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Peter
Thornton
MacGyver's boss and best friend, Pete Thornton worked for many
years as an operative of the Department of External Services. It
was during this time that he met MacGyver while tracking the
international assassin Murdoc. Seven years later, Pete took the
position of Director of Operations at the Phoenix Foundation, which
he now holds. Peter has a son named Michael from a previous
marriage (to a lady named Connie). Their marriage ended twenty
years ago, when Michael was very young. It ended, basically,
becaused Peter cared too much about work and never gave Connie the
attention that she deserved. Michael, in all fairness, grew up
without really knowing his father. However, Pete ran to his and
Connie's aid when they got kidnapped by a former DXS agent.
Afterwards, Pete tried to make amends by letting Michael work
alongside him at the Phoenix Foundation. Unfortunately, Michael's
scarred past of growing up without Pete, tempted him to betray him.
He got mixed up in a theft ring and hatched a plot to steal
top-secret government blueprints from the Phoenix Foundation. After
getting caught red-handed by both Pete and MacGyver, Michael was
forced to expose the rest of the co-conspiritors. To this day, Pete
and Michael are still trying to reconcile their differences.
Through the next couple of years, Pete begins to develop
symptoms of glaucoma, a degeneration of the eyes that eventually
leads to blindness. Pete underwent an eye operation (with his
ex-wife, by his side) that did very little to aid his condition. He
is now legally blind and needs a special computer to magnify
printed text.
Peter Thornton, among many things, is a true friend. He is,
perhaps, one of the most realistic characters of any television
show. He has his problems (his temperment and a superior lack of
patience) but when it comes down to it, his loyalty (to both his
friends and job) and determination makes him quite a marvelous and
extraordinary individual.