"There's just something about the Pennsylvania countryside." "It smells clean and innocent." "And after four weeks crammed inside a stuffy space-simulator testing lab, my senses needed to get reacquainted with nature." "It's as close to paradise as you can get." "Fresh air, cool, green trees, warm sunshine and wildlife." "Come on." "Be careful, Christy." " He's dead." " He's breathing, but he's hurt badly." "Are you all right?" "Grandpa will know what to do." "I'll stay with him." "No, they'll know we were together." "You should go home." "But Jacob..." "We will take care of him." "I will see you tomorrow." "Do you remember what happened?" "My Jeep went over a cliff." "I died and went to Thanksgiving?" "You did go over a cliff, but you did not die." "Our clothing is Amish." "Oh, that's a relief." "I owe you, young man." "And that little girl." "I'd like to thank her too." "There was only my son, Jacob." "Must have been the thump on the head." "My name is MacGyver. I think." "Rest, Mr. MacGyver." "I don't believe this." "We haul our equipment out here so we can get an early start, and we find you drilling a well." "Our well went dry." "Without water, we cannot live our lives." "You don't live here anymore." "That's the point." "I have told your employer many times, we have no intention of leaving our land." "Come morning, we're gonna knock this place flat." "Can't you get that through your thick skulls?" "Calm down, Stevens." "I'll go call Wrightman." "Let's go home." "We'll start up the barbecue for dinner, how about that?" "Can we have foot-long hot dogs?" "You're a hot dog." "This is Wrightman." "What?" "Yeah, okay, okay." " l'll be out there in a few minutes." " No barbecue, right?" "Trouble again, out at the Amish farm." " l'll go with you." " No, you won't." "I don't want you anywhere near those people." "I'll see you at home, okay?" "Yeah." "You people are something, you know that?" "You're too good to mix with us." "A war comes along, and you won't fight." "Now you sit here and break the law and act like you can't hear nothing nobody tells you." "Maybe it's because you can't understand the English." "is that it?" "How about it, old man, is that it?" "Stop!" "Who's gonna stop me?" "You, tiny?" "I'll drop you like a ton of bricks." "It's taken two years to get this highway proj\ect off the ground." "Two years." "While the politicians j\erked around and we had to feed our kids on nothing but hot air and promises." "Well, we're through waiting." "What--?" "Don't even think about it." "Now they've got a cripple to fight their battles for them." "Yeah, well, if you'd go after a little boy with an axe, then I'm probably j\ust about your speed." "Put it down, Stevens." "I said, put it down." "I apologise for the violence, Mr. Miller." "These men are frustrated, they haven't seen work in a long time." "God put us here to tend this land." "We are not going to leave, Mr. Wrightman." "I don't know how to make it any clearer." "This is no longer your land." "The government took it through eminent domain." "You were paid, you were paid a fair price." "We returned the money." "Please, try to understand." "This isn't j\ust a new highway we're building. lt's an entire interchange." "It means gas stations, motels, restaurants and employment that our whole town sorely needs." "There is other land." "I told you before." "The only other possible route is swampland." "It would costs three times as much." " You're talking to a brick wall." " Shut up, Stevens." "I respect your beliefs." "I know it's hard, but I have no choice." "If you're still here day after tomorrow, I'll have to call in the state troopers." "You will do as you must and so will we." "Get him out of here, Cross." "Come on." "Let's go." "Mr. MacGyver." "You are a poor patient, Mr. MacGyver." "Why didn't your father go to court to get this highway thing stopped?" "John is my father-in-law, and he is old order." "He will not accept help from the English." "Well, you know, under eminent domain, the government can legally take your land," " but there are ways to fight it." " lt is not our way." "We do not know how to fight." "Not even legally." "Where would you go if you had to leave?" "Oh, there is nowhere." "We belong here." "We were born here." "My husband died here." "God gave us this land, and only he can make us leave." "There." "You're a hothead, Stevens." "I don't need that." "What difference does it make?" "We're gonna tear down the place anyway." "Were you gonna tear down the boy too?" " l wasn't gonna touch the kid." " That's not the way it looked to me." "The only business you had out there was to drop that equipment off for tomorrow." "I didn't send you there to threaten people." " l don't need that kind of trouble." " They're drilling themselves a well." " Doesn't that tell you something?" " l'm