MacGyver episodes: Fifth season
FIFTH SEASON
084 Legend of the Holy Rose (two-parter)
and Airdates: 18 September 1989 (Part 1); 25 September 1989 (Part 2)
085 Writer: Stephen Downing
Director: Michael Caffey (Part 1)
Charles Correll (Part 2)
Guest Cast: Lise Cutter as Zoe Ryan, Robin Mossley as Alexander
Shannon, Michael Ensign as Professor Wycliff, Tony Perez as
Estebar, Judd Omen as Shiva Luca, Christopher Neame as
Erich Von Leer.
Nielsen ratings: (Part 1) 9.8 rating, 16 share, 3rd (62nd overall).
(Part 2) 11.7 rating, 19 share, 3rd (52nd overall).
[Part 1] MacGyver is exhausted after a rescue in Colombia,
but archaeologist Zoe Ryan entices him to join her
quest for the Holy Grail, which someone else has designs on.
[Part 2] MacGyver and Zoe's search for the Holy Rose may
be halted permanently by Von Leer, who has stolen the
artifacts they need to unlock its secrets.
086 The Black Corsage
Airdate: 02 October 1989
Writer: Paul Margolis
Director: Charles Correll
Guest Cast: Christianne Hirt as Sofia Parker, Ryan Michael as
Deegan, David Hay as March, Cleavon Little as Frank Colton,
David Bloom as Reynolds.
Nielsen ratings: 12.1 rating, 20 share, 3rd (41st overall).
MacGyver teams with a bounty hunter to track down a Bulgarian
scientist on the run from "techno-bandits" who are seeking
the location of an ancient gem.
087 Cease Fire
Airdate: 09 October 1989
Writer: Chris Haddock
Director: William Gereghty
Guest Cast: Mayim Bialik as Lisa Woodman, Eli Danker as Yanif,
Allan Lysell as Walker, Michael Naxos as President Habad.
Nielsen ratings: 11.4 rating, 19 share, 3rd (50th overall).
In Switzerland for peace negotiations between two countries,
MacGyver becomes a fugitive when he's framed for an assassination
attempt on one nation's president.
088 Second Chance
Airdate: 16 October 1989
Writer: Robert Sherman
Director: Michael Caffey
Guest Cast: Richard Lawson as Jesse Colton, Kim Miyori as
Dr. Triwai, Barry Bernal as Willie, Channing Mitchell as
Raj, Malcolm Stewart as Frank Skinner.
Nielsen ratings: 12.6 rating, 20 share, 3rd (38th overall).
MacGyver heads a project bringing young Amerasians to the U.S.
for medical treatment, and his companion meets a thieving youth
who's the son he didn't know he had.
089 Halloween Knights
Airdate: 30 October 1989
Writer: John Sheppard
Director: Charles Correll
Guest Cast: Daniel Davis as Nicholas Helman, Frank C. Turner,
Jo-Anne Bates as Sonya, Michael Des Barres as Murdoc,
Debbie Podowski as Ashton Cooke.
Nielsen ratings: 12.8 rating, 21 share, 2nd (39th overall).
MacGyver's not sure whether it's a trick or a treat when his
ruthless rival Murdoc asks for help to free his innocent sister,
who's being held captive by a vengeful ex-employer.
090 Children of Light
Airdate: 06 November 1989
Writer: Rick Mittleman
Director: Bill Corcoran
Guest Cast: Michele B. Chan as Mei Jan, Robert Ito as Peng Chow,
Tzi Ma as Wing Lee, Keone Young as Zhao.
Nielsen ratings: 12.5 rating, 20 share, 3rd (43rd overall).
A Chinese student trailed by agents of the People's Republic
arrives at MacGyver's home claiming to be his foster daughter,
while secretly holding evidence of the bloodletting at
Tiananmen Square.
(Note: The Chinese government protested when a Vancouver building
was made into the episode's Chinese consulate.)
