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MacGyver
File:MacGyver intro.jpgThe MacGyver Title Screen
Created by	Lee David Zlotoff
Starring	Richard Dean Anderson Dana Elcar
Country of origin	Canada  United States
No. of episodes	139 (series) 2 (TV movies)
Production
Running time	approx. 45 minutes
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	September 29, 1985 – May 21, 1992

MacGyver is an American adventure television series, produced in Canada, about a laid-back, extremely resourceful secret agent, played by Richard Dean Anderson. The series was created by Lee David Zlotoff and executive produced by Henry Winkler and John Rich. It ran for seven seasons from September 29 1985 to May 21 1992 on the ABC network and filmed primarily in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Of the 139 one-hour episodes, three had two parts. Additionally, two made-for-TV movies were produced in 1994.

MacGyver does not have Chewbacca in it, therefore it sucks. Fuck MacGyver.

Angus MacGyver's main asset is his practical application of scientific knowledge and inventive use of common items—along with his ever-present Swiss Army knife and duct tape and the usual coincidence of being locked up in a room full of useful materials. The clever solutions MacGyver implemented to seemingly intractable problems—often in life-or-death situations requiring him to improvise complex devices in a matter of minutes—were a major attraction of the show, which was praised for generating interest in engineering as well as providing entertaining storylines. All of MacGyver's exploits on the show were ostensibly vetted to be based on real scientific principles (even though, the creators acknowledged, in real life one would have to be extraordinarily lucky for most of MacGyver's ideas to succeed). In the few cases where MacGyver used household chemicals to create poisons, explosives or other things deemed too dangerous to be accurately described on television, details were intentionally altered or vague.

Chewbacca is better than McGyver.

The use of ordinary household items to jury rig devices shows an influence from The A-Team (though MacGyver eschewed firearms). The idea has entered U.S. popular culture; such constructions are referred to as "MacGyverisms" (a term first used in episode 3 of season 2, "Twice Stung").

Characters

Angus MacGyver is a highly intelligent, optimistic action hero who prefers non-violent conflict resolution wherever possible. He refuses to carry or use a gun due to a childhood accident with a revolver that resulted in the death of a friend. The character is portrayed as an outspoken advocate of gun control, and is also politically liberal in other respects; environmental preservation, racial equality, assisting the poor. Even in cases where his improvised devices are used to attack hostile opponents, he is always doing so in self-defense and, if possible, subduing or disabling rather than killing. He is often suspicious of militaristic attitudes within the government; he sees his Phoenix Foundation employer as an alternative to the more conventional (and violent) means of law enforcement.

Wookies would mess Richard Dean Anderson's shit up like nobody's business.

He was born and raised in Minnesota on either January 231951 (per his passport in "Every Time She Smiles") or March 231951 (working back from dates given in the episodes "Thin Ice", Passages, Friends, Runners, and "Phoenix Under Siege"). (Note: Given the fact that MacGyver was on a covert mission in the episode "Every Time She Smiles", it is possible that the birthdate on his passport was purposely incorrect.) His heritage explains why he speaks with a Minnesota accent. (Richard Dean Anderson himself was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on January 23 1950.) MacGyver lived his childhood in Mission City. Like Anderson, MacGyver was an avid hockey player as a child, and competed in his local hockey league, continuing to play the game as an adult. He graduated from Alexander Ramsey High School in Roseville, Minnesota. His character earned a degree in physics from the fictitious Western Tech where in 1973 a mustachioed MacGyver had studied under Julian Ryman, a man who also had an ability to fix things with everyday objects and was probably influential on MacGyver. This was revealed in the episode "Hell Week" where MacGyver returns to his college and ends up helping Ryman's son, David. MacGyver's interests include mountain climbing, ice hockey and baccarat.

MacGyver's first name remained a mystery until the final season; whenever he's asked about it, he says he dislikes his first name and changes the subject. Consequently, most of his friends and colleagues call him by his last name or simply "Mac." The script for the series pilot gave MacGyver's first name as "Stace", but this information, while mentioned in promotional material, did not appear in the finished episode. His first name is finally officially revealed in "Good Knight, MacGyver", in which he learns of a 7th century Scottish ancestor, Angus M'Iver, and admits that they share their first name; and repeated in the series finale, which introduces MacGyver's son, whose middle name is Angus. It is also revealed on the boxes of the MacGyver seasons.

