MacGyver (2016–…): Season 2, Episode 12 - Mac + Jack - full transcript

Previously on
MacGyver... Oh, man.

Merry Christmas. Thanks, Jack.

Welcome. Where's Mac and Cage?

I don't know where Mac is, but
I think Cage went to her place

to get everybody's gifts.

(man whistling)

Mac?

Ho ho ho.

(gasps)

(coughs)

I'll leave you to die now.



(phone vibrates, beeps)

MacGYVER: Cage?

Cage?

(Cage gasps)

♪ When the night ♪

♪ Has come ♪

♪ And the land is dark ♪

♪ And the moon ♪

♪ Is the only light we see ♪

♪ No, I won't ♪

(door opens) ♪ Be afraid ♪

♪ No, I won't ♪

♪ Be afraid ♪

♪ Just as long ♪



♪ As you stand ♪

♪ Stand by me... ♪

Which one of you is MacGyver?

Yeah, that's me.

She said she's sorry she
spoiled your Christmas party.

♪ ♪

(Jack laughs)

I told you Cage

would pull through,
man. She's a fighter.

Yeah, she sure is.
It's a good thing, too,

'cause she's got a long,
tough rehab ahead of her.

I want Murdoc in cuffs
by the time she's out, too.

Ah, don't worry. We're gonna
make him pay, that's for sure.

But before we dive into
that obsessive search,

I think we should take a
minute to talk about our other...

obsessive search, don't you?

My dad's Christmas gift?

Why did you bring
this to the hospital?

Hey, man, I know how
you are when you get upset.

Your brain needs
something to chew on,

and I couldn't find
a Rubik's Cube.

Besides, as far as
Christmas gifts go,

that one takes the blue ribbon

for being super weird, man.

My curiosity is killing me.

Yeah, well, that
makes two of us.

I mean, who sticks
an old World War II

German dossier
under the cedar, man?

MacGYVER: I don't
know. Everything's a puzzle

when it comes to my
father. Always has been.

Don't worry. We're
gonna figure this out.

I promise you.

(tires squealing,
engine revving)

Man, I'm getting hungry.

Let's order a
pizza or something.

(sniffing)

Whoa. What is that smell?

Did you leave something
on? It's a chemical.

(high-pitched trilling) JACK:
Huh? Well, let's at least

open a window, get some
air in here or something.

(coughs) Oh, man.

(keys jingle) Bozer?

Yeah, man, it's me.

Just dropped Riley off,
so I thought we could...

No. Jack, do not
touch that window!

Bozer, get away
from the door now!

(door locks)

Dude, are you okay?

Mac, what the hell?
Why can't I come in?

Because I'm pretty sure
every door and window

in this house has
been wired to explode.

Explode? Come on. I think
you're freaking out a little bit.

Did you say... "explode"?

See that patched section
of drywall? Not really.

It's easy to miss. It's been
patched and painted to blend in.

There's another one right there.

JACK: Hey, yeah, I see it.

If that is what it is, it
looks like there's been

patchwork done
all over the place.

You really think someone
snuck into your home

and rigged this entire
place to explode?

No, not someone.

The Ghost.

The Ghost?

That same lunatic bomb maker

from the sandbox? Yes.

The one who tried to turn
me into pizza slices in NYC?

That one. I'm not a fan.

Yeah, well, he's back,
and he just turned

my entire house
into one of his bombs.

(men shouting)

(groaning)

♪ I'm walking ♪

♪ Through the night... ♪

(shouting continues)

♪ I don't need nobody ♪

♪ Now, everything
is gonna be right ♪

♪ Take it all,
take it all back ♪

♪ Take it all,
take it all back ♪

♪ Take it all... ♪

Tap out, man. You're done.

No way, Houdini.

I'm breaking this arm.

Attention!

On your feet.

Both you idiots. Get up!

What the hell is
going on in here?

Sir, I caught this boot
messing with my gear, sir.

Sir, I wasn't messing
with anything.

Someone knocked his
bolt carrier off of his bunk.

I picked it up, noticed it
was lacking forward assist,

wanted to fabricate
a spring to...

You trained on that rifle, son?

No, sir. No, I'm not.

Excuse me, sir.

But I am trained on that rifle

and I can assure you
that I forward assist

my own bolt
carrier just fine, sir.

Even if I didn't,

even if there was a
problem, which there's not,

I don't see how he's
gonna do anything about it.

