SEASON ONE

001 (untitled) "Pilot"

Airdate: 29 September 1985

Writer: Thackary Pallor

Director: Alan Smithee

Guest Cast: Michael Lerner as Gantner, Dana Elcar as Andy Colson,

Paul Stewart as Dr. Steubens, Michael C. Gwynne as Dr. Burke,

Olaf Pooley as Dr. Sidney Marlow, Shavar Ross as MacGyver's

"little brother," Darlanne Fluegel as Barbara Spencer.

Nielsen ratings: 10.9 rating, 17 share, 3rd (54th overall).

Opening Gambit: MacGyver rescues a downed Air Force pilot from his

Mongolian captors.

When the Government has an impossible mission, it calls on MacGyver,

a laid-back former special-forces agent. In the opener, MacGyver

is tasked to rescue scientists trapped in an underground lab protected

by a deadly security system.

002 The Golden Triangle

Airdate: 06 October 1985

Opening Gambit Writer: Terry Nation

Opening Gambit Director: Donald Petrie

Writer: Dennis Foley

Director: Paul Stanley

Guest Cast: Joan Chen as Lin, George Lee Cheung as General Narai,

Clyde Kusatsu as Anek, Keye Luke as Prasert, Benjamin Lum as

Truang, Bryan Price as Chan, James Saito as Ming.

Nielsen ratings: 12.2 rating, 19 share, 3rd (51st overall).

OPENING GAMBIT (Crusher)- In a junkyard, MacGyver uses a magnet to retrieve

stolen documents, then escapes a car about to be flattened.

MacGyver is mistaken for a narc when he tries to retrieve a canister

filled with a deadly chemical from the site of a plane crash in the

heart of Asia's opium trade, the "Golden Triangle."

003 Thief of Budapest

Airdate: 13 October 1985

Opening Gambit Writers: Terry Nation & Stephen Downing

Opening Gambit Director: Lee H. Katzin

Writer: Joe Viola

Director: John Patterson

Guest Cast: Michael Constantine as Jan Messic, Bruce Abbott as

Kossov, Kelly McClain as Yanna, Sue Kiel as Reena.

Nielsen ratings: 13.0 rating, 19 share, 3rd (47th overall).

OPENING GAMBIT (Pegasus)- MacGyver retrieves a stolen horse and gets picked up

- literally - by a helicopter.

In Budapest, a young gypsy steals a watch containing microfilm that

MacGyver was supposed to receive from a Russian double agent.

004 The Gauntlet

Airdate: 21 October 1985

Opening Gambit Writer: Judy Burns

Opening Gambit Director: Lee H. Katzin

Writer: Stephen Kandel

Director: Lee H. Katzin

Guest Cast: Robin Curtis as Kate Connelly, John Vernon as Ryerson,

Gregory Sierra as General Antonio Vasquez.

Nielsen ratings: 14.3 rating, 22 share, 2nd (44th overall).

OPENING GAMBIT (The Map)- MacGyver retrieves a top-secret map, then uses it to

escape his pursuers in the desert.

MacGyver must help an investigative reporter get out of a Latin

American country with incriminating evidence which links a general

to an illegal arms dealer.

005 The Heist

Airdate: 03 November 1985>

Teleplay: James Schmerer

Writers: Larry Alexander & James Schmerer

Director: Alan Smithee

Guest Cast: Vernon Wells as Catlin, Victoria Bass as Tiffany,

John Carter as Senator Rhodes, Doran Clark as Chris Rhodes.

Nielsen ratings: 14.3 rating, 20 share, 3rd (46th overall).

In the Virgin Islands, MacGyver and a senator's daughter must

recover $60 million in stolen diamonds earmarked for an

African relief fund.

006 Trumbo's World

Airdate: 10 November 1985

Opening Gambit Writer: Stephen Kandel

Opening Gambit Director: Lee H. Katzin

Writer: Stephen Kandel

Director: Donald Petrie

Guest Cast: David Ackroyd as Trumbo, Peter Jurasik as Dr.

Charles Alden.

Nielsen ratings: 15.6 rating, 22 share, 2nd (31st overall).

OPENING GAMBIT (Whitewater)- In the Pyrenees, MacGyver rescues a prisoner, then

makes a daring escape with her by raft.

In Brazil, MacGyver helps a plantation owner defend his land

from an army of ants that threatens to destroy the jungle

(in clips from "The Naked Jungle," a 1954 George Pal movie).

007 Last Stand

Airdate: 17 November 1985

Writer: Judy Burns

Director: John Florea

Guest Cast: Harry Caesar as Al Tennyson, Steve Franken, Jackie

Earle Haley, Art Hindle as Dave Redding, Kay Lenz as

Kelly Nelson, Michael McGuire as Andrews, Anthony Penya,

Lewis Van Bergen as Buddy.

Nielsen ratings: 15.8 rating, 22 share, 3rd (36th overall).

MacGyver stumbles into a hostage crisis at a desert airstrip that

armored-car robbers have taken over.

008 Hellfire

Airdate: 27 November 1985

Teleplay: Stephen Kandel, James Schmerer, & Douglas Brooks West

Story: Douglas Brooks West

Director: Richard Colla

Guest Cast: Cooper Huckabee as Bill Farren, Nana Visitor as

Laura Farren, Rudy Ramos as Pete Torgut.

Nielsen ratings: 13.1 rating, 21 share, 2nd (48th overall).

In Wyoming, MacGyver visits a couple of old friends from his

hellcatting days, and turns "hellfighter" to cap an oil-well

fire that's burning out of control.

009 The Prodigal

Airdate: 08 December 1985

Teleplay: David Abramowitz

Story: Paul Savage & David Abramowitz

Director: Alexander Singer

Guest Cast: Robert Romanus as Frank Bennett, Richard Romanus

as Joey Bennett, Carl Franklin as Wiley, Angela Clarke

as Caterina Bennett.

Nielsen ratings: 11.6 rating, 17 share, 3rd (60th overall).

MacGyver is hired to arrange a new life for a protected Federal

witness, who's testifying against his mobster brother, and to

help him visit his sick mother before she dies.

010 Target MacGyver

Airdate: 22 December 1985

Opening Gambit Writer: Terry Nation

Opening Gambit Director: Lee H. Katzin

Teleplay: Mike Marvin, Stephen Kandel, & James Schmerer

Story: Mike Marvin

Director: Ernest Pintoff

Guest Cast: John Anderson as Harry Jackson, D'Mitch Davis as Axminster.

Nielsen ratings: 13.2 rating, 21 share, 3rd (49th overall).

