Late to the party and welp, it looks like they did it, so here we go!
-Mac and Desi in full ceremonial military garb...yep, yep, it's happening.
-Ernest "The Cat" Miller as "Walker." Haha, this guy was great in late 90s/early 2000s WCW. Even had short run in the WWF/E. Lately he's gotten into the acting game with his most famous turn in, appropriately, "The Wrestler." Great to see him pop up here.
-Kovac is dead. Guess that's why he wasn't in the credits.
-"Until then, there's beer." Ain't that the truth.
-FWIW, Skee Ball is very therapeutic.
-Eating greasy pizza? Yeah, I'd probably wash my hands 10 times myself before getting into a Yugo, let alone a GTO.
-Ozzy Ulrich. Naturally Jack would have a name that's a portmanteau of Ozzy Osbourne and Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich.
-Mac's address is 2312 Lawler Street in L.A. Is that the first time we've seen that? There is a Lawler Street in L.A., but it runs about two blocks and is definitely not up in the hills.
-"Jack loved the strudel." Hadn't realized strudel was a thing outside the Germanic-speaking world, but now I do. This show is nothing if not educational...and not just in science.
-Another explanation on Cairo. Stuck in a musty old sarcophagus for six hours sounds like my personal version of Hell.
-At first glance I thought that was a picture of Jack in the safe, which would have been hilarious...and weird.
-He's been on-screen for 30 seconds, but I can already say this was great casting for the character of Tibor.
-Where did Mac get this endless supply of ball-bearings? He had like two little yellow pans.
-The "ace in his hole."
-Kovac isn't a real person. That really explains why he wasn't in the credits!
-Serious gymnastics background on this sniper.
-Kovac/Vitez is right. Team MacGyver is too damn curious...but that's also why they always get their man (or woman).
-I sense a classic trope right here: villain talks too much, over-explaining their plan and probably incriminating themselves.
-Nice tribute to the "Cowboy" with the lasso disarming of the bad guy (girl).
-Yup. Classic Riley "handful of keystrokes deus ex machina."
-LOL. Pouring some out for their homie. Or trying to anyway.
-Ahhhh. Almost got through an entire episode without reference to Mac and Desi's relationship. So close.
I had/have some mixed feelings about the whole killing off Jack thing, but I was also pretty sure that George Eads had little desire to ever reprise the role. So I guess, whatevs. For a post-mortem Jack tribute this was about as well as you could have done an RIP Jack episode, a good blend of silliness, butt-kicking and genuine emotion. The episode in-and-of-itself is actually really strong, well-written, directed and acted on everyone's part (Tristin!) including the guests. This show is often flawed in the sense of what it could and perhaps should be, but sometimes they do do a pretty good job of making you care and even satisfied. This was one of those times.
), perhaps the emotional breakdown in the airplane bathroom (hey, who hasn't had one seven miles up) is the start of something more? I have my doubts.
