MacGyver / Season 5

Season 5 of MacGyver
Episodes	21st
Country of production	United States
First broadcast	Sep 18 1989 - April 30, 1990 on ABC
German-language first broadcast	Jan. 1, 1991 - Dec. 21, 1992 (Ep. 1–8, 10–21) on Sat.1 , Sep 9. 2014 (Ep. 9) on RTL Nitro
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The fifth season of the American action television series MacGyver comprises 21 episodes and premiered in the United States in 1989/90, with the exception of one episode in Germany in 1991/92.

Episodes and plot

No. ( total )	No. ( St. )	German title	Original title	First broadcast in the USA	German language first broadcast (D)	Director	script
84	1	The legend of the holy rose, part 1	Legend of the Holy Rose, Part 1	Sep 18 1989	Sep 14 1992	Michael Caffey	Stephen Downing
MacGyver helps his former school friend and now professor Zoe Ryan find the Temple of the Holy Rose, an archaeologically significant place created by a certain Ambrose. In a medieval building in London, which houses a torture chamber, they find three sceptres, which are important for the further search. Ryan's rival in the search, the criminal Erich von Leer, steals the scepter and kidnaps Ryan. MacGyver lets von Leer face his death on a torture table with a swing ax.
85	2	The legend of the holy rose, part 2	Legend of the Holy Rose, Part 2	25 Sep 1989	Sep 15 1992	Charlie Correll	Stephen Downing
MacGyver escapes his division by the swing ax. In Weymouth he frees Zoe from the power of von Leer and his followers and he appropriates the archaeological artifacts again. Meanwhile, Zoe's superior helps von Leer to find the temple. This is in Cherbourg , where MacGyver and Zoe arrive first and find the sacred rose, a giant ruby. The sceptres and the other artifacts, placed in a certain position, generate a laser beam and reveal a cave in which the temple is located in miniature. Finally von Leer dies due to the laser beam and the cave is buried.
86	3	The black pearl	The Black Corsage	Oct 2, 1989	Jan 15, 1991	Charlie Correll	Paul B. Margolis
The criminals Deagan and March shoot their accomplice. Before he dies, he passes on part of a plan to find valuable jewelry called “Black Belt” to the Phoenix employee, Sophia Ross, who then flees from the men. MacGyver is looking for Diana and is supported by Diana's dog Frog and Frank Colton, who is looking for the jewelry. Because Deagan and March eavesdrop on Diana's phone calls, they can take control of her and let her give them the plan. MacGyver and Colton finally overwhelm the gangsters in the Expo area and get the jewelry back.
87	4th	armistice	Cease Fire	Oct 9, 1989	Jan. 8, 1991	William Gereghty	Chris Haddock
The Phoenix Foundation acts as a mediator in Geneva in peace negotiations between two previously warring states. Yanif, President Habad's security chief, is against Habad signing the agreement and therefore wants to have Habad shot. MacGyver thwarted this, but Yanif and the police wanted him to be an assassin. Student Lisa helps MacGyver treat his injuries and protects him from his discovery. He learns of a planned bomb attack on Habad through a statement from Yanif overheard by Lisa. After MacGyver has overtaken the cable car gondola, in which Pete and Habad drive to the place of the contract signing, on a motorcycle uphill, he is able to thwart the demolition of the gondola.
88	5	The unwanted father	Second chance	Oct 16, 1989	Jan. 22, 1991	Michael Caffey	Robert Sherman
MacGyver coordinates the material and organizational aid of the Phoenix Foundation for a hospital in Bangkok that mainly treats Asian-American mixed-race children. Vietnam War veteran and bounty hunter Jesse Colton also arrives there to meet his former Vietnamese wife, who dies before he arrives. He learns for the first time that their son Willie emerged from their relationship. This enables American stolen goods to be stolen from the hospital, including a dialysis machine that he accidentally made. The three of them track down the fence and get caught in their captivity before they free themselves, arrest the gangsters and retrieve the device.
