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The Best Episodes of MacGyver

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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 with only a knapsack filled with everyday items he picks

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    MacGyver Season 1 Episode 5 - The Heist
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #1 - 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.

    Director:Paul Stanley
    Writer:James Schmerer

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  2. MacGyver Season 1 Episode 11 - Nightmares
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #2 - 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
    Writer:James Schmerer

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  3. MacGyver Season 1 Episode 14 - Countdown
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #3 - 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.

    Director:Stan Jolley
    Writers:David Ketchum, Tony DiMarco

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  4. MacGyver Season 2 Episode 18 - Partners
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #4 - 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.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writers:Bill Froehlich, Mark Lisson

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  5. MacGyver Season 3 Episode 9 - Hell Week
    8.5/10(4 votes)

    #5 - 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.

    Director:James L. Conway
    Writers:Leonard Mlodinow, Scott Rubenstein

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  6. MacGyver Season 3 Episode 17 - Mask of the Wolf
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #6 - 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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  7. MacGyver Season 4 Episode 7 - Deadly Dreams
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #7 - 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.

    Director:Les Landau
    Writer:Stephen Downing

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  8. MacGyver Season 4 Episode 15 - The Invisible Killer
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #8 - 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
    Writer:Chris Haddock

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  9. MacGyver Season 5 Episode 1 - Legend of the Holy Rose (1)
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #9 - 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.

    Director:Michael Caffey
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. MacGyver Season 5 Episode 2 - Legend of the Holy Rose (2)
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #10 - 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.

    Director:Charles Correll
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. MacGyver Season 5 Episode 6 - Halloween Knights
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #11 - 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.

    Director:Charles Correll
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. MacGyver Season 5 Episode 21 - Passages
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #12 - 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.

    Director:William Gereghty
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. MacGyver Season 6 Episode 6 - Lesson in Evil
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #13 - 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:William Gereghty
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. MacGyver Season 6 Episode 14 - Eye of Osiris
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #14 - 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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  15. MacGyver Season 6 Episode 19 - Strictly Business
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #15 - 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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  16. MacGyver Season 7 Episode 7 - Good Knight MacGyver (1)
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #16 - 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.

    Director:Michael Vejar
    Writer:John Considine

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  17. MacGyver Season 7 Episode 8 - Good Knight MacGyver (2)
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #17 - 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.

    Director:Michael Vejar
    Writer:John Considine

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  18. MacGyver Season 3 Episode 8 - The Widowmaker
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #18 - 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.

    Director:Michael Vejar
    Writer:John Whelpley

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  19. MacGyver Season 4 Episode 9 - Cleo Rocks
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #19 - 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.

    Director:Chuck Bowman
    Writers:John Sheppard, Rick Drew

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  20. MacGyver Season 1 Episode 3 - Thief of Budapest
    8.0/10(4 votes)

    #20 - 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.

    Directors:Lee H. Katzin, John Patterson
    Writers:Terry Nation, Joe Viola, Stephen Downing

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  21. MacGyver Season 1 Episode 6 - Trumbo's World
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #21 - 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.

    Directors:Donald Petrie, Lee H. Katzin
    Writer:Stephen Kandel

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  22. MacGyver Season 1 Episode 9 - The Prodigal
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #22 - 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.

    Director:Alexander Singer
    Writer:David Abramowitz

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  23. MacGyver Season 1 Episode 10 - 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.

    Directors:Ernest Pintoff, Lee H. Katzin
    Writer:Terry Nation

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  24. MacGyver Season 2 Episode 10 - 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.

    Directors:Alan Crosland, Jr.
    Writers:John J. Sakmar, Kerry Lenhart

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  25. MacGyver Season 2 Episode 16 - 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.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:Stephen Kronish

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Heist" is the best rated episode of "MacGyver". It scored 8.5/10 based on 2 votes. Directed by Paul Stanley and written by James Schmerer, it aired on 11/3/1985. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Nightmares".