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We knew Frank Harmon was going to make a buy, but we didn't know where.

I tailed him from San Francisco to Los Angeles, keeping in close contact with

local and federal narcotic authorities.

The contact was made. I waited for the exchange.

Harmon saw he was caught, so he surrendered.

The seller went into the water.

You lousy creep, what are you trying to do, play hero or something, huh?

You want a medal? You want a medal? The only medal you're going to get is a kick

on your coffin, Brown!

Sergeant Brown, I hope you'll accept my apologies and my assurances that my

client was in no way responsible for that little outburst.

Phil.

I was going to wait for you, darling.

Now I won't have to. Hello, I'm Pauline McIver.

Are you all right?

Fine.

Where is it?

Rick. This is crazy.

Sure it is, man.

The whole world's crazy.

Why not us?

It's not funny, Rick.

It's heavy trouble.

All right, Father, take the fire stairs, check everyone coming on this floor.

Smith, go down there, dry on the end of the corridor, and you stay here.

You have a doctor here working on some sort of grant, developing a new

for treating spinal cord trauma.

This man's a surgeon, William Ritter. What are you going to tell us, Sergeant,

please?

I can't.

You try to move him.

Yeah, I'm trying.

David, we're facing an incomplete lesion, progressive.

We can't wait.

Paralysis is moving up the spine.

That means microsurgery, sheathing, pulse polypeptide infusion, high oxygen

chamber.

Everything I've been working on, my whole technique, your technique, doctor,

still in your lab.

A list of Frank Harmon's contacts.

Bundy was planning a takeover while his boss was inside.

That doesn't mean he didn't shoot Ed. I think it does. He was in Vegas a dozen

witnesses.

That would mean that the threats in court was just a phony show of loyalty

I was planning the double cross.

Somewhere out there is a man we don't know who wants to kill Ed Brown for a

reason we don't know.

Now hold it up there.

Let me check your order again.

I know that this knife means that Ed Brown is a threat to someone.

We've got to find out who that someone is.

He's going to try again.

Will you try it again, operator, please? I'm not getting an answer. It's my home

phone, and my daughter should be there.

I thought you wanted to talk.

Well, uh...

How'd you hurt your back? A landmine in Vietnam.

They said I was lucky to be alive, but I'm not so sure.

The guy who operated on me wasn't very good.

That's funny.

What, my war wound?

No.

I didn't mean that. I only meant... Well, it's sort of a coincidence, I

but... I'm lost.

I might sound awfully weird.

No. It's just that you have this back problem, and my father's a surgeon

specializing in back problems.

No kidding.

You think maybe he could help me?

My back keeps going out on me all the time. Hurts like the devil. How about

Does your leg give you much pain?

I didn't know about my leg.

I've seen you in here before.

Oh.

Well, it's better than sitting home alone with a TV set.

There must be some guy around somewhere.

Mm -mm.

Just a father, a TV set, and a leg parade.

Oh.

And I send a chance, don't I?

My name's Ricky Well.

I'm a flight major at UCLA.

What am I, your assignment?

No.

You're someone I thought I could talk to.

Is that so bad?

No.

Ricky.

Ricky, I'm Jan.

Hi, Jan.

Hi.

What time is it?

Going somewhere?

Home.

It's only one o 'clock.

Good.

Good evening, Doctor.

What are you doing in pajamas?

I'm about to go to bed.

Here? I thought it would be a good idea to move in tonight in case the man who

shot Ed decides to try again. I'm just down the hall.

Doctor, I made the arrangements.

I had my request.

On occasion, we have permitted it. It's reassuring to a child facing surgery to

have a parent or close relative nearby.

Sergeant Brown is not a child, and I am not a relative, close or otherwise.

Would you settle for a father figure?

David, I know that letting Ritter operate in the morning was

an important decision for you. I want to thank you very much.

Get a good night's rest, Bob.

Thank you. Where do you taste it?

In the morning, even hospital coffee is better than none at all.

