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MacGyver: The Complete Season Two (1986)
Starring: Richard Dean Anderson, Dana Elcar Director: William Gereghty Rating: PG
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MacGyver (Richard Dean Anderson) is a modern-day "knight-errant," a person people turn to in a crisis. He has a penchant for arriving on the scene in the eleventh hour, when the clock is ticking ominously and innocent lives often are at stake.
MacGyver is a packrat, collecting ordinary items of seemingly little value and stashing them in his knapsack "for a rainy day." And it is these same items that he uses to improvise his way out of trouble. MacGyver's ingenius solutions to seemingly insurmountable problems may seem like "gee-whiz" science fiction but they are not - it's all based on scientific fact.
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23. The Human Factor
First aired: 9/22/1986
Writer: Robin Bernheim
Director: Charlie Correll
Guest star: June Chadwick (Dr. Jill Ludlum), Peter Haskell (Col. Scott Woodward), Peter Kwong (Steven Lee)
MacGyver and Pete are testing a new security system at the Strategic Research Development Administration. MacGyver successfully bypasses the security and meets Dr. Jill Ludlam, the system's designer. She tries to turn off the security system, but it doesn't realize that it was just a test. MacGyver and Dr. Ludlam are then forced to find a way out, as the security system, named Sandy, tries to destroy the "intruders."
24. The Eraser
First aired: 9/29/1986
Writer: Stephen Kronish
Director: Paul Krasny
Guest star: Morgan Stevens (Michael Simmons), Thomas Babson (Referee), Michael F. Kelly (Hockey Player), April Wayne (Bartender), Joe Santos (Jimmy Kendall), Leigh Lombardi (Linda), Richard L. Jamison (Ralph), Henry Jones (Charles Banning)
Mac inadvertently leads a hit man to his target, believing that he´s helping a father find his lost son.
25. Twice Stung
First aired: 10/6/1986
Writer: Mark Lisson, Bill Froehlich, Phil Combest
Director: Paul Krasny
Guest star: Michael F. Kelly (Cop), Pamela Bowen (Joanne Remmings), Al Fann (Kelly Sutton), Richard Romanus (James Crowe), Rex Ryon (Carl), Steve Eastin (Tony)
MacGyver and Pete have a surprise party planned for a colleague, but when the colleague doesn´t show up, MacGyver goes looking for him, and finds him on the verge of committing suicide. When questioned why he would do such a thing, Kelly explains that a con artist has swindled him out of his life savings. MacGyver tells Pete about Kelly's situation and the two of them decide that they will get Kelly's money back from the con. However, Joanne, a new employee at the Phoenix Foundation, is determined to help Pete and MacGyver with their plan. Despite their attempts to keep Joanne out of the way, she manages to get into the plan. But Mac contacts the con man with a proposal. However, it´s not easy conning a con man...
26. The Wish Child
First aired: 10/20/1986
Writer: Stephen Kandel, Bill Froehlich
Director: Charlie Correll
Guest star: James Pax (Ston), George Takei (Dr. Shen Wei), Leon Fan (Paul Chan), James Hong (Lee Wenying), James Paz (Ston), Tia Carrere (Lisa Chan), Clyde Kusatsu (Sam)
While MacGyver goes to pick up a Chinese friend's brother (named Paul) from a birthday party, he witnesses something strange: Paul is being called "The Wish Child." It seems that a greedy businessman has wrapped him up in a scam, because he looks exactly like a boy from an old legend that owns the secret of immortality. Now, Mac must try to talk him out of this, because Paul is starting to believe he really is The Wish Child....
27. Final Approach
First aired: 10/27/1986
Writer: Rob Hedden
Director: Alexander Singer
Guest star: Buck Young (Jenkins), Ramon Franco (Ramon), Pamela Gidley (Gina), Ricky Paull Goldin (Tommy), David Harris (Luther), Gregory Itzin (Tom Cavanaugh)
MacGyver goes to the mountains to lead four ex-gangster teens on a Phoenix Foundation funded rehabilitation trip. When he gets there, he finds that this task may be a little more complicated then he thought. All of the kids are very rebellious and one of them has a bad grudge against another one. A couple of days later when MacGyver is returning with the kids, their plane crashes in the middle of the wilderness and one of them is injured. Now, MacGyver must fix the plane and help the kids work out their differences so they can save their friend.
