Hey again!!

This topic has to do with the Mac episode "Halloween Knights" where Mac helps Murdoc to rescue his sister Ashton.... my question is simple...

In the whole of the episode Murdoc didn't really DO anything, he kind of just did whatever Mac told him to do and he didn't have any real bright ideas of his own....

Sooooooo, any comments? I'd really enjoy reading them

Only a guess, but I think Murdoc liked to put a lot of planning into his schemes. The one in "Cleo Rocks", for example, was very elaborate and took a great deal of time and hard work.

Mac, however, is much better at thinking on his feet. I mean, there can literally be a ticking bomb in front of him with 2 minutes to go, and he'll actually sort out the problem within 2 minutes.

Remember: 'It's perfectly harmless, MacGyver. It's perfectly harmless.'

Besides that: MacGyver runs the show.

Seriously: MacGyver said no weapons. So I think that was to assure he wouldn't get killed himself in case Murdoc would try something after all. There wasn't much for Murdoc to do than if he didn't had any weapons. This is also that 'MacGyver saves the day' kinda thing and 'the peoples around him watch him how he does it.' I think there were some nice unexpected moments in the episodes like the lights not going out when it was supposed to and getting to the shooting range.

I think it was good Mac took control of Murdoc sort to speak: 1. no guns, 2. turn yourself in. I think it was the only way that Mac could say: I'll help you but you will do as I tell you or I walk away. You need me, I don't need you.

You might wonder why Murdoc needed Mac in the first place if he knew about the shooting range and considering his skills as a hitman, you might think he can pull it off himself. The only moment he really needed Mac was to get through the snakepit.

I think this episode lacked one deep conversation between the two adversaries while prepping their plans to save Ashton. You're arch nemesis asks for you help, you might expect they had some time talk things over.

Mac sitting silently dressed as a jester hoping he wouldn't have to deliver a report on what evil stuff the person who should have been in the jester outfit had been up to.

Let's face it, if Murdoc is as incompetent at rescue missions as he is at being a hitman, it's probably best that he let Mac do everything. The guy's not exactly the brightest bulb in the chandelier.