David, I've been thinking.

Thinking about those men who tried to get to Ed.

They knew just where to go, what to say to the police guard.

And one of them knew how to get out of the hospital without being caught.

You think they had inside help?

It's possible.

I'd like to look through the personnel files.

If you think it'll be useful.

But we only show past employment, not previous criminal or prison records.

Lou! Lou, wait up!

Morning, love.

See where you're scheduled to work with Dr. Ritter this morning. So?

Well, he's using microsurgery and using his oxygen chamber.

So? Lou, it is fantastic what this man can do. I've watched it with animals.

I'd give my right arm up to here to be in that operating room.

I got a right arm. What else you offered?

Twenty bucks.

I should stick my neck out for a lousy twenty bucks.

Oh, Lou, come on. Let me stand in for you.

I got to keep up on these kind of things.

How else am I going to get ahead in this business?

You're asking me.

25?

30?

All right. I probably won't be able to eat for a month, but I'll double it. 40

bucks.

Deal.

Oh, Lou, Lou, Lou.

You are cold.

K -O -L.

All I have to know is get a glass of orange juice that doesn't taste like

medication. Down the corner. Oh, swell. Jenna's in the home.

She hasn't been home all night.

Maybe she stayed with her girlfriend.

It's not likely.

Has she ever done it before?

Yeah, but not too often.

But it is a possibility.

Yeah?

Well, is it all right to wish somebody luck before an operation?

As long as you don't whistle in the operating room.

I'm not superstitious, Fran.

I know.

Ed.

I want everything to work out for you.

It has to.

One thing about...

working for the chief.

I'm prepared to accept the situation if the operation's a flop.

Don't even say that.

Ed, don't even think that. The operation will succeed.

Sure.

It will!

Hey, maybe I won't even have to use a wheelchair.

Maybe I'll be able to get around on crutches.

You have a lousy attitude.

Do you know that?

Hey, hey, hey, hey!

I wasn't going to do this. I swore I wasn't going to do this. It's my fault.

sorry.

You're trying to cheer me up and be positive.

I guess I just don't feel like the little engine that could.

The little what?

Children's story. He could because he thought he could.

This isn't up to me.

Wheel me into that room and...

Zap me real good, and when I wake up, it'll be done.

Okay.

I hate to break this up, but it is time to clear the room.

You have some nice friends, Sergeant.

Yep.

What happens now?

We're going to give you a shot to slow you down a little bit.

And then when I wake up, it'll be all over.

You going to be there?

Oh, I'm the most important part.

I'm going to administer the polypeptides.

The what?

Well, just think of it as nerve juice.

Stay loose, Sergeant.

You're going to be all right.

Nothing. What about you?

I suppose it would help if we knew what we were looking for.

What was the name of that male nurse who had his uniforms lifted?

Good. Good.

Goodson.

Maurice Goodson.

Well, what should you like next, the H's or the I's?

This is my office, isn't it? Oh, come in, David. Sit down, sit down. Make

yourself at home. Uh, careful.

Don't sit on the endocrinologist.

Bob, do you always take over this way?

What way?

Am I disturbing you?

Surprised and delighted.

I'm a little surprised myself.

A girlfriend is here having a gallbladder thing and I thought... You

you'd kill two birds with one gallstone.

Why does everyone assume that hospital patients are mad about flowers?

They're very pretty.

Yes, aren't they?

My husband defends all sorts of people, Sergeant Brown. All sorts.

Mrs. MacGyver, I don't blame your husband for anything Frank Harmon might

done. Then you're more charitable than I am.

I keep thinking in terms of justice.

Where was the justice in what happened to you?

I'm so sorry. I really am.

Would you put these in water, please?

Thank you.

We didn't miss him, did we?

No. But they gave him something to put him under. We better make it fast.

You asleep?

Not now.

I can't keep my eyes open.

I keep thinking about the shooting.

I feel like there's something I should remember.

All right, what is it?

Forget.

I almost have it, and it goes away.

