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The Best Episodes of MacGyver Season 2

Every episode of MacGyver Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of MacGyver Season 2!

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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.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    MacGyver Season 2 Episode 1 - DIY or DIE
    7.1/10(704 votes)

    #1 - DIY or DIE

    S2:E1

    Using a cell phone and soccer ball, MacGyver and the team search for a Navy SEAL who is believed to be alive in captivity in the Middle East.

    Director:Stephen Herek
    Writers:Peter M. Lenkov, Craig S. O'Neill, David Slack

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  2. MacGyver Season 2 Episode 2 - Muscle Car + Paper Clips
    7.5/10(611 votes)

    #2 - Muscle Car + Paper Clips

    S2:E2

    Using a necklace and a microwave transmitter, Mac and the team attempt to locate Riley after her first solo mission with a group of dangerous hackers goes off the rails

    Director:Ericson Core
    Writer:Nancy Kiu

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  3. MacGyver Season 2 Episode 3 - Roulette Wheel + Wire
    7.8/10(635 votes)

    #3 - Roulette Wheel + Wire

    S2:E3

    Using cuff links and wire, MacGyver and the team go undercover in a high stakes casino to steal diamonds from a vault before a terrorist group gets there first and trades the jewels for a weapon of mass destruction.

    Director:Duane Clark
    Writer:Justin Lisson

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  4. MacGyver Season 2 Episode 4 - X-Ray + Penny
    7.7/10(621 votes)

    #4 - X-Ray + Penny

    S2:E4

    When Murdoc drugs and kidnaps MacGyver, Mac uses a needle and his teeth to escape and join the team to save Murdoc’s next victim.

    Director:Bethany Rooney
    Writers:Craig S. O'Neill, David Slack

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  5. MacGyver Season 2 Episode 5 - Skull + Electromagnet
    7.7/10(617 votes)

    #5 - Skull + Electromagnet

    S2:E5

    The team is pulled away from their Halloween plans when they head into the dreaded Bermuda Triangle to retrieve the Vice President’s son after his plane goes down with a mysterious prisoner on board.

    Director:Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum
    Writer:Lindsey Allen

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  6. MacGyver Season 2 Episode 6 - Jet Engine + Pickup Truck
    7.4/10(596 votes)

    #6 - Jet Engine + Pickup Truck

    S2:E6

    Using a cassette player and a plastic bucket, Mac and the team attempt to extinguish a massive oil wellhead fire in a Nigerian village, set by a rebel group, which is trying to topple its government by destroying their most valuable resource.

    Director:Stephen Herek
    Writer:Andrew Karlsruher

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  7. MacGyver Season 2 Episode 7 - Duct Tape + Jack
    7.5/10(601 votes)

    #7 - Duct Tape + Jack

    S2:E7

    MacGyver uses a heater and hot sauce to help a key presidential candidate in Ecuador receive a heart transplant he desperately needs after a rebel group tries to sabotage delivery of the organ.

    Director:Gabriel Beristain
    Writer:Brian Durkin

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  8. MacGyver Season 2 Episode 8 - Packing Peanuts + Fire
    7.6/10(610 votes)

    #8 - Packing Peanuts + Fire

    S2:E8

    When MacGyver and Jack "steal" a priceless painting, using a table cloth and a shoe lace, in order to draw an infamous stolen art dealer out of hiding, they wind up getting conned out of the painting by the dealer's team. Also, Riley's estranged father, Elwood, asks to be part of her life, and Matty sends Bozer to a spy training camp.

    Director:Stacey K. Black
    Writer:Lindsey Allen

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  9. MacGyver Season 2 Episode 9 - CD-ROM + Hoagie Foil
    7.5/10(597 votes)

    #9 - CD-ROM + Hoagie Foil

    S2:E9

    Mac and the team follow a group of Indonesian mercenaries who are transporting a lethal amount of stolen nerve gas in the hopes of tracking them to their dangerous leader. Also, Jack confronts Elwood about Riley, and Bozer is pushed to his limit in spy school.