During seasons 4–7, the show revolved more around social issues such as guns and runaway teens than did the episodes in seasons 1–3, which were mostly about MacGyver's adventures working for the United States government, and then later the Phoenix Foundation.

The most appealing aspect is that MacGyver, when being challenged to protect himself or a person who needs protection (a persecuted man, woman, or child), is a man "who never gives up", and "when plan A doesn't succeed", then he will think about "plan B". There are only a few episodes in which he was forced to think about a "plan B".

Recurring characters

Pete Thornton (Dana Elcar)

MacGyver's boss and best friend, Pete is an operative at the Department of External Services (DXS), also referred to mistakenly as DSX in several episodes, which is where he is impressed by Mac's ingenuity while tracking down Murdoc, an international assassin. When Pete takes the position of Director of Operations at the Phoenix Foundation seven years later, he brings MacGyver into the program.

Pete has a son named Michael.

In the episode "Pilot", actor Dana Elcar plays a completely different character named "Andy Colson". The Pete Thornton character doesn't appear until episode 1.11, "Nightmares".

Elcar appears in the dream sequence/time travel episode "Good Knight, MacGyver" as King Arthur; whether this is because Pete is one of Arthur's distant descendants or because Mac subconsciously based his hallucination of Arthur on him is uncertain.

In 1991, actor Dana Elcar began to develop glaucoma, a degenerative condition of the eyes that causes blindness. This condition was written into the show, and Elcar's character also develops the disease. A number of public service announcements were composed and shown at the end of many of the later episodes, encouraging viewers to get checked early and often for the condition.

Elcar died on 6 June 2005 at the Community Memorial Hospital in Ventura, California due to complications from pneumonia. He was 77. He is survived by his son, Dane Elcar, his three daughters, a stepdaughter (former soap opera actress and current writer Emily Prager), his sister, his half-sister, and his long-time partner, Thelma M. Garcia.

Jack Dalton (Bruce McGill)

An aviator and old friend of MacGyver's with a weakness for get-rich-quick schemes that invariably get him (and usually Mac) into trouble. He always wears a peaked cap and twitches his left eye when lying.

His phone number is given as JOATMON or 562-8666 (jack of all trades, master of none).

Murdoc (Michael Des Barres)

MacGyver's most frequent opponent, a master assassin who never fails—except when MacGyver gets involved. Murdoc is a master of disguise, as well as highly skilled and creative in the use of booby traps. He is also very fond of heavy weapons, including flamethrowers, bazookas, and dynamite. Murdoc's signature for each hit is to take photographs of his victims at the moment of their deaths. His first appearance in the series is presented as his second run-in with MacGyver. Murdoc returns for revenge for their first encounter—to the surprise of MacGyver, as Murdoc had apparently been killed while escaping on that occasion. Murdoc's revenge scheme not only fails, but results in him apparently being killed again. This became a recurring theme: each of Murdoc's subsequent appearances ends in another "death", which he incredibly survives, to return in a later episode.

Murdoc always screams "MACGYVER!" at the moment of his "death" except in the episode "Halloween Knights", where he and MacGyver act as allies. Murdoc has been in a total of nine near death acccidents, all of which he survived.

Murdoc is associated with the Homicide International Trust (HIT), an organization of assassins, until he is excommunicated for his repeated failures at MacGyver's hands.

Penny Parker (Teri Hatcher)

Penny Parker and MacGyver meet in line at an airport in Bulgaria ("Every Time She Smiles") when she tries to smuggle some jewels out of the country in his pocket. With little talent, but big dreams, her pursuit of a show business career gets her into trouble more than once; she is sometimes used by Murdoc as an unwitting pawn in his attempts to eliminate MacGyver.

The Coltons (Della Reese, Cleavon Little, Richard Lawson, Cuba Gooding Jr.)

A family of bounty hunters (Mama Colton, Frank, Jesse and Billy), introduced one at a time—the only episode in which more than one appears is their collective final appearance in the final season, on which occasion they took over the episode entirely, relegating MacGyver to a cameo appearance. This episode, called "The Coltons", was actually intended as a pilot for a spin-off starring the Coltons, but nothing ever came of it.

