Ugly Duckling (12 Mar. 1986)

MacGyver is sent to rescue a teenage computer hacker kidnapped by weapons dealers who want him to arm a missile system they stole.

Director:

Charles Correll

Writers:

Lee David Zlotoff (creator), Larry Gross

Stars:

Richard Dean Anderson, Darcy Marta, Lee de Broux

Cast

Episode credited cast:
Richard Dean Anderson	...	MacGyver
Darcy Marta	...	Kate Lafferty
Lee de Broux	...	Hatcher
Dana Elcar	...	Pete Thornton
Richard McKenzie	...	Willis
Ned Bellamy	...	Larkin
Melinda O. Fee	...	Carol Lafferty
Russell Johnson	...	Oslow
Rob Paulsen	...	Rogers
Michael Francis Clarke	...	Walker
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John Milford	...	The Buyer

Storyline

A bunch of criminals has managed to buy a truck load of U.S. Air Force Snake-eye Missiles (I.D. No. 37820446, for example). When they are moving them from the truck into a warehouse, a bunch of black-clad men rappel down the side of the building and get into a firefight where nobody gets hit. They do manage to steal the truck, though. Meanwhile, MacGyver is in a party to meet a professor friend of his. But some guys for someone named Hank are watching the professor. And now they might have "another one to deal with". Mac just wants to know about the glitch the professor found in the Snake Eye missile's guiding system - and how to fix it. The way it happened was that one of the professor's student, Kate, hacked into the DoD's computer, discovered the designs of the missile and detected the glitch. She knows how to fix it and the professor is willing to talk about the subject when MacGyver can guarantee that "no nastiness" falls onto Kate. Hank's men try to grab the professor outside ...

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Crime | Drama

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Details

Release Date:

12 March 1986 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

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Did You Know?

Goofs

The missile Mac Gyver is launching is at a 30 degree angle, however, in the very next shot after the launch the missile has an 85 degree angle.

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