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It's howevery message ended.

Previously onMacGyver...

But who they areremains a mystery.

MATTY: They call themselves Codex.

TAYLOR: They've been around a lot longer than we first thought.

There's nothing more dangerous than people who do

the wrong things for the right reasons.

GWENDOLYN: Tell him...

...about File 47.

47...

would plunge the world into chaos.

What do you say? A little breakfast with your dear old aunt?

Why do you refuse to seewhat is actually happening here?

And what is that? You're compromised.

Auntie Gwen got to you.

I'm gonna try something,

but it means risking everything,

everyone I love.

[beeps]

I'm sorry.

[car horn honking]

["We Didn't Start the Fire" by Billy Joel playing]

[horn honking]

GWENDOLYN: Get out of my way!

[horn honking]

We're not gonna make it.

♪ The world's been turning

Ah, God. Nice try,

jackass!Gwen, that was

a Meals On Wheels.We're running out of time.

♪ We tried to fight it

[horn honking]♪ Rock-and-roller

♪ Cola wars, I can't take it anymore ♪

There is a planin place.

Just take a deep breath.

Okay, bossy.But if something happens to me,

there's something you should know.

I'm gonna send File 47 to some friends in D.C.

Okay, that is a terrible plan.

It is a complex statisticalanalysis of the climate crisis.

Indisputable scientific proof that our planet is dying.

File 47 posits a plan to wipe out

a considerable amount of the population

in order to get the planet back on track.A theoretical plan.

You don't think that's a little dangerous,

to put that in the hands of the government?

Seeing it in print might scare them into action.[sighs]

Politicians only care about power.

And you want to give 'em even more power

to play God

and decide who lives and who dies.

We know what kind of planet

the next generation is going to inherit.[sighs]

We have to do something.

[inhales, shouts]

[groaning]Oh, no. No, no, no, no, no,

no, no, no. No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

Oh, God. You know what, I think you're right.

We're not gonna make it to the hospital.Damn it, Ellie.

You never listen to me!Pull over!

Okay, okay, okay. It's okay. We-we can do this.[breathing deeply]

We-we can do this.We've got five PhDs between us.

Right. Well, I've got three,you've got two.

Okay, I don't seehow that's important right now![chuckling]

Oh-oh, God.

[baby crying]

Hey there, little guy.

Hi.

All right.

Ready to cut the cord?Can you wait

just a minute?

I just feel like the second we do,

he's gonna... float away. [chuckles]

Aw, you...

[baby cooing]

You deserve the world.

And the world

deserves you.

[both laugh]

Oh, look at us. [laughs][sniffles]

[sniffles]

So you don't have a name?

We couldn't decide.

[both laugh]

But I'll-I'll think of something.

♪

[indistinct chatter]

GWENDOLYN: We have enough food for a nice, long hibernation.

Generator's not great,but, thanks to you,

we don't haveto worry about power.

What do you mean, thanks to us?

You brought us Shiva.

Spoiler alert:

not just a weapon.

It's also known as a god

they callthe Destroyer.

It's also namedafter a goddess

associated with reincarnation,

rebirth.

In orderto be born again,

first, we have to die.

Shiva here'sa...

renewable power source.

Be right back.

Your aunt must be really greatat dinner parties.

She thinks she's saving the world.

Exactly.

Do you really think we can change her mind

about this plan? We don'teven know what the plan is.

Yeah, I have a gut feeling about this. Just...

deep down somewhere,

there's some humanity left.

Somewhere.

Hey.

I get it.

You feel connected to her,

to your mom.

But I need youto clear your head, Mac.

We need to doeverything we can

to figure outwhat they're planning.

Yeah. You're absolutely right.Okay.

Until then,

we need to look like true believers.

Right.

That doesn't look good.

Your reputation as Artemis precedes you, Ms. Davis.

You've got a lot of fans around here.

Would you mind accompanying me to our tech room?

Uh, like I said, we're a package deal.

You and I have other business to attend to.

[exhales]

We don't have a choice.

Right.

I'll s-- I'll see you later.

Okay.Okay.

[clears throat]

You come with me.

And where are we off to?

To meet Leland.

What's a Leland?

He's the man who saved my life when the CIA tried to kill me.

Uh, he paid 'em off, had 'em declare me dead.

