A piece of flaming debris
could light that town
up at any moment, Jack.
Riley and Bozer setting up
overwatch so close to the fire
puts them and the mission
in unnecessary danger.
We can't just abandon these people.
- Jack.
- Matty.
- I'm on the ground here.
- MATTY: Yeah, I know,
which is why you're making
an emotional decision.
No, which is why
I have a better read on the situation
than you do.
If Riley and Bozer
leave, dozens could die.
And if they stay,
this mission goes sideways,
it could be thousands more.
Look, Jack, I know that it's hard
to see people suffer, okay?
I get it.
But it's my job to
see the bigger picture.
If anyone asks for help
evacuating, you give it to them.
But Riley and Bozer are
to set up somewhere safe,
at least five miles
from the wellhead fire.
Yeah, yeah, okay, fine. I got it.
Riley, Bozer, you can't stay here.
It's Matty's orders.
We came here to help people, didn't we?
Well, these people need help.
It's not my decision, man.
Riley, how's the view from
the Phoenix satellites?
RILEY: By now?
Completely obscured.
That would mean that Matty
couldn't monitor our movements
- on the ground.
- CAGE: Hold up.
Are you guys seriously
considering disobeying orders?
Ah, it's more like tweaking orders.
Bozer's right.
We're here to help.
These people need all the
hands that they can get.
RILEY: Besides,
what Matty doesn't know won't hurt her.
Matty brought me in. She
gave me a second chance.
Screw it. I'm in.
Hey.
Now, this is
a sonic fire extinguisher.
Press play and the speaker
emits a 50 hertz frequency,
creating pressure waves
that could snuff out a fire.
Any chance Bozer could
hurt himself with it?
- [LAUGHS] Very funny.
- [LAUGHS]
Hey, need you two to make me a promise.
Things get any worse around here,
you bounce, like, immediately.
Promise?
- Got you.
- Promise.
All right.
[LOW-PITCHED HUM]
- All right, heads up, Mac.
- MACGYVER: Yeah.
RILEY: We're about to
launch our eye in the sky.
[BEEPING]
Okay, 200 feet.
300 feet.
400 feet.
Okay, she's just below
the smoke ceiling.
Switching to auto-hover.
RILEY: Calibrating the image.
Okay, guys.
Good news is the drone is operational.
Bad news is there's
been a few developments
since our satellites
could last see the area.
MACGYVER: Let me guess the
landing strip we're supposed to
get our plane from is
now overrun with rebels?
Yeah. Real ones this time.
CAGE: They're sabotaging
anything that can fly.
Strategic move to stop
locals from fighting the fire.
RILEY: So, what's the plan now?
We still need a plane.
All right. Looks like we're gonna
have to do this the Jack Dalton way.
I got the six on the left,
if y'all can handle
the two on the right.
Okay, on three. One, two
Ooh.
That's a problem even
the Jack Dalton way
can't fix right there.
Now what?
MACGYVER: Well, without a plane
to drop the explosives,
the only way to approach
the fire is on the ground.
I thought you said
that wasn't an option.
It isn't, because even
if we could survive
getting close enough to the flames
to drop the explosives
in, which we can't,
the cyanuric triazide
would've already exploded.
Mac, we told the townspeople we'd help.
There has to be another way.
You got something?
[SIGHS]
You know what, I think I do.
Cage, I need your shoelaces.
Okay, Jack, when the rebels
scatter, I need you to go
to the runway and grab as
many seatbelts as you can
- from those destroyed planes.
- JACK: Seatbelts?
And the leopard people are gonna
suddenly scatter because?
Because they are going
to be running towards
what they think is an enemy
firing at them.
I need your weapon.
- Am I going to get it back?
- Yeah. Absolutely.
At least look me in the eye
if you're gonna lie to me.
Yeah, okay. That's better.
Now, Cage, while Jack is collecting,
you and I are gonna
go hot-wire that truck.
Oh, the one with the
highly flammable barrels
of jet fuel in the bed?
Super.
MACGYVER: Means we got to be long gone
before the rebels catch on.
'Cause one stray bullet is game over.
Okay? Everyone ready?
Actually, I have a few questions.
