MacGyver (2016–…): Season 2, Episode 2 - Muscle Car + Paper Clips - full transcript

("Rockin' All Over the World"
by John Fogerty playing)

♪ Well, a-here-ee-yup,
a-here-ee-yup, a-here we go ♪

♪ 4:00 in the mornin',
just a-hittin' the road ♪

♪ Here we go-oh ♪

JACK: Any time you
want to close that door,

Riley, would be great!

Yeah, I'm trying, Jack!
This is an $800 million

military aircraft designed
to be unhackable!

It's not exactly user-friendly!

MATTY: Yeah? Well, neither
am I. Status update, now.

We are still... (grunts)



mid-acquisition!

♪ All over the world ♪

(grunting)

♪ And I like it, I like
it, I like it, I like it ♪

Don't worry, boss.

We'll get that digital doohickey
before takeoff, just like

you requested!
Jack, I'm tracking

your airspeed and altitude.

Need I remind you
what would happen

if these people
escape with a handheld

EMP?

♪ I like it, I like
it, I la-la-like it ♪

It's kind of hard
to remember stuff

with four guys
trying to kill you.



♪ Rockin' all over the world ♪

Hey, Mac, a little more punching

and less of whatever
that is you're doing!

What are you doing?!

Oh, you're gonna
like this, I promise.

What?!

♪ Here we go-oh ♪

♪ Rockin' all over the world! ♪

(laughs, whoops)

(beeping)

Riley!

Drop it!

Now!

JACK: Riley!

Take the shot!

(gunshot)

You don't want

to press that button!

Uh, this dude's not crazy enough
to trigger an EMP on a plane

while he's still on
the plane, is he?

That will shut down the engines.

(beep, rumbling)

Oh. He's exactly that crazy.

(grunting)

Did he just take
the last parachute?!

Yeah! And I just
sent out a cargo crate

with all the stuff I
need to make more!

♪ ♪

Hang on, Cage.

Almost done. Just
finishing touches.

Ah.

There.

Your new and
improved evening wear.

With custom ballistic
Kevlar woven right in.

You'll be the bulletproof
belle of the ball.

And have I mentioned how...

dashing I look in a tux?

Nice try.

But Matty wants me to
interrogate the ambassador solo.

By the way, this is really good.

Where'd you learn
to sew like this?

Tenth grade. Ayesha Goldfarb.

She was Juliet. I
wanted to be her Romeo.

Are we talking real life
or high school production?

Both. They cast that doofus
Aaron Schwartz instead.

So I volunteered for the
crew to be near Ayesha,

and the only department that
still needed help was costumes.

Ah. And were you
star-crossed lovers?

Nah. She wound up dating
the guy who played her dad.

They're married now. It's weird.

Yeah, that's sad. Mm. Very sad.

I would feel bad for you
if any of that was true.

I do this for a living, Bozer,

against much
better liars than you.

It's not lying, all right?

It's acting.

Mm-hmm. (sighs)

So what gave me away?

Rapid blinking,
shifting your weight,

six microexpressions,

you kept looking
up and to your right...

Do you want me to keep going?

No.

We good.

What I don't know is why.

So, you gonna tell me?

Or am I gonna have
to make you tell me?

Okay.

The team's got a bet to see

who can sneak
a lie past you first.

When did Jack come
up with this idea?

All right, now you're
just freaking me out.

Look, I promise to
get out of your head

if you promise to help me play a
trick on Jack one of these days.

Ah, Jack doesn't like tricks.

Well, then Jack shouldn't
have started a war.

(clicks tongue)

Ooh, yeah. Thanks.

(clears throat) Glad to see
you got my message, Riley.

I couldn't not get it.
You sent it six times.

Each with increasingly

more urgent emojis.
Well, sometimes

a small picture is
worth a thousand words.

And why should I have to call
you six times? Call me back.

I know what this is about.

Yeah. Pizza.

What do you want?
There's nothing

like crash-landing a plane
that's just been EMP'd

to make you appreciate
a good slice of pie. Or two.

This isn't about pizza.