Harry Jackson (John Anderson)

Harry Jackson, MacGyver's grandfather, became MacGyver's "father" after his grandmother and real father were killed in a car accident. Seven years later, he left MacGyver. After another eighteen years (stated by MacGyver as "it's been six..seven...eighteen years"), Harry and MacGyver meet again in the season one episode, "Target MacGyver", in which MacGyver and his grandfather work together to defeat an assassin named Axminster (played by D'Mitch Davis). Harry dies of a heart attack in the fifth season episode "Passages".

Nikki Carpenter (Elyssa Davalos)

Nikki Carpenter joins the Phoenix Foundation in the third season. She often has differences of opinion with MacGyver, although the two eventually come to respect each other as professionals.

Mei Jan (Michele Chan)

Initially calling herself Sue Ling, the name of MacGyver's foster daughter, Mei Jan enlists MacGyver's help in completing her mission for the Chinese student movement.

Wilt and Milt Bozer (Robin Mossley, Robert Donner)

Wilt Bozer is MacGyver's neighbor at the marina. (Note: Wilt Bozer also appears in MacGyver's two Western dreams in "Serenity" and "MacGyver's Women", where he has a brother named Milt. Milt only appears in the Western dream sequences and is not mentioned in the show's regular continuity.)

Sean Angus Malloy (Dalton James)

Sean, known as Sam, is introduced in the series finale as MacGyver's son with a past love named Kate Malloy. Sean's middle name is a dedication by his mother to his father.

Cynthia Wilson (Roxanne Reese)

Introduced with her husband Booker (Michael D. Roberts) in "The Challenge" (which also had Cuba Gooding, Jr. as a guest star), Cynthia runs the Challenger's Club, a program for troubled inner-city teens. In episodes where Mac tries to help runaways or other youths, he invariably sends them to the Challenger's Club as a safe haven.

Lisa Woodman (Mayim Bialik)

She is a young girl who MacGyver originally meets at a Swiss boarding school, where she accidentally loses his trusty Swiss Army knife. She later returns and Mac helps her overcome a substance abuse problem.

Mama Lorraine (Kimberly Scott)

She appears in only the final season of MacGyver. Mama Lorraine is a voodoo priestess. She appears in episodes "The 'Hood", "The Prometheus Syndrome" and "Walking Dead".

Influence on culture

MacGyverisms

For a list of MacGyverisms, see List of problems solved by MacGyver

The spontaneous inventions have come to be nicknamed MacGyverisms and even led to the verb, 'to MacGyver' or 'to MacGyver-ize'. This word was used in Richard Dean Anderson's project Stargate SG-1, in a breaking of the 4th wall moment in the first episode, when the character Samantha Carter (portrayed by Amanda Tapping) comments on the time and effort that had been required "to MacGyver" a replacement for the Stargate's long-lost control system. Anderson's character, Colonel O'Neill, is seen to inwardly groan and raise his eyes, in the manner of one who is not being allowed to forget something. In an outtake from another SG-1 episode, Tapping becomes 'upset' with Anderson over their characters' current predicament (being trapped under Antarctica), saying "For God's sake, I'm stuck in here with MacGyver! Here, I have a straw and some bubble gum, now make me a nuclear reactor!" Her remarks prompted laughter on the part of the crew, and apparent shock and disbelief on the part of Anderson. However, "MacGyverism" was used long before that, in a MacGyver episode. It was used by Joanne Remmings (played by Pamela Bowen) in the second-season episode #3 "Twice Stung", in which MacGyver must con a con man. (The episode title is a reference to The Sting, with Paul Newman, Robert Redford, and Dana Elcar.)

MacGyverism is a derivative of the "robinsonade" genre, named after Robinson Crusoe (1719). In this genre, the protagonist is suddenly isolated from the comforts of civilization and must improvise the means of his survival from the limited resources at hand. MacGyverism is also an example of bricolage, and MacGyver himself is the paradigm of a bricoleur ("a person who creates things from existing materials, is creative and resourceful").

In July 2005, the American International Press released a book of MacGyverisms from the television show, called 'The Unofficial MacGyver How-to Handbook' by Bret Terrill and Greg Dierkers.