89	6th	The valley of death	Halloween Knights	Oct. 30, 1989	Jan. 29, 1991	Charlie Correll	John Sheppard
Murdoc, a professional killer, is wanted by the organization Insidiously International Kill , for which he has previously worked, because he has not completed his last assignment. In order to blackmail him, they threaten him with the death of his sister Ashton, who they have captured. Murdoc guides MacGyver to him and moves him to let him help him free Ashton. She is being held in a men's club that is currently having a Halloween costume party and is said to be executed at midnight if Murdoc fails to show up. Before MacGyver and Murdoc free Ashton from the electric chair, they walk through the "Valley of Death", a room with loud self-shooting systems and a snake pit. Murdoc remains missing after a grenade explosion, yet he provides MacGyver with the evidence to break up HIT.
90	7th	The children from Tienanmen Square	Children of Light	Nov 6, 1989	Feb 5, 1991	Bill Corcoran	Rick Mittleman
The Chinese student Mei-Jan, an acquaintance of MacGyver's godchild Su-Ling, arrives in the US to publish a video of the Tian'anmen massacre and to continue the work of the Chinese student movement of which she is a member. A Chinese contact tells them to the Chinese from the Chinese consulate, who are loyal to the line and from whom he is blackmailed. As a result, she is captured by them as a counter-revolutionary in the consulate, where she refuses to disclose the required fax numbers, which belong to the Chinese students. While the video is being broadcast on US television, MacGyver frees Mei-Jan from the consulate by using a self-made cable car with her.
91	8th	Merciless	Black Rhino	Nov 13, 1989	Feb 12, 1991	Michael Caffey	Paul B. Margolis
Billy Colton, who is not yet very experienced as a bounty hunter, traveled to Africa on his own to catch the American poacher and murderer Ladysmith, who is illegally selling rhinoceros horns. MacGyver travels to the same state to find Billy. With the help of the game warden Kate, he tracks down Ladysmith and saves him from his execution, which was due to his exposure as a spy. By posing to Ladysmith as a prospective buyer for the horns and the horn pellets, Kate, MacGyver, Kate and Billy Ladysmith and his helpers can track down and arrest the horns, which Kate then burns to deter.
92	9	The woman in the background	The Ten Percent Solution	Nov 20, 1989	Sep 9 2014	Michael Preece	Tom Drake & Sally Drake
A group of neo-Nazis led by the German, still convinced National Socialist Brandenberg, is planning to implement the so-called “ten percent solution”, ie the takeover of power by the whites as the master race in six western US states. The group also finances the election campaign for the top candidate Brand, Brandenberg's grandson, from the sale of paintings and other works of art that had once been confiscated by Reichsleiter Rosenberg . At a public painting auction in which Pete, as a bidder for the Phoenix Foundation, wants to save valuable paintings from disappearing into private hands, the Polish Jew and Holocaust survivor Sam Bolinski claims a painting that Pete has just bought as his property, that of his family Was taken away by the ERR in 1940. MacGyver, Pete, and Phoenix art expert Dr. Laura Sand help Bolinski prove his ownership rights. Because the group around Brandenberg wants to hide their source of funding, they arrest MacGyver, Sand and Bolinski on their property, where they can save themselves from being gassed with MacGyver's ingenuity and - with the help of Pete, who has since joined the group - can arrest all neo-Nazis.
93	10	Rock against drugs	Two Times Trouble	Dec 11, 1989	Feb 19, 1991	Michael Preece	Robert Sherman
MacGyver's friend Roxy sings a song for an anti-addiction campaign. She and MacGyver escape from their private elevator crashing. A little later, Roxy's manager Rogan is murdered by Carla. For both incidents, Roxy blames MacGyver on her allegedly jealous twin sister Carla. This tells MacGyver that Roxy had previously had a nervous breakdown and that Carla was at a loss as to how to deal with Roxy's psychotic neuroses. MacGyver discovers an inconsistency in Roxy's medical history and determines that Roxy is long dead from an accident and that Carla has assumed Roxy's identity because she falsely blames herself for Roxy's death.