OPENING GAMBIT (Kitchen Magic)- Mac rescues a lady general at a beachhouse, then nabs

her kidnappers using common kitchen equipment.

While visiting his estranged grandfather in Colorado, MacGyver is

tracked and hunted down by a contract killer.

011 Nightmares

Airdate: 15 January 1986

Writer: James Schmerer

Director: Cliff Bole

Guest Cast: Tammy Lauren as Lisa Allen, Dana Elcar as Pete

Thornton, Robert O'Reilly as Curt Neilson, J.P. Bumstead

as Barrett, Mike Mancini as Crisp.

Nielsen ratings: 15.9 rating, 23 share, 2nd (34th overall).

Returning from East Germany with information, MacGyver is captured

by German agents and given a mind-disorienting drug. He has 6 hours

to give up the information or die.

012 Deathlock

Airdate: 22 January 1986

Opening Gambit Writer: Jerry Ludwig

Opening Gambit Director: Cliff Bole

Writer: Stephen Kandel

Director: Alexander Singer

Guest Cast: Wendy Schaal as Karen Blake, Christopher Neame

as Quayle, Dana Elcar as Pete Thornton.

Nielsen ratings: 17.7 rating, 26 share, 1st (27th overall).

OPENING GAMBIT (Funeral in Berlin)- Posing as a corpse, Mac escapes Berlin by

coffin-turned-jet-ski.

MacGyver is caught in a mansion that's been booby-trapped

electronically by an old nemesis.

013 Flame's End

Airdate: 29 January 1986

Teleplay: Stephen Kandel

Story: Hannah Louise Shearer

Director: Bruce Seth Green

Guest Cast: Tannis Montgomery as Any Austin, Conlan Carter as

Ed Train, Robert Englund as Tim Wexler.

Nielsen ratings: 16.0 rating, 23 share, 2nd (40th overall).

MacGyver's ex-college girlfriend discovers the theft of uranium at

a nuclear plant and thinks someone is trying to kill her.

014 Countdown

Airdate: 05 February 1986

Writers: David Ketchum & Tony DiMarco

Director: Stan Jolley

Guest Cast: Ellen Bry as Carole Tanner, Steven Williams as

Charlie Robinson, Dana Elcar as Pete Thornton, Michael

Cavanaugh as Donahue.

Nielsen ratings: 15.2 rating, 23 share, 2nd (36th overall).

MacGyver and an ex-Army buddy have just hours to defuse two

sophisticated bombs aboard a cruise ship.

015 The Enemy Within

Airdate: 12 February 1986

Writer: David Abramowitz

Director: Cliff Bole

Guest Cast: Victoria Fyodorova as Viktoria Tomanova, Lynn-Holly

Johnson as Ingrid Bannister, Michael W. Goodwin as Craig

Bannister, Dana Elcar as Pete Thornton, Beau Starr as Lem.

Nielsen ratings: 14.9 rating, 22 share, 2nd (46th overall).

MacGyver must protect a defector who can identify the killer of

three DXS agents.

016 Every Time She Smiles (AKA Together Forever)

Airdate: 19 February 1986

Writer: James Schmerer

Director: Charles Correll

Guest Cast: Teri Hatcher as Penny Parker, Kai Wulff as Stephan

Frolov, Michael Fox as Burak, Milos Kirek as Petrovich.

Nielsen ratings: 15.2 rating, 23 share, 2nd (42nd overall).

MacGyver is in Bulgaria to obtain microfilm, but his plans for a

quick getaway are stymied by an American who involves him in her

lovers' quarrel with a Bulgarian security officer.

017 To Be A Man

Airdate: 05 March 1986

Writer: Don Mankiewicz

Director: Cliff Bole

Guest Cast: Persis Khambatta as Zia, Dana Elcar as Pete Thornton,

Sid Haig as Khalil, Allan Kolman as the Captain, Ajay Naidu as

Ahmed.

Nielsen ratings: 12.6 rating, 19 share, 2nd (47th overall).

Shot down and wounded by Soviets in Afghanistan while

recovering satellite, MacGyver is rescued, healed, and guided

out by Afghan woman and her son.

018 Ugly Duckling

Airdate: 12 March 1986

Writer: Larry Gross

Director: Charles Correll

Guest Cast: Darcy Marta as Kate Lafferty, Lee deBroux as Hatcher,

Dana Elcar as Pete Thornton, Richard McKenzie as Willis, Ned

Bellamy as Larkin.

Nielsen ratings: 15.3 rating, 23 share, 2nd (35th overall).

Black marketeers are after a 15-year-old genius who's the only one

capable of fixing their stolen missile's guidance system.

019 Slow Death

Airdate: 02 April 1986

Writer: Stephen Kandel

Director: Don Weis

Guest Cast: Frances Bergen as Eleanor Kingman, Kenneth Danziger

as Peter Kramer, Anthony DeFonte as Hassan, Alan Fudge as

Paul Webster, Carrell Myers, Tracey Reed, Pamela Roylance

as Diana Kingman, Warwick Sims as James Grant, Mark

Tymchyshyn as Andy Ellis.

Nielsen ratings: 17.4 rating, 27 share, 2nd (23rd overall).

MacGyver's train trip through India is derailed by a hijacker seeking

revenge on two unidentified Westerners who sold his son, a

doctor, poisonous medicine.

020 The Escape

Airdate: 16 April 1986

Writers: Fred McKnight & Stephen Kandel

Director: Don Chaffey

Guest Cast: Kristina Wayborn as Sara Ashford, Paul Verdier

as Francois, John De Lancie as Brian Ashford, Miguel

Fernandes as Khan, Vic Polizos as the Commandant.

Nielsen ratings: 15.7 rating, 25 share, 1st (21st overall).

In North Africa MacGyver is hired by woman to spring her brother,

a missionary, from prison. But the scheme turns out different than

MacGyver expected.

021 A Prisoner of Conscience

Airdate: 30 April 1986

Writer: Stephen Kandel

Director: Cliff Bole

Guest Cast: Elya Baskin as Demetri, Larry Dobkin as Alexander

Karsoff, Dana Elcar as Pete Thornton, Marvin Kaplan as

the Chess Master, Paul Koslo as Dr. Suvarin, Sharon Maughan,

Jane Merrow, Tim Rossovich as the Political Prisoner.

Nielsen ratings: 13.3 rating, 22 share, 2nd (34th overall).

MacGyver and Thornton infiltrate a Soviet mental hospital to rescue

a friend who's being held as a political prisoner.

022 The Assassin

Airdate: 07 May 1986

Writer: James Schmerer

Director: Charles Correll.

