MacGyver episodes: Sixth season
SIXTH SEASON
105 Tough Boys
Airdate: 17 September 1990
Writer: Art Washington
Director: Michael Vejar
Guest Cast: Richard Roundtree as R.J. Hines, Richard Chaves
as Manny, Dale Wilson as Dennis, Garvin Funches as Coco.
Nielsen ratings: 11.4 rating, 19 share, 3rd (51st overall).
MacGyver is on the trail of a group of youth vigilantes and
their leader, who are taking explosive measures to blow away
the crack ring gripping their neighborhood.
106 Humanity
Airdate: 24 September 1990
Writer: Lincoln Kibbee
Director: William Gereghty
Guest Cast: Brooks Gardner as Victor, Larry D. Mann as Cuzo,
Alan Scarfe as Krik.
Nielsen ratings: 10.5 rating, 18 share, 3rd (52nd overall).
An elite corps still loyal to Romania's dead tyrant Ceauscescu
sabotages a plan to uncover his secret files and, in the chaotic
aftermath of their assault, MacGyver tries to appeal to one
agent's sense of humanity.
107 The Gun
Airdate: 01 October 1990
Writer: Robert Sherman
Director: William Gereghty
Guest Cast: Charles Andrew Payne as Breeze, Zachary Ansley
as Todd Fowler, Julie Downing as Laura, Jerry Wasserman
as Maddox, Jay Brazeau as Zamora.
Nielsen ratings: 12.1 rating, 21 share, 2nd (43rd overall).
A gun used in an assassination 20 years ago and in a present-day
cop killing is sought by both a crazed anarchist and MacGyver,
who needs it to clear a friend accused of the shooting.
108 Twenty Questions
Airdate: 08 October 1990
Writer: Rick Mittleman
Director: Michael Caffey
Guest Cast: Mayim Bialik as Lisa Woodman, Linden Ashby as
Brett Reynolds, Kimberly Neville as Holly, Jackson Davies
as Kiley, Joseph Lambie as Eric Woodman, Patrie Allen as
Katherine Woodman.
Nielsen ratings: 13.4 rating, 22 share, 2nd (35th overall).
MacGyver tries to get Lisa Woodman to admit she has a drinking
problem that's already led to her involvement in a string of
burglaries.
109 The Wall
Airdate: 22 October 1990
Writer: Rick Drew
Director: Michael Preece
Guest Cast: Brigitte Sternberg as Maria Romburg, John Horn
as Huber, Reiner Schoene as Weise, Jackson Davies as
Kiley, Milton Selzer as Otto Romburg.
Nielsen ratings: 11.5 rating, 19 share, 3rd (49th overall).
MacGyver seeks to reunite an East German expatriate with his
granddaughter Maria, who may be in cahoots with two ex-Stasi
agents who want a stash of gold in the old man's possession.
110 Lesson in Evil
Airdate: 29 October 1990
Writer: John Sheppard
Director: William Gereghty
Guest Cast: Kim Zimmer as Murphy, W. Morgan Sheppard as Dr.
Zito, Jackson Davies as Kiley, Lynne Moody as Dr. Marion
Skinner, Alvin Sanders as Charles.
Nielsen ratings: 11.9 rating, 20 share, 3rd (43rd overall).
MacGyver's murderous nemesis Dr. Zito escapes after a sanity
hearing and leaves a trail of clues intended to give MacGyver
a crash course in evil.
111 Harry's Will
Airdate: 05 November 1990
Writer: Lincoln Kibbee
Director: William Gereghty
Guest Cast: Lyle Alzado as Tiny, John Anderson as Harry Jackson,
Dick Butkus as Earl Dent, James Doohan as Speedy, Henry Gibson
as the Chicken Habit Customer, Sandra Gould as the Woman
at the Soup Kitchen, Rich Little as Biff Arnold, Marion
Ramsey as the Police Officer, Marion Ross as Sister Robin,
Abe Vigoda as Bill Cody, Jesse White as Mel, Wendy O.
Williams as Big Mama, Henry Winkler as Wilton Newberry.
