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Airdate:
Dec. 17, 1990
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MacGyver
is returning Frog to Mama Colton (mother of
bounty hunters Jesse, Frank and Billy) and ends
up chasing a young boy named Ricky, who has
stolen the Colton's baseball card collection.
The Phoenix troubleshooter catches Ricky but,
unfortunately, the young boy has already given
the cards to a man named T.J. Mitchell. Mama
then "convinces" MacGyver to recover the valuable
cards. Therefore, the Phoenix troubleshooter
traces the cards to a card shop where he meets
a young woman named Wendy Riley. Wendy, who
saw the Colton cards given to a man named Eli,
then convinces MacGyver that her knowledge of
cards and card forgeries will prove invaluable.
Reluctantly, MacGyver goes with Wendy and meets
her father Novus Riley, a former baseball player
that has fallen on hard times. MacGyver then
discovers that Novus, who has developed a gambling
problem, is in debt and caught in a squeeze
play by a man named Bill Marsh. Later, MacGyver
once again assumes his Dexter persona (last
seen in "Deep Cover") and uses one of Wendy's
cards to trace the counterfeit card operation
to Marsh. MacGyver then sneaks into Marsh's
house and overhears a plan whereby Marsh is
forcing Novus to steal the Jackson collection,
a collection of Reggie Jackson memorabilia that
is being auctioned off for charity. Unfortunately,
Marsh's hold over Novus becomes even greater
as he soon captures Wendy. MacGyver then goes
to Reggie Jackson and the two of them manage
to convince Novus to let them help. Novus proceeds
with the delivery and MacGyver follows (after
using his Dexter identity to get the address
of Marsh's warehouse). MacGyver arrives at the
warehouse and creates a diversion which allows
Novus (and a handy baseball) to capture a fleeing
Marsh. Later, Mama announces that her son's
cards (worth around $50,000) will be housed
in a baseball museum.
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Special
Guest Appearances by
Reggie
Jackson as himself, Della Reese as Mama Colton
Guest Cast
Kent McCord (Galactica 1980) as Novus
Riley, Malcolm Stewart as Marsh, Tim Rossovich
as Willard, Catherine Zak as Wendy, William
Samples as Eli, Whitney Stuart as T.J. Mitchell,
Jeff McLeod as Ricky
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Writer
Art
Washington
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Director
Michael
Preece
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Airdate:
Jan. 7, 1991
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In the first episode of 1991, MacGyver and Phoenix
are handling international security for the
Olympic-like Jerico games. After meeting Nikolai
Rostov, an athlete scheduled to stay with him,
MacGyver sees his former girlfriend Ellen Stewart
at the hospitality suite. MacGyver then learns
that Ellen, who had been upset 20 years prior
when MacGyver broke up with her, is now working
in public relations for the JBN (Jerico Broadcast
Network). Ellen gives MacGyver a friendly kiss
which does not sit well with her husband Ralph
Jerico, the head of JBN. MacGyver again crosses
paths with Jerico when Ellen comes to him with
signs that she was beaten. Later, MacGyver is
watching the opening ceremonies of the Jerico
Games when he sees someone that looks like him
in the audience. MacGyver rushes to the arena
but not in time to stop the MacGyver "clone"
from shooting and killing Jerico. Nikolai witnesses
the "clone" peel off his face but is forced
to flee. Unfortunately, MacGyver is soon arrested
for the crime committed by his look-alike. MacGyver
of course escapes and proceeds to JBN in hopes
of finding evidence to clear his name. There
he meets Ellen and realizes that she set him
up. Ellen then reveals that she still holds
a grudge against MacGyver (despite the fact
that they were only eighteen when they broke
up) and he was therefore the perfect vehicle
to cover up her murder of Jerico. Nikolai, who
is soon caught by Ellen's accomplice, is brought
in and locked in an incinerator with MacGyver.
Once again, MacGyver uses his ingenuity and
escapes. Ellen is then captured and MacGyver's
name is cleared.
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Guest
Cast
Mary Ann Pascal as Ellen, Robert Pine (CHIPs)
as Jerico, Paul Haddad as Nikolai, Madison Mason
as Reese, Adam Gregor
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Writer
Robert
Sherman
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Director
William
Gereghty
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Airdate:
Jan. 21, 1991
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MacGyver
once again fights for an environmental cause
as he investigates a "wasteland" that used to
be a thriving area before the water table was
tampered with. Phoenix scientist Willis, who
has to go to Washington, asks MacGyver to take
over and convince a man named Andrew Bartlett
that the same thing will happen to Maple Ridge
if the Bartlett development project is not stopped.
