1 00:00:08,834 --> 00:00:11,141 Previously onMacGyver... You know, a lot of kids, they 2 00:00:11,185 --> 00:00:13,361 go to MIT and they think thatthey're gonna change the world. 3 00:00:13,404 --> 00:00:15,363 Frankie was a double major in mechanical engineering 4 00:00:15,406 --> 00:00:16,842 and biology.Yeah. 5 00:00:16,886 --> 00:00:18,061 FRANKIE: Mac, what the hell have you been doing 6 00:00:18,105 --> 00:00:19,541 since you dropped out of school? 7 00:00:19,584 --> 00:00:22,326 Boy genius is a spy now? 8 00:00:22,370 --> 00:00:23,458 But, hey, if you hit a snag, 9 00:00:23,501 --> 00:00:24,981 you want to brainstorm ideas... 10 00:00:25,025 --> 00:00:26,330 I think we're smart enough to, uh, 11 00:00:26,374 --> 00:00:27,723 figure out how to use a telephone. 12 00:00:27,766 --> 00:00:28,680 Or build one. 13 00:00:38,690 --> 00:00:40,127 [door opens, bell jingles] 14 00:01:01,757 --> 00:01:04,368 Mac, this is a bad idea. 15 00:01:04,412 --> 00:01:06,718 Hey, just imagine we're back at MIT 16 00:01:06,762 --> 00:01:09,852 bribing the security guard for more time in the biology lab. 17 00:01:09,895 --> 00:01:11,462 How is that the same thing? 18 00:01:11,506 --> 00:01:14,944 Technically against the rules, but it's for a good cause. 19 00:01:16,337 --> 00:01:17,642 [sighs] 20 00:01:20,602 --> 00:01:21,733 MacGYVER: $20,000 21 00:01:21,777 --> 00:01:23,126 for the sample. 22 00:01:24,823 --> 00:01:27,087 I have what you want. 23 00:01:27,130 --> 00:01:29,393 The man who brought it from the island got bit. 24 00:01:29,437 --> 00:01:31,874 I, uh, I watched his face swell. 25 00:01:31,917 --> 00:01:33,049 Sangue... 26 00:01:33,093 --> 00:01:35,443 blood poured from everywhere. 27 00:01:35,486 --> 00:01:37,358 [thunder rumbling] 28 00:01:37,401 --> 00:01:41,710 At the hospital, they cut off his arm, but he died anyway. 29 00:01:44,365 --> 00:01:47,977 If you want it, you will need to extract it 30 00:01:48,020 --> 00:01:49,544 from the creature yourself. 31 00:01:55,593 --> 00:01:58,422 [hissing] 32 00:02:03,427 --> 00:02:05,560 MacGYVER:All right, we're gonna need supplies. 33 00:02:08,824 --> 00:02:10,521 Uh... Frankie, can you grab 34 00:02:10,565 --> 00:02:13,176 that jar, empty it into this bucket?Yes. 35 00:02:18,790 --> 00:02:19,835 Yeah? Right here. 36 00:02:21,402 --> 00:02:23,708 All right, that's it. 37 00:02:23,752 --> 00:02:26,450 Wait, hold on. 38 00:02:31,412 --> 00:02:33,196 [hissing] 39 00:02:42,205 --> 00:02:44,468 Ready? Yep. 40 00:02:44,512 --> 00:02:46,383 [snake hissing] 41 00:02:54,435 --> 00:02:55,610 [sighs]: All right. 42 00:03:03,792 --> 00:03:05,402 [thunder rumbles] 43 00:03:05,446 --> 00:03:07,317 [softly]: Okay, now we're gonna 44 00:03:07,361 --> 00:03:09,232 slowly position his headYeah. 45 00:03:09,276 --> 00:03:11,103 over the jar until he bites down. 46 00:03:11,147 --> 00:03:12,322 [exhales] 47 00:03:12,366 --> 00:03:13,497 How do you know how to do this? 48 00:03:13,541 --> 00:03:14,890 You know, YouTube. 49 00:03:17,066 --> 00:03:18,981 Look. 50 00:03:19,024 --> 00:03:20,504 Okay. 51 00:03:20,548 --> 00:03:21,679 [chuckles] [exhales] 52 00:03:21,723 --> 00:03:23,115 Now... Uh-huh? 53 00:03:23,159 --> 00:03:26,249 we massage his venom glands, which are here-ish. 54 00:03:28,425 --> 00:03:30,384 Yes. 55 00:03:30,427 --> 00:03:31,950 Be careful. 56 00:03:33,430 --> 00:03:36,259 All right, I think that's it. 57 00:03:36,303 --> 00:03:38,348 Now, if this venom 58 00:03:38,392 --> 00:03:39,784 does everything you think it can... 59 00:03:39,828 --> 00:03:42,700 Then we will be saving a lot of lives. 60 00:03:42,744 --> 00:03:44,267 Yeah. [nervous chuckle] 61 00:03:44,311 --> 00:03:46,095 [exhales sharply] 62 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:50,055 All right. 63 00:03:54,973 --> 00:03:56,975 First one might be your own. 64 00:04:00,152 --> 00:04:02,154 ♪ 65 00:04:21,086 --> 00:04:23,132 ["Good Times" by the Easybeats playing] 66 00:04:28,703 --> 00:04:30,922 ♪ Everybody shake 67 00:04:30,966 --> 00:04:34,317 ♪ Everybody do 68 00:04:34,361 --> 00:04:37,494 [singer humming] 69 00:04:42,804 --> 00:04:45,197 SANDRA: How's anyone supposed to get excited about the research 70 00:04:45,241 --> 00:04:46,677 when they don't even understand how it works? 71 00:04:46,721 --> 00:04:48,940 BEN: Well, the people who matter will understand it. 72 00:04:48,984 --> 00:04:50,420 You can't dumb it down. 73 00:04:50,464 --> 00:04:52,074 Oh-- Mac. 74 00:04:52,117 --> 00:04:53,728 Finally, a voice of reason. 75 00:04:53,771 --> 00:04:55,295 Help us settle something for our entry 76 00:04:55,338 --> 00:04:57,166 into the Journal of Oncology. Please. These two 77 00:04:57,209 --> 00:04:58,863 have been debating one sentence for an hour. 78 00:04:58,907 --> 00:05:00,430 All right. Let's hear it. 79 00:05:00,474 --> 00:05:03,085 "The therapy uses protein complexes 80 00:05:03,128 --> 00:05:06,349 "and strongly basic polypeptides extracted 81 00:05:06,393 --> 00:05:08,003 "from virulent saliva 82 00:05:08,046 --> 00:05:09,700 to target tumorigenic masses." 83 00:05:09,744 --> 00:05:11,006 That's the right idea, 84 00:05:11,049 --> 00:05:12,486 but can we put it into layman's terms? 85 00:05:12,529 --> 00:05:14,314 Wecan. This guy, not so much. 86 00:05:14,357 --> 00:05:16,272 All right. 87 00:05:16,316 --> 00:05:19,319 How about this: "The cancer treatment uses toxins 88 00:05:19,362 --> 00:05:20,929 "extracted from snake venom, 89 00:05:20,972 --> 00:05:23,714 "which billions of years of evolution have taught to attack 90 00:05:23,758 --> 00:05:25,368 "the weakest cells in a creature's body, 91 00:05:25,412 --> 00:05:27,370 to target cancerous tumors." Something like that? 92 00:05:28,763 --> 00:05:29,720 BEN: You nerdsplained that perfectly. 93 00:05:29,764 --> 00:05:30,765 [laughs] 94 00:05:30,808 --> 00:05:32,375 Thanks, boss. 95 00:05:32,419 --> 00:05:35,160 Hmm, so gladyou could make it. 96 00:05:35,204 --> 00:05:36,336 Here it comes. 97 00:05:36,379 --> 00:05:37,685 No, no, it's my fault. 98 00:05:37,728 --> 00:05:39,469 See, when you said you'd be checking in weekly, 99 00:05:39,513 --> 00:05:41,819 I interpreted that to mean, like, everyweek.I know. 100 00:05:41,863 --> 00:05:43,995 Last Thursday, I was halfwayout the door when Matty called. 101 00:05:44,039 --> 00:05:45,562 And then the week before that, 102 00:05:45,606 --> 00:05:49,000 I was on my way here in mytruck, and then... Matty called. 103 00:05:49,044 --> 00:05:50,567 But, look, I'm here 104 00:05:50,611 --> 00:05:51,916 and I come bearing gifts. 105 00:05:53,265 --> 00:05:56,225 Just in time. We're almost out. 106 00:05:56,268 --> 00:05:58,140 So, how's our friend at the pet shop doing? 107 00:05:58,183 --> 00:05:59,489 Oh, you know, about as friendly 108 00:05:59,533 --> 00:06:02,187 as the last five times I went to visit him. 109 00:06:02,231 --> 00:06:04,494 Have you made any progress? 110 00:06:04,538 --> 00:06:06,496 Well, I've managedto cut the toxicity 111 00:06:06,540 --> 00:06:09,847 to surrounding epithelial cellsdown to 15%. 112 00:06:09,891 --> 00:06:11,196 [chuckles] What? 113 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:13,024 Frankie, that's progress. That's a huge deal. 114 00:06:13,068 --> 00:06:14,374 Yeah. Getting there. 