MacGyver (2016–…): Season 5, Episode 6 - Quarantine + N95 + Landline + Telescope + Social Distance - full transcript
♪
[horn honks]
[tires squealing, horn honks]
All right, closer.
Closer. Got to get closer.Mac, what's the rule?
Ugh. No back-seat
driving during
car chases.Mm-hmm, that's right.
I drive, and you build
things out of other things.
MacGYVER:
Are you saying
this is my fault?
Get me out of here!
I do not like this.
This is not fun.
Do you hear me?!
Okay, team,
what's the plan?
All right, so, I need to...
find first, then puncture
the hydraulic hose
that's feeding fluid
to that claw,
which should
leak pressure
slowly enough that...
Desi, that gives you time
to grab Taylor.
And I mean, man...
Garbage trucks are such
impressive feats of engineering.
Now is not the time!
Dude, really?
Somebody do something!
Sorry. I just... Fluid
mechanics get me hyped.
Riley, take the wheel.Okay, got it.
[grunts]
Ready?Yep.
[both grunt]
TAYLOR:
Careful, Desi!
He has a gun!
[gunfire]
Come on, Mac!
[gunfire]
All right,
here we go!
He's gonna need a hand
in a second.
This will not be my epitaph!
[both grunting]
[tires squealing]
Look.
[grunting]
[tires squealing]
♪
[sniffs]
Am I a bit whiffy?
I've got a friend flying in
to town for the weekend.
Can't pick her
up from LAX
smelling like
last week's underpants.
[sniffing]Oh, little friend, huh?
Just for the weekend?
[singsongy]:Oh, Taylor's got
a booty call.
Yes, that's very
Victor Mature of all of you.
Sofia is not
a booty call. She's...
a dear friend who happens
to be the Countess of
Herrington, actually, actually.
Ooh.Anyway, whiffy or not?
Yeah, you smell great.
[clears throat]
[quiet laughter]
MacGYVER:This is great.
You know what I mean?
No more Codex, just normal
bad guys from here on out.
Mm.I can feel it.
2020 is gonna be awesome.
♪
MacGYVER: I still remember
my grandpa teaching me
that if you look at the stars
from the southern hemisphere,
the constellations
are upside down.
I mean, come on. Six-year-old
MacGyver mind blown.
Everything is a matter
of perspective.
[doorbell rings]
BOZER:
It's here!
RILEY:
Don't get my hopes up, Bozer.
You said the same
thing yesterday.
[whoops]Look! Toilet paper!
Oh, my gosh, you
finally got toilet paper?Hey, hey, hands off!
You know the protocol.Everything coming
into this house gets wiped downand UV sterilized.
Don't you do it.
And then it sits
for 72 hours.
Yes, sir, COVID
Sheriff, sir.
Very funny.
MacGYVER: ♪ Sing his name
till I'm hoarse ♪
♪ He'll never call it quits
[strumming ukulele]
♪ Something endorse...
Or-- I don't know--
maybe a golf course.
You know, I don't understand
why everybody's so stressed
out about toilet paper...
[laughs]
when there are
many adequate alternatives
all around us, like
newspaper or
leaves, pine needles.
Uh, scratchy, unsanitary.
And hard pass
on the pine needles, Mac.
Here's an idea. Use cardboardfrom your moving boxes and
get them out of our way.Two birds, one stone.
Um, unpacking is bad
quarantine juju, Bozer.[beeps, whirs]
Living out of
boxes signals
to the universe that any day now
this stay-at-home order is gonnabe lifted, and I can finally
move into
my new place.
MacGYVER:
♪ He has 13
♪ Honorary doctorates
♪ And I will sing his name
till I'm hoarse ♪
♪ Leading the White House
Coronavirus Task Force ♪
BOZER:
Um, guys.
♪ Fauci
♪ Fauci, in Tony we trust...
Hey! House meeting, ten minutes.
Think back to three weeks ago,
before the chore wheel
was implemented.
Does anybody want to go back
to the way things were?
No.
Absolutely not.Then why, Mac,
didn't you do the dishes
last night after dinner?
I thought it was
Riley's turn.
I've seen you
do advanced
quantum physics in your head
while dodging bullets.
Bullets!
Pull it together![sighs]
[intro to The Cars'
"Just What I Needed" plays]
♪ I don't mind you comin' here
♪ And wastin' all my time
♪ 'Cause when you're standin'
oh so near ♪
♪ I kinda lose my mind.
Yeah!
[laughs]Yes, that was the one.
That was the Grammy.
Fabulous.Oh. Mmm.
Oh, you are sweaty.
Oh, yes, I seewhat you're doing, hmm?[phone vibrating]
Trying to get me
in the shower again, huh?
Just like that time in...
Oh, where was it?
Was it, uh, Djibouti?[laughs] Ooh.
Your governor's extended the
stay-at-home order two weeks.
That means
all the flights to Europe
will remain grounded.Mm.
I could rent a place,
get out of your hair.
Sure.It's been a month.
I mean, this place is, um...
It is closer to the museum.
I mean, in case you...
you know, your talk gets...
gets rescheduled.Mm.
So I could stay
a tad longer?
Wouldn't want to, uh, break upthe band, would you?[laughs]
[clicks drumsticks]
["Just What I Needed" resumes]
♪
DESI:
And the rest of the time,
I'm patrolling the house
trying to stop my parents
from escaping
to go to the grocery store.
Has anyone heard from Taylor?
I wouldn't be surprised
if he and his new friend
haven't killed each other yet.
[laughs softly]
So, Matty, any
ops on the old horizon?
We've been over this.
I don't want to deploy you on
an op until I know it's safe...
[cutting out]:
...situations you're coming...
Matty? Matty?
Please do something
about your Internet.
Hey, there's no way
I'm letting anyone
inside my house right now, Boze.
And besides,
I found the most perfect spot
where I can get on
to my neighbor's
Wi-Fi. How's this?
Ooh, yes, Matty.
Stay right there. Don't move.
Now, if you guys will excuse us,
Ms. Nguyen and I have some
things to discuss in private.
I still haven't found
the right motor
to compress
the soda bottle ventilator bag.
And the parts need to be cheap
and readily accessible
all over the world,
or it's a useless design
which hospitals can't build.
Well, you'll figure it out.
You always do.
So, hey, did you, um,
get the sourdough starter kit
that I sent... with the note?
I did, and I accept your very...
very detailed apology
for everything
that happened between us
while we were fighting Codex.
So, are we, um,
back together, or...?
What is the rush
to define our relationship?
It's not like we can go
on an actual date
or be in the same actual room.
Right. Yeah. Well, I mean,
deciding to quarantine
with your parents
gave you a really good excuse
to avoid the conversation, too.
I am home because
someone spray-painted "Kung Flu"on my parents' house,
so I have to be here
to take care of them
while my brother's busy
saving lives at the hospital
and lives in our guest room
behind a plastic sheet.
Sorry, Des. I...
That's awful, and I...
[sighs]
I don't know why I said it.
[clattering]Yeah, well, so...
Mac, I got to go. They're tryingto make a run for it again. I...
I can hear you whispering.
I'm an Army Ranger, remember?
Sorry.
I don't want to
talk about it.
I didn't say anything.
I got a new place,
and I was moving out.
Quarantine got in the way.
But that doesn't
change anything.
Except you were moving out
so you didn't have
to watch Mac and Desi together.