    Director:Bobby Roth
    Writers:Nancy Kiu, Marqui Jackson

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  10. MacGyver Season 2 Episode 10 - War Room + Ship
    8.1/10(641 votes)

    #10 - War Room + Ship

    S2:E10

    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
    Writers:Brian Durkin, Andrew Karlsruher

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  11. MacGyver Season 2 Episode 11 - Bullet + Pen
    8.0/10(614 votes)

    #11 - Bullet + Pen

    S2:E11

    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

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  12. MacGyver Season 2 Episode 12 - Mac + Jack
    8.1/10(625 votes)

    #12 - Mac + Jack

    S2:E12

    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:Unknown

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  13. MacGyver Season 2 Episode 13 - CO2 Sensor + Tree Branch
    7.6/10(594 votes)

    #13 - CO2 Sensor + Tree Branch

    S2:E13

    While Mac participates in a challenge for government operatives to create robotic combat machines, he must help his biggest competitor, Allie, when her vehicle is hacked and heads to the Pentagon. Also, Jack attends his high school reunion, hoping for a showdown with his old rival who beat him out for homecoming king.

    Director:Brad Turner
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. MacGyver Season 2 Episode 14 - Mardi Gras Beads + Chair
    7.9/10(589 votes)

    #14 - Mardi Gras Beads + Chair

    S2:E14

    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:Unknown

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  15. MacGyver Season 2 Episode 15 - Murdoc + Handcuffs
    8.0/10(590 votes)

    #15 - Murdoc + Handcuffs

    S2:E15

    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

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  16. MacGyver Season 2 Episode 16 - Hammock + Balcony
    7.9/10(584 votes)

    #16 - Hammock + Balcony

    S2:E16

    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

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  17. MacGyver Season 2 Episode 17 - Bear Trap + Mob Boss
    7.6/10(565 votes)

    #17 - Bear Trap + Mob Boss

    S2:E17

    Mac, Jack and Riley set out to find a mobster-turned-informant after he’s kidnapped and taken to Chernobyl by an international crime boss who’s worried he will deliver incriminating information to the CIA. Also, Bozer struggles to keep a secret from Matty.

    Director:Steven A. Adelson
    Writer:Nancy Kiu

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  18. MacGyver Season 2 Episode 18 - Riley + Airplane
    7.7/10(565 votes)

    #18 - Riley + Airplane

    S2:E18

    When Matty and the team search for a former government tech who stole classified intel and has been evading capture, they reunite with the Coltons, the family of bounty hunters, who are pursuing the same man for different reasons.

    Director:Antonio Negret
    Writer:Lindsey Allen

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  19. MacGyver Season 2 Episode 19 - Benjamin Franklin + Grey Duffle
    7.6/10(549 votes)

    #19 - Benjamin Franklin + Grey Duffle

    S2:E19

    As Mac and the team investigate the suspicious death of Dawn's CIA supervisor, the evidence leads to a dirty CIA agent and a massive counterfeiting ring.

    Director:Sharat Raju
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. MacGyver Season 2 Episode 20 - Skyscraper - Power
    7.8/10(551 votes)

    #20 - Skyscraper - Power

    S2:E20

    Mac and Jack attempt to rescue a billionaire’s son after he is kidnapped by a former Navy SEAL who uses an EMP weapon to cut off power and communication lines to the Shanghai skyscraper where the boy lives.

    Director:Peter Weller
    Writers:Brian Durkin, Josh Brown

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  21. MacGyver Season 2 Episode 21 - Wind + Water
    7.6/10(558 votes)

    #21 - Wind + Water

    S2:E21

    While MacGyver is in Puerto Rico helping his friend rebuild his hurricane-damaged home, he is taken hostage in the bank his friend manages when robbers attempt to steal $2 million.

    Director:Mark S. Manos
    Writer:Lee David Zlotoff

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  22. MacGyver Season 2 Episode 22 - UFO + Area 51
    7.9/10(546 votes)

    #22 - UFO + Area 51

    S2:E22

    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:Unknown

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  23. MacGyver Season 2 Episode 23 - MacGyver + MacGyver
    7.9/10(589 votes)

    #23 - MacGyver + MacGyver

    S2:E23

    MacGyver gets a shocking surprise when he tries to tell Matty that he’s quitting the Phoenix Foundation.

    Director:Stephen Herek
    Writers:Craig S. O'Neill, David Slack

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"DIY or DIE" is the best rated episode of "MacGyver" season 2. It scored 7.1/10 based on 704 votes. Directed by Stephen Herek and written by Peter M. Lenkov, Craig S. O'Neill, David Slack, it aired on 9/29/2017. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Muscle Car + Paper Clips".