Well......yeah- I guess so. I get what they were saying. But it's still not worded very well. Anyways.....doesn't really matter now in any case.

Okay- on to the next one.......

The Hard Way

MacGyver is entrapped into a daredevil, death defying, high-speed, high-tension race -- from California to the Canadian border. His only minor handicap is that he's on foot, penniless and totally without support. His opponent has a hot-rally car, a full backup team and lavish financing. So the odds are only slightly in MacGyver's favor.

They're balanced somewhat, as he's further burdened with the problems of a lady trucker who has serious problems of her own.

Along the way, MacGyver will 1) use a truck's own exhaust to float it up out of a riverbed, 2) construct an instant semi-ramp. So that an eight-foot-wide massive truck-trailer can squeeze through a five-foot-six-inch alley, 3) borrow a local moon-shiner's cache of white lightning and turn it into instant racing fuel, 4) divert a threat by combining a bikini, a swimming pool and a measure of Epsom Salts and 5) alter a jet pod to turn a lumbering truck into a racing machine.


The story begins:

In a seminar at the Tine Corporation. MacGyver gets into a fierce debate with industrialist BEN TOWLE. The crux: MacGyver's insistence that the best preparation for the future is an open mind. Not reliance on game plans and battle simulations -- but the ability to extemporize. The argument escalates -- into a bet.
A race. A contest.

Between Ben Towle, an amateur rally driver of some intensity, with his backup team, rally car, mechanics and support group.

And MacGyver. With nothing. Nothing. No papers, no money, no vehicle, no credit cards. Just a map, and a twenty-four-hour head start. In which to cover seventeen hundred miles to the Canadian border any way he can. It is a race that matches preparation against ingenuity.
MacGyver uses his twenty-four-hour head start to hitch a ride, and capitalizes on it, at a truck stop, by helping to repair a broken-down truck belonging to gypsy trucker REBECCA ALLEN. A woman trying to make it in a man's world. In debt, in trouble -- and willing to trade some use of her battered vehicle for the mechanic she can't afford. Problem is, she's also running a race. To get a load delivered before her truck's repossessed. And simultaneously fending off the unwelcome attentions of another trucker, JACK BRADY, who are both rival and suitor -- on his own macho terms.
MacGyver signs on, they pull out -- and as that twenty-four-hour lead vanishes -- we see Ben Towle take off in his sleek rally car, eating up miles.
It's a spine-tingling race, with MacGyver's ingenuity keeping him a contender -- scrounging parts -- earning fuel -- working out a relationship with Rebecca -- as Towle, competitive to a fault, keeps track, realizes it is a race -- and accelerates the competition.
Add in Jack Brady, who sees MacGyver as a rival, and we have a wild card. And at the climax, MacGyver is faced with a dilemma: either to win his race, or to win Rebecca's battle, gets the cargo in on time. He chooses to honor his implicit debt to her -- and loses. And wins.

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Okay, that's all I have on this one. It seems the ending is a little ambigously-worded, so you can draw your own conclusions on what the outcome is. I love the description at the start though- MacGyver is on foot, penniless and without any support- racing against this guy with a sleek rally car and a backup team-
so the odds are only slightly in MacGyver's favor.
Ha ha- of course! Because MacGyver can still easily beat this guy- I mean, they gave him a whole day's lead!

Anyway- this episode sounds pretty cool. I would have liked to have seen it.
(Also, by the way- at this point in my booklet, the opening descriptions of the episode, along with the MacGyverisms- seem to be mismatched with the storylines.
However, after reading through it all, I was able to figure out which goes with which pretty easily, as it's the only thing that makes sense. Just thought that interesting to point out- don't know what it says about the veracity of these background synopses- but I guess they're all legit as far as I know.)
Well, I'll post the rest of them when I can.
They're just interesting to read- and in any case, I can't think of any reason why someone would try to fake this kind of thing to sell on Ebay. But if I remember correctly, the person I got this from assured me it was legit and that they had contact somehow with the writing staff of MacGyver or something like that.

