Wasn't Peter Graves a bit miffed about what they did to Phelps in the first movie?
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I'd be fine with Amy Acker coming on board as the new boss
Which is why he turned down their offer to play Phelps in the movie. Which is why they cast Jon Voight instead, which is why it's ambiguous whether the movie is in continuity with the series or not. You can believe it is or isn't, as you prefer. Few people want to believe it's the real Jim Phelps, and it's just as easy to believe it's an alternate-universe version as it is to believe it's an impostor.
If they did that, Sarah would probably be a more "hands on" boss. I can't really see her becoming taking a paper pushing/desk job. I'm fine with the idea, but don't want to see Jack/Sarah will they/won't they playing out.
I'm all for more Amy but Jack would have to move on, their drama on a weekly basis would get old fast.
Interesting. So the new boss will be another woman who is even more of a hard nose?
This is odd because CBS really was excited and touted Sandrine's casting to help promote the series. And there were a couple of instances where Thornton went above and beyond to save the team and put her life in danger which now don't make sense if she's just a mole who is out for herself and for $$$. I'd love to know the behind the scenes reasoning of all this.
The show did not plant any hints in other eps that Thornton was a mole, but rather sprang the plot twist on us in the last 10 minutes of the last episode. That would suggest to me that it was a last minute cast change rather than a planned change. Maybe the actress who played Thornton suddenly quit on them?
And you don't use one of the classic characters names only to write em out in episode 12
Have they been promised a season 2?
The new boss is going to be "Matty Webber" and in the original MacGyver, "Matt Webber" was promoted to Pete's position when Pete resigned after an explosion kills people during a project he was heading. Mac finds that the whole thing was an elaborate conspiracy by Webber, and works with Nikki to bring him down.
I stopped watching the new MacGyver so is Thornton definitely a mole and definitely out, or is this a case of possible misdirection?
I stopped watching the new MacGyver so is Thornton definitely a mole and definitely out, or is this a case of possible misdirection?
I guess it is possible that it is an elaborate misdirection, a plot twist inside a plot twist, but it seemed pretty definitive to me.
I had forgotten about that hmmmmm you never know
That's actually a neat idea. But would they do it?
I am thinking that I am going to like the new boss. From the little we saw in last night's episode, she seems to have a lot more personality than Thornton. She seems to be tough but with a playful side. I almost get the impression that she is not really the witch that Jack thinks she is, that she acts tough because she gets a kick out of keeping people on their toes.
Phrasing!?! Seriously, are we not doing phrasing anymore?
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