MacGyver / Season 1

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Season 1 of MacGyver
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Episodes 22nd
Country of production United StatesUnited States United States
First broadcast 29 Sep 1985 - May 7, 1986 on ABC
German-language
first broadcast		 Aug. 29, 1987 - Nov. 1, 1994 on Sat.1
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The first season of the American action television series MacGyver comprises 22 episodes and was first broadcast in the United States in 1985/86, in Germany over several years from 1987 to 1994.

Episodes

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( total ) 		No.
( St. ) 		German title Original title First broadcast in the USA German language first broadcast (D) Director script
1 1 Underground explosion pilot 29 Sep 1985 Aug 29, 1987 Alan Smithee Thackary Pallor
Opening sequence: MacGyver climbs a high plateau in Central Asia and frees a prisoner from the violence of enemy soldiers after securing a rocket component. Main storyline: Explosions occur in an underground research facility in New Mexico , which also traps the two top researchers Marlowe and Steubens in the third basement. Because a leaking sulfuric acid tank threatens the purity of the groundwater , the facility is to be destroyed in a few hours using sodium hydroxide and rocket fire. Overcoming a number of explosion-related obstacles on the way to the trapped, MacGyver and an employee can close the acid leak with chocolate and convict Steubens as the cause of the explosions that he had triggered to prevent the misuse of his research results.
2 2 Gold broiler MacGyver The Golden Triangle Oct 6, 1985 Oct 5, 1994 Paul Stanley, Donald Petrie Dennis R. Foley, Terry Nation
Opening sequence: MacGyver prevents the unauthorized disclosure of secret Pentagon documents in a junkyard and frees himself from a junk press that was misused for his murder . Main storyline: On behalf of the Pentagon, MacGyver secures a canister of special poison in a village in Burma , which - like some weapons - comes from a downed US cargo plane. There he also helps poppy farmers to free themselves from the opium of violent opium dealers with a few tricks and with the help of weapons .
3 3 The thief of Budapest Thief of Budapest Oct 13, 1985 19 Sep 1987 Lee H. Katzin , John Patterson Terry Nation, Stephen Downing, Joe Viola
Opening sequence: MacGyver steals a valuable, stolen white horse from the violence of the thieves, also with the help of a helicopter. Main storyline: In Budapest , MacGyver wants to receive a pocket watch with secret information from an agent, from whom the watch, which is also claimed by the KGB , is stolen by the young gypsy Jana before his death . She passes the watch on to her brother before he is arrested. After MacGyver and Jana have freed the brother from prison, MacGyver receives the watch back. MacGyver, Jana and their relatives flee the police and KGB across the state border by mingling with the participants of a rally in cars .
4th 4th Snapshots with consequences The Gauntlet Oct 21, 1985 Apr 2, 1988 Lee H. Katzin Stephen Kandel
Opening sequence: MacGyver steals a map with secret information from a building in an oriental city ​​and thus closes a hole in the hot air balloon with which he is fleeing from his pursuers. Main storyline: MacGyver is in Central America to bring back Kate, the journalist who has worked there for a long time, on behalf of her newspaper publisher. Before leaving together, he helps her document an illegal deal in which arms dealer Dave Ryerson sells weapons to General Vasquez, who seeks to take over government. With the photos of evidence, MacGyver and Kate flee from the soldiers of Vasquez in the direction of the Mexican border. They also prevent the soldiers from accessing the border river by using barrels that have been converted into bombs.
5 5 60 million on the hook The Heist Nov 3, 1985 Oct. 31, 1987 Alan Smithee James Schmerer, idea: Larry Alexander, James Schmerer
In the Virgin Islands , criminal casino boss Roger Caitlin steals diamonds worth $ 60 million from a courier from a US senator. With the senator's daughter Chris, MacGyver begins to get the diamonds back. After he was convicted by Caitlin as a game cheater, he realizes that the diamonds are not there, but in Caitlin's penthouse. After creating a distraction in the casino and manipulating the surveillance cameras, MacGyver can get into the apartment unnoticed. He opens the safe with the acoustics of champagne glasses, he transports the diamonds out of the building through the downpipe. Subsequently captured by Caitlin, MacGyver and Chris free themselves and the diamonds by parachuting a car from Caitlin's plane.
