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The Best Episodes of MacGyver Season 3

Every episode of MacGyver Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of MacGyver Season 3!

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He's everyone's favorite action hero... but he's a hero with a difference. Angus MacGyver is a secret agent whose wits are his deadliest weapon. Armed with only a knapsack filled with everyday items he picks

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    MacGyver Season 3 Episode 8 - The Widowmaker
    8.4/10(532 votes)

    S3:E8

    MacGyver is forced out of his grief over the tragic death of a friend by a madman with a score to settle from their past association.

    Director:Michael Vejar
    Writer:John Whelpley

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  2. MacGyver Season 3 Episode 9 - Hell Week
    8.0/10(454 votes)

    S3:E9

    A desperate physics student goes off the deep end and boobytraps a college lab when he fails to win a science competition and to live up to his father's high expectations.

    Director:James L. Conway
    Writers:Leonard Mlodinow, Scott Rubenstein

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  3. MacGyver Season 3 Episode 4 - Ghost Ship
    7.9/10(498 votes)

    S3:E4

    While mapping the wilderness for the Phoenix foundation, MacGyver stumbles on a deserted ship and finds a runaway girl who tells him that the rest of crew was driven away by Bigfoot.

    Director:Michael Vejar
    Writer:Stephen Kandel

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  4. MacGyver Season 3 Episode 15 - The Negotiator
    7.9/10(417 votes)

    S3:E15

    MacGyver becomes infatuated with a woman while conducting environmental-impact studies. However, what MacGyver does not know is that the woman was hired to "persuade" him to skip the studies—and if necessary, kill him.

    Director:Charles Correll
    Writer:Calvin Clements Jr.

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  5. MacGyver Season 3 Episode 19 - The Endangered
    7.7/10(384 votes)

    S3:E19

    While visiting an old girlfriend who's a park ranger at a wildlife reserve, MacGyver runs into deadly poachers who are intent on hunting animals on the reserve. When MacGyver tries to uncover their plot, they come after him. Now it's a race against time to escape the poachers, save the animals, and save their own lives.

    Director:Charles Correll
    Writer:Peter Filardi

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  6. MacGyver Season 3 Episode 10 - Blow Out
    7.6/10(377 votes)

    S3:E10

    MacGyver teams up with colleague Nikki Carpenter to find out who is behind the attempts on her life. When they find out that the man who tried to kill her is connected to two terrorists who blew up a local post office, MacGyver and Nikki must find out what the terrorist's next target is before it's too late.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:W. Reed Moran

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  7. MacGyver Season 3 Episode 20 - Murderers' Sky
    7.6/10(357 votes)

    S3:E20

    When the head of a American-Chinese shipping company is attacked in his office by a killer, MacGyver and the man's grandson—who is heir to the company—must find out who was behind the attempt on his life.

    Director:Michael Vejar
    Writer:Herman Miller

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  8. MacGyver Season 3 Episode 6 - GX-1
    7.5/10(372 votes)

    S3:E6

    Mac and Nikki race to recover equipment from a downed experimental plane before the Soviets, who are using a psychic to guide them to the wreckage.

    Director:Michael Vejar
    Writer:Calvin Clements Jr.

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  9. MacGyver Season 3 Episode 17 - Mask of the Wolf
    7.5/10(371 votes)

    S3:E17

    Jack and Mac help an ancient Indian search for a wolf mask that two mercenaries are also eager to have.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. MacGyver Season 3 Episode 5 - Fire and Ice
    7.4/10(384 votes)

    S3:E5

    A jewel thief with diplomatic immunity kills Mac's friend. But there are more people involved in the crime - and Mac can't be sure who's on his side.

    Director:Alan Simmonds
    Writer:Rick Husky

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  11. MacGyver Season 3 Episode 7 - Jack in the Box
    7.4/10(378 votes)

    S3:E7

    MacGyver and Jack Dalton are arrested in Arkansas by a corrupt sheriff who arrests people to make them work in a labor camp used for mining gold. MacGyver wants to escape, but Jack has other ideas: He wants to find five million dollars his uncle Charlie left in the mines years before.

