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ORIGINAL AIRDATE: December 22nd, 1985 —
A team of world-class hitmen set their sights on MacGyver and his only relative.
OPENING GAMBIT: MacGyver rescues a Lady General from a few anonymous henchman in a Malibu beach house.
MISSION: In response to MacGyver bombing a Middle Eastern nuclear facility, an assassin is dispatched to kill him. To avoid almost certain death, he hides out with his maternal grandfather Harry, but the hit squad tracks them down anyway.
This week’s highlights include:
Axminster’s unforgettable cameo in John Hughes’ Weird Science.
Dust Explosion (Chemistry)
A dust explosion occurs when air is saturated with particles and is ignited. When there is a high surface area to mass ratio and a source of ignition, even non combustible materials can explode. Granaries and flour mills were known to explode and precautions against such conditions are still taken in warehouses and plants that deal with that danger.
Check out the article on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_explosion
Watch S1E10: “Target MacGyver” on CBS’s website or check the alternative streamability of this episode here.
The “you don’t fish for fish, you fish for fising” is a great line, I could finally give an answer to someone who asked me what the point of fishing was if the fish then gets released back into the water after!
Patrick, when you said MacGyver should have removed the tape, I immediately thought of The Mentalist episode in which Grace is kidnapped. Her husband finds her tied to a chair, and the moment he takes the tape off her mouth she yells “behind you!”, where the kidnapper was lying in wait with a gun!
The way the bad guys were dealt with was reminiscent of those in Faith, Hope and Charity and fun to watch!