[KNIFE FLICKS]
Okay, I see what I got to do now.
I just got to cut this
wire, and we'll be all good.
JACK: Yeah, yeah.
[BUZZING]
Is that the bomb humming right now?
Uh unfortunately, yeah.
Well, what happened to "cut
this wire and we're all good"?
[GROANS]
Do you have any more chewing gum?
Yeah I don't see how you
chewing on a stick of gum's
gonna help our situation.
Just give it to me
and-and your sat phone.
You want gum and my sat phone?
Yes, only if you want to live.
There you go. Enjoy.
[BLOWS, GRUNTS]
Always late, worth the wait.
Did you just disarm the
bomb with a stick of gum?
Yeah. Well, I hate to admit it,
but you are good.
Well, technically, it wasn't the gum.
It was the foil wrapper.
Huh? Is there something wrong with you?
I mean, I'm not sure I can
spend another 47 days around you.
Hey, not to, uh, break your
concentration, but shouldn't we
be looking for what Casper
the Unfriendly Ghost built
instead of you building
little doohickeys of your own?
That's exactly why I need
this particular doohickey.
So I can find what The Ghost built.
So far, all I've been able to locate
are the bomb's triggers,
so if I want to find
the bomb's logic board
The part I got to disarm
if we want to live
Yeah, gonna have to trace the wires
back to their source.
Now, see
Yep. Glowing red
means that I found a
wire carrying a voltage.
And you're sure it's working right?
Sorry.
MacGYVER: That's it.
Detonator is right there.
- You sure?
- Yes.
Dark spot means no wires.
Hand me that claw hammer.
Definitely bigger than I expected.
A lot bigger.
Ay, Chihuahua.
This doesn't make any sense.
Last year, I was able to track The Ghost
by tracing the wireless signal
his hidden camera was transmitting.
- And you can't do that now?
- No.
I can't find any video feeds
being sent out, and the camera Mac found
isn't transmitting anything.
So he's not watching this time?
Mac, you need to hear this.
Yeah, no, I heard, Boze.
MATTY: The Ghost's M.O. is to
watch his victims suffer.
Why would he bother putting
a camera in your house, Mac,
if it isn't transmitting?
He wanted us to know it was him.
Because he knew it would draw
our entire emergency response team here.
And why would he do something like that?
Because if they're here, then they
can't be out sweeping the city.
The other half of The Ghost's M.O.
is concealing one device with another.
The bomb that's underneath my house
is not the only one that he planted.
Are you saying there's
another bomb somewhere?
Yes, and we need to find it now.
[HORN HONKING]
Charlie, thanks for coming so fast.
Are you kidding me?
When I heard The Ghost was back,
I hitched a ride on a Air Force T-38.
How's Mac?
BOZER: Still in one piece.
And holding up pretty well
for someone trapped in a house
that's essentially one
gigantic, terrifying bomb.
He thinks there's a second
device hidden somewhere in L.A.
So do I.
- How's the search coming?
- Slow.
We know how good The Ghost
is at hiding his devices.
But the Phoenix is working with the LAPD
and the local FBI to
search all airports,
- landmarks and strategic locations.
- Yeah, Mac gave us
some idea of what we're looking for,
but we could really use your eyes
to make sure we don't miss anything.
Port of Los Angeles, clear.
LAX, clear.
Dodger Stadium, clear.
I still need reports on
Hollywood and Highland
and the Staples Center ASAP.
JACK: H-Hey, Matty.
Do me a favor and have someone go by
and check on Bruce's house.
I'm pretty sure that Bruce Willis
isn't on The Ghost's hit list, Jack.
If I'm a bomb-flavored nut
bar hatching a terrorist plot,
taking out John McClane would
be at the top of my to-do list.
That's good to know, Jack.
How's Mac on defusing the bomb?
Hey, Mac.
Matty wants a progress report.
- Hey, dude.
- Stoichiometry
in my head. Can't talk.
Okay, uh
Matty, he's kind of going full-blown
Bill Nye the Science Guy
right now to talk,
which in my experience is a good thing.
Well, here's hoping.
We just cleared the
Wilshire Federal Building,
and I've got teams in
a dozen other locations.
I'll keep you posted on
what our search turns up.
All right.
JACK: Man, can we please
stop this search, please.