And at this moment,
doesn't seem like they are.
[dialing]
[line ringing]
AUTOMATED VOICE:
Your call has been forwarded
to an automatic
voice message system.
[beeps]Hey, Mom, Dad.
Must be asleep already.
Just checking in
to see how Mom is doing.
Love you.
[woman screams]
[camera shutter clicking][man grunting]
[woman screams in distance]
[woman screams]
♪
Yup, that's Mr. Krengel's house.
He's the grumpy old guy
who always grills me
like I've done
something wrong.
But why were you spying
on him?
BOZER:I wasn't spying.
I was using the telescope,
and happened
to see Krengel violently
attack someone
with a fireplace poker.
And doesn't he live
with his wife?
[laughs]:
So?
So, marriage wasn't built
for quarantine.
Four weeks, locked up
under one roof--
that could drive anyone
to the edge.
Bozer, first you said
the virus was a man-made
bioweapon,
and now you think
our neighbor murdered his wife?
If nothing's going on,
why are all their curtains
suddenly closed?
'Cause there's a
creep spying on them
with a high-powered
telescope.Who?
Well, the Krengels don't
have any smart devices
connected to their router,
so I don't have eyes or ears
anywhere in the house.
Except for a couple pockets
of web traffic here and there.
[beeping]
Hang on a second.
What are you talking about?
What?Well, 30 minutes ago,
he ordered ten pounds of lawn
lime, a hacksaw and a shovel.
Overnight delivery.
He's gonna chop her up
into little pieces
and dispose of the body.
Or he's using quarantine
to catch up
on yardwork like
everybody else is.
Come on, Mac, you have
to admit that's shady.
I swear this isn't
like the other stuff.
I know what I saw.
I mean, the only other
option we have is to just...
keep being here.
Lenny Krengel's delivery is
scheduled for 0800 tomorrow
morning. That's our cover.
First Riley will stage
a Rollerblading
accident in front
of the delivery van.[shouts]
Hey, are you okay? While the driver's
helping Riley,
I'll swipe the package.
BOZER:
Once Mac is in position
to breach the perimeter,
I'll approach the residence
posing as the delivery driver
[doorbell rings] and distract the suspect,
buying Mac the time
he needs to sneak
into the house and find
the victim's body.
The moment you do,
give the signal
and I'll take Krengel down.
[crowd cheering]Hey!
All right, what's the signal?
"Target acquired."
Well, why wouldn't the signal
just be "I found the body"?
That's just boring.
Fauci!
That's the spirit.
♪ Fauci.
[playing ukulele]
["The Mask" by The Fugees
playing]
♪ One-two, one-two
♪ M to the A to the S to the K
♪ Put the mask on your face
just to make your next day... ♪
Double-O-Boze approaching.
Riley, keep doing your thing.
Mac, wait for my signal.
♪ I walk the street
and camouflage my identity ♪[doorbell rings]
♪ My posse in Brooklyn
wear the mask... ♪
LENNY:
Stuff we don't even
remember ordering
showing up at all hours
of the day. Uh...
You, you live up the block
with Dennis the Menace,
always knocking out my power.That's me.
I'm delivering packages now;
got to stay busy.
So, uh, how are you folks
holding up in there?
Never better.
Well, looks like I might be
delivering a new TV next.
Oh, that thing's been
on the fritz for years.
Finally Lenny decided to fix it,
but he got frustrated
and bashed it to bits instead.
Let me know if you need any...
Mac, Riley,
stand down-- she's alive.
Study the family homes
you're all stuck at.
What do you see?
Your grandma's china?
School photos hung
on the wall?
Each of these artifacts
tells us a piece
of your story.
It is
the archaeologist's job
to use these pieces
to chronicle our past,
like solving a puzzle.
[beeping]Oh!
Bugger.
Russ!
Some of us actually have
to work for a living.
I'm so sorry, we're experiencing
some technical difficulties.
Look, I can fix
this, I can, um,
well, I can, I can get
someone in to fix it.
You are a dead man.
En garde.
I had no idea you were
so skilled with a...
an edged weapon.
I'm skilled with a lot
of things you don't know about.
Is this something that's
taught to all young ladies
of nobility?
Keep people off their land,
out of their houses?
Something like that.
Where did you pick it up?
Oh, it's just a hobby really.
One never knows
when one might need
a sharp pointy thingy!Ooh!
Oh! Oh, my goodness!
[gasps]
I am so sorry.
Oh, never mind.
It'll be fine.
Look, it just needs a...
you know, just-- ooh!
Ooh!Just a tiny bit of duct tape
and you'd never even notice it.Duct tape.
You don't care
about your artwork.
You have the most
uncomfortable sofa
with cushions that still
have the tags on.
And when I went down
to make eggs for breakfast
this morning,
I couldn't even find a whisk.
Yes, well,
a fork works just fine.
If this were the site
of an ancient dwelling,
I'd conclude that you'd never
spent any time here at all.
[laughs]So what do you do
when you're not meeting me
in Rome or Zurich or Mozambique?
Mozambique, that was it.
And with whom?
[chuckles]
Look, it's no mystery.
I travel a lot for work.
But I'm here.
Now.
With you.
And there's no place
I'd rather be.
Hey, Boze, please tell me you're
not still spying on them.
Something's up, Mac.
Mr. Krengel didn't look
like a guy just taking
his frustrations out on a TV.
And Mrs. Krengel was screaming.
She sounded fine this morning.
It doesn't make sense.
[sighs]
Look, I know it's been
a rough couple of weeks
for everybody,
but are you all right?
My mom's sick.
Fever,
trouble breathing.
All the symptoms.
She got tested the other day,
but the labs are backlogged.
So, yeah,
if I'm cleaning too much
or if I'm being nosy
with the neighbors,
it's because I can't do
a damn thing about it
and if I just sit around here
waiting, I'll go crazy.
Why didn't you say anything?Why would I?!
Oh, you mean
because that's the kind
of thing friends talk about?
But, I mean,
when's the last time
you and I hung out
one-on-one?
Huh? Ever since Codex and Desi,
you've been completely MIA.
I mean, you didn't even
realize I was struggling
until I accused
the neighbor of murder.
Well... [sighs]
Bozer, what are you
trying to say?
I'm saying you haven't
acted like my friend
in a very long time.
[sighs]
[door opens and closes]
Hey, let me help you out
with these dishes.
I got it.[glass breaks]
[exhales]
Or I don't.
Bozer's mom is sick.
[sighs]
You knew?
Yeah, I knew.
His parents practically
raised me after my dad left.
I just can't believe
I missed something so big.
[sighs]
This virus sucks.
Yeah, it does.
A lot.
Which is why I think
we have to forgive
each other for not being
our best selves right now.
Even Angus MacGyver.
[both laugh]
Thanks, Riles.
Yeah.
I'm just glad we got to spend
this time together
before I moved out.
I would've been so lonely
by myself.
[chuckles] Yeah. Me, too.
And I'm also glad.
I'm gonna...
go for a jog.
♪
[crowd cheering, clapping]
WOMAN:
Thank you! You're amazing!
[MacGyver whoops]
Thank you!
[cheering continues]
WOMAN:
Yeah! You are everything!
[woman screaming in distance]
♪
[knocking]
[woman screaming]
What the...?
♪
What the hell
are you doing here?
