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MacGyver - The Complete Sixth Season

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Season 6 had soe of the best episode in the entire series. However season 6 is when MacGyver began to reach it's peak. Some of the scenes of MacGyver started to become very obvious and cliched. But despite all of that, MacGyver stayed true to it's format.

1.) Tough Boys 9/17/90
MacGyver's pacifist policies are put to the test by a militant youth leader he hooks up with to find out who has been organizing a gang of youthful vigilantes using extreme measures to clean the neighborhood crack problem.

2.) Humanity 9/24/90
MacGyver and Thornton are left to the mercies of a Romanian agent still loyal to his deposed leader Ceausescu after a mission to obtain his secret files is sabotaged.

3.) The Gun 10/1/90
MacGyver searches for a gun used in an assassination twenty years ago and in a present day cop killing to clear a friend.

4.) 20 Questions 10/8/90
MacGyver tries to help his teenage friend Lisa admit she has a drinking problem, but it takes a brush with the law when she's implicated in a string of home break-ins to really wake her up.

5.) The Wall 10/22/90
MacGyver helps reunite an East German girl with her grandfather in America, unaware that she's been recruited by two bitter former Stasi agents who believe the old man possesses a store of hidden gold.

6.) Lessons in Evil 10/29/90
Dr. Zito returns to menace MacGyver and Murphy when he escapes after his latest sanity hearing, leaving a series of nasty clues designed to give Mac a crash course in evil.

7.) Harry's Will 11/5/90
When Mac tries to claim the station wagon left to him by his late Grandpa Harry, it starts a strange chase that leads him to an ex-con with a dream of running a restaurant, a soup kitchen in need of money, and a gang of crooks out for themselves.

8.) MacGyver's Women 11/12/90
Macgyver's reluctance to commit to a permanent relationship causes him to dream an Old West scenario where he defends three of his lady friends from some ornery outlaws as he drives their wagon cross country.

9.) Bitter Harvest 11/19/90
MacGyver goes undercover to investigate the death of a farm-worker organizer during an investigation of illegal pesticide use.

10.) The Visitor 12/3/90
While out of town to help with a new hospital,Macgyver is witness to a UFO sighting,complete with strange crop circles in a farmer's field. He decides to investigate,and he uncovers a scam with the help of his new friends. A young boy named Tommy Wiley,and Phil Sternwise,a mysterious man who says he's only a salesman....

11.) Squeeze Play 12/17/90
Mac defends a former player's daughter being blackmailed by a baseball memorabilia-counterfeiting ring trading on her father's name.

12.) Jericho Games 1/7/91
Mac is reunited with a high school sweetheart whose husband is a wealthy man sponsoring an international sports competition.

13.) The Wasteland 1/21/91
Mac seeks to stop a shortsighted developer whose latest project will create an environmental ruin and could result in his premature death at the hands of his greedy children.

14.) Eye of Orisis 2/4/91
Mac helps out on an archeological dig for the tomb of Alexander the Great, but the expedition seems to be followed by bad luck. Several incidents nearly cause a shutdown. Then Mac finds clues leading to Alex's tomb. Unfortunately, the accidents are not coincidental, and they meet a very vengeful man who traps them inside the grave...

15.) High Control 2/11/91
Mac tries to help an acquaintance just out of prison stay on the straight and narrow despite the efforts of his old biker gang to blackmail him into rejoining them.

16.) There But For the Grace 2/18/91
Mac feels a personal involvement in the death of a priest who worked among the homeless and takes to the streets himself to find the killer.

17.) Blind Faith 3/4/91
An old sweetheart of Pete Thornton's appeals to him for help when she tries to reveal the atrocities being committed in her Latin American homeland. And while protecting her in a safe house,Pete reveals a secret he can not keep any longer. He's going blind.

18.) Fath, Hope & Charity 3/18/91
Mac finds himself being cared for by two determined ladies running a bed and breakfast in an isolated spot chosen as a drop spot by two murderous mobsters with an untrustworthy partner.

19.) Strictly Business 4/8/91
After enlisting MacGyver's help in saving his sister (from a previous episode), Murdoc wants to come out of retirement, but his former employers at Homicide International request that he take out MacGyver as a demonstration of his sincere desire to rejoin them. Knowing that MacGyver is the only contract that he failed to execute, Murdocs agrees to "clear" his otherwise perfect record. MacGyver, returning home one night, finds Murdoc waiting for him at his dinner table- with dinner waiting. Murdoc sets MacGyver up for execution and forces MacGyver to admit defeat to him- or be killed via cyanide. After that, Murdoc warns MacGyver of his intention to kill him and then leaves. MacGyver knows the professional killer is not bluffing- and he knows he will use anybody and do anything to get to him...

20.) Trial of Tears 4/26/91
A land dispute over the building an electricity station pits a fanatical Native American, convinced he has been given a mission by his spiritual ancestors, against the power company and MacGyver, who's just as sure that the Indian spirits are opposed to the man's violent plans.

