: The episode focuses heavily on the strained relationship between Desi and Riley following their past personal conflicts. By the end of the mission, they reconcile their differences.
In the original series, Season 5, Episode 1, titled originally aired on September 18, 1989. MacGyver s05x01
: This season was the first produced under new showrunner Monica Macer, following the departure of the series' original creator due to workplace concerns. : The episode focuses heavily on the strained
: MacGyver and his team go undercover at a high-end, glamorous Swiss resort to find a witness who has information about the criminal organization Codex . The mission becomes complicated when they discover the person they are looking for has undergone significant plastic surgery, making her unrecognizable from her file photos. : This season was the first produced under
: This was a two-part episode, with the story concluding in the following week's episode, " Legend of the Holy Rose: Part 2 ".
: One of the episode's most famous scenes features MacGyver trapped in a room with a descending blade. He uses a wax head from a nearby statue to clog a water pipe, which halts the mechanism driving the blade.