94	11	The Madonna	The Madonna	Dec 18, 1989	Jan. 1, 1991	Michael Caffey	Cathleen Young
A wooden statue of Mary is stolen from a church in the run-up to Christmas. MacGyver and Pete look for the person responsible. They bring the homeless woman Carol to the Challengers Club, which threatens to close due to a lack of money. The club director, Cynthia, now feels so overwhelmed with work that she wants to quit. Carol moves the teenager Breeze, who wants to leave the Challengers Club because of disappointment, to return to the club, to support Cynthia and to attend a Christmas Eve. During the performance, Carol leaves the sum of money that Cynthia needs to save the club. Finally the statue is found with a scratch on the hand, just like Carol has.
95	12	In the wild west	Serenity	Jan. 8, 1990	Feb 26, 1991	William Gereghty	Stephen Kandel
MacGyver dreams of himself as a cowboy in the Wild West, as which he puts down his gun after four years. In the Saloon in the city of Serenity, he first met Penny Parker and Jack Dalton, from whom he bought a ranch. Pete Thornton, owner of the neighboring ranch, claims the ranch as his property and hires gunslinger Murdoc to evict MacGyver. Shortly afterwards, MacGyver's black ranch employee Billy Colton is shot dead by Murdoc against Thornton's will. Thornton becomes remorseful and supports MacGyver with Dalton in the fight against Murdoc. His pocket knife protects him from being shot by Murdoc. When he wakes up from the dream, the same knife is inexplicably with him.
96	13	The school of life	Live and Learn	Jan 15, 1990	5th Mar 1991	Harry Harris	Rick Mittleman
The Phoenix Foundation runs a program that aims to reduce early school leavers. MacGyver works as a mentor to the youngster Tony Milani, whom he praises as talented and convinces him to go on to school. Tony's father takes him out of school and lets him work on his construction site. After Tony learned of construction defects there, which the foreman wants to cover up and which lead to the fear of an imminent accident, MacGyver uses his help to restore the document proving the defects. Although they can no longer prevent an accident on the construction site, they can save the father who is trapped under a concrete beam.
97	14th	Battle for the forest	Log jam	Feb 5, 1990	March 12 1991	William Gereghty	Lee Maddux
In the northwest of the USA, large areas of forest are being cleared to sell the wood. Environmentalist Amy Chandler, a school friend of MacGyver's, charges the loggers with murdering a man who was about to find out that more trees were felled than allowed. MacGyver helps her gather evidence and investigates that lumberjack boss Foxworth is illegally diverting timber for export on behalf of Yakuzas . Finally, MacGyver manages to save Amy and her husband Jack from being murdered by the Yakuza and to arrest Foxworth.
98	15th	Manco's treasure	The Treasure of Manco	Feb 12, 1990	19 Mar 1991	Michael Preece	Chris Haddock
MacGyver helps his friend Maria to continue the search of her murdered father - an archaeologist - for an alleged gold treasure of the Incas in the Peruvian Andes . The two of them and the mountain guide Ramon, whose father was also murdered, are in the middle of the fighting between an army unit under General Diaz and the rebels under the man Enrique. The three treasure hunters are mistaken in their initial opinion that Enrique was responsible for the murder of the fathers. In fact, it's Diaz and his death squad . Under their supervision MacGyver finds the hiding place of the treasure, which turns out to be made of grain instead of gold. Finally, the three can overwhelm Diaz and his men.
99	16	The money launderers	Jenny's chance	19 Feb 1990	26th Mar 1991	Michael Caffey	Rick Drew & John Sheppard
The father of MacGyvers and Jack's friend Jenny Larson is murdered by the money launderer Henderson because he wants to take over the Larsons horse farm. Henderson washes money for drug lord Lucky Charly, which he gets by manipulating horse races. MacGyver, Jack, Pete, Jenny and the FBI stage a Henderson-competing betting manipulation center on Henderson's bill to convict Henderson of the murder. MacGyver appears as the computer freak Dexter and Jack as Lucky Charly. The plan finally succeeds, although the real Lucky Charly, who appears in the meantime, threatens to endanger him.
