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MacGyver: Season 3, Episode 9

Hell Week (23 Nov. 1987)

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An old mentor of MacGyver's asks him to judge a physics competition. The mentor's son becomes despondent after failing to win the competition and locks himself in the lab with a homemade bomb.

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MacGyver is asked by his former professor to be a judge for a university physics competition - a competition that Mac himself has won. The professor's son, pumped and primed to win the prize, is deceived and ultimately defeated. The aftermath proves deadly, as Mac deals with the son's depression and endless uphill battle to make his father proud. Written by clbw

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The clock setting on Geoffrey's barricade changes. When the contest begins, the alarm hand is set to 9 o'clock. When David first connects his frequency modulator, the alarm hand is now at 6 o'clock. The alarm hand then moves back to 9 o'clock right before the door opens. See more »

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