Meanwhile, unknown to Bartlett, his children
Scott and Laura are planning on taking over
the company. MacGyver goes to speak to Bartlett
but is instead met by Laura. Then, after Scott
arranges for MacGyver to "run" into some trouble
with local construction workers, Laura gives
him a "friendly" warning. MacGyver, who is obviously
not discouraged, goes ahead and continues his
investigation by speaking directly to Bartlett.
After revealing that there were some irregularities
with the EPA study of the area, MacGyver convinces
Bartlett to come and look at the wasteland.
However, Scott and Laura, who had bribed the
EPA investigator, take this opportunity and
plant a bomb under MacGyver's Phoenix van. Then,
while driving through the wasteland, the bomb
goes off and the van is flipped over. MacGyver
is unhurt but unfortunately Bartlett is not
as lucky. The Phoenix troubleshooter decides
to walk to the Phoenix test site and radio for
help. Bartlett's children arrive and Scott decides
to finish his father off via a gunshot wound.
Laura, who was not willing to go this far, intervenes
and is shot and killed. MacGyver, who was unable
to radio for help so instead jury rigged a glider,
then arrives and rescues Bartlett before Scott
has a chance to fire another shot. Later, Bartlett
calls off the project and arranges for a memorial
trust (in memory of Laura) that will be used
to fund a family counseling center and hopefully
prevent other families from ending up like his.
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Guest
Cast
Jim
McMullan as Bartlett, Mitzi Kapture (Silk
Stalkings) as Laura, John Pyper-Ferguson
as Scott, Bruce Harwood as Willis
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Teleplay
by
Robert
Hamner and Grant Rosenberg
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Director
Michael
Caffey
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Story
by
Robert
Hamner
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Airdate:
Feb. 4, 1991
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In
a direct "rip-off" of "Raiders of the Lost Ark,"
MacGyver relives the bar scene that took place
between Karen Allen end Harrison Ford. Only
this time, the players are MacGyver and Beth
Webb, and instead of dunking shot glasses, Beth
plays dice against her adversary. As in "Raiders,"
something goes wrong, and MacGyver arrives to
rescue Beth. MacGyver and Beth then journey
to Turkey and join Beth's employer, Professor
Axford at Alexander the Great's tomb. Meanwhile,
a man named Von Leer (and brother of the Erich
Von Leer in "Legend of the Holy Rose") has arrived
in Turkey seeking the Eye of Osiris, which can
supposedly be found in Alexander's tomb. Unfortunately,
Beth, desperately trying to pay off her late
mother's debt, has agreed to provide Von Leer
with information. As with the numerous other
MacGyver/ancient tomb episodes, MacGyver soon
finds himself trapped in the tomb with his enemy
or in this case, Von Leer. MacGyver, of course,
solves the puzzles in the ancient tomb and escapes.
Von Leer, fueled by his own greed, is trapped
when the tomb caves-in on itself.
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Guest
Cast
Deborah
Foreman as Beth, Kai Wulff (again??) as Von
Leer, Anthony Stamboulieh, Peter Haworth as
Axford
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Writer
John
Sheppard
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Director
Michael
Vejar
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Airdate:
Feb. 11, 1991)
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MacGyver
is on a Phoenix assignment to retrieve a bio-toxin.
Unfortunately, the mission does not go according
to plan and he is almost captured. However,
Dent (last seen in "Harry's Will") has decided
to go straight and runs in to MacGyver at just
the right time to rescue the Phoenix troubleshooter.
Later, While Pete begins to worry about some
eye problems, MacGyver decides to help Dent.
Although Montana, Dent's parole officer, warns
the troubleshooter that Dent will not go straight,
MacGyver decides to give Dent a place to stay
and finds him a job. Dent's former gang members,
however, have other plans and they soon threaten
Dent that unless he helps them pull a job, they
will frame him for robbing the restaurant that
he works at. MacGyver, wondering what has happened,
then follows Dent. Dent, MacGyver, and Montana
(who had also followed Dent though for less
noble reasons than MacGyver's) are soon imprisoned
by the gang. MacGyver once again uses his ingenuity
as well as items lying around and escapes. In
the end, after the gang has been stopped, MacGyver
learns that Montana now trusts Dent and even
plans on having him as a partner.
