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MacGyver :: The Secret of Parker House (04x01)

 
Episode Information
 
Title: The Secret of Parker House
Episode #: 04x01
Production Number: 065
Original Airdate: Monday October 31st, 1988
7/10 (1 Vote cast)
Episode Crew
Director: Mike Vejar
Story: Gene Hanson
Teleplay: Rick Drew
John Sheppard
Gene Hanson
 
Episode Summary
 
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Penny asks MacGyver to accompany her to the house of a deceased aunt that she's inherited. However, the duo soon find themselves dealing with unearthly phenomena.
 
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Guest Stars
 
Guest Stars
Teri HatcherplayedPenny ParkerRecurring (4th appearance)
Gisele MacKenzieplayedSylvia Lang 
Ray Young (1)playedVirgil 
Arlen Dean SnyderplayedSheriff Cliff Howels 
 
Main Cast
 
Richard Dean AndersonplayedAngus MacGyver
 
Episode Notes
 
First episode broadcast in stereo.
 
 
Episode Quotes
 
MacGyver: You never know where life is gonna take you. This is especially true when you've got a friend like Penny Parker.
 
MacGyver: There was a long story behind the way Penny came into her inheritance, and she was in no hurry to shorten it. In high school geometry I learned the shortest distance between two points is a straight line, but when telling a story, Penny always takes the scenic route. Hold it: I hear a point coming up.
 
MacGyver: Penny, I'm sorry. The supernatural is just an easy way to explain what we can't understand.
 
Penny Parker: Did you know my Aunt Betty?
Sylvia Lang: Oh, everybody in town knew Crazy Betty.
Penny Parker: "Crazy"? You mean like, fun-loving and carefree?
Sylvia Lang: I mean crazy. Loopy as a loon.
 
MacGyver: See? Told you. Nothing to be afraid of.
Penny Parker: That's easy for you to say. I'm the one that found out that I'm related to a gangster and a madwoman.
MacGyver: Well, you know, that doesn't surprise me.
Penny Parker: What?!?
MacGyver: Uhh, what I mean is every family's got a black sheep in the pack.
Penny Parker: Any black sheep in your family?
MacGyver: You're looking at him.
 
Penny Parker: Chocolate mint and banana icing—you even remembered my favorite.
MacGyver: Yeah. Who could forget a combination like that?
 
Sheriff Cliff Howels: Growing up, used to hear stories about an old Indian burial ground around here. First time anybody's ever found part of it, though.
MacGyver: Well, I don't think the Indians had dentists. At least, none that used gold crowns.
 
Penny Parker: Don't tell me that you didn't hear them.
MacGyver: Oh... it's probably the plumbing.
Penny Parker: The plumbing does not bang on walls and drag things around and moan.
 
MacGyver: Whatever's going on around here has got nothing to do with ghosts, or goblins, or the supernatural. There is a purely logical explanation for everything.
Penny Parker: Really? Well, that would sound a lot more reassuring if you weren't holding a human skull.
 
Sheriff Cliff Howels: The last thing I need is a couple of amateurs getting in the way of police work.
Penny Parker: MacGyver's not an amateur.
MacGyver: Well, actually I am.
 
MacGyver: You can see where the lime seeped into the rock here. That means the upper part of this wall is above ground.
Penny Parker: MacGyver, we're all going to die and you're giving us geology lessons!

 
 
Episode References
 
MacGyverisms:
* A wig stand to mount a skull, pencil erasers to mark skin thickness, cotton balls for eyes and nose, strips of putty for skin, all to reconstruct the facial features
* A candle to trace a stray breeze from a hidden panel to find its exact location
* Capped pipe attached to a patch on an overheating boiler. When the steam builds up, the patch gives first, firing the pipe through a wall
 
 
Other Episode Crew
 
CreatorLee David Zlotoff
Executive ProducerStephen Downing  |  John Rich (1)  |  Henry Winkler
Supervising ProducerMichael Greenburg (1)
Associate ProducerJohn B. Moranville
Production DesignerRex Raglan
EditorBrad Rines
CastingVictoria Burrows  |  Susanne McLellan
First Assistant DirectorPeter Dashkewytch
Second Assistant DirectorPaul Etherington  |  Mick Mackay (1)
MusicKen Harrison
Music EditorSteve Danforth
HairstylistMichael Pachal
Make-upJan Newman
Key GripNick Kuchera
Set DecoratorDominique Fauquet-LeMaitre
Location ManagerDavid Keiss
Property MasterPat O'Brien
Construction CoordinatorCharles Leitrants
Script SupervisorCandice Field
Post Production SupervisorMichael Eliot
Supervising Sound EditorWilliam H. Angarola
GafferLen Wolfe
Director of PhotographyWilliam Gereghty (1)
Story EditorMarianne Clarkson  |  John Sheppard
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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