3.10 - Matty + Ethan + Fidelity

Airdate: Dec 7, 2018
Writers: Andrew Karlsruher
Director: David Straiton

Recurring Cast: Reign Edwards (Leanna Martin)

Guest Cast: Brendan Hines (Ethan Reigns) , Sendhil Ramamurthy (Samir) , Eugene H. Russell IV (Dan Korbin)
Manoli Ioannidis (Lutsky) , Ariel Eliaz (Prison Guard # 1) , Irhad Mutic (Medic) , Suehyla El-Attar (Janitor)
Tino Tsutras (Man # 2 ) , Mina Lukia (Ethan’s Daughter) , Sissi Kal (Wife – Deena) , Nikolay Nedyalkov (D-Company Man)
Amaris Merlin (Croatian Cop # 1) , Dash Kolos (Croatian Cop # 2)


Matty reveals a shocking secret to the team: she has a husband who’s been undercover in a criminal organization
called D-Company for eight years. When his status as a CIA agent comes out, Matty needs MacGyver to find and
extract her husband before it’s too late.

That's the first time a MacGyver reboot episode broke my heart as much as a Voltron episode

The hand-shake after Mac punched the guy

Bozer's pastrami is going to pop up every year, I guess

Matty and Mac bonding

Considering Bozer doesn't know how to "let [Mac] down gently", I can understand why he's afraid of heights

Seriously though, seeing Matty lose her composure to the point where Jack has to comfort her and calm her down shook me up. Amazing acting on Meredith Eaton's part

I forgot about the new series when the hockey playoffs started last spring. First episode that I've watched since. Not bad entertainment but those short clip durations still make me a bit nauseous, and could they please upgrade that cheesy conputer graphic of the company jet zooming along, such an abomination to TOS and Mac driving along solo in the Wrangler.

Nice that they only focused on one plot this time

Mac seems to like it when she calls him Blondie now. The way he kinda smiled when she said it

the blog post about the MacHacks by Technical Consultant Rhett Allain: https://rhettallain.com/2018/12/08/macgyver...ethan-fidelity/

He talks about
> Using a drone to lift a human.
> Cricket Ball Flash Bang
> Water Cooler Bomb
> DIY Jaws of Life

Good entertainment despite the overarching downer storyline.

Again though, Bozer and Leanna as paramedics in Croatia would likely elicit some sort of reaction from the prison guards, would it not?

The drone did seem a bit size challenged to provide lift to 160lb+ man. That wasn't my concern though - it was who was controlling it! You just don't get the feeling that Bozer, from the past we know, is the candidate for such a precision job .... and then he kinda drops him for a bit of comedy schtick.

Overall I liked this episode.
1) one mission focus YAY I prefer this to split narratives.
2) great acting all around
3) Mac/ Mattie moments; good character development
4) opening Phoenix scene with Mac in his holiday best; love that jacket!
5) family aspect
6) Jack entering a room first to protect his boy
7) emphasis on sacrifices of operatives
8) a rollercoaster ride of emotions


I still don't get Bozer as a field agent. I don't think I'd want to depend on him to save me


Still not a fan of Leanna. They try to make her a badass shooting, punching, flying helicopters but it doesn't work for me. Don't like her. As Bozer's girl fine, but not part of the team.

Ethan's daughter looked older than 2 (he said he went dark when she was born).

Preliminary Ratings: http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/the-...-12-7-2018.html

The reboot again won against LSM in audience numbers. If it doesn't loose to much for the final adjustment, this episode will be the one with the second highest audience number this season.

The demo seems to settle on 0.7.

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Final Ratings: http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/show...-12-7-2018.html

It's still on a 0.7 demo, but it didn't loose much in audience numbers.

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Well, now.

I think I just saw one of the best episodes of the series (so far, if not the best) and I would've never thought it would be a Matty-centric episode.

For starters, I'm very impressed with Meredith's acting skills. She can smile and so genuinly, love her crying too, actually. This was I think also the first mission everyone was in the field.

It was a nice fleshing out of Matty's character and I loved how Jack supported her, while maybe that was more Mac's job? A great development in character and I'm starting to like her more then I did before.

A couple of other great moments on how Mac decides to save an innocent woman. Couple of episodes ago I read here that this Mac doesn't care about human life? But he sure does.

The classic handshake after punching a guy out.

Yes, this was a good one.