Spoilers MacGYVER reboot review thread

[Romulan_spy]

Have they retooled the show to broaden beyond the spy stuff? Or is this just a personal mission, maybe?

Not really retooled. It is still very much a spy show. But they have thrown in a couple episodes that felt more like old school MacGyver. The crossover sounds a personal mission.

What I find interesting is that in last night's episode, during Mac's performance evaluation, the new boss says that she does not trust Mac's improv style and that he needs to either play by the rule book or prove to her that his style really works. I am guessing that Mac will stick to his improvisations. They are a hallmark of his character. It would be a big mistake in my opinion, if the show downplayed them.

 

[Christopher]

What I find interesting is that in last night's episode, during Mac's performance evaluation, the new boss says that she does not trust Mac's improv style and that he needs to either play by the rule book or prove to her that his style really works. I am guessing that Mac will stick to his improvisations. They are a hallmark of his character. It would be a big mistake in my opinion, if the show downplayed them.

I'm sure he'll convince her his style works. It sounds like it's just an attempt to give him an obstacle to overcome, just like every Renegade Who Plays By His Own Rules has to convince the Hard-Nosed Boss to let him have free rein.

But it just underlines how wrong the spy-agency formula is for MacGyver. The show should be built around situations that benefit from his improvisation, not just try to graft him into a stock situation where his methods seem like an arbitrary affectation. Even in the first season of the original, when Mac was with the DXS, he was more of a freelance consultant they called in for troubleshooting special problems when regular methods weren't enough. And the Phoenix Foundation -- the real one, not this show's cover identity for an organization that's really still the DXS -- had much more diverse interests and activities, a good fit for MacGyver's loose, improvisational, versatile persona.

 

[Romulan_spy]

"Magnifying Glass" Short Review

Pros
The episode does a pretty good job of making serial killing terrifying. I also liked that we got to see a more personal side to the new boss. The show is doing a good job of developing her new character.
Cons
The episode was a crime solving story with a couple MacGyverisms thrown in. It felt more like NCIS than MacGyver. The basic plot of stopping a serial killer where the team investigates the crime scene, looks for clues, chases suspects, and finally rescues one of their own that gets kidnapped by the serial killer, was pretty cookie cutter crime fighting stuff. It is something we've seen ad nauseam on crime fighting shows like NCIS.

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I'm sure he'll convince her his style works. It sounds like it's just an attempt to give him an obstacle to overcome, just like every Renegade Who Plays By His Own Rules has to convince the Hard-Nosed Boss to let him have free rein.

It was good that last night's episode "Magnifying Glass" followed up on this already. When Mac starts pulling stuff from a trash bin to building something, the boss tells him to stop and explain himself. And then at the end of the episode, she pulls Mac aside to acknowledge that his methods produce "miracles" and were instrumental in solving the case. So she is starting to see that his improv style works even though she does not fully accept it.

 

[sojourner]

Jack also mentioned his friends in hawaii, setting the stage for the crossover.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

Aha............ We finally had the episode where the mole is revealed.....

Riley has changed her hair I liked the big bushy hair.

 

[Aragorn]

And here it is...

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[Romulan_spy]

So, did anyone catch the crossover ep? I liked it. The crossover aspect of it was handled well because they did not overplay it. I feel the earthquake gave us some classic MacGyver moments. However, I feel like the writers might be getting a little bit lazy with the MacGyverisms. You can't just rewire a device for 5 seconds and it suddenly does something different, which is what happened in the episode with the radar gun. It was a lot like the trek episode where they "technobabble" the deflector dish to emit the particle of the week that will save the day.

 

[Gary Mitchell]

It was an okay episode but if they were going to do a crossover episode then McGarrett should have been involved since Jack is his friend.

 

[SAndrews10]

Kono had blonde highlights in the crossover and in the next episode of 5-O that was after it she didn't. That was amusing

 

[Beagleman]

So that was... ok, I guess. Rather unremarkable season finale but then, fitting the show.

 

[Guy Gardener]

Murdock fought Supergirl a couple weeks ago.

Diverse lad.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

It's vanished from Australian TV...

 

[Enterprise is Great]

Lemma guess...MacGyver's father didn't leave his family, He was an Phoenix Foundation operative and left so bad guys wouldn't come after his family. Or he was a disavowed operative captured and imprisoned all these years.

 

[Mr Soak]

It's vanished from Australian TV...

It's moved to Monday nights. This week's episode was Compass.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

It's moved to Monday nights. This week's episode was Compass.

Really? I didn't see it listed for Adelaide unless I missed it.

 

[Mr Soak]

It's on One, just noticed that. And Compass is next week's episode.

I was looking at an online guide and wasn't paying complete attention.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

It's on One, just noticed that. And Compass is next week's episode.

I was looking at an online guide and wasn't paying complete attention.

No problem.... Thank you very much

 

[Romulan_spy]

Watched "Cigar Cutter". It was a pretty good "base under siege" plot. I do think that Bozer surviving was very unrealistic, especially the end where after getting stabbed, losing an ungodly amount of blood and almost passing out multiple times, he still managed to crawl across the room to pull the fire alarm. But it's a show. There was a very sweet moment between Bozer and Riley. I hope they drop the silly Hawaiian boyfriend and get these two together.

 

[sojourner]

I hope they drop Boser.

 

[SAndrews10]

Soooooooo.....Richard Dean Anderson as Mac's dad in season 2 anyone???!!!