In this episode our friend MacGyver has to protect a, erm... protected witness of a drug dealing family when he wants to, first, disappear, and second, meet his dying mother. MacGyver has to go against the powers to be and against the drug dealers to help his new friend and, along the way, has the chance to create some nice gadgets.
The episode is a more toned-down one than some of the previous, with MacGyver home and in an episode that centers on family and relationships. That makes for some acceptable character development (nothing great, but more than just your usually good/bad people) and adds depth to the story. On the side of what really matters, people..., I mean, the inventions, the episode offers a nice array of basic MacGyver: smoky devices, flashy devices, dry ice and things that help you ran away. It is not particularly original but they are well deployed (and, if you allow me, more original and surprising than in the 2010s reboot/remake iteration of the show; also the old "MacGyver" has more heart, but I know I wouldn't be comparing them if not for the name, so...).
Entertaining, as always really fun, and 7 MacGyvers for the inventions.
The episode is a more toned-down one than some of the previous, with MacGyver home and in an episode that centers on family and relationships. That makes for some acceptable character development (nothing great, but more than just your usually good/bad people) and adds depth to the story. On the side of what really matters, people..., I mean, the inventions, the episode offers a nice array of basic MacGyver: smoky devices, flashy devices, dry ice and things that help you ran away. It is not particularly original but they are well deployed (and, if you allow me, more original and surprising than in the 2010s reboot/remake iteration of the show; also the old "MacGyver" has more heart, but I know I wouldn't be comparing them if not for the name, so...).
Entertaining, as always really fun, and 7 MacGyvers for the inventions.
