7.8/10342 votes#1 - Legend of the Holy Rose (1)
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 9/18/1989
MacGyver and an old friend dash around the world searching for the artifacts necessary to locate the Holy Grail, just one step ahead of a ruthless man on the same trail, who will do anything to get to it before they do.
Director: Michael Caffey
Writer: N/A
7.9/10322 votes#2 - Legend of the Holy Rose (2)
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 9/25/1989
MacGyver and an old friend dash around the world searching for the artifacts necessary to locate the Holy Grail, just one step ahead of a ruthless man on the same trail.
Director: Charles Correll
Writer: N/A
7.1/10301 votes#3 - The Black Corsage
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 10/2/1989
Mac and a bounty hunter join forces with a bulldog named Frog to track down a Bulgarian defector who was the accidental witness at a murder and who is now being stalked by the killer, who needs a map she doesn't know she possesses.
Director: Charles Correll
Writer: N/A
7.8/10309 votes#4 - Cease Fire
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 10/9/1989
During some tough negotiations between two neighbouring states, one side plants a sniper in the vicinity. When Mac discovers the sniper, he fights him, but loses the man and the accusations go out against Mac. Wounded and forced to run, he hides at a private girls' school, where one of the young ladies becomes his only hope to prevent further bloodshed.
Director: Bill Gereghty
Writer: Chris Haddock
6.9/10276 votes#5 - Second Chance
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 10/16/1989
MacGyver and an old friend discover a gang ripping off medical supplies from a Phoenix Foundation clinic in Asia, and an Amerasian son the friend never knew he had.
Director: Michael Caffey
Writer: N/A
8.1/10368 votes#6 - Halloween Knights
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 10/30/1989
An old nemsis enlists MacGyver's help to rescue someone important to him—and she's scheduled to be executed during a Halloween Party put on by a professional assassination organization.
Director: Charles Correll
Writer: N/A
7.1/10279 votes#7 - Children of Light
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 11/6/1989
MacGyver's Chinese foster daughter arrives unexpectedly from China, carrying videotape of the massacre in Tianamen Square and a list of fax machine phone numbers vital to the continuing freedom movement.
Director: Bill Corcoran
Writer: N/A
7.5/10285 votes#8 - Black Rhino
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 11/13/1989
MacGyver takes off for Africa, where the youngest of the Colton brothers has decided to take on deadly rhino poachers single-handedly.
Director: Michael Caffey
Writer: N/A
7.6/10300 votes#9 - The Ten Percent Solution
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 11/20/1989
The Phoenix Foundation's purchase of a Nazi art treasure leads Mac to a holocaust survivor who claims family ownership of the painting, and to a group working to create their own ‘Aryan nation’.
Director: Michael Preece
Writer: N/A
7.5/10303 votes#10 - Two Times Trouble
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 12/11/1989
MacGyver tries to help an old friend who believes her jealous twin sister is trying to kill her.
Director: Michael Preece
Writer: N/A
7.0/10310 votes#11 - The Madonna
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 12/18/1989
On Christmas Eve, MacGyver tries to help the priest of a poor church locate a stolen Madonna figure, help his friend Cynthia figure out how to keep the Challenger Club solvent and figure out a strange street woman who seems to have a miracle up her sleeve.
Director: Michael Caffey
Writer: N/A
7.5/10342 votes#12 - Serenity
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 1/8/1990
Exhausted MacGyver dreams he's a Civil War vet trying to claim a home in Montana that's threatened by a neighboring rancher who looks a lot like Pete Thornton. But this Pete has hired Murdoc to kill Mac...
Director: Bill Gereghty
Writer: N/A
6.9/10284 votes#13 - Live and Learn
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 1/15/1990
MacGyver tries to inspire a promising but unmotivated high school student, despite the negative efforts of a cynical teacher and the boy's skeptical father.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: N/A
6.9/10274 votes#14 - Log Jam
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 2/5/1990
MacGyver tries to help an environmentally active friend find out what happened to a company whistle-blower about to expose the illegal practices of a large logging firm.
Director: Bill Gereghty
Writer: Lee Maddux
7.1/10271 votes#15 - The Treasure of Manco
Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 2/12/1990
MacGyver and a friend race with a group of dedicated guerillas to locate a valuable Incan treasure.
Director: Michael Preece
Writer: Chris Haddock
7.5/10306 votes#16 - Jenny's Chance
Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 2/19/1990
MacGyver, Dalton, and Thornton go undercover to expose a murderous money launderer.
Director: Michael Caffey
Writer: N/A
7.2/10264 votes#17 - Deep Cover
Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 2/26/1990
Pete and Mac try to help when a Phoenix Foundation engineer is seduced and betrayed by a spy seeking her prototype for a new stealth technology for submarines.
Director: Charles Correll
Writer: N/A
7.1/10272 votes#18 - The Lost Amadeus
Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 3/19/1990
A strange young woman gets Mac involved with a priceless violin and an eccentric maestro being sought by syndicate hoods.
Director: Michael Caffey
Writer: N/A
7.0/10274 votes#19 - Hearts of Steel
Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 4/9/1990
MacGyver is reunited with Lisa, whose help cleared him of assassination charges in Switzerland, when a steel plant executive kidnaps her as revenge against her cold corporate-raider father.
Director: Charles Correll
Writer: N/A
7.6/10269 votes#20 - Rush to Judgement
Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 4/16/1990
MacGyver risks judicial displeasure when he breaks jury sequester to investigate the scene of a racially charged murder, and discovers evidence that drastically alters the interpretation of the facts.
Director: Charles Correll
Writer: N/A
7.9/10327 votes#21 - Passages
Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 4/30/1990
Frantic with worry about his gravely-ill Grandpa Harry, MacGyver experiences a strange near-death phenomena, seeing his parents again, when he's injured by a man who's stolen an ancient Egyptian relic.
Director: Bill Gereghty
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of MacGyver Season 5
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Network:ABC
Season 5 Ratings Summary
"Legend of the Holy Rose (1)" is the best rated episode of "MacGyver" season 5. It scored 7.8/10 based on 342 votes. Directed by Michael Caffey and written by N/A, it aired on 9/18/1989. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Legend of the Holy Rose (2)".