The Best Episodes of MacGyver
Every episode of MacGyver ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of MacGyver!
20-something Angus MacGyver creates a clandestine organization where he uses his knack for solving problems in unconventional ways to help prevent disasters from happening.
Top Episode Ratings Summary
The best episode of "MacGyver" is "Father + Bride + Betrayal", rated 8.2/10 from 618 user votes. It was directed by Avi Youabian and written by N/A. "Father + Bride + Betrayal" aired on 2/1/2019 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "War Room + Ship".
8.2/10 618 votes#1 - Father + Bride + Betrayal
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 2/1/2019
An international crime boss offers Matty a deal she can’t refuse – he’ll surrender himself into her custody if he’s allowed to return to the United States to watch his daughter walk down the aisle. MacGyver and team crash the wedding to ensure the crime lord doesn’t run, only to discover they’re not the only ones lying in wait at the event.
Director: Avi Youabian
Writer: N/A
8.1/10 635 votes#2 - War Room + Ship
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/8/2017
When 32 college students are stranded on a research ship in the Arctic Ocean with no heat and erupting fires, Mac develops an emotional connection to the group leader, via video chat, as he relays how to stay alive as they await a rescue ship. Also, Jack kidnaps Elwood to find out what scam he’s up to next, and Bozer’s feelings toward Leanna grow stronger.
Director: Tawnia McKiernan
Writer: Brian Durkin, Andrew Karlsruher
8.1/10 617 votes#3 - Mac + Jack
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/5/2018
When Mac and Jack are trapped inside Mac's house, which his nemesis, The Ghost, has rigged with explosives, Mac uses a karaoke mic and an audio transformer to let the team know that this bomb is a distraction for a bigger one. Also, through flashbacks, Mac and Jack's contentious first meeting unfolds.
Director: Ron Underwood
Writer: N/A
8.1/10 544 votes#4 - Murdoc + Helman + Hit
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 4/5/2019
When Nicholas Helman resurfaces to carry out a killing spree, the Phoenix is forced to get help from the one person who knows him best… his protégé, Murdoc.
Director: Roderick Davis
Writer: Lee David Zlotoff
8.1/10 632 votes#5 - Jack + Kinematics + Safe Cracker + MgKNO3 + GTO
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 1/15/2021
Using a cryptic postcard as their only clue, Mac and the team must solve a fallen friend’s final case and bring him justice.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/10 587 votes#6 - Murdoc + MacGyver + Murdoc
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 11/2/2018
Murdoc abducts MacGyver’s girlfriend, Nasha, to force Mac to help him rescue his son, Cassian, from a kidnapper. Also, a dangerous individual from Murdoc’s personal life shows up, giving Mac a glimpse into the villain’s past.
Director: Stephen Herek
Writer: Craig S. O'Neill
8.0/10 581 votes#7 - Revenge + Catacombs + Le Fantome
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/16/2018
MacGyver and the team set off on a dangerous capture operation after an Irish military intelligence officer approaches them claiming to know the whereabouts of “The Ghost,” a lethal bomb maker whom Mac has been hunting for years.
Director: Lily Mariye
Writer: Brian Durkin
8.0/10 564 votes#8 - Wilderness + Training + Survival
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 1/18/2019
When MacGyver takes Riley and Bozer into the wilderness for a weekend of survival training, things take a turn when they run into a violent group of criminals who are searching the rugged backcountry for a lost crate of money. Also, Jack and Matty go on a road trip to place Matty’s ex-husband and his family in witness protection.
Director: Brad Turner
Writer: Andrew Klein, Josh Brown
8.0/10 530 votes#9 - Mason + Cable + Choices
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 5/10/2019
MacGyver faces off with a cunning new adversary whose carefully crafted plans put Mac at the epicenter of an impossible choice: save the life of a friend, or save the lives of hundreds of innocents. Also, Mac receives new information that will drive a wedge between him and his father.
Director: Maja Vrvilo
Writer: Jim Adler
8.0/10 522 votes#10 - Father + Son + Father + Matriarch
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 4/3/2020
After Oversight is almost killed in a bombing, he recruits Mac to help him find the suspected bomber, Mason. However, when Mason reveals he didn’t plant the bomb, the three team up to track down Codex, the shadow organization that set them up. Also, Mac meets his aunt Gwendolyn.
Director: David Straiton
Writer: Travis Fickett
8.0/10 500 votes#11 - Code + Artemis + Nuclear + N3mesis
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 4/10/2020
While Mac’s friends surround him during his time of grief, Los Angeles’ power grid is taken hostage in a ransomware attack resulting in a citywide blackout, and the team discovers the code used was written by Riley years ago
Director: Michael Martinez
Writer: Brandon Botta, Casey Tollett Botta
8.0/10 621 votes#12 - Banh Bao + Sterno + Drill + Burner + Mason
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 1/8/2021
Mac's meeting with Desi's parents goes sideways when her brother finds himself in trouble and desperately needs their help. Also, Russ and Matty must ask an old nemesis for assistance when their new recruitment candidate is kidnapped.
