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SEASON FIVE
084 & 085 LEGEND OF THE HOLY ROSE (two-parter)
Airdates: 18 September 1989 (Part 1); 25
September 1989 (Part 2)
Writer: Stephen Downing
Director: Michael Caffey (Part 1) Charles Correll (Part 2)
Guest Cast: Lise Cutter as Zoe Ryan, Robin Mossley as Alexander Shannon,
Michael Ensign as Professor Wycliff, Tony Perez as Estebar, Judd Omen as Shiva Luca,
Christopher Neame as Erich Von Leer.
Part 1 MacGyver gets roped into helping an archeologist friend who claims
to have a map leading to an ancient artifact known as the holy rose.
Part 2 MacGyver and Zoë’s search for the Holy Rose in England and France
turns deadly when they cross paths with a notorious jewel magnate.
086 THE BLACK CORSAGE
Airdate: 02 October 1989
Writer: Paul Margolis
Director: Charles Correll
Guest Cast: Christianne Hirt as Sofia Parker, Ryan Michael as Deegan,
David Hay as March, Cleavon Little as Frank Colton, David Bloom as Reynolds.
A female defector guarded by the Phoenix Foundation is witness to a murder and now hold
the key to the whereabouts of a priceless necklace.
087 CEASE FIRE
Airdate: 09 October 1989
Writer: Chris Haddock
Director: William Gereghty
Guest Cast: Mayim Bialik as Lisa Woodman, Eli Danker as Yanif, Allan
Lysell as Walker, Michael Naxos as President Habad.
In Switzerland for peace negotiations between two countries, MacGyver becomes a fugitive
when he's wounded and framed as a sniper in an assassination attempt on one of the
nation's presidents.
088 SECOND CHANCE
Airdate: 16 October 1989
Writer: Robert Sherman
Director: Michael Caffey
Guest Cast: Richard Lawson as Jesse Colton, Kim Miyori as Dr. Triwai,
Barry Bernal as Willie, Channing Mitchell as Raj, Malcolm Stewart as Frank Skinner.
In Bangkok, MacGyver’s friend is suppressed to learn that he fathered an illegitimate
son. And now the boy is involved with a gang of thieves who have stolen a dialysis machine
needed to save a young girls life.
089 HALLOWEEN KNIGHTS
Airdate: 30 October 1989
Writer: John Sheppard
Director: Charles Correll
Guest Cast: Daniel Davis as Nicholas Helman, Frank C. Turner, Jo-Anne
Bates as Sonya, Michael Des Barres as Murdoc, Debbie Podowski as Ashton Cooke.
MacGyver's not sure whether it's a trick or a treat when his ruthless rival Murdoc strikes
a deal in return for MacGyver’s help to free his innocent sister from a vengeful
ex-employer, planning to execute her during an elaborate Halloween party.
090 CHILDREN OF LIGHT
Airdate: 06 November 1989
Writer: Rick Mittleman
Director: Bill Corcoran
Guest Cast: Michele B. Chan as Mei Jan, Robert Ito as Peng Chow, Tzi Ma
as Wing Lee, Keone Young as Zhao.
A Chinese student with a video tape of the Tiananmen Square uprising desperately needs
MacGyver’s help to expose the atrocities of her government to the world.
(Note: The Chinese government protested
when a Vancouver building was made into the episode's Chinese consulate.)
091 BLACK RHINO
Airdate: 13 November 1989
Writer: Paul B. Margolis
Director: Michael Caffey
Guest Cast: Cecilia Hart as Kate Hubley, Cuba Gooding, Jr., as Billy
Colton, Roger Aaron Brown as Mabuto, Kai Wulff as Ladysmith.
MacGyver follows a friend to Africa, and after witnessing the mutilation of a black rhino
first hand, joins the activists in rescuing the endangered species from poachers.
(Note:: A $40,000 animatronic rhino was
used in this episode.)
092 THE TEN PERCENT SOLUTION
Airdate: 20 November 1989
Writer: Tom & Sally Drake
Director: Michael Preece
Guest Cast: Nehemiah Persoff as Sam, Barbara Stock as Laura, Gretchen
Wyler as Madame Brandenburg, Garry Chalk as Sergeant Gray, John Novak as Lyle Hoggart.
After a Holocaust survivor disrupts an art auction, MacGyver investigates his claims and
uncovers a massive neo-Nazi movement within the American political system .
093 TWO TIMES TROUBLE
Airdate: 11 December 1989
Writer: Robert Sherman
Director: Michael Preece
Guest Cast: Audrey Landers as Carla, Terry David Mulligan as Rogan, Babs
Chula as Eve, Dana Still as Dr. Farrell.
MacGyver is put in double jeopardy by a rock-singer friend who thinks her twin is trying
to kill her.
094 THE MADONNA
Airdate: 18 December 1989
Writer: Cathleen Young
Director: Michael Caffey
Guest Cast: Jeanette Nolan as Carol, Roxanne Reese as Cynthia, Jackson
Davies as Father Pat Lafferty, Anthony Holland as Vincent Battaglia, Charles Payne as
Breeze.