Guest Cast: Corrine Bohrer as Terry Ross, Anthony DeLongis as

Piedra, Richard Yniguez as Emilio, Dana Elcar as Pete Thornton.

Nielsen ratings: 13.6 rating, 24 share, 2nd (30th overall).

MacGyver tries to prevent the assassination of an archbishop

by a killer who's a master of disguise.

SEASON TWO

(Note: Dana Elcar joins Richard Dean Anderson among regular cast members.)

023 The Human Factor

Airdate: 22 September 1986

Writer: Robin Bernheim

Director: Charles Correll

Guest Cast: June Chadwick as Dr. Jill Ludlum, Peter Haskell

as Col. Scott Woodward, Peter Kwong as Steven Lee.

Nielsen ratings: 15.4 rating, 24 share, 3rd (33rd overall).

A malfunctioning computer interprets MacGyver's test of its

security system as the real thing, trapping MacGyver and

the computer's designer inside a top-secret lab with only

30 minutes of air.

024 The Eraser

Airdate: 29 September 1986

Writer: Stephen Kronish

Director: Paul Krasny

Guest Cast: Joe Santos as Jimmy Kendall, Morgan Stevens as

Simmons, Richard L. Jamison as Ralph, Henry Jones as

Charles Banning.

Nielsen ratings: 14.0 rating, 22 share, 2nd (49th overall).

MacGyver inadvertently leads a hit man to his target, a man

the Government wants alive for selling information to the

East Germans, and the mob wants dead for double-crossing

some foreign clients.

025 Twice Stung

Airdate: 06 October 1986

Teleplay: Mark Lisson & Bill Froehlich

Story: Phil Combest, Mark Lisson, & Bill Froehlich

Director: Paul Krasny

Guest Cast: Pamela Bowen as Joanna Remmings, Al Fann as

Kelly Sutton, Richard Romanus as James Crowe, Rex Ryon

as Carl, Steve Eastin as Tony.

Nielsen ratings: 13.9 rating, 22 share, 3rd (50th overall).

MacGyver and Thornton operate a private sting to get

back the life savings of a friend who was swindled by a

dangerous con artist. (First clear evidence MacGyver is now

working for Phoenix Foundation).

026 The Wish Child

Airdate: 20 October 1986

Teleplay: Stephen Kandel & Bill Froehlich

Story: Stephen Kandel, Brian Lane, & Stephen Kronish

Director: Charles Correll

Guest Cast: Leon Fan as Paul Chan, James Hong as Lee Wenying,

James Paz as Ston, George Takei as Dr. Shen Wei, Tia Carrere

as Lisa Chan, Clyde Kusatsu as Sam.

Nielsen ratings: 13.1 rating, 20 share, 3rd (44th overall).

In Chinatown, MacGyver tries to rescue a friend's brother

from a scam in which he's being passed off as the

reincarnation of an ancient Chinese legend.

027 Final Approach

Airdate: 27 October 1986

Writer: Rob Hedden

Director: Alexander Singer

Guest Cast: Ramon Franco as Ramon, Pamela Gidley as Gina,

Ricky Paull Goldin as Tommy, David Harris as Luther.

Nielsen ratings: 10.3 rating, 15 share, 3rd (61st overall).

MacGyver and four street youths on a rehab program that he's

bringing home from a camping trip struggle for survival after their

plane crashes in the mountains.

028 Jack of Lies

Airdate: 03 November 1986

Writers: Kerry Lenhart & John J. Sakmar

Director: Charles Correll

Guest Cast: Bruce McGill as Jack Dalton, Patricia McPherson

as Michelle "Mike" Forester, Silvana Gallardo as Elena,

Kevyn Mayor Howard as Sonny, Gregory Sierra as Colonel Antunnez.

Nielsen ratings: 14.3 rating, 22 share, 3rd (47th overall).

Jack Dalton needs MacGyver's help to free a "botanist"

who's being held hostage in Central America by drug smugglers.

(Introduces Jack Dalton. Some commentary on MacGyver's years right

after college with Jack and Mike.)

029 The Road Not Taken

Airdate: 10 November 1986

Teleplay: Stephen Kronish

Story: Chuck Bowman

Director: Cliff Bole

Guest Cast: Marilyn Jones as Debra Easton, Salome Jens as

Sister Margaret, Patrick Gorman as Gilbert Arnaud,

Dana Lee as Chanthara, Arsenio "Sonny" Trinidad as Kahn.

Nielsen ratings: 14.9 rating, 23 share, 3rd (41st overall).

MacGyver meets up with his former love on a job in

Southeast Asia, where they're being pursued by government

troops after a plan to rescue a nun and some orphans.

030 Eagles

Airdate: 17 November 1986

Writer: George Lee Marshall

Director: Paul Krasny

Guest Cast: Julie Cobb as Susan Cooper, Chris Stone as Curry,

Michael MacRae as Ghant, Peter MacLean as Mr. Nistrum,

Danny Cooksey as Darin Cooper.

Nielsen ratings: 14.6 rating, 22 share, 3rd (40th overall).

While on assignment, MacGyver runs afoul of an escaped felon

who's shot and wounded a rare golden eagle.

031 Silent World

Airdate: 24 November 1986

Writer: Stephen Kandel

Director: James L. Conway

Guest Cast: Mary Beth Barber as Carrie Linden, Jack Colvin

as Abel Makepeace, Geoffrey Lewis as David Crane.

Nielsen ratings: 14.4 rating, 22 share, 2nd (36th overall).

The recurring nightmares of MacGyver's deaf friend may be

the clue to finding arms dealers who have stolen a

missile-guidance system, piece by piece.

032 Three for the Road

Airdate: 15 December 1986

Teleplay: Kerry Lenhart & John J. Sakmar

Story: Rob Hedden & Mark Lisson

Director: Alan Crosland

Guest Cast: Edward Mulhare as Guy Roberts, Anne Rogers as

June Roberts, Richard Hatch as Michael Talbot,

Dennis Stewart as Tom, Michael Rider as Phil.

Nielsen ratings: 13.7 rating, 21 share, 3rd (44th overall).

MacGyver gets involved with an aging actor and his wife when his

contact is shot and dumps the evidence for a counterfeiting group

(a satchel of phony $20's) in the couple's `56 Caddy convertible.

033 Phoenix Under Seige (sic)

Airdate: 05 January 1987

Teleplay: Stephen Kronish

Story: John I. Koivula

Director: Gilbert Shilton

Guest Cast: John Anderson as Harry Jackson, Tricia O'Neil

as Victoria Charles, Richard Lineback as Phillips, Harry

Beer as Fred.

Nielsen ratings: 12.9 rating, 18 share, 3rd (52nd overall).

