Back From The Dead

Episode: 047 (S3.E03

Production  No.:  40193-047

Airdate:05 October 1987

Writer: Stephen Kronish

Director:James L.Conway

Nielsen Ratings:  12.2 rating / 20 share / 3rd (43rd for the week)

PLOT

A hitman MacGyver helped place in the Witness Protection Program is spotted by the mob, now they have his daughter and grandson held captive and they want him dead or else.

CAST

MACGYVERISMS

• Used fire hose to slide down a high wire at stadium.
• Threw spear to shatter dial and release steam onto bad guys.

TRIVIA

• This is the first episode where we see MacGyver’s houseboat.
• This is the second and final appearence of Jimmy “The Eraser” Kendall
• MacGyver’s jeep still has the uncovered “Los Angeles” setup.

QUOTES

• MacGyver: Growin’ up fifteen hundred miles away from the ocean, you hardly ever get a really good sea breeze. So, for a Minnesota boy like me, livin’ on the water was . . . kinda perfect.
• Jimmy: Suppose I dye my hair, grow a mustache, wear lifts? I mean, mugs like mine are a dime a dozen.
  MacGyver: Would Jimmy the Eraser fall for that?
• This is not the place where I want to cash in. – Jimmy, after he and Mac run into the men’s room
• Jimmy: In the old days, I would’ve had a piece to even up the odds.
  MacGyver: That’s not the only way.
  Jimmy: Yeah, and a couple of grenades, too.
• Jimmy: This is it? This is where you live?
  MacGyver: Yeah. What’s wrong with it?
  Jimmy: It’s a houseboat! It’s gonna sink.
  MacGyver: I’ll get you a life jacket.
• MacGyver: This has got to be a totally different life for you.
  Jimmy: It’s almost not worth it.
  Pete: Well, the alternative is not worth much either, is it.
• “Maybe you could give me . . . a little piece.” – Jimmy asking for a gun from his “priest”
• Pete: You know Jimmy, with your “low profile” you need a press agent.
• Jimmy: Not many guys would take a bullet for a friend.
  MacGyver: Whaddaya say we don’t make a habit of that, friend?

NIT-PICKS

• When Mac goes to the church with Jimmy his jeep has no doors or roof. When we see him race back to the house boat his jeep has doors.
• There’s no computer on MacGyver’s desk in the Houseboat, but 2 episodes later we see him using a computer on that very desk.
• MacGyver’s shower took just over 2 minutes  – and had completely dry hair after that short time.

FILMING LOCATIONS

Wharf Jericho Pier Jericho Beach Vancouver, B.C.	Stadium B.C. Place 777 Pacific Blvd, Vancouver, B.C.
Church St. Peter’s Catholic Church 330 Royal Avenue, New Westminster, B.C.	Banning Cannery Gulf of Georgia Cannery (National Historic Site) 12138 Fourth Ave, Richmond, BC