Are there any episodes you won't watch?
Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2017 7:17 pm
Hi everyone,
I was just curious if there are certain episodes of MacGyver you won't (or don't) ever watch. For me, it's The Coltons and The Stringer. Don't get me wrong - I like the Coltons as characters, but I think if they were trying to develop a separate show for them then they should have made a separate pilot episode for them instead of incorporating it into the MacGyver series. It's called MacGyver, after all, not The Coltons, and gosh darn it, I want to see Mac in each episode, and he is barely featured in this one! It just strikes me as weird.
My issue with The Stringer episode is...well...a little difficult. I have no problems with the idea that Mac might have children. I am a realist after all, and you have to imagine that after all the relationships our guy has had with women that he might produce a child at some point. After all, look at his horrified reaction to Kate's pregnancy in the Friends episode! It's just...with The Stringer...I don't know. It seems like a cliche episode to me: "Oh look, MacGyver has a long-lost son that he didn't know about!" That trope has been overdone in many shows and I find it tiresome. Also, the ending seemed anticlimactic for a series finale. After everything he's shared with Pete, and how close they are, you're telling me that halfhearted goodbye he gives to him is the best that he could do?
I just think that an episode like Passages would have been more appropriate as a series finale. You would have the high stakes and drama, it would emphasize Mac's strong bond with Pete, and it would have wrapped everything up nicely.
Now granted, I think most of season 7 is weak, but I still will watch it. The Coltons and The Stringer though, I never watch.
What about everyone else? Are there episodes you avoid?
I was just curious if there are certain episodes of MacGyver you won't (or don't) ever watch. For me, it's The Coltons and The Stringer. Don't get me wrong - I like the Coltons as characters, but I think if they were trying to develop a separate show for them then they should have made a separate pilot episode for them instead of incorporating it into the MacGyver series. It's called MacGyver, after all, not The Coltons, and gosh darn it, I want to see Mac in each episode, and he is barely featured in this one! It just strikes me as weird.
My issue with The Stringer episode is...well...a little difficult. I have no problems with the idea that Mac might have children. I am a realist after all, and you have to imagine that after all the relationships our guy has had with women that he might produce a child at some point. After all, look at his horrified reaction to Kate's pregnancy in the Friends episode! It's just...with The Stringer...I don't know. It seems like a cliche episode to me: "Oh look, MacGyver has a long-lost son that he didn't know about!" That trope has been overdone in many shows and I find it tiresome. Also, the ending seemed anticlimactic for a series finale. After everything he's shared with Pete, and how close they are, you're telling me that halfhearted goodbye he gives to him is the best that he could do?
I just think that an episode like Passages would have been more appropriate as a series finale. You would have the high stakes and drama, it would emphasize Mac's strong bond with Pete, and it would have wrapped everything up nicely.
Now granted, I think most of season 7 is weak, but I still will watch it. The Coltons and The Stringer though, I never watch.
What about everyone else? Are there episodes you avoid?