You're watching another episode of your favorite show (What do you mean what show? Of course "MacGyver"!) when you grimace and think, "Why did [insert writer's name] write it that way? If I was writing, I would have written it like this..."

So what scene in an episode do you shake your head at and how would you have done it different?





This discussion was originally for Alias Smith and Jones on another forum.
The words and idea belong to Penski; I just changed a word here and there to fit MacGyver.

I'd have used less stock footage in first season

I know it saves money and time, but for anyone who's seen other films with that footage in, it's a problem.

So I'd have filmed some driving stuff instead of using chunks of 'The Italian Job' for Thief of Budapest, and I'd have filmed the handover of the coffin on the bridge instead of borrowing that scene from 'Funeral in Berlin' to use in Deathlock.

The end of "Harry's Will", the jewelry shop owner. That was a bit too much for me.

That scene cracked me up.

Lucky for you that I wasn't one of the writers!

LOL

That one episode where whats-her-name evil lady does a flying kung-fu kick right out the window. You know which one I'm talking about even though my brain is slow tonight and not remembering names. That was so cringe worthy it leaves you in a state of awe.

That was from "Pheonix Under Siege" and yes, I know who you're talking about.
Just out of curiosity, how would you have rewritten it?

I guess I would've just filmed it in a way that didn't make it look as if she deliberately jumped straight out the window. It couldn't have been more awkward if she had sprouted wings and flew off like batman!