MacGyver (2016–…): Season 3, Episode 4 - Guts + Fuel + Hope - full transcript

["Yaba" by Jasim
Almsharak playing]

Brazilian walnut
floors throughout,

recessed lighting in both the
living room and the dining room,

postmodern,
contemporary chandelier...

I'm sorry, I thought
this building was empty.

We're showing units
early, by appointment only...

Which room is the
farthest from the front door?

The playroom. Or a
study, if you two aren't...

- Hey, I need you guys in there now.
- Why?

That's why.

Come on. Let's go.



Come on. Let's go. Go, go, go.

I don't understand.
Who are you people?

Look, we don't have time
to explain. Just stay in here,

- and don't make a sound, okay?
- For your own safety,

lock the door behind
you, don't let anyone in

until we tell you to, and, uh,
I'm gonna need your belt...

I'm assuming you have one,
that purse, this squirt gun,

and these stuffed animals.

Thank you. Thank you, sir.

We'll be right back.

[door lock clicks]

[gunfire] [man groans]

[beeping]

[gunfire] [groaning in distance]



[dispatcher speaking Arabic]

Honestly? I don't know.
Just come here fast.

AbuStar Tower One, unit 4642.

[men screaming]

- [knocking on door]
- [gasps]

[Riley] It's safe.

You guys can come out now.

[men grunting]

I called the police.

- They're on their way.
- That's great.

When they get here, tell
them to arrest these men,

obviously, and if they
have any further questions,

to call Matty Webber at the
Phoenix Foundation in Los Angeles.

- Oh, and good luck with the listing.
- Yes, it's a lovely home.

Bit of a fixer-upper,
but lovely.

Cup of coffee...

Egg salad sandwich,
a side of home fries.

[chuckles] Will it
just be you again?

- Looks that way.
- Okay.

[sighs]

Ooh.

[laughs softly]

I guess I shouldn't be surprised
you're really good at this game.

Actually, War requires zero
skill or strategy, as you see there.

It's all luck. But don't tell
Jack. He thinks he has a gift.

- Oh.
- It's really entertaining to me.

I guess I'll have to play him
when he gets back from DC.

If he gets back.

Only Jack could wind up having to
explain to the Secretary of Defense

why he stole some Russian
weapons for an ex-dictator.

Well, I bet that meeting's
not awkward at all.

[laughs]

Speaking of awkward meetings,
you know it's after 1:00 in LA, right?

- Yeah, so?
- It's Friday.

What's your point?

Did you tell him exfil got pushed
and we left later than expected?

Oh. Must have slipped my mind.

So your father's just
waiting there in that diner,

like he does every Friday,
hoping you show up?

He said to drop by when I was
ready, and I'm still not ready.

That's fair enough.

But you could have called,
so he knew not to wait.

I waited 18 years
for him, Riley.

So now you're going to
make him wait that long?

[sighs]

[plane whirring]

Are we changing course?

Definitely adjusting
our heading.

[Matty] Sit down,
Blondie, I can explain.

Something's come up.
Something very time-sensitive.

And with Jack in DC, and
Leanna on another op stateside,

you two are my closest
Phoenix agents to the problem.

Bozer, show our
contestants what they've won.

Rebels are taking over
the city of Tago in Georgia.

They're blocking supplies
and humanitarian aid

from reaching
innocent civilians.

This was posted on
the web 20 minutes ago.

My name is Dr. Lena Nakani.

I am chief medical officer at
Georgian Children's Hospital.

Two days ago, rebels entered
Tago, forcing many to flee the city.

Supplies stopped showing up,

including our weekly
shipment of liquid oxygen.

Currently, we have 12 patients

who require ventilator
assistance to breathe.

Which means, if a tanker of oxygen
doesn't arrive here in ten hours,

these children will die.

I am reaching out to the
international community for help.

If anyone sees this,
please, they need you.

Okay, we're in.

Do we have any idea
where this tanker is?

That's the
million-dollar question.

Our intel suggests that the driver
fled the violence and abandoned it.

The hospital can't
get a replacement

because the only oxygen
plant in the area shut down

after its employees
stopped showing up to work.

So they couldn't
find another driver?

[Matty] They tried.

No one wants the job now
that rebels have taken over.

And what about airlifting
the oxygen to the hospital?

