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| Posted by: MacGyverOnline 3 February 2007 - 12:53 AM |
| Episode 127 - The Hood When a quirky actress from MacGyver’s new bohemian neighborhood is abducted by hit men, MacGyver works with his new neighbors to find her. |
| Posted by: tandt14 3 February 2007 - 07:22 AM |
| I voted "okay." It's not one of my favorite episodes. The seventh season just didn't do it for me. The escape w/the boot gag was getting old. Mac already used that to escape in Legend of the Holy Rose pt 2. |
| Posted by: MacGyver 3 February 2007 - 09:56 AM |
| I enjoy "The 'Hood" pretty well. Yes, this is the episode where MacGyver has definitely left his houseboat behind- due to losing in a fire. But MacGyver has moved around throughout the series and it doesn't matter too much to me where MacGyver's situated. MacGyver quickly makes friends in his new neighborhood and- true to form- quickly finds himself dragged into trouble. But that's just MacGyver's character- always willing to help strangers he's barely met. Though a lot of his neighbors we don't really see throughout the rest of the 7th. season- we are introduced to Mama Lorraine, who has a recurring role for the rest of the season. As far as the MacGyverisms go- I thought it was great the way Mac escapes the falling scaffolding and used the candle wax to read the writing on the matchbook. And the bit with the laundry cart and especially stopping the bad guys at the end with the fire hose and elevator- way cool! And I thought the ending was funny- "I'll get used to it." Good episode.    |
| Posted by: MacGirl 3 February 2007 - 11:45 AM |
| I liked this one, too. Not one of my all-time faves, but I enjoyed the introduction to Mac's various goofy neighbors. I also liked the MacGyverism with the laundry cart... that was just funny! I especially got a kick out of Mama Lorraine. She's one of the few recurring women characters that I really like... independent, smart, funny, and down-to-earth. |
| Posted by: MacGyverGod 3 February 2007 - 12:26 PM |
| I voted good on The Hood. Also one of my favourites of my younger years. The moving to another place, don't bother me much actually, though nothing is better than the houseboat. They've tried to give the series a fresh look. I think it worked fairly well. The music for the rednecks very cool, bit cowboy style and of course the highlight of the episode is where he's trapped on the torture rack. One of my favourite scenes. The close ups they take from his face are so cool. The lights just reflects so perfectly in his eyes. When they leave him it's so cool when he tries to look at the burning ropes and raises his eyebrows. Mama Lorraine was so cool with her voodoo and always saying: 'This is evil mojo!' I'm sure if the series lasted longer, Mel, Mama Lorraine and Kelly Dobbs would've showed up more often. Come to think of it, you think Kelly Dobbs would've been the replacement of Penny Parker? Nice thing of trivia, (I know I said it before, just a reminder) Kimberley Scott (Mama Lorraine) plays in an important role James Cameron's The Abyss and a cameo role in Peter Filardi's written Flatliners. |
| Posted by: Macs Lab Rat 5 February 2007 - 03:10 AM |
| That girl annoyed me. There’s so many different types of people in the world why use the same characteristics twice? She was a bad version of Penny. The writers must think there is an abundance of wannabe actresses who dizzily come across some trouble while at a clients home. First Penny and her singing telegram and now this silly girl and her manicure. Anyway that put me against this episode from the start and it didn’t really redeem itself enough. The bit with MacGyver in the laundry basket made me giggle - One of the few things that stand out in this episode for me. I vote average. |
| Posted by: MacGyverGod 5 February 2007 - 07:33 AM |
I think Kelly is a more likeable person and not so scatterbrained as Penny is. Kelly can obviously protect herself more than Penny. Kelly is also more the flirting type.  |
| Posted by: MacGirl 9 February 2007 - 12:03 PM |
| Kelly wasn't quite as helpless as Penny, but I agree she was annoying. She was good for comic relief, but that was about it. |
| Posted by: Sheepy 12 February 2007 - 03:13 AM | ||
Penny was YUCK, nobody could've been worse than her.  (hiya Rat, how you doin'?)I voted good, again not my fav, but I love momma Lorraine. Storyline wasn't that great, it had been used too many times before. Like Mac's hair, it's a little wild. Me like wild. But disregard that. In this eppie, they introduce Robo, the graffiti-"artist", but does he show up again later? I believe he's being replaced by a latino named Lobo, who's also a graffiti-"artist". I think the names are too much alike, especially when they are both into arts. |