    Director:James L. Conway
    Writer:David Rich

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  12. MacGyver Season 3 Episode 16 - The Spoilers
    7.4/10(377 votes)

    S3:E16

    After MacGyver witnesses someone dumping toxic waste that's polluting mountain streams, he and Pete enlist a reclusive mountain man nicknamed "Earthquake" to help lead them to the culprit. Things become complicated, though, as Earthquake's flashbacks to his military service in the Vietnam War make him unstable and threaten their case.

    Director:Michael Vejar
    Writer:Stephen Kandel

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  13. MacGyver Season 3 Episode 2 - Lost Love (2)
    7.3/10(380 votes)

    S3:E2

    The KBG have Lisa in their grasp, and MacGyver must get The Ming Dragon for them to free Lisa. MacGyver enlists the help of his old buddy, Jack Dalton, to help him steal it.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:Jerrold L. Ludwig

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  14. MacGyver Season 3 Episode 14 - The Odd Triple
    7.3/10(360 votes)

    S3:E14

    After returning home from a long assignment, MacGyver has an unwelcome surprise. Jack Dalton is waiting and wants him to help with a new scheme. A wealthy woman has just acquired some invaluable jewels, needing Jack to fly her back to her home in France. Things seem to be going fine, that is, until they land. Jack and MacGyver are arrested and accused of theft.

    Director:James L. Conway
    Writer:Stephen Kandel

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  15. MacGyver Season 3 Episode 1 - Lost Love (1)
    7.2/10(394 votes)

    S3:E1

    While helping the People's Republic of China secure a priceless national treasure—The Ming Dragon—in a San Diego museum, MacGyver runs into a Lisa, a woman that he had loved and thought was long dead. MacGyver learns that Lisa has been alive all these years and needs his help escaping the KGB.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:Jerrold L. Ludwig

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  16. MacGyver Season 3 Episode 11 - Kill Zone
    7.2/10(403 votes)

    S3:E11

    An impulsive scientist who cuts corners in her research work creates an uncontrollably mutating organism that speeds up the aging process.

    Director:Chuck Bowman
    Writer:Calvin Clements Jr.

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  17. MacGyver Season 3 Episode 18 - Rock the Cradle
    7.2/10(363 votes)

    S3:E18

    Mac and Jack return from a flight to find an abandoned baby in Jack's hangar, complete with a desperate note from the mother and his own endowment fund hidden in his diapers.

    Director:Michael Vejar
    Writer:John Whelpley

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  18. MacGyver Season 3 Episode 12 - Early Retirement
    7.1/10(367 votes)

    S3:E12

    While testing a new nuclear bomb defusing team at the Phoenix Foundation, a deadly explosion kills three men. Pete blames himself for not inspecting their equipment better and resigns from his job out of guilt. However, Pete is replaced by a not-so-trustworthy man—one who may have been connected to the explosion.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:John Whelpley

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  19. MacGyver Season 3 Episode 3 - Back From the Dead
    7.0/10(383 votes)

    S3:E3

    Jimmy Kendall, living undercover after testifying against his Mob bosses, surfaces when he becomes the manager for a winning baseball team.

    Director:James L. Conway
    Writer:Stephen Kronish

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  20. MacGyver Season 3 Episode 13 - Thin Ice
    6.8/10(383 votes)

    S3:E13

    While back in Minnesota to fill in as coach for a high-school hockey team, MacGyver tries to change the attitude of a callous player who has a shot at playing for the pros. But when this kid's ambition lands another player in the hospital, MacGyver must try and find out what or who is pushing him so hard to succeed.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:Rick Drew

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"The Widowmaker" is the best rated episode of "MacGyver" season 3. It scored 8.4/10 based on 532 votes. Directed by Michael Vejar and written by John Whelpley, it aired on 11/16/1987. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Hell Week".