MacGyver
Three for the Road
Season 2, Episode 10 · Aired 1986-12-15
Synopsis
A retired actor and his wife stop at a motel on the way to Los Angeles. MacGyver rescues them from a drunkard who nearly makes a mark on their car. MacGyver is supposed to meet a mobster-turned-informant at the motel, but the meeting goes wrong. The mob shows up and kills MacGyver's friend before he can give MacGyver what he promised. Instead the bag lands in the old couple's car, where the old actor finds it and discovers it full of money.
In the series
This episode is part of MacGyver (1985–1992) on ABC.
Duct tape, paper clips, and no gun — problem-solving as action-hero brand.
Key cast
- Richard Dean Anderson as Angus MacGyver
- Dana Elcar as Pete Thornton
- Bruce McGill as Jack Dalton