MacGyver and his grandfather are hunted by terrorists while

trapped at the Phoenix Foundation building.

Flashbacks reveal deaths of MacGyver's father and grandmother.

034 Family Matter

Airdate: 12 January 1987

Writer: Paul A. Magistretti

Director: Alexander Singer

Guest Cast: T. Scott Coffey as Michael Thornton, Penelope

Windust as Connie Thornton, Donald Gordon as Frank Bonner,

Beau Billingslea as Boone, Jeffrey Josephson as Obadiah Moss.

Nielsen ratings: 16.1 rating, 23 share, 3rd (31st overall).

Thornton's ex-wife and son are kidnapped and held hostage

by old DXS colleague who wants Thornton in exchange for

their release.

035 Soft Touch

Airdate: 19 January 1987

Writers: Joan Brooker & Nancy Eddo

Director: Charles Correll

Guest Cast: Teri Hatcher as Penny Parker, Robert Donner as

Vince, Vincent Schiavelli as Lyle, Michael Ensign as

Derek, Elya Baskin as Yuri Demetri.

Nielsen ratings: 16.7 rating, 23 share, 3rd (34th overall).

MacGyver becomes embroiled in an assassination plot when his

scatterbrained friend Penny Parker sees thugs torturing a Federal

agent.

036 Birth Day

Airdate: 02 February 1987

Writer: Rob Hedden

Director: James L. Conway

Guest Cast: Toni Kalem as Elaine Harryman, Joseph Lambie as

Andrew Harryman, David Crowley as Eric, Paul Drake as

Mitch, J.E. Freeman as Karl.

Nielsen ratings: 14.8 rating, 22 share, 3rd (42nd overall).

MacGyver is trapped inside an abandoned factory with a

pregnant woman who's being chased by her husband because

she has evidence that could send him back to prison.

037 Pirates

Airdate: 09 February 1987

Writer: Stephen Kandel

Director: Bruce Kessler

Guest Cast: Marta Dubois as Dr. Barbara Ortega, Stephen M.

Gagnon as Commander Nelson, Cliff Potts as Gar Manning.

Nielsen ratings: 16.3 rating, 23 share, 3rd (31st overall).

Modern-day pirates, using Navy SEAL tactics, steal an 18th

captain's log that could lead them to a

sunken treasure fleet.

038 Out in the Cold

Airdate: 16 February 1987

Writer: Stephen Kronish

Director: Cliff Bole

Guest Cast: Jonathan Goldsmith as Jack, Deborah Wakeman as

the Ski Patrolwoman, Robert Pastorelli as Arnie, Michael

Constantine as Sam Leland.

Nielsen ratings: 17.5 rating, 24 share, 3rd (27th overall).

On a skiing trip, MacGyver is targeted by the mob after

a man secretly slips him some microfilm.

039 Dalton, Jack of Spies

Airdate: 23 February 1987

Writers: Kerry Lenhart & John J. Sakmar

Director: Bob Sweeney

Guest Cast: Bruce McGill as Jack Dalton, Lee Purcell as Shadow,

Alan Fudge as Jay Michaels, Curt Lowens as Stanley Berrenger,

Duane Tucker as Al, Frank L. Annese.

Nielsen ratings: 15.8 rating, 23 share, 3rd (35th overall).

Jack Dalton fakes his death to duck a CIA operation that

was supposed to ferret out a mole in the agency, but things

get complicated when he and MacGyver are framed for murder.

040 Partners

Airdate: 02 March 1987

Writers: Bill Froehlich & Mark Lisson

Director: Cliff Bole

Guest Cast: Bruce McGill as Jack Dalton, Iris Alhanti as

Sara, Michael Des Barres as Murdoc.

Nielsen ratings: 15.1 rating, 22 share, 3rd (35th overall).

On the 7th anniversary of their mutual meeting, MacGyver

and Thornton are lured into a trap by an assassin they

thought had been killed on the first case they worked

on together. (This account of Mac & Pete's first meeting conflicts

with the story presented in "Deathlock.")

First appearance of arch-nemesis Murdoc.

041 Bushmaster

Airdate: 23 March 1987

Writer: Rob Hedden

Director: Don Chaffey

Guest Cast: Sandy McPeak as Moore, John Shuck as Joe Henderson,

Rene Estevez as Kelly Henderson, Bert Rosario as Lt. Paul

Para, Alex Colon as General Salazar.

Nielsen ratings: 15.5 rating, 23 share, 3rd (35th overall).

The daughter of an American cargo pilot being held prisoner

in Latin America tags along on MacGyver's rescue mission.

042 Friends

Airdate: 06 April 1987

Writer: Stephen Kronish

Director: Cliff Bole

Guest Cast: John Anderson as Harry Jackson, Robin Curtis as

Kate Connelly, Michael W. Goodwin as Craig Bannister,

Teri Hatcher as Penny Parker, Bruce McGill as Jack Dalton,

Tim Rossovich as Mike Desmond.

Nielsen ratings: 15.4 rating, 24 share, 3rd (29th overall).

At a surprise birthday party thrown for MacGyver by Pete Thornton

& his friends, MacGyver reviews his life-threatening career

and ponders resignation.

043 D.O.A.: MacGyver

Airdate: 27 April 1987

Writer: Jaison Starkes

Director: Cliff Bole

Guest Cast: Joh Pleshette as Lancer, Clive Revill as Braddock,

Priscilla Morrill as Helen, Kim Miyori as Tara, Rockne

Tarkington as Jules, Nana Visitor as Carol Varnay.

Nielsen ratings: 12.6 rating, 21 share, 2nd (40th overall).

An amnesiac MacGyver is hunted by terrorists who believe

he knows of their plan to assassinate U.S. military

figures with an explosive device.

044 For Love or Money

Airdate: 04 May 1987

Writer: Doug Heyes, Jr.

Director: James L. Conway

Guest Cast: Deborah Adair as Diana Rogers, Walter Addison

as Anton Dubcek, Oksana Olijar as Viera Dubcek, Reuven

Bar Yotam as Krug.

Nielsen ratings: 12.3 rating, 20 share, 3rd (39th overall).

MacGyver and a ruthless, free-lance mercenary pose as

honeymooners in Czechoslovakia to free a political

prisoner from asylum.

SEASON THREE

(Note: Filming moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, a popular choice for TV and movie locations.)

045 Lost Love (two-parter)

and Airdates: 21 September 1987 (Part 1); 28 September 1987 (Part 2)

046 Writer: Jerry Ludwig

Director: Cliff Bole

Guest Cast: Bruce McGill as Jack Dalton, James Hong as Commissioner

Chu, Anthony De Longis as Kosoff, Walter Marsh as Racoubian,

Leslie Bevis as Tanya Lyaschenka, Elyssa Davalos as Lisa.