On Christmas Eve, MacGyver and kids lean the true meaning of Christmas when a mysterious
homeless women comes to stay at the challenge center.
095 SERENITY
Airdate: 08 January 1990
Writer: Stephen Kandel
Director: William Gereghty
Guest Cast: Teri Hatcher as Penny Parker, Cuba Gooding, Jr., as Billy
Colton, Robin Mossley as Wilt Bozer, Robert Donner as Milt Bozer, Norman Browning as the
Town Marshall, Michael Des Barres as Murdoc, Bruce McGill as Jack Dalton.
Exhausted from work, MacGyver falls asleep and dreams he is in the wild west with Pete as
a rich land owner who hires evil gunslinger Murdoc to Force MacGyver off his land.
096 LIVE AND LEARN
Airdate: 15 January 1990
Writer: Rick Mittleman
Director: Harry Harris
Guest Cast: James Sloyan as George Fraley, Glenn Scarpelli as Tony
Milani, Linda Darlow as the Principal, Jerry Wasserman as Nick Milani.
MacGyver reaches out to a promising high-school student as part of a Phoenix mentor
program, but he has to get around a cynical teacher and the youth's no-nonsense father for
his message to take hold.
097 LOG JAM
Airdate: 05 February 1990
Writer: Lee Maddux
Director: William Gereghty
Guest Cast: Nancy Everhard as Amy Chandler, John Considine as Foxworth,
Patrick Bishop as Braddock, Kim Kondrashoff as Glass, French Tickner as Sheriff
Delaney, Doug Sheehan as Jack Chandler.
MacGyver heads to the pacific northwest to infiltrate a logging company on behalf of an
environmentalist friend to help expose the management's illegal activity.
098 THE TREASURE ON MANCO
Airdate: 12 February 1990
Writer: Chris Haddock
Director: Michael Preece
Guest Cast: Theresa Saldana as Maria, Michael Bays as Ramon, Richard
Chaves as Enrique, Gregory Sierra as Captain Diaz.
MacGyver travels to Peru to help a friend search for a mythical lost treasure.
099 JENNYS CHANCE
Airdate: 19 February 1990
Writers: Rick Drew & John Sheppard
Director: Michael Caffey
Guest Cast: Vic Tayback as George Henderson, Dale Wilson as Colin
Yardrow, Simon Webb as Underwood, Linda Blair as Jenny Larson, Bruce McGill as Jack
Dalton.
After a horse trainer is murdered, MacGyver devises a gambling sting operation in order to
trap the killer.
100 DEEP COVER
Airdate: 26 February 1990
Writer: Robert Sherman
Director: Charles Correll
Guest Cast: Rosemary Dunsmore as Gwen Carpenter, Mitchell Laurence as
Landis, Madison Mason as Dan Stringer, Marco Rodriguez as Sanchez, Bill Croft as Donnelly,
Timothy Webber as Banniker.
A manager of a submarine company plans to steal a new sonar detection system developed by
the Phoenix Foundation by seducing the designer of the system.
101 THE LOST AMADEUS
Airdate: 19 March 1990
Writer: Paul B. Margolis
Director: Michael Caffey
Guest Cast: Tamsin Kelsey as Lulu, Herbert Edelman as Tubbs, Milton
Selzer as Izzy.
A slightly off-key woman needs MacGyver’s help to battle criminals after a priceless
violin originally owned by Mozart.
102 HEARTS OF STEEL
Airdate: 09 April 1990
Writer: Rick Mittleman
Director: Charles Correll
Guest Cast: Mayim Bialik as Lisa Woodman, Ron Hale as Travers, Joseph
Lambie as Eric Woodman, Blu Mankuma as Lt. Rhome, Merrilyn Gann as Gretta.
A young girl is kidnapped by disgruntled steel-mill workers who want revenge on her father
for closing down the mill.
103 RUSH TO JUDGEMENT
Airdate: 16 April 1990
Writer: Robert Sherman
Director: Charles Correll
Guest Cast: Steven Keats as Baron, Deborah Van Valkenburgh as Sandra
Masters, Henry Beckman as the Judge, Beau Billingslea as Mr. Monroe, Tim Haldman as Rev.
Roy Thatcher, Lilliam Lehman as Bigelow, Betty McGuire as the Bird Lady.
While serving as a sequestered juror on a racially tense trial, MacGyver sneaks out to
investigate the crime scene for himself and uncovers some valuable evidence, but puts
himself in contempt of court.
104 PASSAGES
Airdate: 30 April 1990
Teleplay: John Sheppard
Story: Anthony Rich
Director: William Gereghty
Guest Cast: John Anderson as Harry Jackson, Anthony Stamboulieh as Hakim,
Leslie Carlson as MacGyver's Doctor, Sheila Moore as Ellen MacGyver, Martin Milner as
James MacGyver.
While lying in a coma near death, MacGyver has an extraordinary vision of the afterlife,
where he must choose between staying with his family or returning to serve justice on the
thieves responsible for his hospitalization.
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