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The Best Episodes of MacGyver

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Every episode of MacGyver ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of MacGyver!

The Best Episodes of MacGyver

He's everyone's favorite action hero... but he's a hero with a difference. Angus MacGyver is a secret agent whose wits are his deadliest weapon. Armed...

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  1. Background image for Hell Week
    8.7/10(3 votes)

    #1 - Hell Week

    S3:E9

    A desperate physics student goes off the deep end and boobytraps a college lab when he fails to win a science competition and to live up to his father's high expectations.

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  2. Background image for The Heist
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #2 - The Heist

    S1:E5

    When $60 million worth of stolen diamonds destined for a relief charity end up in the hands of casino owner Jack Catlin, MacGyver must head to the Virgin Islands to try and get them back. With the help of Chris Rhodes, a senator's daughter, MacGyver masterminds a plan to break into Catlin's vault and steal them back.

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  3. Background image for The Prodigal
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #3 - The Prodigal

    S1:E9

    A man wants to testify against his mobster brother in Federal Court, and MacGyver has the job of keeping him safe, but the man's mother is dying and he wants to visit her.

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  4. Background image for Nightmares
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #4 - Nightmares

    S1:E11

    When MacGyver comes home with some important documents, he's drugged by enemy agents and told that he will die in six hours if he doesn't retrieve the documents for them. But MacGyver, using an old prisoner trick, escapes. Now the only problem is convincing someone that he's not just another drunk.

    Director:Cliff Bole
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  5. Background image for Countdown
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #5 - Countdown

    S1:E14

    A mysterious person who calls himself "Viking" has just bombed the cruise ship Victoria, underway in the North Pacific Ocean. He demands six million dollars or another bomb will go off within hours. So MacGyver gets called in, along with his old Vietnam bomb-defusal partner, Charlie Robinson, to disarm it. But when they get there, they find out there's more than one bomb on the ship. Complications arise when MacGyver's partner sets off one of the bombs, and the bomber decides that DXS operated in bad faith and refuses to hand over the bomb-disarming instructions after he gets the extortion money.

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  6. Background image for Partners
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #6 - Partners

    S2:E18

    MacGyver and Pete meet at a wrecking yard, both thinking that the other one arranged the meeting. Soon an unknown assailant captures them inside a big truck. Their only clue is an obituary for them and Jack Dalton.

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  8. Background image for Mask of the Wolf
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #7 - Mask of the Wolf

    S3:E17

    Jack and Mac help an ancient Indian search for a wolf mask that two mercenaries are also eager to have.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:Unknown
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  9. Background image for Deadly Dreams
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #8 - Deadly Dreams

    S4:E7

    MacGyver gets involved in the search for an escaped serial killer. Soon he comes to the conclusion that the killer had help from another prisoner—an even more sinister man.

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  10. Background image for The Invisible Killer
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #9 - The Invisible Killer

    S4:E15

    MacGyver heads up a trip with four other Phoenix Foundation employees into the wilderness as part of a stress reduction program. After discovering that a prison bus accident has freed several prisoners, the employees begin to question each other's behavior. MacGyver must now figure out which man, if any, is not to be trusted before it's too late.

    Director:Dana Elcar
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  11. Background image for Legend of the Holy Rose (1)
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #10 - Legend of the Holy Rose (1)

    S5:E1

    MacGyver and an old friend dash around the world searching for the artifacts necessary to locate the Holy Grail, just one step ahead of a ruthless man on the same trail, who will do anything to get to it before they do.

    Writer:Unknown
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  12. Background image for Legend of the Holy Rose (2)
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #11 - Legend of the Holy Rose (2)

    S5:E2

    MacGyver and an old friend dash around the world searching for the artifacts necessary to locate the Holy Grail, just one step ahead of a ruthless man on the same trail.

    Writer:Unknown
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  13. Background image for Halloween Knights
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #12 - Halloween Knights

    S5:E6

    An old nemesis enlists MacGyver's help to rescue someone important to him—and she's scheduled to be executed during a Halloween Party put on by a professional assassination organization.

    Writer:Unknown
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  14. Background image for Passages
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #13 - Passages

    S5:E21

    Frantic with worry about his gravely-ill Grandpa Harry, MacGyver experiences a strange near-death phenomena, seeing his parents again, when he's injured by a man who's stolen an ancient Egyptian relic.

