Phoenix Under Siege (5 Jan. 1987)

MacGyver and his grandfather have plans to go to a hockey game. However, when they stop by the Phoenix Foundation to get the tickets, they discover terrorists attempting to blow up a bomb.

Director:

Gilbert M. Shilton

Writers:

Lee David Zlotoff (creator), Stephen Kronish (teleplay),

Stars:

Richard Dean Anderson, Dana Elcar, John Anderson

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Richard Dean Anderson	...	MacGyver
Dana Elcar	...	Pete Thornton (credit only)
John Anderson	...	Harry Jackson
Tricia O'Neil	...	Susan Murphy / Victoria James
Richard Lineback	...	Phillips
Harry Beer	...	Fred
John Davey	...	State Trooper
Shawn Donahue	...	Young MacGyver
Jan Jorden	...	Harry's Wife
Kenneth Lloyd	...	Security Guard
Warner Loughlin	...	Susan Murphy
Phil Redrow	...	MacGyver's Father

Storyline

To Mac's surprise, for the first time in 20 years his grandpa Harry, who raised the genius after his parents's untimely death in a car accident, accepted on that anniversary to join him for a hockey game. However Mac forgot the tickets, so they look for them in Pete's office, just when the Phoenix Foundation building is penetrated by ruthless killer Victoria James alias Susan Murphy, who was hired by the terrorist Liberation Front to plant a bomb which Mac disarmed in Kuwait and now wants to destroy it with its record before it's traced to her. After noticing Mac, she negotiates the front to pay her $100,000 extra to kill him and uses the Front stooges she planned to kill anyhow, but a few Macgyverisms overcome their clumsy attempts to imprison and kill Mac, while she deletes the bomb's inventory file and holds Harry hostage. The duel to the death is on...

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Plot Keywords:

bomb | grandpa | dead woman carried | silencer | gas leak | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Crime | Drama

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Details

Release Date:

5 January 1987 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Did You Know?

Trivia

MacGyver is called 'Bud' by his grandfather.

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Goofs

After Harry walks into the garbage can, a guy shoots two bullets at them, one hits the corner of the wall the other on the door frame. When they cut back, from MacGyver and Harry, to the guy who shot at them there are two bullet holes on the door frame and no damage to the wall.

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Quotes

[first lines]
MacGyver: When I was about ten I got my first chemistry set. I had been a beaker and test-tube nut ever since. My mom said I was going to come up with a formula that would either improve the world, or; blow up the house.

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