6th 6th The ant war Trumbo's World Nov 10, 1985 26 Sep 1987 Donald Petrie, Lee H. Katzin Stephen Kandel
Opening sequence: MacGyver escapes with a geologist who has been freed by him from a Basque mountain village over a white water river. Main storyline : MacGyver accompanies his friend ornithologist Charlie on an expedition into the jungle on the Amazon overflow to investigate the puzzling behavior of birds. You go to the plantation of cocoa Farmers Trumbo and discover the cause of the abnormal behavior of birds a huge army ants colony that threatens the farm. While taking a picture, Charlie dies among the ants. After most of Trumbo's workers have fled, MacGyver and Trumbo defend the farm against the ants. After two unsuccessful attempts, all they can do is blow up the water dam to flood the entire farm area.
7th 7th Small fish, big fish Last Stand Nov 17, 1985 Oct 12, 1994 John Florea Judy Burns
At a remote regional airport, MacGyver and some employees are captured by money robbers who are waiting for their getaway plane and shoot a security guard. With the other prisoners he tries to escape from the gangsters. To do this, he also uses some homemade explosives. Locked in a refrigerator, he blows the lock open with freezing water. Together with the other prisoners, he prevents the gangsters from escaping.
8th 8th Torches Hellfire Nov 27, 1985 Nov 14, 1987 Richard Colla Stephen Kandel, James Schmerer, Douglas Brooks West, idea: Douglas Brooks West
MacGyver visits his friends Laura and Bill, who operate an oil derrick on a remote piece of land and have just come across a gas bubble . The escaping gas ignites unexpectedly. Since rescue workers are not available early enough, they want to extinguish the fire themselves with an explosion. To do this, MacGyver and Bill get some boxes of dynamite from a disused ore mine . Since it is overlaid, nitroglycerin is leaking and it has to be transported slowly and carefully over the mile-long, mountainous route. Ultimately, they manage to detonate them in a targeted manner so that the fire goes out.
9 9 The lost Son The Prodigal Dec 8, 1985 Dec 12, 1987 Alexander Singer David Abramowitz, idea: David Abramowitz, Paul Savage
The drug dealer Joey Bennett wants to murder his brother Frank in order to thwart his incriminating testimony to the prosecutor. MacGyver, to whom Frank had previously turned for help, saves him from death. So that Frank can say goodbye to his dying mother, MacGyver takes care of Frank's release from protective custody in the judicial building, among other things by simulating a burning smell using fizzy powder and dry ice . Then Frank knowingly goes into a trap set by Joey to see the mother for the last time, and flees with MacGyver and his improvised cable car from Joey and his killers.
10 10 MacGyver target Target MacGyver Dec 22, 1985 Oct 17, 1994 Lee H. Katzin, Ernest Pintoff Stephen Kandel, Mike Marvin, James Schmerer, idea: Mike Marvin
Opening sequence: MacGyver frees a captured general from the violence of gunmen in a beach house. Main storyline: On behalf of the US government, MacGyver blows up a chemical plant in the Middle East that is used for criminal purposes . Because he was recognized and his life is now therefore in danger, he goes into hiding after his return to LA by visiting his grandfather Harry in the Colorado mountains . The assassin Axminster and his heavily armed accomplices, set on MacGyver, track him down there and chase him and Harry through the wilderness. The hunters are stopped by some ambushes set by the hunted - including self-made explosive devices made of natural resin and cones - decimated and finally overwhelmed in a ghost town .