That would work if
the rebels hadn't seized

Georgia's anti-aircraft guns.

They're shooting down
everything flying into the region.

Delivery by land
is the only option.

Which is where we come in.

Correct. You two need
to find that missing tanker

and get it to that hospital,
before it's too late.

The tanker itself is old.
It has no GPS locator.

So our best guess is that it was
abandoned somewhere on the main road

between the oxygen
plant and the hospital.

You touch down in four hours.

That leaves you six hours
to find a needle in a haystack,

drive it past an army of violent rebels
in time to save 12 innocent children.

- No pressure or anything.
- Nope. None at all.

Hey, guys, just a heads-up.

You should be entering
rebel territory right about now.

[Riley] You don't say.

[phone beeps]

Let me guess,
text from your dad?

Yeah. Asking about
lunch sometime next week.

And you're not even gonna reply?

Oh, come on, Mac. Would
one lunch be so bad?

[Bozer] Thank you,
Riley. I've been asking him

that same question for weeks.

Matty, maybe you can
talk some sense into him.

You want me to advise my agent
on his relationship with my boss?

- Mm-hmm.
- Tempting, but pass.

[MacGyver] Look, guys,

I'm avoiding this lunch
because I don't want to sit

and make small talk and pretend
like everything's normal when it's not.

And before you say it's
payback, the guy left me.

I just... I'm not ready
to forgive him yet.

I hear you, I hear you.
But this is a chance for you

to work on your relationship,
like I am with my father.

And I know you have
unanswered questions for him,

so something tells me there's a
deeper reason you're avoiding him.

[Bozer] Dang.

Check out Ms. Freud over here.

You gonna tell us what it is, Mac?
Or are you gonna make us guess?

[sighs]

Bozer, didn't you say that
tanker truck was silver and blue?

Way to dodge the question.

Yeah. Why?

I think we just found it.

Who steals a tanker of oxygen?

Pull up next to the
cab, and let's find out.

[tires screeching]

Pull over. Pull over!

Okay, yelling at him didn't work. So,
how do we make him stop this truck?

We don't. We stop it for him.

Pretty sure that's Mac code for

"I'm about to do something
really dangerous."

Yeah. Get as close to the cab
as you can, and don't swerve.

Okay. Don't swerve.
Don't swerve. Don't swerve.

[tires squeal]

- I said, "Don't swerve!"
- [Riley] I'm not.

[grunts]

[shouts] [grunts]

[strained grunting]

[tires screeching]

[grunts]

[both grunting]

Drop it.

Drop it.

Thank you.

Now, what were you
doing stealing this truck?

I'm not stealing it.

Then what would you
call what you were doing?

I'm delivery.

Lives depending on this oxygen.

Where were you taking it, then?

To its original destination:
the children's hospital.

Yes, it's true. My
son is, uh, is patient.

He... Look, he...

- Whoa, whoa, whoa.
- No. It's-it's okay.

It's photo. My...

Photo, my son. Before
he was hospitalized.

When my wife and I learned
that the shipment wasn't coming,

I decided to...

Track the truck down
and deliver it yourself?

Yes.

Well, aren't you
worried about the rebels?

They're killing
everyone on sight.

I'm only worried for my son
and the children in the hospital.

- Look, sir...
- No, my name is Vasil.

Vasil. I'm MacGyver.
This is Riley Davis.

We were sent by a government organization
to deliver this truck to the hospital.

- It's true?
- Yeah.

This is the best news
I've heard in days.

Please, please,
can I come with you?

I can help you. Yes, you-you...

Uh, no, I don't think
that's a good idea, Vasil.

Mac. We can't leave him here,
Mac. If the rebels find him...

- Let's go save your son.
- Thank you!

- Thank you. Thank you.
- [explosion]

What was that?

- [explosion]
- Matty? Bozer? You guys hear that?

- Heard and saw, Mac.
- It's the rebels.

They're blowing up all the
roads leading into the city.

Which is a huge problem,
because we only have four hours

until the oxygen in
the hospital runs out.

[explosions continue]

Mac, we checked
every road into the city

and confirmed the rebels have
blocked or destroyed them all.

All right, so if
the roads are out,

how are we gonna get this
oxygen to the kids, Mac?

We'll make our own road.

We'll cut through those
mountains right there,

and we'll find a paved road on the
other side of the rebels' perimeter.

