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Murderers' Sky

Season 3, Episode 20, Aired May 09, 1988

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When the head of a American-Chinese shipping company is attacked in his office by a killer, MacGyver and the man's grandson—who is heir to the company—must find out who was behind the attempt on his life.

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A great way to end a great season.....and Tia Carrere decked out in a bathing suit didn't hurt either.

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By mark_28, May 03, 2007

MacGyver ventures into new territory once again with the Phoenix Foundation providing security (although sometimes it worked out the other way around) for the teenage heir of an Asian distribution company sought after by a ruthless Hong Kong cartel willing to snuff the kid out to get their hands on the company. Ernie Reyes, Jr., who was always entertaining as the precocious ninja kid on ABC's "Sidekicks" the year before, proved to have a great ying/yang buddy chemistry with MacGyver. The action was exciting and consistent throughout the hour, featuring a nice gratuitous swimsuit shot of Tia Carrere following her hit on Luke's grandfather, the well-choreographed parking lot mugging gone awry, and my personal favorite, the scene with the poison dart-spouting birdcage and subsequent uncovering of a king cobra in Tia Carrere's purse. The lavishly over-the-top fun culminated in an awesome final scene in the tunnels underneath the streets of Vancouver and Mac and Luke disguising themselves as part of the rock to surprise the baddies when they caught up to them. The episode had so many things going for it that I'm kind of surprised Ernie Reyes, Jr. wasn't beckoned for an encore appearance.

MacGyver ended its third season with a flourish, finishing 21st place for the week in May 1988, but the series was about to face more obstacles as ABC would move the series to Sunday nights for summer reruns, where it would get the worst ratings the series ever had up to that point up against "Murder, She Wrote" and "Family Ties", both in the top-20. Making matters worse, summer rerun season would extra long in 1988 because of a writers' strike, meaning "MacGyver" would once again have alot of ground to make up in the fall of 1988 when it returned for season four.moreless
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By sh811a, Dec 21, 2006

This is a Macgyver episode I've watched so many times I never get bored of it, has a cleever and slightly complex plot where scummy racketeers want to expand and monopolize their corrupt business emipire and their next target is a shiping company and once again The Phenix Foundation are their last line of defense. Both Macguyver and Luke (Ernie Reyes Jr) really are a good team together it's almost a brains and brawns like relationship (similar to Artimis Gordon and Jim West in Wild Wild West). Luke is a good characters his story is sort of a fish out of water story, who knows more of less about the outside world but is level headed though even in the most dangerous sittuations. But one of the main reason why I like the episode are in the moments, from Tia Carrere (hot as usual) playing a sausy bad guy, the usual sticky sittuations and solutions to them like Mac haveing a close call with a Cobra and Luke using a dart and making a direct hit with a posionous dart and then both Mac and Luke making a camaflashe tarp in an oppium lab. But most of all my very favorate scene was the fight in the parking lot seeing Mac use Arnise Stick Fighting and Luke Tai-Kuon-Do against a gang that litterally outnumber them but Mac and Luke kick their butts, that scene was cool. It's a shame both Tia Carrere and Ernie Reyes Jr weren't on the show often after this, I would of loved to see an episode or two more with them. But that's how the show goes, so I recomend giving this episode a try it's a kick.moreless
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- Raymond: He will be as stubborn as his grandfather. Alasdair: If he is, he'll be just as dead.
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- Luke: In my grandfather's country, they say a man should not live under the same sky as his father's murderers.
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- Luke: (wearing a suit) So, what do you think? Pete: It looks perfect. MacGyver: Well, I don't know if "perfect"'s quite the word for it. Pete: What's wrong with it? MacGyver: He's wearing a tie. Pete: Well, what's wrong with a tie? MacGyver: It's a tie.
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- Luke: I've already learned so much. Especially from you, MacGyver. MacGyver: Yeah? What have you learned? Luke: I've learned... that I've got a lot to learn.
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- Luke: How do you know so much, MacGyver? MacGyver: Tell you what, Luke. I'll make a deal with you: I'll teach you about the principles of sonar, you teach me about jher-jun.
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- MacGyver: Now some men have hurt him. There's s reason to believe they may try to hurt you as well. Luke: But you came to get me, to take me to him. MacGyver: I came here to give you a choice.
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- Pete: A cartel is a little bit like a shadow government; it's very hard to tell who's running it.
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- Mr. Chung: Thank you, Raymond. But the vice-president of the company doesn't have to bring me tea, you know. Raymond: No, but a friend can.
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- This is the first of Dana Still's two, unrelated appearances on MacGyver. He can also be seen in season five's "Two Times Trouble".
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- The credits include an acknowledgement to the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Chinese Classical Garden.
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- This is the second of Tia Carrere's two, unrelated appearances on MacGyver. She can also be seen in season two's "The Wish Child".
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- This is the second of Keye Luke's two, unrelated appearances on MacGyver. He can also be seen in the first season's "The Golden Triangle".
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- This is the first of Pat Bermal's three, unrelated appearances on MacGyver. He can also be seen in season five's "Rush to Judgement" and season six's "Jerico Games".
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- The German episode title is "Der letzte der Familie Chung", meaning "Last of the Chung Family". The Finnish episode title is "murhaajat liikkeellÃ¤", meaning "Murderers Afloat". The French episode title is "Le dragon de jade". The Italian episode title is "Un ragazzo per amico", meaning "A Boyfriend for a Friend".
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