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MacGyver Season 4 Episode 6

The Survivors

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AIRED: 1/9/89

While on assignment for the Phoenix Foundation to test field agents to make sure they are still in shape, MacGyver finds out he now has another agent to test: Pete. Things take a turn for the worse when MacGyver and Pete head into the wilderness where they stumble upon a wrecked plane and pictures of two dangerous drug smugglers who shot it down.moreless

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Back to the woods for another high-adventure outing with an offbeat premise and another plateau for MacGyver and Pete's chemistry.

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By mark_28, May 03, 2007

The Vancouver setting is utilized effectively once again and MacGyver is forced to evaluate Pete's abilities in a rugged backwoods obstacle course for Phoenix field operatives. The format made for a unique and entertaining conflict in the episode's early scenes (although my biggest grievance with the episode was the slow pacing of the nighttime campsite scene which drug on far too long), and then evolved into a search for an offshore drug operation that shot down a DEA plane in the wilderness. The story played out smoothly with some outstanding visuals in the lush green forests of the Pacific Northwest and the sea plane retrieving its contraband cargo from a ship. The chemistry between Mac and Pete is priceless as Pete is forced to hone up his survival skills to escape the cave they're trapped in and capture the drug smugglers before they fly away. It's a solid episode and helpful in establishing MacGyver as an upwardly mobile series once again in January 1989.moreless
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Dana Elcar	Peter Thornton
Richard Dean Anderson	MacGyver

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Gerry Bean	Wilcox	Guest Star
Dale Wilson	Crandell	Guest Star
Donna Cox	Nurse	Guest Star

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- Pete: You've got one more party of one, and then you get your rotation off the assignment.
  MacGyver: One. Must be someone pretty important.
  Pete: Yeah, it is.
  MacGyver: Yeah, who?
  Pete: Me.
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- Pete: You want some stew? Made it myself. Well, out of a can.
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- MacGyver: You're not worried about this, are you?
  Pete: Worried? Listen, what's to worry. I've just got to face it. Either I make it or I don't.
  MacGyver: You're worried.
  Pete: Yeah.
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- Pete: Has it really come to this? Middle age, fallen arches, blisters, and now acute humiliation.
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- MacGyver: I say we check out their camp. We can be there in a quick two-hour hike.
  Pete: You know, I would think out of respect for an older man, and your superior, you would have the common decency to be a little bit winded!
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- MacGyver: Pete, you okay?
  Pete: Yeah.
  MacGyver: Kind of a tough land.
  Pete: Oh. Lucky I've got the padding for that, eh? So, what's next on the list of tortures?
  MacGyver: Well, I call it an obstacle course. Some of the others call it MacGyver-land.
  Pete: MacGyver-land?
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- Pete: You know, I lost six pounds out there? I may start dating again.
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- Pete: Well, the brain is the last thing to go.
  MacGyver: Yeah, what's the first?
  Pete: Uh, can't remember.
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- This is the first of Gerry Bean's four, unrelated appearances on MacGyver. He can also be seen in season five's "Legend of the Holy Rose" and in season six's "Tough Boys" and "Trail of Tears".
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- This is the first of Dale Wilson's four, unrelated appearances on MacGyver. He can also be seen in season five's "Jenny's Chance", and season six's "Tough Boys", and season six's "MacGyver's Women".
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- MacGyver developing camera film using juice and ammonia was proven as doable in the Mythbusters episode "MacGyver Special".
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- The German episode title is "Überlebenstraining", meaning "Survival Training". The French episode title is "Opération survie", meaning "Survival Operation". The Italian episode title is "Corso di sopravvivenza", meaning "Survival Course".
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