Out of all the characters Mac has met throughout the show, I wonder which sidekick character you liked the most besides the obvious ones like Jack Dalton for instance. There are probably others too but these are the ten I came up with. I've choosen these characters who seemed to be strong and able to stand their ground even without Mac or has shown their worth otherwise. At least 8 of them seemed to be good or skilled in a fight and are mostly, with exception of Luke and Lobo perhaps, in Mac's age category. So which one you liked the most.

Out of this list, I think I would go with Luke Chen. Even though I cringe with each kid I see on Mac, Luke seems pretty mature and able to hold himself pretty well in a fight, even when outnumbered.

I liked Kate from "Ugly Duckling". She doesn't even have a character thread! But is the only side-kick I have seen so far who thinks like Mac does.

I liked Luke too...I thought his character rocked and he always seemed like the kind of guy I'd love to hang out with!!

Out of the list, Whitecloud. He seemed to have a good sense of humor.

Humor is important...

He seemed kinda bitter. But there is maybe a good guy underneath all that. If he wasn't he probably had killed Johnson at the plant.

Th Colton brothers.

Yep.

I mean, the real answer is Jack Dalton. By a mile. By a light-year. By twelve parsecs.

But if we're going with those who weren't main characters, then the Coultons in general and Jesse in particular. For a character who only had, like, three episodes, he gets a surprising amount of character development from his original appearance as a bounty hunter who turns out to be an A-hole, but not 100% a dick, to his backstory as a war veteran and the revelation that he has a son, to the episode where you finally get to see what a day in his life would be (and boy, I would've happily watched several seasons of a Coulton show). He's probably the closest thing we see to a traditional action hero on "MacGyver;" the badass outfit (I'm a sucker for hats, trenchcoats, AND old school firearms), the hotheaded jump-into-the-action, make-it-up-as-you-go personality, the Han-Solo-esque persona of a tough guy who claims to be a mercenary but is really a lot softer than he looks. I like Frank too, but I guess he doesn't have the colorful personality that Jesse does.

Frank was the older brother, so I figured he had to be more relaxed and wiser than Jesse. I know The Coltons get a lot of critique here which I don't really understand. Their episodes are better than some of the other regular guest stars. Ma Dalton, Black Corsage, Second Chance, Black Rhino, Serenity, Squeeze Play are amongst my favorites.

I really like Jesse more in Second Chance than in Ma Dalton though. Even though he had an hilarious scene in the phone booth. 'She's offering 25.000 to let her go. I think... I let... her go.'

Besides I think he had a great shirt in Second Chance, probably coming back from Hawaii.

Definitely Pete Thornton for me!

Not even Mama Colton? You seem to know her, you work at the phone company.