7.1/10701 votes#1 - DIY or DIE
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/2017
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
Writer: Peter M. Lenkov, David Slack, Craig S. O'Neill
7.4/10609 votes#2 - Muscle Car + Paper Clips
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/6/2017
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
7.8/10631 votes#3 - Roulette Wheel + Wire
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/13/2017
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
7.7/10617 votes#4 - X-Ray + Penny
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/20/2017
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
Writer: David Slack, Craig S. O'Neill
7.7/10617 votes#5 - Skull + Electromagnet
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/27/2017
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
7.4/10595 votes#6 - Jet Engine + Pickup Truck
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/3/2017
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
7.5/10600 votes#7 - Duct Tape + Jack
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/10/2017
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
7.6/10608 votes#8 - Packing Peanuts + Fire
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/17/2017
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
7.5/10595 votes#9 - CD-ROM + Hoagie Foil
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 12/1/2017
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
Writer: Nancy Kiu, Marqui Jackson
8.1/10638 votes#10 - 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
7.9/10614 votes#11 - 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
8.1/10618 votes#12 - 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
7.6/10592 votes#13 - CO2 Sensor + Tree Branch
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 1/12/2018
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: N/A
7.9/10586 votes#14 - 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
7.9/10588 votes#15 - 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
7.8/10580 votes#16 - 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
7.6/10564 votes#17 - Bear Trap + Mob Boss
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 3/9/2018
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
7.6/10562 votes#18 - Riley + Airplane
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 3/30/2018
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
7.6/10545 votes#19 - Benjamin Franklin + Grey Duffle
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 4/6/2018
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: N/A
7.7/10549 votes#20 - Skyscraper - Power
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 4/13/2018
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
Writer: Brian Durkin, Josh Brown
7.6/10555 votes#21 - Wind + Water
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 4/20/2018
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
7.8/10542 votes#22 - 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
7.8/10584 votes#23 - 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
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!
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.
Genres:DramaAction & Adventure
Network:CBS
Season 2 Ratings Summary
"DIY or DIE" is the best rated episode of "MacGyver" season 2. It scored 7.1/10 based on 701 votes. Directed by Stephen Herek and written by Peter M. Lenkov, David Slack, Craig S. O'Neill, it aired on 9/29/2017. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Muscle Car + Paper Clips".