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MacGyver

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  Episode Information  
Title: Pilot
Episode Number: 1
Season: 1
Season Episode #.: 1
Production Number: 001
Original Airdate: Sunday September 29th, 1985
10/10 (1 Vote cast)
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Episode Crew
Director: Alan Smithee
Writer: Thackary Pallor
  Episode Summary  
Leaking acid threatens the New Mexico water system and MacGyver is called in to help the two trapped scientists escape.
 
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  Guest Stars  
Guest Stars
Dana Elcar (1)playedAndy Colson (not Pete Thornton)Recurring (first appearance)
Al White (1)playedSergeant 
Charles BouvierplayedTechnician #1 
Charles LanyerplayedMajor Dennis 
Darlanne FluegelplayedBarbara Spencer 
Howard SchecterplayedTechnician #2 
Jerry DewildeplayedJerry 
Joanna LinnplayedMary 
Larry Watson (1)playedTechnician #3 
Lawrence Casey (1)playedColonel Keel 
Michael C. GwynneplayedDoctor Charlie Burke 
Michael Fairman (1)playedGeneral Relkwin 
Michael Johnson (1)playedCaptain Taylor 
Michael Lerner (1)playedEd Gantner 
Olaf PooleyplayedDoctor Sidney Marlowe 
Paul StewartplayedDoctor Carl Steubens 
Shavar RossplayedReggie 
  Episode Notes  
Opening Gambit: MacGyver rescues a downed Air Force pilot from his Mongolian captors.
 
Richard Dean Anderson (MacGyver) and Dana Elcar (Andy Colson) are the only actors to appear in both this episode and the finale, "Mountain of Youth".
 
Dana Elcar (Andy Colson) would later play Peter Thornton, the Director of Operations at the Phoenix Foundation. He was a recurring guest star during the first season and later joined the regular cast for the second and subsequent series.
 
  Featured Songs  
ArtistSong TitlePlayed When
Randy EdelmanMacGyver TV Theme Tune 
  Episode Quotes  
Gantner: They calculate the chances of anyone getting through to Marlow and Stubens are...not great.
MacGyver: Give me "not great" on a scale of one to ten.
Gantner: Minus three.
 
Barbara: I'd kiss you MacGyver, but I've got this cold.
MacGyver: So what's a little cold between friends, huh?
 
Barbara: Don't tell me you know how to make a bomb out of a stick of chewing gum?
MacGyver: Why, do you got some?
 
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