THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE
01.02 Episode 2 (#40191-003)
Airdate: October 6, 1985
MacGyver is mistaken for a narc when he tries to retrieve a canister filled with a deadly chemical from a plane that crashed near opium fields in Burma.
Written by: Dennis Foley
Directed by: Paul Stanley
Guest Starring: Joan Chen as Lin, George Kee Cheung as General Narai, Clyde Kusatsu as Anek, Keye Luke as Prasert, Benjamin Lum as Truang, Bryan Price as Chan, James Saito as Ming, Angus Duncan as General Hawkins
OPENING GAMBIT: "CRUSHER" In a junkyard, MacGyver uses a magnet to retrieve stolen documents, then escapes from a car about to be flattened. Written by Terry Nation / Directed by Donald Petrie
Nielsen Ratings: 12.2 rating / 19 share / 3rd (51st overall)
Reference: Anek, Burma, Chan, General Hawkins, Ho, Lin, Ming, Narai, Prasert, Truang
MACGYVERISMS
NOTES OF INTEREST
- In a mission to a junkyard, MacGyver apprehends thieves attempting to sell top secret Pentagon missile launch codes.
- In Burma, MacGyver recovers a canister of lethal toxin from a downed plane. The canister is labeled "Controlled Materials SFT-42 Danger."
MEMORABLE REMARKS
- Now, you may find this hard to believe, but there have been times when I've had a lot more fun in the back seat of a car. [MacGyver]
- My mom used to make a great broiled chicken. One of my favorites. Funny, I'm starting to feel real sympathetic towards them chickens. [MacGyver]
- When it comes to Truang, he doesn't know an asp from a hole in the ground. [MacGyver]
FOR THE RECORD
- Swiss Army Knife Count: (2)
- Used the knife one-handed to cut himself free when he was staked out in the sun
- Cut the rope to the pigpen to release the pigs and create a diversion