[s4e5] Soccer Desi Merchant Titan May 2026

Desi's initial contact, a corrupt player, is killed when she refuses to cooperate further. Desi must then become the "bait" herself to draw out The Merchant.

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. [S4E5] Soccer Desi Merchant Titan

An and a hang glider made from stadium signage. Desi's initial contact, a corrupt player, is killed

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. An and a hang glider made from stadium signage

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.

The Merchant forces Desi to throw a crucial game by missing a penalty kick.