Sorry, clock's ticking, pal.
- How long we got?
- Oh, I don't know.
Well, it's a time delay
relay made with a rock,
backpack and two shoelaces.
No, I know, my shoelaces.
It's not exactly an atomic
clock is what I'm saying.
Fair enough.
Mac, if you had to
guess, like, roughly
[MEN SHOUTING]
[ENGINES STARTING]
[ENGINE STARTS]
Mac, we're stealing a jet engine?
That's the plan.
Ah, come on, Mac!
You know, I trust you
can build anything,
but an airplane?!
Not building a plane, Jack.
Then why are we stealing an engine?!
[GUNFIRE]
[MEN SHOUTING]
Okay, let's save that
explanation for later.
Yeah, good call.
[GUNFIRE CONTINUES]
Hey, Mac, as much as I love
commandeering a jet engine,
it's making it damn near
impossible to drive this piece.
CAGE: And I'm a little hazy
on how it's gonna help us fight fire.
Yeah, me, too.
All right, you guys remember how I said
that the explosions were gonna create
a shockwave that was
gonna blow out the flames?
Yeah, Jack's birthday candle metaphor.
Exactly. So, that L-39 Albatros
in the back there,
it pumps out about
50,000 pounds of thrust,
enough to blow out the wellhead fires.
Yeah!
- If, you know
- If?
If what?
If we can get close enough.
How close?
- 15, maybe 20 feet.
- What?!
Were you not listening earlier
when I told you what Grandpappy Dalton
said about wellhead blowouts?
Meant hurricane force winds, dude.
Lethal gas spouts and the air burns at
a balmy 3,000 degrees.
Did you forget that?!
I did not forget that, Jack.
- [GROANS]
- Mac, you have a plan, right?
I have a plan, in progress.
In progress. Fantastic.
[YELLS]
Okay, we got four
rebels approaching fast.
Jack, we got to outrun them.
Well, you're speaking my language, lady,
but we're not outrunning anybody
with that thing rolling
around back there!
I take one turn too fast,
we're gonna slide
right off the damn road!
- Well, what do you think the seatbelts are for?
- Well, I don't know!
A straightjacket? A bullwhip? A flail?
- Could be anything.
- That was rhetorical.
Oh, I'm sorry, Fonzie.
I get a little anxious
when people are trying to kill me!
Come on, come on!
Let's go!
I'm trying!
Cage! Take care of
those bad guys! Let's go!
Already there.
I got this. Engine's all you, okay?
Okay.
[GRUNTING]
[MAN YELLS]
Yeah!
I don't mean to alarm anybody, but, uh,
the road's about to swerve!
Hold on!
Hey. I can't drive if I can't see!
Oh, so sorry to inconvenience you, Jack!
Move!
Hey!
Left, Jack! Hard left!
[MAN YELLS]
- Thanks.
- [RAPID GUNFIRE]
Uh, guys, the road's
about to swerve again.
If you don't tie that jet
engine down, like, now,
this trip's gonna end right here!
- Got it!
- Hang on!
[LAUGHS] Yeah, baby!
Fast and Furious: Nigerian drift!
[JACK WHOOPS, LAUGHS]
Good job.
[SIGHS]
Anything from Mac?
Yeah, they lost the rebels
and are about an hour away
- from the wellhead.
- Hope we can last another hour.
These fires are almost starting
faster than I can put them out.
I can use the drone's thermal
cameras to spot new ones
and alert us as they pop up.
[FIRE WHOOSHES]
Oh, man.
[LOW-PITCHED HUM]
We should dig a fire break.
A deep ditch around the tree
that the flames won't be able to cross.
- Yeah, thank you.
- No problem.
Grow up around MacGyver,
you learn a thing or two
about fire safety. [CHUCKLES]
So avocados, huh?
Piha oyinbo.
"Alligator pear""
You see, we call it that
because of the rough green skin.
And when you cut it open.
[GROWLS]
- It looks like an alligator's eye.
- [CHUCKLES]
You know, my grandfather
planted this tree,
long before anybody knew
there was oil underground.
Four generations of my
family have eaten from it.
[LAUGHS] I used to
cut the fruit in half
when, uh, when it was ripe,
and then chase my daughter
around all over here.