I feel like I'm on a boat drifting off.

What do you

suppose

he's drinking?

I don't know.

I remember mine.

I won the gold medal in the Olympics.

Three minute mile.

But the bullet shattered a nerve junction in your spine.

What does that mean?

It means that when you leave here, you can do anything you like.

Anything except war.

Well, better get out of here before I'm falling asleep.

Hello, I'm Polly MacGyver.

We're going to get started now.

Just want you to be relaxed.

Coming up on 40 Minutes.

Ready, Bill?

Ready. Take them down to 1 .3.

1 .3, Bill.

All right, everybody. You know what we're doing. You know how to do it. So

with me and stay loose.

Spudgy.

What does that do to your theory about the attempted murder being set off by

something that happened in the courtroom?

Only means it didn't happen during Ed's testimony.

I'm with you. All right, let's patch it. I want to be out of here in ten minutes

and back to sheeting.

Tom, we're in the code now, so don't lose him on me. Hey, babe, how we doing

blood gas, PO2?

Are you kidding?

What am I supposed to do?

Okay, but you'd better make it fast.

That's it, that's it. Good, good, good, good, good, good.

Good morning, Craig Institute.

I'm sorry, Dr. Craig isn't accepting any calls at the moment. He'll accept this

call.

If he doesn't, Jan Ritter is a dead girl.

I'm sorry, I don't understand. What did you say?

Later.

How's his oxygen?

Perfect. Perfect.

Heart function's good.

Wait a minute.

Suction.

Sponge.

Dr. Craig, there's a man on the line. He won't give his name.

He sounds crazy. I don't know whether to believe him or not.

Now just take it easy.

Now listen carefully.

Now let's put him through.

As soon as he's on, you get off and call the waiting room and tell Detective

Lieutenant Roush what you just told me.

Wilson?

Is there a Lieutenant Roush here?

What is it? What do you want? You got a watch on?

Look at it.

Mine says 8 .50. Close enough?

At 9 o 'clock, I want to see Dr. Ritter standing on your office terrace.

Well, Dr. Ritter can't possibly leave the operating room. He's in the middle

major surgery.

If he isn't there, I'm going to kill the girl.

Put Miss Ritter on.

I know her. I can verify that you're holding her. Otherwise, I only have your

word for it.

Somebody wants to talk to you.

Now, don't get smart and don't get cute.

Any mention of a street or a phone number, well, you know.

Okay?

No, this is David Craig. Jan, are you all right? Dr. Craig, I was really

to get into this.

Really dumb.

Just hang on. We'll get you out of there.

Tell Daddy I'm sorry.

Jan.

Jan. Tell him what I said.

Nine o 'clock on the terrace.

Right out in the open.

Or you just said goodbye to this girl.

Whatever you do.

What are you going to do about Dr. Ritter?

What can I do?

Tell me about your closed -circuit TV.

Is the audio two -way?

Yes. Why?

It's about that time, baby.

My father's a doctor.

He won't abandon a patient, not even for me.

You'd better be wrong.

Who would have figured?

Something's got to be wrong.

Please, Ricky.

You made a mistake, that's all. Let me go.

Shut up! Just shut up!

It couldn't have been that wrong.

It's got to work.

How's the oxygenation?

Good. Heart function's good.

Keep that oxygen up.

Right.

is a sheathing technique.

I can't leave him out.

There is a way.

Maybe you got 15 seconds to live.

Now we just wait.

And Sergeant Brown is one dead cat.

Drapes. Is this okay, Doc?

I don't know.

You realize the chances we're taking? Which one of them would you rather give

on?

Okay, tested.

David, can you hear me?

David, am I coming through?

Loud and clear.

David, the first thing you have to do is check the durafer adhesions.

Paul, stand by with your magic juice.

Right, Bill.

Uh, Maury, we need some cotton pledges.

I'll get them in supplies.

There, Maury. Right in the cabinet.

Looks clean. It feels clean.

I'm ready to suture. Any tips?