Who is he?

[chuckles] He isCodex.

The man behind the curtain?

Among others.

He's a genius.

Before Codex, File 47 was just theory

and statistics on paper.

Now it's a plan to save the world.

He helped me resurrect it.

He believes in me.

And now...

he has to believe in you.

And if he doesn't?

♪

Roman,

isn't it about time for your 4:00 feeding?

Let me guess. They drop a live goat into your cage.

I'll take it from here.

No, you won't.Leland wants youto get your team ready.

So, I will meet you in an hour in the vehicle bay.

You'll be fine.

[Chopin's "Nocturne in E-flat minor" playing]

[snipping]

The years 1347 to 1351.

The Black Plague in Europe.

Over 100,000 million people died.

And what happened after that?

The Renaissance.

And?

Codex.

[stammers]

Codex dates back to the 14th century?I know.

It's hard to believe, huh?How is that

even possible?

Well, a group of peoplegot together back then

with a singular purpose:

to protect the planet from plague,

from famine,

and--excuse my French--

dumbasses,

like the peoplein power today.

A lot of amazing sciencehad just come out

of the Middle East,

but Westerners needed a...

bit of a push.

So we funded a lot of the Enlightenment.

Things were really clippingalong for us.

And then,of course,

things took a turn

for our dear Mother Earth.

The IndustrialRevolution.

Kid's good.

Everything wentall pear-shaped after that.

Plasticswere invented.

We were worried whenthey started splitting the atom.

But we found

that chain reactions do come in handy.

You remember

World War I?

'Course.

Franz Ferdinand.

Guess what.

He was Codex.

[chuckles softly]

Is that a J.M.W. Turner?

Yes, it is.

Look at that sunset.

He was influenced by

the 1814 eruptionof Mount Tambora.

Spewed gas and ashup into the sky.

Volcanic particles in the stratosphere

probably diffused the light.

Used to beMother Earth

could protect herself

with an eruption.

Cool the Earth back downfor the next couple

of years.

That's not the case anymore.

Things have gotten out of hand.

There's just too damn many of us.

Please,

tell me what I can do to help.

You got 20 people on a lifeboat meant for ten.

You're sinking.

You're not gonnamake it to shore.

What do you do?

You throw the ten weakest out.

And the strong can row us back to shore.

Very good, Angus.

Have a nice day.

You know...

...years ago, a man that you know

answered that question the exact same way.

Russ Taylor.

His mind and his resourceswere a perfect fit for us.

But he refused our proposal.

Because he's weak.

GWENDOLYN: Friends...

every single one of you

has made this day possible.

It's time to go to work.

You okay?Hey. Yeah, fine.

[applause]

[whoops]MAN: Let's do it!

All right, for security reasons,

each team has a tablet

with instructions that will loadonce you are on the road.

Everybody will be travelinga different route

to attract the least amount of attention.

I'll be directing the opsfrom here in the bunker.

[sighs]

"What was is lost..."

[in unison]: "What was is lost..."

"...but from death comes life!"

"...but from death comes life!"

Yeah!MAN: Yeah!

[cheering]

♪

Still think youcan change her mind?

Yeah, I think our best bet right now

is just go along with this plan and see if we can figure out

a way to stop it.What plan, Mac?

We're flying blind.

Hey, thanksfor helping us out.

We can really use youout there.

Sorry to...

keep you in the dark.[chuckles]

Don't suppose you could let us know what we're in for?

This is how Leland does things,but it's for our own good.

Right.

[sighs] Come here.

Oh. I just wish your mom was here.

[engine starts]

All right,

let's do this.

[computer beeps, chirps]

Can you get in? We need all the intel

we can get.This thing is, like,

the Fort Knox of tablets.

Did Leland give youany clues?

[sighs] No, but I did see something

in the vehicle bay.

Dosimeters.

The things that measure radiation?

Yeah. So, the question is,

what do they have, a...

a dirty bomb, or...?Do they have

a nuke?

Any clues in the tech room?

[sighs] No. They just had me writing code.

There was something writtenon the white board, though.

It's... it's weird-- it wasn't code,

it was like an equation, with maybe six letters.

It didn't happen to have an "f" over an "m," did it?

Yeah.

It did. Why?