I... I was just on a, a jog and,
and I heard somebody
in trouble, so I figured,
given what's going on
out there, I should check
on my neighbors, but...
look, that's it.
Please don't hurt me.
I promise you we don't know him.
He-He's just a nosy kid.
[phone ringing and vibrating]
If any of you move,
I shoot her.
Yeah?
What's going on
over there?
Give me an update.
Well, what am I supposed
to do with this kid?
Hey, hey, don't do that.
We can't make trouble.
I understand
that you are scared,
but I'm gonna have you guys
safe very soon.
It's...
it's not us we're worried about.
What does that mean?His partner's holding
our son James.
They say, if we try
to escape,
they'll kill him.
[sighs]
[door opens]
[line ringing]
You've reached Angus MacGyver.
Sorry I missed your call.
It's still going to voice mail.
Something's wrong--
I can feel it.
Mac wouldn't just take off
for the first time
in a month
without saying anything.
There's plenty of coverage
of the neighborhood,
but nothing showing
where Mac went after his jog.
How did he seem to you
last night before he left?
[typing]I don't know.
♪
Russ?
There is such a thing
as too big a house, you know.
Russ?
♪
What are you doing?[gasps]
Russ...
I, uh, I came looking
for you and...
I found this fascinating
puzzle instead-- what is it?
Yes, well, now you've
found me-- out you go.
Oh, sorry...
Out!
I didn't mean
to overstep.
Yes, you did, because
you're a snooper.
You're always snooping.
[laughs]
You're seriously not gonna
tell me what all this is?
We've been living together
for over a month,
and I haven't learned
a single new
thing about you.
Now this.
Who are you, Russ?
Who am I?
[chuckles]
I'm the chap
who wakes up every morning
and asks himself in rapture,
"What wonderful things
will I accomplish today?"
Salvador Dalí said that--
also a fabulous chap.
You know, most people
probably don't notice,
because you
are constantly talking,
but you really are very good
at not revealing anything
about yourself.
It must be exhausting for you.
And I don't know anything
about you, either,
and it's been absolutely
hunky-dory all these years.
And now here you are,
suddenly changing the rules,
expecting me to hop to it,
when we both know
that this little tryst of ours
was never meant to last more
than two days at a time, was it?
What are you doing?Putting you...
on a jet home.
[gasps softly]There you are.
Easy peasy lemon squeezy.
I'll make my own arrangements.
Is there any reason
why somebody would have
a problem with your son?
[quietly]:Uh, like, does he
owe anybody money?
Oh, no, no,
nothing like that.
I told you, James
has a family
and he runs a professional
cleaning business.
Yeah, we just give them
what they want,
and then
they'll let us go, and...
his partner will let James go.Yeah.
Did one of you order
that package?
Then I'm sorry, but...
that man has plans
to kill you both
and dispose of your bodies.
Ooh.Which likely means
the same for your son.
What do we do?
MALLORY:
His partner calls
at the top
of every hour
to check in.
So if we wait until
right after the next phone call
to overpower him, it'll
give us enough time
to get help for James
without anybody noticing.
MacGYVER:
20 minutes it is.
[typing][computer beeping]
Here.
He went back
to the Krengels. Why?
Check that same angle
two nights ago.
When you thought you saw Krengel
attacking someone.
I told you. I told you
something shady was going on!
But you were
all like, "Bozer,
stop being so paranoid."
His name is Shane Steckler.
Works as a bouncer
at the Crawl Club...
a laundering front for the
Santos Grises Motorcycle Club,
until he was laid off
after the shutdown.
Come on.
Okay.
You guys have...
lived here a long time.
LENNY:
We got married the day
I came back from Vietnam
in one piece.
That was, uh... 1972.
1973, Lenny.
Mm-hmm.Although
no one in this neighborhood
accepted a couple
like us with
open arms
at the time either.
The only real friends we
had here were your grandparents.
You knewmy grandparents?Mm-hmm.
Oh, yeah.
They'd-they'd have us over
for dinner on their back deck.
[chuckles softly]The world
must've been
far less complicated back then.
Well...
I've been walking
this old earth for 74 years,
and it seems that...
it's been a mess
the entire time.
But I guess in the end
it's what you make of it...
who you make it with.
[chuckles]
LENNY:
Who's that?
My friends.
[Lenny groans]
They can't do anything
before the next phone call.
MacGYVER:
You're right.
LENNY:
What are you doing?
The phone is broken.
[dial tone]
Just because it's broken
doesn't mean it isn't useful.
[phone ringing]
Oh, Riley!
It's Morse code.
W. A.
I. T. "Wait."For what?
I think Mac wants us to.
[phone rings]SHANE:
Yeah?
No, it's all good.
Okay, just...
let me know.
[grunting]
BOZER:
Mac!
[sighs]
Bozer...
hey, man, you were right,
I've been a real jerk lately.
BOZER:
Look, it's okay,
all right?
Something about all
of this tells me
we should sidebar
that till later.
MacGYVER:
Right.
Riley, can you check
the last incoming call
on this phone
when you get a chance?
His partners
are holding their son hostage.
[Bozer dialing]
Oh. Hey, Krengels.
Hello.
Hi.
BOZER:
Matty? Hi. Uh, so,
we kind of need you to send
locals to pick up a suspect.
And maybe get a tac team
suited up.
RILEY:
All right.
Well, the call came in
from a burner phone,
so no I.D.
GPS puts them at a Anaheim
shopping center 40 minutes away.
Wai-Wait a second. Your-your son
has a cleaning company--
do they do malls?
Ever since COVID, they've
done just about everything.
You were the leverage.
His partners are using
your son's cleaning crew
as a disguise, so
that they can ransack
an empty mall.
[sighs]
And then they're gonna kill him.
MATTY:
CCTV of James Krengel being
forced into the trunk of a sedan
confirms that he was abducted
the same day
that Shane Steckler took
your neighbors hostage.
TAYLOR:
For the last two days, while
the Krengels were being held,
his coconspirator used
his son's cleaning crew
as cover to rob a spree
of high-value storefronts.
Businesses want to disinfect
during shutdown,
so these guys have access
to all the merchandise.
And with the stay-at-home order
in effect,
nobody would have noticed
the Krengels missing for weeks.
The robbers still don't know
that Steckler's
out of the game, but...
the second they make
another check-in call...
That window closes.
MATTY:
Which means you only have
30 minutes to rendezvous
with Desi at the mall
and extract James Krengel
and his crew.
You wanted a mission.
I did want a mission.
RILEY:Well...Yes, you did.
Matilda...
if you send the, uh, the
helicopter now, then I can be
with the team in an hour.And do what, Russ?
In an hour, this will all
be over, one way or another.
Well, then I can go to, um,
Phoenix and prep the debrief.
You messed things up
with your "friend," didn't you?
[laughs]:
What? What are you...?
Russel Taylor,
listen to me carefully.
Any woman that could stand
being shacked up with you
for 30 days, in my book,
is a saint.
So whatever dumb thing you did,
I suggest you go fix it
right now,
or you're gonna die alone
in that big house of yours.
Mm-kay? Bye.
[tires screech]
Pretty sure I just broke
the land-speed record
on an L.A. freeway.
[chuckles]:
Yeah. Only part of quarantine
I could actually
get used to.
Uh...
Like...
You know what?
There.
RILEY:
Guys,
check it out--
security cameras show
12 cleaners spread
throughout the mall.