115 00:06:14,417 --> 00:06:16,071 Yeah.Um, Mac, 116 00:06:16,114 --> 00:06:17,464 listen, while I have you, there is something 117 00:06:17,507 --> 00:06:18,769 that we need to talk about. 118 00:06:18,813 --> 00:06:21,076 Yeah. What's going on? 119 00:06:22,556 --> 00:06:23,905 [phone ringing] 120 00:06:26,298 --> 00:06:27,169 [sighs] Matty? 121 00:06:27,212 --> 00:06:29,127 Uh, uh, Desi this time. 122 00:06:29,171 --> 00:06:31,260 Okay.I'll hoof right back. 123 00:06:32,696 --> 00:06:34,350 Morning, sleepyhead. 124 00:06:34,394 --> 00:06:36,483 DESI: Where'd you sneak off to so early? 125 00:06:36,526 --> 00:06:39,442 [panting]: Um... a run in the canyon. 126 00:06:39,486 --> 00:06:40,878 You back soon? 127 00:06:40,922 --> 00:06:43,446 Um, nah. Kind of hit a groove, so... 128 00:06:43,490 --> 00:06:45,840 You know how it is, got to get those endorphins 129 00:06:45,883 --> 00:06:47,450 while the getting's good. [mouths] 130 00:06:47,494 --> 00:06:49,017 Okay, dork. 131 00:06:49,060 --> 00:06:51,106 Pick me up one of those blueberry scones 132 00:06:51,149 --> 00:06:52,716 on your way home?You got it. 133 00:06:52,760 --> 00:06:54,588 Oh, and, Mac? 134 00:06:54,631 --> 00:06:56,459 Yeah. 135 00:06:56,503 --> 00:06:58,722 I'm sitting in your truck. 136 00:06:58,766 --> 00:07:02,204 I followed you from the house to this creepy brick building, 137 00:07:02,247 --> 00:07:03,292 and your GPS history shows 138 00:07:03,335 --> 00:07:04,554 you've been coming here for months. 139 00:07:04,598 --> 00:07:06,382 Desi... 140 00:07:06,426 --> 00:07:08,863 You have the walk outside to think very carefully 141 00:07:08,906 --> 00:07:10,908 about the words you use next. 142 00:07:10,952 --> 00:07:12,562 [phone beeps] 143 00:07:12,606 --> 00:07:14,216 [sighs] 144 00:07:17,785 --> 00:07:20,309 I can't believe you were tailing me. 145 00:07:21,745 --> 00:07:25,923 What I meant was... I'm sorry. 146 00:07:25,967 --> 00:07:28,143 Look, after Codex, you and I promised 147 00:07:28,186 --> 00:07:29,579 to be brutally honest with each other. 148 00:07:29,623 --> 00:07:32,408 That, and dealing with everything after Jack's funeral, 149 00:07:32,452 --> 00:07:34,062 is the only reason I've been ignoring my Spidey-sense 150 00:07:34,105 --> 00:07:36,630 that your Thursday morning jogs are bogus. 151 00:07:36,673 --> 00:07:37,935 So why are you lying to me? 152 00:07:37,979 --> 00:07:38,980 And what is this place? 153 00:07:39,023 --> 00:07:41,635 It's a medical research laboratory. 154 00:07:41,678 --> 00:07:43,332 Okay. 155 00:07:43,375 --> 00:07:46,901 When my dad got sick, I started researching an idea 156 00:07:46,944 --> 00:07:49,425 for an experimental cancer treatment. 157 00:07:49,469 --> 00:07:51,079 And then, a-after he died, 158 00:07:51,122 --> 00:07:53,081 I decided to develop that treatment, 159 00:07:53,124 --> 00:07:55,257 do something good in his honor. 160 00:07:55,300 --> 00:07:57,651 So I raised money through an angel investor 161 00:07:57,694 --> 00:08:00,305 and convinced my friend Frankie to do the day-to-day. 162 00:08:00,349 --> 00:08:03,047 And it started as a total moon shot, but... 163 00:08:03,091 --> 00:08:05,876 she's been making real progress. 164 00:08:05,920 --> 00:08:09,793 You've been secretly, in your nonexistent free time, 165 00:08:09,837 --> 00:08:11,839 attempting to cure cancer? 166 00:08:16,191 --> 00:08:17,671 Ow. What was that for? 167 00:08:17,714 --> 00:08:19,368 I have the right to be pissed at you right now, 168 00:08:19,411 --> 00:08:20,848 and you're ruining it. 169 00:08:20,891 --> 00:08:22,545 Why didn't you say anything? 170 00:08:22,589 --> 00:08:25,330 [sighs] I just wasn't ready to talk about it. 171 00:08:25,374 --> 00:08:26,549 Mac... 172 00:08:26,593 --> 00:08:29,421 total honesty means total honesty, 173 00:08:29,465 --> 00:08:31,641 no matter how well-intentioned the lie is. 174 00:08:33,904 --> 00:08:36,472 [sighs]: Yeah. You're right. 175 00:08:40,171 --> 00:08:42,565 You want to come inside and check it out? 176 00:08:42,609 --> 00:08:44,088 We have snake venom. 177 00:08:46,874 --> 00:08:49,833 If I do, it doesn't mean I'm not still mad at you. 178 00:08:49,877 --> 00:08:51,705 Deal. Okay. 179 00:08:51,748 --> 00:08:55,273 Hey, guys? I've got someone I'd like you to meet. 180 00:08:59,408 --> 00:09:01,410 Sandra, Ben! 181 00:09:04,979 --> 00:09:06,502 [quietly]: Fr... 182 00:09:08,983 --> 00:09:10,506 [muffled]: Frankie? 183 00:09:14,728 --> 00:09:16,164 Mac! 184 00:09:17,687 --> 00:09:20,255 [grunting] 185 00:09:34,312 --> 00:09:36,445 [muffled grunting] 186 00:09:40,580 --> 00:09:41,537 [screams] 187 00:09:45,106 --> 00:09:46,586 Mac. You okay? 188 00:09:46,629 --> 00:09:48,631 Yeah. I'm fine, I'm fine. Go. 189 00:09:48,675 --> 00:09:49,937 [silenced gunshots] 190 00:09:54,115 --> 00:09:56,421 [van door closes, engine starts] 191 00:09:57,901 --> 00:09:59,816 [tires screeching] 192 00:10:02,210 --> 00:10:04,168 I searched everywhere. 193 00:10:04,212 --> 00:10:05,648 [tires screech in distance] 194 00:10:05,692 --> 00:10:07,302 Frankie's gone. 195 00:10:07,345 --> 00:10:09,347 ♪ 196 00:10:18,922 --> 00:10:19,967 Riley, update. 197 00:10:20,010 --> 00:10:21,490 Security cameras in this building 198 00:10:21,533 --> 00:10:23,274 and all the surrounding have been scrubbed. 199 00:10:23,318 --> 00:10:26,016 Whoever did this planned well. 200 00:10:26,060 --> 00:10:27,975 DESI: Thinner nose. 201 00:10:28,018 --> 00:10:29,498 Bigger forehead. 202 00:10:29,541 --> 00:10:32,283 Ugly. Very ugly. 203 00:10:32,327 --> 00:10:34,808 Okay, Bozer, get that composite to every law enforcement agency 204 00:10:34,851 --> 00:10:36,810 in the country the instant it's done. 205 00:10:36,853 --> 00:10:38,333 On it. 206 00:10:38,376 --> 00:10:39,856 TAYLOR: Look, I'm sorry, Angus, 207 00:10:39,900 --> 00:10:41,815 I know you're upset, but we need to keep going through 208 00:10:41,858 --> 00:10:43,860 all of your research.Look, I told you everything I know, 209 00:10:43,904 --> 00:10:45,993 and I think we should be out there looking for Frankie 210 00:10:46,036 --> 00:10:47,516 before it's too late.MATTY: Mac, the Phoenix 211 00:10:47,559 --> 00:10:49,170 is doing everything possible to find Frankie, 212 00:10:49,213 --> 00:10:51,694 but only you can help us understand what happened here. 213 00:10:51,738 --> 00:10:53,696 Except I can't. It doesn't make any sense. 214 00:10:53,740 --> 00:10:56,568 Well, whoever they are, they hired professionals. 215 00:10:56,612 --> 00:10:57,787 They worked fast, quiet. 216 00:10:57,831 --> 00:11:00,660 You know, I'd wager the man who attacked you 217 00:11:00,703 --> 00:11:02,183 was part of a small team of ex-soldiers 218 00:11:02,226 --> 00:11:03,663 turned private military contractors. 219 00:11:03,706 --> 00:11:09,277 They were sitting on this lab, saw me come in today. 220 00:11:09,320 --> 00:11:10,931 They planned on executing everyone 221 00:11:10,974 --> 00:11:13,107 working on the project all at once. 222 00:11:13,150 --> 00:11:15,152 If Desi hadn't called me... 223 00:11:18,025 --> 00:11:19,591 [sighs] 224 00:11:27,208 --> 00:11:29,079 What is that? Something? 225 00:11:29,123 --> 00:11:30,559 Uh, I'm not sure yet. 226 00:11:30,602 --> 00:11:33,170 Uh, Mac? Yeah? 227 00:11:33,214 --> 00:11:35,825 The label on the vial says "Bothrops insularis." 