28. Jack of Lies
First aired: 11/3/1986
Writer: Kerry Lenhart, John J. Sakmar
Director: Charlie Correll
Guest star: Bruce McGill (Jack Dalton) , Patricia McPherson (Michelle "Mike" Forester), Silvana Gallardo (Elena), Kevyn Major Howard (Sonny), Gregory Sierra (Colonel Antunnez)
MacGyver, returning home one night, walks into his apartment, only to find everything- everything he owns- missing from his apartment. Initially suspecting a robbery, MacGyver eventually comes to the conclusion that his old friend Jack Dalton is the one responsible for the theft. MacGyver, after reading a note left by the thief, visits a hangar at the airport to see Jack and reclaim his property. Jack explains that he needs help from MacGyver to free a "botanist" held prisoner in a Central American country. MacGyver, not knowing what trouble he is getting himself into, agrees to help Jack. So, Jack and MacGyver take off for Central America- only to be greeted by the police and an American drug smuggler on the runway who are determined to capture Jack and force him to tell where he has hidden their heroin. (It is important to know that Jack never intentionally wanted to smuggle heroin). The two of them manage to get away and come up with a plan to free the botanist, which MacGyver now knows is his friend Michelle ("Mike"). Jack intentionally messes up the plan and gets himself captured, knowing MacGyver will rescue Mike and himself. MacGyver manages to do so and the three of them escape in a truck to Jack's plane, finding it guarded by the government security forces. This time, Jack comes up with a plan to take MacGyver and Mike out of the picture. He cuts a deal with the smuggler to let the two of them go in exchange for him giving up the heroin (which he and MacGyver want to destroy). He does so and takes off in his plane with the corrupt security official, leaving MacGyver and Mike tied up. However, Jack left MacGyver's knife within his reach, so MacGyver will be able to cut the two of them free after he and the smuggler are gone. But Jack is off the ground and MacGyver suspects the smuggler will kill him after they take off. Can Jack take care of the smuggler single-handedly? And what about the heroin...?
29. The Road Not Taken
First aired: 11/10/1986
Writer: Stephen Kronish
Director: Cliff Bole
Guest star: Marilyn Jones (Debra Easton), Salome Jens (Sister Margaret), Patrick Gorman (Gilbert Arnaud), Dana Lee (Chanthara), Arsenio "Sonny" Trinidad (Kahn), Leland Sun (Sniper)
MacGyver and Pete head to Asia to rescue a nun (who is an old friend of Pete) and the orphaned children she takes care of from aggressive regime troops. While there, MacGyver runs into someone he never expected, his old fiancée, Debra. Now MacGyver must complete his mission, work out his differences with Debra, and escape from the troops, all before the troops find them....
30. Eagles
First aired: 11/17/1986
Writer: George Lee Marshall
Director: Paul Krasny
Guest star: Julie Cobb (Susan Cooper), Christopher Stone (Curry), Michael MacRae (Ghant), Peter MacLean (Mr. Nistrum), Danny Cooksey (Darin Cooper)
While hang gliding in the west,Macgyver crosses paths with an escaped felon,who shot and wounded a rare eagle. Now,with the help of his new friend Susan Cooper and her son Darin,Macgyver must heal the eagle,and trap the felon before he kills more eagles.
31. Silent World
First aired: 11/24/1986
Writer: Stephen Kandel
Director: James L. Conway
Guest star: James J. Poslof (Throne), Carl Ciarfalio (Gorman), Helen Rubio (Dr. Janice Green), Ji-Tu Cumbaka (Moorish Warrior/Rider), Sunshine Morrow (Marion), Mary Beth Barber (Carrie Linden), Jack Colvin (Abel Makepeace), Geoffrey Lewis (David Crane)
While helping the Phoenix Foundation test a new missile-guidance system for the government, MacGyver’s efforts are hampered by men who are trying to steal it. When the men escape with it, MacGyver turns to his deaf friend, who has been having premonition-type dreams of this happening. Now, MacGyver must try and analyze her dreams, so he can find the men who stole the system....
