Thief of Budapest

Opening gambit - Pegasus: MacGyver retrieves a stolen horse and gets picked up - literally - by a chopper. MacGyver travels to Budapest to meet with a Russian double agent who is in possession of a watch containing information about other Russian spies. Before MacGyver can take the watch, however, the agent is killed and the watch is stolen. Now MacGyver must work with the Gypsies to get it back. original airdate--October 13,1985 MacGyverisms In the bar, MacGyver grabs a handful of brown powder and creates a small flash of fire by tossing it in the air with a lit match. MacGyver creates a magnifying glass by taking a bobby pin, bending it, and dipping the curved end into a drink, collecting the liquid in the same manner children blow bubbles. MacGyver uses his Swiss Army Knife to cut thin strips of a credit card, and wedges them into the timing gears of the street light control system, which causes all the lights to go red at once, halting traffic. This is the first time in the series that MacGyver uses duct tape.