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Posted by: MacGyverOnline 27 September 2014 - 05:01 PM

Ed Gantner worked for the government agency responsible for recruiting MacGyver for various freelance operations. He offered MacGyver the rescue mission at the http://www.macgyveronline.com/pages/kiva.html, a highly classified underground research facility in http://www.macgyveronline.com/pages/bannon.html, after a mysterious explosion destroyed the facility leaving at least 20 people unaccounted for, including 2 Nobel prize candidates, http://www.macgyveronline.com/pages/c42.html and http://www.macgyveronline.com/pages/c43.html. In spite of Gantner describing the odds of success, on a scale from 1 to 10, as minus three, MacGyver accepted the mission and Gantner accompanied him to the KIVA labs where he joined director http://www.macgyveronline.com/pages/c40.html and chief of operations http://www.macgyveronline.com/pages/c47.html on the main level where they monitored MacGyver's progress, via a 2-way communication radio, as he attempted to rescue the scientists and stop an acid leak which threatened the water supply for the southwest.

Posted by: Grazer 27 September 2014 - 05:41 PM

Hard to judge this guy really since he was only in 1 episode and no background or history was given for him. Seems like he was just the forerunner of the Pete Thornton character.

Posted by: KiwiTek 28 September 2014 - 12:21 PM

Yeah you're right. He was just a flat character there to serve a purpose in the story line. Although he did seem to have known MacGyver for quite a while and had real concern for him, so that was, at least, a little depth to him.

I'm inclined to agree with you about him being the early version of Pete Thornton.

Posted by: denizen 28 September 2014 - 08:48 PM

I still remember Michael Lerner in Godzilla (1998) playing the mayor of NYC with a flare for candy.