I'm sorry, Mr. MacGyver,
but that is just not possible.

I know this area very
well. It's very rough.

This vehicle will never make it.

You're right, we won't
make it in this vehicle.

We'll have to
give it an upgrade.

What is upgrade?

What you are doing?

I'm trying to stabilize
this rebound clip.

You are using your cell phone?

Yeah, well, as it turns
out, it fits perfectly.

I wish Vano was here to see this
now. He would say, "You are awesome."

- Vano loves trucks.
- Mm.

So did I when I was his
age. Actually, I still do.

You know what? What do you
say, when we get to the hospital,

we ask the doctors if
they'll him see the truck?

Oh, he would love that.

He, uh, has been in
the hospital for so long.

Not to pry, but what's
wrong with your son?

- Ah, his lungs are not fully developed.
- Oh.

Doctors don't know why.

- I can't imagine it's been easy for him.
- No, no, it's been very difficult.

But luckily,

- there are still heroes in the world.
- Well, no, you're the hero, Vasil.

You tried to drive this tanker through
rebel-occupied territory by yourself.

I... just did what any
father would do for his son.

Okay, good to go.

Okay, if the truck is ready,
you need to get moving.

Guys, you've got some time to
make up, so you better go fast.

Guys, what part of, "You've got
some time to make up" wasn't clear?

[MacGyver] We know, Boze,
but if we drive any faster,

then this tanker
could start leaking,

which is a problem because
my build wasn't perfect.

There's lots of
metal parts in contact

with other metal parts,
so if we do start to leak,

any spark could ignite the
liquid oxygen inside and...

[imitates explosion]

On second thought, slow works.

Okay, I ran the numbers.
At your current pace,

you could still make it in
time to save those kids,

but you're cutting it close.

- Yeah, how close?
- Let's just avoid any more delays.

[monitor beeping]

- [sighs]
- Heads up.

We got an unidentified
vehicle moving towards you.

[Matty] Most civilians
have already fled the area,

so unless you guys ordered
Domino's, that's probably rebel patrol.

- Have they spotted us yet?
- I don't think so.

The terrain seems to
have kept you hidden,

but if you stay on that current
heading, you're gonna run right into them.

Guys, there's a large cluster of
trees northeast of your position.

You can make it,
but you have to hurry.

This time for real.

Those trees right there.

Breathe, Bozer, breathe.

Okay. You're clear.

[all sighing]

- My heart is racing.
- Yeah, mine, too.

Time to get moving.
You've got kids to save.

[engine rumbling]

[clanking and rattling]

[engine revving]

That didn't sound good.

Yeah, we're stuck.

[shuts off engine]

[grunting]

We're in a dried-out creek
bed, and part of it collapsed

under our front tire.
We hung the truck.

We... we don't
have time for this.

How are we gonna do this, Mac?
Thing's got to be about 60,000 pounds.

- Mac?
- Uh...

He don't answer you.

Yeah, believe it or
not, that's a good thing.

Means he has an idea.

Put it in neutral and
turn the engine over.

This... this is
going to raise truck?

- Yeah, it should.
- How?

Well, it's basically the same
way a firefighter's lift bag works.

[metallic creaking]

The operating pressure
of the suspension airbag

is multiplied by the surface
area in contact with the frame,

which gives you lifting force
in pounds per square inch.

- I... I don't follow you.
- Yeah, yeah, you get used to that.

[Vasil] Oh, it's working!

- This is miracle!
- No, it's just physics.

We should be back on
the road in five minutes.

I'm going to call my wife
and check on my son,

tell her we're coming!

Devoted husband and father.
That's a good man right there.

I'm sorry.

You all right?

[sighs] Earlier, you were saying

you were gonna try and
work things out with Elwood.

I mean, do you really think
that he's capable of change?

- [scoffs] Probably not.
- Well, okay, then why bother?

'Cause I don't expect Elwood to
change. I've accepted who he is.

Maybe I'm naive, but...

I still have hope our
relationship can heal.

And I never want to regret
not giving us a second chance.

There's a rebel patrol
coming. We must go now!

Tire's still an inch
below solid ground, Mac.

- You think we can make it?
- One way to find out. Let's go.

[all grunting]

[engine revving]

Great work.

You're back on the road
and have just over two hours

until the oxygen at
the hospital runs out.