Nielsen ratings: (Part 1) 11.9 rating, 20 share, 3rd (53rd overall).

(Part 2) 12.2 rating, 19 share, 3rd (47th overall).

[Part 1] MacGyver is assigned to protect China's national

treasure, when a former love he thought dead appears, needing

his help to escape from Soviet agents who want her and the

artifact.

[Part 2] Risking a diplomatic crisis to save Lisa, MacGyver

has less than 24 hours to break his own security system to steal

the Ming Dragon, then finds out it was all a set-up to catch him.

047 Back From the Dead

Airdate: 05 October 1987

Writer: Stephen Kronish

Director: James L.Conway

Guest Cast: Joe Santos as Jimmy Kendall, Al Ruscio as Dave,

Rebecca Balding as Susan, Richard Jamison as Ralph, Alex

Bruhanski as Sal, Henry "Hank" Aaron as himself.

Nielsen ratings: 12.2 rating, 20 share, 3rd (43rd overall).

Jimmy "The Eraser" Kendall returns in his new identity as a

minor-league baseball coach, but his appearance in a sports

magazine draws the attention of his former employer's thugs.

048 Ghost Ship

Airdate: 19 October 1987

Writer: Stephen Kandel

Director: Michael Vejar

Guest Cast: Katey Wright as Karin Graff, Michele Goodger as

Joanna, Nicholas Rice as Bench, Byron Chief-Moon as Joe

Wales, Len George, Chief Khotlacha as Len, Ken Kirzinger

as Bigfoot.

Nielsen ratings: 13.1 rating, 21 share, 3rd (40th overall).

Setting survey markers in Alaska, MacGyver comes upon a

seemingly abandoned ship with a stowaway Russian girl

aboard, and a Sasquatch.

049 Fire and Ice

Airdate: 26 October 1987

Writer: Rick Husky

Director: Alan Simmonds

Guest Cast: Aharon Ipale as Amir Sumal, Johnathon Pallone,

Anthony Stamboulieh as Ambassador Vulnay, Terry David

Mulligan, Elyssa Davalos as Nikki Carpenter.

Nielsen ratings: 13.7 rating, 22 share, 2nd (35th overall).

A thief kills MacGyver's old friend, leaving a trail of

stolen jewels that leads straight to a foreign consulate.

050 GX-1

Airdate: 02 November 1987

Writer: Calvin Clements, Jr.

Director: Michael Vejar

Guest Cast: Walter Gotell as Starkoss, Morris Panych as

Colonel Markov, Peter Nicholas as the Lieutenant, Elyssa

Davalos as Nikki Carpenter.

Nielsen ratings: 11.2 rating, 17 sdhare, 3rd (46th overall).

A secret high-tech plane goes down in the Alps, and MacGyver

reluctantly allows Nikki to accompany him across the East

German border - racing to beat the Soviets to the wreckage.

051 Jack in the Box

Airdate: 09 November 1987

Writer: David Rich

Director: James L. Conway

Guest Cast: Bruce McGill as Jack Dalton, Luke Askew as Warden

Renfro, Eugene Butler, Daniel Faraldo as Pepe, Diane Robin

as Louella, Lance LeGault as "Bull" Bodine.

Nielsen ratings: 14.3 rating, 23 share, 2nd (32nd overall).

MacGyver gets a taste of redneck justice when he gets tossed

into a prison labor camp during a mission to the rural South.

052 The Widowmaker

Airdate: 16 November 1987

Teleplay: John Whelpley

Story: Harv Zimmel

Director: Michael Vejar

Guest Cast: Michael Des Barres as Murdoc, Lisa Bayliss as Mike

Forester, Elyssa Davalos as Nikki Carpenter, Anthony Holland

as Mr. Ellard.

Nielsen ratings: 13.7 rating, 22 share, 2nd (37th overall).

MacGyver goes into mourning when long-time friend Mike Forester

dies in a mountaineering accident, but a pyromaniac with a score

to settle forces MacGyver to concentrate on matters at hand.

053 Hell Week

Airdate: 23 November 1987

Teleplay: Leonard Mlodinow & Scott Rubinstein

Story: Joseph Gunn, Leonard Mlodinow, & Scott Rubinstein

Director: James L. Conway

Guest Cast: Larry Dobkin as Professor Ryman, Lisa Wilcox as

Janet, John Cameron Mitchell as Aaron, Ted Cole as Jeffery

Kramer, Andrew Sabiston as David Ryman.

Nielsen ratings: 13.2 rating, 21 share, 2nd (40th overall).

A frustrated physics student at MacGyver's alma mater becomes a

ticking time bomb when a school contest turns into a family war.

054 Blow Out

Airdate: 21 December 1987

Writer: W. Reed Moran

Director: Cliff Bole

Guest Cast: Dale Wilson as Erik, Frank Ferrucci as Major,

Bruce Harwood as Juice, Elyssa Davalos as Nikki Carpenter.

Nielsen ratings: 11.4 rating, 19 share, 3rd (38th overall).

Political terrorism hits close to home when Nikki, who accidentally

witnessed a terrorist bombing, is targeted by the bomber, who fears

she can identify him.

055 Kill Zone

Airdate: 04 January 1988

Writer: Calvin Clements, Jr.

Director: Chuck Bowman

Guest Cast: Judith Chapman as Sandra Milhouse, Jay Brazeau as Phelps.

Nielsen ratings: 15.4 rating, 22 share, 3rd (36th overall).

Wildlife begins to perish mysteriously, and MacGyver discovers the

culprit: an uncontrollably mutating organism that speeds up the

aging process.

056 Early Retirement

Airdate: 18 January 1988

Writer: John Whelpley

Director: Cliff Bole

Guest Cast: Madison Mason as Matt Webber, Ted Stidder as

Chairman Farrell, Rob Roy as DXS Agent, Paul Batten as

Reese, Doug Abrahams, Elyssa Davalos as Nikki Carpenter,

Richard Newman as Prime Minister Amunde.

Nielsen ratings: 13.9 rating, 20 share, 3rd (35th overall).

Thornton mediates the Phoenix Foundation's talks between the UN and

a rabidly anti-American subversive, until a suspicious explosion

forces him to resign - and the man who takes his job could be

connected to murder and sabotage.

057 Thin Ice

Airdate: 01 February 1988

Writer: Rick Drew

Director: Cliff Bole

Guest Cast: Martin Milner as Turk, Jeff Schultz as Derek Kirby,

Ken Camroux as Thompson, Clu Gulager as Walt Kirby.

