Follows the pacifist twentysomething hero Clay MacGyver (the nephew of original MacGyver (1985)) as he leaves school and winds up joining the Phoenix Foundation — a shadowy government organization set up to protect America to which his uncle belonged — on a lark. Once there, he discovers that he’s incredibly adept at stepping into uncle Angus MacGyver’s shoes. His first mission takes him to Africa where he must help stop an anti-American African terrorist group financed with blood diamonds. Angus has a ‘cameo’ when his picture appears on the agency’s wall in one scene.