Director: Peter Weller
Writer: Justin Lisson, Sophia Lopez
8.0/10 616 votes#13 - Diamond + Quake + Carbon + Comms + Tower
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 3/5/2021
While on a mission to hunt down a Codex lead, Mac and the team discover Murdoc hacked their comms and has recorded them for months. Now, Mac and the team must stop Murdoc, who is working with Andrews, as they plot to kill thousands and reveal each Phoenix member’s most-guarded secrets.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.9/10 612 votes#14 - Bullet + Pen
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/15/2017
The LAPD interrupts the team’s Christmas celebration to arrest Mac for terrorism when they find a body in a building destroyed by a bomb Mac built.
Director: Carlos Bernard
Writer: Marqui Jackson
7.9/10 584 votes#15 - Mardi Gras Beads + Chair
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 1/19/2018
When the team heads to New Orleans to track down the con artist who is posing as the wife of “Duke Jacoby,” one of Jack’s old CIA aliases, Jack finds himself in jeopardy when “Duke’s” old enemies resurface looking for revenge.
Director: Michael Martinez
Writer: N/A
7.9/10 587 votes#16 - Murdoc + Handcuffs
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 2/2/2018
After one of Murdoc's go-to assassins agrees to hand over Murdoc to MacGyver in exchange for $10 million, the team finds itself protecting Murdoc from his former mentor, Nicholas Helman, who wants him dead. Also, Jack realizes he may still have feelings for Riley's mother, Diane.
Director: Stephen Herek
Writer: Marqui Jackson
7.9/10 554 votes#17 - Mac + Fallout + Jack
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 1/4/2019
Mac and Jack hit the road for a weekend of relaxation in Las Vegas, but their mini-vacation is cut short when someone from their past abducts them and locks them in a concrete room. Also, Matty tasks Riley, Bozer and Leanna with stealing a diamond encoded with terrorist intel from a princess in Milan.
Director: Carlos Bernard
Writer: Jim Adler
7.9/10 553 votes#18 - Fence + Suitcase + Americium-241
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 1/11/2019
The Phoenix teams up with a woman who’s a soccer mom by day but a master thief by night to catch one of her contacts, an underworld criminal, who has hired her to steal a dirty bomb.
Director: Ron Underwood
Writer: Brian Durkin
7.9/10 521 votes#19 - Mac + Desi + Riley + Aubrey
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 3/27/2020
A double date descends into chaos when Mac and Desi witness a murder in the back of the restaurant, and as they work to find the killer, Riley tries to keep the secret about her and her friends’ “day jobs” from her new boyfriend, Aubrey.
Director: Brad Turner
Writer: Stephanie Hicks
7.9/10 489 votes#20 - Loyalty + Family + Rogue + Hellfire
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 5/1/2020
The Phoenix team is forever altered when MacGyver’s Aunt Gwen gets into his head about family and connection and convinces Mac and Riley to join Codex. Also, Matty and Russ take their concerns about Codex to the White House.
Director: Geoff Shotz
Writer: Jim Adler
7.9/10 568 votes#21 - Golden Lancehead + Venom + Pole Vault + Blood + Baggage
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 2/5/2021
The secret experimental cancer treatment Mac’s developing with a friend is discovered when culprits ransack their lab, kidnap Mac’s partner and plan to use the research to create a powerful new nerve agent.
Director: David Straiton
Writer: Andrew Karlsruher, Josh Brown
7.8/10 579 votes#22 - Hammock + Balcony
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 3/2/2018
MacGyver, Leanna, Riley and Bozer pose as honeymoon couples at a resort in order to gain information about a Serbian war criminal from his newly married son. Also, Bozer wonders if Matty knows about his relationship with Leanna, and Jack recruits Elwood to help him break into Matty’s home.
Director: Eagle Egilsson
Writer: Justin Lisson
7.8/10 541 votes#23 - UFO + Area 51
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 4/27/2018
Mac and Riley are attacked by a group of masked men after the government calls them in to examine a mysterious object that crash-landed in the Nevada desert. Also, Riley uncovers new information about Mac’s father but questions whether to deliver it to him after he says he needs to move on.
Director: Ericson Core
Writer: N/A
7.8/10 582 votes#24 - MacGyver + MacGyver
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 5/4/2018
MacGyver gets a shocking surprise when he tries to tell Matty that he’s quitting the Phoenix Foundation.
Director: Stephen Herek
Writer: David Slack, Craig S. O'Neill
7.8/10 600 votes#25 - Bravo Lead + Loyalty + Friendship
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/5/2018
When Jack receives an emergency distress signal from one of his old Delta buddies who is falsely accused of terrorism in a foreign country, MacGyver and Jack quickly recruit the rest of Jack’s old Delta team and stage an unsanctioned rescue op.
Director: Duane Clark
Writer: Brian Durkin