MacGyver (TV Series)
Phoenix Under Siege (1987)
Richard Dean Anderson: MacGyver
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Quotes
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[first lines]
MacGyver : When I was about ten I got my first chemistry set. I've been a beaker and test-tube nut ever since. My mom said I was gonna come up with a formula that would either improve the world... or blow up the house.
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Harry Jackson : There was a time when I could run all day without breaking a sweat. I tell ya: it's hell getting old.
[while running up a stairwell with his son]
MacGyver : Age is only in the mind, Harry.
Harry Jackson : Well, my mind tells me I'm gettin' old.
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[last lines]
Harry Jackson : [as MacGyver picks up a bag and opens the door] Where you going?
MacGyver : With you.
Harry Jackson : Wha...
MacGyver : Well, first of all you packed half my stuff in your suitcase. And I want to spend some time with my Gran-pa.
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Harry Jackson : Maybe the tickets aren't here. Maybe your friend, Pete, took them.
MacGyver : [Looking through Pete Thornton's desk] No, he doesn't like hockey.
Harry Jackson : How can you work for a guy like that?
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Harry Jackson : I don't think we are going to make it to that game.
MacGyver : [Looking for misplaced hockey tickets] Come on, Harry, be positive.
Harry Jackson : I'm positive we ain't gonna make it to that game.
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Harry Jackson : [Mentions his fear of dying alone] I'm scared of that, Bud.
MacGyver : I never thought you'd be scared of anything.
Harry Jackson : Never was 'til now.
MacGyver : You know, when I was a kid, I used to have nightmares, and you used to tell me, "Being scared's a lot worse when you're all alone."
Harry Jackson : I was right.
MacGyver : You're not alone, Harry. Neither am I. It's just taken us an awful long time to figure that out.
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MacGyver : [Hiding momentarily from a gunman in a stairwell] Let's go, Harry.
Harry Jackson : That's easy for you to say. You're not running on my knees.