An archaeologist friend pays MacGyver a visit to get his help in using a map to find an ancient artifact called the Holy Rose.An archaeologist friend pays MacGyver a visit to get his help in using a map to find an ancient artifact called the Holy Rose.An archaeologist friend pays MacGyver a visit to get his help in using a map to find an ancient artifact called the Holy Rose.
Claire Vardiel
- Eunice
- (as Claire Brown)
Stephen Dimopoulos
- Pilot
- (as Stephen Dimopoulous)
Christopher Gaze
- Cabbie
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIncluded on the Fan Favorites: The Best of MacGyver DVD.
- GoofsThe position of the pendulum blade changes between shots. In long shots it's above McGyver's legs, but in close-ups it's above his chest.
- Quotes
Professor Zoe Ryan: Help me find the Holy Grail.
MacGyver: Indiana Jones already did that. I saw the movie.
- ConnectionsReferences Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
- SoundtracksMacGyver Theme
Written by Randy Edelman
Featured review
MacGyver and the Next Crusade
SPOILERS
On the heels of the third Indiana Jones film about finding Holy Grail (indded, the film is briefly referenced by MacGyver), yet another TV series decided to cash in on the success. But where The Last Crusade succeeded, this failed.
Similarly to the major film, MacGyver finds himself on a hunt for the lost Holy Grail.
We are introduced to an "old friend" of his, Zoe Ryan, a short-haired liberal moron who's more than high on life, she's confused by it. Zoe serves as nothing more than a stand-in female version of Jack Dalton (since the actor sort is disappears this season and only shows up less than a handful more times before the end of the series' run), only sans the common sense and and humor. Indeed, after this two-parter, she's never seen again. What a shocker, I know.
Henry Jones, Jr. faced a real life situation of the National Socialist Party (the Nazi's) looking for artifacts such as the Holy Grail, with a real struggle for the right thing. In this half-bailed MacEpisode, we have some lib' professor who just has feel-good, uninformed, truly idiotic ideas of about real life and history (the last one surprising, since she's supposed to be an archaeologist) that drive her to find the Grail. And replacing the National Socialist Party we have some nondescript bad guys; maybe they're German, who knows (perhaps the second parter reveals this). And replacing Indy, we have MacGyver, in filing a role that just wasn't meant for his character.
Remember that annoying little boy in the second Indy film? Well, now imagine he's older. A woman. Has red hair. And is liberal moron. Okay, now you're got your annoying character for this romp! Compelte with the little boy haircut.
This idiot, we are lead to believe, not only finds a priceless artifact, but some how she alone finally deciphers the old clues. No, not the Nazi's; no, not the Vatican; no, not treasure hunters world wide; no, not archaeologist for centuries before her, she alone is some how smart enough.
At least Dalton, while easily mislead by easy money and short-cuts to wealth, had brains and good sense. Here, not so much.
Some acts later and we are left with the utterly predictable capture by the bad guys after finding a clue. MacGyver finds himself in torture device, slowly leading up to his death, ending this first parter. You expect to start hearing Nelson Riddle's "Batman" scoring, William Dozer's voice-over, and yellow text on screen, saying something along the lines of: "Oh no! Our hero in peril?! The bad guys are prevailing? That pendulum is getting lower and lower! Will our hero become MacHalfed? Will the bad guys get the Holy Grail? The worst is yet to come! Tune in next week -- same Mac-time, same Mac-channel!" And I'm sure after this set up, the worst IS yet to come. Ever since season three, some more in-your-face Leftist crap has been shoved into some MacGyver episodes. They sort of died out late season four and I was looking forward to never hearing them again, but it's back. The writer of this episode would later go on to write the blasphemous "Young MacGyver" failed pilot, about a relative who joins the Phoenix Foundation (one which in this series, MacGyver said he didn't have); do yourself a favor and don't watch that. If you thought the "Hunter" re-vival series was bad, oh boy! The plot is nothing special here, the writing is pretty standard fair, and the friendship between the sudden Zoe MacGuffin character, just isn't there. If you are a completest and want to see every episode, then have at it, but if you want to skip filler crap, this is filler crap. At least we get some good cues by composer Dennis McCarthy in here.
On the heels of the third Indiana Jones film about finding Holy Grail (indded, the film is briefly referenced by MacGyver), yet another TV series decided to cash in on the success. But where The Last Crusade succeeded, this failed.
Similarly to the major film, MacGyver finds himself on a hunt for the lost Holy Grail.
We are introduced to an "old friend" of his, Zoe Ryan, a short-haired liberal moron who's more than high on life, she's confused by it. Zoe serves as nothing more than a stand-in female version of Jack Dalton (since the actor sort is disappears this season and only shows up less than a handful more times before the end of the series' run), only sans the common sense and and humor. Indeed, after this two-parter, she's never seen again. What a shocker, I know.
Henry Jones, Jr. faced a real life situation of the National Socialist Party (the Nazi's) looking for artifacts such as the Holy Grail, with a real struggle for the right thing. In this half-bailed MacEpisode, we have some lib' professor who just has feel-good, uninformed, truly idiotic ideas of about real life and history (the last one surprising, since she's supposed to be an archaeologist) that drive her to find the Grail. And replacing the National Socialist Party we have some nondescript bad guys; maybe they're German, who knows (perhaps the second parter reveals this). And replacing Indy, we have MacGyver, in filing a role that just wasn't meant for his character.
Remember that annoying little boy in the second Indy film? Well, now imagine he's older. A woman. Has red hair. And is liberal moron. Okay, now you're got your annoying character for this romp! Compelte with the little boy haircut.
This idiot, we are lead to believe, not only finds a priceless artifact, but some how she alone finally deciphers the old clues. No, not the Nazi's; no, not the Vatican; no, not treasure hunters world wide; no, not archaeologist for centuries before her, she alone is some how smart enough.
At least Dalton, while easily mislead by easy money and short-cuts to wealth, had brains and good sense. Here, not so much.
Some acts later and we are left with the utterly predictable capture by the bad guys after finding a clue. MacGyver finds himself in torture device, slowly leading up to his death, ending this first parter. You expect to start hearing Nelson Riddle's "Batman" scoring, William Dozer's voice-over, and yellow text on screen, saying something along the lines of: "Oh no! Our hero in peril?! The bad guys are prevailing? That pendulum is getting lower and lower! Will our hero become MacHalfed? Will the bad guys get the Holy Grail? The worst is yet to come! Tune in next week -- same Mac-time, same Mac-channel!" And I'm sure after this set up, the worst IS yet to come. Ever since season three, some more in-your-face Leftist crap has been shoved into some MacGyver episodes. They sort of died out late season four and I was looking forward to never hearing them again, but it's back. The writer of this episode would later go on to write the blasphemous "Young MacGyver" failed pilot, about a relative who joins the Phoenix Foundation (one which in this series, MacGyver said he didn't have); do yourself a favor and don't watch that. If you thought the "Hunter" re-vival series was bad, oh boy! The plot is nothing special here, the writing is pretty standard fair, and the friendship between the sudden Zoe MacGuffin character, just isn't there. If you are a completest and want to see every episode, then have at it, but if you want to skip filler crap, this is filler crap. At least we get some good cues by composer Dennis McCarthy in here.
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