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139 The Mountain of Youth (Nuoruusvuodet)
Airdate: 21 May 1992
Writer: Brad Radnitz
Director: William Gereghty
Cast: Richard Dean Anderson as MacGyver,
Bruce McGill as Jack Dalton,
Roya Megnot as Mukti,
Ned Romero as Baba,
Alex Colon,
George Kee Cheung as Dr. Liang,
Story: MacGyver joins Jack Dalton in Kabulstan on a search for a fountain
of youth in a land that appears to be a real Shangri-La - and finds
himself battling nuclear terrorists in the process.
Baba: (voice over) It is written that another stranger will follow the first. Resourceful man, he is drawn to the -----?------ and to our destiny. He will come from the sky out of the west.
<-Crashsite->
Jack Dalton: Mac!
MacGyver: Jack! You are okey.
Jack Dalton: You came for me.
MacGyver: Thank god you're okey.
Jack Dalton: Yeah, Yeah.
MacGyver: Nothing is broken?
Jack Dalton: No. I'm fine.
MacGyver: Oh great now I can break your neck!
Jack Dalton: Hey hey Amigo! What's wrong with you?
MacGyver: You and your constantly ------- that's what caught into me.
Jack Dalton: Who you been talking to? I'm here in on decent Phoenix mission. Pete must told you that.
MacGyver: Oh yeah he told me alright, but I can't figure out how you caught Pete and entire Phoenix board in intriguing scheme of yours.
Jack Dalton: Scheme! Who said it was scheme.
MacGyver: I did just now. Can you hear me? I know you Jack!
Jack Dalton: That hurts...that really hurts. I had a researcs, facts, figures....
MacGyver: No No! You caught grow old bureaucrats thinking they attach
eighty years on the golf game. A fountain of youth! Gimme a break!
Jack Dalton: Have you ever been cynical?
MacGyver: Alright. Let me explain something. This valley is a part of Kabulstan, a very hostile third world country that's not like strangers. This scheme of yours - whatever it is, it's not worth the risk.
Jack Dalton: Mac! The militay dictatorship of Kabulstan doesn't even care about this area. This is Ammukash valley, a real life Shangri-La.
MacGyver: Hey Ouhoh! This is me you talking to...Mac, your old pal. I don't bite any of that stuff. Now what is the scheme?
Jack Dalton: Looking for twitch?
MacGyver: Just answer the questions.
Jack Dalton: I found out there is spring, there really is fountain of youth. It's the water keeps them young. The water, Amigo! See no twitch. I'm not lying.
MacGyver: We're leaving here you know that Jack, the helicopter is gonna be here in four hours.
Jack Dalton: Perfect! Plenty of time to get on down there, get some samples on macig aqua.
MacGyver: Hey! I said we're leaving.
Jack Dalton: Mac I see only to serve mankind. You looking at the next Louis Pasteur, Jonas Salk,
Casimir Funk.
MacGyver: Casimir Funk?
Jack Dalton: He invented vitamine pill. Look Phoenix borrowed expedition money, we're here...
MacGyver: Hey!
Jack Dalton: Oh it's just dust or something. Mac, there is something in the water, that makes people live longer. We caught to take backsamples.
MacGyver: You are up some more than improvement mankind, I know it...deep inside I Know it.
Jack Dalton: We caught four hours. It's nice place. You come, you enjoy, we get the water, we're gone. Trust me. Please...please...please? It's beatiful place. Come on.
<-In the woods->
Jack Dalton: Mukti! My lovely. Right on time.
MacGyver: Time for what?
Jack Dalton: MacGyver, old buddy of mine.
Mukti: You are also from America?
MacGyver: Yeah.
Mukti: How exiting.
Jack Dalton: Will Mir see me? We running out of time, we're leaving in four hours.
Mukti: Life is perfect. Three times Baba refused and just moments ago he said yes.
Jack Dalton: Alright! Let's go Mac my lucky charm.
MacGyver: Wait a minute! What's going on, we have agreement, sample of water and we're gone. Do you remember?
Jack Dalton: We gonna get permission.
MacGyver: What permission?