32. Three For the Road
First aired: 12/15/1986
Writer: Kerry Lenhart, John J. Sakmar, Rob Hedden, Mark Lisson
Director: Alan Crosland
Guest star: Tony Frank (Front Desk Clerk), Edward Mulhare (Guy Roberts), Anne Rogers (June Roberts), Richard Hatch (Michael Talbot), Dennis Stewart (Tom), Michael Rider (Phil)
A retired actor and his wife stop at a motel on the way to Los Angeles. MacGyver rescues them from a drunkard who nearly makes a mark on their car. Mac is supposed to meet a mobster-turned-informant there, but the meeting goes wrong. The mob shows up and kill Mac’s friend before he can give Mac what he promised. Instead the bag lands in the old couple’s car, where the old actor finds it and discovers money inside of it. Later, the couple picks up Mac, after Mac’s car has broken down. But the mobsters have deduced who has the money and ram the car. Mac makes a few adjustments to the car to buy them some time, but sooner or later they are going to be caught...
33. Phoenix Under Siege
First aired: 1/5/1987
Writer: Stephen Kronish
Director: Gilbert M. Shilton
Guest star: John Anderson (I) (Harry Jackson) , Phil Redrow (MacGyver's Father), Warner Loughlin (Susan Murphy), Shawn Donahue (Young MacGyver), Tricia O'Neil (Victoria Charles), Richard Lineback (Phillips), Harry Beer (Fred), Jan Jorden (Harry's Wife/Macgyver's Grandmother)
While retrieving tickets for a hockey game at the Phoenix Foundation,Macgyver and his grandpa Harry get caught in the middle of a woman's plot to blow up the building using a bomb that she herself made. They try to escape,but are locked in. Now,they must figure another way out before she activates the bomb....
34. Family Matter
First aired: 1/12/1987
Writer: Paul Magistretti
Director: Alexander Singer
Guest star: Stephen Liska (Dunn), Thomas F. Duffy (Corey), Scott Coffey (Michael Thornton), Penelope Windust (Connie Thornton), Don Gordon (Frank Bonner), Beau Billingslea (Boone), Jeffrey Josephson (Obadiah Moss)
Pete's ex-wife and son are kidnapped down in Louisiana while on an archeological trip. The kidnappers demand that Pete comes to Louisiana in exchange for letting his family go. But when he gets there, it soon becomes apparent that they don't plan to let any of them go. It seems that the mastermind behind this is a man that Pete worked with years before. The man's family had died in a guerilla attack when Pete had had the job of protecting them. Now, the man wants revenge by killing Pete's family....
35. Soft Touch
First aired: 1/19/1987
Writer: Joan Brooker, Nancy Eddo
Director: Charlie Correll
Guest star: Teri Hatcher (Penny Parker) , Mike Cassidy (Robert Julian), Andre Marquis (Estevez), Hugh Farrington (Jack Larson), Robert Donner (Vince), Vincent Schiavelli (Lyle), Michael Ensign (Derek), Elya Baskin (Yuri Demetri), Andrew Divoff (Russian Guard)
Mac puts up Penny Parker for a few days while she´s looking for a job as a singing telegram. But on her first day, she happens to witness two thugs torturing a man. Unfortunately, she can´t find her way back, and when she does, Mac thinks this may be the start of something bigger as the victim is a Federal agent.
36. Birth Day
First aired: 2/2/1987
Writer: Rob Hedden
Director: James L. Conway
Guest star: Bill Henderson (Gas Station Clerk), J.E. Freeman (Karl), Paul Drake (Mitch), David L. Crowley (Eric), Joseph Lambie (Andrew Harryman), Toni Kalem (Elaine Harryman), Rob Garrison (Patrol Officer)
Mac´s fishing trip is cut short when he meets a very pregnant woman whose husband is out to kill her. Accidentally, she found out that his half-way home for ex-cons is really a recruiting place for new crimes. Mac and the woman are chased into a warehouse where they are trapped, but can Mac keep her safe while he tries to find a way out?
37. Pirates
First aired: 2/9/1987
Writer: Stephen Kandel
Director: Bruce Kessler
Guest star: Jeff Kober (Matt Bell), William Bronder (Arne Lindquist), John Otrin (Paul Engle), Tony Torres (Christobel Santos), Nicholas Worth (Jack Rogan), Cliff Potts (Gar Manning), Stephen M.Gagnon (Commander Nelson), Marta DuBois (Dr. Barbara Ortega)
While on an expedition to find a Spanish treasure fleet, Dr. Barbara Ortega's boat is hi-jacked by modern-day pirates. They steal the small amount of treasure that she has already found - including the ship's log, which is the key to finding the whole fleet - and take off. When she makes it public that she was hi-jacked, the Phoenix Foundation sends MacGyver to help. Now, MacGyver and Barbara must recover the ship's log, so she can find the treasure. Before the pirates do....
