Flame's End

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  • 7.0

    Modest execution for such an ambitious storyline.

    By mark_28, Apr 26, 2007

    This episode peaked early for me. MacGyver's reminiscent scene on the beach, followed by the surprise explosion of the car that was believed to be driven by Amy Austin, set the stage for another great MacGyver episode. But greatness never really enveloped after that. The post-burial revelation that Amy was still alive was well done, but the scenes at the power plant just seemed B-movie-ish. The escape from the disposal chamber could have been brilliant, but the narrative inconsistency was so glaring (she told Mac they'd be fried by the toxic waste long before it actual got into the chamber, yet two seconds after they escaped the chamber--ALIVE--the waste came gushing out) that it diminished the effect for me. Amy Austin was another goofy "bimbo of the week" character and, while she seemed to have some chemistry with MacGyver, didn't strike me as intelligent enough to be a bigshot a nuclear power plant. Robert "Freddy Krueger" Englund played his role as the unwilling mole well, but the primary villain (Ed?) just seemed like a cigar-chomping oil baron uncapable of hatching a scheme so elaborate. I'm probably a little hard on this episode as its entertainment value does hold up reasonably well, but it definitely is not one of my favorites of the first season.moreless

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  • 7.4

    MacGyver receives an urgent call from his old girlfriend in West Port Beach. She is fearing for her life as there is evidence of uranium theft at a nuclear processing plant, and whoever it is will kill anyone who is getting close. Can MacGyver get there

    By the80sKNIGHT, Oct 13, 2005

    This is a very average episode and is more of a "filler" episode than anything. MacGyver doesn't really use any of his skills and is more of a drama than action.

    One thing we find about MacGyver in this episode is that he once had a girlfriend a long time ago and was deeply in love, he wanted to travel the world and she wanted to stay and get her education for a succesful career. So they went seperate ways and out of the blue, she calls him for help?

    I enjoy MacGyver's quick thinking and creativity, but in this episode, I just didn't really see any of that...moreless

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