[GROWLS] Come. Come here.
[CHUCKLES]
Your daughter?
Yeah. She's, uh, 12 years old.
Where is she?
[SIGHS]
She was taken a couple of years ago,
along with many others.
The children, they are made
to do horrible things.
Fight their wars
But my Nina is strong.
I know she will survive.
Is that why you stay here?
I know she will come back to me one day.
Solomon, my friends are
gonna do everything they can
to put out the fire,
but if they can't,
we need to talk about
an evacuation plan.
You see, you say "we""
but when you evacuate,
where will you go?
Los Angeles.
Because that is your home, right?
You will board a plane
and you will fly far away,
and in a couple of
weeks, you will forget
- about all of this.
- That's not true.
No. No, it's okay.
These are not your problems, not really.
It wasn't your grandfather
that planted this tree.
When you evacuate, you will go home.
But where will my Nina go if
I'm not here when she returns?
You okay?
It'll heal.
All right.
CAGE: Mac,
you know I don't usually crawl
inside someone's head
unless I'm paid to,
but, for what it's worth, I
think you need to be careful.
What do you mean?
I feel like you need to take
a step back and ask yourself
what's more likely,
that your dad's watch
was repaired wrong
or that the numbers
you found etched inside
are some kind of elaborate clue.
- You think I'm grasping at shadows?
- Mm-hmm.
I think the easiest way
to botch an investigation
is to misinterpret information
so that you can follow a
theory you hope to be true.
- Confirmation bias.
- Yeah.
Leads can feel
significant simply because
you want them to be.
You got a lot of happy
memories of your dad?
Some.
Well, I don't.
All I have are unanswered questions,
questions that only he can answer.
So if the people in that
village are willing to die
to defend their heritage,
shouldn't I be willing
to chase any lead, no matter how
Whoa, whoa.
[HIGH-PITCHED WHIRRING IN DISTANCE]
What are the chances
that's a good sound?
About eleventy-billion to none.
[RUMBLING]
Mac, Mac. That sound can
only mean one thing, man.
Riley, Bozer.
Get everyone inside. The
wellhead's about to explode.
[RUMBLING CONTINUES]
[VILLAGERS SHOUTING]
MACGYVER: Riley, Bozer.
The wellhead's about to
[STATICKY]: Riley.
What, Mac? We can't hear you.
- Can you hear me?
- Mac.
Mac, say it again.
The wellhead is about to explode.
Get everyone inside now.
Are you okay?
You're on fire.
I know, right? That
was pretty dope of me.
Move over Liam Neeson, the B-O-Z
- Bozer, you're on fire! You're on fire!
- Huh?
[HIGH-PITCHED SCREAMING]
Any chance we could pretend
that last part didn't happen?
Now, come on, come on, come on.
[PHONE RINGING]
It's Matty.
We're not supposed to
be here. What do I do?
She can't see us. Be cool.
Okay.
Matty. Wuzzup? [CHUCKLES]
MATTY: I have Mac, Jack
and Cage patched in as well.
The oil company said that
the pressure underground
is building faster than they expected.
- Meaning what exactly?
- Meaning what just happened
is only the warm-up for the main event.
Riley, Bozer, where are you?
Well, Matty, actually, that's
a funny story. We are
Drop whatever it is you're doing
and get out of that town
immediately. Do you hear me?
The oil company said
the entire pipeline's
gonna blow in a half an hour.
Matty, we're ten minutes
away from the wellhead,
- and we have a plan
- Uh, guys, we have a problem.
What is it?
Rebels. Lots of them headed our way.
Not for long. Hang on!
[MEN SHOUTING]
Uh, guys, I have a feeling
we're gonna be late.
- How late?
- JACK: Bozer, it'll be
a miracle if we ever get there!
Ma'am, the oil company is
trying to remotely open valves
to relieve pressure on the wellhead,
but the heat's making it difficult.
Our techs just received a report
that methane gas is leaking
into an underground geological pocket
that could ignite at any time.
Mac, have you lost them yet?
Yeah, that'd be a big "no," Matty.
Okay, I've heard enough. Riley, Bozer,
gather the people and evac the town now.
