Flashlight

**\* GALLERY**

**Flashlight** is the 18th episode of Season 1 in the 2016 reboot version of *MacGyver.*

## Synopsis

When Mac and the team travel to Hawaii to aid in earthquake relief efforts, they team up with Chin and Kono from the Five-0 task force to rescue a group of government scientists trapped in a building. However, as they work on the complicated rescue, a group using the chaos as a distraction aims to steal the top-secret weaponry from the scientists, on a special crossover episode.

## Plot

In a Hawaii Five-0 cross-over, the team reroute to Hilo, Hilo, Hawaii as volunteers for Earthquake Relief with FEMA. Jack and MacGyver meet Kono Kalakaua and Chin Ho Kelly from the Hawaii Five-0 Task Force; Jack tells them about knowing Steve McGarrett. They rescue a group of government scientists trapped in a building by using a water jet cutter and radar detector. A Chinese group use the chaos as a distraction, aiming to steal the top-secret weaponry, called "Project 23", from the scientists in the building.

## Notes

* Steve McGarrett, Adam Noshimuri, Hiro Noshimuri, Sara Waincroft, Nikki Carpenter and Mac's Grandfather and parents were all mentioned but do not appear.
* This episode takes place in Hilo, Hawaii.
* Jack Dalton reveals he has a sister.
* Prior to their trip to Hilo, Hawaii, Mac stated they had just stopped a dictator from deploying a chemical weapon. There are 49 dictatorships in the world *(21 in Africa, 18 in Asia, 7 in The Middle East, 1 in Europe and 2 in South America);* however the most notable ones are North Korea and Syria, the Syrian dictator having already released chemical weapons on his countrymen.
* Angus MacGyver found out his father wasn't coming home on his 10th birthday.
* Jack Dalton and Kono Kalakaua reference the events from Magnifying Glass when Jack called Hawaii Five-0 Task Force over Madison Gray which led into the events of Hawaii Five-0 episode Hahai i nā pilikua nui which Kono reveals the outcome.
* Chin Ho Kelly tells Jack about his birthday resulting in his niece's kidnapping referencing the events of Hawaii Five-0 episode Ka’ili aku when he and Jack talk about birthday parties as Jack planned to arrange Mac's birthday.
* Kono and Mac discuss Kono's marriage to Adam Noshimuri referencing A Make Kāua which was 2 years ago which Kono mentions, she also reveals that she met Adam through Hawaii Five-0 Task Force arresting his father, Hiro Noshimuri 8 years ago in the Hawaii Five-0 episode Ke Kinohi[1], when Kono asks Mac if there was someone out there he likes, he mentions his ex-girlfriend Nikki Carpenter who betrayed her country in The Rising but was revealed to be a cover in Screwdriver.

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## Trivia

* Lucas Till and George Eads both met Alex O'Loughlin behind the scenes, though he does not appear in the episode.
* ***The Middle East*** is a transcontinental region centered on *Western Asia* and *Egypt* in *North Africa*.

## Quotes

**Angus MacGyver:** If we were on Mars, I would be 14 years old and my next birthday wouldn't be for another 231 days.

**Jack Dalton:** Mars? You're using Mars as an argument against birthdays?

**Sam Hopkins:** Your boss was a little vague about your skill set. What is it exactly you guys do again?

**Angus MacGyver:** A little of this, a little of that.

**Jack Dalton:** Just point to the problem, we'll make it go away.

**MacGyver:** I know I'm going to regret this, but I think... you should throw me a birthday party.

**Jack Dalton:** Oh, yes. There it is.

**Angus MacGyver:** Nothing too drastic.

**Jack Dalton:** No, no, no. It'll be—it'll be classy, dignified, and intimate.

**Angus MacGyver:** Isn't that what you were going to name your autobiography?

**Jack Dalton:** Still is. It's also the way I'll describe your birthday party.

## Cast

### Main Cast

* Lucas Till as Angus MacGyver
* George Eads as Jack Dalton
* Seychelle Gabriel as Letty Morelli
* Tristin Mays as Riley Davis
* Justin Hires as Wilt Bozer
* Meredith Eaton as Matilda Webber

### Recurring Cast

* Bianca Malinowski as Penny Parker
* Aina Dumlao as Andie Lee
* Amor Owens as Reporter
* Rome Flynn as Kalei

### Special Guest star

* Daniel Dae Kim as Chin Ho Kelly
* Grace Park as Kono Kalakaua
* Taylor Wily as Kamekona Tupuola