Jack Dalton: Water comes from special spring and Mir hasn't been too cooperative to give me access to the place. Fact is he even see me until today.
MacGyver: I knew there is itch. I knew it.
Jack Dalton: No problemo. Once I get eyeball to eyeball with his highness. Well you know me Mac.
A man with golden tongue.
MacGyver: Be the crashsite on time or leaving without you.
Mukti: Mr Macgyver, you can not leave. Mir wish to see you also.
Macyver: How he know i'm even here?
Mukti: Baba knows all. Please come.
Jack Dalton: You heard the lady. You're wanted.
MacGyver: And why should I be wanted?
Jack Dalton: Hey who knows, this is a mystical place. You caught go with flow.
MacGyver: Flow for me flow is that way.
Jack Dalton: Hey Mac! You wanna gues how old Mukti is?
MacGyver: No!
Jack Dalton: She's 42 years old...For mankind improvement.
<-Scene 3->
MacGyver: Dalton tells me that Kabulstans leave you alone pretty much.
Mukti: It is truth. We never consider ourselves apart of Kabulstan. We are people of Amukash.
MacGyver: What about military?
Mukti: They have no presents here. We cover ourselves. I have magazine from America. I have dreamed going there since I was child.
MacGyver: It's long way from Amukash.
Mukti: So Dalton told me. It's not take long with his flying airmachine.
MacGyver: Us?
Mukti: He taking me with you. Dalton says I would be continuation help in long generig project.
He's sure it would be great improvement for mankind.
MacGyver: Jack?
Jack Dalton: This woman is final part of my presentation.
MacGyver: What presentation?
Jack Dalton: To the Phoenix board. She is living proof that water works.
MacGyver: Yes I'm sure she is.
Jack Dalton: You think I'm still snowing you, but you'll see Mac. You'll see.
<-Scene 4->
Mukti: Baba this is a friend I met in site of fallen airship. And another followed him. Their names are Dalton and MiGyver. They want permission to get water from eternal spring.
Baba: And I why do you want this water?
Jack Dalton: I deliver with you, Sir. Obviously this stuff is pretty powerful. I mean look at these people. They are what... 125-150 old. Very old. And...
Baba: And...
Jack Dalton: Well I...hmmm...I...well we...hmmm.
MacGyver: I think Mr Dalton is trying to say that we want to take some water back to study. Analysing. He thinks it makes you live longer.
Baba: Have you been told that it is prohibited to visit that part of our valley where eternal spring emerges.
Mukti: Yes Baba I told them. But Dalton wants to there anyway. He searching water is pure there.
More of jump in his words.
Baba: You may go. Mukti will you take there.
(Moments later)
MacGyver: You allright?
Jack Dalton: Oh yeah.
Mukti: You did well Dalton.
Jack Dalton: I did, did I?
Mukti: Yes. You truly are man with golden tongue.
Jack Dalton: Did I ask about the rights?
MacGyver: Rights, what rights.
Jack Dalton: Hmm...Hmm Phoenix business. I get them later.
Mukti: Is something wrong MiGyver?
MacGyver: Oh... not yet. But I can feeling it coming.
<-in background->
MacGyver appears hesitate.
Baba: Have faith. He will solve our problem. It is written.
<-In the spring->
Jack Dalton: Stuff is so strong I can feel it working on way down. Twenty years from now and i'm
fresh and sweet as i'm today! Drop those cans Mac.
MacGyver: This is crazy.
Jack Dalton: You don't think young. Think young...drink young...be young. What a slogan!
MacGyver: Slogan?
Jack Dalton: Hmm...Mukti how old is Baba?
Mukti: 167
Jack Dalton: What I tell you Mac, incredible aha?
Mukti: He was 36 when your Abraham Lincoln was elected president.
MacGyver: That's kind hard to believe.
Jack Dalton: What was that?
Mukti: Devil's rumbling is reason why Baba had made this prohibited place.
Jack Dalton: Just because of ground rumbles?
Mukti: Also because some adventurers not returned...The water? It never stops flowing. This spring is eternal.
Jack Dalton: Oh come on. This must be somekind of joke aha.
Mukti: I used to get water everyday I never have seen it stop.