He's no sniper, sir.

Don't need to be a sniper to
understand basic engineering.

Basic what? MARTINEZ: Shut up.

Both of you. If
it were up to me,

I'd ship you both out.

Make you somebody
else's problem.

But orders are orders.

Sergeant Jack Dalton,

meet Specialist Angus MacGyver.

Your new EOD tech.

What? Dalton's
your new overwatch.

You can't be serious.

Find a way to work together...

or I'll find a way
to get rid of you.

Yes, sir. Yes, sir.

"Angus MacGyver"?

What kind of name is that?

Sounds like a new burger
at Carl's Jr., don't it, boys?

(men laugh) Pretty embarrassing.

A guy named after a hamburger

just pinned your ass in front of your buddies,
though, isn't it? No, man, you didn't pin anybody.

I was about to break your
skinny little arm, MacGyver.

Yeah, I've heard
people talk about you.

You're supposed to be
some bomb wonder kid, huh?

I think you mean "wunderkind,"
but no, I wouldn't say that.

Considering your last training
officer just died on your watch,

I don't think I'd
say that, either.

(inhales)

You know, I've heard
about you, too, Dalton.

Oh, yeah? Yeah,
yeah. Mostly that you're

an opinionated,
loudmouth knuckle-dragger

who's only stuck with me 'cause
I'm the most junior EOD tech

and nobody's
gonna work with you.

Yeah, well, thanks
to this opinionated,

loudmouth knuckle-dragger,

every bomb nerd I've ever
protected has made it home

to his loved ones, so I must
be doing something right, Angus.

(quietly): Let me
tell you something.

I got 64 days left
until I ship back home.

64. And nothing, I mean
nothing, especially not some

scrawny,
blonde-haired know-it-all

is gonna keep me from
seeing Texas again.

You hear me, slick?

Believe me, slick,

I can't wait to put you
on that plane myself.

Good. I think we're on
the same page. I think so.

And since we're gonna
be working together,

I think it's only fair I
lay some ground rules.

Rule number one: we don't ever,

ever touch Jack
Dalton's stuff again.

You understand me?

Rule number two: we don't ever,

ever refer to ourselves
in the third person.

Who does that?

Whatever, man.
Look, like you said,

64 more days. Let's
just get through that,

then we don't ever have to
see each other again. Fine.

Fine with me. Good. Good.

(siren chirps)

I want this entire neighborhood
blocked off and evacuated.

LAPD, you're in
charge of road closures.

FBI, you're
spearheading the evac.

I want a perimeter set
up around the house.

Minimum safe distance, 100 feet.

People, I nearly lost
one agent yesterday,

I am not losing two today.

Now move.

I'm gonna check traffic
cams and see if any of them

caught The Ghost.
Okay, good. Do it quickly.

Someone get me a radio.

BOZER: Wait! Back!

Everyone needs to get back!

Bozer, what're
you talking about?

Mac set the perimeter at 100
feet. BOZER: For people, yes.

100 feet, but until Mac knows
more about the bomb itself,

no cell phones, radios or
wireless devices of any kind

can be used within 200 feet.

Right now, anything
could be a trigger.

MATTY: Okay, new orders, people.

All radios, cell phones

and computers back up
an additional hundred feet.

200 foot minimum for tech.

I guess this explains why
you called us from the landline

at Mac's neighbor's house.

Mac would've called you himself,

but apparently this Ghost
guy cut our phone line,

our cable and our Ethernet...

Anything Mac could
use to communicate.

JACK: First, Murdoc,

now Casper the Unfriendly Ghost.

You know, I'm
starting to feel like

we're making too many
psychotic enemies.

And why don't you invest

in a home security
system for this place?

Better yet, move
out of the joint.

It was my grandpa's house
and the mortgage is paid off.

So what?

It's been haunted ever
since you moved in.

You know, it's no coincidence

that everyone in The
Amityville Horror died.

You know, that place
was haunted for sure.

My house is not haunted.

And statistically speaking,
coincidences are inevitable.

How about, you know what,

let's just focus on
one thing at a time.

Like, uh, surviving today.

That'd be cool, wouldn't it?

Super cool.

Riley, who the
hell is The Ghost?

Mac's never mentioned him.

Some psychotic bomb maker
Mac tangled with a while back.

Killed Mac's EOD
mentor in Afghanistan,

tried to blow up Jack
last year and the UN.