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Guest
Cast
Dick
Butkus as Dent, Gwynyth Walsh as Montana, Don
Stroud as Kluge
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Writer
Lincoln
Kibbee
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Director
Michael
Caffey
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Airdate:
Feb. 18, 1991
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Father
Jim, a friend of MacGyver's, is running late
for a city council meeting. Unfortunately, on
his way to the meeting, he is attacked and later
hospitalized. After hearing about the attack,
MacGyver rushes to the hospital only to hear
his friend mutter the words "Danny" and "Doc
knows" and then die. MacGyver decides to find
out who killed Father Jim and thereby goes undercover
as a homeless person and meets Doc. Doc, who
was an English teacher before suffering a breakdown
and ending up on the street, in turn introduces
MacGyver to Danny. Unfortunately, Danny is quite
withdrawn, having been dumped by a mental health
clinic due to budget cuts, and is reluctant
to trust MacGyver. Finally, Danny, who witnessed
Father Jim's murder, identifies the killer from
a newspaper picture. MacGyver goes to visit
Mooney, the man Danny identified, but is arrested
by the police due to his appearance. Later,
Doc, who has been reviewing Father Jim's files,
uncovers proof that the Fox Meadow Home kept
receiving money for Danny's care even after
Danny was released. MacGyver then realizes that
J. Reuter, the home's missing owner, is now
using the name Sandler. Realizing that MacGyver
is getting close, Sandler then tries to kidnap
the troubleshooter but is unsuccessful. However,
he is successful in capturing Danny. Fortunately,
MacGyver soon arrives, frees Danny, and saves
the day. Later, MacGyver learns that Doc will
continue Father Jim's work and Danny will get
some legitimate mental health care.
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Guest
Cast
Nicolas
Coster as Doc, Marie Stillen as Rachel, John
Considine as Sandier, Scott Bellis as Danny,
Todd Duckworth as Riker, Blu Mankuma, David
McLeod as Mooney, Laurie Murdoch as Father Jim
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Writer
John
Considine
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Director
William
Gereghty
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Airdate:
Mar. 4, 1991
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Pete
and Phoenix are working on a plan to return
dissident Samantha Laura to her Latin American
country as its leader. In addition, Samantha
is transporting a tape that shows the atrocities
being committed by the current leadership. Unfortunately,
Pete's attempt to meet with Nelson Richardson,
who has the tape, does not go according to plan
and a courier is killed. Later, Pete can not
identify the killer due to his increasing vision
problems. Paul Stams, a DXS agent, then visits
Phoenix to keep an eye on the operation. However,
although Pete had met Samantha twenty years
earlier while helping her father as part of
a DXS operation, the agency has decided not
to get officially involved in the current situation.
Therefore, Phoenix operatives Pete and MacGyver
go to meet Samantha, who Pete has not seen since
Just after his divorce. At this point, MacGyver
confronts Pete and learns that his friend is
going blind. Later, MacGyver goes to meet Nelson
and retrieves the tape but Nelson is killed
during the transfer. Unfortunately, while MacGyver
takes the tape to JBN, Status reveals his true
colors and captures Samantha. MacGyver and Pete
follow Status but are captured as well. MacGyver
once again dreams up one of his escape plans,
however, this time something goes wrong and
his hands are burnt. Therefore, with Pete's
hands and MacGyver's eyes, the two Phoenix employees
work together to make their escape. Later, after
Stains and his comrades are captured, Samantha
is put on a plane to go back to her country.
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Guest
Cast
Irene
De Bari as Samantha, Michael MacRae as Stains,
Ed Trotta, Hector Mercado, Andrew Rhodes as
Richardson
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Writer
John
Considine
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Director
Michael
Caffey
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Airdate:
Mar. 18, 1991
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MacGyver
is hiking through the wilderness but unfortunately
gets his leg caught in a poachers bear trap.
Fortunately, Faith and Hope, the elderly Lacey
sisters, find MacGyver and take him back to
their inn. Soon, while the sister's are "mothering"
MacGyver, a man named Gorman arrives and strong
arms a resident of the inn named Leo. It seems
that Leo was skimming money from the mob and
Gorman wants the money back. However, Gorman's
tactics result in Leo dying before revealing
the money's location. Therefore, the mobsters
begin to search the house and knock MacGyver
unconscious in the process. Later, MacGyver
awakens and finds the two sisters moving Leo's
body into the barn. Gorman then arrives and
locks them all in the barn. MacGyver escapes
and with the sister's help, sets traps for Gorman
in the inn. Gorman is captured and the money
is found in a cookie jar. The sisters, who knew
about the money all along, then announce that
they plan on using the funds to help save the
gray wolf.
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Guest
Cast
Natalie
Core as Faith, Helen page Camp as Hope, Herb
Edelman as Gorman, Anthony Holland, Paul Boretski,
Barry Greene
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Writer
Brad
Radnitz
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Director
William
Gereghty
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Airdate:
Apr. 8, 1991
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It seems that some people just do not enjoy
retirement and crazed assassin Murdoc is no
exception: Murdoc goes back to HIT and tries
to get his old assassination job back. However,
before HIT will take him back, he needs to make
up for his one failure: MacGyver. Murdoc then
captures MacGyver and explains that his sister
Ashton (who they both saved in "Halloween Knights")
has just died in a skiing accident and he has
decided to come out of retirement. The assassin
then frees MacGyver and says that the slate
is clean: by not killing him, Murdoc has saved
MacGyver 's life and thereby all debts are paid.