Mac, ditch your new friends
and rendezvous with
Riley and Bozer at exfil.
But, Matty, we can't
just abandon every
You can when it's a direct order, Riley.
- I'm pulling the plug.
- BOZER: All due respect, Matty,
I'm watching a man risk
his life to save a tree.
I'm not running till he does.
Bozer's right, Matty. If
we don't put out that fire,
the whole country's
gonna be reduced to ash.
Mac, we're too heavy and
slow to ditch these guys.
[GUNFIRE]
But what if we weren't? I got an idea,
but I don't think
you're gonna like this.
[CHUCKLES]: I think I'm gonna like it.
I think I'm gonna like it a lot!
No, that's insane. It's boy logic.
It'll never work in the real world.
MACGYVER: It will. The
physics itself is sound.
I'm just not sure if the
truck's gonna hold together.
Come on, Cage!
Okay, okay! I change my mind.
- Do it, but do it fast.
- Fast is the only way to do this.
Hurry up, Mac, let's go!
You know what'd be really
good to have right now?
- Seat belts. Just saying.
- [CHUCKLES]
The time is now, Mac.
Now!
[JACK WHOOPING, LAUGHING]
[TIRES SCREECHING]
We're alive.
[LAUGHS]: We're alive!
[YELLS]
- Jack
- Sorry, sorry. I was real I'm really excited.
Thanks, Jack.
[LAUGHING]: I told you it was
[LAUGHING]
That's great, guys.
Now, please get back here ASAP
so the rest of us can
say the same thing.
Man, are we glad to see you guys.
We saw the whole thing
on the drone's camera.
Was it amazing? I bet it
was amazing. Can I do it?
Well, if this next step works,
Bozer, I'll drive you myself.
Now what?
All right, first we
have to outfit the pickup
to withstand the heat.
So
Oh, you know what? Bozer,
get the locals to help you detach
as many of these corrugated
tin roofs as possible.
Riley, space blankets
from emergency kits.
As many as possible. Cage
Uh, we got a little problem here, chief.
CAGE: Bullet hole.
Rebels must've hit the line
before we pulled the throttle.
I think we're out of jet juice bro.
What are we gonna do now?
I guess we'll just
have to make some more.
Keep them coming, guys.
Now, boiling crude oil
separates short-chain
molecules from long-chain ones,
which will cool and
condense back into a liquid
into this container right here.
And when this one's full,
just swap with another bucket.
- Got it?
- Okay.
Got it.
How's it going over here, Riley?
Almost done stripping
what we don't need.
About to start heat shielding.
Thanks.
All right, so, the tin
will reflect the heat,
but there can't be any gaps
for it to penetrate, or
Or it'll cook us alive
from a hundred feet out.
We know, we know.
[PHONE RINGING]
Yello.
MATTY: Hey, Jack.
So, I just wanted to
keep you in the loop
that the oil company
was able to open the rest of the valves.
Oh, well, that's great.
Well, not really. They
think that, at best,
it bought you another 20 minutes
before the wellhead blows wide,
vaporizing everyone even remotely close.
Okay.
Thanks for the pep talk,
Matty. That's a big help.
Hey, while you're telling
me a bunch of scary stuff
I can't do much about,
you want to go ahead
and shoot me my cholesterol score?
It isn't a score, Jack.
Eh, whatever.
Can you be honest with me?
Is this gonna work?
[CHUCKLES]
Jet engines are actually
pretty simple machines.
They add fuel to a flowing stream of air
and massively increase the force
of that air by heating it up.
So, in theory,
anything combustible
should do the same thing.
Like crude oil refined
into homemade gasoline.
You do this thing with your face
when you're saving the
worst part for last.
The only thing is crude
oil contains a bunch of gunk
that's eventually gonna clog the engine.
And how soon is "eventually"?
You don't know.
Of course.
[BOY CRYING]
Hey, would you, uh
hold on to this for me?
It's gonna get hot out there, and
even if it is just an old,
poorly repaired watch
it's all I got left of him, you know?
I'll be giving this back to you
after we cap that well.
Yeah, that's about as close
as we can get without cooking.
Laces?