| Posted by: Lothithil 14 February 2007 - 10:33 AM |
Worth the price of admission just to see Mamma Lorraine's 'mad voodoo woman' performance!  |
| Posted by: MacGirl 18 February 2007 - 08:43 PM |
You got that right, Loth!  |
| Posted by: MacGyverfan717 31 January 2008 - 01:23 PM |
| I voted good. This was one of my favorite episodes of season seven. You could be a newcomer to MacGyver and watch this episode and it not be confused at all becouse it has all new cast members! I thought mama Lorrain comment was funny," You don't wanna make Mama angry for real." And Mac's outfit was pretty cool, we usually see him wearing a jacket becouse it was always cold in BC. Again,very well done episode! |
| Posted by: dinoman 7 October 2008 - 04:29 PM |
| I see Kelly as a mixture of Penny Parker and Zoe, so I would put her in between the two on the 'annoying scale' Agree with MacGyverfan, we didn't see Mac in summer outfit for a long time. Although he looks great in jacket, I missed his muscle, too! Kind of strange for Mac to have neighbours like these, I think he had to take quite some time to get used to it, especially when he saw the 'artistic' wall in his loft, "My Wall ~~~~~", sounded desperate. |
| Posted by: MacGyverOnline 7 October 2008 - 05:37 PM |
| This was the beginning of the end too me. Everything changed for the worse in this season and to be honest, didn't make a hell of a lot of sense. And this episode was the step at the top of the slide.  Why was MacGyver renting an apartment/loft? did he not have insurance on the houseboat? Why did he move into a neighborhood which is SO out of character? How can he stand to have all those people rummaging around in his space? Theres just too many changes and out of character stuff in this episode for me to enjoy it. |
| Posted by: Beachbead 20 April 2009 - 08:50 AM |
| This is the one where MacGyver moves into his new place, when I first watched this it was ok at the Beginning the neighborhood seemed a kind of one that you don't want to live in, the screaming man was one of them each morning he would get up to scream to the world, just like a rooster in the morning time. then the girl who can't stop talking for the life of her and doesn't allow MacGyver to talk much, then his friend who comes up to help him, wished he buttoned up his shirt. then the guys from Texas they seemed dumb like evil guys to me. this one I liked pretty well over all, but not one that I would watch again any time soon, maybe in a year from now. |
| Posted by: lucsch 1 June 2009 - 11:09 PM |
| Not one of my favorites. I probably would not watch it again unless I was doing a straight run through season 7. |
| Posted by: MacGyverOnline 17 August 2009 - 12:08 AM |
| Did anyone else jump when Mama Lorraine got punched? |
| Posted by: MacGyverfan717 20 August 2009 - 05:17 PM |
YES! That scared the heck outta me. What a jerk, y'know? But anyway, I still think this episode is worth at least a second viewing. It does stray very very far away from the substance of the show, and it almost feels like a whole new series. Almost everything is different about it compared to the previous seasons. The 7th season, to me, feels like an entirely new show. It's like this: They took MacGvyer and placed him in all new surroundings which had a slightly familiar feel to the first and seconds seasons. Then they added a bunch of new characters for Mac's life. I dont' know if it's just me, but Mac seems like he feels out of place during the whole season. He just doesn't seem like himself. It's almost as if he's bored or tired?  |
| Posted by: MacGyverOnline 20 August 2009 - 05:50 PM |
| I think what your picking up on there is that the actors and crew are pretty well done. They knew they only had 13 episodes going in and you can feel that they have pretty much had enough. The creative juices have drained, as has their enthusiasm for the show. I've read a few reviews over the years that talked about RDA looking tired or feed up, I think that's quite an accurate observation. I think they where all ready to move onto other things |
| Posted by: Miasma 26 August 2009 - 09:11 AM | ||
