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MacGyver: The Widowmaker
After the death of a close friend in a mountain-climbing accident, MacGyver goes into mourning only to be faced with an old enemy back for revenge.
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Episode Info
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Episode number: 3x8 Production Number: 052 Airdate: Monday November 16th, 1987 Alternate Airdates:
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Norway
Co-Guest Stars
Uncredited
Recap
MacGyver is climbing the rock face of a high peak, the Widowmaker, with his friend Mike Forester. Mike gives him expert advice as he slips and hangs from his cable, and with her help MacGyver manages to pull himself up. They pause for lunch and Mike makes a mildly suggestive comment, then apologizes. She insists she wants more from him then just friendship but MacGyver insists that it’s their friendship that matters. Blinking back tears, Mike insists on pressing ahead and they ascend, Mike in the lead. As she anchors her line, she slips and loses her grip, falling before her safety line stops her. She hits her head on a rock edge and is knocked unconscious as her strap starts to part. MacGyver can only look on as the harness breaks and she falls to her death...Read the full recap
Episode Quotes
MacGyver: "What are you doing up here?" he asked himself. Don't you remember, you hate heights? Or is it that heights hate you? I could never figure out which was which?
MacGyver: There's an old climbers' saying. "It's not the fall that kills you, it's the sudden stop."
Mike Forester: (to MacGyver) All those women in your life and you never learned a thing, did you?
Nikki Carpenter: This is serious, huh?
Pete: Yeah, it's serious. MacGyver is running. The funny thing about running is, you always end up taking yourself with you.
Pete: Yeah, it's serious. MacGyver is running. The funny thing about running is, you always end up taking yourself with you.
Nikki Carpenter: I saw that maniac at Ellard's store.
MacGyver: That's Murdoc. He's not your normal professional killer.
MacGyver: That's Murdoc. He's not your normal professional killer.
Episode References
MacGyverisms:
* Mattress as a temporary shield against a flamethrower
* Battery attached to radio antenna with jumper cables, to set off a flamethrower tank.
* Rope and pulley to ascend a pole, belt to support feet
* Bracelet to interrupt a phone line signal and send a Morse code message
* Climbing rope to make climbing harnesses
* Powdered climbing chalk to blind an opponent
* Mattress as a temporary shield against a flamethrower
* Battery attached to radio antenna with jumper cables, to set off a flamethrower tank.
* Rope and pulley to ascend a pole, belt to support feet
* Bracelet to interrupt a phone line signal and send a Morse code message
* Climbing rope to make climbing harnesses
* Powdered climbing chalk to blind an opponent
Other Episode Crew
| • Creator | Lee David Zlotoff |
| • Executive Producer | Henry Winkler | John Rich (1) | Stephen Downing |
| • Supervising Producer | Calvin Clements, Jr. (2) |
| • Producer | Michael Greenburg (1) | Stephen Kandel |
| • Co-Producer | John Whelpley |
| • Associate Producer | Hudson Hickman |
| • Editor | Robert Lederman |
| • Casting | Fiona Jackson | Barbara Hanley | Cathy Henderson |
| • First Assistant Director | Peter Dashkewytch |
| • Second Assistant Director | David Markowitz |
| • Music | Ken Harrison |
| • Music Editor | Steve Danforth |
| • Hairstylist | Ian C. Ballard |
| • Make-up | Jan Newman | Michael Westmore | Robin Beauchesne |
| • Key Grip | Dave Gordon (1) |
| • Set Decorator | Dominique Fauquet-LeMaitre |
| • Location Manager | Colleen Nystedt |
| • Property Master | Pat O'Brien |
| • Construction Coordinator | Charles Leitrants |
| • Script Supervisor | Susan Weir (1) |
| • Production Coordinator | Elaine Fleming |
| • Supervising Sound Editor | William H. Angarola |
| • Gaffer | Len Wolfe |
| • Director of Photography | William Gereghty (1) |
| • Story Editor | Michael Berlin | Rick Drew |
| • Stunt Coordinator | Vince Deadrick, Jr. (1) |
| • Art Director | Rex Raglan |
| • Production Manager | Robert Frederick |
| • Sound Mixer | Eric Batut |
| • Special Effects | Billy Myatt |
| • Costume Supervisor | Thomas Welsh |
| • Main Title Theme | Randy Edelman |
| • Assistant Costume Designer | Stephanie Nolin |
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