Lost Love (part 1)

Episode: 045 (S3.E01)

Production  No.:  40193-045

Airdate: 21 September 1987

Writer: Jerry Ludwig

Director: Cliff Bole

Nielsen Ratings:  11.9 rating / 20 share / 3rd (53rd for the week)

PLOT

A Russian women MacGyver loved, and who he thought was dead, shows up as a pawn in an attempt by Soviet agents to get MacGyver to steal a priceless Chinese dragon for them.

CAST

MACGYVERISMS

• Used cleaning powder to expose security laser beams.
• Used small blade of knife as key to open case.

TRIVIA

• This episode marked the start of 5 years of filming in British Columbia, Vancouver.
• This is James Hong’s second of 4 appearances in MacGyver.
• Even though the name Kosov is spelled slightly differently in the two episodes the events and timeline match up for this being the same character as the one we see in Thief of Budapest.
• This was the first of 3 two-part episodes in the series. The other two being “Legend Of The Holy Rose” and “Good Knight MacGyver”

QUOTES

• MacGyver: When I was a little kid, I used to think ships were like magic, sailing in from strange places, carrying mysterious cargo.
• Chiu: You speak Mandarin?
  MacGyver: You just heard about ninety percent of it.
• “MacGyver is kind of a . . . troubleshooter.” – Pete, to Chiu
• “Troubleshooter and lawyer.” – Chiu talking about MacGyver
• “Just curious to see a legend.” Mac, to Chiu
• Jack: Excuse me. This is a closed rehearsal.
  MacGyver: Oh, like the time you tried to pull a silk scarf out of the principal’s ear and got his toupee instead?
• Pete: Since when are you a magician?
  Jack: “When”? I have studied at the feet of Hindu mystics! Climbed the hidden mountains of Tibet to learn the lost secrets of that unknown kingdom. I have delved into–
  MacGyver: –a magic course he got selling magazines in the tenth grade.
• Jack: You wouldn’t step on an ant; what do you mean “I killed her”?
• Jack: It’s a lousy piece of fate, but you’re not responsible. Come on, Mac. We all have our ghosts.
  MacGyver: Yeah, but we don’t all see ’em walkin’ by.
• MacGyver: Kosoff? Major Nikolai Kosoff? I know him. I escaped from him in Hungary.
• You love her, so you’re buying him. Is that it? – Pete to MacGyver
• “You know friends, I come from a long line of magicians. My father used to walk down the street and turn into a saloon.” Jack, at his show
• General: I don’t agree with the current Soviet administration, this new openness. Weak. Foolish. Impractical.
  MacGyver: And you think killing three people is more practical. That’s amazing.
• General: I know you won’t betray your country’s security.
  MacGyver: You got that straight.

NIT-PICKS

• In the flashback we see MacGyver wearing a ring, but we never saw him with any kind of jewelry before or after this episode.
• When MacGyver and Lisa are on the ferry after they reunite, a long shot establishes that the ferry is cruising on the water. However, close-ups of them talking show that the coastline and water are stationary, indicating that the ferry is not moving.

FILMING LOCATIONS

Port West Ship Terminal/Wharf 999 Canada Place, Vancouver, B.C.	Convention Center Vancouver Convention Center 999 Canada Place, Vancouver, B.C.
Unloading Area The Canadian Trail promenade 999 Canada Place, Vancouver, B.C.	Pigeon Flying Spanish Banks NW Marine Dr, Vancouver, B.C.
Ferry Terminal Langdale Terminal 1376 Port Mellon Highway, Langdale, B.C.	Bridge Pattullo Bridge Surrey, British Columbia
Hotel The Pan Pacific Hotel 999 Canada Place, Vancouver, B.C.	Secret Weapon Facility Burrard Generating Station Port Moody, Vancouver, B.C.
Sawmill Pattar Sawmill 8081 River Road Delta, B.C.