telling you something, Stevens." "You pull that stuff again and foreman or not, you're off the crew." "That goes for everybody." "Right." "Don't make any trouble for the farmers." "I'm about to lose my house." "All I'm asking you, all of you, is to wait one more day." "That's all." "Day after tomorrow, j\ust show up." "Ready for work." "Wrightman." "He's been giving them one more day for the last two months." "Burns my hide the way he bleeds for them Amish." " The wife's expecting me." " Come on." "We all need the work, Stevens." "You're j\ust going about it the wrong way." "Squareheads, always causing trouble." "Maybe it's time they found out what real trouble means." " Just cool off, Stevens." " See you." " See you later, guys." " Good night, guys." "Mr. MacGyver?" " Mr. MacGyver?" " What?" " What's the matter?" " Oh, nothing." "It is breakfast time." "It's the middle of the night." "This is a farm." "We start early." "The men have already gone for your Jeep." "They will be back by daylight." "Oh, that's very nice." "Thank you." "I want to thank you for talking to my son, Jacob, last night." "About hitting that man with the baseball." "I tried, but he didn't really listen." "I'm only a woman." "But he listened to you." "Well, it's guy stuff." "He misses his father." "So do I." "Your breakfast is ready." "Come, I'll show you." "Easy, boy." "That's amazing." "There isn't a tow truck that could have gotten it here that fast." " Thunder is very strong." " He's beautiful too." "He used to be my father's." "He is mine now." "Well, what do you feed him, Miracle-Gro?" "That's a j\oke." "Never mind." "Jacob, take your animal." "Come, Thunder." " Good lad." " You can fix it?" "I certainly hope so." "We know little of such things, but we will help." "I appreciate that, Mr...?" "He is hard on the outside, but he has a good heart." "He kind of reminds me of Mr. Simpson." "It's a teacher I had in the third grade." "He kept making me stand in the corner." "And did you deserve this?" "Most of the time." " Can you fix it?" " Well, if it's not too badly busted up." "I'm gonna need some help." "You think if you asked your friend he could give me a hand?" "I cannot speak to William." "Your what?" "It means shunning." "Will is being punished." "No one may speak to him or communicate with him in any way." "Well, he must have done something pretty bad." "He ran away." "He left us with no word and went to Philadelphia, he was there for two months." "He went to movies, rode in automobiles and saw the city." "That sounds kind of normal for a guy his age." "He did come back." "Oh, yeah." "To stay, and to take his punishment." "He will be one of us again." "Someday." "How long does that take?" "A year, perhaps two." "It's an awfully long time to be alone." " lt must be kind of tough on his family." " lt is." "William is my brother." "Jacob, please don't move away." "I won't have anybody." "I'd die if you went away." "There's nothing I can do." "Your father's going to tear down my house." "If he did, and you moved, would you forget me?" "No, you're my best friend." "You swear you'll always be my best friend?" "I swear." "Me too. lf you're ever in trouble, I'll come to you." "And if I'm ever in trouble, you'll come to me." "Okay?" "I swear." "Keep it coming." "A little more." "A little bit." "Good." "All right, let her down." "A little more." "All right, that's it." "Keep a little tension on that chain, would you?" "All right, I'll need a socket wrench, please." "Which one is it?" "It's that long cylindrical one there." "is this it?" "Yep." "That's perfect." "I'll make a grease monkey out of you yet." " Grease monkey?" " Grease monkey. lt's a j\oke." "A very small, bad j\oke." "All right, let's try that." " You have fixed your machine?" " Yeah, we'll know in a second." "Sounds like a clogged fuel line." " At least the starter's good." " How much longer?" "Another day, maybe." "Elizabeth will set a place for you at the table." "All right, Jacob, shoot to me, far hard." "Bring it to me." "Yes, oh." "All right, show me smoke, give me the rope." "I won't be getting that one." "Hey, Will, a little help." "Go ahead, give it a toss." "We thank you, O Lord, for this day and for the food which, in your gracious bounty, you have provided for us so that we might be strong in our service to you." "We beseech you, O Lord, in our time of need, for your guidance and protection." "Help us to follow in your path and do your bidding in the face of hardship and pain." "Keep us strong in our beliefs and pure of heart and soul, even in the face of temptation and evil, and the rage of our enemies." "And give us the strength, O Lord, that we might earn your blessing, by showing them mercy as you have taught us." "Thank you for being our shepherd, and protecting us from those who would mean us harm, and