11 11 Six hours to eternity Nightmares Jan 15, 1986 May 27, 1989 Cliff Bole James Schmerer
In the port of San Pedro, MacGyver meets his friend, a government official, Pete Thornton, and helps him secure a microfilm of secret information from killers. After MacGyver is separated from Pete because of the killer showing up, the killers inject him with a serum that causes increasing hallucinations, disorientation and, beginning after six hours, his death. As long as he does not release the information by then, he will be denied the counter-serum. He escapes from the captivity of the killers and works with the young angler Lisa to fight the killers and ensure the counter-serum that he finally takes in time.
12 12 An invisible enemy Deathlock Jan. 22, 1986 Oct 3, 1987 Cliff Bole, Alexander Singer Jerry Ludwig, Stephen Kandel
Opening sequence: MacGyver allows accomplices to smuggle himself across the inner-German border in a coffin after an assignment in East Berlin . Main storyline: The contract killer Quayle lures MacGyver and his colleagues Pete and Karen into a house equipped with numerous traps in order to kill them in revenge against MacGyver. Karen secretly acts as a mole and spies for Quayle, which operates from the basement. MacGyver outwits Quayle, among other things by deceiving two self-firing systems . After MacGyver realizes Karen's double play and has made her his accomplice, they lure Quayle out of his hiding place into a trap by turning off the electricity.
13 13 Old friendships Flame's End Jan. 29, 1986 Oct 10, 1987 Bruce Seth Green Stephen Kandel, idea: Hannah Louise Shearer
MacGyver's childhood friend Amy Austin, an executive at a nuclear research company, turns to MacGyver for help after her boss was murdered and she now also sees herself on the hit list. MacGyver helps Amy secure records on company premises containing evidence of the disappearance of 30 kg of uranium . They can free themselves from the intermediate disposal chamber intended for radioactive sludge, in which they were locked for their murder. After fellow employee Tim Wexler and police chief Ed Train revealed themselves to be responsible for the profit-driven theft of uranium, Train accidentally triggers the start of a meltdown that MacGyver and Amy can stop at the last minute by opening a cooling water valve.
14th 14th When bombs are ticking countdown Feb. 5, 1986 Oct 17, 1987 Stan Jolley David Ketchum, Tony DiMarco
A blackmailer named "Vikings" has installed bombs on a cruise ship that is currently cruising in the North Pacific and is demanding a million euros from the state to help him defuse them. The captain dies when a bomb is detonated for a demonstration. MacGyver arrives on the ship with his old bomb disposal colleague Charlie to disarm the bombs, which are constructed with multiple chemical, electrical, and mechanical triggers. After Charlie dies in a bomb explosion, MacGyver works cooperatively with the first officer to defuse the remaining two bombs, which ultimately succeed. Through the components of the bombs, MacGyver recognizes that the "Viking" is Donahue, who works with Pete in the operations center and who took it when the money was handed over. The plot is closely related to the British feature film 18 Hours to Eternity from 1974.
15th 15th Spy from our own ranks The Enemy Within Feb 12, 1986 Oct. 24, 1994 Cliff Bole David Abramowitz
Four agents from the organization, of which Pete has just become head, have been murdered. MacGyver, in cooperation with the defector Viktoria Tomanova, helps to expose the mole suspected to be responsible in the organization. At a symposium , the Russian agent Lem secretly exploited a pastor to murder Tomanova. MacGyver foiled Tomanova's murder, whereupon Lem murdered the pastor. The true defector is Ingrid Bannister, who, as Lem's client, hypnotizes her husband Craig, who is also MacGyver's colleague, so that he is able to murder MacGyver and Tomanova. However, MacGyver can prevent this at the last minute.
16 16 Love knows no boundaries Every Time She Smiles Feb. 19, 1986 Nov 21, 1987 Charlie Correll James Schmerer
MacGyver wants to smuggle a microfilm with highly explosive secret information out of Bulgaria , but loses it at the airport to Major Stepan Frolov from the State Security Service. He also comes into contact with Frolov's American ex-girlfriend Penny Parker, who is talkative and childishly naive and from whom Frolov is still demanding valuable jewelry. In Frolov's apartment, MacGyver steals the microfilm on a postcard. Since the film also contains personally incriminating information for Frolov, Frolov changes sides and flees across the Greek border with MacGyver and Penny.