I remember this place.

You used to make
me come here as a kid.

I never made you
do anything, okay?

Pizza and Skee-Ball.
You love this place.

You love this place.
I hated Skee-Ball.

Plus, you'd only make me come
here when you wanted to give me

some long-winded
advice that usually ended

in weird metaphors, like
punching sharks in the face.

That's not a metaphor, okay?

I didn't say punch
a shark in the face.

Don't do that. You're
only gonna piss him off.

I said poke him in the eye.

You need to remember that,

in case you ever
have to fight one of 'em.

(sighs)

So, I told Matty that the
mission failure was my fault.

Why would you do that?

Because what happened on
that plane definitely wasn't yours.

(sighs) I hesitated, Jack,
Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.

And the guy got away...
That's textbook definition

for "it's my fault."

Yeah, but the reason
you hesitated isn't.

Look, I remember the first time

I had to kill somebody.

And it's... It stays with you.

It's not something that
you just easily... forget.

But you have to
come to terms with it.

And I know you haven't come
to terms with what you had to do.

But you're gonna have to.

Because if you don't... Have
you ever made a mistake

in the field, Jack? Sure.

That is all this was.

One mistake. Well,
I hope that's true.

Because this mistake
ended in the loss of an EMP.

The next mistake
you make like this

could end in the
loss of everything.

Do you hear me?

Everything.

Now, I don't know...

why you won't just talk to me.

I've told you a thousand times,

come and talk to me,
that I'm here for you.

I love you, too, Jack.

Skee-Ball?

Who-who doesn't like

Skee-Ball

and pizza?

I remember you running around
in here from one end to the other.

And all those tickets.

I won you all those tickets.

You weren't that good, Jack.

Oh, I was good.

You weren't that good.

You trying to tell me that you
hacked the Skee-Ball machines?

At 12?

I wanted to get out of here.

I was tired of seeing you lose.

That is terrible. (phone buzzes)

Matty wants us
back at the Phoenix.

I'm fine, Jack.

I promise.

Okay.

MATTY: Riley,

have you ever heard of a
hacker group called Bedlam74?

No. Why? Because they've
heard of you. Phoenix intercepted

several messages from
them from the deep Web.

They're looking for Artemis37.

MacGYVER: Your
old hacker handle.

What do they want? They'd like

to hire her for a job,

and they're willing
to pay big bitcoin.

Hackers are paranoid,
tight-knit groups

that only work with
people they trust.

Why do they want new blood?

Well, their best coder
disappeared about a month ago.

Disappeared, like
won the lottery?

JACK: I think she means

more the murdery kind, Boze.

MacGYVER: What's the job
that they want Riley for then?

JACK: Doesn't matter.
She's not in the black hat

business anymore, am I right?

MATTY: Well, I
think she may need

to come out of
retirement, just for this one.

We've discovered that Bedlam74

has been gearing up
for a major cyber attack.

And if they're willing to
spend a small fortune to hire

a legend like you,
whatever this attack is...

Could be catastrophic.

Exactly.

These guys want a face-to-face.

And I'm thinking that this
is our best shot to ID them,

get a sense of exactly
what it is they're planning.

BOZER: So you want Riley to go

undercover as Riley?

If Riley goes under as herself,
who do Mac and I go as?

Each other?

MATTY: You're not going.

Nobody would believe

that you even know how
to turn on a computer, Jack.

Okay. Besides,

they only want
to meet with Riley.

If she goes with anyone else,

it'll blow the whole operation.

Mac, Jack, you'll provide
backup from a follow vehicle.

Mm-mm.

MATTY: Riley,

you're gonna go in alone.

The hell she is.

Look, this is crazy.

This could be the only
way to stop a deadly attack.

It's not the only way.

I can handle it.

Hey, Riley. Slow down.
I want to talk to you.

Look, I don't need everyone
checking in on me, all right?

I'm fine.

Okay.

I, uh, just wanted to
wish you good luck,

being your first solo mission
and all. But I didn't mean to...

Bozer, I'm sorry.

