The Worst Episodes of MacGyver

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   3.0/10(3 votes)

   #1 - Jerico Games

   S6:E121/7/1991

   Mac is reunited with a high school sweetheart whose husband is a wealthy man sponsoring an international sports competition.

   Director:William Gereghty

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:William Gereghty

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   4.2/10(4 votes)

   #2 - Runners

   S4:E133/13/1989

   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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   Director:Michael Caffey

   Writer:Joel Schwartz
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   5.2/10(5 votes)

   #3 - Phoenix Under Siege

   S2:E111/5/1987

   While retrieving tickets for a hockey game at the Phoenix Foundation, MacGyver and his grandpa Harry get caught in the middle of a woman's plot to blow up the building using a bomb that she herself made. They try to escape, but are locked in. Now they must figure another way out before she activates the bomb.

   Director:Gilbert M. Shilton

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Gilbert M. Shilton

   Writer:Unknown
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   5.7/10(3 votes)

   #4 - Honest Abe

   S7:E19/16/1991

   Mac's trip to the airport to pick a friend's father arriving for his grandson's bar mitzvah turns into a wild international caper involving Caribbean terrorists and a stolen helicopter.

   Director:Michael Caffey

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Michael Caffey

   Writer:Unknown
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   6.0/10(3 votes)

   #5 - Last Stand

   S1:E711/17/1985

   When MacGyver is on his way to a vacation, he takes the wrong way and ends up at a small airstrip where everybody seems to be behaving strangely. Too late, he discovers that the airstrip has been taken hostage, and he has been caught in the middle of a plane-hijacking attempt.

   Director:John Florea

   Writer:Judy Burns

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   Director:John Florea

   Writer:Judy Burns
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   6.5/10(2 votes)

   #6 - Friends

   S2:E204/6/1987

   MacGyver's friends throw a birthday party for him, but he's somberly reflecting on his past and future. While reflecting, MacGyver decides to leave the Phoenix Foundation to get married and have a family. Can Pete convince him of how important he is to the Foundation and get him to change his mind?

   Director:Cliff Bole

   Writer:Stephen Kronish

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   Director:Cliff Bole

   Writer:Stephen Kronish
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   6.5/10(2 votes)

   #7 - Gold Rush

   S4:E143/27/1989

   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:William Gereghty

   Writer:David Engelbach

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   Director:William Gereghty

   Writer:David Engelbach
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   7.0/10(2 votes)

   #8 - Hellfire

   S1:E811/27/1985

   During a trip to visit some friends, an accident starts a fire in an oil well owned by MacGyver's friends. MacGyver and his buddy then go to fetch dynamite in an abandonned mine at great peril to themselves after they decide the dynamite is the only feasible way the fire can be put out. However, when they use it, the fire only becomes more intense. Can MacGyver and his Hellfire friend survive the incredible heat to put out the fire and save the oil buried underneath the well?

   Director:Richard A. Colla

   Writer:Douglas Brooks West

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   Director:Richard A. Colla

   Writer:Douglas Brooks West
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   7.0/10(1 votes)

   #9 - Flame's End

   S1:E131/29/1986

   An old girlfriend of MacGyver's contacts him for help after she discovers evidence of uranium thefts from a nuclear processing plant where she works.

   Director:Bruce Seth Green

   Writer:Stephen Kandel

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   Director:Bruce Seth Green

   Writer:Stephen Kandel
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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - The Enemy Within

    S1:E152/12/1986

    After a daring escape from East Germany where he gets rescued, and in the process saves a fellow operative with a quick mechanical fix, MacGyver thinks that he deserves some peaceful vacation time. But Pete lures him into baby-sitting a Russian defector who can identify KGB agents.

    Director:Cliff Bole

    Writer:David Abramowitz

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    Director:Cliff Bole

    Writer:David Abramowitz
11. 

    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - Every Time She Smiles

    S1:E162/19/1986

    MacGyver is on his way out of Bulgaria with a secret microfilm, when he meets Penny Parker, a beautiful, talkative American, who is on the run from her lover, a man named Stephan Frolov. She stashes some jewels on MacGyver, thus making him a suspect, and now MacGyver and Penny must flee Bulgaria together.

    Director:Charles Correll

    Writer:James Schmerer

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    Director:Charles Correll

    Writer:James Schmerer
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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - To Be a Man

    S1:E173/5/1986

    In Afghanistan, wounded and hunted by the Soviets, MacGyver is given refuge by an Afghan woman and her son. But they are themselves at the mercy of an Afghan thug, who will kill MacGyver if he finds him at his woman.

    Director:Cliff Bole

    Writer:Don Mankiewicz

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    Director:Cliff Bole

    Writer:Don Mankiewicz
13. 

    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - Ugly Duckling

    S1:E183/12/1986

    A 15-year-old genius accidentally hacks into a defective missile guidance system and attracts the attention of both the FBI and some black marketeers, who think that she may fix it for them. It's up to MacGyver to save her from being kidnapped by either side.

    Director:Charles Correll

    Writer:Larry Gross

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    Director:Charles Correll

    Writer:Larry Gross
14. 

    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - Slow Death

    S1:E194/2/1986

    At the beginning of the episode, MacGyver literally has to jump onto a moving train that he missed earlier to return top-secret files and documents to the U.S. Government. Soon after, a local tribe stops the train. They take all passengers hostage until the men responsible for the death of the tribal leader's son is found among the passengers.

    Director:Don Weis

    Writer:Stephen Kandel

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    Director:Don Weis

    Writer:Stephen Kandel
15. 

