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MacGyver: Season 2, Episode 4

The Wish Child (20 Oct. 1986)

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MacGyver rescues a friend's young brother in Chinatown who is mixed up with some scam artists presenting him as the Wish Child, a legendary mystical Chinese boy.

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Pete Thornton (credit only)
Leon Fan ...
Paul Chan
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Lee Wenying
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Ston
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Dr. Shen Wei
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Sam
Conan Lee ...
Ji
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Timothy Dang ...
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Danny Wong ...
Teng
Deborah Nishimura ...
Soong
Elizabeth Reiko Kubota ...
Lin
Charles Young ...
Crane Operator
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In Santa Monica, a sunny paradise for the Minnesota boy, Mac accepts to get his martial arts sparring partner Lisa's 14 year-old brother Paul Chan. Only a Macgyverism gets him access to the Chinatown establishment where scientist Dr. Shen Wei is authenticating the teenager as the legendary Wish Child, so Shen can advise the Hong Kong magnate Lee Wenying that Paul is the real one; Lee pays crime baron Ston's finder's fee. Mac is knocked down and can barely escape from Lee's cargo freighter, before learning from petty crook Sam and Dr. Shen enough to go after the boy, whose presence would allow the aging Lee to survive his life-span, reason to keep the kid captured, but Mac is determined to rescue him... Written by KGF Vissers

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When MacGyver yanks Paul out of Stone's restaurant, Soong and Lin are out on the streets looking for Paul before Stone notices he's missing. See more »

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