Thank you.

I thought you'd be excited.
Wh-What's going on?

Jack gave me one
of his pizza talks.

He doesn't think I'm
ready for the field right now.

Jack?

Are you kidding?
He's your biggest fan.

After me, of course. I
mean, Jack's like a cactus.

He's all prickly on the outside

but mushy on the inside.

And filled with water.

Okay,

that comparison kind
of fell apart on me.

But the point is,
Jack's on your side.

He knows you're
ready for a solo mission.

Cheer up.

She is not ready

for a solo mission.
I thought you said

what happened on the
plane is your fault, Jack.

What? Oh, yeah. What
I said about the plane.

Yeah, it was totally
my fault. There.

Mm. And mine.

I helped. I u-unhelped.

You know I dock your pay
every time you lie to me, right?

When did we start doing that?

I know what happened
on the plane, guys.

Okay. Then you
know she's not ready.

I know this mission

needs her. So what?

Look, it's not... it's not just

about what happened
on the plane, okay?

Riley still hasn't dealt with, you
know, offing somebody. I know.

Taking a life is the
hardest part of this job.

Look, I've seen operatives
way more seasoned

than Riley fall apart.

But pulling them
from the field? No.

That shatters their confidence.

She's got a point.

Are you serious? Riley can do this,
but not if you don't give her a chance.

Chance to get herself killed. Give up on
her now, and she may never get over it.

Hey, a mission like
this can go south

six ways to Sunday in
a hurry, and you know it!

(beep)

JACK: And you... you want to
send her out there by herself?

Are you out of your
mind?! I'm telling you, Matty,

it's a mistake. She
is not ready for this!

Maybe not, Jack,

but if she can't get
through this mission,

then she just doesn't
belong in the field!

She either

gets back on the horse now...

or not at all.

(Jack clears throat)

Jack, unless Matty
changed my orders,

I really don't need
another lecture.

Hey, relax. I can't talk
you out of anything.

I know that. I've know that
since you were a little kid.

Must have learned that
stubbornness from you.

Okay, well, good. Maybe I
can teach you something else.

Follow your gut

on this thing, okay? If
something doesn't feel right,

it's probably not right.
You know what I mean?

And pretty much the only
thing you can count on

is that things will not
go according to plan.

But remember, when things
do go wrong, you can always...

Improvise. Right.

BOZER: Matty and I
will be your eyes and ears

back here at headquarters.

They'll check me for
bugs as soon as I get there.

If I don't go in dark, I
might not come back.

JACK: Whoa, watching from

a stakeout-mobile is bad enough.

How are we supposed
to watch your back

if we can't even hear you talk?

Uh, Riley, can I
borrow your necklace?

BOZER: Are those my headphones?

Uh, I think they were
your headphones, man.

During the Cold War, the Soviets

invented a passive
listening device,

and they hid it inside of a
U.S. ambassador's office.

And they called it

"The Thing." BOZER
They had the whole

KGB, and that was the best name
they could come up with? (laughs)

Sounds better in Russian.

The Americans were very
careful about scanning for bugs.

(static)

But The Thing
would only transmit

if there was a microwave
beam pointed directly at it.

So, no beam, no transmission,

no Bedlam finding the bug?

(high-pitched static)
Now you hear me.

Now you don't.

Okay, so we'll be able
to hear her. How will she

be able to hear us?

She won't. It's a one-way only.

RILEY: So I get
to do this whole op

without Jack's voice in
my ear? (laughs softly)

Best mission ever. (Jack laughs)

If anything goes
wrong, we'll hear it,

and we'll be there right
away. JACK: Got to come up

with a code word or something
if she needs some help.

If thing's go pear-shaped,
just say... "albatross."

I'm not gonna say
"albatross." Gesundheit.

I don't care, man. Make it
up. You got to say something.

Help? How's "help"
for a code work, Jack?

I mean, it's not
that good honestly.

Hey, potato, potahtoe.
(phone buzzing)

JACK: Tomato,
tomahtoe. BOZER: Hey.

Bedlam just sent the
location for the meet.

