MacGyver: Honest Abe (1991)
Season 7, Episode 1
4/10
Terrible
29 May 2014
SPOILERS

My goodness how this show has fallen. We used to have an American hero who went out of his way to save the lives of political prisoners and helpless people overseas, now we have episode after episode of preachy Left-wing environmentalism and plots best left for non-MacGyver series.

This episode sees MacGyver picking up a friend of a friend for, well, who cares, it's all boring crap anyway. And this friend is a little crazy. Imagine the unfunny Jerry Lewis shoved into this episode and then that he's even less funny than he already is, and with mental problems, and bingo -- you got the idea.

The episode is overwrought with boring, painfully unfunny and overdone characters, in an absurdest plot forced to be humorous. It's mentally painful to watch this.

Clichéd Jewish people, a comedic dictator with bizarre personal traits, a mockery of an F.B.I. agent, another dumb government official, and a sophisticated experimental helicopter that can be access with a flashlight (yeah, dumb, right?).

The writing is awful. It's trying SO HARD to be funny but failing in a remarkable terrible way. This is what we waited for, for a season premiere?
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