But in those suits and masks,
how do we tell the robbers
from the legitimate cleaners?Neutralize first,
ask questions later.
And remember,
let's keep it quiet.
We don't want
to alert the robbers
before we're ready--
they could hurt James.
[electronic whirring]
[grunting]
[camera clicks]
Great.
[clicks]
[clicks]Okay.
[clicks]Well, you look frightened.
Those are all members
of Krengel's crew.
Clock's ticking.
You need to split up
and cover more ground.
[grunting]
Guess I found the lookout.
[game bell dinging]
I can't hit my parents,
but I can hit you.
[pinball machine
sound effects playing]
[bell dings]
What store are they hitting?
I don't know.
Well, this WAM hammer
thinks you do.
The jewelry store.
Was that so hard?
Good friend of mine told me I
was acting like a bit of an ass.
She was right.
Don't want you to go.
The research you found
in my room...
...was very, um,
personal to me, very private.
When the Spanish conquistadors
invaded Peru in the 1500s,
they plundered
the Incan treasure
and melted it into various
daggers, axes, spears...
Then, during World War II,
the treasure was stolen
by the Nazis.
I know the story.
What does that have to do
with you being such a wanker?
Never knew my father.
My mother spent most of her time
trying to make ends meet,
and I was practically raised
by my Peruvian grandfather,
who spent...
[sighs]
well, most of his time filling
my head with fantastical tales
about Atahuallpa
and the lost Incan treasure.
We fantasized
about finding it one day
and all the things
that we would buy.
All the ways
it would change our lives and...
pull us out of poverty.
Spearheads.
As in Spearhead Operations.
You named your company
after your grandpa's story.
The quest for wealth became
a complete and utter obsession.
[chuckles]:
Look, I'm no good at this,
no good at all this airing
and sharing all the...
skeletons
in my closet, but...
I would like to try...
Sofia.
With you.
Ah, check out the tall guy.
RILEY:
Looks like we found our robbers.
BOZER:
Not all of them.
Look at that guy
in the back corner.
MacGYVER:
It's the Krengels's son.
Ten minutes
on the clock. All right.
How do we approach with this guy
at the front keeping watch?
Hey, Bozer,
how do you feel about helping me
make an invisibility cloak?
How is that
even a question?
[grunts]
Come on, let's go.
You're a good man, Russ.
[sighs]
[camera clicking]
BOZER:
All right.
MacGYVER:
Bozer, you're gonna use
this video camera
to capture
this background image.
Out of sight, obviously. Riley,
you're gonna project
the background onto itself
and, using this iris diaphragm,
adjust the image
until it aligns perfectly
so that...
when the feed hits this sheet
that Desi and I are wearing,
we'll disappear.
Sofia?
Sofia?
Sofia!
♪
♪
James, we're here to help,
okay? No time to explain,
They'll kill my parents.MacGYVER:
No.
No. Your parents are...
your parents are okay.
Lenny and Mallory Krengel.
They got married the day after
your dad got back from Vietnam.
They got their
house in, uh, uh,
'72 or '73, depending on
which one you ask.
Do you believe me?Yes.
Yes.Okay.
When you're released,
I need you to stand up
and slowly move the cart
towards the exit. Understood?
[line ringing]
Look, Shane
ain't picking up, man.
[phone dialing]
[line ringing]
Hey.
Where are you going?
Run!Who the hell
are these guys?
[grunting]
MacGYVER:
Des, let's go!
♪
MacGYVER:All right, we got to find
a way to get out of here.
[grunting]
BOZER:
Mac, can you hot-wire
this thing?
Uh, honestly, the truth is,
it'd be easier to find the keys.
Anything built after 2000
is pretty much im...He's right.
[engine starts]Cars are just computers
on wheels.
Let's go.
BOZER:
Go, go, go, go,
go, go, go, go, go!
[tires squeal]
No, no, no. You were supposed
to turn back there. Left.
What is the rule, Mac?Wouldn't have to backseat drive
if you would just
pay attention.
Come on, this way.
[tires squeal]
Really? Bikes were an option?
MacGYVER:
Hey, whoa-whoa, an exit
right there. You see that?
Okay, all right, you got it,
all right, all right.
[tires screeching]
Hands! In the air!
Hands up!
Stay where you are!
You're all under arrest.
♪
I can't fathom what part
of "stay-at-home"
in the stay-at-home order
you three had so much trouble
understanding.
But the bottom line
is that the Krengels are safe
and these criminal lowlifes
are in cuffs,
so, well done.
Pays to be
a nosy neighbor.
Don't push it, Boze.
I'm putting you straight back
on quarantine for at least
two weeks. No exceptions.
Now, if you'll excuse me,
tac team leader...RILEY:
Whoa, whoa.
...I got a bone to pick.Where you going?
Geez.
I'll allow it.
Well,
I guess
this is goodbye again
for a while.
Yeah, I guess.
This virus sucks.
Yeah.But, hey, um...
you were right.
I was kind of avoiding
talking to you.
No, this is my fault.
I was being impatient.
If being kidnapped
with an old married couple
has taught me anything,
it's that
good things
are worth waiting for.
So take as much time
as you need to figure
out what you want.
I'll be here.
I almost wish I could, uh,
kiss you right now.
[both chuckle]
Did you talk to him?
No, but I'm glad I didn't.
I mean, look at 'em.
I'm not getting
in the way of that.
Oh, yes!
Toilet paper time!
At last. So long, suckers.
Later, fellas.
[chuckles]
Hey, Boze, listen.
You were right, and I'm sorry.
I've been a bad friend.
I was so focused
on all the things
that I had lost,
like my dad and Gwen and...
and Desi, that I...
[chuckles softly]
I neglected the family
that was right in front of me.
I appreciate that.
Hey, look, man,
whatever happens
with your mom's test results,
you're not gonna go
through it alone.
Thanks, Mac.
Yeah. You got it.
Now please finish
cleaning the kitchen.
I knew you were gonna say that.
I'm on it.[laughs]
Oh, one last thing.
Okay, so, in the kitchen here
a couple nights ago with Riley,
there was a, uh...
I don't know, a moment.
What kind of moment?
[chuckles softly]
It was nothing.
[laughs]
Quarantine cabin fever's
getting to me.
["Don't Lose Hope"
by Cochren & Co. playing]
♪ I wish that I could change
the weather ♪
♪ Just to see
your smiling face... ♪
MacGYVER:
When the world feels like
it's so turned upside down
that it's impossible to fix,
it helps to look at things
from a different angle.
Because no matter how broken
something appears,
whether it's
your grumpy neighbor,
your terrified best friend,
your estranged girlfriend,
or a shard of glass,
that broken thing
could inspire something new,
like a soda bottle ventilator.
Maybe even something better
than before.
It's all a matter
of perspective.
♪ When you're at the end
♪ Of your rope
♪ I'll hold you
♪ Darlin', don't lose hope
MacGYVER:
...some site about Fauci on
the cover of Timemagazine.
What was the name
of the website?
Well, good.
You know, just, just checking.
Cheers to that.Yeah, cheers to that.
RILEY:
♪ Fauci
ALL:
♪ Fauci, in Tony we trust.
[Bozer imitates
guitar chord]
♪ I'm gonna see you
through this... ♪
[cheering and applause]
Oh, hey, look.
♪ You're stronger
than you think you are... ♪
[whoops]
Thank you!
