"Hey!" "What are you doin'?" "He's got one way to go." " You take the bar." " Right." "Come on, sucker." "Come on, let's play." "Duck!" "Dent?" "MacGyver!" "Dent!" "Dent." "Never thought I'd be glad to see you again." "Hey, people change." "Nice seein' you again." "No, wait!" "Hey!" "Dent!" "Come in." "Hey." "What's that?" "Eye drops." "I can see they're eye drops." "What's wrong with your eyes?" "Nothing." "Just, uh, lately they've been itching a lot, that's all." "Hey, nice work last night." "Mmm." "Well, it's a biotoxin all right." "Yeah, it sure is." "And it's gonna be transshipped across Europe to the Middle East, where it will be developed into bigger and better biological weapons." "I mean, that is sick." "How can anyone be greedy enough to sell this stuff?" "Well, when we find out who's behind Bobby Bear Toys, we'll be able to ask 'em." "Well, I've got Research digging into that, even as we speak." "They said they'd have something for us by tomorrow." "Good." "See you then." "Later." "Hey, Dent!" "Where'd you go last night?" "I wanted to thank you." "Oh, I got a little nervous when I heard the sirens." "I'm trying to stay out of trouble." "Yeah?" "How's it goin'?" "I'm clean." "That's good." "'Course, I've only been out of the joint two days, but..." "I wanted to ask a favor." "Go ahead." "I've gotta meet my new parole agent, and I was kinda wondering if..." "You know, maybe if you could come along with me." "You know, maybe vouch that I'm not such a bad guy." "Oh, gee, uh..." "Dent, am I really the right guy for that job?" "I mean, I..." "I don't know you very well, and what I do know is..." "It sure would mean a lot to me." "...not so hot, I mean..." "Yeah, okay." "Hop in." "So, I did a lot of hard thinkin' when I was in the inside." "And I realized I'm not really a bad person or anything." "I just always hung around with the wrong crowd." "Now it's gonna be different." "Now I'm gonna hang around with good people." "You know, people I can look up to." "You know, role-model types." "Like you." "I mean, you helped Cody go straight." "Well, yeah, but that wasn't really planned." "I mean, I just happened to be there." "Yeah!" "Just like with me." "He said he could meet with me tomorrow." "I think it would be a good idea." "Last call for Harding." "Douglas Harding!" "Forget Harding, Ed." "This is his second no-show." "Two strikes, he's out." "Scratch him." "Hmm?" "He's gone PAL." "Whatever happened to three strikes?" "I hope she's not my PA." "What's PAL?" "Parolee At Large." "Dent, Earl." "Earl?" "Okay." "Now we come to our long list of parolees' do's and don'ts, but with your record, I'm sure you know it better than I do." " Maybe if I can explain a little..." " Uh, thanks." "I already know the victim routine." "Beg your pardon, Ms. Montana?" "Oh, how you were born on the wrong side of the tracks." "How you never got an even break." "Well, actually..." "Society owes you, am I right?" "No!" "I don't think that at all." "Don't con me, Earl." "I may look naive, but looks can be deceiving." "Well, maybe you should take your own advice." "What do you think?" "Look, Mr. MacGyver, you gave your little testimonial for Earl." "It was very nice." "Earl asked if you could sit in on the interview." "I said fine." "But if you persist in prolonging this interview," "I'm afraid I'm gonna have to ask you to leave, because as you can see, we are a little understaffed around here." "You know, you haven't listened to one word he's said." "Well, maybe I heard it before." "Well, maybe you haven't." "Okay." "What's on your mind, Earl?" "Well, uh, just that I figured out I'm responsible for...for me." "This time it's gonna be different." "Uh-huh." "Got a job?" "Well, I hit 10 places yesterday, and I'm gonna hit another 10 today." "And what are your skills, besides making license plates?" "Got a place to live?" "I'm lookin'." "So, once you go through your $200 gate money, if