Episode
MacGyver: Tough Boys
Overview
MacGyver's pacifist policies are put to the test by a militant youth leader he hooks up with to find out who has been organizing a gang of youthful vigilantes using extreme measures to clean the neighborhood crack problem.
Details
- Series
- MacGyver
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 1
- Air date
- 1990-09-17
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
Tough Boys is Episode 1 in Season 6 of MacGyver. It aired on 1990-09-17. The runtime is 45 min.
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