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Re: MacGyver/Discuss episode of the week
Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2018 3:13 pm
by lesliekretchmar
Re: MacGyver/Discuss episode of the week
Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2018 10:33 pm
by bftlovesRDA
Re: MacGyver/Discuss episode of the week
Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2018 4:31 pm
by bftlovesRDA
Re: MacGyver/Discuss episode of the week
Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2018 12:19 pm
by Juliette
True, it is a good episode.
I'm not a huge fan of the story but I am definitely a fan of Penny Parker!
And since this episode is the one which introduces her, I like it a lot.
I loved Penny from the first time I watched the show and I was really happy when I saw her in an other episode, and then she became a recurrent character.
RDA's real life injury is well included in the episode, and even very useful.. I love when he knocks out the general with his cast
The car chase scene is great too, very hollywodian, like Penny says "it's like in the movies". The truck stunt is very impressive!
Great episode!
Re: MacGyver/Discuss episode of the week
Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2018 10:48 pm
by lesliekretchmar
I loved this episode. I found it full of twists and turns. Basically, Mac has been given a tiny piece of microfilm to get out of the country that will expose the security division at the highest level in Sofia Bulgaria of skimming and hiding the money in Swiss bank accounts. Some of the stolen property from the state is part of the Crown Jewels of the German House of Hanover. If the theft is discovered and by whom it could mean their imprisonment or death. Hence, General Petrovich of security and his nephew Stepan Frolov(of security but not part of the theft) are determined to use all resources available to stop Anton Borak, of the underground, from passing the microfilm to MacGyver. This is unknowingly expedited by Penny Parker in the airport, meeting MacGyver (on his way out of the country) and planting the jewels given to her by her lover, Stepan Frolov, who wanted them back because she was leaving him and the country and had followed her to the airport with the police. She and MacGyver are accused of being spies and held in detention at the airport, surrendering their passports, and being placed in handcuffs, together. Mac devises a masterful escape, he and Penny get out of the cuffs and are well on their way to retrieving their passports and the microfilm (which has been under a stamp on a postcard and had been in Mac's possession before their arrest). That isn't the end of it. Mac and Penny have to escape Frolov and Petrovich. Frolov defects to claim the money that his uncle put into a Swiss account in his name which he previously had no knowledge of. The three of them (Mac, Penny and Frolov) escape across the Greek border (Mac with the postcard at long last), and because the border policeman knows Penny, they are not arrested even though they don't have their passports. The end
Re: MacGyver/Discuss episode of the week
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2018 8:05 pm
by Juliette
Do we move on to the next episode To Be A Man?
I'll go watch it first
Re: MacGyver/Discuss episode of the week
Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2018 12:51 am
by lesliekretchmar
Juliette wrote: ↑Thu Sep 13, 2018 8:05 pm
Do we move on to the next episode To Be A Man?
I'll go watch it first
I'll jump in later after others start the discussion, tho I have seen it again and again, recently
Re: MacGyver/Discuss episode of the week
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2018 5:21 pm
by Juliette
Oh I completely forgot to come back for my comment on To Be A Man..
I actually don't have much to say on it...
It's an okay episode to me, Mac is hurt and doesn't move much for a big part of the episode.
What I like is the influence Mac has on the boy, he's definitely helping him to be the man of the house
Anybody want to comment on the episode better than I just did?
Re: MacGyver/Discuss episode of the week
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2018 4:11 am
by lesliekretchmar
Well, I will comment on it: The ejection from the fighter jet "at the last second" was a good start! The glider off the mountain was great, tho' the bullet in the shoulder wasn't! The windup and aim of the rock to knock the threatening rider off his horse was fantastic! I was happy and impressed that Mac could help Ahmed and his mother as much as he did: causing Khalil to shoot himself to his death, fixing the water pump in the house, giving Ahmed a sense of his own "manhood", showing compassion to the Russian soldier, bringing part of the rocky mountain down on the Russian soldiers and getting himself, Ahmed's mother and Ahmed across the Afghani/Pakistani border! I also noticed a "good chemistry" between Ahmed's mother and MacGyver, which was fun to see! I liked this episode a lot!
Re: MacGyver/Discuss episode of the week
Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2018 10:00 pm
by Juliette
Do we move on to the next episode ? Ugly Duckling
So to me Ugly Duckling is a great episode.
I have watched it a few days ago, but so much happened since then that it's not so clear in my head anymore
If anyone wants to do a comment or a summary of the episode, and I'll come back to add my own comments to it
One quick comment is that I really like the character of Kate, she is a nice young girl, she's very smart and it's no wonder why she and Mac get along very well and understand each other
I don't think we hear about her in the later episodes, it would have loved to know how she turned out (probably a great engineer)