MacGyver/Discuss episode of the week

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I'll just jump in here for a moment (I may be back later) to say I really enjoyed how Mac "unmasked" Karen in the kitchen by kissing her while taking her walkie-talkie from the back of her belt! 8-)
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I'll jump in too for a short comment.

Deathlock is, to me, another good episode with all the ingredients for an excellent MacGyver story - a great bad guy (Quayle) and as someone else has said, lots of kissing......and fantastic MacGyverisms. Then there is Pete.....a welcome permanent figure in the MacGyver legend.

Thank you, Kate, for the great screencaps. I will borrow some of them here.....

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Wow, B GREAT illustrations (and comments) :P
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You've been quiet while I was away. ;)

I've recently returned from a lovely 10-day vacation exploring the National Parks of the desert southwest. (And now I am getting back to work on updating the Lexicon, so I will hopefully be prepared to pick up the conversation here soon.)

But in the meantime, I thought I'd share something I came upon during my trip.

I was staying at the Red Cliffs Lodge in Moab, Utah, and in the hotel they have quite a thorough little "Film & TV Museum" that included lots of photos and memorabilia from the many MANY movies and TV shows that have been filmed in and around Moab. So I did a little exploring, and what did I come upon but this little photo display on the wall:

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It documents the details for the MacGyver pilot opening scenes (in "Mongolia"), which were shot at the Dead Horse Point State Park.

MacGyver really IS everywhere. :shock: :lol:

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That third picture: Stay low, move fast, think smart and if you go... take company along. Get out of here.
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Wow Kate, that is a nice find! :)
Great pictures!
Yes he is everywhere, all the time and thoughout time! ;)

I was actually thinking we could move on to the next episode, Flame's End, if that's okay with everyone :roll:
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Wow = yes = great find, Kate. MacGyver IS everywhere for sure!

OK, yes, move on to discuss Flame's End.
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Thanks for sharing, Kate! You must have felt right at home! :P

To start in on "Flames End" I'd like to mention that the gun was finally in the right hand! :lol: and there's a lot to like about this episode!
The suspense and tension were palpable. RDA's acting was great. The storyline incredible from Bonnie's burial to the hug on top of the reactor in hazmat suits! I may jump back in later...
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I like Flame's End. One of my favorites from the first season, in fact, though I'm not quite sure if I can pinpoint why. It was simple and sweet, but with suspense and backstory. Amy was the first of the (many) former girlfriends we will come across, and I liked her, and her relationship with Mac. They had started as friends, and their friendship remained, even though they were so different in personality and had separated so long ago. She suited him, somehow.

The backstory was interesting, but over the seasons we get so many glimpses of various pieces of his college education that it is hard to fit them all together. In this story we get the sense that whatever college Mac and Amy and Tim went to together, it is in/near Westport Beach, which is also Amy's hometown (her Dad's house is there), and which is a plane flight away from Los Angeles. As I mentioned in the "Notes of Interest," the (as yet) unnamed college could have been near San Francisco, and his degree could have been in physics (he "studied physics"), and the background music could place his senior year at around 1973 or 1974, but consistency gets difficult later on. Right now I am working on Ugly Duckling, in which Mac points out the seat he used to sit in when he was in Professor Willis's class, and they are clearly still in LA, since he also keeps popping into the Federal Building to chat with Pete. So... two different colleges? Post-grad degree perhaps? I haven't quite figured out how to put them together yet, but we're going to have to deal with more references (like Hell Week) in the future. Mac took a lot of college classes. ;)

But continuity aside, I like the little peeks into Mac's past. And the peeks into his personality. I love the opening scenes where he's playing table hockey with Susan. I think this was one of the earliest moments where a bit of RDA's own personality was beginning to peek through into MacGyver.

There weren't a lot of MacGyverisms in this one, but the story moved smoothly and had a few twists and turns (Poor Bonnie!) (Bad Tim!). I do wonder about some of the editing - for example when they were trapped in the disposal chamber and Amy's line about how many minutes they have left before the nuclear waste comes pouring in was, "With 59 minutes to go. Mac, we've got nine." But if you read her lips, it was originally scripted as "We've got two." I wonder if they changed something in the story, or if they just figured out after the fact that two minutes wasn't enough time to get the clock to count down.

Overall, I felt it was a good example of classic early MacGyver - a fun ride, and still a favorite.

Slightly off topic, and speaking of Ugly Duckling... Does anyone here have the script for that episode? Over the years I have picked up a number of the original scripts from various places, but I don't have Ugly Duckling. As I said, I'm working on that episode now, and I notice that the "buyer" (of the missile) in the episode is never addressed by name and is not listed in the credits. I was just curious if the original script ever gave him a name (the way Zia was named in the script for To Be a Man but was never addressed by name in the episode.) Anybody know?

Carry on... :)

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Sorry I launched the discuss but couldn't find time to come back for my comments before..

I like Flame's End, it's a great episode.
Much of how I feel has already been said, I agree with you!

It is true that season 1 seems to have a continuity of its own :D

My favorite scene is the 'baby hockey' game. I love the fact that Mac/Rick is all geared up as if he is playing for real :lol:
He's so cute in this scene
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To be short, I appreciate this episode because it is well played, it has a nice story, and I like when we learn more about Mac's past :)
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