    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #15 - The Escape

    S1:E204/16/1986

    When a mother superior at a religious mission in North Africa asks MacGyver to help a young woman with something, he is glad to help. However, when he finds out the young woman wants him to break her brother out of jail, he may have taken on more than he expected.

    Director:Don Chaffey

    Writers:Stephen Kandel, Fred McKnight

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    Director:Don Chaffey

    Writers:Stephen Kandel, Fred McKnight
16. 

    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - A Prisoner of Conscience

    S1:E214/30/1986

    Pete Thornton investigates the supposed death of an old friend, a prominent Russian dissident, and finds he must get his friend's daughter Maria out of the country before the secret police arrest her for an alleged conspiracy. However, while in Russia, Pete bumps into MacGyver, who followed him from the United States. While disappointed MacGyver followed him, Pete gladly welcomes MacGyver into his plans when the secret police arrive to take Maria into custody. Following a high speed boat chase to escape the police, Pete and MacGyver find out from Maria that her father is not dead, he is being held in a maximum security ward at a state mental institution. To get into the mental hospital, MacGyver plays the part of a mad patient and Pete plays the part of a doctor who has been assigned to him. With the help of the other patients, MacGyver is able to escape into Ward Zero, where Pete's friend is held. MacGyver breaks him out and hides him with the other patients.

    Director:Cliff Bole

    Writer:Stephen Kandel

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    Writer:Stephen Kandel
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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - The Assassin

    S1:E225/7/1986

    Posing as a watchmaker who manufactures bomb timers, MacGyver manages to catch a master killer—Piedra—before he attempts an assassination on a high-profile target. However, Piedra isn't about to be stopped for long.

    Director:Charles Correll

    Writer:James Schmerer

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    Director:Charles Correll

    Writer:James Schmerer
18. 

    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #18 - The Human Factor

    S2:E19/22/1986

    MacGyver and Pete are testing a new security system at the Strategic Research Development Administration. MacGyver successfully bypasses the security and meets Dr. Jill Ludlam, the system's designer. She tries to turn off the security system, but it doesn't realize that it was just a test. MacGyver and Dr. Ludlam are then forced to find a way out, as the security system, named Sandy, tries to destroy the "intruders."

    Director:Charles Correll

    Writer:Robin Bernheim Burger

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    Director:Charles Correll

    Writer:Robin Bernheim Burger
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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - The Eraser

    S2:E29/29/1986

    Mac inadvertently leads a hit man to his target, believing that he's helping a father find his lost son.

    Director:Paul Krasny

    Writer:Stephen Kronish

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    Director:Paul Krasny

    Writer:Stephen Kronish
20. 

    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #20 - Twice Stung

    S2:E310/6/1986

    MacGyver and Pete have a surprise party planned for a colleague, but when the colleague doesn't show up, MacGyver goes looking for him, and finds him on the verge of committing suicide. When questioned why he would do such a thing, Kelly explains that a con artist has swindled him out of his life savings. MacGyver tells Pete about Kelly's situation and the two of them decide that they will get Kelly's money back from the con

    Director:Paul Krasny

    Writers:Bill Froehlich, Mark Lisson

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    Writers:Bill Froehlich, Mark Lisson
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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - The Wish Child

    S2:E410/20/1986

    While MacGyver goes to pick up a Chinese friend's brother from a birthday party, he witnesses something strange: Paul is being called "The Wish Child." It seems that a greedy businessman has wrapped him up in a scam, because he looks exactly like a boy from an old legend that owns the secret of immortality. Now, MacGyver must try to talk him out of this, because Paul is starting to believe he really is The Wish Child!

    Director:Charles Correll

    Writers:Bill Froehlich, Stephen Kandel

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    Director:Charles Correll

    Writers:Bill Froehlich, Stephen Kandel
22. 

    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #22 - Final Approach

    S2:E510/27/1986

    MacGyver goes to the mountains to lead four ex-gangster teens on a Phoenix Foundation funded rehabilitation trip. When he gets there, he finds that this task may be a little more complicated then he thought. All of the kids are very rebellious and one of them has a bad grudge against another one. A couple of days later when MacGyver is returning with the kids, their plane crashes in the middle of the wilderness and one of them is injured. Now, MacGyver must fix the plane and help the kids work out their differences so they can save their friend.

    Director:Alexander Singer

    Writer:Rob Hedden

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    Writer:Rob Hedden
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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - Jack of Lies

    S2:E611/3/1986

    MacGyver, returning home one night, walks into his apartment, only to everything he owns missing from his apartment. Initially suspecting a robbery, MacGyver eventually comes to the conclusion that his old friend Jack Dalton is the one responsible for the theft.

    Director:Charles Correll

    Writers:John J. Sakmar, Kerry Lenhart

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    Director:Charles Correll

    Writers:John J. Sakmar, Kerry Lenhart
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    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #24 - The Road Not Taken

    S2:E711/10/1986

    MacGyver and Pete head to Asia to rescue a nun, who is an old friend of Pete's, and the orphaned children she takes care of from aggressive regime troops. While there, MacGyver runs into someone he never expected, his old fiancee, Debra. Now MacGyver must complete his mission, work out his differences with Debra, and escape from the troops, all before the troops find them.

    Director:Cliff Bole

    Writer:Chuck Bowman

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    Writer:Chuck Bowman
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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - Eagles

    S2:E811/17/1986

    While hang gliding in the west, MacGyver crosses paths with an escaped felon who shot and wounded a rare eagle. Now, with the help of his new friend Susan Cooper and her son Darin, MacGyver must heal the eagle and trap the felon before he kills more eagles.

    Director:Paul Krasny

    Writer:George Lee Marshall

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    Director:Paul Krasny

    Writer:George Lee Marshall