He did look a bit fed-up/tired, but I figured that was largely because of the situations his character was in throughout most of the season-- he was constantly dealing with annoying situations, which would make anyone look fed-up/tired. Take a few episodes for example: Honest Abe-- How could he NOT look fed-up/tired when dealing with that stupidity? I think if he looked happy, it would have been bad acting. Obsessed-- Again, he was supposed to look fed-up because of the situation he was in. Deadly Silents-- I would be fed-up too. Mountain Of Youth-- Probably the worst acting I've seen from RDA, but it makes sense that he'd be fed-up after being roped into another one of Jack's schemes. The Hood-- His nice houseboat burned down, and he just moved into an extremely annoying neighborhood filled with characters that make Penny Parker look intelligent. I can see why he's fed-up. Split Decision-- Dick Butkus moved in with him. 'nuff said. Gunz N Boyz-- Gang wars started by Ponch's former partner would make anyone a bit weary. Bottom line, there really weren't a lot of opportunities for him to look enthusiastic about things. So I completely agree with you about the writers not giving it their best, but I think RDA was just just playing the part based on the circumstances Mac was in. |
| Posted by: MacGyverOnline 26 August 2009 - 01:47 PM |
| Actually that's an angle I really hadn't thought about at all. |
| Posted by: MacsChick 26 August 2009 - 05:12 PM |
| You'd think he'd be fed up with people in general by that time, given how annoying they were. No wonder he wants to "ride off into the sunset" at the end of the series. |
| Posted by: MacGyverOnline 26 August 2009 - 05:49 PM |
 Yeah that's true."Your my son!? Great! any excuse to get me the hell out of this mad house!" |
| Posted by: Miasma 24 August 2010 - 06:48 AM |
| I watched this episode last night for the first time in over a year. It's actually kind of a fun episode. Not among the best, but it was nice to just see a fun adventure without any sort of moral or preaching or anything. It's kind of a "guilty pleasure" episode for me. It's odd that we don't see these neighbors more often later in the season. It really felt like the landlord should be a recurring character, and I would have expected Kelly to show up at least one more time. I think Robo DID show up again, but with a different actor and different name (Lobo)... not sure why that happened. I guess the Wayan brothers were on to other projects by then, so Shawn Wayan couldn't couldn't come back as Robo? |
| Posted by: MacGyverOnline 26 August 2010 - 11:33 PM | ||
Yeah I wonder about that too. I wonder if they were intending to have they as reoccurring characters and then for some reason didn't or what? Seems like a bit of a lost opportunity to me. |
| Posted by: BrakeFluid 31 December 2010 - 07:15 PM | ||
I'm working my way through the seventh season for the first time, and so far this is my verdict as well. Even MacGyver himself feels like a slightly different character, almost like a different person who studied Mac's tricks and gadgets and is trying to emulate him but not quite succeeding. Sad, really, although it does make me glad they ended the show after this season. I did love Mama Lorraine. I think she could have fit in well in the earlier seasons, when there was much better material to write her into. |
| Posted by: Makedde 21 July 2011 - 01:16 AM |
| I liked the escape from that stretching device, although it was obvious he wasn't stretched all that much as he could still move around quite freely. For a time there it looked as if he were going to give up. I was yelling at the screen 'Mac NEVER gives up' and sure enough he tries again. Loved it when he kicked the cowboy dude after hiding in the laundry basket. I hated the cowboys, their accents were so annoying and the music we heard with them was horrible. Probably one of the best things I liked about the episode (being someone who has a massive crush on RDA) was Mac's outfit. White short with that black top over it. Black and white is really his color. That and his hair and I was just drooling.  |
| Posted by: Rocket 13 August 2013 - 01:47 PM |
| The prevailing opinion on season 7 is that it smells decidedly stale, but this episode I quite liked. I like Mama Lorraine and her Mad Voodoo Woman act. I like Mac being stranded in a neighbourhood full to the brim with cheerful crazy people (novelty may wear off on this one, but for now I like it). I like Mac's to-heck-with-the-rat-race landlord. And the fact that Mac's airhead-magnet is still in good working order makes me laugh  |
| Posted by: Grazer 26 June 2014 - 11:55 PM |
| I just finished watching this one and have to say it wasn't as bad as I remembered it. Couldn't help thinking the part of Kelly almost seemed to have been written for Penny. Right down to her being an aspiring actress, and if it wasn't meant to be penny then why on earth can't they come up with something original? I voted it as being OK, but it's more like in-between ok and good. |
| Posted by: denizen 27 June 2014 - 12:42 AM |
| Well, interesting point. Could it have been originally intended for Teri? |
| Posted by: MacGyverGod 27 June 2014 - 09:37 AM |