38. Out in the Cold
First aired: 2/16/1987
Writer: Stephen Kronish
Director: Cliff Bole
Guest star: Michael Corbett (Phil), Demetre Phillips (Willie), Michael Constantine (Sam Leland), Robert Pastorelli (Arnie), Deborah Wakeham (Ski Patrolwoman), Jonathan Goldsmith (Jack)
When Mac and Pete go skiing, a man switches poles with Mac, only moments before being gunned down and killed by his former friends. But the gunshot starts an avalanche, which covers Mac completely, leaving it up to Pete to convince the mountain rangers to stage a search and rescue before the next avalanche comes. As Mac finally is dug up, the gangsters are there, waiting for Mac, and whatever is hidden in that ski pole...
39. Dalton, Jack of Spies
First aired: 2/23/1987
Writer: John J. Sakmar, Kerry Lenhart
Director: Bob Sweeney
Guest star: Bruce McGill (Jack Dalton) , Frank Annese (Unknown), Duane Tucker (Al), Curt Lowens (Stanley Berrenger), Alan Fudge (Jay Michaels), Lee Purcell (Shadow)
MacGyver, on his way to his friend Jack Dalton's funeral, recalls the last time he and Jack were together, helping free a botanist from Central America (flashbacks from "Jack of Lies"). MacGyver walks in the church and sees Jack in his coffin, but notices something strange- Jack's left eye twitching. Surprised, MacGyver demands to know what is going on from the very alive and well Jack. Jack explains that he is mixed up with the CIA- particularly, double agents planning on selling out US security. The double agents then show up, and MacGyver and Jack are forced to make a quick getaway in a motorcycle with a sidecar. MacGyver and Jack get away, thanks to the maneuverability of the motorcycle versus the car the agents are in. The two then head over to Jack's secret underground hideout to discuss matters. Jack then explains that the CIA hired him to make some deliveries, and then a mole showed up in the agency. They then decided to keep Jack to see if he could root out the mole and report it to his contact. Soon after, MacGyver and Jack find that Jack's contact (codename "Light") was murdered. When they show up at the murder scene, the CIA mole claims they are the ones who murdered Light. MacGyver and Jack then are forced to escape again, this time from the police. After getting away, MacGyver calls the Phoenix Foundation to see if Pete can help, only to find that he is out of the country. He also finds that the police and the CIA want him and Jack for murder in Light's death. Later, the agents show up to kill both of them. The two manage to get away again, and then decide to find "Shadow", Light's partner. Jack knows that the final delivery is scheduled for the current night, so he expects Shadow to be there, keeping an eye on things. However, when they arrive, Jack cannot spot Shadow. However, he and MacGyver do spot the messenger, so they intercept the package. Shadow, who really is there posing as a dancer, then comes over, and the three of them are confronted by the double agents. They order them up, but a disturbance allows the three of them to escape to a side room. MacGyver ambushes the agents while Jack and Shadow find a way out. However, in the end, the agents are the ones who run away when MacGyver tells Jack that they can prove he and Jack are innocent. Jack then finds a slip of paper showing a business that may be the cover for the whole operation- a warehouse. MacGyver, Jack, and Shadow then head over to the warehouse and stake it out. The agents, as well as the seller, then take the merchandise (a crypt machine, capable of decoding US crypt messages) inside. The buyer, an agent from an Asian country, then shows up to finalize plans for its shipment. By this time, MacGyver has snuck in the warehouse and let Shadow in while Jack stands guard outside. Shadow recognizes the machine and explains what a disaster the US could have on its hands if the machine gets into enemy hands. The agents and the buyer and seller then catch MacGyver and Shadow. Jack attempts to rescue them, but is covered by an agent. They then stuff the three in the back of a garbage truck and take off for the nearest dump. Can MacGyver, Jack, and Shadow escape from certain death? Also, can they stop the shipment before the crypt machine falls into the wrong hands...?