228 00:11:35,869 --> 00:11:37,261 Uh, yeah, it's a venom 229 00:11:37,305 --> 00:11:40,874 from a snake breed called the golden lancehead viper. 230 00:11:40,917 --> 00:11:44,225 Aka one of the rarest and deadliest snakes in the world, 231 00:11:44,268 --> 00:11:46,923 found only on one island off the coast of Saão Paulo. 232 00:11:46,967 --> 00:11:49,186 The Brazilian government has made it illegal to transport 233 00:11:49,230 --> 00:11:50,405 or own. 234 00:11:52,624 --> 00:11:54,409 Bozer, how do you know all that?Getting shot in the leg gives you 235 00:11:54,452 --> 00:11:55,889 lots of time to binge Planet Earth. 236 00:11:55,932 --> 00:11:59,588 Hey, guys, uh, I'm not really huge on snakes. 237 00:11:59,631 --> 00:12:00,937 BOZER [English accent]: "The golden lancehead's 238 00:12:00,981 --> 00:12:05,028 "venom targets the nervous system of his prey 239 00:12:05,072 --> 00:12:07,204 "with pinpoint accuracy, 240 00:12:07,248 --> 00:12:10,686 "causing blood blisters, intestinal bleeding, 241 00:12:10,730 --> 00:12:12,470 tissue necrosis, hemorrhage!" 242 00:12:12,514 --> 00:12:13,776 All right, that's great. I'm just gonna... 243 00:12:13,820 --> 00:12:15,082 [clears throat] 244 00:12:15,125 --> 00:12:16,823 The fact that the golden lancehead is so deadly 245 00:12:16,866 --> 00:12:18,259 is precisely why I needed its venom. 246 00:12:18,302 --> 00:12:20,087 The more fast-acting a toxin is, 247 00:12:20,130 --> 00:12:22,132 the better it is at attacking cancerous tumors. 248 00:12:22,176 --> 00:12:23,873 [regular voice]: But how did you even get it in here? 249 00:12:23,917 --> 00:12:26,920 Uh, insulated hair spray bottle 250 00:12:26,963 --> 00:12:28,399 with a false bottom. 251 00:12:30,967 --> 00:12:33,056 Guys, I think I found something. 252 00:12:33,100 --> 00:12:35,798 Spyware embedded in the OS of Frankie's laptop. 253 00:12:35,842 --> 00:12:37,452 Someone's been logging her every keystroke. 254 00:12:37,495 --> 00:12:38,801 What?It's reporting to a burner phone 255 00:12:38,845 --> 00:12:40,107 not too far from here. 256 00:12:40,150 --> 00:12:42,326 That's got to be the sasquatch who attacked us. 257 00:12:42,370 --> 00:12:44,415 Y-Yeah, and he could have Frankie. Let's go. 258 00:12:45,895 --> 00:12:47,157 [tires screeching, horns honking] 259 00:12:55,862 --> 00:12:58,081 [tires screeching] 260 00:13:02,346 --> 00:13:05,349 All right, Riley. Where to? 261 00:13:05,393 --> 00:13:07,351 The burner phone doesn't have GPS. 262 00:13:07,395 --> 00:13:09,919 I was triangulating its location using cell towers, 263 00:13:09,963 --> 00:13:11,442 but now there's only one in range. 264 00:13:11,486 --> 00:13:12,879 Come again? 265 00:13:12,922 --> 00:13:14,881 It means he's in the park, but this is as close 266 00:13:14,924 --> 00:13:16,665 as I can get us.Right. 267 00:13:16,708 --> 00:13:18,145 Looks like we're gonna have to go old-school. 268 00:13:18,188 --> 00:13:19,494 Form a dragnet, 269 00:13:19,537 --> 00:13:21,975 start at the edge of the park and work our way in. 270 00:13:22,018 --> 00:13:24,804 Remember, if he makes us before we make him, 271 00:13:24,847 --> 00:13:26,936 our only lead to rescuing Frankie is shot. 272 00:13:37,555 --> 00:13:39,688 RILEY [over comm]: He's still here somewhere. 273 00:13:43,213 --> 00:13:44,693 Everyone's covered up. 274 00:13:44,736 --> 00:13:47,478 It's hard to get a visual. 275 00:13:47,522 --> 00:13:50,394 Yeah, hang on. I've got an idea. 276 00:13:50,438 --> 00:13:51,874 I can hijack the spyware 277 00:13:51,918 --> 00:13:53,006 and send a script to the burner phone. 278 00:13:53,049 --> 00:13:54,311 What kind of script? 279 00:13:54,355 --> 00:13:56,226 The kind that overclocks a lithium-ion battery. 280 00:13:56,270 --> 00:13:57,749 Look out for a reaction. 281 00:14:10,110 --> 00:14:12,155 [gasping, clamoring] 282 00:14:14,375 --> 00:14:15,550 Suspect ditched their phone. 283 00:14:15,593 --> 00:14:17,552 We lost him. 284 00:14:19,206 --> 00:14:21,251 Maybe not. I've got one person 285 00:14:21,295 --> 00:14:23,036 walking away, red hoodie. 286 00:14:23,079 --> 00:14:24,994 He's off. He's off! 287 00:14:26,213 --> 00:14:29,259 [toy whirring] 288 00:14:30,478 --> 00:14:31,653 Sorry. Need to borrow this. 289 00:14:31,696 --> 00:14:32,915 KID: Hey, what the...? 290 00:14:43,795 --> 00:14:45,623 Who are you? 291 00:14:45,667 --> 00:14:48,496 I'm Nina Harris with the Department of Defense. 292 00:14:48,539 --> 00:14:50,846 Check my coat pocket for my credentials. 293 00:14:55,503 --> 00:14:56,896 TAYLOR: Right. 294 00:14:56,939 --> 00:15:00,595 Agent Harris, your bona fides check out. 295 00:15:00,638 --> 00:15:05,252 And your superior agrees that you should fill us in. 296 00:15:05,295 --> 00:15:06,601 So he did. 297 00:15:06,644 --> 00:15:08,211 If you work for the DoD, why'd you run? 298 00:15:08,255 --> 00:15:09,256 NINA: I clocked someone tailing me, 299 00:15:09,299 --> 00:15:11,432 did what I was trained to do. 300 00:15:11,475 --> 00:15:13,608 That doesn't explain why you were spying on my lab. 301 00:15:13,651 --> 00:15:15,436 We flagged a very dangerous substance being imported 302 00:15:15,479 --> 00:15:17,655 illegally from Brazil.Mm. 303 00:15:18,961 --> 00:15:20,571 The, uh, snake venom 304 00:15:20,615 --> 00:15:22,486 was being used for cancer research. 305 00:15:22,530 --> 00:15:24,924 So we learned when we watched Dr. Mallory's computer. 306 00:15:24,967 --> 00:15:26,926 And we also learned that her proprietary method 307 00:15:26,969 --> 00:15:28,405 for extracting toxins from the venom 308 00:15:28,449 --> 00:15:29,624 had potential alternative applications. 309 00:15:30,973 --> 00:15:33,236 You're not just DoD, are you? 310 00:15:35,282 --> 00:15:36,631 You're black budget. 311 00:15:38,111 --> 00:15:39,764 Her group runs operations 312 00:15:39,808 --> 00:15:41,766 that are illegal but necessary. 313 00:15:41,810 --> 00:15:44,117 Or at least that's the company motto, isn't it? 314 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:46,336 If one of our enemies is gonna create a weapon, 315 00:15:46,380 --> 00:15:48,077 it's better that we do it first. 316 00:15:48,121 --> 00:15:50,427 What are we talking about here? 317 00:15:50,471 --> 00:15:52,821 I approached Dr. Mallory about using her technique 318 00:15:52,864 --> 00:15:54,779 to engineer the golden lancehead venom 319 00:15:54,823 --> 00:15:56,956 into a nerve agent for the U.S. military. 320 00:15:59,045 --> 00:16:00,307 What did Frankie say? 321 00:16:00,350 --> 00:16:01,699 She refused. 322 00:16:01,743 --> 00:16:03,310 [exhales] 323 00:16:04,659 --> 00:16:05,660 Hold on. 324 00:16:05,703 --> 00:16:06,661 Uh, you guys finish this up. 325 00:16:06,704 --> 00:16:07,662 I'll meet you back at Phoenix. 326 00:16:07,705 --> 00:16:09,055 Hang on, where are you off to? 327 00:16:09,098 --> 00:16:10,317 Back to the lab. 328 00:16:10,360 --> 00:16:11,405 [speaking indistinctly] 329 00:16:11,448 --> 00:16:12,928 Mac, Taylor said you left 330 00:16:12,972 --> 00:16:14,538 in the middle of interviewing Nina. 331 00:16:14,582 --> 00:16:16,279 Yes, earlier I found this scrap of paper. 332 00:16:16,323 --> 00:16:18,934 It's got Frankie's handwriting, molecular equations... 