Nielsen ratings: 12.9 rating, 19 share, 3rd (48th overall).

A high-school hockey player has a chance to go pro -

if he plays dirty enough. But when a fight on the ice

lands an opposing player in the hospital, MacGyver tries

to teach the youth about sportsmanship.

058 The Odd Triple

Airdate: 29 February 1988

Writer: Stephen Kandel

Director: James L. Conway

Guest Cast: Bruce McGill as Jack Dalton, Judy Geeson as Elena,

Ian Ruskin as Andres, Martin Evans as Robert, Alan Robertson,

Vernon Wells as Paul Donnay.

Nielsen ratings: 14.0 rating, 21 share, 2nd (35th overall).

Jack Dalton suckers MacGyver into his latest scheme to pilot

an heiress back to France after she purchases a fortune in

jewels. But when MacGyver and Jack Dalton accomplish the mission,

they're arrested.

059 The Negotiator

Airdate: 07 March 1988

Writer: Calvin Clements, Jr.

Director: Charles Correll

Guest Cast: Kristian Alfonso as Deborah, David Ackroyd as Knapp,

Ned Bellamy as Remick, Elyssa Davalos as Nikki Carpenter.

Nielsen ratings: 13.0 rating, 20 share, 2nd (33rd overall).

MacGyver is tasked to do an environmental-impact study before

builders can start a project, and when bribery fails, the

devloper hires a beautiful woman to get rid of him.

060 The Spoilers (AKA Earthquake)

Airdate: 14 March 1988

Writer: Stephen Kandel

Director: Michael Vejar

Guest Cast: Randall "Tex" Cobb as Earthquake, Emily Kuroda as

Karen, William Taylor.

Nielsen ratings: 15.4 rating, 23 share, 2nd (24th overall).

MacGyver enlists a reclusive, troubled Vietnam veteran to help

track whoever is dumping toxic waste in mountain streams.

061 Mask of the Wolf

Airdate: 28 March 1988

Teleplay: Calvin Clements, Jr. & W. Reed Moran

Story: John J. Sakmar, Kerry Lenhart, Calvin Clements, Jr.,

& W. Reed Moran

Director: Cliff Bole

Guest Cast: Bruce McGill as Jack Dalton, Gary Lockwood as Grant,

Floyd Westerman as Two Eagles, Gordon Tootoosis as Perry,

Marianne Jones as Anna.

Nielsen ratings: 13.5 rating, 21 share, 3rd (36th overall).

Jack Dalton talks MacGyver into accompanying an elderly

Native American on a search for a legendary wolf mask, but

two mercenaries have plans of their own for the artifact.

062 Rock the Cradle

Airdate: 18 April 1988

Writer: John Whelpley

Director: Michael Vejar

Guest Cast: Bruce McGill as Jack Dalton, Mitzi Kapture as Katie,

Don Thompson as Cutler, Garwin Sanford as Durst, Peter

Yunker as Carlo, Malcolm & Frasier Fairweather as Jack, Jr.

Nielsen ratings: 13.0 rating, 21 share, 2nd (30th overall).

Jack Dalton nearly kills MacGyver in a plane ride and

later, in the hangar, finds a baby tagged "Jack Jr."

strapped into the cockpit, and a fortune in counterfeit

bills in the bassinet.

063 The Endangered

Airdate: 02 May 1988

Writer: Peter Filardi

Director: Charles Correll

Guest Cast: Moira Walley as Karen, John Dennis Johnston as

Ed, Don Davis as Wyatt, Robin Mossley as Earl, Stephen

E. Miller, Steve Blalock as Sam.

Nielsen ratings: 13.3 rating, 22 share, 2nd (30th overall).

MacGyver visits an ex-girl friend, a ranger at a wildlife

reserve, only to have his vacation turned into a bloody

confrontation by poachers who are killing off endangered species.

064 Murderer's Sky

Airdate: 09 May 1988

Writer: Herman Miller

Director: Michael Vejar

Guest Cast: Roderick Cook as Alasdair, Soon-Teck Oh as Raymond,

Tia Carrere as Tiu, Keye Luke as Adam Chen, Ernie

Reyes, Jr., as Luke Chen.

Nielsen ratings: 14.3 rating, 23 share, 2nd (21st overall).

The takeover of a Chinese mogul's company involves a

deadly ninja, and it's up to MacGyver and the mogul's

young heir, his grandson, to halt the escalating bloodshed.

SEASON FOUR

065 The Secret of Parker House

Airdate: 31 October 1988

Teleplay: Gene Hanson, Rick Drew, & John Sheppard

Story: Gene Hanson

Director: Michael Vejar

Guest Cast: Teri Hatcher as Penny Parker, Gisele MacKenzie

as Sylvia Lang, Arlen Dean Snyder as Sheriff Howels,

Ray Young as Virgil.

Nielsen ratings: 12.5 rating, 20 share, 2nd (39th overall).

MacGyver must act as a ghoulish ghostbuster in a spooky old

house inherited by his friend, Penny Parker, a dead ringer

for her insane aunt, who once lived in the house.

(Note: This episode was advertised as the "Halloween Special.")

066 Blood Brothers

Airdate: 21 November 1988

Writer: Rick Drew

Director: Charles Correll

Guest Cast: Dirk Blocker as Chuck, Bernie Coulson as Sean,

Ramon Franco as Spider, Michel McNeilly as Neil, Jason

Priestley as Danny.

Nielsen ratings: 12.3 rating, 20 share, 2nd (37th overall).

Back in his home town, MacGyver finds past and present overlapping

as he remembers a fatal shooting accident from his youth while

trying to stop his old friend's son from using a gun to defend

himself against drug-dealing hoodlums.

(Note: This episode was advertised as the season premiere instead of

"The Secret of Parker House.")

067 The Outsiders

Airdate: 28 November 1988

Writer: Michelle Poteet Lisanti

Director: Michael Vejar

Guest Cast: Kaj-Erik Eriksen as Jacob, Gustaf Kristjanson as

Miller, Allan Lysell as Wrightman, Ruth de Sosa as Elizabeth,

Vicki Wauchope as Christy Wrightman.

Nielsen ratings: 13.2 rating, 20 share, 3rd (45th overall).

After a jeep accident in Pennsylvania, MacGyver is rescued

by an Amish family and helps intervene in a standoff between

Amish who won't leave their land and a construction company

waiting to bulldoze it.

068 On a Wing and a Prayer

Airdate: 05 December 1988

Writer: John Whelpley

Director: Charles Correll

Guest Cast: Bruce McGill as Jack Dalton, Jenny Gago as Santina,

Garwin Sanford as Rafael, Susan Walden as Sister Clara.

