In China, Jack tried to hypnotize Chase only to find it not working because he wasn't surprised. The operation was spoiled by Walter Mabry and his twin brother Chase who hypothesized them to sleep till arriving in China. Merritt's part of the plan was to pose as a waiter and hypnosis Octa CEO Owen Case into introducing the Horsemen. He along with Jack and Daniel meet their new horsemen Lula May with Dylan as they go over their plans for a heist at OCTA. In the one year of hiding, Merritt took Jack as his apprentice in hypnotism in exchange for Jack teaching him cardistry. At the end of their final performance he, Atlas and Henley jumped off of a roof and disappeared into money, they then reunited with Jack and meet their mystery benefactor Dylan Rhodes who welcomes them into the Eye. Then, finally he does it again in New York this time on the FBI director who, like the French man became a field harmonic. Dylan calls "Freeze!", and gets sacked and tackled as the Horsemen got away. In New Orleans he Hypnotizes ten people into think they were football players and to sack the quarterback when he calls out Freeze. On their first show in Vegas, Merritt hypnotizes the French men into thinking he was truly in Paris then again into believing he was of field harmonic every time he heard the word 'Bullshit' He picks the lock for the door and when they walk in, they find blueprints for a show. A few seconds after, Jack Wilder arrives. Atlas sticks out his hand to shake Merritt's, but Merritt flips him off. Merritt correctly guesses Henley's name by reading her coffee cup and calls her beautiful. When he arrives at the building, two more magicians, J. After this event, Merritt discovers a Hermit tarot card with an address on the back leading to New York City.
He hustles $250 from the man to make his wife forget what she just heard also curses the man with visions of him naked every time he sees or even thinks of Janet.
Merritt uses his skills in mentalism to get the husband to admit that he had an affair with his wife's sister, Janet. Merritt is first shown in New Orleans hypnotizing a woman while her husband watches. Merritt hypnotizes a woman and bribes her husband Chase later disappeared with all of Merritt's money, leaving him with nothing. The two were a brotherly duo known as the Magic McKinneys before Merritt made a name for himself. Merritt has a twin brother named Chase McKinney.