MacGyver episodes: Third season
THIRD SEASON
(Note: Filming moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, a popular
choice for TV and movie locations.)
045 Lost Love (two-parter)
and Airdates: 21 September 1987 (Part 1); 28 September 1987 (Part 2)
046 Writer: Jerry Ludwig
Director: Cliff Bole
Guest Cast: Bruce McGill as Jack Dalton, James Hong as Commissioner
Chu, Anthony De Longis as Kosoff, Walter Marsh as Racoubian,
Leslie Bevis as Tanya Lyaschenka, Elyssa Davalos as Lisa.
Nielsen ratings: (Part 1) 11.9 rating, 20 share, 3rd (53rd overall).
(Part 2) 12.2 rating, 19 share, 3rd (47th overall).
[Part 1] MacGyver is assigned to protect China's national
treasure, when a former love he thought dead appears, needing
his help to escape from Soviet agents who want her and the
artifact.
[Part 2] Risking a diplomatic crisis to save Lisa, MacGyver
has less than 24 hours to break his own security system to steal
the Ming Dragon, then finds out it was all a set-up to catch him.
047 Back From the Dead
Airdate: 05 October 1987
Writer: Stephen Kronish
Director: James L.Conway
Guest Cast: Joe Santos as Jimmy Kendall, Al Ruscio as Dave,
Rebecca Balding as Susan, Richard Jamison as Ralph, Alex
Bruhanski as Sal, Henry "Hank" Aaron as himself.
Nielsen ratings: 12.2 rating, 20 share, 3rd (43rd overall).
Jimmy "The Eraser" Kendall returns in his new identity as a
minor-league baseball coach, but his appearance in a sports
magazine draws the attention of his former employer's thugs.
048 Ghost Ship
Airdate: 19 October 1987
Writer: Stephen Kandel
Director: Michael Vejar
Guest Cast: Katey Wright as Karin Graff, Michele Goodger as
Joanna, Nicholas Rice as Bench, Byron Chief-Moon as Joe
Wales, Len George, Chief Khotlacha as Len, Ken Kirzinger
as Bigfoot.
Nielsen ratings: 13.1 rating, 21 share, 3rd (40th overall).
Setting survey markers in Alaska, MacGyver comes upon a
seemingly abandoned ship with a stowaway Russian girl
aboard, and a Sasquatch.
049 Fire and Ice
Airdate: 26 October 1987
Writer: Rick Husky
Director: Alan Simmonds
Guest Cast: Aharon Ipale as Amir Sumal, Johnathon Pallone,
Anthony Stamboulieh as Ambassador Vulnay, Terry David
Mulligan, Elyssa Davalos as Nikki Carpenter.
Nielsen ratings: 13.7 rating, 22 share, 2nd (35th overall).
A thief kills MacGyver's old friend, leaving a trail of
stolen jewels that leads straight to a foreign consulate.
050 GX-1
Airdate: 02 November 1987
Writer: Calvin Clements, Jr.
Director: Michael Vejar
Guest Cast: Walter Gotell as Starkoss, Morris Panych as
Colonel Markov, Peter Nicholas as the Lieutenant, Elyssa
Davalos as Nikki Carpenter.
Nielsen ratings: 11.2 rating, 17 sdhare, 3rd (46th overall).
A secret high-tech plane goes down in the Alps, and MacGyver
reluctantly allows Nikki to accompany him across the East
German border - racing to beat the Soviets to the wreckage.
051 Jack in the Box
Airdate: 09 November 1987
Writer: David Rich
Director: James L. Conway
Guest Cast: Bruce McGill as Jack Dalton, Luke Askew as Warden
Renfro, Eugene Butler, Daniel Faraldo as Pepe, Diane Robin
as Louella, Lance LeGault as "Bull" Bodine.
Nielsen ratings: 14.3 rating, 23 share, 2nd (32nd overall).
MacGyver gets a taste of redneck justice when he gets tossed
into a prison labor camp during a mission to the rural South.
052 The Widowmaker
Airdate: 16 November 1987
Teleplay: John Whelpley
Story: Harv Zimmel
Director: Michael Vejar
Guest Cast: Michael Des Barres as Murdoc, Lisa Bayliss as Mike
Forester, Elyssa Davalos as Nikki Carpenter, Anthony Holland
as Mr. Ellard.
Nielsen ratings: 13.7 rating, 22 share, 2nd (37th overall).
MacGyver goes into mourning when long-time friend Mike Forester
dies in a mountaineering accident, but a pyromaniac with a score
to settle forces MacGyver to concentrate on matters at hand.
053 Hell Week
Airdate: 23 November 1987
Teleplay: Leonard Mlodinow & Scott Rubinstein
Story: Joseph Gunn, Leonard Mlodinow, & Scott Rubinstein
Director: James L. Conway
Guest Cast: Larry Dobkin as Professor Ryman, Lisa Wilcox as
Janet, John Cameron Mitchell as Aaron, Ted Cole as Jeffery
Kramer, Andrew Sabiston as David Ryman.
Nielsen ratings: 13.2 rating, 21 share, 2nd (40th overall).
A frustrated physics student at MacGyver's alma mater becomes a
ticking time bomb when a school contest turns into a family war.
054 Blow Out
Airdate: 21 December 1987
Writer: W. Reed Moran
Director: Cliff Bole
Guest Cast: Dale Wilson as Erik, Frank Ferrucci as Major,
Bruce Harwood as Juice, Elyssa Davalos as Nikki Carpenter.
Nielsen ratings: 11.4 rating, 19 share, 3rd (38th overall).
Political terrorism hits close to home when Nikki, who accidentally
witnessed a terrorist bombing, is targeted by the bomber, who fears
she can identify him.
