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MacGyver: Humanity
When a mission in Romania goes bad, a ruthless soldier takes MacGyver hostage. Captive ends up saving captor, and MacGyver tries to appeal to the soldier's buried humanity.
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Episode Info
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Episode number: 6x2 Production Number: 105 Airdate: Monday September 24th, 1990 |
Co-Guest Stars
Recap
Pete and MacGyver arrive in Bucharest, Romania, as delegates. Captain Cuzo greets them and is clearly eager to get them out of his way. They go down with him into the basement headquarters to examine the archives of their dead dictator, Ceausescu. Pete insists that they're there as neutral observers but Cuzo feels it's better to let the past remain in the past. As they go to the archives, they're unaware that a commando unit is entering through secret tunnels. As Pete and MacGyver meet with the other delegates, two nearby guards notice a bookshelf shaking. They go to investigate and the commando unit bursts through, knocks them out, and takes Cuzo and delegates prisoner. The team leader, Major Krik, sets an incendiary charge and tells them that Ceausescu's will lives on. He activates the charge and leaves with his men, locking the door behind them. MacGyver realizes there's not enough time to deactivate the bomb and uses an intercom unit's speaker hooked up to a telephone receiver to amplify the vault's lock. He gets the vault door open and Pete places it inside. They close the door just in time as the bomb goes off safely inside...Read the full recap
Episode Quotes
MacGyver: Oh, come on, I'm no threat to you; there's no reason to kill... (dives for cover) This is nuts. There's no reason for this! Listen to me, I'm not going to take it in the back and I'm not going to take it laying down, so you're just going to have to shoot me face to face! (whispering) I can't believe I said that. You hear me! I'm coming out! And no, I'm not crazy. Just take a good took, maybe you'll think twice about cold-blooded murder.
Victor: Why did you do this?
MacGyver: Reflex? Your feet were elevated. If I didn't get you turned around, the venom would have gone straight to your heart, assuming you have one.
MacGyver: Reflex? Your feet were elevated. If I didn't get you turned around, the venom would have gone straight to your heart, assuming you have one.
Victor: Tell me, why you came back for me.
MacGyver: Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time. Like I said, reflex.
MacGyver: Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time. Like I said, reflex.
Victor: I could kill you in your sleep.
MacGyver: I'm an insomniac. You don't want to kill me.
Victor: How can you be sure?
MacGyver: Human nature. I do something nice for you, you do something nice for me - like not kill me. Next thing you know, we're friends. On the off chance I'm wrong, and you get the uncontrollable desire to do something violent, why don't you toss a line in the lake and catch us some lunch.
MacGyver: I'm an insomniac. You don't want to kill me.
Victor: How can you be sure?
MacGyver: Human nature. I do something nice for you, you do something nice for me - like not kill me. Next thing you know, we're friends. On the off chance I'm wrong, and you get the uncontrollable desire to do something violent, why don't you toss a line in the lake and catch us some lunch.
MacGyver: Pete.
Victor: Your colleague?
MacGyver: My friend.
Victor: Your colleague?
MacGyver: My friend.
Victor: MacGyver, it is important that you understand. I made a deal with Major Krik to keep him from killing you.
MacGyver: What about when you slugged me?
Victor: Krik gave an order and, uh... reflex.
MacGyver: What about when you slugged me?
Victor: Krik gave an order and, uh... reflex.
Pete: His life was programmed right from the start.
MacGyver: He never had a chance.
Pete: Well, at least he discovered his own humanity in the end. That's something, MacGyver.
MacGyver: That's a lot.
MacGyver: He never had a chance.
Pete: Well, at least he discovered his own humanity in the end. That's something, MacGyver.
MacGyver: That's a lot.
Episode References
MacGyverisms:
* An intercom speaker hooked up to a telephone receiver, acting as a microphone to amplify a vault door's lock and open it
* A rubber flashlight tube to suck poison out of a snakebite
* Wires from a light bulb cage to pick a lock
* A muffler pipe, bent into shape, to create a makeshift mortar to fire a road flare as a signal
* A fishing pole reel, tossed into the nearby grass, to pull out the line and distract guards
* An intercom speaker hooked up to a telephone receiver, acting as a microphone to amplify a vault door's lock and open it
* A rubber flashlight tube to suck poison out of a snakebite
* Wires from a light bulb cage to pick a lock
* A muffler pipe, bent into shape, to create a makeshift mortar to fire a road flare as a signal
* A fishing pole reel, tossed into the nearby grass, to pull out the line and distract guards
Other Episode Crew
| • Creator | Lee David Zlotoff |
| • Executive Producer | Henry Winkler | John Rich (1) | Stephen Downing |
| • Supervising Producer | Michael Greenburg (1) |
| • Co-Producer | John B. Moranville |
| • Associate Producer | Thomas R. Polizzi |
| • Production Designer | Rex Raglan |
| • Editor | Brad Rines |
| • Casting | Mark Tillman | Susanne McLellan | Victoria Burrows |
| • Line Producer | Robert Frederick |
| • Unit Production Manager | Walter Mustapich |
| • First Assistant Director | Peter Dashkewytch |
| • Second Assistant Director | Craig Matheson |
| • Music | Ken Harrison |
| • Music Editor | Steve Danforth |
| • Hairstylist | Michael Pachal |
| • Make-up | Jan Newman |
| • Key Grip | R. K. Hill (1) |
| • Set Decorator | Dominique Fauquet-LeMaitre |
| • Location Manager | Bruce L. Brownstein |
| • Property Master | Pat O'Brien |
| • Construction Coordinator | Dave Conway |
| • Script Supervisor | Kelly Moon |
| • Supervising Sound Editor | William H. Angarola |
| • Gaffer | Fred Boyd |
| • Director of Photography | Tony Westman |
| • Story Editor | Lincoln Kibbee |
| • Stunt Coordinator | Vince Deadrick, Jr. (1) |
| • Art Director | Charles Leitrants |
| • Creative Consultant | Rick Mittleman |
| • Sound Mixer | Eric Batut |
| • Special Effects | Henry Millar (1) |
| • Executive Story Editor | John Sheppard |
| • Costume Supervisor | Thomas Welsh |
| • Main Title Theme | Randy Edelman |
| • Production Office Coordinator | Valerie Gray |
| • Assistant To The Executive Producer | Sara Thornberg |
| • Assistant Costume Designer | Stephanie Nolin |
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