40. Partners
First aired: 3/2/1987
Writer: Mark Lisson, Bill Froehlich
Director: Cliff Bole
Guest star: Michael Des Barres (Murdoc), Bruce McGill (Jack Dalton) , Caleb Asch (Police Officer), Iris Alhanti (Sara)
MacGyver and Pete meet at a wrecking yard, both thinking that the other one arranged the meeting. Soon an unknown assailant captures them inside a big truck. Their only clue is an obituary for them and Jack Dalton. But MacGyver has his suspicions of whom was - Murdoc, who actually caused the meeting between Mac and Pete in the first place. Back then; Pete was working for DXS (with a bad hairpiece...), while MacGyver drove Jack’s cab. Murdoc took a ride with MacGyver, dressed as a woman, but he managed to get away. Later, Murdoc surprised MacGyver and Pete by pointing a bazooka at Jack’s cab. With MacGyver’s help they found their way out. So Pete interviewed MacGyver, when suddenly they found a bomb under Jack’s bed. In the end they managed to pin Murdoc down, and his only escape was into a building that was scheduled to be blown up. So how can he be alive now, and how will they get out of the truck before Murdoc, who has mysteriously returned, can blow them up in retaliation...?
41. Bushmaster
First aired: 3/23/1987
Writer: Rob Hedden
Director: Don Chaffey
Guest star: Michael Bandoni (Berbero), John Schuck (Joe Henderson), Alex Colon (General Salazar), Bert Rosario (Lt. Paul Para), Renee Estevez (Kelly Henderson), Sandy McPeak (Jeff Moore)
When Macgyver is sent to rescue an American pilot held in Central America for supposed espionage,his wargame-trained daughter tags along, but she didn't quite come prepared for the real thing. Mac must now rescue the pilot while keeping his daughter safe from the soldiers.
42. Friends
First aired: 4/6/1987
Writer: Stephen Kronish
Director: Cliff Bole
Guest star: Teri Hatcher (Penny Parker), Bruce McGill (Jack Dalton), John Anderson (I) (Harry Jackson) , Robin Curtis (Kate Connelly), Michael Goodwin (Craig Bannister), Tim Rossovich (Mike Desmond)
MacGyver's friends throw a birthday party for him, but he's somberly reflecting on his past and future. While reflecting, MacGyver decides to leave the Phoenix Foundation to get married and have a family. Can Pete convince him of how important he is to the Foundation and get him to change his mind...?
43. D.O.A.: MacGyver
First aired: 4/27/1987
Writer: Jaison Starkes
Director: Cliff Bole
Guest star: Ryan Rushton (Jason), Buck Young (Policeman), Priscilla Morrill (Helen Wilson), John Pleshette (Lancer), Clive Revill (Braddock), Kim Miyori (Tara), Rockne Tarkington (Jules), Nana Visitor (Carol Varnay)
Mac is called to a meeting with a former British spy, who has learned of a group of terrorists that will use a new plastic explosive in a vengeful attack on the US army. This explosive can be hidden anywhere. Before the spy can give Mac all the details he´s shot. Mac flees through a window and is picked up by a boat. The female who owns the boat soon understands that the man she rescued doesn´t remember who he is. Now the question is who will reach Mac first - Pete or the terrorists... And will there be time to stop the assassination plans?
44. For Love or Money
First aired: 5/4/1987
Writer: Doug Heyes Jr.
Director: James L. Conway
Guest star: Raymond O'Keefe (Zorkin), Tom Ormeny (Baranov), Deborah Adair (Diana Rogers), Walter Addison (Anton Dubcek), Oksana Olijar (Viera Dubcek), Reuven Bar-Yotam (Krug)
Macgyver is forced to work with a ruthless free lance agent to rescue a human rights activist in Czechoslovakia who is being held in a psychiatric hospital. The rescue is a success,but the secret police then kidnap the activist's wife to get him back. Or do they....? |
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Starring:
Richard Dean Anderson | Dana Elcar | Bruce McGill | Michael Des Barres | Robin Mossley | Elyssa Davalos | Susan Chapple | John Anderson | ...more
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Directed By:
William Gereghty | Michael Preece | Alexander Singer | Lee H. Katzin | Paul Krasny | Chuck Bowman | Donald Petrie | Alan Smithee | Don Chaffey | Dana Elcar | Cliff Bole | Michael Caffey | James L. Conway | Charles Correll | Michael Vejar | Lee David Zlotoff
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Genre:
Action/Adventure, Television/TV Series, Thriller/Suspense
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DVD Release Date:
June 7, 2005
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Format: Region 1
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Rating:
PG
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Year:
1986
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Regional Coding:
R1:
Will only play on North American Region 1 or multi-region DVD players.
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Number of Discs:
6
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Screen Ratio:
Full Screen Edition - 1.33:1
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English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono) | |
Running Time:
1047 minutes
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Studio:
Paramount
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UPC/Barcode Number:
097360405743
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Color: Yes
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- Features all 22 episodes of season two on 6 discs
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