| I think it's a coincidence that Kelly is also an actress. And I like her more than Penny. And I don't think this was meant as a Penny episode since Mac moved to another neighborhood. I really don't think he would like to live in a neighborhood knowing that Penny lives across the street. |
| Posted by: KiwiTek 27 June 2014 - 03:25 PM |
| Good point. |
| Posted by: denizen 28 June 2014 - 07:47 AM |
| I guess not. |
| Posted by: Grazer 28 June 2014 - 04:05 PM |
| Imagine the look on MacGyver's face if he found out it was Penny living over the road from him. He might be inclined to move somewhere else FAST!  |
| Posted by: MacGyverGod 28 June 2014 - 04:13 PM |
| When talking with Mel: 'Wow, did you save that much from the houseboat?' 'I had good smoke detector.' 'MacGyver! Hi, MacGyver!' Mac sees Penny. Closes the truck again and leaves. |
| Posted by: Grazer 28 June 2014 - 07:28 PM | ||
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| Posted by: cmbj67 20 August 2014 - 03:22 AM |
Mac wouldn't have certainly lived in a place knowing that Penny lives across the street.  I saw this episode yesterday after quite a long time because it's not one of my favourites. Not bad, but others are better. Starting with the neighborhood, it's a little strange for Mac character. Something unexpected, like the man yelling in the morning, Robo who paints his wall. Also Kelly, like Mac says "If she just could loosen up a little". And Mama Lorraine with her woodoo. Not bad, just strange neighbors. Also I don't like the music for the bad guys, but it's just a detail. Not considering these two things, the episode is good, but not so good to watch often. It's probably true that in 7th season they were tired, they repeat some things of previous seasons. RDA wasn't fed up because he liked the character, but he said he was phisically exausted (who wouldn't have been?). So the fact that he knew they were the last episodes didn't encourage him. I liked MacGyverisms and all in all it's not a bad episode, I voted ok. |
| Posted by: MACGYVERISMYDAD 20 August 2014 - 07:46 AM |
| I have to vote ok as this is one of the very few episodes that I do not remember what happens in it. Everyother episode I can remember most of what they are about or what happens. This one is just a blur to me. I am sure it was because I didn't care for it much. |
| Posted by: RadiantRose 11 October 2016 - 11:20 AM | ||
So the unsubtle message about the importance of having good smoke detectors slipped right past the "preachy script" detectors ... |
| Posted by: Jediferret 11 October 2016 - 01:11 PM |
| It's funny... I never considered MacGyver preachy. I think it was my upbringing.... that and I currently work for a pastor. I always felt MacGyver was pretty laid back in regards to moral stances. Just me? Probably... XD |
| Posted by: Joe SAKic 16 March 2017 - 07:07 PM |
I just watched this for the first time. It's a pretty good episode that moves along nicely and with fine mix of character actors. Bobby Lee is channeling J.D in Thelma & Louise, I think. And my gawd, Bozer(present series) is drawn/taken (at least in part) from Robo, I believe.  |
| Posted by: Joe SAKic 17 March 2017 - 02:03 PM |
| Oh yeah, interesting that Mama Lorraine uses the term 'mojo'. Before it flooded into the sports vernacular in the 1990s - I had never (knowingly) heard the term - and not until recently did I even know what it meant. And still not 100% certain when heard within certain phrases/descriptions. |
| Posted by: MacGyverGod 17 March 2017 - 05:23 PM |
| I think 'mojo' means mostly an object like a talisman or amulet that contains a certain power. Mama Lorraine says Will can't fight her 'mojo'. As she preforms the voodoo trick on him she uses few things out of her bag. In the voodoo religion mojo is mostly something like the bag she has with her containing magical items during the voodoo scene. Also in The Walking Dead, she says: 'this is evil mojo, MacGyver'. Probably because the doll came out of the voodoo religion and him poking it with his knife might bring bad luck. Austin Powers also speaks of his mojo in the movies that contains his sexual strength. |
| Posted by: Joe SAKic 20 March 2017 - 11:28 AM |
| I don't remember hearing the term in "Live and Let Die" .... which was all about Voodoo and the Americas. But that was the 1970s. If you substitute the word 'magic' in, you can sort of make it work for most usages in the sporting world. Be interested to hear from our American Members and if the word was known to them growing up and/or if they've used it themselves and/or if they recollect a time when it went more viral than not .... |
| Posted by: Jediferret 21 March 2017 - 05:37 AM |
