MacGyver season 3: Should Richard Dean Anderson appear?
We know going into the finale that there were many people out there clamoring for the original MacGyver to play the father of Lucas Till’s title character here. However, for the longest time it just felt like this sort of reveal was too obvious — basically, it’s the sort of thing that you could have imagined happening from the moment the pilot was put on the air.
In casting Tate Donovan for the role (a brilliant actor in his own right), what the show has down is allow someone new and fresh to take on the role. Having Mac’s dad be Oversight, the person who was actually leading the Phoenix Foundation in secret, turned out to be a great reveal that offered just enough surprise.
So where does MacGyver go with a Richard Dean Anderson appearance from here? We hope that it happens at some point before the end of the series’ run, potentially even in season 3. We understand as well the desire to wait a little while before making that reveal happen. Think about it like this — the reveal of Anderson, if it happens, should be as surprising as humanly possible. With that in mind, we’re hoping that there are going to be some great opportunities to see him in a different sort of role, something that can nod towards the original series while being something new in its own right. That’s something that the show has done already with Bruce McGill and Michael Des Barres, and we certainly think that they could do so one more time here.
We’ll continue to keep our eyes peeled as to whether or not we hear anything more about Anderson stopping by — we would certainly report the news if it comes out, but at the same time wouldn’t it be great if it’s a complete surprise and nobody knew about it in advance?
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Beyond Anderson, we’d certainly be down to see even more actors from the original show stop by during season 3. Alas, it’ll probably be a while until we hear anything more. (Filming is going to start up at some point in the summer.)
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