Well, are you ready?

Just another Friday
night at the office.

I don't like this, man.

I don't like it. I know.

I could tell because you
said, "I don't like this, man"

over and over and over

until we got here.

Just... have a little faith.

Riley knows what she's doing.

What do you want?

I'm Artemis37. I hear
someone's been...

Use your words, dude.

(electrical squeal)

That's my cue.

(electrical trilling)

JACK: Jabba the Hacker's getting

awfully handsy up
there. Easy, Jack.

She's got this.

(electrical trill, squeal)

She's in.

Patching audio to Phoenix.

I don't like this.

Riley has hacked the NSA twice.

And how many
international disasters

has she helped us avert?

She can handle a
few hackers. Yeah.

I don't need you to remind
me how tough she is, okay?

I'm still gonna worry about her.

Did you see the
size of that guy?

He's a big guy.

He's a big dude.

You are a hard person
to track down, Artemis.

Well, that's 'cause I'm
not looking to be found.

I don't even get out of bed if
I don't like the offer. (laughs)

Well, clearly,
you like our offer.

It was enough to get me here.

But since I don't know anything
about this job, and I certainly

don't know who you are, you
better start sharing, or I walk.

Oh. Wow.

Um, I'm Cyclone.

That's Akira, that's D-Rez,

and that small mountain
of a man behind you...

That's Goliath.

Cyclone? Goliath? You guys
hackers or theme park rides?

I've never heard of
any of you before.

Oh, you've heard of us.

You remember the worm that
hit the stock exchange last year?

Yeah, someone made off
with more than five mil, right?

$5,285,000.

And we're still blackmailing

the owner of a biotech
company for insider trading.

Did you want to see his e-mails?

I'll wait till you
post about it online.

Well, now that
we're all besties,

how about you tell
me about this job?

Well, let's just
put it like this.

If you gave yourself
root kernel access

to the NSA network,

this really shouldn't
be a problem,

given that you are Artemis.

And I heard

that she was dormant

for a couple years, so...

how do I even
know that you're her?

I don't see anyone else
here who swiped right.

Yeah, that's not gonna cut it.

Before we talk business,
I need to see your skills.

I want you to hack in to
the city's electrical grid,

shut it down.

You got five minutes.

You came to me, remember?

That means you need me.

I can walk any time I want.

Well...

actually...

Turn up your little microwaves.

That sounded like a gun.

Yeah, the volume's up
as loud as it'll go. All right.

You know, we're done
here. Hey, hey, stop.

Give her a chance.

MATTY: He's right, Jack.

If I called in the cavalry

every time the two of you
had guns pointed at you,

you'd never get anything done.

Let this play out.

Are you sure
Riley's safe in there?

Not really.

But I wouldn't have
put her in the field

if I didn't think
she could handle it.

You gonna work,
or you gonna bleed?

Five minutes.

Start the clock.

CYCLONE: You know, based
on your reputation, you're...

you're not exactly
what I expected. Yeah?

I didn't really have any
expectations about you,

since I never heard of
you before today, so...

(laughs)

Enough chitchat.

Clock's ticking.

Okay, that was definitely a gun.

Yeah, but, Jack?

Jack, get back in the car. No.

Jack, she didn't say
"albatross." So what?!

MATTY: Stand down, Jack.

This is the only lead we have.

Yeah? That's the only
Riley we have, too.

And if you go in there
now, you'll blow Riley's cover

and put her life in danger.

I'm not the one who put her life

in danger, okay? You're
the one that did that.

You should have never sent
her in there in the first place.

I'm putting a stop
to this right now.

Right now!

CYCLONE: Well, the lights are

still on. Oh.

What are you doing?

You know what I'm about to do.

No, you're not. Yeah. I wouldn't
advise getting in my way right now.

You want to get to her, you're
gonna have to go through me.

Boy, get out of my
face. Stop! Stop!

Man! You're not the only one
who cares about her. I do, too.

But she can handle herself.

The only one who
can't see that is you.

And if you don't learn
to see it right now,

you might just get her killed.