And this guy wired
my house to explode?

Got him. That's The Ghost?

Did you get any
shots of his vehicle?

No, he entered and exited
the neighborhood on foot.

Okay, send screengrabs of
that man to the FBI and LAPD.

Update the BOLO.

MacGYVER: And... more red wires.

All right, that's official.

That's every door
and every window.

Even that secret escape
hatch I installed is rigged.

You have a secret
escape hatch in this house

and you never told me about it?

Oh, yeah, well, I did.

It's not much of
a secret anymore.

So, let me get this straight.

We're stuck in here

and unless we want to shout at
Bozer through that door all day

and watch him run
up and down that hill,

which is very satisfying,

there's no way to communicate
with the outside world at all?

Not yet. Can you fix that?

Actually, I've been thinking
about that and I got an idea.

Hang on a second. What?

How do you know that that's
not connected to the bomb?

That's what I'm checking.

All clear.

BOZER: Matty, Riley,

is something going on
with Mac's porch light?

It's Morse code.

He's talking to us.

Hey, man,

you got a pen and paper? Yeah.

Here you go.

This is taking too long.

We're never gonna
be able to help Mac

disarm the bomb talking
one letter at a time.

Actually, Matty, Mac must
be thinking the same thing,

because his message is...

"Tell Riley photophone."

Does "photophone"
mean anything to you?

No, but I think the Internet's
about to teach me something.

Okay.

A photophone is an early
telecommunications device

invented by
Alexander Graham Bell.

It uses light rather
than electronic signals

to transmit sound,

just like fiber optics.

Like Mac's porch light.

Looks like Mac wants us to
build one of these photophones.

Does it say what we need? Yeah.

A photoresistor,

a photodiode,

or a phototransistor.

BOZER: And those are all

different things? I guess so.

This says what we're
really after is a light sensor.

All three of those
objects contain one.

The Hendersons just
installed solar garden lights

that automatically come
on when the sun goes down.

Would one of those work?

I think so. Go.

Quickly.

Riley got the message.

Oh, cool. So you think
she's gonna be able

to make your strobe
light phone thingy?

It's a photophone.

Whatever. And, uh, yeah.

They're pretty
straightforward. I'll show you.

Can you grab me that
boom box right there?

Hmm?

Pretty sad excuse
for a boom box,

but here you go.

Thanks.

♪ ♪

All right. Here.

Start talking. I
need to test it.

What do you want me
to do? Just start talking.

What do you want me
to say? Doesn't matter.

Anything you want.

(indistinct chatter)

How we doing? Nearly
there. We're all wired up.

I'm just finishing coding
a program to convert

that flickering
light into sound.

(static crackles)

JACK: ♪ My, my
music hits me so hard ♪

♪ Makes me say "Oh, my Lord" ♪
BOZER: I don't think

Jack knows we can
hear him. Are you sure?

I mean, it is Jack that
we're talking about.

Riley, please tell him

to shut up. Unfortunately,

I can't.

We still need to
build our transmitter.

Build it quickly.

(Jack humming)

♪ Or the light switch ♪
(humming)

♪ Or the windows ♪
(humming)

Uh, what are you doing?

I need a light.

(humming)

♪ Or the front door ♪

(humming)

♪ Or the light switch ♪

(humming)

♪ Or the windows ♪

(humming)

Okay.

Mac? Jack?

Can you hear me?

Hey, guys. Hey.

(humming)

♪ Stop! Hammer time! ♪

MATTY: Keep it up,
Dalton, and the only hammer

you're gonna know
is the one I'm gonna

hit you with when
this is all over. Ah!

Hey, I can't believe it, Matty,

but it actually worked.
You're talking through the light.

Matty, it is good
to hear your voice.

It's good to hear yours, too.

Now talk to me about the bomb.

What's going on in there?

Are you able to disarm it?

No clue. Setting up
comms was step one.

But now that we can
talk, I'm gonna start looking

for the bomb's explosives
and detonation circuits.

Mac, please work quickly.

There are a lot of
nervous people out here,

myself included.

Don't worry, Matty.

Mac's never met a
bomb he couldn't defuse.

(goat bleats)

Come on. Hey!

Wunderkind, just
admit you can't disarm it.

I absolutely can disarm it.

I just need you to stop
talking and give me a minute.

I'll give you a minute.

That don't mean I got
to stop talking. See,

this is why everyone
hates working EOD, man.