you haven't already, that means you're either out on the street or back with the old gang." "Am I right?" "He can stay with me." "I can?" "Yeah." "For a little while." "This is great!" "Now all I need is a job." "You serious about wanting a legit job?" "Yes, ma'am." "All right." "I may have something for you." "You familiar with the, uh, Chicken Habit?" "Yeah, I am." "Uh, I wrecked their plastic chicken." "Well, they just opened up a new location on 26th." "Hey, you can throw a little restitution into the bargain." "Let me see." "Okay." "Just put your John Hancock right here." "I'll tell them to expect you first thing in the morning." "And, Dent, don't be late." "Come on, take it off!" "Handle Bar." "Kluge." "For you." "Yeah?" "Dent showed up like you said." "I found out where he's gonna be workin'." "Thank you, ma'am." "Come see us again." "Now, remember, don't offer the ketchup." "They gotta ask for it." "Check." "So, you got any protein shakes?" "Protein?" "MacGyver!" "Hey!" "How you doin'?" " How do I look?" " You look..." "You look good." "Derrick, he's the assistant manager, says that I'm a natural." "This sandwich has dressing on it." "The kid ordered it dry." "Dad, I already ate most of it." "It's okay." " Shut up and let me handle this." " But..." "Don't talk back to me, boy!" "Let him go." "I..." "I'll get you another sandwich." "He's my kid, I'll do what I want." "I said, let him go." "Okay, okay." "Okay." "Kids don't like to be pushed around any more than you do." "Earl, let go, let go." "Let go." "Now." "Now, now, uh, that was, uh, one chicken sandwich, hold the secret sauce." "Forget it." "Come on." "Have a nice day." "Sorry." "It's just..." "Just for a second, uh," "I was that kid and that son of a..." "He was my old man." "Bad luck." "Won't happen again." "It's okay." " All right, I'll see you tonight." " All righty." "All right, not a bad day." "Not bad at all." "All right." "Good night, Derrick." "9:00 am." "Sharp." "Yes, sir." "Funny how things work out." "What do you say, Dent?" "Kluge?" "Payback time." "I ain't gonna ride with you, Kluge." "I'm goin' straight." "Hinkley's back in business." "Bigger than ever." "What's the matter, you don't want a piece of the pie?" "No." "You and me did seven years hard time because of him." "What's the matter with you?" "I don't wanna do any more time." "What's the matter with you?" "Oh, there's nothin' the matter with me." "I'm here to settle the score with Hinkley." "I'm gonna need your help." "Klugie, come on, we're..." "Don't give me that buddy stuff." "Come on, will you?" "I told you, I'm goin' straight." "Nut." "You're nuts!" "Rote!" "Now what?" "You're about Dent's size." "You got the ski mask?" "Yeah." "We own Dent." "Just so you don't think I'm gettin' cozy or anything," "I start lookin' for an apartment today." "Ah, don't worry about it." "Hey, listen, Earl." "You're gonna make it." "Don't let Montana scare you, okay?" "I'll try not to." "Hey, Dent!" "Are you crazy?" "What are you guys doin'?" "I can't be seen with you guys." "Get out of here!" "Chicken Habit got robbed last night." "The assistant manager got shot up pretty good." "What?" "They say the assailant was a big guy." "Wore a ski mask." "Carried this weapon." "You're framing' me?" "Whatever it takes." "Hinkley pays, or you're back in the slammer." "Now, I got your trike out of impound." "Pick it up at Oscar's." "Call me at this number before 2:00, or else the cops get the gun." "Dent?" "Earl?" "Upstairs." "Hey, where you goin', man?" "I got a problem." "Yeah, no kiddin'." "Did you know that Chicken Habit was robbed last night?" "Yeah." "Derrick's gonna be okay." "I called the hospital." "Earl..." "No!" "I never shot anybody in my life." "Good." "So why'd you miss your appointment with Montana?" "Because I know who committed the robbery." "So why don't you call the police?" "Because the gun that was used has my fingerprints on