Jack Dalton: A million years magic water runs, I get one taste and big guy shutdown the service!
MacGyver: Jack! It stopped too fast to being natural.
Jack Dalton: We still get samples. Fill those cans quik.
MacGyver: You know maybe it's been diverted.
Mukti: How could that be?
MacGyver: Strong pump can send it any direction.
Mukti: But why? Who wanted to do that?
Jack Dalton: Hundred million people and all in Beverly Hills. Where you're going?
MacGyver: Find the pump.
Mukti: But Many people have disappeared and Baba only granted permission go to the spring.
MacGyver: I think Baba would understand.
<-In the woods->
Ram: The water stopped perfect time.
Baba: There are no accidents around. This man is strong of will and mind. He is one.
Mukti: Come on Dalton!
Jack Dalton: Hey wait for me. Hey...These cans are heavy.
<-Scene4->
Jack Dalton: What is it?
MacGyver: A pumphouse.
Mukti: Kabulstan's soldiers in our valley.
Jack Dalton: What they doing here?
MacGyver: Using water or something...
Mukti: More soldiers!
Soldier: Fire! They must not get away! Spare the girl!
Soldier 2: Holy man! Do not shoot!
Mukti: Baba, no! Get away. Baba! no no no.
Soldier: Fire!
Soldier 2: They getting away.
Soldier: They will not go far.
Soldier 2: Why you said girl to be spared?
Soldier: She could be valuable.
Soldier 2: Yes, Sir.
Soldier: Now, find them!
Soldier 2: Yes, Sir.
<-Cave->
Baba: My meditation cave...We have lost much to the soldiers.
Mukti: Barbarians, killers...
Baba: Now do you understand why I agreed this area prohibited?
MacGyver: Well not exactly, but I'm sure I will.
Baba: You have my permission to continue your request.
MacGyver: The others gets you back to the temple.
Baba: You will need help. Take Mukti and your friend with you.
Jack Dalton: What! Where! Hey I get everything we came for without leaving neigbourhood. I left thee cans down by the spring.
Ram: Hush
Baba: MacGyver is lighted, he understands. Go now...quickly.
Mukti: I can't think to go with them now. it's my place to be here with you.
Baba: No no. it is on the mend wound. Ram will defent me. You must go. There is much you must learn a way of others before your journey is complite. Go now...Go now...Go.
<-Outside cave->
Jack Dalton: What is this! You're the one who hurry me to the copter.
MacGyver: Well it changed now.
Jack Dalton: You get us involve in trouble Mac.
MacGyver: Thats gonna be a switch, isn't it.
Jack Dalton: I'm talking big trouble. Mac! Mac!
<-Pumphouse->
Jack Dalton: Long life down there waiting be handled and i'm up here to get killed. I must be losing it.
MacGyver: Hush.
Jack Dalton: What are we doing here?
MacGyver: That pumphouse divert the water somewhere.
Jack Dalton: Of course...hurry Mac. Your rescuecopter is strictly in schedule.
<-Outside secret mountain complex->
MacGyver: What we looking for is in that mountain.
Jack Dalton: I'm not going in that mountain. Let's get out of here!
MacGyver: Jack! Give me high hard one.
<-Inside mountain->
Jack Dalton: Holy Toledo!
Mukti: What is it?
MacGyver: Heavy water plant.
Mukti: What is that?
Jack Dalton: Big trouble. They wanna make H-bomb, to bild heavy water plant.
Mukti: What this H-bomb do?
Jack Dalton: kill people. Just one wide size of city New York.
Mukti: Why the Kabulstan's wants frightening device
Jack Dalton: For power, greed...
Macgyver: insanity...welcome to our world.
(just moments later)
MacGyver: that's Dr Liang.
Jack Dalton: Do you know him?
MacGyver: Yeah. Liang is chinese H-bomb scientist.
Jack Dalton: Do you think UN knows about this?
MacGyver: I doubt it.
Jack Dalton: I would testify, but they never believe me. Let's go!
MacGyver: No. We gonna need proof...Wait here I'll be right back.
Jack Dalton: I hate it when he says that, I hate it.
