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• Actors: Richard Dean Anderson, Dana Elcar, John Anderson, Paul Batten, Leslie Carlson
• Directors: Bill Corcoran, Charles Correll, Cliff Bole, Harry Harris, James L. Conway
• Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 6
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Paramount
• DVD Release Date: March 14, 2006
• Run Time: 1003 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000CNESLW
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #8,640 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Desperate times call for desperate measures--and the desperate will stop at nothing to get MacGyver's attention. In the fifth season premiere ("Legend of the Holy Rose"), an old friend releases his houseboat from its moorings--while he's in it. Four episodes later ("Halloween Knights"), an old enemy relieves his boat of its belongings. It works, of course. Mac lives to help people in need, even if those people include obnoxious archeology professor Zoë (Lise Cutter), who enlists his aid in tracking down an ancient artifact, and the mysterious Murdoc (Michael Des Barres), who does the same to rescue his kidnapped sister. Joining forces with arch-enemy Murdoc marks a break with previous seasons. Otherwise, the fifth features the same resourceful secret agent as the first four (though he’s relying on those inventive "MacGyverisms" less often as the series continues). MacGyver (Richard Dean Anderson) still travels the world on behalf of the Phoenix Foundation, while reporting to supportive superior Pete Thornton (Dana Elcar). As before, he goes it alone: no gun, no back-up, no wisecracking sidekick--not counting reckless rogue Jack Dalton (Bruce McGill), who drops by on occasion to shake up MacGyver's well-ordered world.

Aside from a greater interest in socially conscious causes, like the protection of endangered species, the 1989-1990 season also breaks with the past by an episode set in the Old West ("Serenity") and another set in the afterlife ("Passages"). In the former, Jack and Penny (Teri Hatcher in her final appearance) return as prototypes for their present day characters. Murdoc returns, as well--this time wearing a black hat. In the latter, Grandpa Harry (John Anderson) bids adieu. Other fifth year guests include Blossom’s Mayim Bialik ("Cease Fire," "Hearts of Steel"), The Exorcist’s Linda Blair ("Jenny's Chance"), and Jerry Maguire’s Cuba Gooding Jr. ("Black Rhino," "Serenity"). --Kathleen C. Fennessy

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Richard Dean Anderson stars as MacGyver, an agent for the Phoenix Foundation, a progressive agency devoted to righting the wrongs of the world. Even more progressive is the near-genius MacGyver who never carries a gun and always thwarts the enemy with his vast scientific knowledge, sometimes with little more than a paper clip and the duct tape in his pocket.

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54 of 55 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Season 5 of MacGyver!!!, December 16, 2005

By	P. Burgos "J.D. NASHMAN" (Hanford, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Season 5 is yet another one of MacGyver's best seasons. This season we really see how MacGyver's skill-thinking Green Beret knowledge is pt to the test with these episodes.

1.) 84. The Legend of the Holy Rose (Part 1 of 2) First aired: 9/18/1989
Opening gambit- The Airplane: MacGyver rescues a man who is being held against his will on a high cliff, with a home-built para-glider. MacGyver and an old friend dash around the world searching for the artifacts necessary to locate the Holy Grail, just one step ahead of a ruthless man on the same trail, who will do anything to get to it before they do...

2.) The Legend of the Holy Rose (Part 2 of 2) First aired: 9/25/1989
MacGyver and an old friend dash around the world searching for the artifacts necessary to locate the Holy Grail, just one step ahead of a ruthless man on the same trail.

3.) The Black Corsage First aired: 10/2/1989
Mac and a bounty hunter join forces with a bulldog named Frog to track down a Bulgarian defector who was the accidental witness at a murder and who is now being stalked by the killer, who needs a map she doesn't know she possesses.

4.) Cease Fire First aired: 10/9/1989
During some tough negotiations between two neighboring states, one side plants a sniper in the vicinity. When Mac discovers the sniper, fights him, but loses the man, the accusations go out against Mac. Wounded, he is forced to run, and hide at a private girls' school, where one of the young ladies becomes his only hope to prevent further bloodshed. But the young girl has her own issues, and the assassination attempts won't stop until the targeted delegate is dead.

5.) Second Chance First aired: 10/16/1989
In China,Macgyver and his old friend Jesse Colton help with a Phoenix Foundation funded hospital for sick children. While there,they discover a gang stealing supplies (including a dialysis machine vital to the survival of a girl name Susie) from the hospital,and something even more surprising: a Amerasian boy who is the son of Jesse Colton. A son he never knew he had. When he and Mac find out the boy helped the gangsters steal the supplies,they must get them back,before Susie dies....

6.) Halloween Knights First aired: 10/30/1989
Mac is called to Jack's hangar, but when he comes there, Jack is gone. The only clue leads to a cemetery. Mac goes there, thinks that he sees Jack, but suddenly Murdoc traps him underground. Murdoc asks Mac for help in locating his sister, whom he has kept secret for all years, but who's now been kidnapped by Murdoc's old employers: a cartel of assassins-for-hire. Mac and Murdoc attempt to sneak into the cartel's club, using Halloween costumes and a secret meeting between the leaders of the cartel. But just as they think they have found the sister, they are caught in a deadly gauntlet...