It's an equation for determining...

nuclear fission critical mass.

So they have a nuke.

That explains why theywanted to hack NORAD.

Leland said somethingabout starting a chain reaction.

Maybe they're trying to start World War III. If we can...

[air hissing]

Well, well, well.

The fam's all here.

Get your gun out of my face!We're trying to save everyone!

DESI: Oh, that's funny. So are we.

I've got a bad feeling about this.

Okay, everybody needsto calm down,

and we'll be okay.You really want us to believe

you used Shiva to infiltrate Codex?

Yes. So Mac could find out what their master plan is.

Yeah, and we were makinga lot of progress

until you two showed up.We do not have time for this.

I'm not buying any of this.You gassed us, Mac.

I didn't have a choice!You booted me outof the Phoenix!

Guys, I promise we're on the same side here.Yes, I seem to recall

you betraying and lying to us as well, Riley.Betrayed you?

You guys dropped a freakin' Hellfire missile on us.

We tried to stop it.Oh, really? Now who's lying?

Codex has a nuke!

And every minutethat you keep

your guns trained on us,it gets closer to going off,

and we get further awayfrom stopping it.

I've known Mac longer than anyone.

He's telling the truth.

Desi, Taylor,

take a breath.No, I'm bringing them in.

RILEY: Mac, don't!I am going to change this tire,

and we're gonna makethe rendezvous.

We do not have time for this.

Don't make me do this.

Taylor, stand down!

He's compromised, Matty.

Oh, really? I'm the onewho's compromised?

Hey, Matty, did Taylorever happen to mention to you

that Codex tried to recruit him?

What's he talking about, Russ?

Yeah, go ahead, tell 'em, Russ.

Tell them how Codexapproached you,

tried to bring you on board,but you kept it a secret

because you didn't wantus to know

that you're the onewho's compromised.

MATTY: Desi,

I want you to put your weapon down

and put me on speaker.

Taylor, stand down!

I am not the one who is compromised.

All right?

Three years ago, I was approached by an organization

with considerable resources.

Codex.Yes. I didn't know that at the time.

Spearhead Operations had a contract with the U.S. military

to deliver the Hades prototype.

The bioweapon we stopped in L.A.

TAYLOR: The very same.

Codex offered me a large sum to deliver it to them instead.

I, of course, refused.

BOZER: So then they turned to Bishop.

Exactly.

Someone tried to eliminate me, and they missed.

Instead, five of my teammates...

my brothers in arms for the last ten years,

were taken out by an IED,

which I later traced back to Codex.

And I've been hunting them ever since.

I'm sorry for your loss,but does it justify this?

All of this--buying the Phoenix,

using us...

for your obsession, for revenge,

no matter the cost.

You're all the best at what you do.

I needed you on my team.

Well, then why wouldn'tyou trust me?

Because I can no longer read you, Angus.

You fit no discernible pattern.

For all appearances, you crossed over to Codex.

Yeah. To stop youfrom taking innocent lives.

To save you from yourself.

[computer beeps]RILEY: I just got a location

for the rendezvous point.That could be

where they're launching the nuke from.

MATTY: Okay, here's what we're gonna do. Mac, Riley,

you're gonna keep your covers

and get to that rendezvous point.

Taylor, Desi, I want eyes on them,

and keep a low profile.

There's just one little problem.

MacGYVER:Thanks.

The last timeI changed a tire

was our camping tripto Yosemite, remember?

Didn't leave our sleeping bagsfor two days.

Hurry up.Yeah, got it.

Good.

You know what? I trusted you,

and you broke me down and you got me to trust you

and let you in again and again,

and when things got tough, you pushed me away.

Do you have any idea what that did to me?

You're the last personI wanted to hurt.

[scoffs softly]

Tire's done.

Time to stop a nuke.

[starts engine]Everything okay?

No. No, definitely not.

Got it.

♪

DESI: Coordinates say the rendezvous should be right there.

TAYLOR: We're in position. We have eyes on Mac and Riley.

[man speaking indistinctly]

You're late.

Yeah, we got a flat.

What are our instructions?

Standing by.Nothing received yet.

Copy that.

What is this place?

Just empty trucks. No nuke.

What the hell is a Codex team doing here?

I don't know, and I don't like it.