Everything has to take forever.

Well, you know what,

there is a quicker
way to do this.

Really?

Yeah, it involves a loud boom

and a bunch of
shrapnel in your body.

Ah, very funny.

Okay. There we go.

Yeah? Did you disarm
it? Can we move on now?

No, I just got my first
complete glimpse at it.

I need more time.

Yeah, imagine that.
You know what?

If you're so antsy, why don't
you just open up the hood?

I could use the light.

That won't arm the bomb?

There's no triggers
in the hood latches.

There you go.

(knife flicks)

Okay, I see what
I got to do now.

I just got to cut this
wire, and we'll be all good.

JACK: Yeah, yeah.

(buzzing)

Is that the bomb
humming right now?

Uh... unfortunately, yeah.

Well, what happened to "cut
this wire and we're all good"?

(groans)

Do you have any
more chewing gum?

Yeah... I don't see how you
chewing on a stick of gum's

gonna help our situation.

Just give it to me
and-and your sat phone.

You want gum and my sat phone?

Yes, only if you want to live.

There you go. Enjoy.

(blows, grunts)

Always late, worth the wait.

Did you just disarm the
bomb with a stick of gum?

Yeah. Well, I hate to admit it,

but you are good.

Well, technically,
it wasn't the gum.

It was the foil wrapper.

Huh? Is there something
wrong with you?

I mean, I'm not sure I can spend
another 47 days around you.

Hey, not to, uh, break your
concentration, but shouldn't we

be looking for what Casper
the Unfriendly Ghost built

instead of you building
little doohickeys of your own?

That's exactly why I need
this particular doohickey.

So I can find what
The Ghost built.

So far, all I've
been able to locate

are the bomb's triggers,
so if I want to find

the bomb's logic board...

The part I got to disarm
if we want to live...

Yeah, gonna have
to trace the wires

back to their source.

Now, see...

Yep. Glowing red

means that I found a
wire carrying a voltage.

And you're sure
it's working right?

Sorry.

MacGYVER: That's it.

Detonator is right there.

You sure? Yes.

Dark spot means no wires.
Hand me that claw hammer.

Definitely bigger
than I expected.

A lot bigger.

Ay, Chihuahua.

This doesn't make any sense.

Last year, I was able
to track The Ghost

by tracing the wireless signal

his hidden camera
was transmitting.

And you can't do that now? No.

I can't find any video feeds

being sent out, and
the camera Mac found

isn't transmitting anything.

So he's not watching this time?

Mac, you need to hear this.

Yeah, no, I heard, Boze.

MATTY: The Ghost's M.O. is to

watch his victims suffer.

Why would he bother putting
a camera in your house, Mac,

if it isn't transmitting?

He wanted us to know it was him.

Because he knew it would draw

our entire emergency
response team here.

And why would he
do something like that?

Because if they're here,

then they can't be
out sweeping the city.

The other half of
The Ghost's M.O.

is concealing one
device with another.

The bomb that's
underneath my house

is not the only
one that he planted.

Are you saying there's
another bomb somewhere?

Yes, and we need to find it now.

(horn honking)

Charlie, thanks
for coming so fast.

Are you kidding me?

When I heard The Ghost was back,

I hitched a ride on
a Air Force T-38.

How's Mac?

BOZER: Still in one piece.

And holding up pretty well

for someone trapped in a house

that's essentially one
gigantic, terrifying bomb.

He thinks there's a second
device hidden somewhere in L.A.

So do I.

How's the search coming? Slow.

We know how good The
Ghost is at hiding his devices.

But the Phoenix is
working with the LAPD

and the local FBI
to search all airports,

landmarks and strategic
locations. Yeah, Mac gave us

some idea of what
we're looking for,

but we could
really use your eyes

to make sure we
don't miss anything.

Port of Los Angeles, clear.

LAX, clear.

Dodger Stadium, clear.

I still need reports on
Hollywood and Highland

and the Staples Center ASAP.

JACK: H-Hey, Matty.

Do me a favor and
have someone go by

and check on Bruce's house.

I'm pretty sure
that Bruce Willis

isn't on The
Ghost's hit list, Jack.

If I'm a bomb-flavored nut
bar hatching a terrorist plot,

taking out John McClane would
be at the top of my to-do list.

That's good to know, Jack.

How's Mac on defusing the bomb?

Hey, Mac.

Matty wants a progress report.

