The Worst Episodes of MacGyver

#1 Worst Episode
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6.1/10(1474 votes)
#1 - The Rising
S1:E19/23/2016
Angus MacGyver and Jack Dalton, special agents for the Department of External Services (DXS), join forces to recover a missing bioweapon that has the ability to destroy hundreds of thousands of people with one single drop.
Director:James Wan
Writer:Peter M. Lenkov
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Director:James Wan
Writer:Peter M. Lenkov
6.4/10(1069 votes)
#2 - Metal Saw
S1:E29/30/2016
MacGyver and the team attempt to rescue Sarah, Jack’s former CIA partner/ex-girlfriend who went missing in Venezuela after she obtained evidence to take down an international arms dealer.
Director:Jerry Levine
Writer:Craig S. O'Neill
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Director:Jerry Levine
Writer:Craig S. O'Neill
6.6/10(941 votes)
#3 - Awl
S1:E310/7/2016
MacGyver and the team are in Malaysia to extract a terrorist groups’ money man, Ralph, who holds key intel to an impending attack. But the mission goes south when the man is shot, and now, with only a driver’s license and hand sanitizer available, MacGyver must keep Ralph alive in order to learn the terrorists’ plans.
Director:Matt Earl Beesley
Writer:David Slack
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Director:Matt Earl Beesley
Writer:David Slack
7.0/10(907 votes)
#4 - Wire Cutter
S1:E410/14/2016
Mac and Jack partner with older versions of themselves, a Russian bomb programmer and his estranged handler, to shut down a Soviet-era warhead in Moscow. But when the antiquated computer needed to disable the warhead becomes inoperable, Mac must find a way to fix it with only duct tape and wire in time to prevent a new Cold War.
Director:Joe Dante
Writer:John Turman
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Director:Joe Dante
Writer:John Turman
7.1/10(724 votes)
#5 - DIY or DIE
S2:E19/29/2017
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
Writers:Craig S. O'Neill, Peter M. Lenkov, David Slack
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Director:Stephen Herek
Writers:Craig S. O'Neill, Peter M. Lenkov, David Slack
7.2/10(875 votes)
#6 - Toothpick
S1:E510/21/2016
Using only an armrest, a curtain rod, and a toothpick, MacGyver must fix a sabotaged train in order to protect a whistleblower who has proof that her boss is selling weapons to U.S. enemies.
Director:Bobby Roth
Writer:Nancy Kiu
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Director:Bobby Roth
Writer:Nancy Kiu

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7.2/10(810 votes)
#7 - Chisel
S1:E911/18/2016
With only a chisel and matchbook, MacGyver and team must defend themselves the U.S. embassy workers in Latvia from extremists who are attempting to retrieve their leader. Also, Bozer faces a big decision now that he knows who Mac really is.
Director:Brad Tanenbaum
Writers:Bret VandenBos, Brandon Willer
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Director:Brad Tanenbaum
Writers:Bret VandenBos, Brandon Willer
7.2/10(754 votes)
#8 - C8H7ClO + Nano-Trackers + Resistance + Maldives + Mind Games
S5:E113/26/2021
Mac and Riley head overseas together to prevent a governmental collapse and inadvertently inhale new deadly microscopic technology.
Director:Unknown
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Unknown
Writer:Unknown
7.3/10(740 votes)
#9 - Large Blade
S1:E131/13/2017
On the way back from capturing a war criminal, Mac and Jack’s helicopter crashes in a remote area of Kazakhstan, injuring their pilot and allowing their prisoner to escape with Jack’s gun. Using a large blade and a water bottle, MacGyver must get help as the pilot’s condition worsens and before the war criminal takes them as prisoners.
Director:Sylvain White
Writer:Andrew Karlsruher
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Director:Sylvain White
Writer:Andrew Karlsruher
7.3/10(687 votes)
#10 - Quarantine + N95 + Landline + Telescope + Social Distance
S5:E61/22/2021
During COVID-19’s first stay-at-home order, as Mac, Bozer and Riley quarantine together, they try to stop a crime in progress at their neighbor’s house. Also, Russ’ romantic fling takes on a longer and more complicated turn when they quarantine together.
Director:Andrew Ahn
Writers:Andrew Karlsruher, Stephanie Hicks
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Director:Andrew Ahn
Writers:Andrew Karlsruher, Stephanie Hicks
7.3/10(609 votes)
#11 - Guts + Fuel + Hope
S3:E410/19/2018
MacGyver and Riley, with the help of Vasil, a distraught father, must find a way to drive a tanker filled with liquid oxygen through a region occupied by rebels and deliver it to a children’s hospital before they run out. Also, Riley helps MacGyver decide whether or not to allow his father back into his life.
Director:Peter Weller
Writer:Rob Pearlstein
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Director:Peter Weller
Writer:Rob Pearlstein
7.4/10(836 votes)
#12 - Wrench
S1:E610/28/2016
Using only a wrench and rope, MacGyver must diffuse a bomb set near the United Nations by his old nemesis, “The Ghost”, a notorious criminal whose work killed his mentor, and track him down before he strikes again.
