80s macgyver had like 8326894 hot ex gfs all over the entire world he regularly visited but never actually touched, but also had exactly one (1) ex mysterious bad boy bf from high school who showed up every few months throughout their late 20s-30s to steal literally everything macgyver owned, get him shot at, get him arrested, call him private cutesy nicknames, crash planes&/cars they were in together, stay over at his house for weeks at a time uninvited, all while macgyver moaned about not wanting him there both privately in his own inner monologue & at the top of his lungs to his face, yet angus macgyver somehow is not regarded as a classic queer tv icon. what the hell and fuck.
#he’s literally captain kirk but with no back up & a more monogamous mindset#hello this is me eloise#tbd#i like don’t know if it’s just bc ppl think jack dalton isn’t a babe or what but? they were cute together actually so? what’s the story?#i haven’t slept in forever my adhd is too powerful this is hell actually#also canonically loves hockey which? gay. like he’s from minnesota but it’s still full body contact homoeroticism on ice#gay!!! also explain him bleaching his hair more and more despite his secret agent pursuits like?#pardon me malibu meets minneapolis hockey boy scout espionage barbie like?#please. p l e a s e.#macgyver#also they had him all bloody and crying in tight sleeveless tops all the time and like magically knowing it was murdoc in drag INSTANTLY?#also when he went full protective ex bf when jack was in hospital insisting a shady government agency pay for his ex bfs destroyed property#but getting rly nervous to admit to jack that like. he was actually responsible for said destroyed property bc he was checking out murdoc#again in full fucking drag like. macgyver as a straight guy is the least believable part of the entire show actually???#also when he had to come up with his dumb nerd loser persona & just made his voice higher & wore a cuter jacket than ever & did his hair?#come on? come on!!! except honourable mention to the one other undercover persona where he acted like he was maybe a small time con artist#sleeping w his straight older boss hooking him up w drugs & hot girls who looked like HIM?!#taking him on dates to the race track?!!!#like? maybe even more iconic queer tv than star trek tos maybe. holy fuck.#good god i need my meds so much i cant cope#eta: the episode where they fostered a baby together & macgyver built it little itsy bitsy baby hockey gear despite like We Cant Keep Him!#eta: the reveal in the first murdoc ep where macgyver was sleeping in jacks bed while he was in hospital altho the heavy implication was he#had been staying there awhile already before jack went to hospital? hello? hello?!#eta in several/almost all jack eps there’s a closeup on macgyver face when he literally says we’re over it’s OVER then a shot of jacks grin#???!!! who allowed this on actual tv like the 80s were so weird what WAS any of that if not classic queer media???#eta half the ITS OVER times def also featured macgyver going like I Can’t Believe You Did This To Me AGAIN & then looking at strangers#& pointing out jacks behaviour to them like ‘i can’t believe you did — he did it to me again!!!’ like. god. g o d.#eta ‘i never could just say no to him’ delivered in a tone of! but! oh well! we’re all just doing our best! que sera! like…alright mac sure#eta the ep that ends on jack shoving a bouquet of flowers in his hands & posing for a photo together?#eta the time jack seriously proposed they get married & raise that baby together?????? hello???!!!