Nielsen ratings: 11.7 rating, 18 share, 3rd (46th overall).

It appears that Thornton and old flame who is now a nun haven't

a prayer after they're taken hostage by Central American rebels,

until MacGyver asks Jack Dalton and his seaplane to rescue them.

069 Collision Course

Airdate: 12 December 1988

Writer: Paul B. Margolis

Director: Chuck Bowman

Guest Cast: Patrick Wayne as Jeff Stone, Kai Wulff as Hans Visser,

Katey Wright as Charlie Stone, G. Gordon Liddy as Carl Strickland.

Nielsen ratings: 11.7 rating, 19 share, 3rd (49th overall).

MacGyver returns to his racing roots to test a car engine designed

by the Foundation, but a rival car-owner has some dirty tricks

up his sleeve.

070 The Survivors

Airdate: 09 January 1989

Writer: W. Reed Moran

Director: Michael Caffey

Guest Cast: Gerry Bean as Wilcox, Dale Wilson as Crandell.

Nielsen ratings: 13.5 rating, 20 share, 2nd (41st overall).

During routine survival training in the woods, MacGyver

and Thornton discover the wreckage of a DEA plane,

which MacGyver determines was shot down by drug smugglers.

071 Deadly Dreams

Airdate: 16 January 1989

Writer: Stephen Downing

Director: Les Landau

Guest Cast: Kim Zimmer as Murphy, W. Morgan Sheppard as Dr.

Zito, Garry Chalk as Sweeney, Brenda Crichlow as Cooper,

Todd Jeffries as Wyatt, Jeff Irvine as Eric Cross.

Nielsen ratings: 13.2 rating, 20 share, 2nd (40th overall).

MacGyver joins a police task force pursuing an escaped

psychopath, a man MacGyver suspects is a pawn in a larger scheme.

072 Ma Dalton

Airdate: 23 January 1989

Writer: John Whelpley

Director: Rob Bowman

Guest Cast: Bruce McGill as Jack Dalton, Ed Nelson as Arthur

Bandel, Les Carlson as Sparky, Constance Towers as

Francine Leyland, Richard Lawson as Jesse Colton.

Nielsen ratings: 14.6 rating, 22 share, 2nd (33rd overall).

Jack Dalton and MacGyver search for Dalton's mother and learn

that she's a fugitive being pursued by a bounty hunter.

073 Cleo Rocks

Airdate: 06 February 1989

Writers: John Sheppard & Rick Drew

Director: Chuck Bowman

Guest Cast: Teri Hatcher as Penny Parker, Robert Donner as

Wintergreen, Michael Des Barres as Murdoc.

Nielsen ratings: 13.2 rating, 19 share, 2nd (42nd overall).

Murdoc poses as a musical's director, using MacGyver's friend

Penny Parker as a pawn in a crazed play of vengeance against MacGyver.

074 Fraternity of Thieves

Airdate: 13 February 1989

Writer: Grant Rosenberg

Director: Michael Preece

Guest Cast: James Karen as Papillon, Hank Stratton as Michael

Thornton, Robert Metcalfe as Chas, Don Galloway as John Collins.

Nielsen ratings: 13.9 rating, 21 share, 2nd (37th overall).

A highly classified Phoenix technology system could be compromised

by espionage, and one of the culprits is someone within the

Foundation, close to the heart of Pete Thornton.

075 The Battle of Tommy Giordano

Airdate: 20 February 1989

Writer: Marianne Clarkson

Director: Michael Vejar

Guest Cast: Penny Peyser as Mary Ruth, Tony Dakota as Tommy

Giordano, Peter Yunker as Richard Giordano, Peter Blackwood

as Rizzo, Joseph Wiseman as Joe Catano.

Nielsen ratings: 14.6 rating, 22 share, 2nd (30th overall).

MacGyver's friend wins custody of her son, prompting her ex-husband

to seek the help of his uncle - "the absolute, undisputed head"

of a crime family - to steal young Tommy Giordano back.

076 The Challenge

Airdate: 27 February 1989

Writer: Chris Haddock

Director: Dana Elcar

Guest Cast: Michael MacRae as Larson, Cuba Gooding, Jr., as

Ray, Roxanne Reese as Cynthia, Michael D. Roberts as Booker.

Nielsen ratings: 15.0 rating, 22 share, 2nd (31st overall).

A youth from an inner-city club run by MacGyver's friend is framed

for a theft by a racist who'll stop at nothing to shut the club down.

077 Runners

Airdate: 13 March 1989

Writer: Joel Schwartz

Director: Michael Caffey

Guest Cast: Holly Fields as Jennifer, Gerald Anthony as Snakeskin,

Roxanne Reese as Cynthia, Jeff Pomerantz as Jim Reiner.

Nielsen ratings: 15.2 rating, 23 share, 2nd (30th overall).

MacGyver offers protection to a runaway girl, and as he helps her

cope with her bitter past, he unveils a tragic memory of his own.

078 Gold Rush

Airdate: 27 March 1989

Writer: David Engelbach

Director: William Gereghty

Guest Cast: Colleen Winton as Natalie, Lee Patterson as West,

Walter Gotell as Barenov.

Nielsen ratings: 15.1 rating, 24 share, 2nd (28th overall).

MacGyver joins a U.S.-Soviet team in Alaska trying to retrieve

millions in gold from a wrecked World War II transport plane,

but they're left out in the cold when they discover someone's

gotten there first.

079 The Invisible Killer

Airdate: 10 April 1989

Writer: Chris Haddock

Director: Dana Elcar

Guest Cast: James Sloyan as Colter, Adam Arkin as Parisio,

Jean Bruce Scott as Liz, Kevin Greer as Beam, Andrew

Rhodes as Lazarus, Julie Downing as Officer Walker, Blu

Mankuma as Sheriff Hubbard.

Nielsen ratings: 15.5 rating, 24 share, 2nd (23rd overall).

In the Cascades, MacGyver leads a group of Phoenix employees into

the mountains to reduce stress levels, but stress is replaced by

paranoia when it's learned that murderous convicts are on the loose.

080 Brainwashed

Airdate: 24 April 1989

Writer: John Sheppard

Director: Michael Caffey

Guest Cast: Bruce McGill as Jack Dalton, Roger Aaron Brown as

Edward Mantu, Cyndi James Gossett as Edith Mantu, Janet

Hodgkinson as Hendrix, Linda Darlow as Doc Beatty, Raymond

St. Jacques as President Dakru.

Nielsen ratings: 12.7 rating, 22 share, 2nd (39th overall).

