24 September 2007

How Do You Solve a Problem Like MacGyver?

Here are some of MacGyver's ideas (schemes?) from the first season. I remember only like about half of these.

The Heist (1x05)

In order to create a distraction to swap the dice at a craps table, using some string and a paper clip, MacGyver fastens the string to the paper clip then attaches it to the dress of a woman who is walking nearby and steps on the string, pulling down her dress thereby creating a distraction and allowing him to swap the dice.

Target MacGyver (1x10)

MacGyver uses several pinecones to act as ad hoc grenades / land mines. (Pine Sap has some latent explosive properties).

Macgyver gets Harry to fill his vest with sticks and twigs to act as a diversion.

The Enemy Within (1x15)

MacGyver uses a dubious ultrasonic device to crack the eyeglasses of a would-be assailant.

Ugly Duckling (1x18)

The secondary character (the episode title's namesake) attempts to break out of a shed with barred windows using an impromptu arc welder using battery terminals and a small metal object. (MacGyver pulls the same trick in the episode "Trumbo's World"), but is unable to get out because the bars are too hot. MacGyver cools the bars off using a spray can which "contains hydrocarbons".

A Prisoner of Conscience (1x21)

MacGyver plugs a sink in a small janitor's closet with a cloth, puts caulk around the rim of a bucket then pours a hardening agent onto the caulked rim claiming "caulking compound mixed with the proper hardening agent makes a unique version of Russian Crazy Glue"... [A] guard inspects the device and when he picks it up has his hands glued to the bucket.

The Human Factor (2x01)


As laser-wielding robots home in on his body heat, MacGyver creates a fake heat signature by using magnets wrapped in burning paper.


And I leave you with a cliffhanger, the first episode of the second season. I'll bet you weren't expecting that. Will the second season continue? Who knows! Maybe.
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