Hey, look, it's
the Krengels!
Hey, Lenny!
Captioning sponsored by
CBS
[horn honks]
[tires squealing, horn honks]
All right, closer.
Closer. Got to get closer.Mac, what's the rule?
Ugh. No back-seat
driving during
car chases.Mm-hmm, that's right.
I drive, and you build
things out of other things.
MacGYVER:
Are you saying
this is my fault?
Get me out of here!
I do not like this.
This is not fun.
Do you hear me?!
Okay, team,
what's the plan?
All right, so, I need to...
find first, then puncture
the hydraulic hose
that's feeding fluid
to that claw,
which should
leak pressure
slowly enough that...
Desi, that gives you time
to grab Taylor.
And I mean, man...
Garbage trucks are such
impressive feats of engineering.
Now is not the time!
Dude, really?
Somebody do something!
Sorry. I just... Fluid
mechanics get me hyped.
Riley, take the wheel.Okay, got it.
[grunts]
Ready?Yep.
[both grunt]
TAYLOR:
Careful, Desi!
He has a gun!
[gunfire]
Come on, Mac!
[gunfire]
All right,
here we go!
He's gonna need a hand
in a second.
This will not be my epitaph!
[both grunting]
[tires squealing]
Look.
[grunting]
[tires squealing]
♪
[sniffs]
Am I a bit whiffy?
I've got a friend flying in
to town for the weekend.
Can't pick her
up from LAX
smelling like
last week's underpants.
[sniffing]Oh, little friend, huh?
Just for the weekend?
[singsongy]:Oh, Taylor's got
a booty call.
Yes, that's very
Victor Mature of all of you.
Sofia is not
a booty call. She's...
a dear friend who happens
to be the Countess of
Herrington, actually, actually.
Ooh.Anyway, whiffy or not?
Yeah, you smell great.
[clears throat]
[quiet laughter]
MacGYVER:This is great.
You know what I mean?
No more Codex, just normal
bad guys from here on out.
Mm.I can feel it.
2020 is gonna be awesome.
♪
MacGYVER: I still remember
my grandpa teaching me
that if you look at the stars
from the southern hemisphere,
the constellations
are upside down.
I mean, come on. Six-year-old
MacGyver mind blown.
Everything is a matter
of perspective.
[doorbell rings]
BOZER:
It's here!
RILEY:
Don't get my hopes up, Bozer.
You said the same
thing yesterday.
[whoops]Look! Toilet paper!
Oh, my gosh, you
finally got toilet paper?Hey, hey, hands off!
You know the protocol.Everything coming
into this house gets wiped downand UV sterilized.
Don't you do it.
And then it sits
for 72 hours.
Yes, sir, COVID
Sheriff, sir.
Very funny.
MacGYVER: ♪ Sing his name
till I'm hoarse ♪
♪ He'll never call it quits
[strumming ukulele]
♪ Something endorse...
Or-- I don't know--
maybe a golf course.
You know, I don't understand
why everybody's so stressed
out about toilet paper...
[laughs]
when there are
many adequate alternatives
all around us, like
newspaper or
leaves, pine needles.
Uh, scratchy, unsanitary.
And hard pass
on the pine needles, Mac.
Here's an idea. Use cardboardfrom your moving boxes and
get them out of our way.Two birds, one stone.
Um, unpacking is bad
quarantine juju, Bozer.[beeps, whirs]
Living out of
boxes signals
to the universe that any day now
this stay-at-home order is gonnabe lifted, and I can finally
move into
my new place.
MacGYVER:
♪ He has 13
♪ Honorary doctorates
♪ And I will sing his name
till I'm hoarse ♪
♪ Leading the White House
Coronavirus Task Force ♪
BOZER:
Um, guys.
♪ Fauci
♪ Fauci, in Tony we trust...
Hey! House meeting, ten minutes.
Think back to three weeks ago,
before the chore wheel
was implemented.
Does anybody want to go back
to the way things were?
No.
Absolutely not.Then why, Mac,
didn't you do the dishes
last night after dinner?
I thought it was
Riley's turn.
I've seen you
do advanced
quantum physics in your head
while dodging bullets.
Bullets!
Pull it together![sighs]
[intro to The Cars'
"Just What I Needed" plays]
♪ I don't mind you comin' here
♪ And wastin' all my time
♪ 'Cause when you're standin'
oh so near ♪
♪ I kinda lose my mind.
Yeah!
[laughs]Yes, that was the one.
That was the Grammy.
Fabulous.Oh. Mmm.
Oh, you are sweaty.
Oh, yes, I seewhat you're doing, hmm?[phone vibrating]
Trying to get me
in the shower again, huh?
Just like that time in...
Oh, where was it?
Was it, uh, Djibouti?[laughs] Ooh.
Your governor's extended the
stay-at-home order two weeks.
That means
all the flights to Europe
will remain grounded.Mm.
I could rent a place,
get out of your hair.
Sure.It's been a month.
I mean, this place is, um...
It is closer to the museum.
I mean, in case you...
you know, your talk gets...
gets rescheduled.Mm.
So I could stay
a tad longer?
Wouldn't want to, uh, break upthe band, would you?[laughs]
[clicks drumsticks]
["Just What I Needed" resumes]
♪
DESI:
And the rest of the time,
I'm patrolling the house
trying to stop my parents
from escaping
to go to the grocery store.
Has anyone heard from Taylor?
I wouldn't be surprised
if he and his new friend
haven't killed each other yet.
[laughs softly]
So, Matty, any
ops on the old horizon?
We've been over this.
I don't want to deploy you on
an op until I know it's safe...
[cutting out]:
...situations you're coming...
Matty? Matty?
Please do something
about your Internet.
Hey, there's no way
I'm letting anyone
inside my house right now, Boze.
And besides,
I found the most perfect spot
where I can get on
to my neighbor's
Wi-Fi. How's this?
Ooh, yes, Matty.
Stay right there. Don't move.
Now, if you guys will excuse us,
Ms. Nguyen and I have some
things to discuss in private.
I still haven't found
the right motor
to compress
the soda bottle ventilator bag.
And the parts need to be cheap
and readily accessible
all over the world,
or it's a useless design
which hospitals can't build.
Well, you'll figure it out.
You always do.
So, hey, did you, um,
get the sourdough starter kit
that I sent... with the note?
I did, and I accept your very...
very detailed apology
for everything
that happened between us
while we were fighting Codex.
So, are we, um,
back together, or...?
What is the rush
to define our relationship?
It's not like we can go
on an actual date
or be in the same actual room.
Right. Yeah. Well, I mean,
deciding to quarantine
with your parents
gave you a really good excuse
to avoid the conversation, too.
I am home because
someone spray-painted "Kung Flu"on my parents' house,
so I have to be here
to take care of them
while my brother's busy
saving lives at the hospital
and lives in our guest room
behind a plastic sheet.
Sorry, Des. I...
That's awful, and I...
[sighs]
I don't know why I said it.
[clattering]Yeah, well, so...
Mac, I got to go. They're tryingto make a run for it again. I...
I can hear you whispering.
I'm an Army Ranger, remember?
Sorry.
I don't want to
talk about it.
I didn't say anything.
I got a new place,
and I was moving out.
Quarantine got in the way.
But that doesn't
change anything.
Except you were moving out
so you didn't have
to watch Mac and Desi together.
And at this moment,
doesn't seem like they are.