(panting)

Don't make me hurt you, man.

Really? You're throwing
in the towel already?

Wow. Artemis, you're
a disappointment.

I don't think you
want to do that.

(beeping)

Uh...

I'm locked out!

What did you do?

Well, hacking a
power grid felt too easy.

I hacked you guys instead,

put ransomware
on all of your rigs.

If I don't enter a code
in the next 30 seconds,

all your gear will
be wiped clean.

And by the way,

last time a guy pulled a gun
on me, he wound up dead.

So either pull

the trigger, or get that
thing out of my face.

Good decision.

Jack. Hey, stop!

She's fine! How
do you know that?

Because I'm listening, Jack.

CYCLONE: Fine.
You've convinced me.

Now turn our rigs back on.

Why don't we stop playing games
and you tell me about this job?

MacGYVER: Riley
did it. She's in.

Good. Because Jack's out.

Matty. You nearly blew

the entire op.

You're emotionally
compromised, Jack,

and you're coming home.

That's an order.

♪ ♪

This really is

a gorgeous office,
Mr. Ambassador.

And I'm so glad

we could share a
little private time.

Now...

I have some questions for you.

And if you answer them all,

your bosses back in Beijing

never need to know you
brought a foreign operative

into your private study.

AMBASSADOR: Who are you?

(phone buzzing) What
agency do you work for?

Oh, sorry. That's me.

(beeps)

I'm with our diplomatic
friend at the moment.

Now? I'm about to acquire the...

Yes, I understand.

We're gonna have to
continue this another time.

But until then...

this is going to have to be

our little secret.

(knocking)

Hi. I just received

a massive encrypted data dump

to my personal
e-mail, and it looks like

it's from Riley Davis?

And I'm not looking
at it because...

Oh.

Are these Bedlam's files?

When Riley hacked their
gear, she must have stolen them

to send back. She also
gave us mirror access

to her machine so we can see

everything she's doing. And...

have you figure out Bedlam's
plan for the cyber attack?

Using the files we all just got

just a few seconds ago?

Mm-hmm. Oh, we're

all over that, Miss
Matty. Come on, come on.

I know you're new, but
we need to hurry with this.

Hey.

Are you off your
meds or something?

Okay, before you go
full Yosemite Sam on me,

ask yourself if getting into a
shouting match will do anything

to make Riley safer.

You just better be right.

We here to make a withdrawal?

You're here to give us root
access to an encrypted network.

That's really all
you need to know.

Do you realize I was this close

to accessing the
Chinese ambassador's

offshore accounts when
Matty pulled me out?

You think you're not happy
about it, you should see Jack.

Mac, do you mind?

Oh, yeah.

CAGE: What's their play?

(MacGyver sighs)

Not sure.

Since when do hackers
rob banks in person?

(phone buzzes)

It's your girlfriend?

Jack.

Fifth text in the
last two hours.

Lots of emojis.

I figured out Jack met Riley

when Riley was about ten or 11,

that her real dad was
abusive, so Jack stepped in

to fill that role,
and that Riley's

the closest thing Jack
has to a family of his own.

Dude, trained
interrogator. I notice stuff.

What I can't figure out

is why Jack's being
so overprotective

of a woman who can
clearly fend for herself.

Well, she did freeze up
on our last mission, so...

Yeah, but you're not treating
her like a helpless little girl.

He is. Why?

When abusive dad got abusive,

Jack kind of
kicked his ass, so...

he thought Riley
would never forgive him,

Mm. And he just left.

So he feels guilty

because he abandoned her then,

and he doesn't want to
make the same mistake now.

Yeah.

(beep)

(click)

(keypad beeps)

(buzzing, beep)

Hey, Matty, I've rendezvoused
with Cage, and it looks like

they're just planning
to rob the bank?

No, they're planning
to assassinate

the secretary of defense.

The files that Riley

slipped us contained details

of their plans.
Bedlam's getting paid

$20 million to kill
Secretary Vasquez.