Director:Alec Smight
Writer:Brian Durkin
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Director:Alec Smight
Writer:Brian Durkin
7.4/10(819 votes)
#13 - Can Opener
S1:E711/4/2016
MacGyver is tasked to go undercover as an inmate in a maximum security prison to break out El Noche, a notorious drug kingpin, using only batteries and salt, and track him to his cartel's secret location and dismantle it.
Director:Alec Smight
Writer:Brian Durkin
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Director:Alec Smight
Writer:Brian Durkin
7.4/10(766 votes)
#14 - Scissors
S1:E1112/16/2016
MacGyver and Jack search for Riley, using a microwave and a power strip, after she mysteriously disappears and hacks into the NSA, possibly unleashing World War III. Also, Bozer goes on his first official mission, and Jack opens up about his history with Riley’s mother, Diane.
Director:Stephen Herek
Writers:Nancy Kiu, Lindsey Allen
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Director:Stephen Herek
Writers:Nancy Kiu, Lindsey Allen
7.4/10(765 votes)
#15 - Pliers
S1:E1012/9/2016
Mac and the team have no time to reminisce while visiting Mac’s and Bozer’s hometown when they immediately start searching for a kidnapped prodigy from Mac’s old middle school, Valerie.
Director:Lee Rose
Writer:Brian Durkin
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Director:Lee Rose
Writer:Brian Durkin
7.4/10(698 votes)
#16 - Fish Scaler
S1:E142/3/2017
Using a fish scaler and some fishing wire, Mac and Jack must track down a corrupt FBI agent who has framed a man for murder. Also, everyone on the team is terrified to get their first performance review from Matty, their tough new boss.
Director:Eagle Egilsson
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Eagle Egilsson
Writer:Unknown
7.4/10(693 votes)
#17 - Ruler
S1:E172/24/2017
Bozer’s first overseas mission goes terribly wrong when Mac and the team are blamed for a terrorist bombing and the Phoenix Foundation is forced to disavow them.
Director:Antonio Negret
Writer:Andrew Karlsruher
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Director:Antonio Negret
Writer:Andrew Karlsruher
7.4/10(681 votes)
#18 - Hook
S1:E162/17/2017
While tracking down the dangerous fugitive Aaron Deckard, Mac and Jack face the notorious Colton family of bounty hunters who already kidnapped their mark. Also, Bozer and Riley try to hack into Jack’s CIA file to find out about his history with Matty.
Director:Tawnia McKiernan
Writer:Nancy Kiu
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Director:Tawnia McKiernan
Writer:Nancy Kiu
7.4/10(634 votes)
#19 - Eclipse + USMC-1856707 + Step Potential + Chain Lock + Ma
S5:E312/18/2020
When Russ is kidnapped, Mac and the team must break out a previously murderous psychopath, now pacifist, from prison to help find him. Also, while on the run, Mac and Desi are forced to confront their relationship issues.
Director:David Straiton
Writers:Jim Adler, Stephanie Hicks
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Director:David Straiton
Writers:Jim Adler, Stephanie Hicks
7.4/10(592 votes)
#20 - Royalty + Marriage + Vivaah Sanskar + Zinc + Henna
S5:E124/2/2021
Mac, Desi and Russ go undercover during a royal Indian wedding to protect a princess whose policies could put her life in danger. Also, Russ and Sophia come face-to-face at the wedding, Bozer suspects Riley is up to her old hacking ways and Matty runs down a lead in hopes of getting to the bottom of Mac and Riley’s ingested nano-trackers,
Director:Anne Renton
Writers:Andrew Klein, Monica Macer
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Director:Anne Renton
Writers:Andrew Klein, Monica Macer
7.4/10(522 votes)
#21 - H2O + Orthophosphates + Mission City + Corrosion + Origins
S5:E144/16/2021
Mac and Desi travel with Bozer to his childhood home when his aunt dies in a tragic accident, however, they soon discover she may have been murdered for trying to expose the city’s contaminated water supply. Also, Riley, Matty and Russ continue to follow leads on their nano-trackers investigation.
Director:Christine Swanson
Writers:Teresa Huang, Josh Brown
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Director:Christine Swanson
Writers:Teresa Huang, Josh Brown
7.4/10(514 votes)
#22 - 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
7.5/10(707 votes)
#23 - Flashlight
S1:E183/10/2017
When Mac and the team travel to Hawaii to aid in earthquake relief efforts, they team up with Chin and Kono from the Five-0 task force to rescue a group of government scientists trapped in a building. However, as they work on the complicated rescue, a group using the chaos as a distraction aims to steal the top-secret weaponry from the scientists.
Director:Jonathan Brown
Writer:Lindsey Allen
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Director:Jonathan Brown
Writer:Lindsey Allen
7.5/10(632 votes)
#24 - Muscle Car + Paper Clips
S2:E210/6/2017
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
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Director:Ericson Core
Writer:Nancy Kiu
7.5/10(619 votes)
#25 - Duct Tape + Jack
S2:E711/10/2017
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
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Director:Gabriel Beristain
Writer:Brian Durkin