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MacGyver: On a Wing and a Prayer

MacGyver and Jack team up to rescue Pete and a nun, who have been captured by Central American rebels.


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Episode Info


Episode number: 4x4
Production Number: 068
Airdate: Monday December 05th, 1988



Guest Stars
Bruce McGillBruce McGill
As Jack Dalton
Recurring
Garwin SanfordGarwin Sanford
As Rafael
Recurring
Jenny GagoJenny Gago
As Santina Salazar
Susan WaldenSusan Walden
As Sister Clara

Co-Guest Stars
Pedro SalvinPedro Salvin
As Lookout
Recurring
Main Cast
Richard Dean AndersonRichard Dean Anderson
As Angus MacGyver
Dana ElcarDana Elcar
As Peter Thornton

Recap

In Barraca, Central America, rebels are driving across the countryside lead by Santina. In the back of one truck are Pete Thornton and Sister Clara. The convoy pulls into the rebel camp and Pete insists that Clara was only trying to help a dying man. Santina informs them the man was a traitor, and that her commander, Rafael, will want to know how they were connected with the man, Enrique. They're lead away and Santina wonders why Enrique betrayed them. Pete and Sister Clara are tied up inside a tent and Clara assures Pete that the underground saw them captured and will get word out. Pete warns that the U.S. can't be seen to be involved and the peace talks are taking place the next night with the country's president, Montoya. Clara explains that Enrique told her the rebels placed a bomb in the Presidential palace that will go off the next night...

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Episode Notes
Richard Dean Anderson and Garwin Sanford would later appear in the Stargate SG-1 episodes "Enigma", "Pretense" and "Between Two Fires" and the Stargate Atlantis episode "Rising" together.



Episode Quotes
MacGyver: Listen, compadre... I need a favor.
Jack Dalton: A favor from who?
MacGyver: You. I need a favor from you, Jack.
Jack Dalton: You do?
MacGyver: Yeah.
Jack Dalton: From moi?
MacGyver: Yes.
Jack Dalton: MacGyver needs a favor from moi?
MacGyver: Yes, Jack.
Jack Dalton: Well, name it! Whatever - anything! I've been waitin' years for this!

Jack Dalton: Speaking of cars, did you see the look on those gas jockeys' faces in Cancun when I set this baby down in front of that filling station? They'll be telling their kids about the sky gringo for years to come.

Rafael: With all due respect to your religion, Sister, the 11th Commandment in this part of Barraca is "Thy shall not harbor a traitor to the revolution."

MacGyver: Let's just no overdo it, all right? Low-key. Very low-key.
Jack Dalton: Hey, you know me, Mac. I can be a low-key kind of guy. You've seen me unconscious before, haven't you?

MacGyver: Keep in mind Pete and the sister are countin' on somebody, and it's us.
Jack Dalton: What sister? I didn't know Pete had a sister. Is she good-lookin'?
MacGyver: Hey!
Jack Dalton: Like Pete, huh?

Jack Dalton: Mac, you didn't tell me it was Guns for Nuns!
MacGyver: You're overreacting.
Jack Dalton: Oh, yeah, what do you know? Those rebels are probably down there cleanin' blackboards even as we speak!

Rafael: You Americanos, you always have an angle, don't you?
Jack Dalton: Business major, USC.
Rafael: Political science, Berkeley.
Jack Dalton: Berkeley? Well, it's nice to see higher education at work. Salud!

Jack Dalton: Look at this. I'm the proud owner of an open can of sardines with wings on it. No, I do not have insurance for rebel gunfire.

Pete: Hell of a way to go, huh? I always thought I'd drop dead at my desk, or on the 9th tee.

Jack Dalton: MacGyver, what's happening!
MacGyver: Your slipknot's not slipping!

Jack Dalton: So, Pete, how's the first day back at work? Feeling okay?
Pete: Yeah. Fine.
Jack Dalton: No hemorrhages or heart attacks or loose organs roaming around?
Pete: Nope. Why?
Jack Dalton: Cause I don't want you to keel over when you see my bill.

Pete: MacGyver, the next time you want to ask Jack Dalton to do you a favor, do me a favor.
MacGyver: I know, Pete. Don't.
Pete: Don't.
MacGyver: Don't.



Episode References
MacGyverisms:
* Piece of hose from a fire extinguisher to fix a broken oil line
* Melted rubber to form a compound to seal life jacket material over a pontoon to create a waterproof patch
* Missile launchers attached to the pontoons of a seaplane to give them enough lift to takeoff on a limited runway

Two seasons later it will be revealed in "Hind-Sight" that Santina became a school teacher after the events of this episode.



Other Episode Crew

CreatorLee David Zlotoff
Executive ProducerStephen Downing  |  John Rich (1)  |  Henry Winkler
Supervising ProducerMichael Greenburg (1)
ProducerJohn Whelpley
Associate ProducerJohn B. Moranville
Production DesignerRex Raglan
EditorBrad Rines
CastingVictoria Burrows  |  Susanne McLellan
First Assistant DirectorBill Mizel
Second Assistant DirectorPaul Etherington  |  Mick Mackay (1)
MusicDennis McCarthy (2)
Music EditorSteve Danforth
HairstylistMichael Pachal
Make-upJan Newman
Key GripNick Kuchera
Set DecoratorDominique Fauquet-LeMaitre
Location ManagerTed Bauman
Property MasterPhil Gough
Construction CoordinatorCharles Leitrants
Script SupervisorCandice Field
Post Production SupervisorMichael Eliot
Supervising Sound EditorWilliam H. Angarola
GafferLen Wolfe
Director of PhotographyWilliam Gereghty (1)
Story EditorJohn Sheppard  |  Marianne Clarkson
Stunt CoordinatorVince Deadrick, Jr. (1)
Coordinating ProducerHudson Hickman
Sound MixerEric Batut
Special EffectsBilly Myatt
Costume SupervisorThomas Welsh
Main Title ThemeRandy Edelman
Production ExecutiveRobert Frederick
Production Office CoordinatorValerie Gray
Executive Story ConsultantRick Drew
Assistant To The Executive ProducerSara Thornberg
Assistant Costume DesignerStephanie Nolin
 

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