17th 17th A simple job To be a man 5th Mar 1986 Apr 8, 1989 Cliff Bole Don Mankiewicz
MacGyver is in a jet fighter in the Pakistani - Afghan border area to find a crashed US satellite. After his jet was shot down by the Red Army and he recovered the secret information from the satellite, he was injured while fleeing from Afghan militiamen and was taken by an Afghan boy to his mother, who hid him and nursed him to health. When he was discovered again, he spared a Soviet NCO from death. He reciprocated by enabling MacGyver, the mother and the son to flee across the border into Pakistan.
18th 18th The ugly Duckling Ugly duckling March 12 1986 Oct. 24, 1987 Charlie Correll Larry Gross
A former professor MacGyvers and his student Kate discovered a bug in the control system of a new type of US surface-to-air missile . Arms dealers want to kidnap him to exploit his knowledge and accidentally kill him. So they kidnap Kate instead. After she has repaired the control system of the arms dealers, MacGyver frees her and together with her prevents the dealers from being able to use two of the missiles on a trial basis against civilian targets. While working together, MacGyver helps Kate gain confidence so that she no longer sees herself as an ugly duckling.
19th 19th Stop on the open road Slow death Apr 2, 1986 Nov 7, 1987 Don Weis Stephen Kandel
While MacGyver is traveling on a passenger train through a part of India that is not controlled by the government together with a number of Western foreigners , the train is attacked by villagers and prevented from continuing. Twenty-six of the village residents died after taking a medicine sold to the village clinic by two western foreigners. The hostage-takers take the passengers prisoner and want to identify the two suspected culprits and execute them as punishment. Passengers are the test with an improvised of MacGyver polygraph subjected, so that the culprit can be identified, one of which dies in an attempt to escape.
20th 20th The escape The Escape Apr 16, 1986 19 Mar 1988 Don Chaffey Stephen Kandel
When MacGyver helps out in a North African monastery, he accepts the assignment of the American Kate to free her brother Brian from the maximum security wing of the military prison, in which he was imprisoned allegedly as a political prisoner . MacGyver is arrested by provoking two police officers and is sent to prison. There he works, supported by a fellow inmate, on a breakout plan for Brian. He fooled the guards with simulated helicopter noises, and set off some explosions that he had prepared under a pretext. After the outbreak succeeds, Brian and Kate reveal that Kate is from the Soviet Foreign Trade Department and that she has freed Brian so that he can lead her to a hidden weapons cache. MacGyver and Kate cooperatively prevent Brian from taking the guns by blowing up the arsenal.
21st 21st Behind the wall A prisoner of conscience Apr 30, 1986 Nov 1, 1994 Cliff Bole Stephen Kandel
MacGyver helps Pete here, in Moscow 's daughter Maria to protect its presumed dead friend Alexander Karsov before the seizure by the Russian secret police. She then reveals that her father, whose contact abroad was discovered by the authorities, is not dead, but is being held as a political prisoner in a psychiatric hospital near Leningrad . Pete and MacGyver, pretending to be a doctor and patient, and later also Maria as a job prospect, free Alexander from psychiatry and flee with him.
22nd 22nd A killer with a thousand faces The assassin May 7, 1986 Nov 28, 1987 Charlie Correll James Schmerer
MacGyver and Pete can arrest the hit man Piedra, who usually uses call girls for his courier services. After he murdered Terry Ross' sister, who was used as a call girl, he used Terry as a courier to kill him in revenge. MacGyver poses as Piedra on behalf of the government in order to seize his next employer, and uses Terry's help to capture Piedras, who has since escaped from state custody and is preparing his next murder, the murder of an archbishop. MacGyver succeeds at the last minute in preventing the murder and overpowering Piedra, who dies at one of his own weapons.

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