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The Best Episodes of MacGyver

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. 8.5/10(2 votes)

    #1 - The Heist

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    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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  2. 8.5/10(2 votes)

    #2 - The Prodigal

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    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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  3. 8.5/10(2 votes)

    #3 - Nightmares

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    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.

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    Director:Cliff Bole
  4. 8.5/10(2 votes)

    #4 - Countdown

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    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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  5. 8.5/10(2 votes)

    #5 - Deadly Dreams

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    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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  6. 8.5/10(2 votes)

    #6 - The Invisible Killer

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    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.

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    Director:Dana Elcar
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  8. 8.5/10(2 votes)

    #7 - Legend of the Holy Rose (1)

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    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.

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    Writer:N/A
  9. 8.5/10(2 votes)

    #8 - Legend of the Holy Rose (2)

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    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.

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    Writer:N/A
  10. 8.5/10(2 votes)

    #9 - Halloween Knights

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    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.

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    Writer:N/A
  11. 8.5/10(2 votes)

    #10 - Passages

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    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.

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    Writer:N/A
  12. 8.4/10(479 votes)

    #11 - The Widowmaker

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    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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  13. 8.3/10(3 votes)

    #12 - Cleo Rocks

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    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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  14. 8.1/10(435 votes)

    #13 - Phoenix Under Siege

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    S2:E11

    While retrieving tickets for a hockey game at the Phoenix Foundation, MacGyver and his grandpa Harry get caught in the middle of a woman's plot to blow up the building using a bomb that she herself made. They try to escape, but are locked in. Now they must figure another way out before she activates the bomb.

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    Writer:N/A
  15. 8.1/10(419 votes)

    #14 - Partners

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    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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  16. 8.0/10(4 votes)

    #15 - Thief of Budapest

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    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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  17. 8.0/10(3 votes)

    #16 - Trumbo's World

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    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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  18. 8.0/10(2 votes)

    #17 - Target MacGyver

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    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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  19. 8.0/10(402 votes)

    #18 - Hell Week

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    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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  20. 8.0/10(2 votes)

    #19 - The Survivors

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    S4:E6

    While on assignment to test field agents for the Phoenix Foundation, MacGyver and Pete discover the wreckage of a DEA plane shot down by dangerous drug smugglers.

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  21. 8.0/10(2 votes)

    #20 - The Battle of Tommy Giordano

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    S4:E11

    The young son of MacGyver's co-worker is kidnapped by the boy's father. MacGyver must go and retrieve the boy from the house of the boy's uncle—a powerful mob boss.

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  22. 8.0/10(5 votes)

    #21 - The Ten Percent Solution

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    S5:E9

    The Phoenix Foundation's purchase of a Nazi art treasure leads Mac to a holocaust survivor who claims family ownership of the painting, and to a group working to create their own ‘Aryan nation’.

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    Writer:N/A
  23. 7.9/10(449 votes)

    #22 - The Human Factor

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    S2:E1

    MacGyver and Pete are testing a new security system at the Strategic Research Development Administration. MacGyver successfully bypasses the security and meets Dr. Jill Ludlam, the system's designer. She tries to turn off the security system, but it doesn't realize that it was just a test. MacGyver and Dr. Ludlam are then forced to find a way out, as the security system, named Sandy, tries to destroy the "intruders."

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  24. 7.9/10(374 votes)

    #23 - The Negotiator

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    S3:E15

    MacGyver becomes infatuated with a woman while conducting environmental-impact studies. However, what MacGyver does not know is that the woman was hired to "persuade" him to skip the studies—and if necessary, kill him.

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  25. 7.9/10(323 votes)

    #24 - The Stringer

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    S7:E13

    While working with Chinese dissidents to expose illegal labor camps, MacGyver gets unexpected help from a young photojournalist who claims to be his son!

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    Director:Michael Vejar
    Writer:N/A
  26. 7.8/10(441 votes)

    #25 - Ghost Ship

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    S3:E4

    While mapping the wilderness for the Phoenix foundation, MacGyver stumbles on a deserted ship and finds a runaway girl who tells him that the rest of crew was driven away by Bigfoot.

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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, "The Prodigal".