GWENDOLYN: This doesn't make sense.

They're all at the rendezvous point.

Where's the payload?

LELAND:Gwendolyn.

Everything's on schedule. We're just getting eyes

on the payload.It's not there.

What do you mean?

Folks, give us the rooma sec, please.

Sit down.

When I first found you...

right after the crash,

I thought to myself, I've never seen another human

shine more brightly.

I could read a book

by you on a moonless night.

It's easy to shine when you have purpose.

Yeah, but I've always been in awe

of you, Gwen.

I'm in awe of your mind and your loyalty.

Even your anger.

Justifiable anger.

They took your sister.

Still here.

Thanks to you.

Leland, what is happening?

You've brought me...

so much joy over the years.

I hate to have to bring you pain.

Your nephew Angus.

You've had such high hopes for him.

But he's still a Phoenix man.

So I've put us all in jeopardy.

We're often blinded by the love of our children.

As I've been by you many times.

But now comes the hard part.

[beeping]

[quietly]: What?

What is this?

Guys, you've got a helicopter

approaching from the south.BOZER: Can a helicopter

transport a nuke?

TAYLOR: Not this one.

That's a Cobra attack helicopter.

It's a trap.

What?Everybody needs to run now.

What are you talking about?They're gonna blow up the warehouse.

Everybody needs to get out of here now.

Let's move! Let's go!

[overlapping shouting]

MAN:Go, go, go! Code red!

MacGYVER: Riles, over here.MAN:Come on!

It's gonna be loud!

[screaming]

[gasping]

Why?

Scarlett, Mr. MacGyver,

and Ms. Davis compromised

our security. More importantly,

they compromised you.

These human connections

are holding you back.

[grunting]

Taylor, tell me you see them.

No. This fire's too big.

There's no way of getting in.

Returning to base.

[Riley grunting]

It's too hot! Drop it!

[both grunting]

[both coughing]

TAYLOR: We've got them, Matty.[exhales]

Only you could've survived this.

You okay?Yeah.

Anyone else in there alive?

[explosion]

What have you done?

What Codex always does.

What was necessary.

[scoffs]

These people were your weakness.

I need your strength.[crying]

Need you to see the big picture.

Now, I know it stings.

Even though he betrayed you,

Angus is your family.

And Scarlett, like a daughter.

Yeah, what am I gonnatell her sister?

The truth.

Her sister died for a greater good.

Is that what this is?That's what it always is.

We're too close now for these kind of mistakes.

Your nephew was dangerous.

And your attachment to him even more so.

Hmm.

So, who's next?

The council and I have complete trust

in you.And yet you chose not to tell me

that you were gonna neutralize

my entire team!To protect you.

[scoffs]To protect your mind.

To protect your natural leadership.

You are valued beyond measure

because you know the hard truth.

Some are worth more than others.

You really think Gwen iced her entire team?

No, I don't.

Everything about that attack just feels off.

No, Angus. That's the true face of your Aunt Gwen.

I'm not giving up on her.

MATTY: Guys, there's movement

at the Codex Ranch House.

BOZER:Small convoy just pulled out.

Looks like a five-ton truck withtwo jeeps acting as the escort.

They're moving something big.Well, that's got to be it. That's the nuke.

♪

[gun firing]

[tires squealing]

[grunts]

Closer!

Doing my best!

I'm inside.

BOZER: Look for ID numbers.

I'll call up specs.

It wasn't me.

It was Leland's call.

He knew that youwould betray us.

He knew I would do the right thing.

The ends will justify what had to be done.

Who are you trying to convince?

Me? Or you?

Gwen,

it's not too late to put a stop to this.

This couldn't be what my mom wanted.

Nobody wantsthis, Angus.

It's what's necessary.

I can't believe that.

Sometimes you just haveto give people a chance.

We gave people a chance.

They failed.

The world is dying.Then give me

a chance to do it the right way.

It doesn't take the whole world.

Sometimes you just need

that one person that you can count on.

Who you trust.

And, together,any problem can be solved.

[chuckles]

I wish that were true.

You know it is.I can see it.

This isn't who you are.

This isn't whomy mother hoped you'd become.

ROMAN:Not the place

I'd pick for a family reunion.

GWENDOLYN:I've got this, Roman.ROMAN: Got what, exactly?

