Last Stand (17 Nov. 1985)

MacGyver is taken hostage by some armed robbers at an airport. MacGyver uses his ingenuity to try to free himself along with the other hostages while simultaneously trying to stop the criminals.

Director:

John Florea

Writers:

Lee David Zlotoff (creator), Judy Burns

Stars:

Richard Dean Anderson, Harry Caesar, Steve Franken

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Richard Dean Anderson	...	MacGyver
Harry Caesar	...	Al Tennyson
Steve Franken	...	Walt, the Pilot
Jackie Earle Haley	...	Turk
Art Hindle	...	Dave Redding
Kay Lenz	...	Kelly Nielson
Michael McGuire	...	Terry Andrews
Anthony Pena	...	Elias (as Anthony Penya)
Lewis Van Bergen	...	Buddy

Storyline

On one of Mac's favorite trips down Memory Lane, looking in vain for his late father's favorite, perfect fishing spot, he gets lost as usual, this time ending up in a diner run by a boy's mother Kelly Nielson. As soon as the other guests lose patience, Mac gets held at gun-point with her and the cook by a bunch of criminals who took over the road café two hours earlier to rob a passing money transport from Dallas. Mac saves the driver's life by making a non-lethal blowtorch to open the 'can', only to see him shot anyhow. Mac now teams up with the other male hostage, Kelly's friend, traumatized Vietnam veteran helicopter pilot Dave Redding, and learns the troublesome fiends' plan to commit a hijack on the adjoining flying school's airstrip, which they try to counter, either obeying to survive or cleverly sabotaging, with more highly original McGyverisms, using anything around...

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Crime | Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 November 1985 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Henry Winkler/John Rich Productions, Paramount Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

When Buddy tries to dislodge MacGyver from the tail of the plane, he turns the wheel violently left and right and several times you see MacGyver pull the rudder and the inside shot shows the wheel jerked to one side. The rudder is not controlled by the wheel it is controlled by pedals at the pilot's feet.

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