[dialing]
[line ringing]
AUTOMATED VOICE:
Your call has been forwarded
to an automatic
voice message system.
[beeps]Hey, Mom, Dad.
Must be asleep already.
Just checking in
to see how Mom is doing.
Love you.
[woman screams]
[camera shutter clicking][man grunting]
[woman screams in distance]
[woman screams]
♪
Yup, that's Mr. Krengel's house.
He's the grumpy old guy
who always grills me
like I've done
something wrong.
But why were you spying
on him?
BOZER:I wasn't spying.
I was using the telescope,
and happened
to see Krengel violently
attack someone
with a fireplace poker.
And doesn't he live
with his wife?
[laughs]:
So?
So, marriage wasn't built
for quarantine.
Four weeks, locked up
under one roof--
that could drive anyone
to the edge.
Bozer, first you said
the virus was a man-made
bioweapon,
and now you think
our neighbor murdered his wife?
If nothing's going on,
why are all their curtains
suddenly closed?
'Cause there's a
creep spying on them
with a high-powered
telescope.Who?
Well, the Krengels don't
have any smart devices
connected to their router,
so I don't have eyes or ears
anywhere in the house.
Except for a couple pockets
of web traffic here and there.
[beeping]
Hang on a second.
What are you talking about?
What?Well, 30 minutes ago,
he ordered ten pounds of lawn
lime, a hacksaw and a shovel.
Overnight delivery.
He's gonna chop her up
into little pieces
and dispose of the body.
Or he's using quarantine
to catch up
on yardwork like
everybody else is.
Come on, Mac, you have
to admit that's shady.
I swear this isn't
like the other stuff.
I know what I saw.
I mean, the only other
option we have is to just...
keep being here.
Lenny Krengel's delivery is
scheduled for 0800 tomorrow
morning. That's our cover.
First Riley will stage
a Rollerblading
accident in front
of the delivery van.[shouts]
Hey, are you okay? While the driver's
helping Riley,
I'll swipe the package.
BOZER:
Once Mac is in position
to breach the perimeter,
I'll approach the residence
posing as the delivery driver
[doorbell rings] and distract the suspect,
buying Mac the time
he needs to sneak
into the house and find
the victim's body.
The moment you do,
give the signal
and I'll take Krengel down.
[crowd cheering]Hey!
All right, what's the signal?
"Target acquired."
Well, why wouldn't the signal
just be "I found the body"?
That's just boring.
Fauci!
That's the spirit.
♪ Fauci.
[playing ukulele]
["The Mask" by The Fugees
playing]
♪ One-two, one-two
♪ M to the A to the S to the K
♪ Put the mask on your face
just to make your next day... ♪
Double-O-Boze approaching.
Riley, keep doing your thing.
Mac, wait for my signal.
♪ I walk the street
and camouflage my identity ♪[doorbell rings]
♪ My posse in Brooklyn
wear the mask... ♪
LENNY:
Stuff we don't even
remember ordering
showing up at all hours
of the day. Uh...
You, you live up the block
with Dennis the Menace,
always knocking out my power.That's me.
I'm delivering packages now;
got to stay busy.
So, uh, how are you folks
holding up in there?
Never better.
Well, looks like I might be
delivering a new TV next.
Oh, that thing's been
on the fritz for years.
Finally Lenny decided to fix it,
but he got frustrated
and bashed it to bits instead.
Let me know if you need any...
Mac, Riley,
stand down-- she's alive.
Study the family homes
you're all stuck at.
What do you see?
Your grandma's china?
School photos hung
on the wall?
Each of these artifacts
tells us a piece
of your story.
It is
the archaeologist's job
to use these pieces
to chronicle our past,
like solving a puzzle.
[beeping]Oh!
Bugger.
Russ!
Some of us actually have
to work for a living.
I'm so sorry, we're experiencing
some technical difficulties.
Look, I can fix
this, I can, um,
well, I can, I can get
someone in to fix it.
You are a dead man.
En garde.
I had no idea you were
so skilled with a...
an edged weapon.
I'm skilled with a lot
of things you don't know about.
Is this something that's
taught to all young ladies
of nobility?
Keep people off their land,
out of their houses?
Something like that.
Where did you pick it up?
Oh, it's just a hobby really.
One never knows
when one might need
a sharp pointy thingy!Ooh!
Oh! Oh, my goodness!
[gasps]
I am so sorry.
Oh, never mind.
It'll be fine.
Look, it just needs a...
you know, just-- ooh!
Ooh!Just a tiny bit of duct tape
and you'd never even notice it.Duct tape.
You don't care
about your artwork.
You have the most
uncomfortable sofa
with cushions that still
have the tags on.
And when I went down
to make eggs for breakfast
this morning,
I couldn't even find a whisk.
Yes, well,
a fork works just fine.
If this were the site
of an ancient dwelling,
I'd conclude that you'd never
spent any time here at all.
[laughs]So what do you do
when you're not meeting me
in Rome or Zurich or Mozambique?
Mozambique, that was it.
And with whom?
[chuckles]
Look, it's no mystery.
I travel a lot for work.
But I'm here.
Now.
With you.
And there's no place
I'd rather be.
Hey, Boze, please tell me you're
not still spying on them.
Something's up, Mac.
Mr. Krengel didn't look
like a guy just taking
his frustrations out on a TV.
And Mrs. Krengel was screaming.
She sounded fine this morning.
It doesn't make sense.
[sighs]
Look, I know it's been
a rough couple of weeks
for everybody,
but are you all right?
My mom's sick.
Fever,
trouble breathing.
All the symptoms.
She got tested the other day,
but the labs are backlogged.
So, yeah,
if I'm cleaning too much
or if I'm being nosy
with the neighbors,
it's because I can't do
a damn thing about it
and if I just sit around here
waiting, I'll go crazy.
Why didn't you say anything?Why would I?!
Oh, you mean
because that's the kind
of thing friends talk about?
But, I mean,
when's the last time
you and I hung out
one-on-one?
Huh? Ever since Codex and Desi,
you've been completely MIA.
I mean, you didn't even
realize I was struggling
until I accused
the neighbor of murder.
Well... [sighs]
Bozer, what are you
trying to say?
I'm saying you haven't
acted like my friend
in a very long time.
[sighs]
[door opens and closes]
Hey, let me help you out
with these dishes.
I got it.[glass breaks]
[exhales]
Or I don't.
Bozer's mom is sick.
[sighs]
You knew?
Yeah, I knew.
His parents practically
raised me after my dad left.
I just can't believe
I missed something so big.
[sighs]
This virus sucks.
Yeah, it does.
A lot.
Which is why I think
we have to forgive
each other for not being
our best selves right now.
Even Angus MacGyver.
[both laugh]
Thanks, Riles.
Yeah.
I'm just glad we got to spend
this time together
before I moved out.
I would've been so lonely
by myself.
[chuckles] Yeah. Me, too.
And I'm also glad.
I'm gonna...
go for a jog.
♪
[crowd cheering, clapping]
WOMAN:
Thank you! You're amazing!
[MacGyver whoops]
Thank you!
[cheering continues]
WOMAN:
Yeah! You are everything!
[woman screaming in distance]
♪
[knocking]
[woman screaming]
What the...?
♪
What the hell
are you doing here?
I... I was just on a, a jog and,
and I heard somebody
in trouble, so I figured,
given what's going on
out there, I should check
on my neighbors, but...
look, that's it.