333 00:16:18,978 --> 00:16:21,893 related to golden lancehead venom, but at the time... 334 00:16:22,938 --> 00:16:26,159 I couldn't figure out... how. 335 00:16:26,202 --> 00:16:28,857 And that's why you're trashing the place that's already been trashed? 336 00:16:28,900 --> 00:16:30,990 Okay, so one time at school, 337 00:16:31,033 --> 00:16:32,992 another student, Frankie realized, 338 00:16:33,035 --> 00:16:36,691 had hacked into her computer and lifted parts of her thesis, 339 00:16:36,734 --> 00:16:38,823 so... 340 00:16:38,867 --> 00:16:41,522 the next semester she wrote the entire thing out longhand 341 00:16:41,565 --> 00:16:43,872 on legal paper and hid it in her dorm room 342 00:16:43,915 --> 00:16:45,743 under a floorboard. 343 00:17:01,063 --> 00:17:02,717 So, Frankie refused Nina's offer 344 00:17:02,760 --> 00:17:04,893 but then did the work in secret. 345 00:17:04,936 --> 00:17:06,547 Frankie's disappearance, the murders-- 346 00:17:06,590 --> 00:17:08,592 all of this is happening because she solved 347 00:17:08,636 --> 00:17:10,551 how to turn the world's deadliest snake venom 348 00:17:10,594 --> 00:17:12,596 into a nerve agent. 349 00:17:22,606 --> 00:17:23,955 MATTY: Okay. 350 00:17:23,999 --> 00:17:26,045 Everything Agent Harris told us checks out, 351 00:17:26,088 --> 00:17:28,221 but I still have more questions, starting with: 352 00:17:28,264 --> 00:17:29,613 what would be the timeline for someone 353 00:17:29,657 --> 00:17:32,051 to transform Frankie's ideas into a reality? 354 00:17:32,094 --> 00:17:35,184 Short. According to her notes, she cracked the whole thing. 355 00:17:35,228 --> 00:17:38,187 How to extract toxins from the golden lancehead saliva, 356 00:17:38,231 --> 00:17:41,538 how to stabilize them, uh, how to aerosolize those toxins. 357 00:17:41,582 --> 00:17:43,758 The only real barrier to production that I saw 358 00:17:43,801 --> 00:17:46,543 was sourcing a supply of venom. 359 00:17:46,587 --> 00:17:48,545 They didn't steal your vial from the lab. 360 00:17:48,589 --> 00:17:50,069 MATTY: So we should proceed 361 00:17:50,112 --> 00:17:52,506 as if someone's already crossed over that threshold. 362 00:17:52,549 --> 00:17:55,204 TAYLOR: Agreed. Let's talk about leads. 363 00:17:56,771 --> 00:17:58,077 DESI: He's still even uglier 364 00:17:58,120 --> 00:18:00,079 in person.BOZER: All attempts to I.D. this man 365 00:18:00,122 --> 00:18:03,125 have failed, so for now we're calling him UnSub One. 366 00:18:03,169 --> 00:18:05,780 Likely a former soldier hired by a terrorist group 367 00:18:05,823 --> 00:18:08,391 or hostile regime to obtain Frankie's research. 368 00:18:08,435 --> 00:18:09,784 Well, that's one theory. 369 00:18:09,827 --> 00:18:11,612 What's the other? 370 00:18:11,655 --> 00:18:13,135 Frankie partnered with this man and his team 371 00:18:13,179 --> 00:18:15,703 to stage a robbery, and then she covered her tracks 372 00:18:15,746 --> 00:18:18,271 by killing everyone involved with the project. 373 00:18:18,314 --> 00:18:20,229 W-- Are... 374 00:18:20,273 --> 00:18:22,101 That's insane. Is it? 375 00:18:22,144 --> 00:18:24,407 Yes. Frankie may have done the science on paper, 376 00:18:24,451 --> 00:18:25,756 but she'd never do that. 377 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:27,410 Have me killed? What are you talking about? 378 00:18:27,454 --> 00:18:28,585 Why? 379 00:18:28,629 --> 00:18:30,587 The usual reason. Riley. 380 00:18:31,632 --> 00:18:33,895 RILEY: Last week $2 million 381 00:18:33,938 --> 00:18:35,897 was deposited into Frankie's account. 382 00:18:35,940 --> 00:18:37,246 Sent from a shielded account 383 00:18:37,290 --> 00:18:39,248 in the Seychelles.TAYLOR: Why didn't Frankie 384 00:18:39,292 --> 00:18:41,163 tell you she'd been approached by the DoD? 385 00:18:41,207 --> 00:18:42,991 I don't know.How did UnSub One 386 00:18:43,034 --> 00:18:44,297 learn about the nerve agent 387 00:18:44,340 --> 00:18:45,385 if you yourself didn't know about the project 388 00:18:45,428 --> 00:18:46,516 in your own lab? 389 00:18:46,560 --> 00:18:47,822 I don't know, but there's got to be 390 00:18:47,865 --> 00:18:49,171 some sort explanation for this. 391 00:18:49,215 --> 00:18:50,781 Yes, there is. 392 00:18:50,825 --> 00:18:53,001 After Frankie was turned down by the DoD, 393 00:18:53,044 --> 00:18:54,350 she realized there was more money 394 00:18:54,394 --> 00:18:56,222 to be made in the black market 395 00:18:56,265 --> 00:18:59,442 and she reached out to this man for help in pulling it off. 396 00:18:59,486 --> 00:19:02,402 Okay, Mac, we need to be open to all interpretations 397 00:19:02,445 --> 00:19:03,577 of the evidence. 398 00:19:03,620 --> 00:19:05,927 If Frankie were involved-- if... 399 00:19:07,450 --> 00:19:08,973 ...how would we locate her? 400 00:19:09,017 --> 00:19:11,802 [sighs] 401 00:19:11,846 --> 00:19:15,154 In order to scale and produce the nerve agent, 402 00:19:15,197 --> 00:19:17,156 she would have to set up a lab. 403 00:19:17,199 --> 00:19:18,461 Somewhere off the grid. 404 00:19:18,505 --> 00:19:20,159 And I know the type of equipment she likes. 405 00:19:20,202 --> 00:19:21,464 RILEY: I can cross-reference 406 00:19:21,508 --> 00:19:23,249 lab equipment point of sales from shipments 407 00:19:23,292 --> 00:19:25,425 to a single location.Let's do it. 408 00:19:45,227 --> 00:19:46,707 We came to the right place. 409 00:19:48,709 --> 00:19:50,145 It doesn't make any sense. 410 00:19:50,189 --> 00:19:52,191 If Frankie wanted to make money, she could make money. 411 00:19:52,234 --> 00:19:54,323 She became a scientist to help people. 412 00:19:54,367 --> 00:19:56,020 People change, Mac. 413 00:19:56,064 --> 00:19:59,023 I'm worried about more pressing problems, like how do we get in? 414 00:20:00,199 --> 00:20:02,201 MacGYVER: I got an idea. 415 00:20:22,743 --> 00:20:26,181 Problem: 30 feet of cement wall and razor wire. 416 00:20:27,922 --> 00:20:30,664 Solution? The scientific principles 417 00:20:30,707 --> 00:20:32,927 behind my favorite Summer Olympic sport. 418 00:20:33,928 --> 00:20:35,364 Hold tight.He's not... 419 00:20:35,408 --> 00:20:37,888 Pole-vaulting? Oh, yeah. 420 00:20:37,932 --> 00:20:40,108 MacGYVER: A running pole-vaulter builds up kinetic energy, 421 00:20:40,151 --> 00:20:42,284 which is then transferred to the pole, 422 00:20:42,328 --> 00:20:43,981 propelling the vaulter vertically. 423 00:20:44,025 --> 00:20:45,374 [grunting] 424 00:20:45,418 --> 00:20:47,202 Too bad Matty doesn't give out gold medals. 425 00:20:47,246 --> 00:20:49,248 Sick nasty. 426 00:21:01,608 --> 00:21:03,784 You were hard on him before. 427 00:21:03,827 --> 00:21:05,133 Who? 428 00:21:05,176 --> 00:21:07,440 Unnecessarily. 429 00:21:07,483 --> 00:21:10,399 One of my agents didn't disclose he'd been running a secret lab 430 00:21:10,443 --> 00:21:12,401 researching lethal and illegal substances. 431 00:21:12,445 --> 00:21:15,099 I have a right to be pissed when it all goes pear-shaped. 432 00:21:15,143 --> 00:21:17,188 This job requires a lot from us. 433 00:21:17,232 --> 00:21:19,495 I won't fault Mac for wanting something outside of it. 434 00:21:19,539 --> 00:21:20,975 Ah, yes, there it is. 435 00:21:21,018 --> 00:21:23,325 That excuse. 436 00:21:23,369 --> 00:21:25,327 That justification for the lie. 437 00:21:25,371 --> 00:21:28,199 That small fissure is all it takes for something 438 00:21:28,243 --> 00:21:32,465 far more sinister to slip its claws in and tear us all apart. 