"MacGyver" Hell Week (1987)

Writers:

Joseph Gunn (story)
Leonard Mlodinow (writer)

TV Series:

"MacGyver" (1985)

Original Air Date:

23 November 1987 (Season 3, Episode 9)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Crime | Drama

Plot:

An old mentor of MacGyver's asks him to judge a physics competition. The mentor's son becomes despondent after failing to win the competition and locks himself in the lab with a homemade bomb.

Plot Keywords:

Science | Gadget | Brains Over Brawn | Sobriety | Famous Theme

Cast

Richard Dean Anderson	...	MacGyver
John Cameron Mitchell	...	Aaron
Lisa Wilcox	...	Janet
Lawrence Dobkin	...	Professor Julian Ryman (as Larry Dobkin)
Brenda Crichlow	...	Hillary
Andrew Sabiston	...	David Ryman
Ted Cole	...	Geoffrey Kramer

Goofs:

Continuity: The clock setting on Geoffrey's barricade changes. When the contest begins, the alarm hand is set to 9 o'clock. When David first connects his frequency modulator, the alarm hand is now at 6 o'clock. The alarm hand then moves back to 9 o'clock right before the door opens.