Since it should only take
you 90 minutes to get there,

I think we're all good.

[Riley] Damn it, Bozer, why'd
you have to go and say that?

This is problem.

[tires squealing]

Make that two problems.

Mac, they're closing fast.

- Any chance you got a plan?
- Yeah. Riley's gonna floor it.

- You sure that's a good idea?
- I don't know,

but it's not gonna
matter if they catch us.

Yeah, good point.

Not that I'm complaining, but...
why aren't they shooting at us?

[Vasil] They want
our cargo intact.

The, uh, liquid oxygen is, uh, worth
a lot of money on the black market.

[gas hissing]

What's that? What's that noise?

We sprung a leak.
I got to go up top.

Are you crazy? We are
doing 120 kilometers per hour.

Yeah, I mean, I'm not
looking forward to it,

but if I don't plug the
leak, we're not gonna have

enough oxygen left by the
time we get to the hospital.

And that's best-case scenario.

What is worst-case scenario?

Well, a stray spark hits
the liquid oxygen, and, uh...

[imitates explosion]

- How will you fix it?
- Good question.

[sighs]

Wait a second, that water bottle
over there, can you hand me that?

- This? For... for why?
- Thanks.

Liquid oxygen is cryogenic,

which means it's stored
below 297 degrees Fahrenheit.

That valve is so cold right now,
all I have to do is pour water onto it,

and, uh, it should freeze
instantly, creating a seal.

[door closes]

He say "should"?

Be happy. That's as much of a
guarantee as you're gonna get from him.

[panting] [grunting]

Riley, on your right.

- Mac, hang on to something.
- [tires screech]

Mac, you're about
to have company.

[grunting]

[tires screeching]

[grunts]

[groaning]

[tires squeal]

[yells]

Whoa, whoa, whoa,
whoa, I said no sparks!

Yeah, or you could say,
"Thanks for saving my life."

Be careful, be careful!

[grunts]

Leak's sealed.

[grunting]

[yells]

[strained grunting]

Ugh, damn it, I can't shake 'em.

Mac, now would be a great
time to do something brilliant.

[MacGyver] Working on it.

Uh... Hold.

[grunts]

[tires screeching]

- [Vasil shouts]
- [Riley whoops]

- Whoa.
- [laughter]

[whooping]

Okay. I think we're clear.

Okay, just stay on that road.
It'll lead you right to the hospital.

[chuckles]

Yeah, until we run out of gas.

Uh, yeah, we just burned
through all of our fuel, and...

No, no, I know a fuel
station very near here.

Pretty sure, uh, no rebels are
there. It is safe. Okay? I take you.

Okay, take us. [chuckles]

[beep]

[Riley] What's on
your mind, Mac?

That obvious?

[sighs]

Thinking about what you said earlier,
about you and Elwood and second chances.

You know, there
was actually a time

when I really wanted a
relationship with my dad.

And now that time's passed,
because you're too angry with him.

Yeah.

Yeah, I just cannot
seem to let this anger go.

When I was a kid,
especially after my mom died,

I idolized him.

He was smart and tough,

and the way he made things out
of nothing absolutely amazed me.

And then when he left without
saying a word, it was like...

I tried to convince myself
there was a good reason.

You know, like, maybe he had
amnesia and couldn't find his way home,

or he was framed for a crime
and wrongfully imprisoned.

[laughs softly]

Then years passed, and
eventually, I just gave up

believing there
was a good reason.

I began to forget what
he once meant to me

and started imagining he
was a drunk or a criminal.

Picturing him as
someone you didn't want

made it easier to
accept he didn't want you.

Been there.

But then 18 years go by, he
comes back, and as it turns out,

he runs an organization
dedicated to saving innocent lives.

It was a lot easier when I
thought he was a bad guy.

But you understood him then.

Now it's complicated.
And that scares you.

[Matty] Guys, you got a
truck. It's coming in hot.

Vasil, get to the cab now.

Get a move on, guys.
They're right on top of you.

[vehicles approaching]

Don't move.

These don't look
like rebels, Mac.

[Vasil] That's
because they are not.

Vasil, what the
hell is going on?

Remember when I told you liquid
oxygen was worth a lot of money?

Well, it is.

And my friends and I are going to
sell this truck and keep the money.