439 00:21:35,468 --> 00:21:37,121 Mercenaries for hire, 440 00:21:37,165 --> 00:21:39,036 shady divisions of democratic governments, 441 00:21:39,080 --> 00:21:42,126 dangerous weapons. 442 00:21:42,170 --> 00:21:44,128 You're thinking about the bioweapon 443 00:21:44,172 --> 00:21:46,479 you built for the U.S. government, aren't you? 444 00:21:48,002 --> 00:21:51,135 Hades-X1 also started off with good intentions. 445 00:21:51,179 --> 00:21:53,747 At least that's the lie I fed myself. 446 00:21:53,790 --> 00:21:55,226 The money helped it go down easy, 447 00:21:55,270 --> 00:21:58,360 and the next thing I knew... 448 00:21:58,404 --> 00:22:01,189 a weapon of mass destruction existed with a patent 449 00:22:01,232 --> 00:22:03,583 issued to yours truly. 450 00:22:07,717 --> 00:22:09,676 We've both done things we're not proud of. 451 00:22:09,719 --> 00:22:12,026 It's the price we pay for the world we operate in. 452 00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:14,942 Look, I've struggled 453 00:22:14,985 --> 00:22:17,161 with the moral traps of this job for a long time. 454 00:22:17,205 --> 00:22:20,513 But at the end of the day, I've made peace with the fact that... 455 00:22:20,556 --> 00:22:23,211 there's just no simple answers. 456 00:22:37,443 --> 00:22:39,183 Why is it so hot in here? 457 00:22:40,228 --> 00:22:42,012 Huh. 458 00:22:42,056 --> 00:22:43,231 What? 459 00:22:43,274 --> 00:22:44,841 Uh, nothing. 460 00:22:44,885 --> 00:22:50,194 Just, those are UVB lights, also known as reptile lights. 461 00:22:50,238 --> 00:22:53,415 That plus the temperature makes it the perfect climate for... 462 00:22:53,459 --> 00:22:55,330 [hissing] 463 00:22:55,374 --> 00:22:57,376 [gasps] Oh, oh, no, no, no. 464 00:22:57,419 --> 00:22:59,378 No, don't say it, don't say it, don't say it. 465 00:22:59,421 --> 00:23:01,815 If you don't say it, I can pretend they're not here. 466 00:23:01,858 --> 00:23:03,643 Pretend what's not there? 467 00:23:03,686 --> 00:23:05,122 You're making it worse. 468 00:23:05,166 --> 00:23:06,994 Sorry. 469 00:23:07,037 --> 00:23:09,562 [snakes hissing] 470 00:23:09,605 --> 00:23:11,215 Matty, 471 00:23:11,259 --> 00:23:12,434 bad news. 472 00:23:12,478 --> 00:23:16,090 UnSub One has acquired a lot of venom. 473 00:23:16,133 --> 00:23:18,614 He has everything he needs... 474 00:23:18,658 --> 00:23:20,660 for the nerve agent. 475 00:23:27,101 --> 00:23:31,061 Did you know the national animal of Scotland is a unicorn? 476 00:23:31,105 --> 00:23:33,063 ♪ Three, six, nine, the goose drank wine ♪ 477 00:23:33,107 --> 00:23:36,806 ♪ The monkey chew tobacco on the streetcar line ♪ 478 00:23:36,850 --> 00:23:39,069 ♪ The line broke, the monkey got choked ♪ 479 00:23:39,113 --> 00:23:42,595 ♪ And they all went to heaven in a little rowboat ♪ 480 00:23:42,638 --> 00:23:44,248 [grunting] 481 00:23:44,292 --> 00:23:46,381 ♪ Clap pat, clap pat 482 00:23:46,425 --> 00:23:49,079 ♪ Clap pat, clap slap 483 00:23:49,123 --> 00:23:50,907 ♪ Clap pat, clap your hand 484 00:23:50,951 --> 00:23:53,736 ♪ Pat it on your partner's hand ♪ 485 00:23:53,780 --> 00:23:56,130 ♪ Right hand, clap pat 486 00:23:56,173 --> 00:23:58,088 ♪ Clap your hand, cross it with your left arm ♪ 487 00:23:58,132 --> 00:24:01,570 ♪ Buy me a rubber dolly. 488 00:24:01,614 --> 00:24:03,267 [grunts] 489 00:24:03,311 --> 00:24:05,269 [pounding on door]FRANKIE: Hello? 490 00:24:05,313 --> 00:24:06,401 I'm in here! 491 00:24:08,098 --> 00:24:09,535 Hello?!Frankie? 492 00:24:09,578 --> 00:24:11,319 Hello?Frankie! 493 00:24:11,362 --> 00:24:15,845 Uh, just hold on one second. 494 00:24:15,889 --> 00:24:17,412 I'm gonna get you out of here. 495 00:24:20,633 --> 00:24:22,112 [grunts] 496 00:24:22,156 --> 00:24:23,549 Here's another fun fact. 497 00:24:23,592 --> 00:24:25,594 When a golden lancehead attacks, 498 00:24:25,638 --> 00:24:27,161 its venom reacts with the iron 499 00:24:27,204 --> 00:24:28,597 in the red blood cells of its prey... 500 00:24:28,641 --> 00:24:30,338 [grunts] 501 00:24:30,381 --> 00:24:31,948 ...creating an acidic by-product 502 00:24:31,992 --> 00:24:36,257 strong enough to eat flesh and corrode metal. 503 00:24:46,833 --> 00:24:48,791 [panting] 504 00:24:48,835 --> 00:24:50,445 Frankie, are you okay? 505 00:24:50,489 --> 00:24:52,621 Yeah. Yeah, I am now. 506 00:24:52,665 --> 00:24:55,145 I didn't think you guys were gonna find me, thank you. 507 00:24:55,189 --> 00:24:57,234 Listen, we talked to DoD, I found your notebooks. 508 00:24:57,278 --> 00:24:58,975 And this lab-- what's going on? 509 00:24:59,019 --> 00:25:00,324 Okay, I-I swear I had no choice. 510 00:25:00,368 --> 00:25:01,630 The men who grabbed me, they said they were gonna 511 00:25:01,674 --> 00:25:03,676 kill Ben and Sandra and you if I didn't do 512 00:25:03,719 --> 00:25:05,025 exactly what they said. 513 00:25:05,068 --> 00:25:06,200 I swear. 514 00:25:06,243 --> 00:25:07,506 You got to believe me. 515 00:25:10,334 --> 00:25:11,640 I believe you. 516 00:25:11,684 --> 00:25:12,859 DESI:We can talk about all of that later. 517 00:25:12,902 --> 00:25:14,643 Priority is getting you out of here 518 00:25:14,687 --> 00:25:16,340 before they force you to finish that weapon. 519 00:25:16,384 --> 00:25:18,386 Oh, but the nerve agent's done. 520 00:25:19,692 --> 00:25:21,345 I already gave it to 'em. 521 00:25:34,620 --> 00:25:36,883 Updated the composite with the new info from Frankie, 522 00:25:36,926 --> 00:25:38,580 still nothing. 523 00:25:38,624 --> 00:25:41,061 Desi, animal control is on the way to pick up those snakes. 524 00:25:41,104 --> 00:25:42,758 [grunting] 525 00:25:42,802 --> 00:25:44,804 Any luck getting the PMCs to talk? 526 00:25:47,458 --> 00:25:49,765 Well, they're the strong, silent type. 527 00:25:49,809 --> 00:25:50,984 TAYLOR: That's warfighter code. 528 00:25:51,027 --> 00:25:52,463 Soon as they talk, they become unhireable. 529 00:25:52,507 --> 00:25:54,727 Which means Frankie remains our only hope. 530 00:25:54,770 --> 00:25:56,424 Okay, go through her story again. 531 00:25:56,467 --> 00:25:58,121 See if you can shake loose any details 532 00:25:58,165 --> 00:25:59,819 that'll help us I.D. UnSub One 533 00:25:59,862 --> 00:26:01,429 before he ghosts with that nerve agent. 534 00:26:01,472 --> 00:26:03,953 Mac's working on it. 535 00:26:06,565 --> 00:26:10,438 Ben and... Sandra. 536 00:26:10,481 --> 00:26:13,659 I just can't believe it. 537 00:26:13,702 --> 00:26:16,226 I'm so sorry, Frankie. 538 00:26:18,054 --> 00:26:19,882 But you know what? I need your help. 539 00:26:19,926 --> 00:26:22,058 Or they won't be the last ones who get hurt. 540 00:26:22,102 --> 00:26:24,974 Can you, uh, run us through the story? 541 00:26:25,018 --> 00:26:28,804 Um... [sniffles] 542 00:26:28,848 --> 00:26:32,025 I, uh... I was approached 543 00:26:32,068 --> 00:26:34,810 by the DoD woman Nina Harris 544 00:26:34,854 --> 00:26:37,683 to engineer a nerve agent from the golden lancehead venom. 545 00:26:39,075 --> 00:26:42,905 I said no. Of course I said no. 546 00:26:42,949 --> 00:26:44,820 But once the idea was planted, you know, 547 00:26:44,864 --> 00:26:46,430 it-it hooked onto my brain. 