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 62 - Rock the Cradle

A baby gets left in Jack Daltons airplane hanger with a note claiming the baby is Jacks... and thousands of dollars of counterfeit money.

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How do they determine attractiveness when its relative to the viewer?

The kid also pays perticular attention to Jack when he's reading the story to him.

So what, eggzactly, are you saying about Jack?

I love the scene where baby poops

Jack: "Can't we just hose him down"

MacGyver pauses for consideration: "no."

He actually considered it!!

Rock I dont think he considered it..I think he was just being sarcastic. Anyway, remember the "hanger" line?

Mac: You know this house is not child-proof!
Jack: Well you're the one who wanted to play host.. "You're hanger's too drafty"
remember?

My favorite part is Jack reading The Little Engine That Could to the baby.

And my favorite is the part when the bad guys in masks get to the hangar and Mac tells them they don't know where she is. I think RDA's expression in that particular scene is totally different from smiles in all other episodes.

Also Mac considering being a father... some day... does not fit in well with the character. Perhaps that's why it was only at the end of the series we learn about SAM.

I thought so too!

I think I'l be watching this episode again just to see Mac interact with the baby. I love the scene at the end where he's trying to teach the baby hockey.

aww MacGyver and Jack takeing care of a baby.

I like this episode, especially with Pete lecturing Mac and Jack about taking care of a baby, very funny. I LOVE the end scene, so cute!

I thought the end was cute, when Mac and Pete "play hockey" with the baby. I also felt bad for Jack because he thought the little one was his.

Using duct tape to put on a diaper, and Pete telling his secretary that they needed diapers and pins. Shows even back in the day MacGyver was thinking about the environment.

Just an all around cute episode.

Has anyone noticed that the babies mother's name was Katie? I guess the producers of MacGyver liked the name Kate or Katie.

Just wondering about the twins who played baby 'Jack'. Malcolm and Fraser Fairweather. I googled them and it seems that twins, Malcolm and Fraser Fairweather are rugby players in Britain - quite good ones, too.

I wonder if its a coincidence?

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I love the part when Jack is begging Mac to get involved in his new scheme. Mac says no and goes upstairs and Jack says he might have to stay with Mac a bit longer..Mac comes stomping down the stairs all ready to help Jack.

How do you mean?

How do you mean?

Here

Scroll down to the article called 'Fraser Valley wins U20 title in a blustery battle on the Rock'. There is mention of them. Now, as the episode was filmed in 1988 and the article printed in 2007, that would mean they'd be at least 21 years old - assuming they were a year old when the show was filmed. It could fit.

Interesting all the same!

Oh I love this episdoe! Mac & Jack taking care of a baby! lol

Sooo cute episode and I love the end!

The Future of United States Hockey Team! Yeah!

This doesn't seem to have been mentioned here yet..

Has anyone seen the movie 3 Men and a Baby? Do you think this episode might have been inspired by that movie?

It's been forever since I've seen that movie. XD But yeah, I can see where they may have gotten the idea from it.

Man, I love this episode. That diaper scene in Pete's office is my favorite in the entire series. XD If I'm having a bad day, that scene instantly puts me in a good mood because it's just... so funny! Who diapers a baby using duct tape? MacGyver. LOL!

'Three Men and a Baby' was inspired by another movie. In fact, it is the remake of the Frenche hit movie 'Trois hommes et un couffin'. Which means 'Three Men and a cradle.'
And guess who directed 'Three Men..'? None other than Leonard Nimoy, aka Mr. Spock.

I really, really enjoyed this episode!

There's a perfect mix of drama and humor. The scene where Mac's fixing the landing gear but loses his grip because of the hydraulics fluid and has to parachute down (which probably was the safest choice anyway, considering he was hanging under the plane! ) is hysterically funny. The scenes where the mother felt she had to leave her child behind were heartbreaking, and then we had some good suspense when the bad guys were trying to locate the plates...

But of course, the very core of the episode was the interaction between Mac, Jack, Pete and the baby boy. It's remarkable that the baby performed so well! Of course, they probably had to do lots and lots of takes, but still... the end result is amazing.
I *did* have "Three men and a Baby" in the back of my head, watching this episode... I saw the French original *and* the American version shortly after their original release, and found them both amusing, (though the original is better...).

There is something very amusing with having a couple bachelors taking care of a baby. Usually confident men getting awkward and fumbling... It's been done on film a couple times, but I don't actually mind. The baby *does* indeed look a little bit like Jack...

The diaper changing scene in Pete's office (and the previous scene, where Jack suggest they should hose the baby down and Mac says no, after some consideration) sent me into fits of laughter. I also loved Jack reading "The little Engine"... and the cradle Mac created was truly ingenious. Mostly hockey gear, and some rope and cushions--brilliant!

"Marry me?" That line... I just about *died*

I think this is my second best Dalton episode to be honest, "Jack of Lies" being my absolute favorite. But, this one is still an "Excellent."

And thus a whole lot of fan fiction was born ... probably. I wouldn't know.

I am now sad at the thought that Panama may never have received the promised Porta-Potties.

The look on Jack Jr's face when Mac passed him to Jack. Poor kid looked like he was going to cry. The baby wanted to stay with Mac.


At the end Mac and Pete setting a hockey goal on the counter for the baby. Future of amateur hockey!😁

Yes. Epic storytelling!! I like Jack's version of The Little Engine That Could. If Jack ever actually acquired a train engine it would be like the one he described!!😁😁

I watched this last night and I didn't like MacGyver's dismissiveness towards Jack's struggles here. Like we know the production liked their dynamic from season 2 and like I agree broadly in a character/writing sense. But I still feel they went too far here and/or it doesn't age well looking back on the 1980s. I think they noticed some version of that too at the time and toned that dynamic down a bit or went in a slightly different direction with Jack.