Nielsen ratings: 14.0 rating, 23 share, 1st (33rd overall).
MacGyver tangles with crazy crooks and an elderly ex-con in
pursuit of a treasure thought hidden in a Nomad station wagon
willed to MacGyver by his grandfather.
112 MacGyver's Women
Airdate: 12 November 1990
Writers: Stephen Kandel & Lincoln Kibbee
Director: Michael Preece
Guest Cast: Kim Zimmer as Murphy, Brigitta Sternberg as Maria,
Traci Lords as Jenny, Robert Donner as Milt, Robin Mossley
as Wilt, Marshal Teague as Kid Curry, Frank C. Turner as
News, Dale Wilson as Sundance.
Nielsen ratings: 12.0 rating, 19 share (2nd (47th overall).
After an embarrassing scene with Maria, Lt. Murphy, and Jenny,
MacGyver dreams he is back in Serenity, where he must rescue all
three from the Hole in the Wall Gang and their ruthless leader, Kid
Curry.
113 Bitter Harvest
Airdate: 19 November 1990
Writer: Michael Kane
Director: Michael Vejar
Guest Cast: James Medina as Silva, Richard Sarafian as Caspar
Kasabian, Joey Aresco as Nick, Yvette Cruise as Carmen
Garcia, Anthony Penya as Lopez, Allan Lysell as the Sheriff,
Giann Concalves as Natalie Garcia.
Nielsen ratings: 12.8 rating, 21 share, 3rd (29th overall).
MacGyver picks up where a murdered farm-worker left off by
investigating a grower's possible use of illegal pesticides.
114 The Visitor
Airdate: 03 December 1990
Writer: Brad Radnitz
Director: William Gereghty
Guest Cast: Ken Pogue as the Sheriff, Beth Toussaint as Dawn
Rigel, Christopher Gaze as Phil Sternwise, Ryan Michael
as Ray Rigel, Larry Musser as John Wiley, Kaj-Erik Eriksen
as Tommy Wiley, Suzie Payne as Sarah Wiley.
Nielsen ratings: 13.9 rating, 21 share, 2nd (29th overall).
MacGyver believes he's seeing a close encounter of the con kind
when a couple of "extraterrestrials" promise to transport a
desperate rural family to a utopian, trouble-free planet - for a price.
115 Squeeze Play
Airdate: 17 December 1990
Writer: Art Washington
Director: Michael Preece
Guest Cast: Kent McCord as Novus Reilly, Malcolm Stewart as
Marsh, Tim Rossovich as Willard, Catherine Zak as Wendy
Reilly, Reggie Jackson as himself, Della Reese as Mama Colton.
Nielsen ratings: 11.9 rating, 20 share, 3rd (42nd overall).
MacGyver goes to bat for a former baseball player who's being
blackmailed by a counterfeit-memorabilia ring.
116 Jerico Games
Airdate: 07 January 1991
Writer: Robert Sherman
Director: William Gereghty
Guest Cast: Mary Ann Pascal as Ellen, Paul Haddad as Nikolai,
Madison Mason as Reese, Adam Gregor as Serge, Robert Pine
as Jerico.
Nielsen ratings: 13.3 rating, 20 share, 3rd (39th overall).
MacGyver happily reunites with his high-school sweetheart, who's
now the embittered wife of a media-mogul sponsoring an
international sports competition.
117 The Wasteland
Airdate: 21 January 1991
Teleplay: Robert Hamner & Grant Rosenberg
Story: Robert Hamner
Director: Michael Caffey
Guest Cast: Jim McMullan as Andrew Bartlett, Mitzi Kapture
as Laura, John Pyper-Ferguson as Scott, Bruce Harwood as Willis.
Nielsen ratings: 12.1 rating, 18 share, 3rd (37th overall).
MacGyver seeks to halt a land developer who's on the verge of
creating an environmental ruin, while the man's son and daughter
have a more malicious plan to run him out of the family business.
118 Eye of Osiris
Airdate: 04 February 1991
Writer: John Sheppard
Director: Michael Vejar
Guest Cast: Deborah Foreman as Beth, Kai Wulff as Nicolas
Von Leer, Anthony Stamboulieh as Hakim, Peter Haworth as Axford.
Nielsen ratings: 12.3 rating, 19 share, 3rd (45th overall).
MacGyver helps a cranky archaeologist and his adventuresome
assistant search for the tomb of Alexander the Great, but their
work's cursed by a vengeful villain.
119 High Control
Airdate: 11 February 1991
Writer: Lincoln Kibbee
Director: Michael Caffey
Guest Cast: Gwynyth Walsh as Montana, Don Stroud as Kluge,
Bill Croft as Rote, Anthony Schmidt as Hawkins, Howard
Storey as Travis, Dick Butkus as Earl Dent.
Nielsen ratings: 12.6 rating, 19 share, 3rd (43rd overall).
A parolee with the will to go straight nevertheless needs the aid
of MacGyver to battle his old biker gang seeking to blackmail him.
120 There But For The Grace
Airdate: 18 February 1991
Writer: John Considine
Director: William Gereghty
Guest Cast: Nicoloas Coster as Doc, Marie Stillin as Rachel,
John Considine as Sandler, Scott Bellis as Danny, Todd
Duckworth as Riker, Blu Mankuma as Lt. Rhome.
Nielsen ratings: 12.8 rating, 19 share, 3rd (35th overall).
MacGyver enters the world of the homeless to investigate the murder
of an old friend from high school.
121 Blind Faith
Airdate: 04 March 1991
Writer: John Considine
Director: Michael Caffey
Guest Cast: Irene de Bari as Samantha, Michael MacRae as Stams,
Ed Trotta as Cardosa, Hector Mercado as Ramos, Andrew Rhodes
as Richardson.
Nielsen ratings: 10.3 rating, 16 share, 3rd (44th overall).
Pete Thornton's old flame, a political dissident, is in danger
as she seeks to shed light on atrocities committed in her Latin
American country.
(Note: This is the episode where Pete openly admits to MacGyver
that he has glaucoma.)
122 Faith, Hope & Charity
Airdate: 18 March 1991
Writer: Brad Radnitz
Director: William Gereghty
Guest Cast: Matalie Core as Faith, Helen Page Camp as Hope,
Anthony Holland as Leo Burns, Paul Boretski as Bobby,
Barry Greene as Abe, Herb Edelman as Gorman.
Nielsen ratings: 12.3 rating, 19 share, 3rd (40th overall).
While tracking the endangered gray wolf, MacGyver is side-tracked
by murderous mobsters prowling for stolen loot, but he gets help
from two charitable women named Faith and Hope.
123 Strictly Business
Airdate: 08 April 1991
Writer: John Sheppard
Director: Michael Vejar
Guest Cast: Kristen Meadows as Suzanne, Rochelle Greenwood as
Amy, Michael Des Barres as Murdoc.
Nielsen ratings: 11.5 rating, 20 share, 3rd (43rd overall).
Murderous Murdoc decides to come out of "retirement"
and hit the one target that's always eluded him: MacGyver.
124 Trail of Tears
Airdate: 29 April 1991
Writer: Lincoln Kibbee
Director: Michael Preece
Guest Cast: Michael Gregory as Whitecloud, Nick Ramus as
Standing Wolf, Jack Bannon as Johnson, Gerry Bean as
Russell, R. Nelson Brown as Dick Russell's Assistant,
Bruce Harwood as Willis.
Nielsen ratings: 11.0 rating, 18 share, 3rd (47th overall).
A land dispute pits a Native American advocate, willing to use
explosive measures, against electric-company representatives,
willing to kill.
125 Hind-Sight
Airdate: 06 May 1991
Writer: Rick Mittleman
Director: Michael Preece
Guest Cast: Linda Darlow as Connie, Bruce Harwood as Willis,
Barbara E. Russell as Nurse Krandall.
Nielsen ratings: 10.2 rating, 17 share, 3rd (50th overall).
Awaiting the operation to treat Pete Thornton's glaucoma,
MacGyver and Thornton look back on many of the adversities
they've overcome in the past.