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The
Secret of Parker House
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Airdate:
Oct. 31, 1988
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Penny
Parker contacts MacGyver when, on her 25'th
birthday, she inherits her Aunt Betty's estate.
MacGyver and Penny are soon greeted by Sylvia
Lange, who provides them with keys to Aunt Betty's
supposedly haunted house. That night, a lightning
bolt strikes the ground by the house and unearths
a dead body. While investigating the situation,
Sheriff Cliff Howels reveals that the body may
be Penny's aunt, who mysteriously disappeared
thirty years prior. MacGyver reconstructs the
skeleton's face and confirms that the body belongs
to Betty, whose face is the spitting image of
Penny's. Penny is kidnapped, however, MacGyver
locates her and her kidnapper in the basement
of the house. He learns that the kidnapper,
Virgil Lange, is Sylvia's mentally disabled
brother. Sylvia and the sheriff arrive and explain
how Sylvia has kept Virgil hidden in the house
ever since she has suspected that her brother
killed Betty. However, MacGyver's research has
turned up the fact that Betty, who had gone
insane by drinking moonshine alcohol laced with
lead, was actually killed by the sheriff. In
order to protect his career, Howels had needed
to cover up the fact that Betty was pregnant
with his illegitimate baby. The sheriff locks
MacGyver, Penny, Virgil and Sylvia in the basement
and rigs the moonshine operation so that it
will explode. MacGyver then takes advantage
of the still's pressure and uses it to blow
a hole in one of the walls. As a result of the
explosion, the sheriff is killed by a pole with
Betty's initials on it.
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Guest
Cast
Teri
Hatcher as Penny Parker, Gisele MacKenzie as
Sylvia, Ray Young, Arlen Dean Snyder as Sheriff
Howels
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Teleplay
Gene
Hanson, Rick Drew & John Sheppard
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Story
Gene Hanson
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Director
Michael Vejar
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Airdate:
Nov. 21, 1988
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This episode, which takes place in MacGyver's
hometown of Mission City, Minnesota and explains
the reasons behind his deep hatred of guns,
tells two stories. The first story takes place
in the present and has MacGyver returning home
to honor a pledge he made twenty-five years
ago. He meets up with his now grown childhood
friends: Chuck, who now owns a hunting store,
and Neil Ryder, a police officer. Meanwhile,
Neil's son Shawn has become involved with drugs
and Danny, Chuck's son, tries to help but instead
ends up aggravating a drug dealer. MacGyver
soon sees Danny steal a gun and follows the
youth to an abandoned school. Unfortunately,
the drug dealer was expecting company and Danny
is shot. MacGyver stops the drug dealers and
then gets Danny to an ambulance in time to save
the teen's life. The second story takes place
25 years earlier. MacGyver and his friends Neil,
Chuck, and Jesse are playing with a gun. However,
one of the children starts to shoot a bird.
MacGyver, not wanting to see an innocent bird
killed, tries to stop his friend. The gun then
misfires and Jesse is shot. MacGyver attempts
to save Jesse's life but, unlike the parallel
innocent 25 years later, he is unsuccessful
and his friend dies. Back in the present, MacGyver,
Chuck, and Neil unearth a time capsule that
the childhood friends planted 25 years earlier.
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Guest
Cast
Dirk
Blocker (Black Sheep Squadron) as Chuck,
Bernie Coulson, Ramon Franco, Michael McNeilly
as Neil, Jason Priestly as Danny, Sean Wohland
as Young MacGyver, Marc Reid as Young Neil,
Gregory Togel as Young Chuck, Dusty Hyland as
Jesse, Adrian Dorval as Meat, Chris Schultz-Lorentzen
as Watts
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Writer
Rick
Drew
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Director
Charles
Correll
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Airdate:
Nov. 28, 1988
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"Witness"
meets the story of Baby Jessica: MacGyver is
driving through Pennsylvania when a tire blows
out and his car goes off the road. Fortunately,
the injured troubleshooter is rescued and cared
for by an Amish family. Meanwhile, the Amish
community is building a well. However, this
draws the ire of the Wrightman Construction
company as the Amish have been ordered off the
land. MacGyver then learns from Wrightman that
the government has legally confiscated the land
although John, the leader of the Amish community,
refuses to acknowledge the "Englander" decision.
Steven, a construction worker, then decides
to move the construction project along by blowing
up the well. Christy, Wrightman's daughter,
runs over to help Jacob, a young Amish boy,
and falls into the well. (Jacob and Christy
had been playing despite the fact that their
families have opposing philosophies.) MacGyver,
with the help of both the Amish and Wrightman's
crew, manages to free Christy. (Of course, this
episode, also includes the obligatory Amish
subplot about William, the "shunned" man who
redeems himself.) After the rescue, Wrightman
announces that he will recommend that the project
be moved away from Amish land. Furthermore,
John decides to discuss the matter at a planning
meeting.