Yeah, just use your favorite stitch.

And when you're through and you're ready for the wrappings, let me know and I'll

talk you through it.

Suture.

Needle holder, please.

protein infusion, David.

All right, cheers.

That's it.

Don't blow his lungs.

We have to get this over with fast, Bill, so we can move Monty here and turn

over. Let's move.

Bill, do you hear me?

Yes, I hear you. Let's get going.

Doctor, you think about what's going on in that operating room. Let me worry

about the rest of it.

All right, David.

You're about to become the first man to operate on a human being using the

Ritter technique.

I mean, the Craig technique.

Slide the membrane behind the door.

What's he doing?

Why does he keep turning his head?

Hey, what's he looking at?

Oh, no. Fold over the top margin, then suture on that.

I'm not finished yet. Well, finish it, then.

Craig's office.

It's him again.

It's our man.

Friend, face that call.

Doctor, you better talk to him.

Hello, Doc.

You got company there?

Well, let me remind you. I got company here.

He's on with him now, Lieutenant.

He can't keep it going because of the operation.

Finished. Bill?

Bill, talk to me.

Yes, you must, then.

What's he saying, Doc?

Talk to me, Doc.

Don't look away. I want to see your face.

All right, all right, Hans.

I'm turning out this better. Can you see me?

Perfect. That's it.

Don't move.

Bill, answer me.

I think we ought to move on to the anterior fibers now.

Bill?

For God's sakes, answer me.

Don't move.

That's it.

I'll tell you when I move.

Is anybody trying to trace this call?

They can just forget it.

Sorry.

Maybe next time.

Fran?

Okay, David, we're right.

I've got some separated routes here.

Now, the principle is basically the same. These are all private houses out

facing the hospital.

It's a reasonable assumption that the man we want is in one of them. When

turned to his right, the man couldn't see his face.

He's somewhere to the left.

That still takes in a lot of territory.

See, if you can get a hold of a telescope or a pair of binoculars, if he

us, maybe we can see him.

His lungs are filling fast, Bill. We've got to get him over on his back.

Keep going. Don't stop.

David, we've got to... Continue with the infusion.

He could be peeping through the Venetian blinds or hiding behind his curtains.

All right, now keep away from the window.

Keep it going, David, fast.

You want to try?

Anything interesting?

who does her morning exercises with the blinds up.

Well, I got a little lucky this Saturday.

Just came in from Washington with a teletype.

Prince paid off.

Service record, Richard Damon Wells, paramedics, 139th Airborne, honorable

discharge, July 1969.

Sure doesn't sound like your average hired killer, does it?

Jack the Ripper probably loved his mother.

Uh, Matt?

David, have you finished with the infusion?

If he was in the paramedics, it explains a lot.

Everything.

In order to make his plan, he had to count on somebody's feeding and words on

Ed's condition.

Now let's get down to intensive care and fast.

Yes, the chart for 320 was missing for a while, then it turned up again right

where it belonged.

Shortly before you reported it missing, I recall seeing a doctor standing about

where Lieutenant Roush is standing now.

Well, let's see.

Dr. Craig was on the floor and Dr. Hunter.

Oh, he was black.

Bring hospital blues.

He's not a doctor. He's a nurse. Maury.

Maury what?

Goodson. Maurice.

Find out everything you can about him. I'll bet you a bottom dollar he was in

the paramedics.

Why don't I just grab him? Where is he?

He's day off. I suppose he's at home.

Okay. Still so much to do, there isn't time to finish.

You want this procedure to end in failure.

I'm thinking about the procedure.

I want him to live. He will live, and he'll walk again if you do what I tell

you, David.

Now look, just sew him up, put the pieces back together again, and make him

whole.

That's the reason we're here.

The only reason.

Try using your little fingers as support, Bridge. I know it's tricky, but

faster.

Cheers.

You were lying, weren't you?

About what?

Letting me go.

Don't worry about it.

You can't.

I can identify you.

It's as simple as that.