091 Black Rhino
Airdate: 13 November 1989
Writer: Paul B. Margolis
Director: Michael Caffey
Guest Cast: Cecilia Hart as Kate Hubley, Cuba Gooding, Jr.,
as Billy Colton, Roger Aaron Brown as Mabuto, Kai Wulff
as Ladysmith.
Nielsen ratings: 12.6 rating, 20 share, 3rd (40th overall).
In Africa, MacGyver tries to help the wildest of the Colton
brothers nail a poacher who's butchering endangered black rhinos
for their valuable horns.
(Note: A $40,000 animatronic rhino was used in this episode.)
092 The Ten Percent Solution
Airdate: 20 November 1989
Writer: Tom & Sally Drake
Director: Michael Preece
Guest Cast: Nehemiah Persoff as Sam, Barbara Stock as Laura,
Gretchen Wyler as Madame Brandenburg, Garry Chalk as Sergeant
Gray, John Novak as Lyle Hoggart.
Nielsen ratings: 12.0 rating, 20 share, 3rd (41st overall).
MacGyver looks into a concentration-camp survivor's familial claim
to a masterpiece painting, and the two uncover a neo-Nazi group
that's auctioning off stolen artworks to finance its plot to create
an "Aryan Nation."
093 Two Times Trouble
Airdate: 11 December 1989
Writer: Robert Sherman
Director: Michael Preece
Guest Cast: Audrey Landers as Carla, Terry David Mulligan as
Rogan, Babs Chula as Eve, Dana Still as Dr. Farrell.
Nielsen ratings: 12.1 rating, 20 share, 2nd (49th overall).
MacGyver is put in double jeopardy by a rock-singer friend who
thinks her twin is trying to kill her.
094 The Madonna
Airdate: 18 December 1989
Writer: Cathleen Young
Director: Michael Caffey
Guest Cast: Jeanette Nolan as Carol, Roxanne Reese as Cynthia,
Jackson Davies as Father Pat Lafferty, Anthony Holland as
Vincent Battaglia, Charles Payne as Breeze.
Nielsen ratings: 11.6 rating, 19 share, 2nd (40th overall).
On Christmas Eve, MacGyver helps his priest friend search for a
statue of the Madonna taken from a church near the Challengers
Club, for which a homeless woman has a pocketful of minor miracles.
095 Serenity
Airdate: 08 January 1990
Writer: Stephen Kandel
Director: William Gereghty
Guest Cast: Teri Hatcher as Penny Parker, Cuba Gooding, Jr.,
as Billy Colton, Robin Mossley as Wilt Bozer, Robert Donner
as Milt Bozer, Norman Browning as the Town Marshall,
Michael Des Barres as Murdoc, Bruce McGill as Jack Dalton.
Nielsen ratings: 13.7 rating, 20 share, 3rd (40th overall).
MacGyver dreams he's a Civil War veteran in the Old West who gains
a claim to a home on the range in Montana, but he meets resistance
from a neighboring rancher in the form of Pete Thornton.
096 Live and Learn
Airdate: 15 January 1990
Writer: Rick Mittleman
Director: Harry Harris
Guest Cast: James Sloyan as George Fraley, Glenn Scarpelli as
Tony Milani, Linda Darlow as the Principal, Jerry Wasserman
as Nick Milani.
Nielsen ratings: 13.9 rating, 21 share, 2nd (36th overall).
MacGyver reaches out to a promising high-school student as part
of a Phoenix mentor program, but he has to get around a cynical
teacher and the youth's no-nonsense father for his message to
take hold.
097 Log Jam
Airdate: 05 February 1990
Writer: Lee Maddux
Director: William Gereghty
Guest Cast: Nancy Everhard as Amy Chandler, John Considine
as Foxworth, Patrick Bishop as Braddock, Kim Kondrashoff
as Glass, French Tickner as Sheriff Delaney, Doug Sheehan
as Jack Chandler.
Nielsen ratings: 13.7 rating, 21 share, 1st (35th overall).
MacGyver infiltrates a logging company on behalf of an
environmentalist friend who believes that a company whistle-blower
was cut down before he could expose the management's illegal
activity.