- You set us up.
- I'm sorry.

- You son of a bitch.
- Riley...

[groans in pain]

You were right. I
was stealing the truck.

Local conflicts are
good for that sort of thing.

[groans]

You knew where we were taking it.
You said you were taking it there, too.

The on-board navigational system
told me where the truck was going.

That's the only reason I knew.

And thank you for
getting me past the rebels.

I could never have done
it without you, MacGyver.

- So your whole story was a lie, then?
- I have a wife and three children.

They're not sick, but they
are very much in danger.

That's why I need the
money, to get them to safety.

So you're gonna let all
those other children die?

I'm not proud of it.

But if the choice is between my
children and complete strangers,

what can I say? Family first!

We got just over an hour till
those kids run out of oxygen, Mac.

What are we gonna do?

I don't know.

[Matty] You're not listening.

We don't have time to ask for
permission from the minister of health.

I am talking minutes.
Not hours, not days.

I understand that. But
without her authorization, I...

[beep]

Armenia's out, too.

Tell me someone
has good news. Bozer?

Turkish ambassador says there's a hospital
just over the border, 40 minutes away.

They have a full
tanker of liquid oxygen,

but he's refusing to
send any of his people

into rebel-occupied territory.

What do I do? Am I
allowed to threaten him?

Just hang up.

Mac, Riley, I don't
know what to say.

We've reached out to
everyone in your area

looking for replacement oxygen,
and we've come up empty.

Any luck on your end?

Mac's phone is still on
the tanker, so I traced it,

but it's so deep in rebel territory, if
we tried to go get it, we'd get killed.

Does that mean
we're out of options?

Not entirely. If we can't
bring the oxygen to the kids,

we'll have to bring
the kids to the oxygen.

- What are you talking about, Mac?
- I'm talking about a medevac.

A medevac? Oh, no, no, no.
A medevac? It's impossible.

These children are in
no shape to be moved.

And even if they were...

we have diluted the O2
mix as much as we can.

At most, we have 50 minutes
before they start suffocating.

Look, I know that
transporting them isn't ideal,

but there's a hospital 40
minutes away in Turkey.

If we borrow vehicles, we
should be able to make it in time.

Not with the rebels outside. They
will attack any convoy immediately.

[electrical buzzing]

I'm... I'm sorry. Hold on.

Is that normal?

- I'm afraid so.
- Great. Where's your maintenance guy?

He says you're right.
The lights upstairs flicker

because we are
running on backup power.

[speaking Georgian]

Uh, all life-saving equipment
is on battery backup,

but the nonessential parts of the
hospital and the rest of the city use this.

[man speaking Georgian]

He says that beyond this airlock
is a compressed air chamber,

which the city uses to
create and store energy

for when the power goes out.

This is great.

What does this mean?

This means we don't
have to move the kids.

All we have to do is connect the
outflow valve from this chamber

to the hospital's oxygen converter,
which should refill the O2 tanks

and supply breathable
air to the kids.

Why didn't the hospital
do this immediately?

Uh, that's my fault. I
just made that sound

a lot easier than it's
actually gonna be.

There's over a
thousand PSI in there,

which is like being a half
a mile under the ocean.

If you go in there without
protection, you won't last long.

[Matty] And I assume you have a
plan to make the necessary protection?

I do, but I'm not sure
if it's gonna work.

Look, just so it's
been said out loud,

there's still time for that
medevac if you leave now.

And to be clear, Bozer means
right now, so it's decision time.

Mac, it's your boots on
the ground, so it's your call.

Moving the kids has variables I
can't control, which means more risk.

I say we stay and
take our chances...

- In there.
- [Riley] Okay.

What do we need to do, Mac?

Follow me.

Thanks.

All right, so all this is to
help you survive a room

that might as well be half
a mile under the ocean?

- I mean, not forever, but yeah.
- How?

The same way an
atmospheric pressure suit

helps deep sea divers survive
at the bottom of the ocean.

- And that's what we're making?
- A quick and dirty version of one, yeah.

Okay, this is the last canister
we have, and it's nearly empty.

It's not enough
oxygen to save the kids,

and it'll give you enough
to breathe for three minutes.

- Is that going to be enough time?
- It'll have to be.

Okay, ready on my end.

[saw whirring]

[MacGyver] All right, airlock
door closed, room sealed.