Your supposed-to-be-dead nephewhiding in the back of our truck?

[tires squealing]

[grunting]

GWENDOLYN:No!

Angus!

Mac!Take my hand.

[both grunting]

I still believe in you.

[grunts]

No!

Mac!

[tires screech]

Mac!

[panting]

Get a little help here?

[both grunting]

MacGYVER: It was a National Park Service logo

that said "Yellowstone" on it.

Why would they pretend to be forest rangers?

Volcanoes.

Leland hada Turner painting of one.

He was talkingabout them a lot.

Yeah, but that guy just sounds buckets of crazy.

Right. But what'sunder Yellowstone

is a supervolcano.

Did-did you just say "supervolcano"?

Yeah. I think they're gonna usethe nuke to somehow set it off.

You know, I actually did you a favor

because Leland would've had me kill you.

It's a bumpy road.

I need to concentrate.

Okay, so, think of a volcanic eruption

like the, uh, popping of a champagne bottle.

The cork blows out,

and then all of the gases that are trapped inside,

they suddenly expand and shoot out.

BOZER: And Codex is popping

that corkusing a nuclear bomb?

MacGYVER: Right. But now imagine

instead of liquidshooting out,

it's the gases that have beentrapped inside of magma

for hundredsof thousands of years,

expel ash and coverthe entire western hemisphere.

Summer would disappearfor possibly years.

Wait a second. Just from one volcano?

Well, yes, but not just any volcano.

A really, really big one.

The best I can tell, we've beendriving over this thing

for the past two hours.

Without sunlight,the planet cools,

reversing the greenhouse effect,which is good.

But it also destroys crops,causing famine, disease.

It's basically a reset switch.

We need to find that nuke.

Matty, are you still tracking that convoy?

MATTY: We're trying.

We haven't spotted them yet.

Actually, I know how to find it.

MATTY: You do?

Yeah. Before I fellout of that truck,

I managed to jam my phoneunder the loading ramp.

Tracing the signal now.

TAYLOR:It's good to have you back, Mac.

Sorry about the, uh... gun in your face thing.

Eh, what's a gun in the face between friends?

One lookout. Truck's empty.

They must have already moved the bomb.

MATTY: The Park Service

awarded a contract

to a construction companyto retrofit the dam.

It's been under repair for a year.

And the president of that company on paper?

Martin Bishop.

So Codex set up a dummy corp to run the dam. But why?

MATTY: I don't know, but it has something to do with drilling.

Drilling. Wait, what makes you say that?

BOZER: Because at the same time

Codex took over the dam, they started buying up

a bunch of local, heavy-duty drilling equipment.

Riles, I need a USGS map

of Yellowstone.

Right.

Here you go.Thanks.

[scoffs]

I knew it. Okay, see there, directly under the dam?

TAYLOR: Mm-hmm.

It's a side vent

to the volcano's magma chamber.

It's a thousand feet and some change down,

but it's right there.

They want to aim a nukeat a river of lava?

No, I think they're gonna blow a hole where the dam is.

What they want is this river. Massive amounts of water

flood into the hole that they drilled,

right into the magma chamber.

Pressure builds, and boom.

Water triggers the eruption. Thanks.

Good news is, I got a look at the bomb. It's a B61.

And you can disarm it?No chance.

But what I can do is build a shaped charge

to interrupt the chain reaction.

You want to blow upa nuclear bomb?

Yup. But, hopefully, we just get

a good old-fashioned, run-of-the-mill explosion,

no nuke going off, no mushroom cloud.

If I can find the right materials, and

if we can find the nuke, it should work.

I think. Follow me.

Well, if you're sure.

[whistles]

[both grunting]

[man choking]

RILEY:No sign of the nukeon these feeds.

TAYLOR:Right. We'll cover more groundsearching if we split up.

Riley, you stay here,keep watch.

Okay.

Hey, guys, I, uh, found some of Codex's drilling equipment.

And, uh...

...everything I need to finish my build.

A nuclear explosion is initiated

by a very precise conventional explosion.

This pushes the fusible material together

to start a chain reaction,

but if the material doesn't go together in just the right way,

you might only get a partial reaction

or even no nuclear explosion at all.