You've been looking all day
and haven't found one
single IED all day.
Thought that was a good thing.
Not when there's hostiles
running around all over the place
with itchy trigger fingers.
And believe you me, they do itch.
So can we please just hit
the road, Nostra-dumbass.
Yeah, we can once I'm
sure this place is clear.
Satellite imagery says that there's
lots of suspicious activity in the area.
- Everything about this place is suspicious.
- COMMAND: Snakebite One One,
this is Snakebite Zero Three, over.
This is Snakebite One One, over.
What's your status? Over.
I just need one more hour.
Negative on the devices, 03.
The AO appears to be clear. Over.
Good. Copy.
Return to base. Over.
Roger. Over.
You heard him, slick.
Orders are orders. Let's go.
Last time I didn't follow
my gut, someone died.
There's a bomb here, I can feel it.
And if we don't find it,
someone else will, like
another American soldier
or an innocent or a child.
Man, we've covered
every inch of this armpit
and ain't found diddly. Let's bounce!
I ain't trying to spend my last 32 days
before being discharged
in the stockade because my annoying
EOD tech would rather follow
a hunch than follow orders!
Son of a bitch!
Damn it, Dalton, just give me a second.
[MEN SHOUTING IN ARABIC]
[GUNSHOTS, MEN GRUNTING]
Did you just take out
four guys with two bullets?
JACK: Yeah, I'm trying to conserve ammo.
Now, we need to get on the same
page, kid, and I mean right now.
That is, if you want to keep breathing.
Next time you wait for
me to take my position
before you go scampering
off like that, you hear me?
I, uh, I didn't think
you were coming with me.
Thanks.
Yeah, you're welcome.
To be honest with you, I
don't think I have the patience
to break in another EOD
nerd. Man, it's a whip.
Now, hurry up.
Disarm that damn thing.
MATTY: Jack, please tell me that Mac
is close to defusing that thing.
You heard her, Mac. There's kind of
a bunch of people out
there who want an ETA
on when you're gonna disarm this bomb.
Yeah, well, can't disarm
anything until I know
exactly what explosive
we're dealing with
and I haven't been able to I.D. it
using any of the usual tests, so,
I had to cook up one of my own.
- What's going on down there?
- Most explosives are
nitogren-based, so if I
can test The Ghost explosive
to see how much nitrogen it contains,
we'll know what we're
no, no, no, no, no.
I was really hoping
that wasn't gonna happen.
Matty, we have a problem.
The Ghost really outdid
himself this time.
He synthesized cg-N.
I'm guessing that's not a cable network.
It's cubic gauche nitrogen.
It's a new type of explosive
with an energy density
of 33 kilojoules per gram,
which is three times that of HMX.
English, pal. Tell them in English.
Right.
The bomb underneath my house is built
with the most powerful
nonnuclear explosive
known to man,
which might also explain
why we haven't found that second bomb.
I'm not following you, blondie.
MACGYVER: Uh, with an
explosive this powerful,
The Ghost isn't going
to take out one target.
He's going for the
maximum number of targets
he can hit with one bomb.
So, if the second bomb is the same size
as the one under your house
He could take out half
of downtown Los Angeles.
LAPD DISPATCH: All units, be advised.
Search for second
device has been expanded
to now include all of downtown.
BOZER: Guys, if I'm being honest,
I have no idea what we're looking for.
What does a bomb that
could level every building
- within 20 blocks look like?
- Unfortunately,
it can look like almost anything.
Back in Kabul, The Ghost was known
for fabricating hollow street curbs
and packing them full of explosives.
Street curbs? Seriously?
But if Mac is right,
we're looking for something
a lot bigger than a curb.
So don't think mailbox,
think mail truck.
Or garbage truck.
Bozer, take the next right.
You know what today isn't?
Trash day.
RILEY: Yeah, and the LAPD's
pulled all municipal trucks
out of downtown.
So what's this one doing here?
The ground looks clear.
I don't see any triggers on the hopper.
Undercarriage is clear, too.
Cab, as well.
So, if this truck is hiding a bomb,
it's got to be in the back.
Which means we have a problem.
BOZER: What problem?
Should we start running?
Bozer, when dealing with
bombs, just remember,
cool, calm and collected
gets us home alive.
That's what I've been
trying to tell him.
