MacGyver is a family series that does not dumbdown for its audience.
Its Indiana Jones, James Bond and Mr. Wizard all rolled into one.
Season four, like the other three season on DVD, are filled with
friends from previous seasons... Penny Parker (Teri Hatcher), Jack
Dalton (Bruce McGill) and Mac's sidekick/boss Peter Thorton (The
late Dana Eclar) and his arch villian Murdoc (played to the hilt by
Micheal Des Barres).
The best episodes of this season are:
Cleo Rocks-which shows why Teri Hatcher is the star she is today, as
she tried to mount a musical with a killer (ala the Phanton of the
Opera) lurking
On a Wing and A Prayer-reminds this critic of Flight of The Phoenix
as Mac, Jack and Pete try to raise a bullet ridden sea plane
Deadly Dreams-Which is a TV spin on Silence of the Lamb-where Mac
works with a criminal mastermind similar to Hannibel Lechter to find
an escape killer
It is great TV at its best....However Dana Eclar passed this year-it
would have been nice to have a tribute to him on the DVD. And One
can wish Richard Dean Anderson one day does an audio commentary on a
MacGyver box set
These 19 episodes are well worth your money and your time. So
Paramount- so when is the rest coming? Soon I hope!
Bennet Pomerantz, AUDIOWORLD
Season 4: 1988-1989
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Title
Original Airdate
401
"The Secret
of Parker House"
October 31, 1988
MacGyver is a ghostbuster in a spooky old house inherited by
Penny Parker who is a dead ringer for her insane aunt, who
once lived in the house.
402
"Blood
Brothers"
November 21, 1988
Back in his childhood home town, MacGyver is haunted by
memories of his youth where a friend was killed by a gun
while preventing his friend's son from using a gun to defend
himself against hoodlums.
403
"The
Outsiders"
November 28, 1988
MacGyver saves an
Amish village from being bulldozed by land developers.
404
"On a Wing
and a Prayer"
December 5, 1988
Thornton and a nun are taken hostage by Central American
rebels.
405
"Collision
Course"
December 12, 1988
An important sports car race demonstrating new engine
technology is sabotaged so MacGyver must drive the race car.
The race footage was filmed at the
Westwood Motorsport Park.
406
"The
Survivors"
January 9, 1989
MacGyver and Thornton discover the wreckage of a DEA plane
shot down by drug smugglers during annual wilderness
survival training.
407
"Deadly
Dreams"
January 16, 1989
MacGyver helps the police pursue an escaped psychopath, who
turns out to be a puppet of Dr. Zito.
408
"Ma Dalton"
January 23, 1989
Jack Dalton and MacGyver search for Dalton's mother who is a
fugitive from a bounty hunter.
409
"Cleo Rocks"
February 6, 1989
A shadowy figure lurks backstage to manipulate Penny Parker
in suspicious rock musical. "Cleo Rocks" Music by Dennis
McCarthy & Terry Frewer, Lyric by Michael Des Barres,
Choreographed by James Hibbard
410
"Fraternity
of Thieves"
February 13, 1989
Leaks from a classified Phoenix technology system suggests a
double agent working at the foundation.
411
"The Battle
of Tommy Giordano"
February 20, 1989
MacGyver's friend wins custody of her son, causing her
ex-husband to involve his uncle, the head of a crime
family.
412
"The
Challenge"
February 27, 1989
A Challenger club youth is framed for theft by a bigot who's
trying to shut the club down.
413
"Runners"
March 13, 1989
MacGyver protects a runaway girl; her bitter past reminds
him of some of his own.
414
"Gold Rush"
March 27, 1989
An easy US-Soviet salvage operation in Alaska is complicated
by competition.
415
"The
Invisible Killer"
April 10, 1989
A wilderness stress reduction outing for Phoenix employees
turns paranoid when escaped convicts are nearby.
416
"Brainwashed"
April 24, 1989
Jack Dalton is brainwashed to assassinate a foreign
country's president.
417
"Easy
Target"
May 1, 1989
Terrorists hold MacGyver and Thornton while they cripple the
city with a futuristic device.
418
"Renegade"
May 8, 1989
MacGyver pursues a mentally disturbed man who has stolen a
deadly bacteria.
419
"Unfinished
Business"
May 15, 1989
MacGyver, Thornton and Jack Dalton are stalked by an elusive
escaped convict in the woods.