548 00:26:46,474 --> 00:26:48,519 It became this... 549 00:26:48,563 --> 00:26:50,870 this logic problem I couldn't stop trying to solve. 550 00:26:50,913 --> 00:26:53,524 You know, I needed to know that the DoD was right. 551 00:26:53,568 --> 00:26:57,354 That the techniques we developed could make this weapon. 552 00:26:57,398 --> 00:26:59,835 So I kept my work off-line. 553 00:26:59,879 --> 00:27:05,319 And after a week of all-nighters, I cracked it. 554 00:27:05,362 --> 00:27:07,843 What about the $2 million deposited 555 00:27:07,887 --> 00:27:09,366 into your bank account?Okay, I know 556 00:27:09,410 --> 00:27:11,499 this is gonna sound crazy, but a few days 557 00:27:11,542 --> 00:27:13,501 after I met with Nina, it just showed up. 558 00:27:13,544 --> 00:27:15,677 Two million bucks, just like that. 559 00:27:15,721 --> 00:27:17,679 And then at the same time, I-I started noticing 560 00:27:17,723 --> 00:27:21,552 people, like, following me, uh, noises on my phone, um, 561 00:27:21,596 --> 00:27:23,554 a car parked outside my place late at night. 562 00:27:23,598 --> 00:27:24,860 At first I thought I was just being paranoid, 563 00:27:24,904 --> 00:27:26,253 and then 564 00:27:26,296 --> 00:27:28,647 I realized, if the DoD figured out 565 00:27:28,690 --> 00:27:30,866 what I was capable of, then... 566 00:27:30,910 --> 00:27:33,216 maybe somebody else did, too. 567 00:27:33,260 --> 00:27:36,002 That's why you didn't tell me. 'Cause you were being watched. 568 00:27:37,612 --> 00:27:39,396 You know, this all sounds very familiar. 569 00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:42,051 Intimidation, cash falling from the sky. 570 00:27:42,095 --> 00:27:46,012 What if Frankie was wrong about who was following her? 571 00:27:46,055 --> 00:27:48,536 Angus, Matilda and I are gonna follow up on a lead. 572 00:27:48,579 --> 00:27:49,929 You get Frankie somewhere safe. 573 00:27:49,972 --> 00:27:51,060 Copy that. 574 00:27:51,104 --> 00:27:53,410 All right, let's get out of here. 575 00:27:53,454 --> 00:27:55,369 [snake hissing] 576 00:27:55,412 --> 00:27:56,762 FRANKIE: Oh. 577 00:27:59,068 --> 00:28:00,722 If we don't move, it can't see us, right? 578 00:28:00,766 --> 00:28:02,593 Unfortunately, I don't think T. rex rules 579 00:28:02,637 --> 00:28:05,640 apply here, so we're just gonna slowly 580 00:28:05,684 --> 00:28:08,034 back away towards the other exit. 581 00:28:11,124 --> 00:28:12,908 Oh, whoa, there's another. 582 00:28:12,952 --> 00:28:14,214 All right, everybody keep your eyes open. 583 00:28:14,257 --> 00:28:15,781 We have no idea how many are out right now. 584 00:28:20,655 --> 00:28:21,917 We are all aware that they climb trees, right? 585 00:28:21,961 --> 00:28:24,746 Yeah, but somehow being up here 586 00:28:24,790 --> 00:28:26,792 makes me feel so much safer. 587 00:28:26,835 --> 00:28:29,620 Mac, I read that when poachers go on the island in Brazil, 588 00:28:29,664 --> 00:28:31,492 they bring ultrasonic repellers. 589 00:28:32,493 --> 00:28:34,234 Oh, Frankie, 590 00:28:34,277 --> 00:28:35,409 you're a genius. 591 00:28:35,452 --> 00:28:37,890 Snakes' inner ears are fixed 592 00:28:37,933 --> 00:28:39,674 to their jawbones, only allowing them to hear 593 00:28:39,718 --> 00:28:40,806 low-end sounds. 594 00:28:40,849 --> 00:28:43,156 But vibrations of higher frequencies, 595 00:28:43,199 --> 00:28:47,116 they can feel through receptors in their skin. 596 00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:49,292 Frankie, that pole. Yeah. 597 00:28:49,336 --> 00:28:50,903 [snakes hissing] 598 00:28:55,516 --> 00:28:56,647 Thank you. 599 00:28:56,691 --> 00:28:57,997 All right, everyone. 600 00:28:59,041 --> 00:29:00,347 Watch my back. 601 00:29:05,352 --> 00:29:07,658 [high-pitched beeping] 602 00:29:07,702 --> 00:29:08,572 [groans] 603 00:29:19,845 --> 00:29:22,195 All right, everyone, 604 00:29:37,732 --> 00:29:40,561 [indistinct chatter, clamoring] 605 00:29:40,604 --> 00:29:42,432 All right, that's it, like we're going out of business. 606 00:29:42,476 --> 00:29:43,694 Everything must go. 607 00:29:43,738 --> 00:29:45,740 MAN: Hey! You can't be in here! 608 00:29:49,962 --> 00:29:52,703 Russel Taylor. Director Webber, I presume? 609 00:29:52,747 --> 00:29:54,357 You do not have permission to be here. 610 00:29:54,401 --> 00:29:55,532 Oh, well, judging by 611 00:29:55,576 --> 00:29:57,143 how fast your boys are packing up shop, 612 00:29:57,186 --> 00:29:58,840 I'm guessing neither do you. 613 00:29:58,884 --> 00:30:01,016 At least not officially, anyway. 614 00:30:01,060 --> 00:30:02,496 And speaking of not following laws, 615 00:30:02,539 --> 00:30:05,891 some details of your operation have come to light 616 00:30:05,934 --> 00:30:07,414 since our last conversation. 617 00:30:07,457 --> 00:30:09,677 I answered all of your questions. 618 00:30:09,720 --> 00:30:12,027 Yes, while omitting just enough to stay out of trouble. 619 00:30:12,071 --> 00:30:13,376 In fact, I realized 620 00:30:13,420 --> 00:30:15,030 I've been in your exact position before. 621 00:30:15,074 --> 00:30:17,424 And so I asked myself, what would I do 622 00:30:17,467 --> 00:30:19,078 if Frankie declined my offer? 623 00:30:19,121 --> 00:30:21,776 Would I respectfully walk away? 624 00:30:21,820 --> 00:30:23,299 No, not a chance. 625 00:30:23,343 --> 00:30:25,867 I would go to plan B: intimidation. 626 00:30:25,911 --> 00:30:27,521 Make the target think they're being followed, 627 00:30:27,564 --> 00:30:29,001 then spring the payday, 628 00:30:29,044 --> 00:30:32,613 reconnect, but this time the cash comes with protection. 629 00:30:32,656 --> 00:30:36,008 Protection against the person that you hired to scare her. 630 00:30:36,051 --> 00:30:38,271 Matilda, what sort of chaps would you use to do that? 631 00:30:38,314 --> 00:30:40,360 Not DoD. Too much red tape. 632 00:30:40,403 --> 00:30:41,622 Chaps like me. 633 00:30:41,665 --> 00:30:43,711 Private muscle, professional, 634 00:30:43,754 --> 00:30:45,060 dubious morals. 635 00:30:45,104 --> 00:30:47,410 And that answers another question. 636 00:30:47,454 --> 00:30:50,544 How did UnSub One even learn about Frankie's research 637 00:30:50,587 --> 00:30:52,589 in the first place if not even MacGyver knew about it? 638 00:30:52,633 --> 00:30:55,592 TAYLOR:Unless he was one of the PMC chaps 639 00:30:55,636 --> 00:30:58,291 that you hired to intimidate Frankie. 640 00:30:58,334 --> 00:31:00,771 But I also know that murder 641 00:31:00,815 --> 00:31:02,251 isn't in the DoD playbook. 642 00:31:02,295 --> 00:31:04,036 So tell us, Nina, 643 00:31:04,079 --> 00:31:05,646 what went wrong? 644 00:31:10,085 --> 00:31:13,262 After we talked in the park, I did some digging, 645 00:31:13,306 --> 00:31:15,264 and I found out that the guys I hired 646 00:31:15,308 --> 00:31:16,918 to intimidate Frankie had gone to ground. 647 00:31:16,962 --> 00:31:20,400 Hence the bug-out operation. I see you're cutting ties. 648 00:31:20,443 --> 00:31:22,445 Best I can tell, he saw the bigger payday. 649 00:31:22,489 --> 00:31:24,273 He killed the lab techs, he abducted Frankie, 650 00:31:24,317 --> 00:31:26,406 and he's probably forcing her to finish the nerve agent. 651 00:31:26,449 --> 00:31:28,321 Well, that all checks out, except for the last part. 652 00:31:30,062 --> 00:31:32,499 Frankie finished the nerve agent, past tense. 