it." "How?" "Oh, a guy I used to ride with pulled it on me and I took it away." "He was wearin' gloves." "So he's settin' you up, right?" "Not if I ride with him again." "I gotta call him at 2:00." "Ride with him where?" "Who is this guy?" "His name's Jerry Kluge." "We got busted together seven years ago." "A dude named Hinkley ratted on us." "Kluge wants revenge." "So that's between them, right?" "Except that Hinkley's hideout is way out in the boonies, and I'm the only one that knows where." "Look, I'm just gonna ride with Kluge till I get the gun." "No, no, that doesn't make any sense at all." "Why don't you just tell Montana what happened?" "Oh, right, sure." "She's gonna believe me." "MacGyver, you in here?" " Oh, no." " All right, all right, don't panic." "I'll talk to her first, okay?" "You stay here." "Well, howdy, Ms. Montana." "So, you hear from him?" "Yeah, as a matter of fact, I did." "And?" "He's being set up." "Oh!" "Oh!" "He is being set up?" "That is a new one." "Can't you come up with something original?" "It happens to be the truth." "Yeah?" "So why doesn't he tell me himself?" "Because he's afraid you won't believe him." "Well, he's probably right." "You know what?" "You're not too sympathetic, are you?" "I am a parole agent, not a nanny, all right?" "Well, if you'd give him a chance, he might be able to prove he's worth something." "Yeah, right." "I thought you were on the level." "I am." "Come on!" "You were hiding him." "You helped him get away." "I didn't think he'd run." "Look, Ms. Montana," "I want the system to work the way it's supposed to, okay?" "Yeah?" "Well, in Earl Dent's case it's gonna, 'cause I'm sending him right back to prison." "That would be a mistake." "Look, he is a high-control parolee, a 10." "Now he's gone PAL." "End of story." "A 10, huh?" "Yeah." "He's just a number to you, is that it?" "Sometimes that's all it boils down to." "Not with Dent!" "He wants to go straight." "Do you know that?" "Maybe just wanting it isn't enough." "It's a start!" "Oh, it is nothing!" "Believe me, I have been through this" " with hundreds, thousands of these cases." " Again with the numbers." "Don't you think it'd be a good idea if you took your job a little more personally?" "Personally?" "How about junkies for parents?" "Is that personal enough for you?" "And they were always talkin' about wanting to go straight." "You know something?" "Talk's cheap." "I'm sorry about your parents." "But you are wrong about Dent." "I don't think so." "Will you at least give me a chance to get him back?" "You think you can find him?" "If you give me enough time, yes, I do." "Okay." "You got 24 hours." "I'm, uh, sending a complete history on Jerry Kluge." "Criminal record, known associates, everything." "Yeah, it's comin' through now." "Read about known associate Pete Dash." "He's in prison, so if you need an entree, he may be the guy." "All right." "Thanks, Pete." "Oh, by the way," "I did find the address on that phone number you gave me." "Yeah, go ahead." "Hold on." "Uh, it's the Handle Bar, 321 7 Oakdale." "That's a biker hangout, isn't it?" "Yeah, I think so." "Well, what are you gonna do?" "Hang out." "Ah, they'd never buy it." "Gotcha." "Tap or bottle?" "Tomato juice." "I had a rough night, okay?" "The whole thing is fallin' apart, Kluge." "How come he hasn't called?" "It ain't 2:00 yet." "I don't know, Kluge." "Even with Dent, there's only five of us." "We can't even convoy, man." "We got no logistics, no support, no mechanics." "We're..." "Chill out!" "Handle Bar." "Yeah, yeah." "Hang on." "It's Dent." "Yeah, man." "About time you called, Dent." "Get your trike yet?" "Good." "Yeah, I want you to meet us down at..." "Listen very carefully..." "Later, baby." "Let's split." "He gotta be crazy or something." "Yeah, right." "Now, this is just the kind of thing I was talkin' about." "How are we gonna convoy all the way to Hinkley's?" "We can't