This sounds like it would make a great movie.

This page is up now as well

Here's the synopsis for

Labyrinth


MacGyver finds himself in reluctant partner-ship with a brilliant, beautiful and infuriatingly stubborn female physicist -- fighting a desperate time lock as they attempt to fight through the death trap of a top-secret security system -- opposed by a sophisticated computer, which regards them as an enemy to be destroyed.

The story will take us to a top secret, military facility beneath a ghost town in the Arizona desert. MacGyverisms in this episode will include:


1) The use of a cutting torch made by combining hairspray and a pack of matches ..2) Blasting through an obstacle via Xerox toning powder and a half-dozen flashlight batteries ..3) Crossing an electrifed grid safely with the aid of two cans of talcum powder and a discarded wet suit ..and 4) Immobilizing the computer nemesis with a shower of freon "rain".

The story begins at:


Rattlesnake Gulch. On the surface, a run-of-the-mill Arizona ghost town -- but buried beneath its inconspicuous sand is perhaps the most modern, elaborate, top-secret military facility in the country. It is here where genius scientific minds break new frontiers, where the latest defense systems are developed and tested.
To protect this cradle of technology, JILL KENDALL, a brilliant, young MIT designer, has been contracted to create an invincible security system. Recently installed, the system is controlled by an ultra-sophisticated, fifth generation computer which Jill named Medusa.

With heat sensors, drones and electronic surveillance devices, Medusa monitors its miles of endless corridors and laboratories much like a brain monitoring its body. To test and confirm the system's effectiveness, the government has hired PETER THORNTON and his group of consultants -- much to the annoyance of Ms. Kendall, who arrogantly claims Medusa is flawless. So far, Medusa has been checked and re-checked by every security expert Thornton can find -- no hitches. Deciding it's time for the real acid test, Thornton brings in MacGyver.

Our story opens as Thornton and MacGyver arrive at the hidden entrance to the facility. But before they even step inside, they trip the security system and set off a major alert -- which turns out to be a prank, courtesy of Jill, who, tired of having her "baby" poked and prodded, is out to discredit MacGyver.
Despite MacGyver's attempts to break the ice, Jill remains hostile and condescending. She gives him a tour of the facility, pointing out all of Medusa's features, and assuring MacGyver there's absolutely no way he can get around the system. Eager to show off some of the more exotic bells and whistles, Jill simulates a security leak. A little game she plays with Medusa to keep it on its toes ...but this time Medusa doesn't think it's a game! In the blink of an eye, Medusa goes on red alert and "locks down", trapping everyone inside. MacGyver's pretty sure this is just another of Jill's little jokes -- but it's no joke. Try as she might, Jill can't convince Medusa that her security drill was merely a simulation. The only way to correct the malfunction is to get to the main computer terminal and override the program. But it won't be easy- the system is designed to protect itself from intruders. Oh, and there's one last wrinkle, Jill adds. It has a response-learning capacity -- and because it thinks it's under attack, it'll go through three very specific states: analysis identification of attacking force, with a demand to cease and desist. If that doesn' work, Medusa will activate concealed attack units. If they fail -- Medusa will proceed to order destruction of areas of Medusa's own outlying system.
And if we get through all that? MacGyver's fascinated. Jill shrugs. If we do -- Medusa is programmed to face defeat -- by locking into an irreversible self-destruct countdown. Medusa, the support system -- and a goodly portion of surrounding acreage. Including Jill, MacGyver and the other people locked into the facility.
MacGyver wryly gives Jill credit -- at least she designed a thorough system.

Trapped in an underground maze by a super-intelligent computer programmed for destruction is less than an ideal situation for two people to get to know one another. If the sparks fly between MacGyver and Jill when they meet, the feelings intensify exponentially as the tension builds. Jill's life has been dominated by intellectual pursuits, and she prides herself on her steely objectivity -- maybe because she's afraid of emotion. She's always been a solo act and in control, believing in her own intelligence above all others. She dismisses MacGyver's suggestions as worthless, his techniques juvenile. For his part, MacGyver is soon pushed to the limit by Jill's attitude and becomes less effective as she slowly gets to him. If we ever see an end to his easy-going patience, we see it with Jill. Their predicament becomes a battle of one-upmanship until both realize that each has to give a little; each has to relinquish some control. Their survival -- and the survival of the others trapped in the facility -- rides on their ability to work together.