Hey, dude. Stoichiometry...

in my head. Can't talk.

Okay, uh...

Matty, he's kind
of going full-blown

Bill Nye the Science
Guy right now to talk,

which in my experience
is a good thing.

Well, here's hoping.

We just cleared the
Wilshire Federal Building,

and I've got teams in
a dozen other locations.

I'll keep you posted on
what our search turns up.

All right.

JACK: Man, can we please
stop this search, please.

You've been looking all day

and haven't found
one single IED all day.

Thought that was a good thing.

Not when there's hostiles

running around
all over the place

with itchy trigger fingers.

And believe you
me, they do itch.

So can we please just hit
the road, Nostra-dumbass.

Yeah, we can once I'm
sure this place is clear.

Satellite imagery
says that there's

lots of suspicious
activity in the area.

Everything about this place is suspicious.
COMMAND: Snakebite One One,

this is Snakebite
Zero Three, over.

This is Snakebite One One, over.

What's your status? Over.

I just need one more hour.

Negative on the devices, 03.

The AO appears
to be clear. Over.

Good. Copy.

Return to base. Over.

Roger. Over.

You heard him, slick.

Orders are orders. Let's go.

Last time I didn't follow
my gut, someone died.

There's a bomb
here; I can feel it.

And if we don't find it,

someone else will, like
another American soldier

or an innocent or a child.

Man, we've covered
every inch of this armpit

and ain't found
diddly. Let's bounce!

I ain't trying to
spend my last 32 days

before being discharged

in the stockade
because my annoying

EOD tech would rather follow
a hunch than follow orders!

Son of a bitch!

♪ ♪

Damn it, Dalton, just give
me a second. (man shouting)

(men shouting in Arabic)

(gunshots, men grunting)

Did you just take out
four guys with two bullets?

JACK: Yeah, I'm trying
to conserve ammo.

Now, we need to get on the same
page, kid, and I mean right now.

That is, if you want
to keep breathing.

Next time you wait for
me to take my position

before you go scampering
off like that, you hear me?

I, uh, I didn't think you
were coming with me.

Thanks.

Yeah, you're welcome.

To be honest with you, I
don't think I have the patience

to break in another EOD
nerd. Man, it's a whip.

Now, hurry up.

Disarm that damn thing.

MATTY: Jack,
please tell me that Mac

is close to defusing that thing.

You heard her,
Mac. There's kind of

a bunch of people out
there who want an ETA

on when you're gonna
disarm this bomb.

Yeah, well, can't disarm
anything until I know

exactly what explosive
we're dealing with

and I haven't
been able to I.D. it

using any of the
usual tests, so,

I had to cook up one of my own.

What's going on down
there? Most explosives are

nitogren-based, so if I can
test The Ghost explosive

to see how much
nitrogen it contains,

we'll know what we're...
no, no, no, no, no.

I was really hoping that
wasn't gonna happen.

Matty, we have a problem.

The Ghost really
outdid himself this time.

He synthesized cg-N.

I'm guessing that's
not a cable network.

It's cubic gauche nitrogen.

It's a new type of explosive

with an energy density
of 33 kilojoules per gram,

which is three
times that of HMX.

English, pal. Tell
them in English.

Right.

The bomb underneath
my house is built

with the most powerful
nonnuclear explosive

known to man,

which might also explain

why we haven't found
that second bomb.

I'm not following you, blondie.

MacGYVER: Uh, with
an explosive this powerful,

The Ghost isn't going
to take out one target.

He's going for the
maximum number of targets

he can hit with one bomb.

So, if the second
bomb is the same size

as the one under your house...

He could take out half
of downtown Los Angeles.

LAPD DISPATCH:
All units, be advised.

Search for second
device has been expanded

to now include all of downtown.

BOZER: Guys, if
I'm being honest,

I have no idea what
we're looking for.

What does a bomb that
could level every building

within 20 blocks look
like? Unfortunately,

it can look like
almost anything.

Back in Kabul, The
Ghost was known

for fabricating
hollow street curbs

and packing them
full of explosives.

Street curbs? Seriously?

But if Mac is right,

we're looking for something
a lot bigger than a curb.

So don't think mailbox,
think mail truck.

Or garbage truck.

Bozer, take the next right.

You know what today isn't?

Trash day.

RILEY: Yeah, and the LAPD's
pulled all municipal trucks

out of downtown.

So what's this one doing here?

The ground looks clear.