Jack Dalton: Wait here my love. I'll be back in second.
(When MacGyver comes back)
MacGyver: Where's Jack?
Mukti: Went below.
MacGyver: What!
(Jack Dalton appears)
Jack Dalton: I caught water enough to take test. How you do?
Soldier: I will take those...search them.
(Soldier looks at Mukti)
Soldier: You shouldn't have stay in valley.
Mukti: You never shouldn't come back.
Soldier: A contract. Be young products and Jack Dalton. For commercial water rights...Very poorly
cover of your spy operation gentlemen. Aha...The Phoenix Foundation. It confirms it. You are American spy's. Take them away!
<-In the cell->
MacGyver: You lied to me Jack.
Jack Dalton: Never, about what?
MacGyver: Be young products? What's going on?
Jack Dalton: Be young products agreed pay me 200000 if I get exclusive rights.
MacGyver: For what?
Jack Dalton: For bottling plant in Amukash.
MacGyver: Oh man.
Jack Dalton: Drink "be young water" from eternal spring of Amukash...but they wanted samples first.
Mukti: Is this why you asked my help Dalton?
Jack Dalton: You are the living proof that stuff works. You gonna make fortune doing commercials.
I drink be youn and look half my age.
Mukti: And that's why you wanted me go to America to do commercials.
MacGyver: Give me a test tube.
Jack Dalton: What test tube?
MacGyver: The one you hide back. I know you, you remember? Hey come on would you like to stick around and be executed...Come on, come on!
Jack Dalton: Can't even keep one lousy test tube of water.
MacGyver: Can I borrow your scarf?
Mukti: What are you doing?
MacGyver: These wires control the door, next time it opens, should shoot out the lock. And if we're lucky this hold door shut.
(outside cell)
Dr Liang: What did you find on them?
Soldier: Papers of Phoenix foundation and some worthless testwater.
Dr Liang: What about the videotape missing from surveillance room.
Soldier: We didn't find it.
Jack Dalton: Hey just the guys I wanna see, my company be young products is prepared to cost 40 cents for thr bottle.
Soldier: Shut up, imbecile. We know you are American spyes.
Dr Liang: Where is the videotape you stole?
Soldier: I can beat truth out of him.
Dr Liang: No need. Your bravery would be not help your coverment. Organize firing squad and execute them.
Soldier: Yes Sir.
Dr Liang: When you die, what you know about our secret plant will die with you.
Soldier: You saved my life once. Unfortunately I can not do the same for you.
Mukti: Then you haven't chance.
Soldier: But I have. I have got great knowledge.
Mukti: I feel only that you have learned to exploitation our people and land. It is evel knowledge.
Soldier: No Mukti. It is power. The excercise of power reference evil.
Jack Dalton: Who's that guy?
Mukti: My twin brother.
Jack Dalton: Oh twin! That fits the promotion perfectly, you two side by side, with the water and without the water.
MacGyver: Jack! Can't you heard what he said about exploitation of people and land?
Jack Dalton: Come on I'm not like that. So what's the story of your brother?
Mukti: He killed elder. He was violent child, always angry. The people in valley wanted punish by dead. I appealed for his life. Mir banished him from Amukash forever.
(MacGyver opens the celldoor)
Jack Dalton: All right! Chopper on its way lets get those watersamples...
MacGyver: Would you stop!
(The soldiers see empty room and our friends have escaped)
Soldier: They have escaped. only way out is trough the tunnel.
(MacGyver, Jack and Mukti returns to the temple)
Jack Dalton: Chopper is here, we better make tracks.
Mukti: I'm not going with you. My place is here in Amukash. You and Dalton in one way have helped me to the journey to the truth about things beyond the valley and inside of myself.
Jack Dalton: We would make great team.
Baba: You choosed well.
Mukti: I only hope that good comes from Dalton's plan of water.
Baba: I trust that plan will chance Mukti.
Jack Dalton: Hold it Mac.
MacGyver: What are you doing?
Jack Dalton: I can't promote bottling plant here. It increase mediacircus. You don't miss the perfection Mac. Bad karma.
(MacGyver laughs at the end)
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