The Eraser

Episode:  024 (S2.E02)

Production No.: 40192-023

Airdate:  29 September 1986

Director: Paul Krasny

Writer:  Stephen Kronish

Nielsen Ratings:  14.0 rating / 22 share / 2nd (49th for the week)

PLOT

Believing that he is helping a father find his son, MacGyver inadvertently leads a reluctant hitman to his target.

CAST

MACGYVERISMS

• Used power cable from a desk lamp to short a keypad combination lock
• Rewired car phone to lock the car’s doors on incoming call.
• Used a metal tube, rag, & gas to make a “torpedo”
• Faked Jimmy’s death with mirrors, Mylar and red paint
• Used foil & a comb to simulate police siren

TRIVIA

• This episode marks the first appearance of MacGyver’s iconic 1987 Jeep Wrangler Laredo.

QUOTES

• Dreams are important, because otherwise, sleep is just eight hours of nothin’. ~ Jimmy Kendall
• Linda sweetheart, the car will go now.. I suggest you go with it.  ~ MacGyver 
• Office hours are over Pete. Loosen your tie and grab a yogurt. ~ MacGyver
•  If this works, it’ll keep us from gettin’ caught. If it doesn’t, it’ll keep us from gettin’ old. ~MacGyver

NIT-PICKS

• When staying at MacGyver’s apartment, Jimmy says he spent two weeks in professional baseball. The computer readout of Jimmy’s file says he spent three years in professional baseball. Later, after he has been exposed, he and MacGyver still refer to this two weeks of experience in professional baseball (Jimmy says he was the team bus driver).

FILMING LOCATIONS

Ice Skating Rink Culver City Ice Arena 4545 Sepulveda Blvd, Culver City, CA	Money Pickup Point 368 South Grand Avenue Los Angeles, California
Vectrocon Systems The Standard Downtown Hotel 550 S Flower St, Los Angeles CA	Hotel Brownstone Hotel 427 E. 5th Street, Los Angeles CA
Car Yard Culver City Volvo 3939 Tracy St, Los Angeles, CA	Baseball Field John Marshall High Baseball Field 3939 Tracy St, Los Angeles, CA

Alley Alley 421 W Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA