Status
Ended
Network
CBS
SEASON
EPISODE

Season 5

Aired 3 years ago - Feb 19, 2021

When Mac and the team are unable to prevent Department of Defense intel from falling into Codex’s hands, Mac must scale a vertical cliff using only gear he can cobble together himself to prevent the info’s transmission.

The secret experimental cancer treatment Mac’s developing with a friend is discovered when culprits ransack their lab, kidnap Mac’s partner and plan to use the research to create a powerful new nerve agent.

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♪ Everybody shake
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Wecan. This guy, not so much.
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So, how's our friend at the pet shop doing?
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Um, nah. Kind of hit a groove, so...
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What I meant was... I'm sorry.
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You've been secretly, in your nonexistent free time,
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Hey, guys? I've got someone I'd like you to meet.
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and all the surrounding have been scrubbed.
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They were sitting on this lab, saw me come in today.
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or own.
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Spyware embedded in the OS of Frankie's laptop.
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Looks like we're gonna have to go old-school.
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Who are you?
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had potential alternative applications.
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Mac, Taylor said you left
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how to stabilize them, uh, how to aerosolize those toxins.
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Yes. Frankie may have done the science on paper,
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how would we locate her?
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If Frankie wanted to make money, she could make money.
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Pole-vaulting? Oh, yeah.
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I won't fault Mac for wanting something outside of it.
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issued to yours truly.
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Just, those are UVB lights, also known as reptile lights.
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Uh, just hold on one second.
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And this lab... What's going on?
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Any luck getting the PMCs to talk?
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Um...
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this is gonna sound crazy, but a few days
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to their jawbones, only allowing them to hear
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All right, everyone,
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some details of your operation have come to light
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How did UnSub One even learn about Frankie's research
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Your rogue muscle already has enough in his possession
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Hit it. With pleasure.
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Yeah? Is the nerve agent back here?
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He checked a proprietary nerve agent on a commercial flight?
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and you're hitching a ride.
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Can you stop this thing?
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has a built-in lock.
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Okay. I need you to help me with a shopping list,
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would allow the toxin to escape.
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to lead the team than the monster who created it?

When Russ is kidnapped, Mac and the team must break out a previously murderous psychopath, now pacifist, from prison to help find him. Also, while on the run, Mac and Desi are forced to confront their relationship issues.