Well, unless the SecDef
is still in the bank right now,

I think it's safe to pull
Riley out of there. I mean,

we know what they're
planning on doing.

Right? Mission accomplished.

Famous last words, Jack.

We only know the
who. We don't know

the where, when,
or how they plan

to carry out this
cyber assassination.

Cyber assassination,
my ass. I can't believe

we're risking Riley's neck
for something as crazy

as killing somebody
with a computer.

What are they gonna do... beat
him to death with their laptops?

It's not that crazy,
Jack, all right?

Everything is online these days,

so everyone is vulnerable.

Any number of devices
could be turned against us

at any time: traffic lights,

medical implants,

planes, cars... All right,

all right, thanks, I get it.

Who is she again?

They're right, Jack.
You know, with

just a few keystrokes,
these hackers can kill you

from halfway around the world.

Which is why we need

to leave Riley in.

So where's the SecDef now?

Oh, my God.

MATTY: He's here,

in L.A. At a restaurant
just a few blocks away.

Well, that's too close to be a
coincidence. JACK: So why can't we

just call the guy and tell him

not to go anywhere
near a computer?

Jack, because his
phone is a computer.

It's probably got
spyware all over it,

so any attempt to warn
him could tip Bedlam off,

put Riley in danger. Yeah, but

we can't wait
around to figure out

how breaking into a
bank leads to a murder.

Mac, Cage, I need you to
go warn the SecDef in person.

JACK: Oh, hell no.

It's bad enough you're
pulling me off the case,

but now you're just gonna leave
Riley hanging out in the breeze

with nobody watching her six?

The mission is to save
the secretary of defense.

Hey, if Mac can't watch
her back, then I'm going to.

You understand me?

Yeah...

I'm a little sick of people

standing in my way today,
Bozer, so with all due respect...

All due respect, Jack,

Riley's got all of Phoenix
watching her back.

How do you know that? Cyclone
switched off the security cams,

but Jill turned them back on.

Who is this Jill person?

Her.

Riley's been teaching
me some tricks.

MATTY: Jack, Phoenix is
going to keep an eye on Riley.

Okay?

While we figure out what these
hackers are doing at the bank.

Mac, Cage, go warn the SecDef.

(tires screech)

Why go from hacking the
stock market to robbing a bank?

'Cause that's not
why we're here.

(grunts)

Is that the janitorial closet?

Did these weirdos break into a
bank holding millions of dollars

just so they can
clean it real good?

(saw whirring)

Find out what's on the
other side of that wall.

Do you kids have any
idea how many death threats

I get a day?

I appreciate the warning.
And I'll... I'll definitely have

my phone and laptop
checked for malware.

You have to trust us.

But unless Phoenix
has harder intel

than "somebody plans to
kill you with technology..."

I have a plane to catch.

A plane is, actually,

one of the main things
that they could hack.

The building next door is owned
by Spartan Safeguard Solutions,

a data management company
that hosts secure servers

for dozens of
different companies:

tech giants, hospitals, aircraft
manufacturers, car makers.

BOZER: With root level
access to these servers,

Bedlam could easily upload
the malware to crash a car

or bring down a plane.

CYCLONE: You're up, Artemis.

We are jacked in
behind their firewall,

so we just need you
to hack the system

and give us full
admin privileges.

MATTY: Whoa, whoa, whoa.

This isn't just
part of their plan.

This is their plan.

Mac, Cage, do you
have eyes on the SecDef?

This assassination is
going down right now.

He's leaving in a black SUV.

A late-model,
super-hackable SUV.

Well, then, catch
up to it, fast.

We just got to hope she
can stall them long enough

for that to happen.
Looks like she's trying.

She can type way
faster than that.

What's taking you so long?

You hacked us much
quicker than this.

I'd go a lot faster if I knew
what I was hacking into.

CYCLONE: Wow. I see the problem.

You're mirroring your whole
system to somebody else.

Who do you work for?

GOLIATH: I said, who
are you working for?

CYCLONE: We need to leave.

We'll deal with her later.

We have a man to murder.

Besides, she's already gotten
around most of this encryption.