So how is...

whatever you're building supposed to work?

MacGYVER: Like a shotgun.

I'm gonna aim it directly at thenuke, and it should interrupt

the chain reaction. The time-delay fuse will

give us enough time to clearthe building before it goes off.

Hey, guys,

uh, something's happening. Codex is bugging out.

I don't know why.MacGYVER: I do.

They're getting out of the blastzone. They armed the nuke.

How do you know that?

[sighs]Because I'm looking right at it.

TAYLOR: Right, coming at you, Mac.

Auntie Gwen, I presume. Taylor, wait. Wait.

[grunting]

[gun cocks]

Dying justain't your thing, huh?

[grunting]

[groaning]

You don't want to do this.

I don't want to shoot you...

but it's what has to be done.

That's whatyou tell yourself, isn't it?

But I was wrong.

I saw the data, and

I lost hope that people could change, that...

[panting]

...that they could be better.

I know that Angus showed you a better way.

He showed me, too.

He's my family.

I want to help him.

Killing me doesn't stop this.

The only thingthat does that is helping Angus,

and you're not gonna get to him in time.

[grunting]

[yelling]

[grunts]

[gunshot, thud]

[panting]

You all right?Yeah.

[grunts]

We have less than six minutes, and it can't be disarmed.

I know. That's not the plan.

Interrupt the chain reaction.

Smart kid.

The time-delay fuse.

It must have brokenwhen he attacked me.

[sighs]

I'm gonna haveto set it off manually.

[panting]

This is a one-way trip.

MacGYVER: I need you guys to get

as far away from here as possible, as fast as you can.

The time delay won't work. I'm gonna set it off myself.

Mac!MacGYVER: Don't think!

Just run.

Angus. Go.

I can do this.

What? No, I...

[voice breaking]: There's no time. Let me do this.

Please.

For Ellen.

[sighs]

[sighs]

You connect this to, uh...

I know. I got it.

"You deserve the world.

And the world deserves you."

Go.

Run. Now!

[groaning]

[grunting]

[laughing]

[coughing]

Well done.

[gasps]

MATTY: We have a Nuclear Emergency Support Team excavating

the Dixon Dam site.

Although Gwen managed to stopa full-scale nuclear explosion,

we still need to sweep the area for radiation.

BOZER:Mac?

We're, uh...

We're sorry about your aunt.

Thanks.

DESI: So, what about

Codex?

The bunker's empty. Cleared out.

Looks like Leland took the restof Codex into hiding.

MATTY: We destroyed their infrastructure

and their plan.

Oh.

Uh, one more thing.[grunts]

[crashing]Oh, bloody...

RILEY: Ow! Oh, bloody,

wanking...Is that supposed to be swearing?

No, no, it's all right. No, no.

Thank you.

Your badges.

Welcome back to the Phoenix.

Hilarious.

I'll get you new ones as soon as possible. In the meantime,

I'm gonna be, uh, out of action for a while, so, Mac,

you're going to have to take over my duties, too.

There's a lot of work to be done out there.

About that.

I think I knowjust where to begin.

[indistinct chatter]

[sighs]

You ready for this?

Of course, yeah.It'll be fine.

[chuckles softly]

You're nervous.

I know you better than you think.

Oh, yeah?What am I thinking right now?

Third season of Rick and Mortyis the best,

you shouldn't have had an espresso, and

you really want to fix thatbroken light fixture over there.

It was Americano.

Ah.

Desi... [clears throat]

I... am...

Hey, let's not talk about it, okay?

Yeah, right. Understood.

What I mean, egghead, is,

I don't want to talk about it right now.

You can buy me a drink, and we'll talk later.

You got it.

As long as I do the drink ordering,

because your taste in drinks is embarrassing.

It was one time.I'd never seen a Bubblegum

Cosmotini Spritzer before.

I just wanted to try it out.You had two.

Hey, we're ready for you.

Yeah, of course.

Uh...Yes.

Thank you for joining us,Mr. MacGyver.

We value your opinion.

Thank you very much.

But this is not about opinions.

It's about science.

Our planet is in trouble.

"Knowing isn't enough.

"We must apply.

"Being willing isn't enough.

We must do."

Da Vinci said that.

And my mother.

Let's start with carbon pollution due to fossil fuels.

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