Please don't hurt me.
I promise you we don't know him.
He-He's just a nosy kid.
[phone ringing and vibrating]
If any of you move,
I shoot her.
Yeah?
What's going on
over there?
Give me an update.
Well, what am I supposed
to do with this kid?
Hey, hey, don't do that.
We can't make trouble.
I understand
that you are scared,
but I'm gonna have you guys
safe very soon.
It's...
it's not us we're worried about.
What does that mean?His partner's holding
our son James.
They say, if we try
to escape,
they'll kill him.
[sighs]
[door opens]
[line ringing]
You've reached Angus MacGyver.
Sorry I missed your call.
It's still going to voice mail.
Something's wrong--
I can feel it.
Mac wouldn't just take off
for the first time
in a month
without saying anything.
There's plenty of coverage
of the neighborhood,
but nothing showing
where Mac went after his jog.
How did he seem to you
last night before he left?
[typing]I don't know.
♪
Russ?
There is such a thing
as too big a house, you know.
Russ?
♪
What are you doing?[gasps]
Russ...
I, uh, I came looking
for you and...
I found this fascinating
puzzle instead-- what is it?
Yes, well, now you've
found me-- out you go.
Oh, sorry...
Out!
I didn't mean
to overstep.
Yes, you did, because
you're a snooper.
You're always snooping.
[laughs]
You're seriously not gonna
tell me what all this is?
We've been living together
for over a month,
and I haven't learned
a single new
thing about you.
Now this.
Who are you, Russ?
Who am I?
[chuckles]
I'm the chap
who wakes up every morning
and asks himself in rapture,
"What wonderful things
will I accomplish today?"
Salvador Dalí said that--
also a fabulous chap.
You know, most people
probably don't notice,
because you
are constantly talking,
but you really are very good
at not revealing anything
about yourself.
It must be exhausting for you.
And I don't know anything
about you, either,
and it's been absolutely
hunky-dory all these years.
And now here you are,
suddenly changing the rules,
expecting me to hop to it,
when we both know
that this little tryst of ours
was never meant to last more
than two days at a time, was it?
What are you doing?Putting you...
on a jet home.
[gasps softly]There you are.
Easy peasy lemon squeezy.
I'll make my own arrangements.
Is there any reason
why somebody would have
a problem with your son?
[quietly]:Uh, like, does he
owe anybody money?
Oh, no, no,
nothing like that.
I told you, James
has a family
and he runs a professional
cleaning business.
Yeah, we just give them
what they want,
and then
they'll let us go, and...
his partner will let James go.Yeah.
Did one of you order
that package?
Then I'm sorry, but...
that man has plans
to kill you both
and dispose of your bodies.
Ooh.Which likely means
the same for your son.
What do we do?
MALLORY:
His partner calls
at the top
of every hour
to check in.
So if we wait until
right after the next phone call
to overpower him, it'll
give us enough time
to get help for James
without anybody noticing.
MacGYVER:
20 minutes it is.
[typing][computer beeping]
Here.
He went back
to the Krengels. Why?
Check that same angle
two nights ago.
When you thought you saw Krengel
attacking someone.
I told you. I told you
something shady was going on!
But you were
all like, "Bozer,
stop being so paranoid."
His name is Shane Steckler.
Works as a bouncer
at the Crawl Club...
a laundering front for the
Santos Grises Motorcycle Club,
until he was laid off
after the shutdown.
Come on.
Okay.
You guys have...
lived here a long time.
LENNY:
We got married the day
I came back from Vietnam
in one piece.
That was, uh... 1972.
1973, Lenny.
Mm-hmm.Although
no one in this neighborhood
accepted a couple
like us with
open arms
at the time either.
The only real friends we
had here were your grandparents.
You knewmy grandparents?Mm-hmm.
Oh, yeah.
They'd-they'd have us over
for dinner on their back deck.
[chuckles softly]The world
must've been
far less complicated back then.
Well...
I've been walking
this old earth for 74 years,
and it seems that...
it's been a mess
the entire time.
But I guess in the end
it's what you make of it...
who you make it with.
[chuckles]
LENNY:
Who's that?
My friends.
[Lenny groans]
They can't do anything
before the next phone call.
MacGYVER:
You're right.
LENNY:
What are you doing?
The phone is broken.
[dial tone]
Just because it's broken
doesn't mean it isn't useful.
[phone ringing]
Oh, Riley!
It's Morse code.
W. A.
I. T. "Wait."For what?
I think Mac wants us to.
[phone rings]SHANE:
Yeah?
No, it's all good.
Okay, just...
let me know.
[grunting]
BOZER:
Mac!
[sighs]
Bozer...
hey, man, you were right,
I've been a real jerk lately.
BOZER:
Look, it's okay,
all right?
Something about all
of this tells me
we should sidebar
that till later.
MacGYVER:
Right.
Riley, can you check
the last incoming call
on this phone
when you get a chance?
His partners
are holding their son hostage.
[Bozer dialing]
Oh. Hey, Krengels.
Hello.
Hi.
BOZER:
Matty? Hi. Uh, so,
we kind of need you to send
locals to pick up a suspect.
And maybe get a tac team
suited up.
RILEY:
All right.
Well, the call came in
from a burner phone,
so no I.D.
GPS puts them at a Anaheim
shopping center 40 minutes away.
Wai-Wait a second. Your-your son
has a cleaning company--
do they do malls?
Ever since COVID, they've
done just about everything.
You were the leverage.
His partners are using
your son's cleaning crew
as a disguise, so
that they can ransack
an empty mall.
[sighs]
And then they're gonna kill him.
MATTY:
CCTV of James Krengel being
forced into the trunk of a sedan
confirms that he was abducted
the same day
that Shane Steckler took
your neighbors hostage.
TAYLOR:
For the last two days, while
the Krengels were being held,
his coconspirator used
his son's cleaning crew
as cover to rob a spree
of high-value storefronts.
Businesses want to disinfect
during shutdown,
so these guys have access
to all the merchandise.
And with the stay-at-home order
in effect,
nobody would have noticed
the Krengels missing for weeks.
The robbers still don't know
that Steckler's
out of the game, but...
the second they make
another check-in call...
That window closes.
MATTY:
Which means you only have
30 minutes to rendezvous
with Desi at the mall
and extract James Krengel
and his crew.
You wanted a mission.
I did want a mission.
RILEY:Well...Yes, you did.
Matilda...
if you send the, uh, the
helicopter now, then I can be
with the team in an hour.And do what, Russ?
In an hour, this will all
be over, one way or another.
Well, then I can go to, um,
Phoenix and prep the debrief.
You messed things up
with your "friend," didn't you?
[laughs]:
What? What are you...?
Russel Taylor,
listen to me carefully.
Any woman that could stand
being shacked up with you
for 30 days, in my book,
is a saint.
So whatever dumb thing you did,
I suggest you go fix it
right now,
or you're gonna die alone
in that big house of yours.
Mm-kay? Bye.
[tires screech]
Pretty sure I just broke
the land-speed record
on an L.A. freeway.
[chuckles]:
Yeah. Only part of quarantine
I could actually
get used to.
Uh...
Like...
You know what?
There.
RILEY:
Guys,
check it out--
security cameras show
12 cleaners spread
throughout the mall.
But in those suits and masks,
how do we tell the robbers
from the legitimate cleaners?Neutralize first,
ask questions later.