7.) Children of Light First aired: 11/6/1989
MacGyver's Chinese "foster daughter" arrives unexpectedly from China, carrying a videotape of the massacre in Tianamen Square and a list of fax machine phone numbers vital to the continuing freedom movement.

8.) Black Rhino First aired: 11/13/1989
MacGyver heads for Africa,after finding out that Billy Colton,youngest of the Colton brothers,has decided to take on deadly rhino poachers single-handed. But when he gets there,he finds an even bigger plot unfolding: the poachers are smuggling drugs in addition to killing rhinos. Now Mac and Billy must stop these poachers,before they can escape out of the country....

9.) The Ten Percent Solution First aired: 11/20/1989
The Phoenix Foundation purchase of a Nazi art treasure leads Mac to a concentration camp survivor who claims family ownership of the painting and an `Aryan nation' group actively working to create their own country.

10.) Two Times Trouble First aired: 12/11/1989
MacGyver tries to help an old friend who believes her jealous twin sister is trying to kill her. And when strange things start to happen,Mac knows something is definitely not right. Now he must figure out what it is. Because it could mean life,or death for his friend...

11.) The Madonna First aired: 12/18/1989
On Christmas Eve, MacGyver tries to help the priest of a poor church locate a stolen Madonna figure, help his friend Cynthia figure out how to keep the Challenger Club solvent and figure out a strange street woman who seems to have a miracle up her sleeve.

12.) Serenity First aired: 1/8/1990
Exhausted MacGyver dreams he's a Civil War vet trying to claim a home in Montana that's threatened by a neighboring rancher who looks a lot like Pete Thornton. But this Pete has hired Murdoc to kill Mac...

13.) Live and Learn First aired: 1/15/1990
MacGyver tries to inspire a promising but unmotivated high school student, despite the negative efforts of a cynical teacher and the boy's skeptical father.

14.) Log Jam First aired: 2/5/1990
MacGyver tries to help an environmentally active friend find out what happened to a company whistle-blower about to expose the illegal practices of a large logging firm.

15.) The Treasure of Manco First aired: 2/12/1990
MacGyver and a friend race with a group of dedicated guerillas to locate a valuable Incan treasure.

16.) Jenny's Chance First aired: 2/19/1990
MacGyver, Dalton, and Thornton go undercover to expose a murderous money launderer.

17.) Deep Cover First aired: 2/26/1990
Pete and Mac try to help when a Phoenix Foundation engineer is seduced and betrayed by a spy seeking her prototype for a new stealth technology for submarines.

18.) The Lost Amadeus First aired: 3/19/1990
A strange young woman gets Mac involved with a priceless violin and an eccentric maestro being sought by syndicate hoods.

19.) Hearts of Steel First aired: 4/9/1990
MacGyver is reunited with Lisa, whose help cleared him of assassination charges in Switzerland, when a steel plant executive kidnaps her as revenge against her cold corporate-raider father.

20.) Rush to Judgement First aired: 4/16/1990
MacGyver risks judicial displeasure when he breaks jury sequesters to investigate the scene of a racially charged murder, and discovers evidence that drastically alters the interpretation of the facts.

21.) Passages First aired: 4/30/1990
Frantic with worry about his gravely-ill Grandpa Harry, MacGyver experiences a strange near-death phenomena, seeing his parents again, when he's injured by a man who's stolen an ancient Egyptian relic.

Look for the final 2 seasons of MacGyver to be released in 2006 also!

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Uh..hey guys?, February 12, 2006

By	Auryn - See all my reviews

It's a month before the release date, the price will actually drop to 'normal' once it's released. As for the Wal-Mart price, if you wait a week after it's released, the price WILL go back up to the listed retail price of 38.99. As for shipping charges..Join Amazon prime. Free 2nd Day Shipping, and 3.99 Next Day Shipping.

This is probably one of the best seasons of MacGyver. My favortie two episodes are in this season. A must have for any Mac fan out there.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars MacGyver -- the Fifth Season, December 29, 2008

By	Trudie Barreras - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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I have been ordering the MacGyver DVD's "piecemeal" rather than in the complete set, partly because I'd acquired the "First Season" from another source, but could not find the subsequent sets in retail outlets, and partly because I had not got into the "rhythm" of watching the DVD's until recently. However, once started, I've felt compelled to finish, so I am now in the midst of the fifth season and have received the final two sets. I will review them as I view them.

The fifth season is intriguing in many ways. It deals, as all the MacGyver stories do, with issues of various sorts -- especially social and ecological problems -- that were current at the time of the original filming. I am amazed in retrospect at how extremely timely they actually remain. However, there are some delightful and intriguing plot twists, and I would rate the "Christmas Episode" of the fifth season, "The Madonna", as one of the all-time best stories I've ever viewed.