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With the quality of the writing taking a nose dive
the fifth season of “MacGyver” is probably not the place
to start collecting this show. The first four seasons were
better written overall although there was an occasional
dip in quality in those seasons as well. Still the show
got off to a bad start from the first two episodes of season
five and just never quite recovered despite some fine episodes
and a consistently winning performance from Richard Dean
Anderson in the title role.
Image & Sound:
One step up two steps back seems to the buzz word for
this series on DVD. The series has improved in its presentation
while the writing of the series took a definite turn for
the worst. Color is pretty good overall (unless there’s
stock footage used) although the image quality is soft in
most of the episodes. The fifth season isn’t perfect but
it’s a distinct improvement on previous releases (particularly
the dismal looking first and third seasons). The 2.0 stereo
mix sounds surprisingly feisty with clear, crisp dialogue.
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