21.) Hind-Sight 5/6/91
As Pete waits for glaucoma surgery, he and MacGyver reminisce about their past adventures and try to figure out who has been sending some vaguely threatening messages to Pete.

Look for season 7 the final season of MacGyver which is the best season IMO this fall to complete the Macgyver Series.

I'm thankful that unlike the Simpsons and other series that are being released painfully slow, that there is a new Mac season about once every 4 months. Seasons 5 and 6 were the best two of the show, but here's hoping that the two Mac movies will be released with season 7 since it was shortened after the show was cancelled. With the talented writers we have today it would be awesome to bring back Mac for one more season and a whole new series of missions.

After the let down that was Season 5, I was in two minds as to whether or not to buy Season 6, but to keep the whole set complete, I did. Well, Season 6 was much better! The episodes are more action orientated, and less of the eco-guf that dominated Season 5. However whilst this was a pretty good Season, there was no Jack Dalton in any of the episodes.

All in all, I would give this Season 8/10 (4*)

Wow where do you begin? Macgyver, greatest character ever? YES. An honest, brave, and all around good guy... It's like Q from Bond saving the world when James is on vacation. A little campy at times but that doesn't take away from the family valued action show.

Simply put "Macgyver" is the best tv show ever! The sixth season does not disappoint. By this time Magyver is already established and we know what to expect. The sixth season does not have as many Magyverism. Magyverisms meaning making things with a Swiss Army knife and duct tape. In fact, I don't think you see him us duct tape at all. But the focus here is on the story.

These stories each have meaningful messages whether it be the dangers of pesticides, dangers of alcohol, or the dangers of glaucoma. And just as important the stories engage the viewer. If the stories weren't interesting the messages would be lost.

Why did Macgyver end in season 7 and was season 6 just the series maturing and about to end? I don't think the series had to end. I have read some fan fiction about Macgyver, and it is full of new ideas. For instance one fan fiction explains Murdoc always surviving because he was an immortal. It was a cross over from "Highlander". And yes, Murdoc is back in season 6. If you are a fan you know Murdoc episodes are always good.

So as the series winds down there is still some great episodes. But did Richard Dean Anderson (who plays Macgyver) know how to do any of the things Macgyver does? My guess is that he knows more than he admits.

Also there is rumors on the Web about a possible movie. How true that is I don't know.

So you see even though the tv show ended, there is still much fascination with the show through fans. That is through their fiction and over the Web. If you are the least bit interested in Macgyver, you should get seasons 1 through 7. And if your younger and are new to Macgvyer, there is no show like it on tv today.

Macgyver really did a lot of changing over the years, and I liked how it changed from him being a sort of super secret agent, to doing more serious kind of work with the environment. I loved the early episodes, but I found it took a year or two for the episodes to get really good. The addition of the Murdoc character I think was the start of where the show took off for me. It's what really captured my interest. I mean what show out there had an unarmed man that could get out of pretty much any situation with whatever he had with him in the room, like Duct Tape, or a paper clip, or whatever?

This show was definitely one of a kind. I do kind of miss the early days of the show because those little ways he would get out of danger really defined the show, and it seemed like they wanted to back away from those things in the later seasons. I think the stories got way better in this season. For Instance, the episode called The Visitors, which is about Aliens. It's a really good episode, and shows you how a hoax can be made, etc. I really liked it a lot. My favourite episode in this season was the return of Murdoc in the 3rd last episode. I always love when he comes back.

The only complaint I have about the later seasons of Macgyver was the fact that it was shot in Canada, I think they used a lot of Canadian producers, etc and it really made the show look low budget, from the camera shots to the way the show was shot. It didn't look as good as in the early seasons.

But I will judge the set by the episodes, and all that only, and say that this set deserves 5 stars. It's definitely worth watching, and buying.

I love Macgyver and now that season 6 is out I can't wait to own the last season. With no commercial it is every Macgyver fan's dream come true. A great buy you won't be let down.

Very satisfied. Have enjoyed this season out of all of the ones have watched so far

Super! As much if not more fun than the original - no commercials! So many big stars have had parts in this series at the start of their careers it's amazing! Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy!

My family loves and enjoys MacGyver so much. This season, however, was a rollercoaster ride of good and bad episodes. It seemed like every other episode was a save the environment episode and that it didn't stay true to what makes MacGyver such a classic and lovable tv show...MacGyverisms.

Don't get me wrong; there were a number of great episodes. But the moments of constant we need to save this piece of land and oh, I hate my dad, but by the end of the episode it's all...I'm sorry you were just misunderstood... Some of it was too unrealistic and left me feeling unsatisfied.

Perhaps after six seasons Macgyver has lost it's initial appeal for me or maybe the writers just wanted to make a political statement. Either way it was sometimes painful to watch some of the episodes in this season.

Overall: If you're a MacGyver fan get this to complete your collection, but don't hold your breath.