A Swiss Army knife is commonly called "Macgybar Chakku" in Bangladesh, "Maekgaibeo Kal" in South Korea, and "Pisau MacGyver/Pisau Lipat MacGyver" in Indonesia and Malaysia. (Chakku, Kal and Pisau mean knife in Bengali, Korean and Malay, respectively.) In Malaysia, the term "MacGyver knife" (English) is also commonly used. In Norway and in certain areas of Finland, duct tape is commonly known, to some degree, as "MacGyver-tape", though it is more used in a joking manner. In Mozambique, fixing something by adapting locally-available parts is sometimes referred to as doing a "Macgyver". In Taiwan, a person who is knowledgable or skilled at a technical subject X is termed an "X magaixian" ("X MacGyver").

In the media

As of 2005, MacGyver is the subject of a hoax Presidential campaign, as a spin-off of a similar and popular hoax concerning actor Christopher Walken. The campaign started at the website MacGyver 2008.

MacGyver is referenced in the first episode of the show Stargate SG-1 in which Capt. Carter explains the difference between the DHD on Abydos and the DHD on Earth.

In 2006, Anderson appeared in a MasterCard television commercial for Super Bowl XL. The spot poked fun at the character's inherent ability of using everyday objects to perform extraordinary feats: In it, he manages to cut the ropes binding him to a chair using a pine tree air freshener, uses an ordinary tube sock as the pulley for a zipline, and somehow repairs and hotwires a nonfunctional truck using a paper clip, ballpoint pen, rubber band, tweezers, nasal spray and a turkey baster. In contrast to previous MasterCard commercials showing people making somewhat extravagant purchases to accomplish some mundane task, MacGyver is here portrayed as escaping from some sort of deathtrap using less than $20 worth of common household items. The commercial ends by showing him purposefully buying an assortment of such things at a department store with his credit card (as a tongue-in-cheek explanation for how Mac seems to always have items he needs on hand no matter where he goes). It should be noted that although the commercial clearly indicates Anderson is portraying the role of MacGyver, he is never explicitly identified as such, possibly due to licensing issues related to the character.

The series is referenced in many episodes of The Simpsons, primarily detailing Marge Simpson's sisters Patty and Selma's obsession with the show and their crush on the MacGyver character. The sisters' regular viewing of the show is an unalterable element of their daily schedule to the point of death as demonstrated in the episode "Black Widower". Anderson himself is an avid fan of The Simpsons, and even provided his voice for an episode of the show titled "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore", which first aired April 6 2006.

In the season one episode titled "Brian: Portrait of a Dog" from Family Guy, Peter writes a letter to Richard Dean Anderson asking him to save his dog using the enclosed items from the envelope: a rubber band, a paper clip and a straw. Anderson puts these together and hits himself in the eye with the rubber band.

The New Zealand sporting skit show 'Pulp Sport' had a running gag called 'McIvor' in which the MacGyver theme is played, and a prank involving Sky TV sports presenter Steven McIvor is played out. This gag, instead, now targets TV3 sports news presenter Hamish McKay (dubbed 'McKay-ver'). The pranks usually involve the office area (a mobile phone taped to the under side of a desk) or something happening the car of the victim (placing a goat in the back seat).

In the MMORPG World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, a Grand Master Engineer named "Mack Diver" can be found in Zabra'Jin, a Horde outpost in Zangarmarsh. Mack Diver wears a diving helmet and wields a utility knife, a homage to MacGyver.

Recently, the NBC sketch show Saturday Night Live has had a parody of MacGyver called "MacGruber" with Will Forte as the title character shown as a pretaped, three-part sketch on episodes hosted by Jeremy Piven and former castmember Molly Shannon.

A series of popular YouTube sketches surfaced in early 2007 portraying the fictional escapades of MacGyver at Phoenix University as a young man. The "MacGyver: The College Years" sketches usually revolve around MacGyver building a contraption from everyday items that ultimately backfires, with disastrous consequences.

