated on my ankles.
Baseball was my game.
'47 Braves.
That's when they were in Boston.
Get out of here. You were in the majors?
For two whole weeks.
They called me up in case the other guy got hurt.
The bum stayed healthy. I never got into the game.
They had me driving the team bus.
But for two weeks, I was a major leaguer.
No kidding.
The wind got it.
You know, when I was your age,
I used to have the itch to keep moving all the time,
always looking for that next piece of excitement.
Know what I mean?
Then one day I wake up, I'm not young anymore.
Racked up a lot of miles, but no people.
Very easy trap to fall into.
Now I don't want no more excitement.
I just want to go where the weather's nice,
watch kids play ball...
But first I got to get things, uh, straight with Mikey.
I might be on to something.
He's got a girlfriend.
What did I tell you?
You do the looking, I'll do the following,
and everything's going to be just lovely.
Yeah.
Hey, I want to thank you for putting me up.
I mean, it beats that hotel by a furlong.
- How about some dinner? - In or out?
Take your chances. What're you kidding?
All right, just in case, I cook.
I want you to know.
MacGyver at center of ice.
Shoots... Shoots it wide.
- In the corner. - Come on!
And breaking down through the blue line.
Come on, it's like a power... What? No!
Corner... Rebound, shoots, scores!
Oh, no!
Oh, finesse!
He shoots, scores and wins.
I mean, I haven't done dishes since I was a kid.
Well, you just earned the right to do them tonight.
Congratulations.
It's a great game, isn't it?
You dreamed of making it to the pros, didn't you?
Yup.
Well, like I used to tell Mikey,
dreams are important,
otherwise, sleep is just eight hours of nothing.
So, what got you into your current line of work?
I don't know what it is, but there must be an easier way
of making a living.
Yeah.
Simmons' girlfriend, Linda, and I had a date for lunch.
She didn't know about it, so I started without her.
I like alfalfa sprouts for two reasons --
lots of minerals and... they don't stain your clothes.
Look at this!
My eyes are my best feature! Especially this one!
You should have gotten your face outta the way.
I had to make it look good for MacGyver.
You betting, Jake?
Nah, garbage.
What is it with that guy?
I still say you ought to take care of him after he leads you to Simmons.
It ain't part of the contract.
Yeah, but if MacGyver gets in the way...
I'll worry about it then.
And let me suggest this -- keep your mouth shut
before your brains spill out all over the floor.
What do you got?
Two pair.
Three kings.
No good. Full boat.
Thank you, gentlemen.
If Simmons picked this neighborhood
because of its low profile, he made a great choice.
Everything you always wanted in a slum
and less.
Whenever I see a car phone, I can't help wondering
whether the person who owns it is important
or wants everyone else to think he's important.
Simmons obviously fell into the latter category.
With the proper connections, it's possible
that a cellular phone can reach out
and touch the security system of the car's onboard computer.
I was hopin' to take control
of Linda's very expensive new toy
by simply getting the phone to talk to the computer,
knowing that computers always do as they're told...
except at my bank, of course.
You're just gonna sit around and wait
for MacGyver to handle the legwork, huh?
It's my plan at the moment.
If Papa Chuck knew you were gonna handle it that way, he would have...
Mr. Banning to you.
He hired you to do a job, do it your way.
Hello?
Jimmy, it's MacGyver.
It's Father's Day.
No kiddin'.
Yeah, I know exactly where it is.
Hey, do me a favor, huh?
Uh, don't tell him that I'm comin'.
I want it to be a surprise.
You got it.
MacGyver's got Simmons. Give me the keys.
Papa Chuck wants me to drive.
I never had a driver in my life.
Hey, you been in the joint ten years.
He knows you don't have a driving license,
so, uh, I volunteered.
Well, let's go, nosebleed.
Hello?
Yeah, I want a 12-inch pizza.
Run it through the garden, hold the 'chovies.
We're locked in here!
What's goin' on?
Look, start the car and let's get out of here.
It won't start.
Do something.
Howdy.
Hey, the doors are locked.
You folks got a problem?
Yes, we've got a problem.
