Every week I will be posting a new topic titled "Episode Discussion". In this we will discuss an episode, what we liked about it, what we didn't like, etc.


Episode 64 - Murderer’s sky

MacGyver must work with the young grandson of a wealthy Chinese shipping magnate to battle a criminal takeover of the business.

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Yep, I recognized her from the movie Wayne's World.

Theres one thing I don't understand about this episode... the title...

Whys it called Murderer's Sky?

Yeah, the title is definitely odd. Don't know... maybe they ran out of ideas and just thought this one sounded cool, so they went with it.

I think it came from the old Chinese saying that Luke said, something like 'you cannot stay under the same sky with the murderer who killed your father.' maybe

That kid who did karate was awesome. I love watching that one scene over and over again.

Yeah I like that scene. I love MacGyver's line at the end.

Mac - "you learnt that at the monastery?"

Kid - "yeah"

Mac - "We're friends right?"

Mac didn't want to get his butt kicked by a kid.

Yeah that little conversation is pretty funny, Mac isn't the best at hand to hand fighting, which is why he gets captured so much.

I noticed something in this episode which I've never seen before.

At the beginning that ninja has bare feet right through her whole mission.
It seems quite odd that someone how knows they're going to be climbing around on a building would have bare feet.

Sorry that I'm late posting this--this has been yet another of those busy weeks!

This is another enjoyable episode, though not a personal favorite. I liked Luke's character, and how he was portrayed. Once again, however, it would be interesting to know what an actual Chinese would think about the episode, and the myths presented herein... if they're plausible or just a typical "westerner's" view on Chinese culture...

The scenes where Luke was trying to heal his grandfather were touching. He truly had amazing abilities! And the fighting! Though the fighting scenes were a bit over the top presentation wise (too cheesy for my taste when the bad guys were showing off their fighting sticks etc...) Luke was really good.

I think the escape from the cellar was interesting--the loudspeaker thing seems rather plausible, and I saw the clip from the Mythbusters episode where they proved that lightbulbs really will explode if you're spraying them like that! Pretty cool!

I think, though, there were other episodes that would have worked better as a season's finale. "The Negotiator" for instance.

It's definitely a "Good" episode though.

we see Mac can handle himself in a fight. The Macgyverisms were good, detecting a secret entrance with sound waves and making a fake wall to hide. Mac and the young heir seemed to relate to one another well, they made a good team.

I've been trying to figure out the poison used to murder the grandfather. I've heard the name in the episode, but I'm not sure how to spell it or what the poison is.

DO you need some?

No, just was curious cause they said the name too fast and I couldn't hear what they were referring to.

This was excellent episode, different from others and somehow a mystic. It was kind of funny when Mac and the boy were fighting in parking hall and after that they just you know continued walking happy together like nothing wouldn't happen. Stopped by for fighting...

Some sad news relating to this episode.

Ernie Reyes, Jr. who played Luke in this episode is fighting life threatening kidney failure.

Here's the full story

Oh, wow... that is sad to hear. I hope he's able to get the transplant.

That is terrible news. I've liked Ernie Reyes, jr. since I was a kid. Especially Surf Ninjas. And I'd forgotten he was in this episode until '06 or '07 when MacGyver came out on dvd. Watch "The Rundown" with Dwayne Johnson and Sean William Scott. Ernie has a small part in it but gets to show off his martial arts skills and absolutely shines. And man did he get ripped. Wishing the best for him.

I see that a lot of people liked Luke and I did too, but the one thing that really bugged me was his voice. It was so deep...not what you would expect from a boy his age and height. I know I'm really stereotyping here and I don't mean too. It was just one of those annoying things. Loved some of Mac' lines:)

I remember Ernie from The Last Electric Knight (TV Movie which became a TV series titled, Sidekicks, Not be confused with the Sidekicks movie starring Chuck Norris & Jonathan Brandis)

Electric Knight also starred Gil Gerard who was famous for his Buck Rogers role in the 1980's.

I think he just talked like a monk. He was in balance with himself and the universe, I guess. Interesting how the monks taught him to fight. I thought they were all about peace.

I think he just talked like a monk.

It wasn't his cadence...just that I've worked with a lot of boys that age and they usually don't have such deep voices. Apparently his changed early.

What is the black stuff Mac uses to make that fake rock surface? This time he didn't mentioned what chemicals he's using.

I liked this episode. I especially liked the fighting scenes. It is a good thing that Mac got that staff like weapon because in hand to hand combat with those guys he would of had a hard time.

The yelling is actually a martial art technique. Its called a Kiai....but in this case I think Mac was more scared than using a technique and was yelling out of being scared and trying to scare his attacker which was effective and is a part of the reason why it is done.

When I was training I had a hard time with Kiai. I didn't like to do it. I was silent most of the time. The reason it is done is that it gives your attacks more power and when done correctly it can intimidate an attacker.

I remember during one of my tests I heard someone yelling during a drill and was surprised to realize it was actually me! I was so exhausted that it just came out...that is how I found my Kiai.

I always have loved the actor that played Luke. During my childhood the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were huge and that movie was like THE movie that me and my friends would watch over and over and over again.

The scene when the snake popped out my wife screamed! She hates snakes......