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MacGyver: Rush to Judgement
MacGyver is serving on the jury in a racially-tense trial. However, when he has doubts about the evidence presented, he sneaks out from the sequestered jury and digs for the truth.
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Episode Info
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Episode number: 5x20 Production Number: 104 Airdate: Monday April 16th, 1990 |
Recap
MacGyver is on the jury of a trial going into its fourteenth day as protestors gather outside the courthouse. Lisa Robbins, wife of former Gold Medallist Wyatt Robbins, was the victim of street violence. She was brutally murdered and left to die on a street corner in the arms of her wounded husband. Wyatt has identified Curtis Danby, a black man and ex-convict, as the man who killed his wife. The protestors are divided along racial lines and Reverend Roy Thatcher, leader of the Committee for African-American Justice, is more than willing to insist that if Danby was white, there wouldn't be a trial. Thatcher also insists that black crime is the fault of the white community keeping African-Americans down. Reporter Jake Baron is among the news people covering the story, and is primarily interested in getting ratings...Read the full recap
Episode Quotes
Bailiff: Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Belinda Jones / The Bird Lady: I never lie.
Judge: Put her answer down as "yes."
Belinda Jones / The Bird Lady: I never lie.
Judge: Put her answer down as "yes."
MacGyver: What is it with you people? Why are you so afraid of going after the truth, huh?
Jake Baron: Tell me, MacGyver, is she responsible for the gross miscarriage of justice that occurred here today, or does the DA deserve to share some of the blame?
MacGyver: Man... No, actually, I think you're to blame.
Jake Baron: I beg your pardon?
MacGyver: People like you rush to judgment or make snap accusations before you get all the facts. Who gets hurt doesn't seem to matter to you people as long as you get a few more rating points.
Jake Baron: Sounds like you're against a free and democratic press.
MacGyver: No, sir. Just people who abuse it. Like you, Mr. Baron.
Jake Baron: Well, all I can say is I'm glad the rest of America doesn't think like you.
MacGyver: You never know.
MacGyver: Man... No, actually, I think you're to blame.
Jake Baron: I beg your pardon?
MacGyver: People like you rush to judgment or make snap accusations before you get all the facts. Who gets hurt doesn't seem to matter to you people as long as you get a few more rating points.
Jake Baron: Sounds like you're against a free and democratic press.
MacGyver: No, sir. Just people who abuse it. Like you, Mr. Baron.
Jake Baron: Well, all I can say is I'm glad the rest of America doesn't think like you.
MacGyver: You never know.
Episode References
MacGyverisms:
* Setting off the timing device in a pop machine to release pop cans by itself, distracting a marshal
* Perfume bottles to put guard dogs off the scent, and then the same perfume placed on coats put on mannequins to lure the dogs into a storage cage
* Setting off the timing device in a pop machine to release pop cans by itself, distracting a marshal
* Perfume bottles to put guard dogs off the scent, and then the same perfume placed on coats put on mannequins to lure the dogs into a storage cage
Other Episode Crew
| • Creator | Lee David Zlotoff |
| • Executive Producer | Henry Winkler | John Rich (1) | Stephen Downing |
| • Supervising Producer | Michael Greenburg (1) |
| • Co-Producer | Hudson Hickman |
| • Associate Producer | Thomas R. Polizzi |
| • Production Designer | Rex Raglan |
| • Editor | Brad Rines |
| • Casting | Mark Tillman | Susanne McLellan | Victoria Burrows |
| • Line Producer | Robert Frederick |
| • First Assistant Director | Bill Mizel |
| • Second Assistant Director | Craig Matheson |
| • Music | Dennis McCarthy (2) |
| • Music Editor | Steve Danforth |
| • Hairstylist | Michael Pachal |
| • Make-up | Jan Newman |
| • Key Grip | R. K. Hill (1) |
| • Set Decorator | Dominique Fauquet-LeMaitre |
| • Location Manager | Danny McWilliams |
| • Property Master | Grant Swain |
| • Construction Coordinator | Dave Conway |
| • Script Supervisor | Candice Field |
| • Post Production Supervisor | Michael Eliot |
| • Supervising Sound Editor | William H. Angarola |
| • Gaffer | Fred Boyd |
| • Director of Photography | Tony Westman |
| • Story Editor | Paul B. Margolis |
| • Stunt Coordinator | Vince Deadrick, Jr. (1) |
| • Art Director | Charles Leitrants |
| • Coordinating Producer | John B. Moranville |
| • Sound Mixer | Eric Batut |
| • Special Effects | Henry Millar (1) |
| • Executive Story Editor | John Sheppard |
| • Costume Supervisor | Thomas Welsh |
| • Main Title Theme | Randy Edelman |
| • Production Executive | Robert Frederick |
| • Production Office Coordinator | Valerie Gray |
| • Executive Story Consultant | Rick Drew |
| • Assistant To The Executive Producer | Sara Thornberg |
| • Assistant Costume Designer | Stephanie Nolin |
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