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Well, this one sounds pretty much the same as "The Human Factor" except for a few modifications here and there. Love how after all the security experts have been through the system, MacGyver is the real acid test!

I like the idea for The Hard Way--if they had made that episode and done it well, it might have become a favorite.

This is the human factor.

Somewhere in your document it should say "remade as the Human factor"

this is also now online.

Okay, here's the synopsis for

Fire Mountain

MacGyver leads a small group of troubled dropout teenagers on a wilderness expedition, runs into heavy trouble -- when the mountain they're climbing erupts.
MacGyver has to lead his diverse group through a hell of firestorms and lava flows, past fumaroles and deadly gas -- and teach his hostile charges the necessity of working together...not only to survive, but to rescue a trapped local resident.
Along the way, MacGyver will 1) teach his terrified kids how to walk barefoot on white-hot lava, 2) use volcanic gases to loft a balloon, 3) turn a high-pressure volcanic vent into a cannon and 4) blast their way to safety by literally mixing fire and water...with explosive results.


The story begins with:


MacGyver leading a small group of teenagers on an exedition to high-country, as an experiment. It's a try at reaching kids who are beginning to go over some private edge, into the land of the lost and a chance to get them away from the city, away from their sorry lives, into open mountain air. A chance to reach them. To let them reach into themselves.

Three seventeen-year-old kids:

BILLY STODDARD. Out of dirt-poor hardscrabble Texas cotton country, comes to LA with his mother and four sisters. Father dead. Life tough. A street brawler and a gang member. Looking for trouble. Guaranteed to find it.

LINDA MARINI. Her father was somebody anonymous and forgotten in a long line. Her mother is a part-time waitress, occasional hooker, full-time absence -- and Linda's only role model. The dirty past as tragic prologue.

JIM AGUILAR. Not Latino -- Indian. And resentful about it. His father is an alcoholic; his mother died when he was eight. His father rambles on about blood inheritance; he wants to forget it, even as he resents the Indian stereotypes with which he lives.

The reason for this long-shot expedition?


Jim Aguilar and Billy Stoddard tangled, at a Tine Foundation sponsored Teen Center, over Linda. Maybe her fault; she flashes what she had; it's her only measure of self-worth. Or maybe it was just anger boiling up. Either way, it erupted; MacGyver dove in and broke it up. But everyone realized there'd be future mayhem, unless they broke the cycle.

That's the idea of this expedition that MacGyver volunteered to take on. We see a glimmer of possibility, as the kids react in awe and begin to scramble up majestic Eagle Mountain.

Halfway up, they meet PAWNEE. It's what he named himself, in honor of his history as Indian Fighter, Frontier Scout and the World's Oldest Mountain Man who claims to be one hundred and nine. Probably pure braggadocio, but Pawnee is old, wiry and tough. Claims he has a secret gold cache, a glory hole, hidden on this mountain. The boast is enough to evoke a furious response from Jim: mocking disbelief from the other kids. But Jim's reaction is slightly skewed, and when they reach their campsite, two-thirds up the mountain, MacGyver takes him aside and encounters something strange. Jim wasn't just angry; he was afraid. He's picking up strange vibrations. Troubling feelings. Somebody else's memories; somebody else's forebodings. Trouble coming.
He's ashamed, but with MacGyver's understanding -- he doesn't dismiss second sight, the vision of that primitive mind within all of us. He begins to get through to Jim when they discover another kind of trouble. Linda, frightened, tells them that Billy Stoddard got the notion that old Pawnee might really have hidden gold. And has gone after it.

MacGyver takes off to stop him -- intercepts Billy on the mountainside -- there's a struggle -- and then Jim's forebodings take shocking, gigantic shape.
The mountain moves.