Murdoc then announces that next time he will
kill the Phoenix troubleshooter. MacGyver gets
into his car and he is heading out of town to
lay low. Unfortunately, Murdoc is way ahead
of him and a missile is fired at the car. MacGyver
escapes but loses his memory. He manages to
struggle to the mountain cabin of Suzanne Walker
and her daughter Amy. Suzanne, who is trying
to keep custody of Amy despite the almost illegal
persistence of her ex-husband, fears MacGyver
but reluctantly offers him help. Later, Murdoc
arrives and pretends to be MacGyver. He then
claims that he is seeking an assassin named
Murdoc. However, Amy does not believe Murdoc
and she goes to help MacGyver. Therefore, MacGyver
and Amy are soon forced to flee into the forest.
MacGyver sends Amy to get the police and then
heads into an old mine. Murdoc pursues and after
a struggle, the crazed assassin falls down a
shaft. Later, MacGyver, having recovered his
memory, once again ponders Murdoc's fate when
there is no sign of the killer's body. Suzanne
then tells him that she plans to take Amy back
to civilization and legally fight for her daughter.
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Guest
Cast
Michael
Des Barres as Murdoc, Kristen Meadows as Suzanne,
Rochelle Greenwood as Amy
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Writer
John Sheppard
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Director
Michael
Vejar
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Airdate:
Apr. 29, 1991
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Phoenix
scientist Willis is back; this time joining
MacGyver in testifying at a trial between Indian
lawyer Larry Whitecloud and the New Plains Electric
Company. The dispute is concerning the construction
of high tension electrical wires which Whitecloud
believes pose a danger to the environment. However,
as Phoenix has no real proof of the danger and
since the lines are being constructed three
miles east of Indian property, New Plains Electric
(N.P.E.) wins the trial. Whitecloud storms off
and then meets up with an elderly Indian named
Standing Wolf, who convince him, via a vision,
to take action. Meanwhile, N.P.E. has decided
that MacGyver should be eliminated before he
can probe too deeply. Later, MacGyver meets
up with Whitecloud just after the Indian lawyer
plants an explosive. N.P.E. security men then
try to kill MacGyver, who flees into the woods
with Whitecloud. After discovering that Bill
Crowe, Whitecloud's friend, has been killed
by the N.P.E. men, Whitecloud storms off to
kill Johnson, the head of N.P.E. Unfortunately,
MacGyver is shot and critically wounded. The
Phoenix troubleshooter, who is cared for by
Standing Wolf, then experiences the same vision
that Whitecloud did. However, MacGyver realizes
that it is not a vision of revenge but rather
a warning against violence. The vision also
reveals the real location of Black Stream and
the border of Indian territory. A healed MacGyver
then awakens and finds a map that confirms that
the electrical wire site is actually on Indian
territory. MacGyver soon catches up with Whitecloud
and disarms another one of the lawyer's bombs.
Then, he manages to convince Whitecloud not
to kill Johnson. Later, a Phoenix investigation
confirms the location of the stream and turns
up evidence that N.P.E. was aware that they
were building on Indian land.
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Guest
Cast
Michael
Gregory as Whitecloud, Nick Ramus, Jack Bannon
as Johnson, Gerry Bean as Russell, R. Nelson
Brown, Bruce Harwood as Willis, Joe-Norman Shaw
as Samuels
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Writer
Lincoln Kibbee
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Director
Michael
Preece
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Airdate:
May 6, 1991
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In this compilation episode, Pete and MacGyver
recall past adventures (via scenes from previous
episodes) while Pete prepares for an eye operation.
Then, when Pete starts to receive strange perfumed
coated letters that appear to be threats, the
remembrances switch to incidents when women
threatened Pete's life. Later, MacGyver's fears
are calmed when the letter writer turns out
to be Connie, Pete's ex-wife (last seen played
by Penelope Windust in the second season episode
"Family Matter"). Despite her past problems
with Pete, Connie has decided to be with him
during this difficult time. An additional plot
point involves Pete's attempted resignation.
However, MacGyver manages to "misplace" the
resignation letter until after Pete reconsiders
his decision. Note: In this episode,
Connie reveals that she divorced Pete when she
lost him to the Phoenix Foundation. This statement
is contradictory as Pete did not join Phoenix
until the second season (four years earlier)
whereas "Blind Faith" revealed that Pete was
divorced twenty years earlier.
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Guest
Cast
Linda Darlow, Bruce Harwood as Willis
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Writer
Rick Mittleman
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Director
Michael
Preece
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