S1.E1

Pilot

Episode aired Apr 8, 1989
TV-PG
49m

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Richard Dean Anderson and Darlanne Fluegel in MacGyver (1985)

An underground lab is destroyed by a mysterious explosion. MacGyver is sent in to rescue the trapped scientists and stop a deadly chemical leak.An underground lab is destroyed by a mysterious explosion. MacGyver is sent in to rescue the trapped scientists and stop a deadly chemical leak.An underground lab is destroyed by a mysterious explosion. MacGyver is sent in to rescue the trapped scientists and stop a deadly chemical leak.

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The Pilot episode for the best TV series ever created!

This is the Pilot episode that kicked the MacGyver series off. MacGyver is the best show ever created for television. It has enjoyed a successful run for seven seasons and also produced two made-for-tv movies. Simply the best series ever. Had a great combination of science and action. MacGyver had some wonderful values and a refusal to use guns that made the show unique. He'd always use his Swiss Army Knife and duct tape as well as things around to get out of trouble. It was an incredible show and the best ever made.

Indyfan82
Nov 15, 2000
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Trivia
MythBusters (2003) proved that it is possible to stop a sulfuric acid leak using chocolate just like in this episode.

Goofs
When MacGyver is making a sort of bomb, he opens a metal tin with the sodium in it. Sodium cannot be stored in anything metal, not unless you want an explosion to take place. Ideally, it should be kept in a glass jar with a screw top, submerged in paraffin. That glass jar should then be kept in a plastic container. Only small amounts should be kept in any one container. A group of metallurgy scientists would not be storing pure sodium metal so haphazardly.

Quotes
Barbara Spencer: Blow an opening? With what? Don't tell me you know how to make a bomb out of a stick of chewing gum.
MacGyver: [beat] Why, you got some?