Pirates

Episode aired Feb 9, 1987
TV-PG
49m

IMDb RATING

7.3/10

335

YOUR RATING

Richard Dean Anderson in MacGyver (1985)

Action Adventure Crime Drama

An archaeologist is kidnapped by pirates to help them find $60 million in sunken treasure at the bottom of the sea. MacGyver must attempt a rescue on the isolated ocean.An archaeologist is kidnapped by pirates to help them find $60 million in sunken treasure at the bottom of the sea. MacGyver must attempt a rescue on the isolated ocean.An archaeologist is kidnapped by pirates to help them find $60 million in sunken treasure at the bottom of the sea. MacGyver must attempt a rescue on the isolated ocean.

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IMDb RATING

7.3/10

335

YOUR RATING

1User review

See production info at IMDbPro

Goofs
Commander Nelson (Steven M. Gagnon) states that the bad guys' ketch can only reach "nine knots per hour". A navy commander would know that a knot is a measure of speed, one nautical mile (1.15 land miles) per hour and would quote the speed as "nine knots" and never refer to "knots per hour".

Quotes
[last lines]
Dr. Barbara Ortega: Well, MacGyver, that's wonderful but we can't afford five divers much less fifty.
Christobel Santos: Amigos of MacGyver.
Dr. Barbara Ortega: What friends of yours?
MacGyver: I took Chris around to visit some of my buddies in the SEALs. They're kind of happy about having their name cleared. So far, about Eighty-Three of the best divers in the country have volunteered.
Dr. Barbara Ortega: Eighty-Three?
MacGyver: I'd say help is on the way.

Soundtracks
MacGyver Theme
Written by Randy Edelman

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Featured review

7/10

A typical, but fun Macgyver episode

This Season 2 episode of MacGyver, Pirates, was pretty predicable, but it was fun. After finding his way out of a sinking boat in which he was trapped, MacGyver has to rescue an archaeologist from some pirates who have kidnapped her so she can help them find some lost Spanish gold. Of course, they hide out on a military testing island teeming with active landmines, and Mac has to find his way in without getting blown up.

This episode reminds me of a Knight Rider episode (Return to Cadiz) where a scuba diver is kidnapped so he can lead the bad guys to some Spanish treasure he's hidden in a cave. At least that's how I remember it...

Anyway, this is a pretty typical MacGyver episode, with no really cool Macgyverisms, but it was still fun to watch. Fans of Star Trek might recognize Marta DuBois, who plays the lady archeologist, as Ardra, from the unique TNG episode Devil's Due. In fact if you scroll through the various actors in this show, almost everyone has been on either TNG, or Voyager, or both. I love imdb for this kind of cross-referencing.