And remember,
let's keep it quiet.
We don't want
to alert the robbers
before we're ready--
they could hurt James.
[electronic whirring]
[grunting]
[camera clicks]
Great.
[clicks]
[clicks]Okay.
[clicks]Well, you look frightened.
Those are all members
of Krengel's crew.
Clock's ticking.
You need to split up
and cover more ground.
[grunting]
Guess I found the lookout.
[game bell dinging]
I can't hit my parents,
but I can hit you.
[pinball machine
sound effects playing]
[bell dings]
What store are they hitting?
I don't know.
Well, this WAM hammer
thinks you do.
The jewelry store.
Was that so hard?
Good friend of mine told me I
was acting like a bit of an ass.
She was right.
Don't want you to go.
The research you found
in my room...
...was very, um,
personal to me, very private.
When the Spanish conquistadors
invaded Peru in the 1500s,
they plundered
the Incan treasure
and melted it into various
daggers, axes, spears...
Then, during World War II,
the treasure was stolen
by the Nazis.
I know the story.
What does that have to do
with you being such a wanker?
Never knew my father.
My mother spent most of her time
trying to make ends meet,
and I was practically raised
by my Peruvian grandfather,
who spent...
[sighs]
well, most of his time filling
my head with fantastical tales
about Atahuallpa
and the lost Incan treasure.
We fantasized
about finding it one day
and all the things
that we would buy.
All the ways
it would change our lives and...
pull us out of poverty.
Spearheads.
As in Spearhead Operations.
You named your company
after your grandpa's story.
The quest for wealth became
a complete and utter obsession.
[chuckles]:
Look, I'm no good at this,
no good at all this airing
and sharing all the...
skeletons
in my closet, but...
I would like to try...
Sofia.
With you.
Ah, check out the tall guy.
RILEY:
Looks like we found our robbers.
BOZER:
Not all of them.
Look at that guy
in the back corner.
MacGYVER:
It's the Krengels's son.
Ten minutes
on the clock. All right.
How do we approach with this guy
at the front keeping watch?
Hey, Bozer,
how do you feel about helping me
make an invisibility cloak?
How is that
even a question?
[grunts]
Come on, let's go.
You're a good man, Russ.
[sighs]
[camera clicking]
BOZER:
All right.
MacGYVER:
Bozer, you're gonna use
this video camera
to capture
this background image.
Out of sight, obviously. Riley,
you're gonna project
the background onto itself
and, using this iris diaphragm,
adjust the image
until it aligns perfectly
so that...
when the feed hits this sheet
that Desi and I are wearing,
we'll disappear.
Sofia?
Sofia?
Sofia!
♪
♪
James, we're here to help,
okay? No time to explain,
They'll kill my parents.MacGYVER:
No.
No. Your parents are...
your parents are okay.
Lenny and Mallory Krengel.
They got married the day after
your dad got back from Vietnam.
They got their
house in, uh, uh,
'72 or '73, depending on
which one you ask.
Do you believe me?Yes.
Yes.Okay.
When you're released,
I need you to stand up
and slowly move the cart
towards the exit. Understood?
[line ringing]
Look, Shane
ain't picking up, man.
[phone dialing]
[line ringing]
Hey.
Where are you going?
Run!Who the hell
are these guys?
[grunting]
MacGYVER:
Des, let's go!
♪
MacGYVER:All right, we got to find
a way to get out of here.
[grunting]
BOZER:
Mac, can you hot-wire
this thing?
Uh, honestly, the truth is,
it'd be easier to find the keys.
Anything built after 2000
is pretty much im...He's right.
[engine starts]Cars are just computers
on wheels.
Let's go.
BOZER:
Go, go, go, go,
go, go, go, go, go!
[tires squeal]
No, no, no. You were supposed
to turn back there. Left.
What is the rule, Mac?Wouldn't have to backseat drive
if you would just
pay attention.
Come on, this way.
[tires squeal]
Really? Bikes were an option?
MacGYVER:
Hey, whoa-whoa, an exit
right there. You see that?
Okay, all right, you got it,
all right, all right.
[tires screeching]
Hands! In the air!
Hands up!
Stay where you are!
You're all under arrest.
♪
I can't fathom what part
of "stay-at-home"
in the stay-at-home order
you three had so much trouble
understanding.
But the bottom line
is that the Krengels are safe
and these criminal lowlifes
are in cuffs,
so, well done.
Pays to be
a nosy neighbor.
Don't push it, Boze.
I'm putting you straight back
on quarantine for at least
two weeks. No exceptions.
Now, if you'll excuse me,
tac team leader...RILEY:
Whoa, whoa.
...I got a bone to pick.Where you going?
Geez.
I'll allow it.
Well,
I guess
this is goodbye again
for a while.
Yeah, I guess.
This virus sucks.
Yeah.But, hey, um...
you were right.
I was kind of avoiding
talking to you.
No, this is my fault.
I was being impatient.
If being kidnapped
with an old married couple
has taught me anything,
it's that
good things
are worth waiting for.
So take as much time
as you need to figure
out what you want.
I'll be here.
I almost wish I could, uh,
kiss you right now.
[both chuckle]
Did you talk to him?
No, but I'm glad I didn't.
I mean, look at 'em.
I'm not getting
in the way of that.
Oh, yes!
Toilet paper time!
At last. So long, suckers.
Later, fellas.
[chuckles]
Hey, Boze, listen.
You were right, and I'm sorry.
I've been a bad friend.
I was so focused
on all the things
that I had lost,
like my dad and Gwen and...
and Desi, that I...
[chuckles softly]
I neglected the family
that was right in front of me.
I appreciate that.
Hey, look, man,
whatever happens
with your mom's test results,
you're not gonna go
through it alone.
Thanks, Mac.
Yeah. You got it.
Now please finish
cleaning the kitchen.
I knew you were gonna say that.
I'm on it.[laughs]
Oh, one last thing.
Okay, so, in the kitchen here
a couple nights ago with Riley,
there was a, uh...
I don't know, a moment.
What kind of moment?
[chuckles softly]
It was nothing.
[laughs]
Quarantine cabin fever's
getting to me.
["Don't Lose Hope"
by Cochren & Co. playing]
♪ I wish that I could change
the weather ♪
♪ Just to see
your smiling face... ♪
MacGYVER:
When the world feels like
it's so turned upside down
that it's impossible to fix,
it helps to look at things
from a different angle.
Because no matter how broken
something appears,
whether it's
your grumpy neighbor,
your terrified best friend,
your estranged girlfriend,
or a shard of glass,
that broken thing
could inspire something new,
like a soda bottle ventilator.
Maybe even something better
than before.
It's all a matter
of perspective.
♪ When you're at the end
♪ Of your rope
♪ I'll hold you
♪ Darlin', don't lose hope
MacGYVER:
...some site about Fauci on
the cover of Timemagazine.
What was the name
of the website?
Well, good.
You know, just, just checking.
Cheers to that.Yeah, cheers to that.
RILEY:
♪ Fauci
ALL:
♪ Fauci, in Tony we trust.
[Bozer imitates
guitar chord]
♪ I'm gonna see you
through this... ♪
[cheering and applause]
Oh, hey, look.
♪ You're stronger
than you think you are... ♪
[whoops]
Thank you!
Hey, look, it's
the Krengels!
Hey, Lenny!
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