| Metal Saw | |
| Season 1, Episode 2 | |
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| Air date | September 30, 2016 |
| Written by | Craig O'Neill |
| Directed by | Jerry Levine |
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Metal Saw is the second episode of Season 1 in the 2016 reboot version of MacGyver.
Synopsis[]
MacGyver and the team attempt to rescue Sarah, Jack’s former CIA partner/ex-girlfriend who went missing in Venezuela after she obtained evidence to take down an international arms dealer.
Plot[]
In the two weeks since Nikki escaped FBI custody, MacGyver has been going to Nikki's apartment trying to find something that will lead him to her. The team gets an assignment to Venezuela and rescue Sarah Adler, Jack's former partner and ex-girlfriend from the CIA who has been disavowed due to being captured. Sarah's capture comes on the heels of her stealing an arms dealer's ledger. Together, the team retrieves both Sarah and the ledger while also taking down the dealer. Sarah is reunited with her fiancé. At the end of the episode, Mac finds a secret compartment at Nikki's place containing a passport for her alias. Meanwhile, Riley Davis meets with her parole officer and has Wilt Bozer portray her boyfriend. In exchange, she agrees to give him one digit of her phone number each week.
Notes[]
- Nikki Carpenter, Jack's father, Mac's parents and grandfather were all mentioned, but do not appear.
- This episode takes place in North Korea, South Korea, America and Venezuela, with a flashback from Belarus.
- Wilt Bozer continues making his movie starring Angus MacGyver as The General, completing the prosthetic mask.
- Jack Dalton mentioned Belarus was the closest he ever came to coming home in a body bag. After he and Sarah Adler managed to return home, he was able to say good-bye to his dad before he passed.
Goofs[]
- Angus MacGyver would have had severe rope burn on his hands from climbing down an elevator shaft.
- Angus MacGyver killed/burned multiple Venezuela Guards.
- Louise
Trivia[]
- In the original series, MacGyver used the same gag to create an arc welder in "Trumbo's World."
- Lucas Till revealed an in interview all voice over work was done on Sundays.
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