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MacGyver: Pilot (1985)
Best Ever
MacGyver is definitely my favorite TV series ever, and I love watching the reruns. This series combines science and creativity with a really cute, kind, and smart main character, to give a show that is genuinely fun to watch. Although some of the plots were kind of lame and a few were very fake (the nuclear plant one--come on!), overall this show was and still is great.
Richard Dean Anderson and most of the other actors/actresses on the show were perfect for their parts, and I still enjoy watching Anderson in other shows and movies. (Although I do have to admit that whenever I see Anderson I think of him as "MacGyver.") The very first episode of MacGyver really did start the show off to a great start, and I do think that the first few seasons were better than the last couple. However, there ARE good shows after the third season.
MacGyver (1985)
Great TV Series
MacGyver is a great TV series that is very innovative and enjoyable to watch. As MacGyver once said, "Now's the time to start thinking," which he always did on the show. Although MacGyver never went into a situation with a "plan," he could always come up with a great "MacGyverism" to get out of any situation. Working with items that he picked up along the way and his duct tape and Swiss Army Knife, MacGyver used scientific principles (although some were a bit off) to solve problems.
Overall, the MacGyver series was very well done. My favorite episode is definitely "Countdown"--too bad David Ketchum and Tony DiMarco didn't write any of the other episodes because they did a superb job. In addition to great writers, the casting people also did a great job--especially in choosing Richard Dean Anderson. Anderson was also enjoyable in Pandora's Clock and Past the Bleachers, and does a great job in Stargate SG-1. Although very different from his usual parts, Anderson also did a good job in Through the Eyes of a Killer, which is a quite interesting yet disturbing movie.