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Guest
Cast
Kaj-Erik
Eriksen as Jacob, Gustaf Kristjanson as Miller,
Allan Lysell as Wrightman, Ruth De Sosa as Elizabeth,
Vicki Wauchobe as Christy Wrightman, Gary Davey
as Stevens, Dan tale as Will
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Writer
Michelle
Poteet Lisanti
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Director
Michael
Vejar
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Airdate:
Dec. 5, 1988
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In Barraca, Central America, Pete and Sister
Clara have been captured by rebels after learning
of a bomb threat against the country's president.
MacGyver finds out about his friends situation
and asks Jack Dalton for help. The two disguise
themselves as arms dealers and fly towards Barraca.
Meanwhile, rebel leader Raphael and female unit
commander Santina have shot Pete in order to
get information from the Phoenix executive.
MacGyver and Jack arrive and, while Dalton discusses
terms with the rebels, MacGyver frees Pete and
the sister. Jack's plane is started by remote
control, a diversion is created and the four
Americans escape. Unfortunately, the plane is
damaged and soon crashes. MacGyver soon fixes
the plane and they lift off Just before the
rebels arrive. The radio is fixed and the President
of Barraca is warned about the bomb threat.
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Guest
Cast
Bruce
McGill as Jack Dalton, Jenny Gago as Santina,
Garwin Sanford, Susan Walden as Sister Clara
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Writer
John
Whelpley
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Director
Charles
Correll
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Airdate: Dec. 12, 1988
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At the Westwood Springs Race Course, MacGyver
and Phoenix are helping Jeff Stone develop an
environmentally safe, all-plastic engine. However,
a man named Strickland, who is pushing his own
(non-plastic) engine, would prefer if Stone
fails. MacGyver, who is somewhat hesitant to
be involved in racing again as eight years previously
he was in a racing accident that killed a fellow
driver, is concerned when he discovers that
Strickland's driver is Hans Visser, the man
responsible for his race car accident . MacGyver's
concerns prove correct for Jeff is injured and
blinded when the plastic engine blows out during
the qualifying round. After examining the engine
(and reviewing news footage of the race), MacGyver
finds out that the car was sabotaged by O'Malley,
a member of Jeff's crew. Unfortunately, Visser
and Strickland kill O'Malley before MacGyver
has a chance to investigate further. The race
day arrives and MacGyver, putting aside his
fears, drives the Phoenix car and wins the race.
Afterwards, all loose ends are tied up when
Pete provides evidence implicating Strickland
and Visser in O'Malley's murder and Jeff regains
his sight.
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Guest
Cast
G.
Gordon Liddy as Carl Strickland, Patrick Wayne
as Jeff Stone, Kai Wulff as Hans Visser, Katey
Wright as Charlie, Donald Saunders as O'Malley,
Jerry Wasserman as Falco, Peter Williams as
Moe
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Writer
Paul
B. Margolis
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Director
Chuck
Bowman
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Airdate:
Jan. 9, 1989
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In order for Pete to remain eligible for Phoenix
field duty, he needs to go through a re-qualification
program. Therefore, MacGyver and Pete find themselves
on a survival training program in the woods.
While hiking through the wilderness, the Phoenix
employees come across a downed plane and the
bodies of two dead DEA agents. Developing film
found on the plane, they isolate the location
of the DEA investigated drug operation. MacGyver
and Pete then head to Crystal Lake, the operation's
location, with the intent of stealing the drug
dealer's plane and getting help. After a six
hour hike, they arrive at Crystal Lake only
to see the plane lift off. Investigating the
area, they discover a cave filled with drugs.
The plane returns and MacGyver and Pete attempt
to hide in the cave but, unfortunately, they
are caught and trapped in a cave-in. MacGyver
and Pete escape by free climbing one of the
cave's walls. MacGyver then creates a distraction,
Pete radios for help, and the criminals are
captured. Considering Pete's ordeal, MacGyver
re-certifies the Phoenix Operations Director.
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Guest
Cast
Gerry
Bean as Wilcox, Dale Wilson as Crandall
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Writer
W.
Reed Moran
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Director
Michael
Caffey
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Airdate:
Jan. 16, 1989
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Before "Silence of the Lambs," MacGyver faced
brutal serial killer Dr. Zito: As the episode
opens, MacGyver and Phoenix are helping the
police department develop a device for breaking
into buildings. Unfortunately, the device does
not work properly and this places MacGyver in
the line of Lt. Kate Murphy's criticism. However,
Murphy soon changes her concerns when she is
notified that a mentally unbalanced killer named
Cross has escaped from the State Hospital at
Alameda. While Murphy is searching for Cross,
MacGyver goes to the hospital and meets up with
the insane Dr. Zito. Based on clues left in
Cross's cell, MacGyver figures out that Zito
helped free Cross. Furthermore, Zito, who was
arrested by Murphy, is manipulating Cross so
that the escaped killer will kill the police
lieutenant. Zito's plan seems to be working
when Murphy, who is responding to a phone tip,
is captured by Cross. MacGyver, having finally
pieced together all the clues, arrives and saves
Murphy.