098 The Treasure of Manco
Airdate: 12 February 1990
Writer: Chris Haddock
Director: Michael Preece
Guest Cast: Theresa Saldana as Maria, Michael Bays as Ramon,
Richard Chaves as Enrique, Gregory Sierra as Captain Diaz.
Nielsen ratings: 12.9 rating, 20 share, 2nd (41st overall).
MacGyver helps a friend search for a lost Inca treasure that's
also sought by greedy guerillas looking for a way to finance a
bloody revolution.
099 Jenny's Chance
Airdate: 19 February 1990
Writers: Rick Drew & John Sheppard
Director: Michael Caffey
Guest Cast: Vic Tayback as George Henderson, Dale Wilson as
Colin Yardrow, Simon Webb as Underwood, Linda Blair as
Jenny Larson, Bruce McGill as Jack Dalton.
Nielsen ratings: 14.7 rating, 22 share, 1st (28th overall).
MacGyver, Jack Dalton and Pete Thornton go undercover as a
computer geek, a drug lord, and a dirty big-time bookie to
make a murderous money launderer come clean.
100 Deep Cover
Airdate: 26 February 1990
Writer: Robert Sherman
Director: Charles Correll
Guest Cast: Rosemary Dunsmore as Gwen Carpenter, Mitchell
Laurence as Landis, Madison Mason as Dan Stringer, Marco
Rodriguez as Sanchez, Bill Croft as Donnelly, Timothy Webber
as Banniker.
Nielsen ratings: 13.0 rating, 20 share, 3rd (39th overall).
A drug cartel spy steals a prototype stealth submarine by seducing
the main engineer.
101 The Lost Amadeus
Airdate: 19 March 1990
Writer: Paul B. Margolis
Director: Michael Caffey
Guest Cast: Tamsin Kelsey as Lulu, Herbert Edelman as Tubbs,
Milton Selzer as Izzy.
Nielsen ratings: 13.1 rating, 21 share, 1st (31st overall).
A slightly off-key woman leads MacGyver on a wild chase to save a
priceless violin - and the virtuoso who owns it - from hoods.
102 Hearts of Steel (AKA Kidnapped)
Airdate: 09 April 1990
Writer: Rick Mittleman
Director: Charles Correll
Guest Cast: Mayim Bialik as Lisa Woodman, Ron Hale as Travers,
Joseph Lambie as Eric Woodman, Blu Mankuma as Lt. Rhome,
Merrilyn Gann as Gretta.
Nielsen ratings: 12.4 rating, 21 share, 1st (33rd overall).
A steel executive whose mill has been shut down seeks vengeance
by kidnapping the daughter of the corporate raider responsible
for the closure.
103 Rush to Judgement (sic)
Airdate: 16 April 1990
Writer: Robert Sherman
Director: Charles Correll
Guest Cast: Steven Keats as Baron, Deborah Van Valkenburgh as
Sandra Masters, Henry Beckman as the Judge, Beau Billingslea
as Mr. Monroe, Tim Haldman as Rev. Roy Thatcher, Lilliam
Lehman as Bigelow, Betty McGuire as the Bird Lady.
Nielsen ratings: 12.7 rating, 21 share, 1st (33rd overall).
As a juror in a racially charged murder trial, MacGyver can't
resist digging up more facts on his own, which courts the wrath
of the judge, even though he may be on to the truth.
104 Passages (AKA Coma)
Airdate: 30 April 1990
Teleplay: John Sheppard
Story: Anthony Rich
Director: William Gereghty
Guest Cast: John Anderson as Harry Jackson, Anthony Stamboulieh
as Hakim, Leslie Carlson as MacGyver's Doctor, Sheila Moore
as Ellen MacGyver, Martin Milner as James MacGyver.
Nielsen ratings: 12.2 rating, 21 share, 1st (42nd overall).
While waiting to fly home to his ailing grandfather, MacGyver
pursues a thief who's stolen an Egyptian artifact tied to
ancient beliefs about the afterlife.