The Best Episodes of MacGyver Season 4

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.6/10(580 votes)

   #1 - Fire + Ashes + Legacy = Phoenix

   S4:E12/7/2020

   Ex-MI6 agent Russ Taylor recruits former Phoenix Foundation members Mac, Riley, Bozer, Matty and Desi to hunt down a bioweapon that’s planned to be used by a mysterious organization for a devastating attack on a major U.S. city.

   Director:David Straiton

   Writer:Terry Matalas

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   Director:David Straiton

   Writer:Terry Matalas
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   7.8/10(525 votes)

   #2 - Red Cell + Quantum + Cold + Committed

   S4:E22/14/2020

   Department of Defense General John Acosta recruits MacGyver to steal a highly classified project from a military lab in order to find flaws in its security. But when it’s discovered that the general is planning an attack using the weapon, Phoenix must stop Acosta before the weapon is uploaded.

   Director:Alexandra La Roche

   Writer:Terry Matalas

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   Director:Alexandra La Roche

   Writer:Terry Matalas
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   7.6/10(523 votes)

   #3 - Kid + Plane + Cable + Truck

   S4:E32/21/2020

   MacGyver and the team board a plane that’s mid-flight when the pilot has a heart attack, and discover the medical emergency was intentional.

   Director:Lily Mariye

   Writer:Rob Pearlstein

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   Director:Lily Mariye

   Writer:Rob Pearlstein
4. 

   7.5/10(540 votes)

   #4 - Windmill + Acetone + Celluloid + Firing Pin

   S4:E42/28/2020

   As MacGyver works quickly to rescue survivors from a collapsed building in Germany, he discovers a new safety threat – a 1,000-pound undetonated bomb from World War II hidden beneath the rubble.

   Director:Eagle Egilsson

   Writer:Andrew Karlsruher

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   Director:Eagle Egilsson

   Writer:Andrew Karlsruher
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   7.6/10(511 votes)

   #5 - Soccer + Desi + Merchant + Titan

   S4:E53/6/2020

   In an attempt to find the main players in the Codex and cut off their match-fixing funding, Desi goes undercover to infiltrate a soccer team and find the corrupt player working with the shadow organization.

   Director:Duane Clark

   Writer:Cindy Appel

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   Director:Duane Clark

   Writer:Cindy Appel
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   7.4/10(498 votes)

   #6 - Right + Wrong + Both + Neither

   S4:E63/13/2020

   When Russ’ first love, Emilia, is kidnapped by the same rebels he fought during his private military contract days, he takes the Phoenix team to a small, impoverished town to rescue her and rid the town of the rebels for good.

   Director:Roderick Davis

   Writer:Andrew Klein

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   Director:Roderick Davis

   Writer:Andrew Klein
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   7.9/10(527 votes)

   #7 - Mac + Desi + Riley + Aubrey

   S4:E73/27/2020

   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

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   Director:Brad Turner

   Writer:Stephanie Hicks
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   8.0/10(529 votes)

   #8 - Father + Son + Father + Matriarch

   S4:E84/3/2020

   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

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   Director:David Straiton

   Writer:Travis Fickett
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   8.0/10(506 votes)

   #9 - Code + Artemis + Nuclear + N3mesis

   S4:E94/10/2020

   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

   Writers:Casey Tollett Botta, Brandon Botta

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   Director:Michael Martinez

   Writers:Casey Tollett Botta, Brandon Botta
10. 

    7.5/10(500 votes)

    #10 - Tesla + Bell + Edison + Mac

    S4:E104/17/2020

    When Mac is put into a dream state to help him recall key evidence found in Nikola Tesla’s secret lab that could stop Codex’s deadly plot, he encounters Nikola Tesla, Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison…and his mother.

    Director:Yangzom Brauen

    Writer:Rob Pearlstein

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    Director:Yangzom Brauen

    Writer:Rob Pearlstein
11. 

    7.9/10(469 votes)

    #11 - Psy-Op + Cell + Merchant + Birds

    S4:E114/24/2020

    Mac is placed inside a fake prison cell with a top Codex operative, The Merchant, in order to gain his trust and get intel on their next move.

    Director:Ericson Core

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Ericson Core

    Writer:Unknown
12. 

    7.9/10(493 votes)

    #12 - Loyalty + Family + Rogue + Hellfire

    S4:E125/1/2020

    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 Wing Shotz

    Writer:Jim Adler

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    Director:Geoff Wing Shotz

    Writer:Jim Adler
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    7.7/10(493 votes)

    #13 - Save + The + Dam + World

    S4:E135/8/2020

    With Mac and Riley undercover with Codex, hoping to stop the organization from within, their mission is interrupted when Russ, Desi and the Phoenix team move to prevent Codex from detonating a weapon of mass destruction, with Mac and Riley caught in the crosshairs. Also, the team discovers Russ’ real reason for purchasing the Phoenix Foundation.

    Director:Carlos Bernard

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Carlos Bernard

    Writer:Unknown