055 Kill Zone
Airdate: 04 January 1988
Writer: Calvin Clements, Jr.
Director: Chuck Bowman
Guest Cast: Judith Chapman as Sandra Milhouse, Jay Brazeau as Phelps.
Nielsen ratings: 15.4 rating, 22 share, 3rd (36th overall).
Wildlife begins to perish mysteriously, and MacGyver discovers the
culprit: an uncontrollably mutating organism that speeds up the
aging process.
056 Early Retirement
Airdate: 18 January 1988
Writer: John Whelpley
Director: Cliff Bole
Guest Cast: Madison Mason as Matt Webber, Ted Stidder as
Chairman Farrell, Rob Roy as DXS Agent, Paul Batten as
Reese, Doug Abrahams, Elyssa Davalos as Nikki Carpenter,
Richard Newman as Prime Minister Amunde.
Nielsen ratings: 13.9 rating, 20 share, 3rd (35th overall).
Thornton mediates the Phoenix Foundation's talks between the UN and
a rabidly anti-American subversive, until a suspicious explosion
forces him to resign - and the man who takes his job could be
connected to murder and sabotage.
057 Thin Ice
Airdate: 01 February 1988
Writer: Rick Drew
Director: Cliff Bole
Guest Cast: Martin Milner as Turk, Jeff Schultz as Derek Kirby,
Ken Camroux as Thompson, Clu Gulager as Walt Kirby.
Nielsen ratings: 12.9 rating, 19 share, 3rd (48th overall).
A high-school hockey player has a chance to go pro -
if he plays dirty enough. But when a fight on the ice
lands an opposing player in the hospital, MacGyver tries
to teach the youth about sportsmanship.
058 The Odd Triple
Airdate: 29 February 1988
Writer: Stephen Kandel
Director: James L. Conway
Guest Cast: Bruce McGill as Jack Dalton, Judy Geeson as Elena,
Ian Ruskin as Andres, Martin Evans as Robert, Alan Robertson,
Vernon Wells as Paul Donnay.
Nielsen ratings: 14.0 rating, 21 share, 2nd (35th overall).
Jack Dalton sucks MacGyver into his latest scheme to pilot
an heiress back to France after she purchases a fortune in
jewels. But when MacGyver and Jack Dalton accomplish the mission,
they're arrested.
059 The Negotiator
Airdate: 07 March 1988
Writer: Calvin Clements, Jr.
Director: Charles Correll
Guest Cast: Kristian Alfonso as Deborah, David Ackroyd as Knapp,
Ned Bellamy as Remick, Elyssa Davalos as Nikki Carpenter.
Nielsen ratings: 13.0 rating, 20 share, 2nd (33rd overall).
MacGyver is tasked to do an environmental-impact study before
builders can start a project, and when bribery fails, the
devloper hires a beautiful woman to get rid of him.
060 The Spoilers (AKA Earthquake)
Airdate: 14 March 1988
Writer: Stephen Kandel
Director: Michael Vejar
Guest Cast: Randall "Tex" Cobb as Earthquake, Emily Kuroda as
Karen, William Taylor.
Nielsen ratings: 15.4 rating, 23 share, 2nd (24th overall).
MacGyver enlists a reclusive, troubled Vietnam veteran to help
track whoever is dumping toxic waste in mountain streams.
061 Mask of the Wolf
Airdate: 28 March 1988
Teleplay: Calvin Clements, Jr. & W. Reed Moran
Story: John J. Sakmar, Kerry Lenhart, Calvin Clements, Jr.,
& W. Reed Moran
Director: Cliff Bole
Guest Cast: Bruce McGill as Jack Dalton, Gary Lockwood as Grant,
Floyd Westerman as Two Eagles, Gordon Tootoosis as Perry,
Marianne Jones as Anna.
Nielsen ratings: 13.5 rating, 21 share, 3rd (36th overall).
Jack Dalton talks MacGyver into accompanying an elderly
Native American on a search for a legendary wolf mask, but
two mercenaries have plans of their own for the artifact.
062 Rock the Cradle
Airdate: 18 April 1988
Writer: John Whelpley
Director: Michael Vejar
Guest Cast: Bruce McGill as Jack Dalton, Mitzi Kapture as Katie,
Don Thompson as Cutler, Garwin Sanford as Durst, Peter
Yunker as Carlo, Malcolm & Frasier Fairweather as Jack, Jr.
Nielsen ratings: 13.0 rating, 21 share, 2nd (30th overall).
Jack Dalton nearly kills MacGyver in a plane ride and
later, in the hangar, finds a baby tagged "Jack Jr."
strapped into the cockpit, and a fortune in counterfeit
bills in the bassinet.
063 The Endangered
Airdate: 02 May 1988
Writer: Peter Filardi
Director: Charles Correll
Guest Cast: Moira Walley as Karen, John Dennis Johnston as
Ed, Don Davis as Wyatt, Robin Mossley as Earl, Stephen
E. Miller, Steve Blalock as Sam.
Nielsen ratings: 13.3 rating, 22 share, 2nd (30th overall).
MacGyver visits an ex-girl friend, a ranger at a wildlife
reserve, only to have his vacation turned into a bloody
confrontation by poachers who are killing off endangered species.
064 Murderer's Sky
Airdate: 09 May 1988
Writer: Herman Miller
Director: Michael Vejar
Guest Cast: Roderick Cook as Alasdair, Soon-Teck Oh as Raymond,
Tia Carrere as Tiu, Keye Luke as Adam Chen, Ernie
Reyes, Jr., as Luke Chen.
Nielsen ratings: 14.3 rating, 23 share, 2nd (21st overall).
The takeover of a Chinese mogul's company involves a
deadly ninja, and it's up to MacGyver and the mogul's
young heir, his grandson, to halt the escalating bloodshed.