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The Best Episodes of MacGyver Season 5

Every episode of MacGyver Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of MacGyver Season 5!

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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 5 Episode 6 - Halloween Knights
    8.1/10(413 votes)

    S5:E6

    An old nemesis 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:Unknown

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  2. MacGyver Season 5 Episode 2 - Legend of the Holy Rose (2)
    7.9/10(362 votes)

    S5:E2

    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:Unknown

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  3. MacGyver Season 5 Episode 4 - Cease Fire
    7.9/10(355 votes)

    S5:E4

    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:William Gereghty
    Writer:Chris Haddock

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  4. MacGyver Season 5 Episode 21 - Passages
    7.9/10(373 votes)

    S5:E21

    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:William Gereghty
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. MacGyver Season 5 Episode 1 - Legend of the Holy Rose (1)
    7.7/10(389 votes)

    S5:E1

    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:Unknown

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  6. MacGyver Season 5 Episode 9 - The Ten Percent Solution
    7.7/10(347 votes)

    S5:E9

    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:Unknown

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  7. MacGyver Season 5 Episode 12 - Serenity
    7.6/10(388 votes)

    S5:E12

    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:William Gereghty
    Writer:Stephen Kandel

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  8. MacGyver Season 5 Episode 16 - Jenny's Chance
    7.6/10(351 votes)

    S5:E16

    MacGyver, Dalton, and Thornton go undercover to expose a murderous money launderer.

    Director:Michael Caffey
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. MacGyver Season 5 Episode 20 - Rush to Judgement
    7.6/10(307 votes)

    S5:E20

    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:Unknown

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  10. MacGyver Season 5 Episode 8 - Black Rhino
    7.5/10(329 votes)

    S5:E8

    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:Paul B. Margolis

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  11. MacGyver Season 5 Episode 10 - Two Times Trouble
    7.5/10(343 votes)

    S5:E10

    MacGyver tries to help an old friend who believes her jealous twin sister is trying to kill her.

    Director:Michael Preece
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. MacGyver Season 5 Episode 3 - The Black Corsage
    7.2/10(336 votes)

    S5:E3

    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:Unknown

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  13. MacGyver Season 5 Episode 7 - Children of Light
    7.2/10(314 votes)

    S5:E7

    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:Unknown

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  14. MacGyver Season 5 Episode 15 - The Treasure of Manco
    7.1/10(311 votes)

    S5:E15

    MacGyver and a friend race with a group of dedicated guerillas to locate a valuable Incan treasure.

    Director:Michael Preece
    Writer:Chris Haddock

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  15. MacGyver Season 5 Episode 17 - Deep Cover
    7.1/10(298 votes)

    S5:E17

    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:Unknown

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  16. MacGyver Season 5 Episode 11 - The Madonna
    7.0/10(358 votes)

    S5:E11

    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:Unknown

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  17. MacGyver Season 5 Episode 18 - The Lost Amadeus
    7.0/10(307 votes)

    S5:E18

    A strange young woman gets Mac involved with a priceless violin and an eccentric maestro being sought by syndicate hoods.

    Director:Michael Caffey
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. MacGyver Season 5 Episode 19 - Hearts of Steel
    7.0/10(314 votes)

    S5:E19

    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:Unknown

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  19. MacGyver Season 5 Episode 13 - Live and Learn
    6.9/10(325 votes)

    S5:E13

    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:Unknown

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  20. MacGyver Season 5 Episode 14 - Log Jam
    6.9/10(315 votes)

    S5:E14

    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:William Gereghty
    Writer:Lee Maddux

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  21. MacGyver Season 5 Episode 5 - Second Chance
    6.8/10(314 votes)

    S5:E5

    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:Unknown

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"Halloween Knights" is the best rated episode of "MacGyver" season 5. It scored 8.1/10 based on 413 votes. Directed by Charles Correll and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/30/1989. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Legend of the Holy Rose (2)".