even get out of the parking lot." "Shut up!" "You into fixing' bikes?" "I should think so." "The name's Mechanic." "Mechanic, huh?" "Well, get over here and fix this, Mechanic." "Yeah, all right!" "It had a little dirt in the fuel line, that's all." "Oh." "There you go." "Hey, you're all right." "Name's Kluge." "Kluge." "I used to ride with a buddy of yours." "Pete Dash?" "Oh, yeah?" "I know Dash." "Scrawny dude, right?" "Scrawny?" "The Dash I know was a big fat slob, 300 pounds." "Yeah, yeah, that's the Dash we know." "That's the guy." "Nice meetin' you." "Hey, Kluge." "Hey, yo, Mechanic." "We could use someone like you." "Yeah, well, I ride solo these days, thanks." "You into money?" "Money's nice." "We're into hijacking 200 pounds of pure crystal meth worth about half a million dollars." "Hey, Dent, say hello to Mechanic." " Howdy." " He's all right." "Fixes anything." "Oh, uh, Mechanic, maybe you can take a look at somethin' on my trike?" "You bet." "You're out of your mind, comin' here." "They'll kill you." "Well, you didn't leave me much choice, now, did you?" "Sure I did." "You could have just forgot about me." "No, there's where you're wrong." "What can I say?" "You're all right." "Well, so are you, Earl." "So are you." "Okay." "You want me to go have it out with Montana?" "Let's do it." "Well, we can't just yet." "Kluge's gonna hijack 200 pounds of crystal meth." "We can't let that stuff hit the streets." "Two hundred?" "Now I get it." "They don't just want Hinkley." "They wanna rip off his meth lab." "And you know where it is." "Yeah!" "All right." "We'll get to Montana, she'll notify the police," " you'll come out smellin' like a rose." " All right." "We're movin' out." "Right now?" "Gonna hit Hinkley's joint." "How far's the ride, Dent?" "About 20 miles." "You two ride point." "We're outta here." "Where's Hinkley?" "Hey!" "Where is Hinkley?" "He and the guys went to town." "Won't be back till morning." "Ah, how convenient." "Then we have the place all to ourselves." "Uh, you know, this guy might be handier to you if you kept him alive." "You wanted Hinkley to know who ripped him off, this guy could give him the message." "That's a good idea." "You think you can give Hinkley that message for me?" "Oh, sure, sure." "Yeah, anything." "Then you get on your bike and ride." "And you tell Hinkley the next time I'm comin' after him." "Out!" "Vamoose!" "On second thought," "I think I'll tell him myself." "Dump the body in the woods." "Get the rest of the bikes in here, in case Hinkley comes back early." "Let's check this joint out." "Well, all right." "Look at this, boys." "Died and gone to heaven." "Man, with this kind of money, we can go to paradise." "Someplace like Reno!" "Look at this." "Hey, Kluge!" "Take a look at what we found." "This was on Mechanic's bike." "What's this, man?" "I haven't the slightest idea." "I've never seen that thing before in my life." "What's this?" " I don't know!" " He's a cop!" " I ain't no cop!" " A cop?" "What'd you get me into here, Kluge?" "There could be more on the way." "It's cool." "If he's a cop, we got ourself a hostage." "Dent, keep a gun on him." "Come here." "Drop it, Dent!" "I mean now!" "You four, come on out of there with your hands up!" "Real easy, boys." "You don't know what you're doin', Montana." "Don't even talk to me, Dent!" "You ought to be ashamed of yourself." "MacGyver went to bat for you." "Oh, you two know each other, huh?" "Good thing I came along, huh?" "Get off of me!" "You weigh a ton!" "Get up!" "Yeah, real good." " I still say we should waste 'em." " Right." "We'll clear this place out, then burn it down with them in it." "It'll look like an accident, and we'll be home free, baby." "And rich." "Yeah, no sense lettin' this stuff go to waste." "Wrap it up." "Load it in the van." "Move." "I wish you guys would have come to me in the first place!" "We tried, okay?" "I need some noise so I