MacGyver

MacGyver S01E10

I don't mean to sound like a broken record

but... - ‭Could I work faster?

Yeah, that'd be a good idea.

I'm not gonna be able to shake this guy.

We're carrying too much weight here.

Hey, careful with that, hoss.

That's a road flare.

Not anymore.

Jack, pop the hood.

Pop the hood? Are you messing with me right now?

Fine.

I'm not sure how not seeing the road's gonna help us, man.

Here.

Wedge that in the hood hinge.

Wait a minute, is this a...?

Bomb. Yes. - Great.

Open the sunroof.

So how does this make us go faster?

It doesn't.

This does.

Cars, like people, need energy to move.

And cars, like people, get a lot of that energy from oxygen.

When oxygen-rich air is sucked into an engine,

it turns into energy through combustion,

which drives the pistons, which turns the...

long story short: the more air the more power.

Yeah!

So, that stuff you put in the back,

it's not gonna dissolve through the plastic and...

Don't worry. It's not gonna spill.

Okay, I was gonna say explode, so I'm glad to hear that.

I didn't sign the damage waiver on this pregnant roller skate.

Oh, yeah. That's why we should've taken your car.

No way, man, you know the rules in my car.

No food, no drink,

no dirty-ass feet up on the dash

and definitely no dangerous chemicals sloshing around in the back.

Jack, come on, breathe, man.

We're going away for some R & R.

You got to let the tension go.

You let the tension go, Bozer.

This car's in my name, dude.

And please, for the last time,

get that water bottle off that leather seat.

It's leatherette.

My aunt's cat could do his business all over this seat

and it would clean up with one Bounty.

Okay, first of all, gross.

Second, who rents a minivan?

Oh, wait, old people. Never mind.

Hey, for your information,

the minivan is the workhorse of the middle class. Besides...

this was the last rental on the whole damn lot.

And in lime green?

I'm shocked.

Mac, you don't happen to have any duct tape,

you know, for the word hole?

‭No, and even if I did, she's not wrong.

Oh, thanks a lot. Thanks.

You were right, Mac. It's pretty up here.

Yeah.

Mission City has its charms.

If you admit it has its charms, then why haven't we been back?

We've been busy.

Not that busy.

All right? Mr. Ericson's been asking you

to come speak to his class for five years now

and every year you turn him down, even though I say we should go.

Yeah, well, you were right.

I think getting away is gonna be good for all of us.

Yeah, it will.

Psyched to see what's changed in the old hood,

grab a bite from Burger Nirvana...

maybe, uh, see what Darlene Martin's up to.

You never told me about Darlene. ‭

Darlene was the prettiest girl in school

and Mac's chem lab partner. He had a huge crush on her.

Huge.

Yeah, and then I lost a bet, bozer made me ask her to prom.

You helped Mac get a prom date?

That's nice of you.

It would've been...

but Darlene Martin shot Mac down cold. - No, I...

It was very disrespectful. - I didn't even want to go to prom.

What? I didn't even...

There was a live shuttle launch on TV that night.

I wanted to see where we... - ‭No, no, no, wait a minute.

Just back up now. Back up.

You lost a bet so you were forced to ask a hot chick to the prom?

You and I had a very different high school experience, my friend.

And how was your high school experience, Miss Davis?

I imagine you broke a lot of hearts.

Well, actually, no.

I spent most of my time teaching myself how to hack

military-grade encryption. - Oh... my God.

I'm in a car full of nerds.

Who rented this minivan again?

Really?

Well, you won't have to hack anything this weekend

and I must say, it's, um,

it's nice seeing your face without a screen in front of it.

Mission City Junior High.

No one would ever believe that two secret agents

used to walk these halls.

Bit generous calling yourself an agent.

You haven't even started yet...

but you got the secret part right.

You mention anything about the Phoenix,

Thorton'll make you disappear.

Mac! Hey! You know, these teachers here, they had a running bet.

Will Angus MacGyver ever come back?

Only took me five years to win.

It's great to see you, Mac.

You too, Mr. Ericson.

Oh, Mr. Ericson? Please.

I think you're old enough now to call me Arthur.

Yeah, seems a little weird, but okay...

Arthur, I'd like you to meet some of my think tank coworkers.

This is Jack Dalton. - Hey, Jack.

This is Riley Davis. - Riley.

And, uh, I think you remember Bozer.

Wilt Bozer, oh, my God.

The only graduate that didn't include a quote

about himself in the yearbook.

Well, that's because you vetoed the one I submitted.

"Most Likely to Conceive" was unanimously rejected

for being in poor taste.

Glad to see you haven't changed.

Ideas. Conceive ideas. I'm a misunderstood genius.

Okay, fair warning, Mac, some of the faculty

still haven't forgiven you for the, uh, incident.

Mis... Arthur, that was 14 years ago.

And why are they only mad at me?

Bozer was there, too.

Clearly, they know I was only there to lend you moral support.

Oh, wow, will you look at that, late for class.

Some things never change.

...and so he went from MIT to the army,

where he worked as an EOD tech disarming bombs overseas.

And now he's working with a think tank

solving problems facing our future.

They're all yours, Mac.

I'm, uh, Mac.

So, science.

Think we can all agree that it is...

Well, there's nothing more interesting.

Am I right?

Yes.

Mr. Ericson said you built an in-line

four-cylinder engine in sixth grade. Is that true?

I did. I wanted to make it a V-6,

but I just couldn't find all the parts.

So if you cracked a cylinder,

would you fix it with pinning technique or use the furnace weld?

The real issue is microfractures in the metallic crystal lattice.

You can't get rid of them-- that's why a furnace weld

is preferable over a cold technique like pinning.

Especially when considering excessive heating

under high compression.

I prefer a tungsten inert gas weld on... aluminum.

But we can talk about that after class.

For now, let's focus on something fun.

Who likes to watch things blow up?

Me! Me!

And this... this is where I first met Mac.

We were in the fifth grade.

He was getting his butt kicked by Donnie Sandoz,

this big ugly dude from the wrestling team.

Mac was bullied?

When you got a first name like Angus, yeah,

you're pretty much running for your life all through high school.

Things got better after we met.

Well, actually, things got better after I broke Donnie's nose.

Good for you.

Attaboy. - ‭I also got suspended for two weeks.

But Mac would come over every day after school with my homework,

and from there, a great friendship was born.

Any chance the location of "The incident" is on this tour?

‭Yeah, mac and I pinky-swore never to speak about that again.

Moving along, then, hey,

let me show you the gym where Mac made lightning indoors.

You know we're not leaving Mission City till we get details

on this incident, right? - ‭Oh, yeah.

Now you add soap to the hydrogen peroxide-food coloring mixture.

The soap bubbles are what trap the oxygen.

Now dump the watery yeast in,

and the immediate result is a very powerful exothermic reaction.

It's called elephant toothpaste.

It's a perfect example of a rapid chemical reaction.

Thank you, Mac.

Thanks for that amazing demonstration.

That was great. The kids loved it.

If you get tired of that think tank, you got a knack for teaching.

Thanks. That means a lot coming from you.

When I'm done cleaning up this mess,

we're gonna go to Burger Nirvana, if you want to join.

Oh, I would, but... you know, I always keep the lab open

for the students after school.

You remember.