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Guest
Cast
Kim
Zimmer as Lt. Kate Murphy, W, Morgan Sheppard
as Zito, Gary Chalk as Sweeny, Brenda Crichlow,
Todd Jeffries, Jeff Irvine as Cross
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Writer
Stephen
Downing
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Director
Les
Landau
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Airdate:
Jan. 23, 1989
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For the past ten days, Jack Dalton has received
numerous packages of his father's belongings
from a "friend." Jack, who was raised by foster
parents and never knew his parents, figures
that these packages are from his mother since
his father died while fighting in Korea. Jack
and MacGyver visit Pete and learn that Jack's
mother, Francine Leyland Dalton, is a fugitive
from justice due to her involvement in a stock
swindle. Meanwhile, Arthur Bandel, Francine's
former employer, needs to find her before the
police since she has evidence that can implicate
him in the swindle. MacGyver and Jack soon locate
Francine, who in turn rejects her son in order
to keep him away from the trouble she is in.
Unfortunately, Bandel, who has found out about
Jack's relationship to Francine, captures Dalton
as leverage. MacGyver and Francine are on their
way to see Bandel when they are in turn caught
by a bounty hunter named Jesse Colton. After
escaping with MacGyver from Colton, Francine
arranges to meet Bandel to trade the evidence
for Jack. Later, while trailing Francine to
the meeting site, MacGyver once again meets
up with Colton. However, the troubleshooter
manages to convince Colton to work with him.
Thereby, MacGyver and Colton rescue Jack and
capture Bandel. Jack and Francine then decide
to spend some time getting to know each other.
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Guest
Cast
Richard
Lawson as Jesse Colton. Guest cast: Bruce McGill
as Jack Dalton, Constance Towers as Francine
Leyland, Ed Nelson as Bandel, Les Carlson as
Sparkie, Dwight McFee as Marty Ricco, Freda
Perry as Dawn, Russell J. Roberts as Dave
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Writer
Jack
Whelpley
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Director
Rob
Bowman
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Airdate:
Feb. 6, 1989
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MacGyver's
scatterbrained friend Penny Parker has just
received her first big acting break: the starring
role in the musical "Cleo Rocks." And as the
episode begins, MacGyver is visiting one of
her rehearsals when a falling light almost kills
her. While Jacques, the play's director, comforts
Penny, MacGyver interviews Wintergreen, the
show's producer, and learns that the play has
been plagued by numerous accidents. The mystery
deepens when Penny finds a knife through a picture
of her in the theater's dressing room. Later,
after analyzing the first letters of each word
in a poem that was left for Penny, MacGyver
realizes that Murdoc (who obviously did not
die at the end of "The Widowmaker") is behind
the strange accidents. Unfortunately, by the
time MacGyver solves Murdoc's clues, the assassin
has already killed Wintergreen and captured
Penny and Pete. MacGyver soon rescues Pete and
Penny. Then, in a struggle with Murdoc, the
assassin falls into an underground pool. However,
Murdoc's fate is once again left dangling when
the pool is drained and there is no sign of
Murdoc's body. .
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Guest
Cast
Michael
Des Barres as Murdoc, Teri Hatcher as Penny
Parker, Robert Donner (Mork and Mindy)
as Wintergreen. "Cleo Rocks" by Dennis McCarthy,
Terry Frewer, and Michael Des Barres
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Writers
John
Sheppard and Rick Drew
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Director
Chuck
Bowman
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Airdate:
Feb. 13, 1989
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Someone's been stealing information on a satellite
linkage system project and it is up to MacGyver
to find the culprit. Unfortunately, Dave Edwards,
MacGyver's suspect, is killed by a man known
as Papion before the Phoenix: troubleshooter
can uncover the smuggling operation. Meanwhile,
Michael Thornton, Pete's son (played by a different
actor than in "Family Matter") is working at
the Phoenix Foundation. Pete is extremely proud
of his son not realizing that Michael is involved
in the recent thefts. However, MacGyver soon
links Michael to the crimes when he realizes
that the young Thornton was part of a computer
club back in 1983 and that all five club members
work at companies involved in the satellite
project. MacGyver's suspicions are soon confirmed
when Michael is caught trying to steal information.
In order to receive a lighter prison sentence,
Michael agrees to wear a wire during the next
meeting with his friends. Michael then meets
with them and informs Chas, the leader, that
he needs to meet with Papion directly. However,
things do not go according to plan at the meeting
site and Pete is almost killed trying to save
his son. MacGyver soon traces Papion (from information
left at the meeting site on one of Papion's
men). MacGyver and Pete then arrive and capture
Papion Just in time to save Michael and Chas's
life.
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Guest
Cast
James
Karen as Papion, Hank Stratton as Michael, Robert
Metcalfe as Chas, Don Galloway as John Collins,
Bill Murdoch as Jake Harill, David Ley as Alex
Percy, David Bloom as Gil Fletcher
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Writer
Grant
Rosenberg
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Director
Michael
Preece
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