The doors are locked. We can't get 'em open.
Can't hear ya.
Windows closed.
We're locked in here.
Pick up the phone.
What?
The phone. Pick it up.
Yeah, that'll do it.
Come on out.
What the hell's goin' on here? What...?
Excuse me. Let's just say somebody from the government
want to talk over a few things with you, okay? Hang on here.
Linda, sweetheart, the car'll go now.
I suggest you go with it.
Linda!
That's loyalty.
You ought to know.
I'm... Hold it!
That would be a big mistake.
- Take it easy, okay? - All right.
Come on.
Come on!
I'm coming, I'm coming.
We'll just wait in my car. What do you say?
Uh, for what?
What are you government, FBI, what?
I promised somebody they could talk to you before I took you in.
Evidently, they think you're worth the effort.
Who?
Your father.
My father's dead. What are you talking about?
In case you need backup.
I'm warning you, Ralph. Stay put.
Look, I don't care what somebody told you.
My father's been dead for six years.
Yeah?
Well, if Jimmy's not your father,
who's he?
- Let's go, come on. - They're setting me up. It's a hit!
What in the hell is going on here?
Who are you?
I'm the guy who's going to try and get you out of here alive.
Maybe.
What are you doing?
Yes.
What are you doing?
Improvising.
What kind of gas is that?
It's the only kind we've got.
Yeah, but it could-could... it could explode.
Yeah? Would you rather take your chances
with Prince Charming out there?
Look, if this works,
it'll keep us from gettin' caught.
If it doesn't, it'll keep us from gettin' old.
Hand me that other rag, will you?
You got a light?
I got a light, yeah.
Boy, I hope this works.
- Help me with this. - Right.
Get out of the way, MacGyver.
Now.
You know, I've been wrong about a lot of people,
but I have never been this wrong.
It's a contract. It has nothin' to do with you.
- So step aside. - Can't do it.
Guy's scum. His life ain't worth savin'.
That may be so, but I can't make that decision about people, Jimmy.
If that's really your name.
That's right, Jimmy Kendall.
Now I'm telling you for the last time...
Wait a minute, wait a minute.
Uh... Uh, well, who was that, uh,
in that picture then that you had in your wallet?
That was me and my nephew, Frankie.
My sister's kid.
Oh.
You know, I bought your whole story.
- The Boston Braves. - True.
- Bad knees. - Critical.
Being a friend.
What did you say?
"I don't want any more excitement.
"I just want to go where the weather's good
and watch kids play ball."
Isn't that what you said?
That was what I wanted.
Well, then do it.
Just walk away.
Look,
I got three-quarters of a million here.
Ain't about money, pal.
Jimmy, he's got some information we need.
Once we've got it,
we'll take care of him.
With a jury.
It's a contract, and I got no choice.
Me, neither.
I'm not moving, Jimmy.
Ah.
The bum's yours.
Hey! Hey!
Wait a minute! Hold it!
What, are you, ungrateful?
You know, for a smart guy, you're not too bright, are ya?
Come on.
Jimmy, I wasn't so sure you were...
Jimmy didn't ice him, Mr. Banning. That's what I'm saying.
Simmons is going to sing to the feds.
Sing? He's going to do Pagliacci?
I gave Jimmy his start in the business.
You sure about this?
On my mother's eyes.
The things I got to do.
If you need some heavyweight work, it'd be an honor.
All right, Ralphie.
I like a man with initiative.
Kill Simmons.
But, first, find Jimmy,
and put him to sleep.
Consider it done, Mr. Banning.
Papa Chuck.
It's open.
Mac?
Office hours are over, Pete.
Loosen your tie and grab a yogurt.
Oh.
Well, you know, I was, uh, kind of hoping for a drink.
I'll pass.
Oh. Well, we did it.
The federal agents just picked up
the East Germans getting on a plane.
Boy, that's one time I would love to have been there.
Like to have seen the look on their faces.
You know, I'm hooked into the mainframe at the Phoenix Foundation.
Simmons' file has been tampered with.
That's why it shows his father's still alive.
Mm! This is great.
Did you make this?