You happy?

(grunts)

We've got full admin access.

We can upload the
malware on the move.

(grunts)

(Riley grunts)

Artemis.

I can't say that it's
been a pleasure

doing business with you.

But this next part
should be fun.

Don't worry, Riley.
I let you down once,

I'll never let it happen again.

This thing is beautiful, but
what's wrong with our car?

Anything built after '97 is
basically a rolling computer.

This, on the other
hand, is four wheels,

a chassis, and a
whole lot of horses.

(engine revving)

(tires screeching)

(tires screeching)

Okay, SecDef's car
is six blocks ahead,

but we still have no idea
how Bedlam plans to kill him.

Right now I'd just
settle for catching up.

You got a plan for when we do?

Because he's got
three armed guards,

and he's already
blown us off once.

It's not like he's
just gonna pull over.

All right, tell me
where he's going.

I'm gonna get ahead of him.

Are you sure this is gonna work?

I'm never that sure.

(tires screeching)

(metal straining)

(grunting)

(grunting)

VASQUEZ: Send backup, now!

(sirens blaring)

What the hell are
you people doing?

(engine starts)

(tires screeching)

(phone buzzing)

Hey, come on, Matty, I don't
have time for this right now.

RILEY: Jack.

It's me. Riley?

Did you get free? Are you safe?

I'm still working on that.

They left come gear
in the trunk with me,

so I used it to make a phone.

Yours was the only
number I had memorized.

Do you know where you are
right now, do you know where

they're taking you? My
phone doesn't have GPS.

Well, I'll have Phoenix
track your cell phone signal.

I smell the ocean.

I think they're getting closer
to where they're gonna...

Hey, Jack, if anything happens,

can you please tell
my mom for me that I...

Hey, don't do this right now.

I'm not telling your
mom a damn thing.

I'm on my way to get you.

When this is over,
we're-we're gonna eat pizza,

we're gonna play some
Skee-Ball, all right?

Yeah. You can do this.

So listen up. If I
don't get to you

before they stop that car,

you have to be ready
to... Stop the car.

Jack, I got an idea.

I got to go.

(beeping)

You wanted Artemis?

You got her.

MATTY: Jack, we got a
lock on Riley's cell phone.

She's three miles west of you.

(tires screeching)

Malware just went live.

SecDef's a dead man.

(alarm buzzing,
tires screeching)

What the hell's going on?

The steering is locked up.

(tires screeching)

Buckle your seat belts, boys.

(alarm buzzing,
tires screeching)

BOZER: Jack, they should
be right in front of you.

Yeah, I got 'em.

(tires squealing)

(yelling)

JACK: Riley!

This is kidnapping. And treason!

Actually, treason requires
intent to aid the enemy, so...

Mac, you're not helping.
We will let you go

as soon as we know
that you're safe, sir.

(phone ringing)

Mac, I think we may know how
Bedlam plans to kill the SecDef.

Well, we've already got
him away from any cars,

or plane, or laptop
that they could use

to hack into the... (groans)

Mac.

MATTY: The company
that Bedlam hacked

makes medical devices.

Now, there's
nothing in his file,

but if the SecDef
has an insulin pump

or any kind of... (groaning)

He has a pacemaker.

Bedlam hacked his heart.

They're sending him
into cardiac arrest.

Riley!

Riley!

(grunts)

Hang on. Hang on.

I got you.

Riley. Riley. Ri?

Hey.

Come here, baby.

Oh, boy. Oh, boy.

(crying)

Oh, I got you.

I'm right here.

I got you.

You okay? Huh?

How did we not know
this guy had a pacemaker?

Matty read his entire file.

Vasquez was eying a
run for the presidency,

so it's no surprise
he tried to hide it.

This isn't working.
I can't get a pulse.

He's in a-fib.

They didn't just shut
down his pacemaker,

they reprogrammed it

to deliver continuous shocks.

Well, unless you've
got a plan to fix it,

we're about to watch the
secretary of defense die.

Hang on, hang on,
hang on. (phone buzzing)

Go ahead, Mac.

