The Best Episodes Written By James Schmerer

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   10.0/10(1 votes)

   #1 - Dynamite Alley

   S3:E243/30/1980

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

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   #2 - Forty Tons of Trouble

   S4:E101/11/1981

   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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   #3 - Trick or Trick

   S2:E610/21/1978

   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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   8.5/10(2 votes)

   #4 - The Heist

   S1:E511/3/1985

   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)

   #5 - Nightmares

   S1:E111/15/1986

   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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   #6 - Target MacGyver

   S1:E1012/22/1985

   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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   #7 - High Flyer

   S2:E711/4/1978

   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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   7.2/10(6 votes)

   #8 - The Survivor

   S1:E610/13/1973

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

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   7.0/10(2 votes)

   #9 - Hellfire

   S1:E811/27/1985

   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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    #10 - Every Time She Smiles

    S1:E162/19/1986

    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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    #11 - The Assassin

    S1:E225/7/1986

    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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