I don't see any
triggers on the hopper.

Undercarriage is clear, too.

Cab, as well.

So, if this truck
is hiding a bomb,

it's got to be in the back.

Which means we have a problem.

BOZER: What problem?

Should we start running?

Bozer, when dealing with
bombs, just remember,

cool, calm and collected
gets us home alive.

That's what I've
been trying to tell him.

Oh, like you're not
freaking out, too.

Problem is I don't know
how to work a garbage truck.

We need to get
somebody down here

who can get... I drove a
garbage truck one summer

as research for a
movie I was making.

Trash Men Vs. Zombies.

Shocked I never saw
that one in theaters.

BOZER: You're a hater.

So, this one's a lot
bigger than the one

Mac and Jack are
sitting on top of, right?

CHARLIE: Much, much
bigger. RILEY: I think it's time

for you to get on your
Hurt Locker suit, Charlie.

Device this size?

No point.

If this thing goes off,

it'll just be a waste

of a perfectly good
bomb disposal suit.

Who would pay The Ghost
to build something this big?

I don't think this is a job.

When Mac stopped The Ghost

at the UN last year,
The Ghost went dark.

He went off the radar.

Maybe this is his
way of getting even.

BOZER: So, this
whole thing is his giant,

exploding revenge?

CHARLIE: I don't see any motion
sensors or mercury switches,

so I don't think it'll go off

if I climb inside
for a closer look.

That's the good news.

If that's the good news,
what's the bad news?

I've never seen half of
these components before.

And I have no idea what they do.

MATTY: We found the
second bomb downtown.

Charlie is starting
to disarm it now.

Unfortunately, he says
it's even bigger than yours.

Oh, come on, now, Matty.

It's not a
competition, all right?

Mac, any idea how
long it's gonna take you

to disarm the one in there?

Hopefully not too long.

Yeah, but between me and you,

you know you can
disarm that bad boy

way quicker than Charlie
can disarm his bomb.

Thought it wasn't a competition.

Well, no, no.

It's not. It's a team effort.

Speaking of which,
what can I do to help?

Know any good prayers?

(beeping)

(trilling)

♪ ♪

(beeping rapidly)

What happened?! What'd you do?

I didn't do anything.

It just started doing
that all by itself.

Hey, Jack.

Tell Matty Charlie
needs to stop!

Stop! Stop!

Charlie, Mac said
stop right now.

Why? What the hell is going on?

MacGYVER: The
bombs, they're connected.

Two separate devices

linked by wireless receivers.

Disable one, it
triggers the other.

So if I had just disarmed the
bomb underneath my house,

then I would've set
the one off downtown.

And vaporize 20 city blocks.

MacGYVER: Exactly. All right.

Well, I'll be back in touch

once I figure out how to

disarm them both
at the same time.

Wait a minute, now.

Have you ever disarmed bombs

that are connected
to each other before?

No.

Why does that matter?

That's not really
what I want to hear.

Well, it's the truth.

If you've never
done this before,

how are we supposed
to neutralize this thing?

We're gonna have
to be very careful.

Will you please stop
telling me to be careful?

I am Mr. Careful.

My middle name is careful.

MacGYVER: Your name
is Mr. Jack Careful Careful?

Better than Angus,
I'll tell you that much.

Anyway, the guy who made
all these IEDs, as I was saying,

is really good at it.

So we should both be very...

Careful?

Listen, I heard you
the first ten times, kid.

I got 14 days
left in this hellhole

before I go home forever.

I am made of careful.

(device clicks, whirrs)

(whispers): No.

No, no, no, no.

(device beeping)

Hey, you know that
bomb you were looking for?

MacGYVER: Yeah?

I think I just stumbled
right on top of it.

All right. Hang tight.

I'm on my way.

No, no, no.

Do not come up
here, you hear me?

Stand down.

This is the moment of truth.

I'm a dead man.

Just get out of here.

Go on. Save yourself.

Hey, Mr. Careful.

Carl's Jr.?

Can't you follow
one simple order?

How is the world's
slowest bomb tech

gonna defuse this thing in a
minute and a half? You see that?

I know. Guess I'm just gonna
have to figure it out, aren't I?

What's the matter with you?

The only reason I'm not

running for my life

is 'cause I'm sitting
directly on top of it.

You're not. Get out of here.

Don't you know a lost
cause when you see one?

No, I don't.

One of my many character flaws.

