MacGyver
Jack in the Box
Season 3, Episode 7 · Aired 1987-11-09
Synopsis
MacGyver and Jack Dalton are arrested in Arkansas by a corrupt sheriff who arrests people to make them work in a labor camp used for mining gold. MacGyver wants to escape, but Jack has other ideas: He wants to find five million dollars his uncle Charlie left in the mines years before.
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