While I'm not fond of guns in movies/TV shows in general, I can live with it as long as it's the bad guys shooting in the reboot, not Jack or anyone else of Team MacGyver.

No of course, im as much of that as anyone else. But this is supposed to be MacGyver.

If it was James Bond, no problem.

What exactly is the Phoenix Foundation in this new show. No different to DXS or the CIA. There's no think tank, no occasional helping out on issues relating to global concerns which were covered in the original. So what was the purpose of the pilot other than to nail the name Phoenix in our heads?

They are still operatives going after bad guys.

ET Online at Home with Lucas: http://www.etonline.com/media/video/exclus...as_till-203230/

Press Release for Episode 10: http://www.spoilertv.com/2016/11/macgyver-...110-pliers.html

Sounds interesting...

“Pliers” – Mac and the team have no time to reminisce while visiting Mac’s and Bozer’s hometown when they immediately start searching for a kidnapped prodigy from Mac’s old middle school, Valerie (Amiah Miller). With just pliers and speaker wire available, Mac works doggedly to rescue the young genius he has so much in common with, on MACGYVER, Friday, Dec. 9 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. John Heard guest stars as Mr. Ericson, Mac’s favorite science teacher.

REGULAR CAST:
Lucas Till (Angus “Mac” MacGyver)
George Eads (Jack Dalton)
Sandrine Holt (Patricia Thornton)
Justin Hires (Wilt Bozer)
Tristin Mays (Riley Davis)

GUEST CAST:
John Heard (Arthur Ericson)
Amiah Miller (Valerie Lawson)
Luke Arnold (Karl)
Jeremy London (Chuck Lawson)
Matt Mercurio (Officer Donnie Sandoz)

WRITTEN BY: Brian Durkin
DIRECTED BY: Lee Rose

Sounds like a rip-off of ugly duckling to me.

Be nice if they could give us some original material instead of rehashed ideas from the original show.

They seem to be recycling a lot of the old episodes... which I dunno if it's a good or bad thing. Nice to see the similarities, but also feel it's a bit lazy.

Meh... I give up. XD I'll be in my corner...

Found this on twitter.

Can I just reiterate how much the "With just pliers and speaker wire available" nonsense in the episode descriptions is REALLY bugging me!!

For "empty stomach", they should have put a SAK in his hand, though ;-)

I wonder if that were the instructions for the scriptwriters?

Like they already assigned the titles to the (back then 13) ordered episodes, then put the "with just X and Y available, ... (...)" with it, and the writers got their orders for each episode and had to start writing...

If so, we have a good chance this changes for the second half of the episodes or a second season (if the show gets renewed). At least they have to find a new idea for the titles; I don't think they'll find more tools on a "normal" SAK to use as titles.

I'm just glad to see that they're doing a story that sounds more like one of Mac's random adventures, not another assignment in which he's sent to another country. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad we're getting plenty of "secret agent" Mac, but it's nice to occasionally get some more personal adventures. It also means we might FINALLY get an episode that doesn't follow the exact same formula as every other episode we've seen this season.

I didn't know that the music for the first promo trailers wasn't created for the show, but was an already existing song... that was used for Green Arrow Promo (Season 5). Well, we're still on Arrow's season 4 around here and German TV stations do their own promo trailers, so I think I'm excused on this one ;-)

Episode 11 will be called "Scissors": http://www.fernsehserien.de/macgyver-2016/episodenguide

Episode 12 will be called "Screwdriver": http://www.spoilertv.com/2016/11/upcoming-...s-shows_26.html

According to Wikipedia, episode 10 will be "Pliers" and starts in December 9, 2016.

So "Scissors" will be episode 11. Pliers have kind of almost same shape as scissors. Looks like they are really running out of ideas about title names

They should use the name "Hammer", if there is hammer used in some next episode.....that can't be a bad idea.

New FB Header and Profile Pic on the official MacGyver on CBS Facebook Account: https://www.facebook.com/MacGyverCBS/


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Press Release for Episode 11 (Scissors): http://www.spoilertv.com/2016/12/macgyver-...sors-press.html

MacGyver and Jack search for Riley, using a microwave and a power strip, after she mysteriously disappears and hacks into the NSA, possibly unleashing World War III. Also, Bozer goes on his first official mission, and Jack opens up about his history with Riley’s mother, Diane (Michael Michele), on MACGYVER, Friday, Dec. 16 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

REGULAR CAST:
Lucas Till (Angus “Mac” MacGyver)
George Eads (Jack Dalton)
Sandrine Holt (Patricia Thornton)
Justin Hires (Wilt Bozer)
Tristin Mays (Riley Davis)

GUEST CAST:
Michael Michele (Diane)
Nicholas X. Parsons (Millenial)
Sean Michael Weber (Jaden)
Lyman Chen (Guard)
Joshua Chang (Tech)
Tze Yep (Lead Security Guard)

WRITTEN BY: Lindsay Allen and Nancy Kiu
DIRECTED BY: Stephen Herek

We finally have some stills for this Friday's Episode 10: http://www.spoilertv.com/2016/11/macgyver-..._medium=twitter

Teacher Mac giving some demonstrations

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I just realized that it was Stephen Herek who directed the unaired pilot for "Young MacGyver"...