| I don't use the term "mojo" myself. Though, I've heard it used in different contexts. It greatly depends on where you're from too. When I think of the term "mojo", I think of areas like Louisiana, where voodoo is generally more common. Magic and witchcraft seems to be a more "southern" thing as well, for whatever reason. For instance, when I moved into my apartment, I found a "freezer prayer" in the back of my freezer... which is a hoodoo spell. In which case, fire purifies, so I burned the sucker... just in case. Gotta love the internet... XD |
| Posted by: denizen 21 March 2017 - 08:23 PM |
| I can honestly say i don't believe in magic of any sort. A practice known solely by reputation to scare off people who might still hold their superstitions close. I think most of the exposure seen is just forms of theatrics just to make people fear the unknown. |
| Posted by: MacGyverGod 22 March 2017 - 05:25 AM |
| Magic is actually just creating illusions and tricks. It can be used to entertain (The Prestige, Harry Potter) or scare peoples. Do I believe in magic? I don't know, maybe. It won't hurt to keep an open mind but I think MacGyver's not far off by saying that everything his a logical scientific explanation and that the supernatural is just a way to explain the things we don't understand. But like I said, I like to keep an open mind as well. On the other hand I think most magic, religion and superstition rests on mythology. That's why I think there is so many of them... Greek, Egyptian, Norse, Haitian... Pretty much every culture has their version of the creation and death and magic. And now I'm digging deeper in the voodoo belief and their characters, it sure tickles an interest for me. |
| Posted by: Jediferret 22 March 2017 - 08:14 AM |
| The way I was raised was the spirit world was never something to be messed with, because you can end up inviting demons into your house. For myself, I never had any experiences with the supernatural. Though, one time I was at work, and I thought I heard voices. It's a five level 160 year old church, and it is believed to be haunted. One of our custodians told me that he sometimes hears muffled voices, and believes spirits of old parishioners still linger in the church. I have an open mind, but I'm generally skeptical. Usually those things can be explained. For instance, my mother once claimed she could see demons. But since she'd see these things when she woke up, we believed she had a form of sleep paralysis. Sleep disorders triggered by stress seems to run in my family. I remember one time I woke up standing in front of a wall trying to kill an invisible spider. XD Happened once, and never happened again. |
| Posted by: Joe SAKic 22 March 2017 - 09:18 AM |
Mojos were chewy green, spearmint, nougat candies growing up in Canada ... recipe from the UK, I believe. When I first heard the term, I thought that 'getting your mojo on' was somehow about that .... or getting your 'chew on' or biting into whatever task it was that you were taking on. I was dead wrong.  |
| Posted by: Joe SAKic 29 March 2017 - 04:12 PM |
| An answer on Jeopardy tonight: A skill or craft that you don't want to lose. I was clueless.  Answer(question): , , , , , , ,, ,, , , , , , , , , What is MOJO?  Just the definition I was looking for though, pretty well sums it all up!  |
| Posted by: denizen 29 March 2017 - 08:03 PM |
| Well, there you have it! |
| Posted by: sylvain1888 29 November 2020 - 08:35 AM | ||
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| Posted by: MacGyverOnline 30 November 2020 - 08:26 PM | ||
Actually your talking about two entirely different things. Illusions are tricks used by conjurers to make people think they are performing magic. We see this in Good Knight MacGyver and of course modern magicians are quite open about the fact that they perform illusions purely for entertainment and wonderment, often referring to their art as "stage magic" for clarity. These same tricks are also used by "Spiritual healers" and other con artists wishing to convince us that they have some form of spiritual or magical powers we should pay them for. These have been thoroughly debunked over the years by various stage magicians such as Darrin Brown, Penn and Teller and James Randi over the years. Real magic is the use of spells and other tools to invoke the forces of nature and supernatural to do your bidding. The obvious example these days is Harry Potter, but witches and magicians capable of performing feats of magic are scattered through human history. I tend to find that if you start digging into "magic" or supernatural, there's usually some pretty interesting science and/or psychology behind it == often both which work to create the "magic". Even stage magic has a lot of psychology behind it on how to control people attention and perceptions. |
| Posted by: sylvain1888 3 December 2020 - 09:53 AM |