Heaves like a living creature -- and we are in the first throes of a major volcanic eruption!

And that's the arena in which we'll play out our story, our people.

MacGyver has to bring the band of teens down the mountain safely -- as it erupts. Along that terrifying trek, Jim finds himself -- enough to take off, to rescue Pawnee, stubborn beyond sense. Going after him, one is hurt -- and MacGyver has to pull the kids into maturity enough to manage a survival trek through a landscape in hell and succeeding.

Out of the heroic common effort, there is a breakthrough. No guarantees -- but some hope. They've accomplished something. And for Jim, his ancestry has touched him in a way that links him to his blood, his roots. And his future.

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Okay- there you go. Wow- this one sounds really interesting. It has the same basic storyline as "Final Approach" but there's definitely a good few changes here. Interesting that this one dips into more supernatural stuff as Jim has premonitions. I thought the MacGyverisms also sounded pretty cool. Reminds me some of the "White Wolves" movies, if anyone's ever seen those. (which themselves are based on "A Cry in the Wild"- a movie version of Gary Paulsen's great novel- "Hatchet".) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108559/) In fact, it would have been really cool to RDA show up as MacGyver in one of those "White Wolf" movies- would have been right up his alley.
Anyway- one more synopsis to go. I'll try to have it up a little bit later on.

Hmm... like they sugared it down and renamed it 'Final Approach'. I would have liked to see THIS version... but I doubt they could have crammed it all in one hour-long timeslot!

I guess they probably decided the special FX needed for this episode would have been a little beyond the 8 day filming schedule.

This ones online now as well

Okay, last one!

The synopsis for

Blood Money

MacGyver has to team up with a retired master counterfeiter to locate and capture a ton of very special paper -- the key ingredient in a billion-dollar counterfeiting scheme.
He's opposed by both the very clever criminals behind the counterfeiting scheme -- and his retired counterfeiter's granddaughter, an attorney who distrusts MacGyver, and is desperately trying to conceal her grandfather's past. MacGyver manages to revive the old man's lust for living -- and convince his granddaughter to accept her own family history.
The story will take us into one of the country's major money counting houses, a trade show for makers of currency and into the largest bank note printing house in the world.

In the course of "pulling off" this caper, MacGyver will
1) Produce near-perfect counterfeit bills by using Jack Daniels whiskey, cigar ash, rit dye, an orange crate and six paper clips, 2) create a timed firebomb out of match heads and a gum wrapper, 3) Cast a fishing line attached to a nylon cord to build an aerial bridge over a pressure-sensitive floor, and 4) crack a security vault with a ten cent balloon.

The story begins as:

A completely bizarre hijacking takes place in the middle of Los Angeles. A large, shabby grocery truck is hit in a ruthless, brilliantly co-coordinated attack. Streets are blocked with simultaneous maneuvers -- the truck's driver and assistant are seized by masked, heavily-armed men -- other men slap concealing exterior panels on the truck, changing its appearance -- as a last pair force open the rear -- check the contents.
Improbable is the word. A commando raid on Wonderbread? The improbability is compounded as we see what the "grocery truck" is really carrying. Paper. Rolls of paper and observing it all, the man in charge, and an icy criminal entrepreneur, FORREST. As his assault team drives the now-concealed truck away Forrest turns to the man beside him. FLOYD GRUBER. Mid-seventies; everybody's grandfather, an aging pixie -- now clearly tense and frightened. And defiant. He's old; he's retired; he will not work with Forrest. Forrest is amused, pats Floyd's shoulder, and gets into his car -- starts off, tosing a word back. Floyd will. Because the payoff is approximately one billion dollars. And the price of refusal -- could be fatal...and he's gone.
On the echo, we see Thornton explaining the heist to MacGyver. The "grocery truck" carried a cargo of unique paper. Made under top security by and for the U.S. Government. For one purpose: to print money. And we see we're in a counting house, where paper -- money is checked, counterfeits exposed, bills stacked, packed, baled, multi-millions of dollars before our eyes. And now a thief has enough official paper to make a billion dollars worth of queer. But, they'll need plates, an expert engraver. Special techniques. Which is why Tine Corporation was brought in -- which is why Thornton turned to MacGyver.