This is how it works.

You watch my
back, I watch yours.

I'm gonna need that
arm to do it, though.

Here we go.

JACK: How are you
gonna defuse this thing

in less than a minute?

I don't know.

You're just gonna
have to trust me.

(chuckles)

MacGYVER: Hey, Charlie,

you have a double relay

under scoop on yours?

Yeah. I got one right here.

All right. I know
what we need to do.

We're gonna have to cut
the wires simultaneously

to sever the link.
CHARLIE: Right.

Once they're separated,

they won't be able
to trigger each other,

so we can disarm
them individually.

Exactly. Okay.

I'll count.

On three.

Just like old times.

One...

two...

Wait, no, stop! Stop! What?!

Speed of light! Speed of light.

Oh, God.

I can't believe
we almost just...

Unless you and
Chewie are talking

about fixing the hyperdrive

on the Millennium Falcon,
you're just gonna have

to explain this whole speed
of light thing to me real quick.

Okay, so... (sighs)

The bombs are communicating
via a direct wireless link.

Mm. But Charlie and I

are talking through
a relay that includes

Phoenix comms
and my porch light.

All those relays mean your
verbal connection is slower

than the one
shared by the bombs.

So there's no way for us to cut

these two wires at
the exact same time.

And if we don't sever
the wires simultaneously...

There's gonna be two real big
booms in Southern California.

How in the hell are we
supposed to cut two wires,

on opposite ends of the
city, at the same damn time?

You said motion won't
set off this bomb, right?

Right.

(tires squealing, horn honking)

Matty, expand the evacuation
radius five more blocks...

We're bringing the
mountain to MacGyver.

(horn honks)

♪ ♪

Stop right there!

Out of the way, people!

Big-ass bomb coming
through! (horn blaring)

BOZER: Watch
out, watch out! Move!

Get out of the way!

(horn honks)

SWAT COMMANDER:
Are these your people?

What the hell are they doing?

Trying to save lives, Commander.

Look, the bomb in that truck

and the bomb in the house
are linked, so obviously...

What? You mean
the other bomb here?

Or would you rather
I leave it downtown?

The only way to
disarm these things

is to cut one wire

on each device

at the exact same instant.

So get out of the way

and let my people figure
out how to do just that.

Charlie, meet our boss, Matty.

She's terrifying...

It's awesome. Pleasure.

Nice to meet you, Charlie.

JACK: Okay, buddy.

Good news is, that
second bomb just got here.

The bad news is...

Second bomb just got here?

Right. So... what now?

We signal Charlie-boy
through the window

and snip-snip on the
count of three or what?

Not quite.

Still too many variables,

like the amount of
time it takes my voice

to reach Charlie

or the difference in
our reaction times.

Even the slightest delay in cuts

could, uh... Turn
your neighborhood

into a giant smoking crater?

Yeah. I get it.

But I assume you're
not cannibalizing

that DVD player for
funsies, so... what's the plan?

Hey, Bozer?

I need you to break into Mrs.
Schwartz's house next door

and steal her DVD player.

All right.

♪ ♪

So... what exactly
are we building?

MacGYVER: Wire cutters that snip

when a beam of
light hits the photocell.

Well, that is Fonzarelli
cool, no doubt.

But I'm still a little foggy

on how your light-powered
super-scissors

are gonna help solve
our twin bomb problem.

Speed of light, Jack.

Speed of light.

JACK: Oh, yeah.

I mean, I still don't
get it, but... You will.

We just need a
bunch of mirrors now,

and two prisms.

Okay, tell you what,
I'll collect the mirrors,

'cause I'm sure you
got a box of prisms

just layin' around
here somewhere.

Yeah, I do.

You're a weird guy, man.

I mean, I'm
thankful for it, but...

you're a weirdo, for sure.

♪ ♪

(truck beeping)

(indistinct chatter)

Okay, Mac.

Truck's in position.
What's next?

Next, have Charlie position his
wire cutters on the truck bomb

with the photocell

facing the bedroom window

so that I have
clear line of sight.

Oh, and before
you do any of that,

shut off every light
source out there.

MATTY: So that your
neighbor's garden lights

don't come on and
trigger a premature cut

followed by a giant boom?

Yeah, good call.

You,

get the power
company on the phone.

I want this entire
neighborhood dark

in ten minutes.

I can do it in two.

I just need a wet towel, a
broomstick and a ladder.