You're supposed to heat it.
Mmm.
I like it cold.
I didn't think you'd go in for whipped bean curd.
Been trying to get Jimmy's file to come up.
Oh, here we go.
Spent the last ten years in prison.
He's been linked with Papa Chuck Banning.
That contract Jimmy was talking about?
Banning must have wanted Simmons killed.
Yeah, but Jimmy didn't do it.
So now there's a contract out on him.
Pete, I got to find him.
Oh, come on, Mac, don't get yourself involved.
I'm already involved.
Listen, Jimmy could be anywhere.
Yeah.
Put that back in the fridge, will you?
Where do you start to look for a man who could be anywhere?
A man with no roots, no reason for him to stay,
and one big reason for him to leave?
I started asking myself,
"Where would I go if I were Jimmy?"
If you've seen one ball field, you've seen 'em all.
I know.
I must've seen ten of 'em before I found Jimmy.
What worried me was if I knew him well enough
to find him at a ball field, so did Banning.
Kid's got a hitch in his swing.
Fastball will get by him.
Reminds me of me.
Well, there's no use hiding. I got to face the music.
You could try to get away, you know.
There is no getting away, not from these people.
There was this guy once, Morrie Gluck, a numbers runner.
They caught him with his hands in the till.
Friend of mine got the contract.
Morrie calls him, asks for 24 hours
to get his affairs in order.
They set a time, met the next day,
and that was that.
Morrie -- well, he knew the jig was up,
but at least he went out with a little class.
What, you're wondering how it felt for me to pull the trigger?
I spent the last ten years thinking about that, seeing faces.
Maybe that's why I couldn't do it no more.
Well, I'm not going to let you sit here and just wait.
I appreciate your concern, but it's not your worry.
Well, I'm funny that way, Jimmy.
You know, I'm glad that I met you that day in the bar,
but the truth is I'm tired, and I'm too old to run.
You know, there are a lot of kids who'd like
to make it to the major leagues.
You could help 'em.
You do have two weeks' experience.
What, driving the team bus?
Yeah.
You know... maybe.
Pipe dreams.
Come on.
Let's go.
Jimmy, wait.
They'll see that.
MacGyver, why don't you get out of here before they find us?
No. Come on.
- They're still out there, huh? - Yeah.
Ralph and his .357.
Dum-dums that'll open you up like a cantaloupe.
I tell you, even if we get out of this,
they're going to keep coming -- they're not going to stop.
They're going to keep comin' till they put me right in the grave.
Help me with this mirror.
It won't work.
I don't know what you're doing, but it won't work.
Jimmy, you said they wouldn't stop until they got you.
Well, let's make them think they did.
All right, Jimmy, don't move from in front of that mirror
until they see you and they start shooting.
Then what?
Hit the deck.
Ralph, look.
Uh...
Come on.
This way.
Sleep tight, Jimmy.
He's dead, Ralph. Let's go.
That Ralph is so dumb, he'd study for a blood test.
Yeah.
Although I got to admit, I looked pretty dead to me, too.
Yeah.
I owe you, MacGyver.
How can you owe a friend?
My boys tell me you did a good job putting Jimmy down.
Yes, sir.
Jimmy the Eraser got rubbed out.
If I'd wanted a comedian, I'd have hired one.
I want a nice arrangement sent to the funeral.
A couple dozen roses, some lilies.
Take care of it.
Yes, sir.
Nice touch, Mac, calling the reporters.
Yeah, I think Jimmy would've loved this.
Oh, by the way, Pete,
about that bonus I asked you for.
It's all taken care of.
New name, new personal history.
Tell me, why'd you want to relocate him in Florida?
Well, I found him a job.
Something I think he'll like.
Hey, Louie, I need some oil for my glove.
You don't need oil. You need glue.
That's two errors on one play yesterday.
I lost it in the sun.
It was a ground ball.
When I was in the bigs, we didn't use oil.
Spit, we used.
You played?
That's right. '47 Braves.
And I could honestly say for a two-week stretch,
the team couldn't go anywhere without me.
Yep,
I think he'll like it a lot.