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The Best Episodes of MacGyver Season 4

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Every episode of MacGyver Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of MacGyver Season 4!

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...
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  • The Invisible Killer
    8.2/10(391)
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    #1 - The Invisible Killer

    Season 4 Episode 15

    Aired 4/10/1989

    MacGyver heads up a trip with four other Phoenix Foundation employees into the wilderness as part of a stress reduction program. After discovering that a prison bus accident has freed several prisoners, the employees begin to question each other's behavior. MacGyver must now figure out which man, if any, is not to be trusted before it's too late.

    Director: Dana Elcar

    Writer: Chris Haddock

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  • Cleo Rocks
    8.1/10(388)
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    #2 - Cleo Rocks

    Season 4 Episode 9

    Aired 2/6/1989

    Penny Parker's big chance in a major professional role is threatened from two directions: a money shortage and several deaths linked to the musical she is set to perform in.

    Director: Chuck Bowman

    Writer: John Sheppard, Rick Drew

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  • The Secret of Parker House
    8.0/10(422)
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    #3 - The Secret of Parker House

    Season 4 Episode 1

    Aired 10/31/1988

    MacGyver accompanies Penny Parker to an old house she inherited from her Aunt Betty, who mysteriously died 30 years before. When strange things start happening, Penny is sure that the house is haunted.

    Director: Michael Vejar

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Survivors
    7.8/10(319)
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    #4 - The Survivors

    Season 4 Episode 6

    Aired 1/9/1989

    While on assignment to test field agents for the Phoenix Foundation, MacGyver and Pete discover the wreckage of a DEA plane shot down by dangerous drug smugglers.

    Director: Michael Caffey

    Writer: W. Reed Moran

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  • Deadly Dreams
    7.8/10(341)
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    #5 - Deadly Dreams

    Season 4 Episode 7

    Aired 1/16/1989

    MacGyver gets involved in the search for an escaped serial killer. Soon he comes to the conclusion that the killer had help from another prisoner—an even more sinister man.

    Director: Les Landau

    Writer: Stephen Downing

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  • The Outsiders
    7.6/10(372)
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    #6 - The Outsiders

    Season 4 Episode 3

    Aired 11/28/1988

    MacGyver helps an Amish family, who saved his life, from having their farm seized by the government.

    Director: Michael Vejar

    Writer: Michelle Poteet Lisanti

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  • Blood Brothers
    7.5/10(353)
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    #7 - Blood Brothers

    Season 4 Episode 2

    Aired 11/21/1988

    MacGyver returns to his home town of Mission City, Minnesota to meet up with two old friends, Chuck and Neil, so they can dig up a time capsule they buried twenty-five years before. However, MacGyver is hesitant to dig the capsule up because he is still haunted by the death of his old friend Jesse, who died when MacGyver was young. But now MacGyver has another problem to deal with. Chuck's and Neil's sons, Danny and Sean, have gotten wrapped up in a drug deal, and the dealer is after Danny. Danny takes off to hide, and now MacGyver must find him, before the drug dealer does.

    Director: Charles Correll

    Writer: Rick Drew

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  • Gold Rush
    7.5/10(326)
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    #8 - Gold Rush

    Season 4 Episode 14

    Aired 3/27/1989

    MacGyver joins a joint U.S.-U.S.S.R. team trekking into the Alaskan wilderness to retrieve a huge amount of Russian gold from a downed plane only to learn that someone has beaten them to it.

    Director: Bill Gereghty

    Writer: David Engelbach

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  • On a Wing and a Prayer
    7.3/10(322)
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    #9 - On a Wing and a Prayer

    Season 4 Episode 4

    Aired 12/5/1988

    Central American rebels capture Pete and a nun during a coup d'état, and it's up to MacGyver and Jack to rescue them.

    Director: Charles Correll

    Writer: John Whelpley

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  • The Challenge
    7.3/10(341)
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    #10 - The Challenge

    Season 4 Episode 12

    Aired 2/27/1989

    An inner city youth club is threatened when a black resident is framed for auto theft by a neighborhood racist who'll stop at nothing to close the center—even murder.

    Director: Dana Elcar

    Writer: Chris Haddock

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  • Brainwashed
    7.3/10(315)
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    #11 - Brainwashed

    Season 4 Episode 16

    Aired 4/24/1989

    Jack Dalton is brainwashed by an African politician and his wife to assassinate the leader of an African nation, who is in town for an awards ceremony.

    Director: Michael Caffey

    Writer: John Sheppard

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  • Easy Target
    7.3/10(310)
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    #12 - Easy Target

    Season 4 Episode 17

    Aired 5/1/1989

    MacGyver and Pete are captured by terrorists intent on wiping out a nearby city with an electromagnetic pulse, unless their leader is freed.

    Director: Charles Correll

    Writer: Rick Drew

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  • Collision Course
    7.2/10(324)
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    #13 - Collision Course

    Season 4 Episode 5

    Aired 12/12/1988

    When a friend of Mac's is injured in a crash, Mac agrees to test the new racing engine designed by the Phoenix Foundation. However a business rival has other plans for him, and he has someone from the inside to help him.

    Director: Chuck Bowman

    Writer: Paul B. Margolis

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  • The Battle of Tommy Giordano
    7.2/10(289)
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    #14 - The Battle of Tommy Giordano

    Season 4 Episode 11

    Aired 2/20/1989

    The young son of MacGyver's co-worker is kidnapped by the boy's father. MacGyver must go and retrieve the boy from the house of the boy's uncle—a powerful mob boss.

    Director: Michael Vejar

    Writer: Marianne Clarkson

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  • Ma Dalton
    7.1/10(300)
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    #15 - Ma Dalton

    Season 4 Episode 8

    Aired 1/23/1989

    After Jack receives momentos of his father from an anonymous sender, he and MacGyver launch a search for Jack's mother, who's been missing since he was boy—and they aren't the only ones hunting for her.

    Director: Rob Bowman

    Writer: John Whelpley

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  • Fraternity of Thieves
    7.1/10(303)
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    #16 - Fraternity of Thieves

    Season 4 Episode 10

    Aired 2/13/1989

    Pete is conflicted when he discovers that the Phoenix Foundation employee selling classified information turns out to be his son.

    Director: Michael Preece

    Writer: Grant Rosenberg

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  • Runners
    7.1/10(322)
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    #17 - Runners

    Season 4 Episode 13

    Aired 3/13/1989

    MacGyver helps a young runaway with a vicious pimp and a tragic secret about her policeman father.

    Director: Michael Caffey

    Writer: Joel Schwartz

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  • Renegade
    7.1/10(301)
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    #18 - Renegade

    Season 4 Episode 18

    Aired 5/8/1989

    MacGyver works hard to retrieve the anthrax bacillus stolen by a former Navy commando who once saved his life, and is now suffering the effects of an old head wound.

    Director: Michael Caffey

    Writer: Chris Haddock

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  • Unfinished Business
    6.6/10(303)
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    #19 - Unfinished Business

    Season 4 Episode 19

    Aired 5/15/1989

    Jack, MacGyver, and Pete review their past adventures while on a gold-panning expedition, unaware they're being stalked by a vengeful killer.

    Director: Charles Correll

    Writer: Marianne Clarkson

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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"The Invisible Killer" is the best rated episode of "MacGyver" season 4. It scored 8.2/10 based on 391 votes. Directed by Dana Elcar and written by Chris Haddock, it aired on 4/10/1989. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Cleo Rocks".