And you're sure your
suit's airtight, Mac?

As airtight as I can make it.

[gasps]

[breathing heavily]

[grunts]

[groans] [gasps]

[MacGyver breathing
heavily over speaker]

Mac, how are you feeling?

Like Godzilla's stepping on my
chest. It's making it hard to breathe.

[crackling]

What's that sound?

That would be my suit caving in.

It's, uh... it's not
gonna last long.

Yeah, well, neither will the air
you're breathing, so keep moving.

Boze, I'm at the valves.

- Uh, which one am I hooking up to?
- There are four rows of four, right?

- Yeah.
- Okay, third row down,

second from the left.

[grunts]

Riley, give me
some slack. [grunts]

- Sorry, Mac. No slack left.
- What do you mean, "no slack left"?

The hose, it isn't long enough.
It won't reach. I can't connect it.

[Matty] Mac, you gotta think of something.
Those kids are about to run out of oxygen.

[panting]

- [Bozer] Mac!
- I know.

I know you know. Just saying.

[monitors beeping]

[indistinct chatter]

Just going to take this off.

Just need to put this on.

[grunts]

I've got to figure out a
way to extend the hose.

I could do it if I just... if I
had another piece of tubing.

Wait a second, I do.

Mac, you don't mean
your oxygen tube?

[MacGyver] That's
exactly what I meant.

[Matty] No, no, no, no,
no, Mac, listen to me.

You cannot cut your own oxygen
supply. The air in there is 78% nitrogen.

You inhale even one time,
you'll get the bends and die.

Then I guess I'll just
have to hold my breath.

- The tube is long enough.
- Mac, you can barely move in that suit.

If you hold your breath,
you'll black out and die

before you make
it out of that room.

You might be right, Riley, but
this is my only choice. [grunts]

All right, I'm going
to cut my hose,

which means I'm
gonna lose comms, so...

see you on the
other side, I hope.

- [grunts]
- [gauge beeping slowly]

[sighs]

[airflow hissing]

The converter tank is filling.

[gauge beeping rapidly]

[indistinct chatter]

Riley, what about Mac?

On my way.

Mac?

- Mac!
- [knocking]

[clanking]

[banging on door]

Mac.

[gasping]

Hey, hey.

Hey. I need... I need...

You all right?

- [panting] I need to work...
- What do you need?

On my cardio.

- [laughing]
- What?

[gasping] [coughing]

[both laughing]

[indistinct chatter]

[Matty] It's nothing
but good news.

UN soldiers are moving
in with supplies and aid,

and the rebels are about to
get an unpleasant surprise.

Turns out Vasil
sold them that tanker.

You traced my phone.

Hell yeah, we did! Right
back to the rebel stronghold.

Won't be long before
this rebellion is put down.

But most importantly,
all of those children

are going to survive,
thanks to you two.

We secured a nearby
field for your exfil.

I'll send coordinates.
Chopper will be there in 30.

See you tomorrow.

- Copy that.
- All right.

Anything else you need, Matty?

Just for you to go
home and get some rest.

Good work.

Now, that is one order I am
more than happy to follow.

See you tomorrow.

Hey, Bozer?

I know you've been
having a hard time lately.

- Is it that obvious?
- No, not to everyone, but... I can tell.

Jill was more than just a
coworker; she was family.

Yeah, she was.

If you ever want to talk,
I'm always available.

I appreciate that, Matty.

You know, these kids
almost didn't make it

because Vasil put his family
before the lives of others.

- What kind of a father does that?
- A bad one.

Right. So, with that logic,

maybe a father who puts others
before his family actually is a good one.

- I see what you did there.
- [chuckles]

Look, we don't get to choose our
parents. We just have to accept them.

And trust me, I know you're
scared of being hurt again.

I am, too. Still. But I'm
glad I took that chance.

And as brave as you are,
I know you'll be glad, too.

[indistinct conversations]

[sighs]

- [bell rings]
- Order up.

And here's your
egg salad sandwich

- and side of steak fries.
- Thank you.

Not that it's any of
my business, hon,

but who is it that you keep
waiting for week after week?

Me.

This is my son.

- Could I get a menu? I'm starving.
- Of course.

Sorry I'm late, Dad.

It was worth the wait.

[chuckles]

French fry? They're good.

[indistinct conversation]