Oh, like you're not freaking out, too.
Problem is I don't know
how to work a garbage truck.
We need to get somebody down here
- who can get
- I drove a garbage truck one summer
as research for a movie I was making.
Trash Men Vs. Zombies.
Shocked I never saw
that one in theaters.
BOZER: You're a hater.
So, this one's a lot bigger than the one
Mac and Jack are
sitting on top of, right?
- CHARLIE: Much, much bigger.
- RILEY: I think it's time
for you to get on your
Hurt Locker suit, Charlie.
Device this size?
No point.
If this thing goes off,
it'll just be a waste
of a perfectly good bomb disposal suit.
Who would pay The Ghost to
build something this big?
I don't think this is a job.
When Mac stopped The Ghost
at the UN last year,
The Ghost went dark.
He went off the radar.
Maybe this is his way of getting even.
BOZER: So, this whole
thing is his giant,
exploding revenge?
CHARLIE: I don't see any motion
sensors or mercury switches,
so I don't think it'll go off
if I climb inside for a closer look.
That's the good news.
If that's the good news,
what's the bad news?
I've never seen half of
these components before.
And I have no idea what they do.
MATTY: We found the
second bomb downtown.
Charlie is starting to disarm it now.
Unfortunately, he says
it's even bigger than yours.
Oh, come on, now, Matty.
It's not a competition, all right?
Mac, any idea how long
it's gonna take you
to disarm the one in there?
Hopefully not too long.
Yeah, but between me and you,
you know you can disarm that bad boy
way quicker than Charlie
can disarm his bomb.
Thought it wasn't a competition.
Well, no, no.
It's not. It's a team effort.
Speaking of which,
what can I do to help?
Know any good prayers?
[BEEPING]
[TRILLING]
[BEEPING RAPIDLY]
What happened?! What'd you do?
I didn't do anything.
It just started doing
that all by itself.
Hey, Jack.
Tell Matty Charlie needs to stop!
- Stop!
- Stop!
Charlie, Mac said stop right now.
Why? What the hell is going on?
MacGYVER: The bombs, they're connected.
Two separate devices
linked by wireless receivers.
Disable one, it triggers the other.
So if I had just disarmed
the bomb underneath my house,
then I would've set
the one off downtown.
And vaporize 20 city blocks.
MacGYVER: Exactly. All right.
Well, I'll be back in touch
once I figure out how to
disarm them both at the same time.
Wait a minute, now.
Have you ever disarmed bombs
that are connected to each other before?
No.
Why does that matter?
That's not really what I want to hear.
Well, it's the truth.
If you've never done this before,
how are we supposed to
neutralize this thing?
We're gonna have to be very careful.
Will you please stop
telling me to be careful?
I am Mr. Careful.
My middle name is careful.
MACGYVER: Your name is
Mr. Jack Careful Careful?
Better than Angus,
I'll tell you that much.
Anyway, the guy who made all
these IEDs, as I was saying,
is really good at it.
So we should both be very
Careful?
Listen, I heard you the
first ten times, kid.
I got 14 days left in this hellhole
before I go home forever.
I am made of careful.
[DEVICE CLICKS, WHIRRS]
[WHISPERS]: No.
No, no, no, no.
[DEVICE BEEPING]
Hey, you know that bomb
you were looking for?
MacGYVER: Yeah?
I think I just stumbled
right on top of it.
All right. Hang tight.
I'm on my way.
No, no, no.
Do not come up here, you hear me?
Stand down.
This is the moment of truth.
I'm a dead man.
Just get out of here.
Go on. Save yourself.
Hey, Mr. Careful.
Carl's Jr.?
Can't you follow one simple order?
How is the world's slowest bomb tech
gonna defuse this thing in a
minute and a half? You see that?
I know. Guess I'm just gonna
have to figure it out, aren't I?
What's the matter with you?
The only reason I'm not
running for my life
is 'cause I'm sitting
directly on top of it.
You're not. Get out of here.
Don't you know a lost
cause when you see one?
No, I don't.
One of my many character flaws.
This is how it works.
You watch my back, I watch yours.
I'm gonna need that
arm to do it, though.
Here we go.
JACK: How are you
gonna defuse this thing
in less than a minute?
I don't know.
You're just gonna have to trust me.