653 00:31:32,542 --> 00:31:35,763 Your rogue muscle already has enough in his possession 654 00:31:35,806 --> 00:31:37,808 to kill thousands. 655 00:31:37,852 --> 00:31:38,984 So we need to know... 656 00:31:40,855 --> 00:31:42,509 ...who is he? 657 00:31:46,556 --> 00:31:47,818 Donick Luca. 658 00:31:47,862 --> 00:31:50,517 Court-martialed Marine turned mercenary. 659 00:31:50,560 --> 00:31:53,085 Has a reputation for taking jobs nobody else will. 660 00:31:53,128 --> 00:31:55,391 [horn honks, tires screech] 661 00:31:55,435 --> 00:31:56,871 I've got a rental in Donick's name 662 00:31:56,915 --> 00:31:58,307 heading for the U.S.-Mexico border. 663 00:31:58,351 --> 00:32:00,309 They're taking back roads. Can I see this? 664 00:32:00,353 --> 00:32:02,268 Yeah. Look. 665 00:32:02,311 --> 00:32:04,879 If we hurry, we can cut them off at this gas station right there. 666 00:32:07,012 --> 00:32:09,057 Give me directions to 945 Stoke Road, 667 00:32:09,101 --> 00:32:10,624 Dulzura, California. 668 00:32:10,667 --> 00:32:14,410 AUTOMATED VOICE: Please proceedto the highlighted route. 669 00:32:14,454 --> 00:32:16,151 MacGYVER: Des, we're 30 minutes out. 670 00:32:16,195 --> 00:32:18,414 Hit it.With pleasure. 671 00:32:18,458 --> 00:32:19,938 [tires screech, engine revs] 672 00:32:22,549 --> 00:32:24,116 ♪ 673 00:32:31,862 --> 00:32:33,560 [tires screeching] 674 00:32:47,661 --> 00:32:48,792 Anyone got Donick? 675 00:32:48,836 --> 00:32:50,229 He's not up front. 676 00:32:52,318 --> 00:32:53,667 Not in back, either. 677 00:32:58,411 --> 00:33:00,326 Mac? 678 00:33:00,369 --> 00:33:01,588 Yeah? Is the nerve agent back here? 679 00:33:03,416 --> 00:33:04,634 Half of it is. 680 00:33:06,375 --> 00:33:08,377 Where's your boss and the rest 681 00:33:08,421 --> 00:33:10,162 of the nerve agent? 682 00:33:11,250 --> 00:33:12,599 Don't worry about it. 683 00:33:12,642 --> 00:33:15,036 This truck will talk way faster than he does. 684 00:33:18,300 --> 00:33:20,694 [computer beeps] 685 00:33:20,737 --> 00:33:23,871 Looks like they made one stop between here and the lab. 686 00:33:23,914 --> 00:33:26,526 San Diego Airport. 687 00:33:26,569 --> 00:33:27,962 MATTY: Boze, run a facial rec scan 688 00:33:28,006 --> 00:33:29,964 at the international terminal. 689 00:33:30,008 --> 00:33:31,966 Okay. 690 00:33:35,926 --> 00:33:37,363 Got him. 691 00:33:37,406 --> 00:33:39,408 Donick used an alias to check into a flight to Ecuador 692 00:33:39,452 --> 00:33:42,237 that's still boarding-- and get this, he checked a bag. 693 00:33:42,281 --> 00:33:44,979 He checked a proprietary nerve agent on a commercial flight? 694 00:33:45,023 --> 00:33:46,241 TAYLOR: They hedged their bets. 695 00:33:46,285 --> 00:33:48,069 They sent half out of the country by road 696 00:33:48,113 --> 00:33:50,115 and half by air, hidden in plain sight. 697 00:33:50,158 --> 00:33:52,073 I'm gonna ground all planes and lock down the airport. 698 00:33:52,117 --> 00:33:53,509 Get there and secure that package. 699 00:33:53,553 --> 00:33:54,467 Copy that. 700 00:33:54,510 --> 00:33:55,903 Wait, wait, wait.What's wrong? 701 00:33:55,946 --> 00:33:57,948 These guys used an iron-alloy container for transport, 702 00:33:57,992 --> 00:34:00,299 which would be fine, except the TSA switched 703 00:34:00,342 --> 00:34:01,952 to ionizing radiation for baggage scans. 704 00:34:01,996 --> 00:34:04,564 Which destabilizes the formula bonding the nerve agent-- 705 00:34:04,607 --> 00:34:06,914 the venom's gonna react with the iron. 706 00:34:09,960 --> 00:34:13,007 If we don't get that bagand contain the breach...Yeah. 707 00:34:13,051 --> 00:34:14,313 Then everyone in the airport will be exposed 708 00:34:14,356 --> 00:34:16,358 to the nerve agent and die. 709 00:34:24,975 --> 00:34:26,934 [whistle blowing] 710 00:34:31,156 --> 00:34:34,159 TSA and local police are evacuating the airport, 711 00:34:34,202 --> 00:34:36,639 but there are a lot of people to move and it's gonna take time. 712 00:34:36,683 --> 00:34:38,206 [vehicle approaching] 713 00:34:39,381 --> 00:34:40,948 What about Donick? 714 00:34:40,991 --> 00:34:42,428 BOZER: Police didn't find him at his gate. 715 00:34:42,471 --> 00:34:43,559 They're searching the airport now. 716 00:34:43,603 --> 00:34:45,039 Then our only hope is that they find 717 00:34:45,083 --> 00:34:46,519 the nerve agent before it eats through 718 00:34:46,562 --> 00:34:48,347 the container and contaminates everyone at the airport. 719 00:34:48,390 --> 00:34:50,697 It's easier said than done. 720 00:34:51,524 --> 00:34:53,178 [tires screech] 721 00:34:53,221 --> 00:34:54,396 [sirens wailing] 722 00:34:55,354 --> 00:34:56,790 All right, Mac, 723 00:34:56,833 --> 00:34:59,271 each luggage tag has a unique RFID signature 724 00:34:59,314 --> 00:35:01,142 that gets scanned as it moves through the system. 725 00:35:01,186 --> 00:35:02,361 So we can use those scans 726 00:35:02,404 --> 00:35:03,840 to find the suitcase with the weapon. 727 00:35:03,884 --> 00:35:06,147 Exactly. All right, now, somewhere around you, 728 00:35:06,191 --> 00:35:08,149 look for a pink bag with a pony on it. 729 00:35:08,193 --> 00:35:11,500 That's the bag Donick's using to transport the nerve agent in? 730 00:35:11,544 --> 00:35:13,023 No, but it's heading towards Donick's bag, 731 00:35:13,067 --> 00:35:14,199 and you're hitching a ride. 732 00:35:19,769 --> 00:35:20,857 Well, good news, Matty-- 733 00:35:20,901 --> 00:35:22,381 we found Donick. 734 00:35:22,424 --> 00:35:24,296 He must have figured out why the airport was closed down 735 00:35:24,339 --> 00:35:26,211 and came to recover the nerve agent before we did. 736 00:35:26,254 --> 00:35:28,169 RILEY: Mac, I know you've got your hands full, 737 00:35:28,213 --> 00:35:29,953 but the train's about to leave the station. 738 00:35:29,997 --> 00:35:31,738 Go! I got him. 739 00:35:39,789 --> 00:35:41,008 [silenced gunshots] 740 00:35:44,054 --> 00:35:45,491 [grunting] 741 00:35:52,062 --> 00:35:53,760 [choking] 742 00:35:54,761 --> 00:35:56,371 Okay, that was fun. 743 00:35:56,415 --> 00:35:58,243 Can you stop this thing? 744 00:35:58,286 --> 00:36:00,158 No, I'm operating on read privileges only. 745 00:36:00,201 --> 00:36:02,072 All right, what next? [grunts] 746 00:36:02,116 --> 00:36:04,118 Now, any minute you're gonna be near another conveyor belt 747 00:36:04,162 --> 00:36:05,728 traveling the opposite direction. 748 00:36:05,772 --> 00:36:07,339 Okay. Okay. 749 00:36:07,382 --> 00:36:08,383 Okay. 750 00:36:12,170 --> 00:36:14,041 [yelling] 751 00:36:14,998 --> 00:36:16,043 RILEY: Mac. 752 00:36:16,086 --> 00:36:17,218 The nerve agent's in a black 753 00:36:17,262 --> 00:36:18,654 hard-shell suitcase. 754 00:36:18,698 --> 00:36:21,091 It's coming your way on a baggage cart in three... 755 00:36:21,135 --> 00:36:23,355 two... 756 00:36:23,398 --> 00:36:25,139 one. 757 00:36:36,803 --> 00:36:38,239 I need some identifying feature. 758 00:36:38,283 --> 00:36:39,284 The one you're looking for 759 00:36:39,327 --> 00:36:41,199 has a built-in lock. 760 00:36:47,857 --> 00:36:50,077 [grunting] 761 00:36:57,171 --> 00:36:58,781 The containers are already deteriorating. 762 00:36:58,825 --> 00:37:00,783 I don't have enough time to get it out of the airport. 