Harry's will leaves a vintage station wagon in MacGyver's possession. However, a bunch of crooks express great interest in finding the car, believing a priceless diamond pendant to be hidden... Read allHarry's will leaves a vintage station wagon in MacGyver's possession. However, a bunch of crooks express great interest in finding the car, believing a priceless diamond pendant to be hidden inside.Harry's will leaves a vintage station wagon in MacGyver's possession. However, a bunch of crooks express great interest in finding the car, believing a priceless diamond pendant to be hidden inside.
- Pete Thornton
- (credit only)
- Young MacGyver
- (as Shane Meier)
- Kid No. 2
- (as Jessica Jickles)
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- TriviaAs having served in the role of producer for many episodes, it's a chance for Henry Winkler to make an appearance as Wilton Newberry, the uncredited role of the Attorney for Harry's will.
- GoofsThe wording in the Codicil to the Will and the narration by Harry Jackson do not match in two places. The narration has "Well, at least I'm not paying taxes." and the Codicil has "At least I'm not paying taxes." And the narration has "Mel's Storage, 1420 Minton" while the Codicil has "Mel's storage at 1420 Van Owen."
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Wilton Newberry: Now, Mr. MacGyver, I am in a panic. I do not seem to have a record of your first name in the file.
MacGyver: Yeah, it's just MacGyver.
Wilton Newberry: Isn't that wonderful? You must save so much ink signing checks.
- ConnectionsFeatures Dirty Work (1933)
- SoundtracksMacGyver Theme
Written by Randy Edelman
Also frequent in season 6, you might be thinking that some of MacGyver actions make no sense. Sure, he tends to think of unlikely but creative solutions, but season 6 Mac has a tendency to REALLY over-complicate things. On more than one occasion he makes decisions that directly elevate the danger of the situation and increase the risk of him not achieving his goal, with a positive payoff being due to sheer luck rather than skill or intelligence.
This episode embodies some of the worst aspects of the series with a special emphasis on bad writing. This might be the worst-written episode of the whole show. It's utterly baffling how bad it is. I realize it's an attempt at an homage, but it fails miserably.
I hate this cast. Not that I hate the people themselves, but I hate that all of these stupid cameos were shoehorned into this show instead of the writers writing a different, better script for some of the lesser-known but genuinely enjoyable actors that often appeared on this show. Dick Butkus, James Doohan, Rich Little, Abe Vigoda, etc, it's an assembly line of stupid, pointless cameos shoved in with little thought paid to having a coherent plot. None of these characters or actors fit the show, at all, and their existence doesn't make sense in the context of the show, either.
I hate this story. What does any of this have to do with Harry or his will? Why does everyone suddenly know about this stupid gem that Harry somehow possessed? Why did Harry wait to tell Mac until after he died? How did he put the gem in the ice rink? WHY did he put the gem in the ice rink? Why did Harry turn into a cryptic riddler when writing his will instead of just giving Mac the information straight, you know, in a way that would actually fit his character? Why is Mac SUCH a naive idiot when it becomes convenient to the story?
See, that's the problem with this episode: it ignores everything great about the show and amplifies everything bad for the sake of a pointless, throwaway, cameo episode that likely no viewers wanted or asked for. And the worst part is that they tied the episode to Harry for no reason whatsoever. Harry Jackson is possibly the best character on the show, and to have this turd act as his final appearance on the show is just insulting.
- mojorecords
- Dec 31, 2022
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