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ACME AUTO TOW RENTAL

Acme Auto Tow Rental

When Frank Bennet agreed to testify before the Crime Commission about his brother's illegal drug operation, MacGyver needed to break him out of federal custody so that he could visit his mother in the hospital one last time before she died. To solve the problem, he phoned Acme Auto Tow Rental to rent a tow truck.

By cutting the fluid lines on the federal marshals' car and creating a carbon dioxide fog to simulate smoke and trigger an evacuation of the building, MacGyver was able to arrive on the scene with a tow truck after Marshals Bridges and Larson had escorted Frank from the building and into the car that eventually broke down. Portraying an exasperatingly incompetent tow truck driver, MacGyver raised the bumper of the disabled car and drove off with Frank in the truck, leaving Bridges and Larson stranded. The marshals commandeered a car to pursue, but MacGyver dropped their disabled car in a narrow alley, blocking their way, and he disappeared into traffic with Frank.

Cross Reference: Bridges, Larson

Episode Reference: The Prodigal