ORIGINAL AIRDATE: November 10th, 1985 —

THIS is how you get ants, with ornithologist Dr. Charles Alden [SPECIAL GUEST: Peter Jurasik!]

OPENING GAMBIT: A geologist is abducted and held captive in a small Basque village, when MacGyver shows up to bust her out and face his greatest fear once again.

MISSION: MacGyver and his old pal Dr. Charles Alden butt heads with Lucien Trumbo, an Amazonian landowner in the path of a trillion ravenous soldier ants.

This week’s highlights include:

This week, we learn Peter Jurasik is the kindest man in the universe. He is perhaps best known for his long-running television contributions as Sid Thurston on Hill Street Blues/Beverly Hills Buntz and as Centauri Ambassador Londo Mollari on Babylon 5. He also made an appearance in Tron as Crom, the unfortunate victim of Flynn’s ring game prowess. Here is a link to the upcoming film he mentioned in our interview.

The Longest Ride

In case we lost you with our “do it live” comments, check this out.

Army Ants (Zoology)

Soldier or Army ants refers to any group of ants that are nomadic in nature and display aggressive foraging methods spread out over a wide area.

Check out the article on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_ant.

Watch S1E6: “Trumbo’s World” on CBS’s website or check the alternative streamability of this episode here.