Episode

MacGyver: Dalton, Jack of Spies

Name: MacGyver: Dalton, Jack of Spies
Released: 1987-02-23
Duration: 45 min
Cast: Richard Dean Anderson, Dana Elcar, Bruce McGill, Elyssa Davalos, Robin Mossley

MacGyverSeason 21987-02-23

Overview

Dalton, who is believed to be dead, recruits MacGyver to help uncover a CIA mole.

Details

Series: MacGyver
Season: Season 2
Episode: Episode 17
Air date: 1987-02-23
Runtime: 45 min

Episode context

Dalton, Jack of Spies is Episode 17 in Season 2 of MacGyver. It aired on 1987-02-23. The runtime is 45 min.

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Episode 16: Out in the Cold 1987-02-16 | 45 min When MacGyver and Pete go skiing, a man switches poles with MacGyver, only moments before being gunned down and killed by his former friends. But the gunshot starts an avalanche, which covers MacGyver completely, leaving it up to Pete to convince the mountain rangers to stage a search and rescue before the next avalanche comes. As MacGyver finally is dug up, the gangsters are there, waiting for him, and whatever is hidden in that ski pole.

Episode 18: Partners 1987-03-02 | 45 min MacGyver and Pete meet at a wrecking yard, both thinking that the other one arranged the meeting. Soon an unknown assailant captures them inside a big truck. Their only clue is an obituary for them and Jack Dalton.

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Episode 19: Bushmaster 1987-03-23 | 45 min When MacGyver is sent to rescue an American pilot held in Central America for supposed espionage, his wargame-trained daughter tags along, but she didn't quite come prepared for the real thing. MacGyver must now rescue the pilot while keeping his daughter safe from the soldiers.

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Episode 20: Friends 1987-04-06 | 45 min MacGyver's friends throw a birthday party for him, but he's somberly reflecting on his past and future. While reflecting, MacGyver decides to leave the Phoenix Foundation to get married and have a family. Can Pete convince him of how important he is to the Foundation and get him to change his mind?

Episode 13: Soft Touch 1987-01-19 | 45 min MacGyver puts up Penny Parker for a few days while she's looking for a job as a singing telegram. But on her first day, she happens to witness two thugs torturing a man. Unfortunately, she can't find her way back, and when she does, MacGyver thinks this may be the start of something bigger as the victim is a Federal agent.

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Episode 12: Family Matter 1987-01-12 | 45 min Pete's ex-wife and son are kidnapped down in Louisiana while on an archaeological trip. The kidnappers demand that Pete comes to Louisiana in exchange for letting his family go. But when he gets there, it soon becomes apparent that they don't plan to let any of them go.

Episode 22: For Love or Money 1987-05-04 | 45 min MacGyver is forced to work with a ruthless freelance agent to rescue a human rights activist who is being held in a psychiatric hospital in Czechoslovakia. The rescue is an apparent success, until the secret police then kidnap the activist's wife to get him back.

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