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‘MacGyver’ Season 5 Episode 1: Photos, Cast, and Plot Description

November 16, 2020

MacGyver kicks off its fifth season with an episode titled “Resort + Desi + Riley + Window Cleaner + Witness.” Episode one was directed by Avi Youabian from a script by Stephanie Hicks and airs on Friday, December 4, 2020 at 8pm ET/PT.

Lucas Till stars as Angus “Mac” MacGyver, Tristin Mays plays Riley Davis, and Justin Hires is Wilt Bozer. Meredith Eaton is Matty Weber, Levy Tran is Desi Nguyen, and Henry Ian Cusick plays Russ Taylor.

Episode one guest stars include Jessie T. Usher, Jean Brassard, Annabelle Acosta, Enzo D’Agata, Vannessa Vasquez, Juan Pablo Gamboa, Eugenie Bondurant, and Brittany Pena.

“Resort + Desi + Riley + Window Cleaner + Witness” Plot: Mac and the team infiltrate a glamorous hotel used as an international hideout for criminals to find a woman with vital information on Codex. However, their target has a new secret identity, including a completely new face.

Series Description, Courtesy of CBS:

MacGyver, a reimagining of the classic series, is an action-adventure drama about 20-something Angus “Mac” MacGyver, who is part of a clandestine organization within the U.S. government, where he uses his extraordinary talent for unconventional problem-solving and vast scientific knowledge to save lives. Joining his team on high-risk missions around the globe are Riley Davis, an unpredictable computer hacker with a chip on her shoulder; Wilt Bozer, Mac’s roommate and an agent on the team; Matty Weber, a legend in Covert Ops and the director of operations at the Phoenix Foundation; Desi Nguyen, whose job is to protect MacGyver and his team on their global missions; and Russ Taylor, quick-witted, Oxford-educated, ex-military skilled in propaganda and lie detection, who shakes things up by challenging the way MacGyver and the team are used to doing things.

Under the aegis of the Phoenix Foundation, MacGyver takes on the responsibility of saving the world, armed to the teeth with resourcefulness and little more than bubble gum and a paper clip.