MacGyver tackles the problem in his own way: who would handle the special inks and techniques that the unique paper requires? He runs through dossiers on a vast array of counterfeiters -- finally narrows it down to a handful...a couple...one. Floyd Gruber. Industrial chemist: master forger: world-class. And just out of prison, after serving eighteen years hard.
And with that lead, we are into the human elements of our story. Floyd Gruber is the elderly pixie we saw in the opening. Ex-con, now retired. Living with his only kin, his granddaughter, ALEXIS BLAINE, who is in her late twenties, vital, attractive -- and a successful attorney, desperately ashamed of her shady grandfather.

Who she loves. In her ambivalent way.

Floyd's lived with Alexis, in her trendy condo, since he finished his prison term -- but he realizes that while she's responsible toward him, cares about him -- she also sees him as a dark shadow on the perfect life she's made for herself. He wants to return to the living-- she wants him tucked away in an old age home.

Not Floyd. Too much pride, too much life in him.

All of which MacGyver picks up on, in a confrontation, with both Floyd and Alexis. She's fiercely defensive, but MacGyver detects a number of apparently innocent items in Floyd's room. Put them together in a small counterfeiting operation.
MacGyver manages a private talk with Floyd -- and elicits the truth. Floyd is seventy-four and is retired. But for him, counterfeiting is an art form; the thing he does best. He was just doodling -- for his own pleasure, doing a few one-dollar bills... then destroying them. Until he got himself locked into heavy trouble. Farrell. He doesn't know the man, but he's hard, well connected. He heisted the paper -- and now, he demands that Floyd provide perfect plates -- or else Alexis will be hit.
The police wouldn't believe an ex-con and couldn't protect Alexis if they did.
And worst of all, there's no plates. It's a myth, a rumor. Floyd did such beautiful handiwork that he got the reputation of having plates. Now -- that reputation has put his and Alexis' lives into ultimate jeopardy and a challenge MacGyver can't avoid.
The problem is to (a) winkle out Farrell, and then (b) find the paper without © getting killed.
How? Simple. Counterfeit being counterfeiters.
Dodging Alexis' angry concern, MacGyver and Floyd set up a small moneymaking operation -- becoming close as they perfect the process. Floyd is delighted; MacGyver's the young apprentice he never could find -- a natural. Great hands... terrific with the inks... he's having a wonderful time; we see him come back to life and vigor -- as they turn out a bundle of near-perfect counterfeit money.
He then spreads the word on the streets. Floyd Gruber's famed plates are back in circulation -- on a major level. He's made a deal with out-of-town interests.

Shaken, Farrell has to make contact. And MacGyver handles it as a wheeler-dealer straight out of Toronto's underworld. He's cool, laid-back, businesslike and convincing to Farrell... and Farrell buys his line, allowing MacGyver to deftly elicit the key information. Farrell is Vice-President of Madison Banknote, a very legitimate specialty printer: foreign currencies for small nations, stamps, and stock certificates -- everything needed to print money. And the stolen paper must be hidden on the premises. Problem is: exactly where? They decide to go in and find out.
This is when Alexis discovers what's going on -- and explodes. Ready to blow all sorts of whistles.
Until she realizes that they have no proof -- that her life, and Floyd's are in this shaky line. That MacGyver's plan is the only way they have. But she insists on going along.
And so, the caper is in motion. The invasion by stealth and MacGyverism of a top-security, highly-guarded Bank Note printing fortress by a most unlikely trio.
They do it while Madison Banknote is hosting an international Money Show -- a vast array of antique, rare, priceless and otherwise money, as well as anti-counterfeit equipment and special printing displays. The place is full of exotic, stylish people and the security is tripled.
They have to create diversions, evade human guards~ and electronic snoopers -- locate the paper -- and proof of Farrell's guilt.
In the process, MacGyver is instrumental in forcing a major human development between Alexis and Floyd. He causes her to realize that she's inherited some of his pirate blood -- and that by denying her own family roots, she is condemning her grandfather to a sort of premature death. Now, working together -- they pull the caper off... solve the problems... with a sense of triumph.