Another piece by technical consultant Rhett Allain (how to make an UV-light out of your phone's LED flash): https://www.wired.com/2016/12/make-uv-light...ones-led-flash/

3 Sneak Peeks for Episode 3 via SpoilerTV (because CBS will delete them on YT anyway after the Episode aired): http://www.spoilertv.com/2016/11/macgyver-...110-pliers.html

That Scene of MacGyver draped over the Hood of a car looks familiar...

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So more rehashing of original MacGyver storylines and scenes?

This show is really proving that Hollywood can't come up with anything original.

I know they might argue that "we're paying tribute to the original" but that only rings true if you do it occasionally. When you do it in practically every episode it's just plan copying old ideas.

I guess it's a pretty fine line between "honoring the original" and "rehashing old stuff because it was cool back then"...

I'm not really sure what would be the perfect way to do it. I'm glad they're acknowleding the original source, yet they changed so much stuff for the reboot, it doesn't really matter if they're putting some "original stuff" in... I'm fine with him driving a red Jeep - a Jeep any Kind of Color makes more sense then if he had shown up with a Porsche or a Lamborghini. On the other Hand: I'm happy they made Lucas wear the Brown leather jacket and cut his hair - yet it doesn't really matter to me if the storyline and the characters don't manage to hit the tone and Spirit of the original...

Overview of the music being used in the promo cycle: http://www.tunefind.com/show/macgyver/season-1/37604

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There is a saying that says "old classic films are better than today's films". Well now that's true, because they have to copy ideas from the older series They seem to like 'em much more.

First stills for Episode 11 (Scissors): http://www.spoilertv.com/2016/12/macgyver-..._medium=twitter

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uuuups... I guess this won't be the first time ;-)
https://twitter.com/Haiken/status/808452116109004800

nice SAK, though!

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First Look with some more pictures: http://www.cbs.com/shows/macgyver/photos/1...-look-scissors/

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In Episode 12 (Screwdriver) on January 6, we will get Sarah Adler (Amy Acker), Nikki Carpenter (Tracy Spiridakos) AND Murdoc (David Dastmalchian)!

https://t.co/0GoLlZ6Sbx

Using a screwdriver and bug spray, MacGyver must find the U.S. government mole who is leaking classified intel to the organization that is trying to take down The Phoenix Foundation. Also, Sarah (Amy Acker) returns to help with the mission, and Nikki (Tracy Spiridakos) reappears, but Mac can’t tell which side she’s on,

REGULAR CAST:
Lucas Till (Angus “Mac” MacGyver)
George Eads (Jack Dalton)
Sandrine Holt (Patricia Thornton)
Justin Hires (Wilt Bozer)
Tristin Mays (Riley Davis)

RECURRING CAST:
Tracy Spiridakos (Nikki Carpenter)

GUEST CAST:
Amy Acker (Sarah Adler)
David Dastmalchian (Murdoc)
Preston James Hillier (Jeff)
Sammi Rotibi (Hasan)
Bob Bost (Priest)
Dheeaba Donghrer (Snooty Clerk/Charles)
John Atwood (Preacher)

WRITTEN BY: Peter Lenkov, Craig O’Neill and David Slack

DIRECTED BY: Craig Siebels

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New Interview with Peter Lenkov: http://cartermatt.com/234437/macgyver-excl...murdocs-return/

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CarterMatt – One of the things that I was most excited about was the decision to bring Bozer into more of [MacGyver’s] world. I love Justin [Hires] and find him really funny, so it was nice to see that. What went into the decision to include him more in the team during the first part of this season?
Peter M. Lenkov – When I pitched Justin the show, I told him I really wanted him to be like the audience and sort of get indoctrinated and get recruited, and see the world from an outsider’s point of view. I was very honest with him in saying ‘you have to be patient, because the first few episodes are not going to be Bozer-heavy. You’re going to be there, unaware of what [your] friend does.’ Then, we’re going to watch him slowly get into the world and become a part of it. I wanted somebody from the outside to see what it was like to get brought into it, and somebody who wasn’t in that field at all. I also thought that the drama of the relationship between him and Mac would be interesting to play. These things only work if there’s a conflict between characters, and that was interesting for me to play.

I know there are some interesting things coming up Friday night in between there being a big Riley story and her father turning up. Is there anything that you can speak to on that?
Each episode, like they should, keeps getting better and better because each person finds their groove and sort of learns from their mistakes. You know what works and doesn’t work, but you hope that the audience is patient enough, the network is patient enough to give it opportunities to grow and get better.

The episode’s really strong tomorrow, and the one thing they’re really selling in the commercials is that it’s a big stakes episode. It’s Christmastime, and there are a lot of things [as a result of that] that make the episode really special. One thing that is not highlighted, but is really good, is the relationship between Jack, Riley’s mom, and Riley, because as we said during the first episode, Jack dated Riley’s mom, and we’re going to explore that dynamic, what went wrong in that relationship, and why Riley when we first met her was so mad, she had this real anger towards him. That’s going to be explored.

I think the personal stuff is just as compelling as the big-stakes stuff in the plot, and that makes the episode really strong because you’re getting to see our people exposed and really vulnerable, and resolve something that’s very big, and that we did a decent job really selling the animosity between Riley and Jack.

I know you can’t give too much away, but any chance that we see Murdoc again later this season?
Oh yeah, he’s back in the episode I’m cutting right now, episode 12. He’s going to be back again. He’s like what Wo Fat was to ‘Five-0.’

Exclusive Clip of tonight's Episode 11 (Scissors): http://www.etonline.com/news/205265_exclus...macgyver_watch/

Jack talks with Riley's mother about his work.