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ORIGINAL AIRDATE: September 29th, 1986 —
MacGyver thinks reuniting gangster Jimmy with his son will be a hit… he’s right
MISSION: MacGyver is tasked with tracking down an American spy running an East German technology pipeline. Unfortunately for him, mafia hitman Jimmy “The Eraser” Kendall has the same orders.
This week’s highlights include:
Here’s a trailer for that Wes Craven movie Richard recommended. Apparently Papa Chuck Banning’s granddaughter plays some small part in this.
NavCom-24 (technology)
NavCom-24 is not just any piece of hardware. Once valued at three-quarters of a million dollars, it is perhaps the most sophisticated navigation system ever developed.
Check out the article on wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NavCom-24
Watch S2E2: “The Eraser” on CBS’s website or check the alternative streamability of this episode here.
When MacGyver checks Jimmy out on the computer, his file is shown for a moment on screen. It’s a proper write-up, not just a couple of repeating paragraphs, and it clarifies his supposed age and some other things:
JAMES THOMAS KENDALL
AKA ’THE ERASER’
Born Jersey City, 1928. Earliest known arrest 1941. Has served a total of twenty six years in local, state and federal detention – the last ten years for extortion. Spent three years in professional baseball in the Boston Braves organisation. From 1955 through his arrest for extortion in 1976, Kendall has been rumoured to have been associated with the Charles ’Papa’ Chuck Banning crime family. Kendall’s exact role in that family is unclear, though it is assumed he has performed contract assassinations. Kendall’s base of operation has historically been the East Coast, though he has ventured west on several occasions.