100	17th	Trust is good ...	Deep cover	Feb. 26, 1990	Aug 13, 1991	Charlie Correll	Robert Sherman
Phoenix scientist Dr. Lang has developed a device called ERMA, with which the drug search on the high seas can approach their submarines undetected by smugglers. Criminals blackmailed by drug cartel members and driven by Dr. Lang's lovers are listed as stealing ERMA so that drug smuggling can run smoothly. They also kidnap Dr. Lang and try unsuccessfully to murder MacGyver after he is identified as an undercover agent. Finally, MacGyver can stop the criminals from messing with ERMA and Dr. Long to flee.
101	18th	Of violins and crooks	The Lost Amadeus	19 Mar 1990	Apr 9, 1991	Michael Caffey	Paul B. Margolis
MacGyver happens to meet the chaotic, Mozart-enthusiastic woman Lulu, whose friend, the violin player Izzy, is kidnapped by crooks. They demand from Lulu to exchange for Izzy the Stradivarius violin, which once belonged to Mozart and which Izzy had bought without knowing its value. Together with Lulu, MacGyver goes to the meeting point with the gangsters. After a number of incidents, MacGyver and Lulu manage to get Izzy back and prevent the gangsters from escaping with the violin.
102	19th	Heart of steel	Hearts of Steel	Apr 9, 1990	Apr 16, 1991	Charlie Correll	Rick Mittleman
Former steel mill owner Travers wants to kidnap the daughter Lisa of investment banker Eric Woodman in order to extort money from him as compensation for the shutdown of the steel mill, which suddenly laid off many workers. However, Travers accidentally kidnaps Lisa's girlfriend Ingrid. After noticing this, he lets Lisa kidnap and Ingrid free. MacGyver, a friend of the Woodmans, with the help of Ingrid and the police, determines that Travers is the blackmailer. Finally, he can get Lisa released and her father to agree to reopen the steel mill.
103	20th	The bird lady	Rush to Judgment	Apr 16, 1990	Dec 21, 1992	Charlie Correll	Robert Sherman
Acting as a jury member on a murder trial, MacGyver illegally leaves the jury hotel to investigate the crime scene, an intersection. He speaks to an eyewitness who calls herself a bird lady, and through her finds the murder weapon. The statement of the bird lady also exonerates the accused black. MacGyver is removed from the jury for his offense. Sandra Masters, who commissioned the murder and is the lover of the husband Wyatt of the murder victim Lisa, also has the bird lady murdered by Lisa's murderer. With Pete's help, MacGyver reveals that Sandra commissioned Lisa's murder in order to have Wyatt to herself, and arrests Sandra and the hit man.
104	21st	Ferry to the afterlife	Passages	Apr 30, 1990	Aug 20, 1991	William Gereghty	John Sheppard Idea: Anthony Rich
MacGyver thwarted the theft of an Egyptian art object by Egyptian diplomats and fell into a coma, while his grandfather Harry had been in mortal danger for several hours following a heart attack. MacGyver meets Harry in his subconscious, who wants to take a ferry to the afterlife, which symbolizes death. While MacGyver's life is in danger in reality, the ship's crew tries to prevent him from leaving the ship in the dream. Locked up with Harry, he explains to Harry that he has come to the ship to say goodbye to him. While the reanimation succeeds in reality, he escapes - after saying goodbye to Harry - the ship, which leaves with Harry on board. In reality, Pete has the Egyptians arrested after MacGyver's tip; besides, Harry has since died.

Web links

• Season 5 in the Internet Movie Database
• Season 5 at fernsehserien.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Broadcast dates , in: fernsehserien.de, accessed on May 25, 2015