[CHUCKLES]
MacGYVER: Hey, Charlie,
you have a double relay
under scoop on yours?
Yeah. I got one right here.
All right. I know what we need to do.
We're gonna have to cut
the wires simultaneously
- to sever the link.
- CHARLIE: Right.
Once they're separated,
they won't be able
to trigger each other,
so we can disarm them individually.
- Exactly.
- Okay.
I'll count.
On three.
Just like old times.
One
two
- Wait, no, stop! Stop!
- What?!
Speed of light! Speed of light.
Oh, God.
I can't believe we almost just
Unless you and Chewie are talking
about fixing the hyperdrive
on the Millennium Falcon,
you're just gonna have
to explain this whole speed of
light thing to me real quick.
Okay, so [SIGHS]
The bombs are communicating
via a direct wireless link.
- Mm.
- But Charlie and I
are talking through
a relay that includes
Phoenix comms and my porch light.
All those relays mean your
verbal connection is slower
than the one shared by the bombs.
So there's no way for us to cut
these two wires at the exact same time.
And if we don't sever the
wires simultaneously
There's gonna be two real big
booms in Southern California.
How in the hell are we
supposed to cut two wires,
on opposite ends of the
city, at the same damn time?
You said motion won't
set off this bomb, right?
Right.
[TIRES SQUEALING, HORN HONKING]
Matty, expand the evacuation
radius five more blocks
We're bringing the mountain to MacGyver.
[HORN HONKS]
Stop right there!
Out of the way, people!
Big-ass bomb coming through!
- BOZER: Watch out, watch out!
- Move!
Get out of the way!
[HORN HONKS]
SWAT COMMANDER: Are these your people?
What the hell are they doing?
Trying to save lives, Commander.
Look, the bomb in that truck
and the bomb in the house
are linked, so obviously
What? You mean the other bomb here?
Or would you rather I leave it downtown?
The only way to disarm these things
is to cut one wire
on each device
at the exact same instant.
So get out of the way
and let my people figure
out how to do just that.
Charlie, meet our boss, Matty.
She's terrifying
- It's awesome.
- Pleasure.
Nice to meet you, Charlie.
JACK: Okay, buddy.
Good news is, that
second bomb just got here.
The bad news is
Second bomb just got here?
Right. So what now?
We signal Charlie-boy
through the window
and snip-snip on the
count of three or what?
Not quite.
Still too many variables,
like the amount of
time it takes my voice
to reach Charlie
or the difference in our reaction times.
Even the slightest delay in cuts
- could, uh
- Turn your neighborhood
into a giant smoking crater?
- Yeah.
- I get it.
But I assume you're not cannibalizing
that DVD player for funsies,
so what's the plan?
Hey, Bozer?
I need you to break into Mrs.
Schwartz's house next door
and steal her DVD player.
All right.
So what exactly are we building?
MacGYVER: Wire cutters that snip
when a beam of light hits the photocell.
Well, that is Fonzarelli cool, no doubt.
But I'm still a little foggy
on how your light-powered
super-scissors
are gonna help solve
our twin bomb problem.
Speed of light, Jack.
Speed of light.
JACK: Oh, yeah.
- I mean, I still don't get it, but
- You will.
We just need a bunch of mirrors now,
and two prisms.
Okay, tell you what,
I'll collect the mirrors,
'cause I'm sure you got a box of prisms
just layin' around here somewhere.
Yeah, I do.
You're a weird guy, man.
I mean, I'm thankful for it, but
you're a weirdo, for sure.
[TRUCK BEEPING]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Okay, Mac.
Truck's in position. What's next?
Next, have Charlie position his
wire cutters on the truck bomb
with the photocell
facing the bedroom window
so that I have clear line of sight.
Oh, and before you do any of that,
shut off every light source out there.
MATTY: So that your
neighbor's garden lights
don't come on and
trigger a premature cut
followed by a giant boom?
Yeah, good call.
You,
get the power company on the phone.
I want this entire neighborhood dark
- in ten minutes.
- I can do it in two.
I just need a wet towel,
a broomstick and a ladder.
What?
You think this is the
first time Mac's asked me
to blow out the power
in the neighborhood?
Please.
MACGYVER: And you're sure
those last two mirrors
- are a hundred and
- JACK: 125 inches?
