Warning: Full spoilers for the episode below.
The original MacGyver, which ran on ABC from 1985 to 1992, wasn't exactly high art. It was a serviceable adventure series that was able to distinguish itself at the time, and rise up out of the pack of other action shows of the era, thanks to its unique science-bent hero. Richard Dean Anderson's cerebral crusader, Angus MacGyver, was memorable enough to keep the nostalgia fires burning for decades while the name "MacGyver" transformed into a verb and Will Forte hit us with SNL's "MacGruber."
Was I wrong to expect a bit more from a MacGyver reboot then? Probably. Perhaps I thought, in this era of Peak TV, CBS' new MacGyver might come complete with a little more complexity and characterization. Nope. It's just a flat, glossy front-loaded spectacle that values quips and quirks over drama. It's spray cheese on saltines. The pilot episode (written by Hawaii Five-0's Peter Lenkov and directed by Furious 7's James Wan) may be filled chases and fights and all sorts of ticking time-bomb action, but there's nothing underneath.
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