763 00:37:00,827 --> 00:37:01,828 TAYLOR: Mac, what are you gonna do? 764 00:37:02,829 --> 00:37:04,657 Improvise. 765 00:37:04,700 --> 00:37:06,049 [exhaling sharply] 766 00:37:07,877 --> 00:37:09,096 [grunting] 767 00:37:18,497 --> 00:37:20,716 Wait a second. Riley, all of these bags 768 00:37:20,760 --> 00:37:22,805 have been scanned by the TSA, right? 769 00:37:22,849 --> 00:37:24,285 Yeah. Why? 770 00:37:24,329 --> 00:37:26,983 Okay. I need you to help me with a shopping list, 771 00:37:27,027 --> 00:37:29,203 starting with nail polish remover. 772 00:37:29,247 --> 00:37:31,597 Look for a makeup kit.All right. 773 00:37:31,640 --> 00:37:33,207 Uh... 774 00:37:33,251 --> 00:37:36,297 Red duffel, outside pocket. 775 00:37:36,341 --> 00:37:38,299 What else?Shaving cream. 776 00:37:38,343 --> 00:37:40,040 Look for the oversized stuffed backpack 777 00:37:40,083 --> 00:37:41,433 coming by you right now. 778 00:37:45,698 --> 00:37:47,874 All right, now for the hard part. Glue. 779 00:37:47,917 --> 00:37:49,223 [computer beeping] 780 00:37:52,357 --> 00:37:54,272 Mac. 781 00:37:54,315 --> 00:37:56,752 Canvas satchel, service rack, right above you. 782 00:37:59,668 --> 00:38:02,105 He's creating a fast-hardening sealant. 783 00:38:02,149 --> 00:38:03,846 MacGYVER: Frankie's right. I can't use another bag 784 00:38:03,890 --> 00:38:06,066 to contain the aerosolized nerve agent, 785 00:38:06,109 --> 00:38:07,981 because even a microscopic hole 786 00:38:08,024 --> 00:38:09,678 would allow the toxin to escape. 787 00:38:09,722 --> 00:38:12,377 However, when these items are mixed together, 788 00:38:12,420 --> 00:38:14,901 they'll expand to 30 times their liquid volume 789 00:38:14,944 --> 00:38:17,207 before hardening into an airtight shell. 790 00:38:17,251 --> 00:38:19,297 Now, let's just hope that happens 791 00:38:19,340 --> 00:38:21,560 before the nerve agent leaks. 792 00:38:29,916 --> 00:38:32,962 [laughs] It worked. It worked. 793 00:38:33,006 --> 00:38:35,138 [panting]: It's contained. 794 00:38:40,056 --> 00:38:41,884 MATTY: Great job, Mac. 795 00:38:41,928 --> 00:38:43,451 Sit tight. Hazmat's on the way. 796 00:38:43,495 --> 00:38:45,932 I'll notify local authorities and let them know the threat 797 00:38:45,975 --> 00:38:47,760 has been neutralized. 798 00:38:47,803 --> 00:38:49,805 ♪ 799 00:38:52,982 --> 00:38:54,984 [indistinct radio transmissions] 800 00:39:05,386 --> 00:39:07,040 We have the nerve agent. 801 00:39:07,083 --> 00:39:09,259 Placing it in containment now. 802 00:39:16,658 --> 00:39:19,574 How you holding up? 803 00:39:19,618 --> 00:39:21,054 Fine. 804 00:39:21,097 --> 00:39:22,969 Told the hazmat team everything they needed to know 805 00:39:23,012 --> 00:39:24,405 for transport and disposal. 806 00:39:24,449 --> 00:39:26,146 And I volunteered to work with them 807 00:39:26,189 --> 00:39:27,582 until they develop an antidote. 808 00:39:27,626 --> 00:39:29,236 That could take months. 809 00:39:29,279 --> 00:39:30,846 Well, years, probably, but eventually 810 00:39:30,890 --> 00:39:32,500 someone's gonna discover the same thing I did, 811 00:39:32,544 --> 00:39:33,762 and we have to be ready. 812 00:39:33,806 --> 00:39:35,285 Yeah.Hey, who better 813 00:39:35,329 --> 00:39:37,157 to lead the team than the monster who created it? 814 00:39:37,200 --> 00:39:38,419 Frankie. 815 00:39:38,463 --> 00:39:40,900 This mess is as much my fault as it is yours. 816 00:39:40,943 --> 00:39:44,338 Well, there's plenty of blame to go around. 817 00:39:44,382 --> 00:39:47,776 You know, this cancer treatment could still work. 818 00:39:47,820 --> 00:39:50,170 It's a good idea, Mac. 819 00:39:51,911 --> 00:39:55,480 But honestly I wish I'd never walked into that pet shop. 820 00:39:56,524 --> 00:39:58,221 All right, talk soon. 821 00:39:58,265 --> 00:40:00,267 ♪ 822 00:40:18,241 --> 00:40:19,808 So, uh... 823 00:40:19,852 --> 00:40:22,898 remember that, uh, secret that I was keeping? 824 00:40:22,942 --> 00:40:26,206 It kind of sort of blew up in my face. 825 00:40:27,381 --> 00:40:30,340 Yeah. 826 00:40:30,384 --> 00:40:33,474 But even if it hadn't, I'd still owe you an apology. 827 00:40:33,518 --> 00:40:34,823 So... 828 00:40:34,867 --> 00:40:36,390 Apology accepted. 829 00:40:36,434 --> 00:40:37,478 Thank you. 830 00:40:37,522 --> 00:40:39,349 But you're still not off the hook. 831 00:40:39,393 --> 00:40:41,656 I want an explanation on why you did it. 832 00:40:41,700 --> 00:40:42,875 The real reason. 833 00:40:45,181 --> 00:40:47,836 [sighs] Just, at the time it felt like... 834 00:40:47,880 --> 00:40:50,056 Codex was infecting everything around me, 835 00:40:50,099 --> 00:40:52,972 and I just wanted to do this one good, pure thing 836 00:40:53,015 --> 00:40:55,453 the world couldn't get its hands on and mess up. 837 00:40:55,496 --> 00:40:58,064 And the irony is, I was willing to do a whole lot 838 00:40:58,107 --> 00:41:00,806 that I'm not proud of to make it happen. 839 00:41:00,849 --> 00:41:03,025 Was that so hard? 840 00:41:03,069 --> 00:41:05,506 All right. I got to go talk to Matty. 841 00:41:05,550 --> 00:41:06,942 Okay.Okay. 842 00:41:12,948 --> 00:41:15,255 Hey, boss. You wanted to see me? 843 00:41:15,298 --> 00:41:16,909 Yeah. Close the door. 844 00:41:19,912 --> 00:41:21,130 [sighs] 845 00:41:21,174 --> 00:41:23,393 Let me start 846 00:41:23,437 --> 00:41:25,526 by saying I'm sorry. I really should have... 847 00:41:25,570 --> 00:41:28,703 told you what Frankie and I's research entailed. 848 00:41:28,747 --> 00:41:30,313 This isn't about the research. 849 00:41:30,357 --> 00:41:31,924 It's not? 850 00:41:31,967 --> 00:41:33,186 No. 851 00:41:33,229 --> 00:41:35,014 Mac, when you asked me for funding 852 00:41:35,057 --> 00:41:37,016 for cancer research in your father's name, 853 00:41:37,059 --> 00:41:39,148 it was my choice not to ask you any questions. 854 00:41:39,192 --> 00:41:42,543 I knew that it was something that you wanted, needed 855 00:41:42,587 --> 00:41:43,588 to do alone. 856 00:41:43,631 --> 00:41:45,459 And I understand why. 857 00:41:45,503 --> 00:41:47,548 I wouldn't have agreed otherwise, 858 00:41:47,592 --> 00:41:48,897 because I trust you. 859 00:41:48,941 --> 00:41:51,291 And so I hope that this trust 860 00:41:51,334 --> 00:41:53,859 is a two-way street, because... 861 00:41:53,902 --> 00:41:56,601 we may need to lean on each other now more than ever. 862 00:41:57,645 --> 00:41:58,864 Of course. 863 00:41:58,907 --> 00:42:00,561 What's going on?When we searched 864 00:42:00,605 --> 00:42:02,911 Donick's belongings, we found a cell phone. 865 00:42:02,955 --> 00:42:05,697 The last message received included a location 866 00:42:05,740 --> 00:42:08,047 for a dead drop to deliver the nerve agent. 867 00:42:08,090 --> 00:42:10,092 The message was from the buyer?Yes. 868 00:42:10,136 --> 00:42:11,833 Signed with this. 869 00:42:17,491 --> 00:42:18,927 Codex? 870 00:42:18,971 --> 00:42:20,842 But... who? How? 871 00:42:20,886 --> 00:42:22,540 I don't know. 872 00:42:22,583 --> 00:42:25,847 But if someone's using Codex's encrypted communication system, 873 00:42:25,891 --> 00:42:28,589 it could mean...Somebody's putting the band back together. 874 00:42:28,633 --> 00:42:32,593 Captioning sponsored by CBS 875 00:42:32,637 --> 00:42:35,596 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org