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The Worst Episodes of MacGyver

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The Worst 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.

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  1. Background image for The Rising
    6.1/10(1.4k votes)

    #1 - The Rising

    S1:E1

    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.

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    Director:James Wan
  2. Background image for Metal Saw
    6.4/10(1.0k votes)

    #2 - Metal Saw

    S1:E2

    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.

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  3. Background image for Awl
    6.6/10(914 votes)

    #3 - Awl

    S1:E3

    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.

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  4. Background image for Quarantine + N95 + Landline + Telescope + Social Distance
    6.8/10(4 votes)

    #4 - Quarantine + N95 + Landline + Telescope + Social Distance

    S5:E6

    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.

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  5. Background image for Wire Cutter
    7.0/10(881 votes)

    #5 - Wire Cutter

    S1:E4

    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.

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    Director:Joe Dante
  6. Background image for Toothpick
    7.1/10(849 votes)

    #6 - Toothpick

    S1:E5

    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.

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    Director:Bobby Roth
    Writer:Nancy Kiu
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  8. Background image for Chisel
    7.1/10(784 votes)

    #7 - Chisel

    S1:E9

    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.

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  9. Background image for DIY or DIE
    7.1/10(703 votes)

    #8 - 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.

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  10. Background image for Large Blade
    7.2/10(714 votes)

    #9 - Large Blade

    S1:E13

    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.

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  11. Background image for Wrench
    7.3/10(808 votes)

    #10 - Wrench

    S1:E6

    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.

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    Director:Alec Smight
  12. Background image for Can Opener
    7.3/10(794 votes)

    #11 - Can Opener

    S1:E7

    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.

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    Director:Alec Smight
  13. Background image for Pliers
    7.3/10(738 votes)

    #12 - Pliers

    S1:E10

    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.

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    Director:Lee Rose
  14. Background image for Fish Scaler
    7.3/10(677 votes)

    #13 - Fish Scaler

    S1:E14

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for Hook
    7.3/10(660 votes)

    #14 - Hook

    S1:E16

    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.

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  16. Background image for Guts + Fuel + Hope
    7.3/10(595 votes)

    #15 - Guts + Fuel + Hope

    S3:E4

    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.

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  17. Background image for Scissors
    7.4/10(741 votes)

    #16 - Scissors

    S1:E11

    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.

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  18. Background image for Ruler
    7.4/10(669 votes)

    #17 - Ruler

    S1:E17

    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.

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  19. Background image for Muscle Car + Paper Clips
    7.4/10(611 votes)

    #18 - 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

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    Director:Ericson Core
    Writer:Nancy Kiu
  20. Background image for Jet Engine + Pickup Truck
    7.4/10(597 votes)

    #19 - 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.

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  21. Background image for Right + Wrong + Both + Neither
    7.4/10(500 votes)

    #20 - Right + Wrong + Both + Neither

    S4:E6

    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.

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  22. Background image for Corkscrew
    7.5/10(809 votes)

    #21 - Corkscrew

    S1:E8

    When MacGyver comes face to face with Murdoc, an international assassin hired to kill him, Mac must defend both himself and Bozer, armed with only a corkscrew and paper towel rolls. Also, Bozer feels completely betrayed when he finally learns Mac's true identity.

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  23. Background image for Screwdriver
    7.5/10(743 votes)

    #22 - Screwdriver

    S1:E12

    Using a screwdriver and bug spray, MacGyver must find the U.S. government mole who is leaking classified intel to the organization that is trying to take down The Phoenix Foundation. Also, Sarah returns to help with the mission, and Nikki reappears, but Mac can’t tell which side she’s on.

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  24. Background image for Magnifying Glass
    7.5/10(683 votes)

    #23 - Magnifying Glass

    S1:E15

    When Matty’s goddaughter and her boyfriend are killed in a San Francisco park, Mac and the team investigate the crime and start to suspect that the 1970s Zodiac Killer has returned.

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  25. Background image for Flashlight
    7.5/10(688 votes)

    #24 - Flashlight

    S1:E18

    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.

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  26. Background image for Compass
    7.5/10(656 votes)

    #25 - Compass

    S1:E19

    Mac and Jack help Mac’s close friend from M.I.T. after she fakes her own death to prevent someone from killing her in order to suppress her scientific research.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Rising" is the worst rated episode of "MacGyver". It scored 6.1/10 based on 1427 votes. Directed by James Wan and written by Peter M. Lenkov, it aired on 9/23/2016. This episode scored 0.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Metal Saw".