can break that beaker." " What kind of noise?" " Uh..." "Talk louder." " What do we talk about?" " Anything." "I just need time to cut these ropes." "Let Montana cut 'em." "She's got the fangs for it." "That is totally uncalled for!" "I was just trying to do my job." "If you hadn't run, we wouldn't be here in the first place." "What was I supposed to do?" "Throw myself at your mercy?" "Like you'd believe what I told you, right?" "Why?" "Why should I ever believe a loser like you?" "I am not a loser." "Yeah?" "Well, you sure could have fooled me." "Hey, keep it down in there!" "If you're so swift, how come you come here without any backup?" "How am I supposed to be able to call in backup when I don't even know where we are?" " Oh, that makes you real smart, don't it?" " Oh!" "Have you ever tried to follow a tracing screen and drive 80 miles an hour?" "There is not a lot of spare moments for sightseeing!" "Well, maybe if you weren't such a dragon lady, you'd have a partner to do those things for you!" "Well, maybe if there weren't so many sociopaths like you running around, we could afford partners!" " Really?" " Okay, you can stop now." "Hey, at least I'm trying." "Not that it matters to you!" "Even though you are my freakin' parole agent." "I mean, if a guy's PA won't give him a break, who will?" "Oh, now I suppose you're gonna try and tell me how to do my job!" " Hey!" " Huh?" "You can stop." "I'm done." " Oh." " Oh." "About time." "Ah, come on." "Allow me." "Good job." "You think we can make a break for it?" "No, they got too many guns." "We gotta even things up a bit." "Yes, sir, yes, sir." "What are you doin'?" "Mixin' stuff." "When this dries, it should explode on impact." "How long to dry?" "Not long, I hope." "Tell him to hurry up." "We're gonna split." "Get down there." "Better hurry." "Hawkins is on his way." "How's it work?" "When he steps on it, it should explode a little." "All right, take cover." "Hey!" "Give me a hand in here." "Go see what he wants." "I'll grab his attention." " You blind-side him." " Okay." "What's up?" "They're loose in here!" "Give it up, Kluge, you're all alone!" "He's gettin' away!" "I loved that trike." "Earl?" "Hey, Montana, MacGyver, how you doin'?" "Good." "We got some news for you." "I heard." "They busted Hinkley." "All right!" "No, no, no." "It's not about that." "It's about, um, work." "Work?" "Work's great." "Couldn't be better!" "I love it!" "You love it?" "Hey, it's me." "Should we even tell him?" "Tell me what?" "I don't know," "I wouldn't want him to feel obligated or anything." "Yeah, yeah, yeah, but, I mean, it's such a great idea you had." "I mean, I really do need a partner, and with a grant from the Phoenix Foundation, it's perfect." "Wait a minute." " A grant?" " Yeah." "Did you say "partner"?" "Yeah." "Montana needs a partner." "Yeah, you know, muscle." "Like a..." "Like a field operative for those high-control clients of mine." "Yeah." "We kind of work well together." "And you know what?" "I got some real innovative ideas I'd like to try out." "Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa." "You are not being hired for your ideas." "You are coming aboard as a grade three provisional employee, and..." "Grade three?" " Yeah." " A grade three?" "What do you mean, "grade three"?" "What am I?" "Some kind of number again?" "You had a number for a reason, Dent." "What do you want from me?" "All I ever wanted was a little understanding, okay?" "Oh, now, wait just a minute here." "No, no, no, you wait just a minute here." "Do you want this job or not?" "Well, I think I might be overqualified for the job." "Overqualified at what, making license plates?" "I can make a lot of numbers on 'em, and they're pretty darn good, too." "Oh, yeah, and I bet the lowest one is your IQ." "I can tell right now, it's gonna be a delight to work with you." "Oh, come..." "Oh, please!" " No, really." " You make me sick."