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MacGyver Season 7 Episode 14

The Mountain of Youth

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AIRED: 5/21/92

Jack Dalton, with MacGyver's help, searches for the Fountain of Youth in a land that appears to be the mythical Shangri-La, but also harbors a base to facilitate H-bomb construction.

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As pumped as I was to discover had a "lost episode" featuring Jack Dalton and set on the other side of the globe, I was a little disappointed by this one.moreless

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By mark_28, Feb 01, 2011

I can't even begin to express how ecstatic I was when I was first informed that MacGyver had a lost episode scheduled for the summer of 1992. What a wonderful surprise it was! And top of simply having a new MacGyver episode to watch that I didn't realize existed, it looked like a good one....featuring Jack Dalton and sending MacGyver to his adventurous roots. Unfortunately, the episode looked better than it ended up being. It was nice to have Jack back and the story was reasonably well crafted, but for whatever reason it just didn't come together that well. It's actually hard to put a finger on why this episode didn't blow me away. The energy level wasn't there and the secondary characters didn't impress. And despite the high quality of the production in general, it had kind of a low-budget sci-fi kind of feel. I was certainly happy to be able to consume this "lost episode", but it didn't live up to expectations. And as expected, the ratings were dreadful. This was the only MacGyver that ever finished FOURTH place in its time slot, scheduled in a difficult Thursday night slot up against shows such as "Cheers" and "Beverly Hills, 90210". The episode only managed a series-low 8.1 rating, but considering the episode received virtually no hype or advertising and was aired in a horrific time slot, the fact that even this many viewers showed up spoke volumes about the loyalty of MacGyver's fan base.moreless
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Richard Dean Anderson

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Roya Megnot	Mukti	Guest Star
Ned Romero	Baba	Guest Star
George Kee Cheung	Dr. Liang	Guest Star
Bruce McGill	Jack Dalton	Recurring Role

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QUOTES (10)
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- Baba: (on MacGyver) It is written, another stranger will follow the first. A resourceful man. He is drawn to this abomination and to our destiny. He will come from the sky, out of the West.
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- MacGyver: You're okay!
  Jack: You came for me.
  MacGyver: Thank God you're all right.
  Jack: Yeah, yeah.
  MacGyver: Nothing's broken.
  Jack: No. I'm fine.
  MacGyver: Oh great. Now I can break your neck!
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- MacGyver: What I can't figure is how you conned Pete and the entire Phoenix board into underwriting this scheme of yours.
  Jack: "Scheme?" Who said it was a scheme?
  MacGyver: I did. Just now. Didn't you hear me?
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- Jack: This is a mystical place. You got to go with the flow.
  MacGyver: Well for me, the flow is that way.
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- Mukti: Something wrong, MacGyver?
  MacGyver: Oh, not yet. But I can feel it coming.
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- Jack: You're getting us involved in trouble, Mac.
  MacGyver: Well, that's kind of a switch, isn't it?
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- Mukti: What do these H-bombs do?
  Jack: Kill people. Just one will wipe out a city the size of New York.
  Mukti: Why would the Kabustanis want such a fearsome device?
  Jack: Power. Greed.
  MacGyver: Insanity. Welcome to our world.
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- MacGyver: I'll be right back.
  Jack: I hate it when he says that. I hate it!
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- MacGyver: You lied to me, Jack.
  Jack: Never. About what?
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- MacGyver: If I don't make it back, that tape has got to make it to the U.N.
  Jack: And you trust me? What a switch!
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- This is the second of Alex Colon's two, unrelated appearances on MacGyver. He can also be seen in season two's "Bushmaster".
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- This is the third of George Kee Cheung's three, unrelated appearances on MacGyver. He can also be seen in season one's "The Golden Triangle", and season five's "Children of Light".
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- Though credited, Dana Elcar does not appear in this episode.
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- The German episode title is "Schweres Wasser", meaning "Heavy Water". The Finnish episode title is "Nuoruusvuodet", meaning "Adolescence". The French episode title is "La fontaine de jouvence", meaning "The Fountain of Youth". The Italian episode title is "La valle della giovinezza", meaning "The Valley of Youth".
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- This episode was belatedly run for the first time after the series finale aired. It would have gone un-aired, but high ratings for "The Stringer" made ABC decide to air it.
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