keep us from our labours." "What is it?" "The well." "Oh, my God, Father." " Go ahead and load them all in." " Yeah, all right. I got it." "There you go." "But why can't I come?" "We went through all of this last night." "You get a move on before you're late for school." "Go on." "Okay." " Hey, get a load of this." " Check it out." "What can we do for you, mister?" "The well derrick out at the Miller farm was blown up last night." "What?" "Was anyone hurt?" "You got no proof we had anything to do with it." "Half the town want those Amish out of there." "Yeah, well half the town doesn't have access to dynamite." "You want me checking the registration numbers against your inventory, or should we j\ust let the sheriff's office do it?" "That won't be necessary." " What do you know about this?" " What?" "You're gonna listen to him?" "You and me are the only ones with a key to that shack." "This man is right." "There j\ust aren't that many places where you can get dynamite except here." "Well, what difference does it make?" "We're gonna flatten the place anyway." "You're fired, Stevens." " Cool it." " Come on." "The Millers told me before I left they wouldn't press charges" " even if I proved it was him." " They won't have to." "I can press a few of my own." "Theft of explosives, for starters." "Look, mister, this doesn't change anything." "We'll still be out there in a couple of hours." "So will I." "Stay out of the way." "I don't quite know what to say." "The man that destroyed your derrick is in j\ail." "I'll pay for the damages." "First you pay me for land which I do not wish to sell." "Now you want to pay me for a drilling derrick which you're going to tear down anyway." "I do not understand you, sir, and I do not want your money." "I've done everything I can." "Do what you have to." "What did they say?" "You folks are in violation of state law." "I'm asking you to disperse quietly." "Otherwise, we'll be forced to take steps we'll all regret." "Well, what's it gonna be?" "Now." "1 958, that's when Cloverton was really something." "Big tourist industry, until they moved the highway." "My father ran the paper then." "You know, if that skull did turn out to be Betty Parker, it'd be the biggest news to hit these parts" "since, well, since she disappeared." "Sheriff Howels didn't seem too optimistic." "Well, you got to understand." "Clifford inherited that j\ob from his father, less than a month before Betty disappeared." "It's one case he's never been able to solve." "And don't think he doesn't get his share of ribbing about it, especially around election time." "You find what you're looking for?" "Well, there's lots of stories about Betty Parker's disappearance, but I can't find a single picture." "Oh, that can't be." "Take a look." "Now, who'd want to go and do a thing like that?" "Better question might be, "Why?"" ""The house is alive." "I can feel it. lt watches me." "Follows my every move." "I'm doomed to wander here, alone for all eternity." "Alone with the monster."" "The monster?" "MacGyver, you genius." "There's no such thing as ghosts." "There's no such thing as ghosts." "Oh, he'd better be right." "Stop it!" "Please be over." "Please be over." "Don't do that." "MacGyver, you nearly scared me to death." "Well, we nearly went together." "What on earth are you doing in there?" "I found some more bones in here." "It's definitely a woman." "Well." "Well, that's wonderful news." "I mean, between you and those horrible noises..." "What noises?" "In the house." "Don't tell me that you didn't hear them." "Oh, it's probably the plumbing." "The plumbing does not bang on walls and drag things around and moan." "And the music box." "Please tell me that you fixed it." "MacGyver." "Oh, that does it." "I j\ust want to pack up my things right now, and I want to go home." "Penny, whatever's going on around here has got nothing to do with ghosts or goblins or the supernatural." "There is a purely logical explanation for everything." "Really?" "Well, that would sound a lot more reassuring if you weren't holding a human skull." "is this okay?" "Yeah, that's perfect." "Very perfect." "You didn't find a picture of your Aunt Betty, did you?" "No." "Nothing." "You know, even her portrait was cut out." "Like someone wanted to get rid of all trace of her." "Well, then, I guess I'm gonna have to work blind." "How can you find out what a person looks like j\ust from a skull?" "Well, these erasers will help j\udge the thickness of the skin." "Then I build up from there." "It's kind of like three-dimensional connect-the-dots." "Well, sounds like it's gonna be a long night." "I'm gonna go make some coffee." ""They're all trying to kill me." "I can't trust anybody." "He wants me to see Dr. Simms." "He says it's for my own good, but I know it's a lie." "Dr. Simms is a butcher." "He can't