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The Best Episodes of MacGyver Season 4

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

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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 4 Episode 15 - The Invisible Killer
    8.2/10(445 votes)

    S4:E15

    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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  2. MacGyver Season 4 Episode 9 - Cleo Rocks
    8.1/10(437 votes)

    S4:E9

    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
    Writers:John Sheppard, Rick Drew

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  3. MacGyver Season 4 Episode 1 - The Secret of Parker House
    8.0/10(475 votes)

    S4:E1

    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:Unknown

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  4. MacGyver Season 4 Episode 6 - The Survivors
    7.8/10(364 votes)

    S4:E6

    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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  5. MacGyver Season 4 Episode 7 - Deadly Dreams
    7.8/10(383 votes)

    S4:E7

    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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  6. MacGyver Season 4 Episode 3 - The Outsiders
    7.6/10(419 votes)

    S4:E3

    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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  7. MacGyver Season 4 Episode 2 - Blood Brothers
    7.5/10(403 votes)

    S4:E2

    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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  8. MacGyver Season 4 Episode 14 - Gold Rush
    7.5/10(371 votes)

    S4:E14

    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:William Gereghty
    Writer:David Engelbach

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  9. MacGyver Season 4 Episode 17 - Easy Target
    7.4/10(351 votes)

    S4:E17

    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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  10. MacGyver Season 4 Episode 4 - On a Wing and a Prayer
    7.3/10(366 votes)

    S4:E4

    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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  11. MacGyver Season 4 Episode 16 - Brainwashed
    7.3/10(362 votes)

    S4:E16

    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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  12. MacGyver Season 4 Episode 11 - The Battle of Tommy Giordano
    7.2/10(330 votes)

    S4:E11

    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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  13. MacGyver Season 4 Episode 12 - The Challenge
    7.2/10(382 votes)

    S4:E12

    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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  14. MacGyver Season 4 Episode 5 - Collision Course
    7.1/10(366 votes)

    S4:E5

    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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  15. MacGyver Season 4 Episode 8 - Ma Dalton
    7.1/10(342 votes)

    S4:E8

    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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  16. MacGyver Season 4 Episode 10 - Fraternity of Thieves
    7.1/10(346 votes)

    S4:E10

    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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  17. MacGyver Season 4 Episode 18 - Renegade
    7.1/10(338 votes)

    S4:E18

    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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  18. MacGyver Season 4 Episode 13 - Runners
    7.0/10(361 votes)

    S4:E13

    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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  19. MacGyver Season 4 Episode 19 - Unfinished Business
    6.5/10(345 votes)

    S4:E19

    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 445 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".