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MacGyver: Family Matter

An old enemy of Pete's kidnaps his ex-wife and their son and hides them in the Louisiana swamps. The kidnapper, Bonner, wants to make an exchange but it's clear that he'll kill them all, and MacGyver gives his friend an assist.


9/10 (2 Votes cast)

Episode Info


Episode number: 2x12
Production Number: 034
Airdate: Monday January 12th, 1987



Guest Stars
Beau BillingsleaBeau Billingslea
As Boone
Recurring
Scott CoffeyScott Coffey
As Michael Thornton (as T. Scott Coffey)
Penelope WindustPenelope Windust
As Connie Thornton
Don GordonDon Gordon
As Frank Bonner (as Donald Gordon)
Jeffrey JosephsonJeffrey Josephson
As Obadiah Moss

Co-Guest Stars
Main Cast
Richard Dean AndersonRichard Dean Anderson
As Angus MacGyver
Dana ElcarDana Elcar
As Peter Thornton

Recap

Connie Thornton and her son Michael are working at an archaeological dig in Louisiana. As they work, they discuss how Connie's husband Pete didn't show up for Michael's graduation and always used work as an excuse. Masked men burst into the camp, capture them, and then take video of them...

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Episode Quotes
Pete: I can't ask you to help me on this one.
MacGyver: So don't ask.

Connie Thornton: What do you want from us?
Frank Bonner: I want to see the light of happiness in your eyes. And then I want to watch that light go out.

Pete: We heard an explosion, that's all. MacGyver is damn hard to kill.

MacGyver: Sometimes the only way you can solve a problem is to be in two places at once.



Episode References
MacGyverisms:
* A dummy out of an old jacket, life jackets, a wooden board, and a fishing net handle, to draw enemy fire
* Fishing line spliced into a rope and attached to the starter of an engine, to activate it from a distance
* A can of gas with an oil-soaked rag as a fuse, burning slow enough to get clear
* Methane gas inside of bamboo stalks to make explosives, with mud to block the ends and a stalk as a fuse



Other Episode Crew

CreatorLee David Zlotoff
Executive ProducerHenry Winkler  |  John Rich (1)
Co-Executive ProducerStephen Downing
Supervising ProducerBill Froehlich  |  Mark Lisson
ProducerVictor Hsu  |  Michael Greenburg (1)
Associate ProducerSteven Milkis
EditorRobert Dorsett
CastingNan Dutton
Unit Production ManagerRobin Chamberlin
First Assistant DirectorPatrick A. Duffy (2)
Second Assistant DirectorGary Law (1)  |  Bob Lewis (1)
MusicDennis McCarthy (2)
Music EditorSteve Danforth
Costume DesignerAnne Winsor  |  Rudolph Garcia
HairstylistJo McCarthy
Make-upTom Ellingwood
Set DecoratorMary Swanson
Location ManagerBud Aronson
Property MasterJames A. Rathbun
Script SupervisorEdle Bakke
Director of PhotographyWilliam Gereghty (1)
Story EditorJohn J. Sakmar  |  Kerry Lenhart  |  Rob Hedden
Stunt CoordinatorVince Deadrick, Jr. (1)
Art DirectorWilliam Hiney
Sound MixerAlan Bernard
Special EffectsBilly Myatt
Executive Story EditorStephen Kronish
Costume SupervisorThomas Welsh
Main Title ThemeRandy Edelman
Second Unit DirectorStephen Sealy
 

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