So what am I going to do, huh?

want to kill me, do you?

But you're going to.

Because you have to. Shut up!

You're going to have to take it before it hurts the girl.

You have an edge. You know the way it is.

Neither will go.

Two minutes to go.

It kept you at the window, didn't it?

A few minutes, it'll all be over.

Why are you doing this?

For money?

Is there anything else?

Somebody paid me a lot of money to get that car.

They're going to pay a whole lot more before I'm through.

I got plans that even he doesn't know about.

There's Papa Daddy now.

Beginning to look a little pink.

Hey, where's he going?

What are they doing?

They're shifting out.

Freeze! Hey, are you all right?

Don't think about it.

I'm sure you're under arrest.

Yeah, yeah, I know the whole story.

I just want a lawyer.

All right, now, David.

Tie the sheathing, please.

Those faces, yeah?

Yes. Yes, both at 12 o 'clock.

We're inside.

Yes, Mark.

Your daughter's safe.

The operation's nearly over.

I'll just have to wait.

Just two more minutes.

That's right.

That's right. One more.

to turn this now.

That's it.

Right?

That's nice, David.

One more and close it off.

Mr.

Tweezers.

Did you get all the fibers, David?

Yes.

That doesn't... Ralph.

This is Ironside.

There's a man in the operating room. Hold him.

He may be dangerous.

It was a beautiful job.

It really was.

A fine piece of work. It's your technique, Bill.

You can't keep it a secret now. You've got to publish, Bill.

Later, when Sergeant Brown shows signs of movement and mobility.

If and when he does, if you don't publish, we will.

I'm sorry.

It's all right, baby.

I'm sorry I got in the way.

I shouldn't have come busting in like this.

It's okay, Jan.

I'll see you later.

For dinner, maybe.

Well, how about lunch?

Lunch? Today?

Now? Right now. And dinner.

David will leave the patient in your hands. If you need me, don't call.

I'll be gone.

I know you both have busy schedules. I'll try not to keep you.

Meaning you'd drop by anyway.

I got to. This has something to do with my client.

There's some time before Sergeant Brown can testify in court, but there are one

or two matters that need to be cleaned up now.

Why the police protection? I thought this was all over.

Almost. Keeper, they had half the cops in town looking for you.

Good news?

important? Nothing.

Except I've got the case cracked.

I thought you might.

These are the gentlemen to tell it to.

Okay.

Well, first of all, it wasn't Harmon. You were right about that.

It wasn't because of anything I said at the trial.

Instead, it was something I didn't say.

Something I didn't even know until yesterday.

Believe it or not, it came to him in a dream.

Come on, come on. Okay, okay.

Short and sweet.

I knew something.

I didn't know I knew it.

The name of the boat the seller came up from Mexico on. And probably the one he

got away on.

Well, if you know the name of the craft, it should only take you five minutes to

check out the owner.

Sure. But you see, I didn't know I knew.

Only you did.

Me?

Or at least you knew I was capable of remembering once I'd met your wife,

Polly. Hello, I'm Polly McIver. Did you know she came to see me in the hospital?

No. Nice lady.

And then Dr.

Hunter's nerve juice, Polly peptides, it all started running together.

And I remembered what you were afraid I'd remember.

Pretty Polly M.

His seller, Ricky Wells.

He came off your yacht.

Look, it was Harmon's money.

I was only following his orders.

He put me up to it.

Mr. McIver.

Been out for your life downtown, sir?

Chief Aronsdott, I thank you.

My pleasure.

The next time I see you, Sergeant Brown, I'd like to see you on your feet.

Okay? Sure.

Bye.

Well, I'm proud of you.

Me too.

Hey, what is this, a convention?

You out, you out, you out.

And you are going to have to stay with us just a little while longer.

I think the man is trying to tell us something now. I think so.

Later. Hey, wait a minute. Wait.

Look.

Is that great?

Yeah, that's great.

Oh, Ed, it's super.

Fantastic.

Fantastic.