What?

You think this is the
first time Mac's asked me

to blow out the power
in the neighborhood?

Please.

MacGYVER: And you're
sure those last two mirrors

are a hundred and...
JACK: 125 inches?

Yeah, I got it.

And the distance
between all the mirrors,

from the laser pointer to
the photocell on the bomb is...

62 feet, eight inches.

We've measured it four times,
Mac. You want to do it again? No.

It's just, we're not gonna
get another shot at this.

Yeah.

Well, I'm all set.

We just need Bozer
to turn off all the...

lights.

(electrical hiss and crackle)

Okay.

Power's out. Lights are off.

We're radio silent.

Okay, Mac.

Time to do your thing.

You know, there is a
silver lining to all this.

If it doesn't work, it'll
be over in an instant.

You know me, I
ain't afraid of death,

I just don't want
there to be any pain.

(chuckles)

Could you have imagined,

when we first met
back in Afghanistan,

that we were gonna be
standing on a massive IED

in my own house in Los Angeles?

Hey, I can't believe
you saved me

from the massive IED I
stumbled upon in Kabul.

You remember that one?

Huh? Yeah, I feel
like I've been playing

with house money ever since.

I wouldn't be here
if it weren't for you.

(soft chuckle)

(inhales, exhales)

Well,

I'm ready. Are you?

Nobody I'd rather die with, man.

Me neither.

You're not crying
on me, are you?

No, man. Deltas don't cry, dawg.

You got this.

(whispers): Did it work?

Oh.

(laughs softly)

The bombs are
disconnected. Sweet!

Just... please, no
loud noises yet.

We still have two very
powerful bombs to disarm.

It's gonna take me a while.

Right, right. We still have
to unboomify the twins.

I jumped the gun
on that one, I'm sorry.

Hey, hey, you-you want a soda?

Yes.

Just be quiet about it. Right.

♪ ♪

Come on, Mac.

(cheering)

Yeah! Ha ha!

We did it!

Don't worry, people, Jack
Dalton's got your back!

(whooping, whistling)

JACK: You know me,
I was never worried.

I said, "What's the
problem? Let's fix it!"

A snip-snip!

(whooping, laughter)

BOZER: Yeah! Yeah! My man!

I'm so proud of you.

COMMAND (over radio):
Snakebite One One,

this is Snakebite Zero Three,

you're clear to roll.

This is Snakebite One One.

Love to, but probably
shouldn't fly solo.

Still waiting on my
new cover. Over.

COMMAND: Thought
you were with Dalton.

I was.

But he finished his
tour this morning

and shipped out. Over.

COMMAND: Copy. Let me see
who you've been assigned. Hang on.

What kind of name is "Angus"?

Jack?

In the flesh.

I thought you went home.

Well, almost did.

It's a funny thing.

There I was,

boarding my transport,

just 15 hours between
me and the great state

of Texas, and then it hits me:

that poor little bomb nerd

with the silly hamburger name

ain't gonna make it
two days in the sandbox

without me watching his back.

So I turned around,
walked off that plane

and signed up for another tour,

under the condition
I'm paired with you,

of course.

And before you go gettin'

big-headed, I
didn't do it for you,

I did it for my country.

I got a sneaky suspicion

you're a little too valuable
to Uncle Sam to lose just yet.

Well, thanks, man.

Here we go.

Yeah.

Here we go.

(engine starts)

(both laugh)

(whirring) CHARLIE:
I'm having every piece

of both bombs shipped
to my lab in New York.

If there's anything

we can use to track
down The Ghost...

I'll find it.

I know you will, Charlie.

And hey, thanks, man.

Hey, Charlie, thank
you, man, for everything.

All right. Appreciate you.

Hey, Mac, come
here for a second.

I didn't want to break
your concentration

while you were in the
middle of saving our lives

or anything, but when I
was rounding up mirrors,

I realized something.

You remember this weird gear
we found in your daddy's watch,

the one with the numbers on it?

I think I identified it.

Refresh your memory with
the numbers on the gear.

Go ahead.

Okay. Okay?

Now, look at the numbers
on the tattoo on his arm.

You're right!

The last six digits match
the tattoo on his arm.

You remember what you
said about coincidences?

From a statistical
perspective, they are inevitable.

Like reuniting with your father?

I'm telling you, man,
this is no coincidence.

He's trying to send
you a message.

I think he's trying to
tell you how to find him.

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