Hey, Mac, I know this
might not be the best time
for a heart-to-heart.
- Definitely not.
- But in the event
we don't just spontaneously
combust right here and die
I want you to know that
we're gonna find your dad.
You know why? 'Cause we're not
gonna stop looking till we do.
Well, as long as you got
me around, you got family.
I mean, I ain't going anywhere.
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
Thanks.
Yeah, man.
Unless, of course, our faces melt off
like at the end of Raiders.
[LAUGHS]: Remember that?
[LAUGHS]
What's that smell?
That's the tires melting.
And that, uh that
doesn't concern you at all?
Don't-don't we need to drive?
[CHUCKLES] No. No, we need them to melt.
It's the only way to anchor the truck
so that the jet's thrust doesn't
push it away from the fire.
- Of course.
- Okay.
Hopefully the truck
doesn't veer off course.
- Yeah?
- [CHUCKLES]
Hopefully.
Let's go.
All right.
Let's blow out this candle.
Jack, make a wish.
Is it cool if I just
wish for this to work?
[LAUGHS]
[JET ENGINE STARTS]
Guys, maybe we should
get out of here, huh?
If it was gonna blow,
it's already too late to outrun it.
[BOTH LAUGHING]
[JACK YELLING HAPPILY]
We did it!
[VILLAGERS MURMURING]
[CHEERING]
MACGYVER: I can't believe
that actually worked.
[BOTH LAUGHING]
Mac, if you can put out that fire
with spare parts and an old truck,
you can find your dad.
Thank you.
[JACK LAUGHS]
You know, I think Old
Red would be proud.
I think your grandpa would be proud.
JACK: Yeah, he would.
He'd be proud of us all.
MATTY: Once you put out the fire,
the Nigerians were able to cap the well.
Their military has
The Damisa on the run,
and several of the camps near you
have already been liberated.
- Well, that's great news.
- MATTY: Yeah.
Now for the not such great news.
JACK: Come on, now.
Matty, we just reenacted
a John Wayne classic.
I'm on an emotional high here.
Why does there always have
to be a not great part?
Riley? Bozer?
[RILEY SIGHS, JACK GROANS]
I knew this was coming.
You two disobeyed orders
and stayed in the town.
By doing so, you helped to save it.
Your actions were brave,
even noble,
but they could've gotten you killed,
which would have put the success
of our entire mission at risk.
Oversight is reviewing the situation
to determine disciplinary action.
Does this mean we're
gonna get a face-to-face?
No. Oversight doesn't interact
with agents.
They deal with me, and
then I deal with you.
Look, Matty, I just want you to know
- That we really
- MATTY: Save it.
It's out of my hands.
Well, if there's a silver lining
to all this, it's probably the fact
that I'm not the one
who's in trouble this time.
Thanks, Jack.
- Yeah, you're welcome.
- CAGE: You guys will be fine.
Every operative worth
their salt disobeys an order
from time to time.
And if I hadn't done exactly
that, I wouldn't be here.
- Hmm.
- Look,
the only thing that really matters
Look around you.
This is all that really
matters, isn't it?
[HORN HONKS]
[HORN HONKS]
Think it was worth it?
Nina?
Nina!
[WHISPERS]: Nina.
BOZER: Oh, yeah.
Absolutely worth it.
Let's bounce.
Yay.
- What is it?
- [CHUCKLES]
It's called a tether car.
When your dad was a teenager,
he used to spend his summers
working as a mechanic,
fixing cars in the local shop.
So, I thought it'd be cool
if we built this together,
and that way I can teach you
about one of his passions.
It's so cool.
- Thank you.
- Oh, you're welcome.
So, the last time I was here,
you had asked me if I had
any stories about my dad.
Mm-hmm.
And the truth is I really don't.
But I do have lots of great stories
about a good group of friends
who are a lot like family.
One time, we made a truck fly.
No way. That's silly.
I'm serious. It's true.
Well, it's halfway true.
We were running away from
these rebels in Nigeria,
and, um
DENISE [CALLING OUT]: Guys, dinner's ready.
And you know what?
That is a story for another time.
And until then, I think
we should pinky swear
never to mention that
to anyone. All right?
Good. Knew I could trust you.