Recap
MacGyver goes to the hospital to visit Pete, who claimed he was on vacation but was actually going into the hospital for surgery for his glaucoma. MacGyver figures Pete knew he would figure it out. Pete doesn't want MacGyver's help, insisting that MacGyver has never really needed him. MacGyver reminds him of the time he rescued him from the Chinese embassy. However, Pete insists it's different because MacGyver wasn't helpless. MacGyver reminds him of the time he was trapped in a mini-sub, helpless. Pete notes he didn't do anything and MacGyver admits that's true but it still matters. Pete apologizes, saying he's not good with people...
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Episode Quotes
MacGyver: Pete Thornton's room, please.
Nurse Krandall: 211.
MacGyver: How's he doin'?
Nurse Krandall: If getting him into a hospital gown is any indication, terrible.
Pete: Maybe I would like to handle this alone, okay?
MacGyver: No! No, it's not okay! You've always been there for me. Friendship works two ways, you know?
Pete: I've been independent. I'm going to have to learn to live by a whole new set of rules. I'm going to have to learn to be very dependent.
MacGyver: So what, what's the big deal? You and I have always been dependent on each other.
Pete: Oh yeah, sure. You provide the brains and I come up with the paychecks.