MacGYVER: Jack, is Riley okay?

Uh, I-I think so.

How's the secretary of defense?

Not good.

Riley, can you hack
his pacemaker remotely

and remove the malware?

Not fast enough to save him.

From what I saw, their code
is riddled with logic bombs.

Best I can do is to
shut it off completely.

Yeah, I can work
with that. Do that.

No, no, wait a minute, now.

I stone cold flunked
out of med school,

but if you turn off his
pacemaker, ain't he gonna die?

Yes, technically, but
I think I can fix that.

Well, brother, if you can fix
death, we're in the wrong business.

You went to med school?

No, he's lying.

I seriously thought about it.

Come on, get out
of there. Come on.

I'm gonna borrow your
phone. You'll get it back, I think.

(static crackles)

Here, one second.

Are you sure this is gonna work?

Still no, but it's our
best shot. Riley...

how's it going?

Okay, I'm shutting
off his pacemaker...

now!

Okay, stop compressions.

(low, rhythmic thumping)

1.17 hertz audio.

It's the same frequency
as a human heartbeat.

The same pulse that's
coming out of those speakers

is going through these wires.

We have a pulse.

(chuckles)

I-It's weak, but it's there.

You just made an
external pacemaker

out of paper clips. Yeah,

and a 1967 Mustang fastback.

If you're gonna do
it, do it in style, right?

(Vasquez groaning)

What the hell just happened?

Yeah, I wouldn't... I
wouldn't touch those, sir.

You, uh, you kind
of need them to live.

♪ We said we'd walk together ♪

(laughing)

♪ Baby, come what may ♪

♪ That come the twilight ♪

♪ Should we lose our way ♪

♪ If as we were walking... ♪

Hey, I don't want
you to get all weepy,

but I wanted to thank you.

Oh, yeah? For what?

I couldn't have done
it without you, Jack.

♪ Should I fall behind... ♪

Well, actually, you
did do it without me.

Last night was all you.
All I did was pop the trunk.

Now that you're all big time,

finished your
first solo mission,

I don't suppose you're
gonna be wanting

any advice from good
ol' Jack anymore, huh?

To be fair...

I never really wanted to
take any of your advice, so...

Oh, okay. All right.

But when I was in that
trunk, I realized something.

Telling someone
how scared you are

doesn't make you weak.

In fact, it might just give
you the strength you need

to find your way out.

Killing that guy was the
scariest thing I've ever done.

And for a while, I
thought if I just ignored it...

it would all go away,
but you're right...

It didn't. Uh-uh.

So... if you're still
willing to listen,

I think I'm ready to talk.

My door's always open.

Just so we're clear, Jack,

you... you don't have an office.

Oh, no. So you
don't have a door.

I mean this door here.

This pizza place
is my office, okay?

Oh, okay. This
is where we do it.

Okay. Fine.

Well, that is good news.

So, the SecDef...

JACK: Oh, I love this guy.

Back off, furball, or I'll
pluck those whiskers.

All of them.

Get back to your litter box.

(laughter)

As I was saying,

the SecDef is not
pressing charges.

You're welcome.

And now the Phoenix has

a very powerful ally at
the Department of Defense.

And all we had to do was
kidnap the guy and nearly kill him.

Right.

(sighs)

What is this for?

First solo mission.

I knew you'd crush it.

It almost crushed me.

Nah. I never doubted you.

But you, on the other hand...

All the places you've
been to in the world...

New York, Italy, even Chicago,

and you like the pizza here?

Easy-peasy, always greasy, bro.

And, Mac, about what happened
outside of the warehouse...

Forget it, Jack.

Riley's just lucky to have
someone as dedicated as you

watch her back. And...

you should thank Cage, too.

She stepped it up big time.

Well, I already did.

Who do you think
invited her to the party?

Is this seat taken?

No, not at all.

(chuckles): All right.

Hey. Hi.

Hey, caught it. In your
mouth. Oh, no way.

(laughter)

JACK: All right, who's
ready for some Skee-Ball?

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