tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788875373841955612.post1630439639484148394..comments2024-03-27T00:26:22.316-05:00Comments on The MacGyver Project: #88: Split DecisionNicholas Sweedohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00437092592253460266noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788875373841955612.post-29429273259612210152016-05-01T19:09:02.718-05:002016-05-01T19:09:02.718-05:00I often wonder if production companies have reside...I often wonder if production companies have residence sets that they can reuse for different shows. Some of the stuff is obviously soundstaged, but not always. You have to wonder how they manage to get use of all these houses and places in shows.Mikeynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788875373841955612.post-13366543275160637032016-05-01T19:07:41.805-05:002016-05-01T19:07:41.805-05:00This one is mid level for me. But watching it this...This one is mid level for me. But watching it this time, I fell all warm and fuzzy at the end. Gotta love Earl. And the recurring actors. This was a solid episode for sure with uniqueness to it. I like Ronnie. Shes spunky and fun. Her voice is a bit strange to me, but her character is fine.<br /><br />Whatever happened to his partnership with Montana? I guess it didnt work out after all.<br /><br />And MacGyver really needs to get better locks or stop giving out his key. How do random people always manage to let themselves in? You could blame the landlord, but it even happens at the Houseboat.Mikeynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788875373841955612.post-86655277909461338172014-11-27T18:10:58.604-06:002014-11-27T18:10:58.604-06:00Totally agree on the season 7 home. It was so sta...Totally agree on the season 7 home. It was so stale and generic. I actually remember seeing stock footage of this place in other 90s series.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04953380288384883179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788875373841955612.post-78705307322875725952014-11-11T12:48:07.447-06:002014-11-11T12:48:07.447-06:00I agree on MacGyver's Season 7 apartment - it ...I agree on MacGyver's Season 7 apartment - it is depressing! I like the houseboat the best, just a great setting and a beautiful home, though I also like the Season 2 loft a lot with the basketball hoop and hockey table. Nicholas Sweedohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00437092592253460266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788875373841955612.post-45103238081311870972014-11-11T11:49:25.276-06:002014-11-11T11:49:25.276-06:00I would rank this one lower and definitely preferr...I would rank this one lower and definitely preferred High Control although Dick Butkus is fine in both. I like Mark's point about the IQ shift- he's way better than as the slapstick sidekick in Harry's Will (one of my least favourite episodes). I don't mind Ronnie and there are a few good moments but few great. I'm not so keen on MacGyver;s home in Season 7. Its more urban and a bit depressing compared to the cool houseboat, beachside apartment or amazing disused observatory.Alnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788875373841955612.post-38651678154019097132014-11-09T10:23:39.793-06:002014-11-09T10:23:39.793-06:00Good call on the IQ point increase - he is much sm...Good call on the IQ point increase - he is much smarter than in Harry's Will. Nicholas Sweedohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00437092592253460266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788875373841955612.post-21023099036949606732014-11-09T00:51:34.500-06:002014-11-09T00:51:34.500-06:00While my ranking of this episode is quite a bit wo...While my ranking of this episode is quite a bit worse than yours, we have the same general impression. It's an entertaining hour to be sure, but like so many of the episodes in the 7th season the story just seemed a little bit thin. Like you, I enjoy Earl Dent, although I think he's probably gained 50 IQ points in each subsequent guest spot as he's far smarter in this appearance than he was in "Harry's Will"! Ronnie's transformation to loving daughter was a little too abrupt and the idea that these bookies were so excited to hear this boxing match on the radio (what kind of radio station broadcasts a boxing match?!?!?) and carrying on about what a good fight it's gonna be when they've blackmailed Dent into throwing it all seemed a little hard to swallow. But I will say I enjoyed the ending. Earl's comeback after seeing Ronnie was safe was very exciting and high-energy, and the pro wrestler signing "Rocketman" to a professional wrestling contract was a clever ending I didn't see coming. Overall though, another episode from season 7 that just felt a little weary. I ranked it #125.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04953380288384883179noreply@blogger.com