As a matter of fact, Floyd has a tempting idea: this perfect paper, their techniques, a billion dollars ... Tempting, but -- no.

Still, a week later, MacGyver and Alexis watch a newly-vivified Floyd, at an art class, working away -- a happy man. It's a life class, the nude model is fetching. Floyd is painting her as the key portrait of a perfect one hundred dollar bill.

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All right- there you have it! This one sounds like another really interesting episode. Kind of a bit of combination of "The Heist" and "Twice Stung" perhaps. Seeing MacGyver pull off daring capers like this is always fun, and I enjoy those "conning the con man" sting operations too. Those kind of stories are fun. The MacGyverisms sound pretty cool too. And I love how in all these stories MacGyver always manages to make that emotional connection too- so that he not only helps someone with a felt physical problem (getting out of the jam with the counterfeiting group) - but also with a deeper life problem- having a good relationship between the grandfather and granddaughter and coming to terms with their own family history.
Also, I thought it was interesting that The Tine Corporation (which I assume is what became the Phoenix Foundation on the show) is referred to as a corporation- as I always gathered that Phoenix was a non-profit organization.
And the references to making "queer" and "elderly pixie" are referring to counterfeiting terms- counterfeit money is sometimes known as "funny money" or "queer". And the "elderly pixie" would be the elderly counterfeiting grandfather. (Just thought I'd point that out- as the reference threw me for a second, but then when I saw what the story was about I caught on to that reference.)
Oh yeah- and looking at the ending- whoa! MacGyver's getting a little risque with this scene!
(But I'm sure they wouldn't have actually shown anything, of course.)

This ones online along with the others.

Sooo...

If a person were to undertake this Herculean task, would readers want to find a re-telling of the whole episode, or merely a short filler that works around the facts and ambiguities of the episode, perhaps justifying the premise that Andy Colsen was actually Peter Thornton on an undercover assignment?

Just askin'... my mind is chewing on this particular excersise, but I have personal reservations about re-writing an actual episode. I can do it, but I can't guarantee that I'll interprete things exactly as another MacFan might. It might feel a little like blasphemy.

And MacGod might yell at me.

maybe a story which works up to the start of the pilot episode but explains why Petes under cover, what they're looking for, who they're after etc.

Mmm... yes, a gap-filler. Let me put that on my brain and let it simmer.

I wonder if theres a way to tie the gambit to the main story?

My god... I've just had the most interesting idea!

Rocky, I think you're a genius! *runs away and begins scribbling notes*

I'm wearing work clothes.

Why would I yell at you for? For rewriting an episode where in is explained that Andy was perhaps Pete undercover?

As far as this topic is concerned uh... Dana Elcar played two different roles in my opinion. Once he played Andy Colson with no relation to Pete, the DXS or the Phoenix Foundation. And from Nightmares on till the end Pete.

I'm sure and it was too obvious MacGyver and Colson didn't know each other.
Gantner notified MacGyver about the trouble in New Mexico, right? Why didn't he mention Pete? Or why didn't MacGyver ask how Pete was doing, if he knew he was going undercover and there was an explosion?
Besides Andy Colson was acting more professionally with MacGyver than out of friendship. In Nightmares Mac and Pete really acted as friends, who hadn't seen each other in a long time.

Something I should start doing as well. Got many stories in my head and without my own computer I won't get very far, needs to write it down. I am slowly losing it without my computer. No music, no stories. One more week. They said four weeks.

You know what undercover means right?

...And that Gartner didn't work for the DXS, so probably didn't even know who Pete was.



My thinking is that MacGyver may have known Pete was in there undercover, so played it cool when he was introduced to Pete so as not to blow his cover....

or... the alternative is that he recognized Pete (hence the funny smile when Colson calls him the screwball) but because he was introduced as Colsen, assumed he was undercover and flowed with it.