    Writer:Unknown
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  15. Background image for Lesson in Evil
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #14 - Lesson in Evil

    S6:E6

    Dr. Zito returns to menace MacGyver and Murphy when he escapes after his latest sanity hearing, leaving a series of nasty clues designed to give Mac a crash course in evil.

    Director:Bill Gereghty
    Writer:Unknown
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  16. Background image for Eye of Osiris
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #15 - Eye of Osiris

    S6:E14

    Mac helps out on an archelogical dig for Alexander the Great's tomb. But the expedition seems to be followed by bad luck. Several incidents nearly causes a shut-down. Then Mac finds clues leading to Alex's tomb. Unfortunally, the accidents are not coincidental, and they meet a very vengeful man who traps them inside the grave...

    Director:Michael Vejar
    Writer:Unknown
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  17. Background image for Strictly Business
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #16 - Strictly Business

    S6:E19

    Murdoc wants to come out of retirement, but his former employers at Homicide International request that he take out MacGyver as a demonstration of his sincere desire to rejoin them.

    Director:Michael Vejar
    Writer:Unknown
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  18. Background image for Good Knight MacGyver (1)
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #17 - Good Knight MacGyver (1)

    S7:E7

    A genealogy investigation and a knock on the head takes Mac back to King Arthur's court, where he must use his knowledge to prove Merlin innocent of harming the King, find the fair Cecilia and foil Morgana's attempt to take over the throne.

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  19. Background image for Good Knight MacGyver (2)
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #18 - Good Knight MacGyver (2)

    S7:E8

    A genealogy investigation and a knock on the head takes Mac back to King Arthur's court, where he must use his knowledge to prove Merlin innocent of harming the King, find the fair Cecilia and foil Morgana's attempt to take over the throne.

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  20. Background image for The Widowmaker
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #19 - The Widowmaker

    S3:E8

    MacGyver is forced out of his grief over the tragic death of a friend by a madman with a score to settle from their past association.

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  21. Background image for Cleo Rocks
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #20 - Cleo Rocks

    S4:E9

    Penny Parker's big chance in a major professional role is threatened from two directions: a money shortage and several deaths linked to the musical she is set to perform in.

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  22. Background image for Thief of Budapest
    8.0/10(4 votes)

    #21 - Thief of Budapest

    S1:E3

    MacGyver travels to Budapest to meet with a Russian double agent who is in possession of a watch containing information about other Russian spies. However, before MacGyver can take the watch, the agent is killed and the watch is stolen. Now MacGyver must work with the Gypsies to get it back.

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  23. Background image for Trumbo's World
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #22 - Trumbo's World

    S1:E6

    MacGyver comes along on a expedition to Brazil with his friend, entomologist Dr. Alden. They meet with a landowner and recluse, Trumbo, who is initially hostile. However, when they realize that a mile-wide column of army ants is moving through the jungle, they team together to mount a defense.

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  24. Background image for Target MacGyver
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #23 - Target MacGyver

    S1:E10

    After blowing away a nuclear facility under the control of an aggressive world leader, MacGyver returns home for some peace and quiet, only to find his boss waiting for him. He advises MacGyver that a contract is out on his life and he needs to skip town for awhile.

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  25. Background image for Three For the Road
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #24 - Three For the Road

    S2:E10

    A retired actor and his wife stop at a motel on the way to Los Angeles. MacGyver rescues them from a drunkard who nearly makes a mark on their car. MacGyver is supposed to meet a mobster-turned-informant at the motel, but the meeting goes wrong. The mob shows up and kills MacGyver's friend before he can give MacGyver what he promised. Instead the bag lands in the old couple's car, where the old actor finds it and discovers it full of money.

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  26. Background image for Out in the Cold
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #25 - Out in the Cold

    S2:E16

    When MacGyver and Pete go skiing, a man switches poles with MacGyver, only moments before being gunned down and killed by his former friends. But the gunshot starts an avalanche, which covers MacGyver completely, leaving it up to Pete to convince the mountain rangers to stage a search and rescue before the next avalanche comes. As MacGyver finally is dug up, the gangsters are there, waiting for him, and whatever is hidden in that ski pole.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Hell Week" is the best rated episode of "MacGyver". It scored 8.7/10 based on 3 votes. Directed by James L. Conway and written by Leonard Mlodinow, Scott Rubenstein, it aired on 11/23/1987. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Heist".