MacGyver/Season 1/Episode 18

Episode 17 Episode 19

S1 · E18

Mar 12, 1986 · 45 min

Ugly Duckling

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Synopsis

A 15-year-old genius accidentally hacks into a defective missile guidance system and attracts the attention of both the FBI and some black marketeers, who think that she may fix it for them. It's up to MacGyver to save her from being kidnapped by either side.

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Dana Elcar photo

Dana Elcar

Pete Thornton

Ned Bellamy photo

Ned Bellamy

Larkin

Melinda O. Fee photo

Melinda O. Fee

Carol Lafferty

Russell Johnson photo

Russell Johnson

Oslow

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Darcy Marta

Kate Lafferty

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Lee de Broux

Hatcher

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Directed byCharles Correll

Written byLarry Gross

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