make me go to him." "I won't let him. I won't--"" "Boy, it gets hard to read." "You know, from the looks of it, she could hardly hold the pen." "You're beat." "Why don't you get some sleep?" "I'll let you know when this is done." "Oh, maybe you're right." "I j\ust hope all this doesn't give me nightmares." "Good night." "Betty." " What was that for?" " You know." "The flowers." "I mean, you did put them in my room, didn't you?" "Penny, I think you're right." "There is something weird going on around here." "What do you mean?" " MacGyver, it's me." " Not quite." "Penny, say hello to your Aunt Betty." "Now, you might think it's funny." "But I don't appreciate Halloween pranks." "Trust me, sheriff." "This is not a prank." "The last thing I need is a couple of amateurs getting in the way of police work." "MacGyver's not an amateur." "Well, actually, I am." "Do you two know the penalty for tampering with state evidence?" "Oh, ulcers be hanged." "It's too early in the day to deal with this nonsense without a coffee." " Do you want another one?" " Sure." " Want some sugar?" " Yes, please." "You know, we're really sorry." "We didn't mean to cause any trouble." "Yeah, I'm sure you didn't, ma'am." "Sheriff, maybe what we did was wrong, but this skull should be enough to get the state forensic lab interested." "Interested enough to laugh in my face." "I don't think they'd laugh if they saw the diary." "Diary?" "Oh, we found Betty Parker's j\ournal." "As far as we can tell, it ended about the time she disappeared." "She was always writing about how everybody was trying to kill her." "Really paranoid." " You know, this is bitter." " Poor Betty." "Her mind j\ust went." "Just kept getting worse and worse." "She wouldn't let anybody help her." "Not even me." "Well, did she ever see a psychiatrist?" "No." "She didn't trust shrinks." "Well, there was a Dr. Simms mentioned in her diary." "I don't recall the name." "I'd like to see this diary." "Where is it, Penny?" "Penny?" "Penny?" "The diary." "Where is it?" "The diary?" "The diary." "I think it's upstairs. I'll go get it." "Strange girl." "Very strange." "What have we got here?" " ls this what she's looking for?" " Oh, yeah." "That's it." "She's a Parker, all right." "Strung tighter than a fiddle string, all of them." "I don't know." "Maybe it is this house." "Or maybe it's in the Parker blood." "Home. I've come home." "Betty." "No, get away from me." "Penny?" "Penny?" "Penny?" ""E.P. and C.H."" "There's no such thing as ghosts." "There's no such thing as ghosts." "Penny?" "No, please don't hurt me!" "Please don't hurt me!" " Penny, what's the matter--?" " Stay away from me!" "It's me. lt's MacGyver." "It's all right." "Oh, MacGyver." "Oh, it is you." "I saw it." "Wait." "What are you talking about?" "The monster." " What are you talking about?" " No." "No." "MacGyver." "Don't!" " Here." " No!" "MacGyver, don't hurt him." "What?" "It's okay. I'll look after him now." "Give me the ice bag." "Thanks." "Virgil didn't mean to hit you so hard." " Virgil?" " He doesn't know his own strength." "You know, he carried me all the way down here after I fainted." " He's very protective." " Yeah." "This, I know this." "Oh, I feel like there's a cannon going off in my head too." "You know, I don't know what's wrong with me." "I was so out of it before." "Virgil thought I might hurt myself." "Thought I might fall out a window or something." "Yeah, well he was right." "The sugar you put in your coffee?" "It was laced with some kind of organic compound, probably a hallucinogen like mescaline, maybe." " Well, who would want to drug me?" " That's what I'd like to know." "So this is where Betty's father made his bootlegging fortune, huh?" "It's all right, Virgil." "He won't hurt it." "So you worked on this, huh?" "It's my j\ob." "I make the j\uice." "Betty liked the j\uice." "When he saw me in town, he thought Aunt Betty had come home after all these years." "You saw all those pictures." "I think Virgil had a crush on Betty." "So he came down here to get the still running again." "That explains all your mysterious noises." "If she was drinking this stuff, no wonder she went mad." "Well, it sure didn't help." "I don't think it was the alcohol." "It was lead poisoning." "See all the patches on these condensing tubes?" " They're made out of lead." " What does that mean?" "Well, it means that every drop of the moonshine was contaminated." "There was so much lead phosphide on her skeleton that it sparked when I scraped it with my knife." "So she was poisoning herself without even knowing it?" "And lead poisoning affects the brain, which explains her paranoid behaviour." " Then that's how she died." " No, I don't think so." "From the fractures I saw on her skeleton, I'd say she died in a fall." "I think Virgil knows more about that than anyone."