The Best Episodes Written By James Schmerer

Every TV Episode Written by James Schmerer Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

  1. Background image for Trick or Trick
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Trick or Trick

    Missing info
    S2:E6

    Ponch and Jon find themselves having to deal with a bewildering array of petty thefts and false alarms when on patrol during Halloween.

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  2. Background image for Dynamite Alley
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Dynamite Alley

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    S3:E24

    Officer Bonnie Clark believes she was forced off the road by a truck after crashing on a dangerous mountain road.

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    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Forty Tons of Trouble

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    S4:E10

    A gang of thieves steals construction equipment, while the CHP drag race threatens to be a real drag. Robert Englund (A Nightmare on Elm Street films) costars.

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    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - Death is a Four Letter Word

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    S5:E4

    A 17-year-old girl is killed in a struggle during the filming of a porn movie, and when her dumped body is found, it turns out to be the niece of Hooker's colleague, Detective Max Brodsky. Hooker takes charge of the case, with Stacy going undercover as a potential porn star to get inside the production company; but Brodsky's obsession with nailing the killers himself jeopardises the whole investigation...

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  5. Background image for The Heist
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #5 - The Heist

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    S1:E5

    When $60 million worth of stolen diamonds destined for a relief charity end up in the hands of casino owner Jack Catlin, MacGyver must head to the Virgin Islands to try and get them back. With the help of Chris Rhodes, a senator's daughter, MacGyver masterminds a plan to break into Catlin's vault and steal them back.

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    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #6 - Nightmares

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    S1:E11

    When MacGyver comes home with some important documents, he's drugged by enemy agents and told that he will die in six hours if he doesn't retrieve the documents for them. But MacGyver, using an old prisoner trick, escapes. Now the only problem is convincing someone that he's not just another drunk.

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    Director:Cliff Bole
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    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - High Flyer

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    S2:E7

    Jon and Ponch attempt to catch a gang of thieves who have been stripping car parts from parked vehicles. And Ponch fakes illness in order to conceal his fear of flying.

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  8. Background image for Target MacGyver
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #8 - Target MacGyver

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    S1:E10

    After blowing away a nuclear facility under the control of an aggressive world leader, MacGyver returns home for some peace and quiet, only to find his boss waiting for him. He advises MacGyver that a contract is out on his life and he needs to skip town for awhile.

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  9. Background image for The Survivor
    7.2/10(6 votes)

    #9 - The Survivor

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    S1:E6

    Stardate: 5143.3 The Enterprise finds a long-lost explorer.

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    Director:N/A
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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Hellfire

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    S1:E8

    During a trip to visit some friends, an accident starts a fire in an oil well owned by MacGyver's friends. MacGyver and his buddy then go to fetch dynamite in an abandonned mine at great peril to themselves after they decide the dynamite is the only feasible way the fire can be put out. However, when they use it, the fire only becomes more intense. Can MacGyver and his Hellfire friend survive the incredible heat to put out the fire and save the oil buried underneath the well?

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  11. Background image for Every Time She Smiles
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - Every Time She Smiles

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    S1:E16

    MacGyver is on his way out of Bulgaria with a secret microfilm, when he meets Penny Parker, a beautiful, talkative American, who is on the run from her lover, a man named Stephan Frolov. She stashes some jewels on MacGyver, thus making him a suspect, and now MacGyver and Penny must flee Bulgaria together.

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  12. Background image for The Assassin
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - The Assassin

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    S1:E22

    Posing as a watchmaker who manufactures bomb timers, MacGyver manages to catch a master killer—Piedra—before he attempts an assassination on a high-profile target. However, Piedra isn't about to be stopped for long.

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  13. Background image for The Funny Girl / Butch and Sundance
    6.7/10(3 votes)

    #13 - The Funny Girl / Butch and Sundance

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    S1:E7

    In "The Funny Girl" a TV comedian wishes to become a nobody again and lead a simpler life. In "Butch and Sundance" two friends wish to become Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, for thrills and adventure.

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    Director:Cliff Bole
  14. Background image for Spots of the Leopard
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - Spots of the Leopard

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    S1:E3

    Isis helps an innocent man wrongfully accused of a jewel robbery.

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James Schmerer Ratings Summary

"Trick or Trick" is the best rated episode written by James Schmerer. It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. It was directed by Phil Bondelli. It aired on 10/21/1978 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Dynamite Alley".