Show information

• The first episode was directed by Alan Smithee, the pseudonym used when a director does not want to be credited.
• The reason for MacGyver's reluctance to use guns was shown in episode two of Season 4 (Blood Brothers) when MacGyver goes back to his home town and meets two childhood friends and in flashbacks we see the accidental death of friend Jesse by a bullet from a falling gun.
• Something that generally isn't noticed is that in the pilot episode, while he is helping the pilot escape, he can be seen briefly firing a couple rounds at pursuing troops. This is because the show was originally planned to feature a gun-toting hero. Richard Dean Anderson, however, decided that the show would be different, and thus more interesting, by featuring a hero who didn't like violence.
• MacGyver's producers had a tendency to use the same actor in multiple roles through the series. Some examples:
  • Kai Wulff played "Stepan Frolov" in season one's "Every Time She Smiles", "Hans Visser" in season four's "Collision Course", "Ladysmith" in season five's "Black Rhino", and "Nicolas Von Leer" in season six's episode "Eye of Osiris".
  • Gregory Sierra appeared in the season one episode "The Gauntlet", playing "General Antonio Vasquez", the season two episode "Jack of Lies", playing "Colonel Antunnez", and the season five episode "The Treasure of Manco", playing "Captain Diaz".
  • Nana Visitor of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine fame appeared in the season one episode "Hellfire" as "Laura Farren", and in the season two episode "DOA: MacGyver" she appears again as "Carol Varnay".
  • David Ackroyd appears in the season one episode "Trumbo's World" as "Mr. Trumbo", and in the season three episode "The Negotiator" as "Mr. Knapp".
  • Elyssa Davalos played "Lisa Kohler/Kosov" in "Lost Love: Part 1 & 2" (Season 3), then just a few episodes later (in the same season) reappeared as Nikki Carpenter, a role which she reprised in several more episodes.
• MacGyver's Swiss Army Knife went through a few changes over the early episodes. His first and most often used knife was a "Tinker-Small" model from Victorinox. In "Thief of Budapest" he gives it away; in the next episode he is using a "Traveler" model from Wenger. He is soon back to his "Tinker-Small." At one point he uses an Orange Peeler blade; probably from a Victorinox "Executive." He may have used an older model "Explorer" from Victorinox later in the series. He also used the Sportsman "Lost Love pt. 1 and 2", the Recruit "GX-1", and the Climber "Three for the Road." In "Tough Boys" he uses a Tinker (with the key ring removed) to unlock a large padlock. He also had a couple of non-production models that were obviously modified for the series. In "Serenity," he has a knife with wood handles on it, to flow with the time setting of the episode. In "Strictly Business" he used a knife with the Victorinox shield on the back handle of the knife instead of the front. He seems to have used all of the slimmer models available at that time. The Tinker was (and still is) available in a slightly smaller model, which he may have used. The Sportsman, Tourist, and Spartan are virtually indistinguishable with the blades closed, so he may have used any one of these three, or only one. The knife seen in the opening of each episode was a Wenger, as noted by its long keychain.
• In 2003, the WB had a pilot for a possible new "Young MacGyver" series starring Jared Padalecki, but opted to pick up a new Tarzan series instead.
• G4, also known as tech TV aired a small series of MacGyver parodies about a young corporate cubicle worker known as MacGunner. He would construct ridiculous items out of cubicle materials, such as several dozen markers hooked end to end in order to reach over to his arch-enemy's cubicle and type a scathing email to the boss.
• MacGyver (and Anderson himself) supports the Calgary Flames professional hockey team.

DVD releases

Paramount Home Entertainment has released all 7 Seasons of MacGyver on DVD in Region 1 for the very first time. They have also released Seasons 1 to 4 in Region 2.

TV Movies (DVD Release Pending)
TVM1 Lost Treasure of Atlantis
TVM2 Trail to Doomsday