Maybe Mac had a quick word with Pete on the way to the elevator shaft or something.

When this idea first jumped into my head.. I never really thought that Thornton's undercover would be directly linked to the explosion... but now I'm thinking that maybe he was investigating the leaking of information about the "rainmaker" project to off-shore contacts or something.

Yeah I know what it means.

Gantner may not have known Pete. Both don't you think that's a bit odd. Mac and Gantner interacted the way he did with Pete as friends.

But Mac and Pete had known each other for five years at the time and Mac and Gantner maybe for about the same amount of time, depends when they met. Mac seemed to know Gantner very well. Pete usually knows the most of Mac's friends. OK, there's still the difference of knowing someone by name and really knowing someone like Dent. Pete never met Dent.
But still I think it's very unlikely. Gantner works for the government, Mac does and in some way Pete did as well.

Could be. If he knew it both men sure put up one hell of acting job. If it wasn't undercover they did as well.

See that's where the problem is a bit. Pete would never call him a screwball. Colson said that clearly out of arrogance. If that was Pete he would've said more: 'You must be the smart mouth.' Than I can imagine Mac saying something like: 'Smart mouth?' with Pete interacting as: 'Well, I had to say something.'

But Mac assuming Pete going undercover. Don't you think he should have known that? Don't you think Pete would've said something to Mac that he had to go undercover for a while?

I just can't see it. Even then why would he have to go undercover? Besides when they went out to get Colson he looked like he has been working there his entire life.

Wow, some of those unmade eppys sound very cool. The synopsis for 'Blood Money' sounds a lot like the plot of a CSI:Miami episode or two that I've seen.

I just ran across this on Ebay and thought someone might be interested. I wouldn't mind getting these myself if I had the money to at the moment. But anyway, here's the script for an unaired (or at least, altered) episode entitled "Mad Man".
http://cgi.ebay.com/MacGyver-script-MAD-MA...1QQcmdZViewItem

Also, here's the second draft for the 90 minute MacGyver "Pilot" episode.
http://cgi.ebay.com/MacGyver-script-MACGYV...1QQcmdZViewItem

You can buy both now for about $25 all together.
If you've ever wanted to know more about the unaired episodes of MacGyver, here's a chance!

And here's another listing for that 90 minute MacGyver "Pilot" script.
http://cgi.ebay.com/MacGyver-TV-PILOT-SCRI...1QQcmdZViewItem

None of those links work

If you just search “MacGyver” and “Scripts” you get the ones our MacGyver mentioned and more.

There is also one called SX-1 (final draft 11 September 1987 – only 2 months before it was aired as GX-1). Must have changed their minds at the last minute. Probably the same with Mad Man (final draft 12th March 1986). Must be an end of season 1, or a season 2 episode? The script for every time she smiles is titled “Together Forever”. And there is one called “Earthquake” from January 88?

Lots of last minute name changes going on.

Yeah- sorry the links don't seem to work. But if you go to Ebay and look for "MacGyver" and "scripts" they should come up, like Mac's Lab Rat said.

The "SX-1" is obviously what became "GX-1" and "Together Forever" was apparently an early name for "Every Time She Smiles"- and "Earthquake" was also an early name for "The Spoilers". I guess that's why I've seen those listed as alternate titles before.

There's actually a bunch of MacGyver scripts on Ebay at the moment for various episodes. It'd definitely be neat to actually get some of these sometime...

are they scripts or transcripts?

As far as I can tell, these are the actual scripts. I think one of the 90 minute "Pilot" scripts may just be a transcript, but the other listing seems to be the script itself.

I want them to use the 90 minute script in the new MacGyver movie

Well. I did it.

If you want to read the fanfic story that I wrote in which Andy Colsen was actually Pete Thornton undercover, it is called
"The Rainmakers" (clickety click)

Or you can find it here in the MOL Library!



And remember... it is all Rocky's fault for putting me up to it!