MacGyver

Director Webber.

There you are.

Still not a fan of these things?

Getting all dolled up to kiss the ring seems like

a giant waste of time to me.

Well, let me suggest that you never run

for U.S. Senate.

Sort of feels like

that's 90% of what I do.

I'd rather be working.

- No offense. - None taken.

Truth is...

I only RSVP'd to this shindig to see you.

I didn't think you would agree

to meet with me any other way.

You're right. I wouldn't have.

Wait, Matty.

I need your help.

Yesterday I received

a very disturbing e-mail.

Whoever sent it is demanding $10,000,

or they're gonna release photos of me...

with a woman.

Senator, our history allows you the privilege

of knowing about the organization that I work for.

But if you've been hacked, you need to take that up

with the FBI Cyber Unit, just like everybody else.

I wasn't hacked.

Someone somehow got their hands on one of my old computers.

Huh. Well, then it seems like you have two choices.

One, pay the ransom,

and hope your wife doesn't find out.

Or two, don't pay, and come clean

before this blackmailer outs you.

I strongly suggest option "B."

Good night, Senator.

I wish it was that simple, Matty.

That same computer has another file

that this blackmailer doesn't realize they have yet.

It's a file

from my time on the committee overseeing covert ops.

It's Dragonfly.

Dragonfly?

Are you sure?

Meet Senator

Todd Steckler from Ohio.

Two years ago, one of his aides wiped

his office computer and brought it to a recycling center.

But instead of it

being recycled, it was illegally shipped overseas to Ghana.

Why would somebody's old computer

be sent all the way to Ghana?

Because it's more expensive to recycle electronic waste here

than to export it to a developing country

where it gets dumped in a landfill and forgotten.

- Really? - Sadly, Mac's correct.

Some of the most reputable recycling services

do this under the radar.

I don't know how many computers I've thrown out in my life.

You're telling me there's a chance they're rotting in one

- of those landfills? - Unfortunately, a very good chance.

Almost 50 million tons every year of junked TVs,

computers and cell phones make the exact same trip.

All right, so what happened to the senator's computer

once it got to Ghana?

All we know is that once the computer was shipped overseas,

it fell into the hands of an extortionist,

who, 36 hours ago,

sent this e-mail.

Um...

Matty, that's an e-mail threatening to expose

- Steckler for cheating on his wife. - That's correct.

I'll take this one, Ri. I think

what she's trying to say is, what is Senator Scumbag's

personal trash doing in the Phoenix's lap?

Because those photos aren't the only sensitive material

on that computer.

There is also

a file called Dragonfly.

It is this file that I need retrieved

before the extortionist stumbles onto it.

And there it is.

Okay, that makes more sense.

What is this Dragonfly, exactly?

That information is need to know.

Now, the four of you need to hurry, or you will miss your flight.

There's a car waiting to take you to LAX.

Matty, you just said LAX.

- We don't usually fly out of there. - Today you do.

You're flying commercial.

- Whoa, whoa, whoa, now. - Mm-mm.

Come on, let's...

I'm sorry, but what part of "hurry"

or "you'll miss your flight" did you not understand?

- Go. - Matty, I don't...

- I don't fly commercial. - Jack.

Please.

Okay, yes, ma'am, yeah, yeah, we'll handle it.

I gotcha. We'll handle it.

Uh, that was weird.

Yeah, very.

Any idea what this is about?

No, but I've never seen her

- like this before. - Really?

- What do you mean, Jack? - She's scared.

You know, maybe Dragonfly is a...

a secret FBI document revealing that Tupac's alive and well

- and living in the Caymans. - Or...

it's a series of photos shows who really shot JFK.

Ooh, that's good. Or maybe proof that Stonehenge was built

by ancient aliens. What do you think of that?

Ah. Maybe it's evidence

that a asteroid is two years from colliding with Earth,

and the government is staying mum

to avoid a massive public panic.

- I love how fired up you get. - Passion!

As must as I'm enjoying these theories...

Which is all they are...

I think if Matty wanted us to know what Dragonfly was,

- she would have told us herself. - Yeah, well, whatever it is,

it's got to be really important.

She'd never agree to help some scumbag senator

cover up his infidelity.

Oh, it's important, all right.

But come on, now,

Mac... you got to be

a little bit curious about what it is, aren't you?

- Don't you even want to guess? - My level of curiosity

is irrelevant... we should stay focused on the op.

I'm always focused on the op, there,

- fun dodger. - Jack, pull over right here.

That's the bank the senator's extortion payment was routed to.

We got 30 minutes till it opens.

Okay.

We got some time, now,

before this extortionist shows up, so...

- who's on snacks? - Aw, great.

Stakeout pillow.

Jack, please tell me you left

the Willie Nelson CDs at home.

Oh. Yeah.

Evidence that Tom Hanks isn't a nice person.

No, wait. Evidence that Tom Hanks isn't

a real person at all, dude.

Like, there is no Tom Hanks.

Look, whatever Dragonfly is,

it's got to be personal to Matty, because why else

would she send us to recover something that

she can't talk about and doesn't want on the Phoenix books?

Someone just put through the ten grand.

Right there. Blue hoodie. Backpack.

Y'all follow him on foot. I'll stay here with

- the van in case we need a quick getaway. - Yeah.

Go, go, go.

That's him.

Nice and easy.

Why are they stopping?

The mirror.

He made us.

Oh, I got him!

Got you now!

Damn!

Who we chasing? Houdini?

Boze, give me a lift.

Hey, he's just a kid.

- How old are you? - 16.

Stop kicking me, you little psychopath!

- That hurt! - Then let me go!

- Not gonna happen. - I didn't do anything to you.

That's true, but we were monitoring the $10,000

you just withdrew. You've been caught

- blackmailing a U.S. senator. - Yeah, crime like that

carries a sentence of at least a decade in prison.

But we'll let you off with a warning

if you tell us where his computer is.

Hey! Don't touch that!

This model's, like, seven years old, but...

I'm seeing hardware

from other machines added to it

to boost performance.

- Did you build this? - No.

Custom-built rigs modded like that

are sold on every corner in Accra.

Computers are kind of my thing, too.

Got to admit, this is pretty legit.

You seem smart,

so I don't blame you for not talking.

My friends and I, we don't care about the blackmail.

You give us the computer we want, we'll let you walk away.

How do I know I can trust you?

Huh? Trust us?

You really are crazy.

We're not the ones extorting people.

I know you don't care about trusting us.

You're playing scared so we sweeten the deal, right?

- That's what I thought. - Let's bottom-line it, then.

You give us the location

of the senator's computer, and we will let you keep the cash.

I know where the hard drive is being kept,

but I don't know how to get to it.