[s4e5] Soccer Desi Merchant Titan 🚀

The team reviews security footage and sees a woman sitting near The Merchant who appears to be Matty Webber , suggesting their boss might be a traitor.

In this episode of MacGyver (Season 4, Episode 5), the Phoenix team targets , a shadow organization using match-fixing in professional soccer to fund their global operations. The Mission: Undercover in Milan

It is later revealed (in subsequent developments teased here) that Titan is actually Gwen Hayes , MacGyver’s aunt and his mother’s sister. An ex-agent presumed dead, she is the actual leader of Codex. MacGyverisms used: A magnet from a handbag to stop a roulette wheel. A bin lid to improve a microphone's range. [S4E5] Soccer Desi Merchant Titan

The team identifies an operative known as who blackmails players into sabotaging matches. To infiltrate his network, Desi goes undercover as a star player for an international women’s soccer team in Milan.

The Merchant captures Desi and injects her with a lethal microchip that can stop her heart instantly via remote control. The Climax: The Penalty Kick The team reviews security footage and sees a

The episode ends with major revelations about , the mysterious head of Codex.

Using an improvised jammer made from an old radio, Mac disables The Merchant’s remote. Desi makes the kick, ruining Codex's gambling payout. The Reveal: Who is Titan? An ex-agent presumed dead, she is the actual leader of Codex

While Desi stalls by tying her shoe, Mac finds himself locked out of the field. He improvises a hang glider from a large sign to reach the pitch.