Ep 4. Wire Cutter

MacGyver (2016) season 1 episode 4, titled "Wire Cutter," finds our titular hero facing a dangerous situation as he and his team attempt to take down a dangerous group of terrorists. The episode begins with Mac and Jack Dalton on a mission to extract a high-value target from a hotel in Jakarta. Things quickly go awry when they discover that the hotel has been rigged with explosives and they are forced to flee.

Back in the United States, Mac is tasked with disabling a missile guidance system that has been stolen by the same terrorists he encountered in Jakarta. With the help of his team, including his boss Patricia Thornton and tech genius Riley Davis, Mac sets out to find and destroy the guidance system before it can be used to devastating effect.

The team's investigation leads them to a rural area outside of San Francisco, where they discover that the terrorists have set up their headquarters in an abandoned missile silo. In order to gain access to the facility, Mac and his team must first evade a group of armed guards and then find a way to cut through a series of high-voltage wires that surround the silo.

As he has done countless times before, Mac relies on his knowledge of science and engineering to devise a solution to the problem at hand. He instructs Riley to hack into a nearby power station and overload the system, causing a blackout that will allow the team to slip past the guards undetected.

Once inside the silo, Mac and his team must navigate a series of traps and obstacles in order to reach the missile guidance system and disable it before it can be used. Along the way, they face numerous setbacks and challenges that test their ingenuity and resourcefulness.

Ultimately, Mac's knowledge of explosives and electrical engineering prove to be the key to success. He uses a combination of blasting caps and wire cutters to disable the system and save the day.

As with all episodes of MacGyver, "Wire Cutter" is full of action, suspense, and clever solutions to seemingly impossible problems. It showcases the best qualities of the iconic character and sets the stage for even more thrilling adventures in the episodes to come.