Yeah, I got it.
And the distance
between all the mirrors,
from the laser pointer to the
photocell on the bomb is
62 feet, eight inches.
We've measured it four times,
Mac. You want to do it again?
No. It's just, we're not gonna
get another shot at this.
Yeah.
Well, I'm all set.
We just need Bozer
to turn off all the
lights.
[ELECTRICAL HISS AND CRACKLE]
Okay.
Power's out. Lights are off.
We're radio silent.
Okay, Mac.
Time to do your thing.
You know, there is a
silver lining to all this.
If it doesn't work, it'll
be over in an instant.
You know me, I ain't afraid of death,
I just don't want there to be any pain.
[CHUCKLES]
Could you have imagined,
when we first met back in Afghanistan,
that we were gonna be
standing on a massive IED
in my own house in Los Angeles?
Hey, I can't believe you saved me
from the massive IED I
stumbled upon in Kabul.
You remember that one?
Huh? Yeah, I feel like I've been playing
with house money ever since.
I wouldn't be here
if it weren't for you.
[SOFT CHUCKLE]
[INHALES, EXHALES]
Well,
I'm ready. Are you?
Nobody I'd rather die with, man.
Me neither.
You're not crying on me, are you?
No, man. Deltas don't cry, dawg.
You got this.
[WHISPERS]: Did it work?
Oh.
[LAUGHS SOFTLY]
- The bombs are disconnected.
- Sweet!
Just please, no loud noises yet.
We still have two very
powerful bombs to disarm.
It's gonna take me a while.
Right, right. We still
have to unboomify the twins.
I jumped the gun on that one, I'm sorry.
Hey, hey, you-you want a soda?
Yes.
- Just be quiet about it.
- Right.
Come on, Mac.
[CHEERING]
Yeah! Ha ha!
We did it!
Don't worry, people, Jack
Dalton's got your back!
[WHOOPING, WHISTLING]
JACK: You know me, I was never worried.
I said, "What's the
problem? Let's fix it!"
A snip-snip!
[WHOOPING, LAUGHTER]
BOZER: Yeah! Yeah! My man!
I'm so proud of you.
COMMAND [OVER RADIO]: Snakebite One One,
this is Snakebite Zero Three,
you're clear to roll.
This is Snakebite One One.
Love to, but probably
shouldn't fly solo.
Still waiting on my new cover. Over.
COMMAND: Thought you were with Dalton.
I was.
But he finished his tour this morning
and shipped out. Over.
COMMAND: Copy. Let me see who
you've been assigned. Hang on.
What kind of name is "Angus"?
Jack?
In the flesh.
I thought you went home.
Well, almost did.
It's a funny thing.
There I was,
boarding my transport,
just 15 hours between
me and the great state
of Texas, and then it hits me:
that poor little bomb nerd
with the silly hamburger name
ain't gonna make it
two days in the sandbox
without me watching his back.
So I turned around,
walked off that plane
and signed up for another tour,
under the condition I'm paired with you,
of course.
And before you go gettin'
big-headed, I didn't do it for you,
I did it for my country.
I got a sneaky suspicion
you're a little too valuable
to Uncle Sam to lose just yet.
Well, thanks, man.
Here we go.
Yeah.
Here we go.
[ENGINE STARTS]
[BOTH LAUGH]
CHARLIE: I'm having every piece
of both bombs shipped
to my lab in New York.
If there's anything
we can use to track down The Ghost
I'll find it.
I know you will, Charlie.
And hey, thanks, man.
Hey, Charlie, thank
you, man, for everything.
- All right.
- Appreciate you.
Hey, Mac, come here for a second.
I didn't want to break
your concentration
while you were in the
middle of saving our lives
or anything, but when I
was rounding up mirrors,
I realized something.
You remember this weird gear
we found in your daddy's watch,
the one with the numbers on it?
I think I identified it.
Refresh your memory with
the numbers on the gear.
Go ahead.
- Okay.
- Okay?
Now, look at the numbers
on the tattoo on his arm.
You're right!
The last six digits match
the tattoo on his arm.
You remember what you
said about coincidences?
From a statistical perspective,
they are inevitable.
Like reuniting with your father?
I'm telling you, man,
this is no coincidence.
He's trying to send you a message.
I think he's trying to
tell you how to find him.