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MacGyver :: Final Approach (02x05)

 
Episode Information
 
Title: Final Approach
Episode #: 02x05
Production Number: 028
Original Airdate: Monday October 27th, 1986
8/10 (1 Vote cast)
Episode Crew
Director: Alexander Singer
Writer: Rob Hedden
 
Episode Summary
 

MacGyver takes four urban teens into the mountains but when the plane goes down, he must not only engineer a rescue but deal with the vendettas between them.
 
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Guest Stars
 
Guest Stars
Ramon FrancoplayedRamonRecurring (first appearance)
David Harris (2)playedLuther 
Pamela GidleyplayedGina 
Ricky Paull GoldinplayedTommy 
Co-Guest Stars
Buck YoungplayedJenkinsRecurring (first appearance)
Gregory ItzinplayedTom Cavanaugh 
Chad BlockplayedSearch Coordinator 
 
Main Cast
 
Richard Dean AndersonplayedAngus MacGyver
Dana Elcar (1)playedPeter Thornton
 
Episode Quotes
 
MacGyver: Flying a small plane can be fun. It can also be kind of frightening. Now I've always felt the best way to confront a fear of the ocean is to dive right in. So it seemed like the smart way to deal with the fear of flying light planes was to take a train or a bus. Now it's possible the carburetor froze up in this ice storm I was flying through, but that didn't explain why I wasn't getting a decent throttle response. Nor was there any indication as to why the controls felt they were stuck in cement. It did not look good for the home team.
 
Pete: All of this would never happen in a real plane.
MacGyver: Why do I feel all this has a point? You want me to fly a plane just like that, don't you?
Pete: No, absolutely not. I would never ask you to do that. You only have to ride in one.
 
Pete: We've really extended the funds on this, so there's very little money involved. I mean, like none.
MacGyver: Pete, when has that ever stopped me?
 
MacGyver: First impressions are very important. And with this group, I knew it'd be critical. So I decided to make a grand entrance... through their noses.
 
MacGyver: Somebody want to fill me in?
Ramon: Nothing to fill in. The man's got a problem. We've all got problems. That's life, White Bread.
 
MacGyver: There's a time to be Daniel Boone, and a time to be a plumber. This one called for the latter.
 
Gina: Where'd you find him?
MacGyver: Having lunch with a mountain lion.
 
MacGyver: Things started disappearing from lockers; everybody knew it was Andy but nobody could prove it. Then one day I open up mine, and my knife is gone. I knew who did it. So I waited until after school, and I busted his nose.
Luther: Yeah? But you got your knife back, right?
MacGyver: That's right. When I got home, it was sittin' on my desk, right where I left it. You sure you got your facts straight, Luther? Think about it.
 
Pete: That means that they went down way off course. Doesn't it?
Search Coordinator: There's a thousand square miles of rough wilderness out there. I'm sorry, it's not very hopeful.
Pete: You don't know MacGyver.
 
MacGyver: All I got to do is find an airport, get them to lay down some foam, and land. That's all.
Ramon: If you can do what you just did, you could land this thing on the moon.
 
 
Episode References
 
MacGyverisms:
* Making a tent out of a parachute
* A hot coal from a campfire to lure a rattlesnake out
* A hollowed out log to redirect water from a stream to scare off a mountain lion
* Rubber tubing from a plane, combined with a radio headset, to make a stethoscope
* A hollowed out log, 3' long, as a front ski on a plane, and mud in front of the plane in a trough for the ski to follow
* Earrings mounted on two branches in the shape of a T, to make a surveyor's sighting tool
 
 
Other Episode Crew
 
CreatorLee David Zlotoff
Executive ProducerHenry Winkler  |  John Rich (1)
Supervising ProducerBill Froehlich  |  Mark Lisson  |  Stephen Downing
ProducerVictor Hsu  |  Michael Greenburg (1)
Co-ProducerStephen Kandel
Associate ProducerSteven Milkis
EditorRobert Dorsett  |  Stuart Bass
CastingNan Dutton
Unit Production ManagerSam C. Freedle
First Assistant DirectorPatrick A. Duffy (2)
Second Assistant DirectorMerri D. Howard  |  Gary Law (1)
MusicDennis McCarthy (2)
Music EditorSteve Danforth
Costume DesignerAnne Winsor  |  Rudolph Garcia
HairstylistJo McCarthy
Make-upJoe McKinney
Set DecoratorMary Swanson
Location ManagerBud Aronson
Property MasterJames A. Rathbun
Script SupervisorEdle Bakke
Director of PhotographyWilliam Gereghty (1)
Story EditorJohn J. Sakmar  |  Kerry Lenhart
Stunt CoordinatorVince Deadrick, Jr. (1)
Art DirectorWilliam Hiney
Sound MixerAlan Bernard
Special EffectsBilly Myatt
Executive Story EditorStephen Kronish
Costume SupervisorThomas Welsh
Main Title ThemeRandy Edelman
 
 
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