A power-hungry couple seeking to overthrow a foreign government

have "programmed" Jack Dalton to assassinate the country's president.

081 Easy Target

Airdate: 01 May 1989

Writer: Rick Drew

Director: Charles Correll

Guest Cast: Wolf Muser as Jonathan, Ruth Britt as Lisa, Tom

Everett as Frank, Frank Ferrucci as Armin.

Nielsen ratings: 13.5 rating, 22 share, 2nd (34th overall).

MacGyver and Pete Thornton are held hostage by terrorists bent on

crippling the nearby metropolitan area with a sophisticated

electronic device.

082 Renegade

Airdate: 08 May 1989

Teleplay: Chris Haddock

Story: Robert Bielak & Chris Haddock

Director: Michael Caffey

Guest Cast: Marshall Teague as Steve Morrison, Patrie Allen as

Marie Morrison, Don Stroud as Commander Hilliard, Stephen

Furst as Dr. Kozby.

Nielsen ratings: 13.9 rating, 23 share, 2nd (31st overall).

A mentally disturbed man steals a precious vial of deadly

bacteria, and MacGyver is shocked when a confrontation with

the thief reveals that he's a friend who once saved his life.

083 Unfinished Business

Airdate: 15 May 1989

Writer: Marianne Clarkson

Director: Charles Correll

Guest Cast: Bruce McGill as Jack Dalton, Kristian Alfonso as Deborah.

Nielsen ratings: 13.2 rating, 22 share, 1st (25th overall).

A beautiful woman with a mission returns to kill MacGyver.

SEASON FIVE

084 Legend of the Holy Rose (two-parter)

and Airdates: 18 September 1989 (Part 1); 25 September 1989 (Part 2)

085 Writer: Stephen Downing

Director: Michael Caffey (Part 1)

Charles Correll (Part 2)

Guest Cast: Lise Cutter as Zoe Ryan, Robin Mossley as Alexander

Shannon, Michael Ensign as Professor Wycliff, Tony Perez as

Estebar, Judd Omen as Shiva Luca, Christopher Neame as

Erich Von Leer.

Nielsen ratings: (Part 1) 9.8 rating, 16 share, 3rd (62nd overall).

(Part 2) 11.7 rating, 19 share, 3rd (52nd overall).

[Part 1] MacGyver is exhausted after a rescue in Colombia,

but archaeologist Zoe Ryan entices him to join her

quest for the Holy Grail, which someone else has designs on.

[Part 2] MacGyver and Zoe's search for the Holy Rose may

be halted permanently by Von Leer, who has stolen the

artifacts they need to unlock its secrets.

086 The Black Corsage

Airdate: 02 October 1989

Writer: Paul Margolis

Director: Charles Correll

Guest Cast: Christianne Hirt as Sofia Parker, Ryan Michael as

Deegan, David Hay as March, Cleavon Little as Frank Colton,

David Bloom as Reynolds.

Nielsen ratings: 12.1 rating, 20 share, 3rd (41st overall).

MacGyver teams with a bounty hunter to track down a Bulgarian

scientist on the run from "techno-bandits" who are seeking

the location of an ancient gem.

087 Cease Fire

Airdate: 09 October 1989

Writer: Chris Haddock

Director: William Gereghty

Guest Cast: Mayim Bialik as Lisa Woodman, Eli Danker as Yanif,

Allan Lysell as Walker, Michael Naxos as President Habad.

Nielsen ratings: 11.4 rating, 19 share, 3rd (50th overall).

In Switzerland for peace negotiations between two countries,

MacGyver becomes a fugitive when he's framed for an assassination

attempt on one nation's president.

088 Second Chance

Airdate: 16 October 1989

Writer: Robert Sherman

Director: Michael Caffey

Guest Cast: Richard Lawson as Jesse Colton, Kim Miyori as

Dr. Triwai, Barry Bernal as Willie, Channing Mitchell as

Raj, Malcolm Stewart as Frank Skinner.

Nielsen ratings: 12.6 rating, 20 share, 3rd (38th overall).

MacGyver heads a project bringing young Amerasians to the U.S.

for medical treatment, and his companion meets a thieving youth

who's the son he didn't know he had.

089 Halloween Knights

Airdate: 30 October 1989

Writer: John Sheppard

Director: Charles Correll

Guest Cast: Daniel Davis as Nicholas Helman, Frank C. Turner,

Jo-Anne Bates as Sonya, Michael Des Barres as Murdoc,

Debbie Podowski as Ashton Cooke.

Nielsen ratings: 12.8 rating, 21 share, 2nd (39th overall).

MacGyver's not sure whether it's a trick or a treat when his

ruthless rival Murdoc asks for help to free his innocent sister,

who's being held captive by a vengeful ex-employer.

090 Children of Light

Airdate: 06 November 1989

Writer: Rick Mittleman

Director: Bill Corcoran

Guest Cast: Michele B. Chan as Mei Jan, Robert Ito as Peng Chow,

Tzi Ma as Wing Lee, Keone Young as Zhao.

Nielsen ratings: 12.5 rating, 20 share, 3rd (43rd overall).

A Chinese student trailed by agents of the People's Republic

arrives at MacGyver's home claiming to be his foster daughter,

while secretly holding evidence of the bloodletting at

Tiananmen Square.

(Note: The Chinese government protested when a Vancouver building

was made into the episode's Chinese consulate.)

091 Black Rhino

Airdate: 13 November 1989

Writer: Paul B. Margolis

Director: Michael Caffey

Guest Cast: Cecilia Hart as Kate Hubley, Cuba Gooding, Jr.,

as Billy Colton, Roger Aaron Brown as Mabuto, Kai Wulff

as Ladysmith.

Nielsen ratings: 12.6 rating, 20 share, 3rd (40th overall).

In Africa, MacGyver tries to help the wildest of the Colton

brothers nail a poacher who's butchering endangered black rhinos

for their valuable horns.

(Note: A $40,000 animatronic rhino was used in this episode.)

092 The Ten Percent Solution

Airdate: 20 November 1989

Writer: Tom & Sally Drake

Director: Michael Preece

Guest Cast: Nehemiah Persoff as Sam, Barbara Stock as Laura,

Gretchen Wyler as Madame Brandenburg, Garry Chalk as Sergeant

Gray, John Novak as Lyle Hoggart.

Nielsen ratings: 12.0 rating, 20 share, 3rd (41st overall).

MacGyver looks into a concentration-camp survivor's familial claim

to a masterpiece painting, and the two uncover a neo-Nazi group

that's auctioning off stolen artworks to finance its plot to create

an "Aryan Nation."

093 Two Times Trouble