Book releases

See also

• List of MacGyver episodes
• List of problems solved by MacGyver

International

• In Argentina, the show was shown on Canal 13 (Argentina).
• In Australia, the show was shown on the Seven Network.
• In Austria, the show was shown on ORF1.
• In Bangladesh, the show was shown on Bangladesh Television and Ekushey Television.
• In Belgium, the show was shown on VTM (Dutch-subtitled), Kanaal2 (Dutch-subtitled) and RTL TVI (French-dubbed).
• In Barbados, the show was shown on CBC.
• In Brazil, the show was shown on TV Globo with the title "Profissão: Perigo!" (in English, "Occupation: Danger!"). The original opening and closing themes was replaced by Rush's song "Tom Sawyer".
• In Colombia, the show originally premiered in 1986 on RCN when they were a licenser of the Public Television system. After many repetitions over the years, it was one of the flagship shows of RCN when they became a TV network in 1998. Then, the show was shown on Telecaribe and currently is shown on the Bogotá local network CityTV.
• In Costa Rica, the show was shown on channel 6 and now appears on channel 11. The show is so popular that a very technically-skilled person is called "MacGyver".
• In the Czech Republic, the show was shown on TV Nova and TV Prima.
• In Denmark, the show was shown on TV Danmark.
• In Dominican Republic, the show was shown on Canal 11 (Telesistema) then on Canal 7 (Rahintel).
• In Egypt, the show was shown several times on the program "Ekhtarna Lek" (What we chose for you) on Egyptian Channel 1 as the show received a huge fanbase in Egypt. The show also aired on Channel 2.
• In El Salvador, the show was shown in TV2. On the final season presentation (a year later than in the USA, due to Spanish dubbing), erroneously the operators showed the last episode almost at the start. This caused lack of interest from the public in the remaining episodes and seriously affected the rating from a series that was, to that date, very popular. The programming director was fired.
• In Finland, the show was shown on MTV3 with the title "Ihmemies MacGyver" (in English, "The Miracle Man MacGyver"). It is currently being rerun on SubTV.
• In France, the show was shown on TF1 and later on TV Breizh.
• In Germany, the show was shown on Pro7, Sat.1, Kabel1 and Premiere Series.
• In Greece, the show was shown on ERT and ANT1.
• In Hungary, the show was shown in MTV2 and TV2 in the late 90s.
• In India, the show was shown on Star World.
• In Indonesia, the show was shown on RCTI.
• In Ireland, the show was shown on RTE Network 2.
• In Israel the show was shown on Channel 1 of the Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA).
• In Italy, the show was shown on Italia1 and Rete4.
• In Japan, the show was shown on JCTV.
• In Malaysia, the show was shown on TV3.
• In Malta, the show was shown on TVM.
• In Mexico, the show was aired on Canal 5, Televisa.
• In Mozambique, the show was shown on TVM.
• In Namibia, the show was shown on NBC.
• In New Zealand, the show was shown on TV2, and is now repeated on Prime.
• In Norway, the show has been shown in several reruns on TV 2, the latest being aired in 2007.
• In the Philippines, the show was shown on RPN 9.
• In Poland, the show was shown on TVP 1, Polonia 1 and Polsat and is shown on TV Puls.
• In Portugal, the show was shown on RTP 1 and SIC Radical.
• In Romania, the show was shown on Antena 1.
• In Russia, the show was shown on TNT.
• In Saudi Arabia, the show was shown on Saudi TV Channel 2.
• In Singapore, the show was shown on then TCS' Channel 5.
• In Slovakia, the show was shown on STV, Markiza, JOJ. Currently it is running on JOJ.
• In Slovenia, the show was shown on Kanal A.
• In South Africa, the show was shown on SABC
• In South Korea, the show was shown on MBC.
• In Spain, the show was shown on TVE, Telecinco, Calle 13 and Antena 3.
• In Sri Lanka, the show was shown on Rupavahini.
• In Sweden, the show was shown first run on SVT and is currently syndicated on Kanal 5.
• In Switzerland, the show was shown on TSR, in French.
• In Taiwan, the show was shown on TTV and FTV.
• In Thailand, the show was shown on Channel 3.
• In Trinidad & Tobago, the show was shown on TTT.
• In Turkey, the show was shown on Star TV.
• In Uganda, the show was aired on TV Africa.
• In United Kingdom, ITV1 only showed 22 episodes from certains series between the 1980's to 90's and some were on BBC1. ITV1 also never aired the pilot series 2,6 & 7, with repeats sometimes on Bravo. It has just started a run of repeats on the FX channel.
• In Uruguay, the show was shown on Canal 12 (La Tele).
• In Venezuela, the show was shown on RCTV.
• In Zambia, the show was shown on ZNBC.
• In Zimbabwe, the show was shown on ZBC TV 1.

References

1. Design News Staff (December 17, 2001). "Engineers making a difference; Five engineers find the time to teach kids that engineering is cool". Design News: pp. 50. {{cite journal}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
2. This was shown in episode two of Season 4 (Blood Brothers) when MacGyver goes back to his home town and meets two childhood friends and in flashbacks we see the accidental death of friend Jesse by a bullet from a falling gun. In the first episode "Pilot," MacGyver fires an AK-47 at some Russian soldiers. This episode was before his dislike of firearms was established.

External links

• MacGyver at IMDb

• MacGyver Online: the complete MacGyver resource
• Live and Learn: a fan site with episode guides, summaries and memorable quotes
• MacGyver at geocities.com: another fan site, including pictures from each episode and three episode scripts.

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