- Captain: [glaring at the sergeant] If it was not for my desperate need of non-commissioned officers, I would have you shot.
- [the captain starts circling the sergeant]
- Captain: One man, one single wounded man, and you lose your vehicle...
- [the captain stops]
- Captain: ...your weapons and the man!
- [the captain steps directly in front of the sergeant]
- Captain: You are going back on patrol!
- Sergeant: Yes, sir!
- Captain: Take the tank, and if you find the American, you'll only lose your rank and six months' pay.
- Sergeant: But, sir...
- Captain: If you do not find him, I will have you court-martialed for dereliction of duty. Now go!
- [the sergeant salutes and leaves]
- [first lines]
- MacGyver: [voice-over narration] One of the problems of flying a jet is that you don't have a lot of time to admire the scenery. I just entered Pakistani air space and already the Afghan border was coming up fast. One of our early satellites fell out of orbit and wouldn't you know it. It landed just inside Afganistan. Now, the satellite has a small capsule in it with a lot of classified data we didn't want the Russians to get their hands on. And it's funny when you remember that we brought those early satellites back to Earth with wings on 'em.