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The Best Episodes Written By John Whelpley

Every TV Episode Written by John Whelpley Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

  1. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Atonement

    S4:E17

    In exchange for immunity, Sandoval agrees to testify against the taelons.

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  2. 8.3/10(3 votes)

    #2 - The Widowmaker

    S3:E8

    MacGyver is forced out of his grief over the tragic death of a friend by a madman with a score to settle from their past association.

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  3. 8.0/10(2 votes)

    #3 - One Taelon Avenue

    S3:E20

    At One Taelon Avenue, Dr Sato and Joshua Doors begin a test with an ID shuttle prototype. The craft explodes, sending everyone ducking for cover while Sato calmly watches. Joshua tries to persuade Renee Palmer to leave Doors International and join him at One Taelon Ave. Jonathan Doors encounters his son in Renee's office and the two exchange opinions about business. Jonathan, concerned about his son, asks Liam to find out what's really going on at One Taelon Ave. At One Taelon Ave, Renee meets with Joshua while Liam is tracked by Control, a computer, while he investigates. Control tracks Sato and begins a bio-purge function. Sato tries to escape the energy walls, but they disintegrate him. Zu'or and Da'an review the security video of Sato's demise. Da'an is concerned that Control may be overriding the Taelon programming and creating its own agenda. Sandoval reports he has begun an investigation at One Taelon Avenue, but Zu'or orders him to close his investigation. Liam and Augur find t

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    Director:John Stead
  4. 8.0/10(2 votes)

    #4 - Arrival

    S3:E22

    While Lili returns to earth after being tricked into giving the jaridians interdimensional transportation, an auction is held at the Antartic Republic of Rostok for some mysterious alien weapons. Sandoval must stop the bidding taking place while Liam and Renee try to find out what the weapons are.

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  5. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - Point of No Return

    S4:E22

    The Taelons' fate - and possibly Liam's - is decided after Liam and Renee find Ma'el's regeneration chamber. The discovery of the secret location causes the surviving Taelons and Jaridians to seek the mechanism, which promises to restore their draining energy. Street, meanwhile, solves the riddle of Ma'el which will allow the Taelons and the Jaridians to join.

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  6. 7.5/10(4 votes)

    #6 - Afterlife

    S2:E15

    Linden Stiles struggles to retain his humanity after heis convicted of a murder he didn't commit. When asked to make a frightful choice: accept execution or become the subject of a secret military experiment -- he chooses to live. As the experiment progresses, Stiles fights the dehumanizing influence of injected DNA from an alien lifeform. The attending doctor is troubled by a growing awareness of the inhumanity of the experiment itself, of the men in charge and of her own role. Using his super-human strength, Stiles escapes. Then, hunted by his former compatriots, he faces a decision even more difficult than the one that set him on such a tragic course.

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  7. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - Early Retirement

    S3:E12

    While testing a new nuclear bomb defusing team at the Phoenix Foundation, a deadly explosion kills three men. Pete blames himself for not inspecting their equipment better and resigns from his job out of guilt. However, Pete is replaced by a not-so-trustworthy man—one who may have been connected to the explosion.

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    Director:Cliff Bole
  8. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - Rock the Cradle

    S3:E18

    Mac and Jack return from a flight to find an abandoned baby in Jack's hangar, complete with a desperate note from the mother and his own endowment fund hidden in his diapers.

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  9. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - On a Wing and a Prayer

    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.

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  10. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Ma Dalton

    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.

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    Director:Rob Bowman
  11. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - Limbo

    S4:E4

    The Murder of General T'Than on board the mothership leads Liam to descover the taelons darkest secret, while the late Jonathan Doors rturns in cyber form to addminister a deadly attack upon them.

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  12. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Street Chase

    S4:E15

    J Street learns a lesson in trust while on the run from Sandoval.

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    Director:Will Dixon
  13. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - Art of War

    S5:E14

    Juda's death spells hope for Renee in her battle against the Atavus.

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  14. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - Bad Genes

    S5:E18

    Renee's personal image of mankind's greatest enemy is forever changed when she becomes emotionally involved with a young atavus child, Yulyn, whom reveals he has a very human-like soul. Renee must now protect Yulyn, also a royal, from Howlyn's evil clutches.

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  15. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - Final Conflict

    S5:E22

    As Renee begins to lose hope that humanity will survive, an old friend reappears to give her guidance and solace. Yulyn and Ra'jel will join forces to deliver the final blow to the atavus threat to mankind. Sandoval comes to term with his past, and ends the series in a very fitting "Sandoval" manner.

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  16. 6.8/10(4 votes)

    #16 - Harper 2.0

    S1:E14

    Harper finds himself overloaded with information when a dying Perseid transfers data into his brain.

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  17. 6.6/10(25 votes)

    #17 - Invasive Procedures

    S2:E4

    Stardate: 47182.1. A jealous Trill, who had waited his entire life to receive a symbiont but never had, decides to steal one. . . Dax's!

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    Director:Les Landau
  18. 6.5/10(2 votes)

    #18 - First Breath

    S4:E3

    Liam and Renee investigate Zo'or and his link to a biomedical facility's clandestine cloning operation.

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    Director:John Stead
  19. 6.5/10(40 votes)

    #19 - Suddenly Human

    S4:E4

    Stardate: 44143.7. A custody battle between Picard and a child's adoptive father arises when a boy showing evidence of abuse is discovered.

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  20. 6.0/10(3 votes)

    #20 - Double or Nothingness

    S4:E4

    Dylan plays a dangerous game against two gamblers, but not everything is as real as it seems.

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  21. 6.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - Phantom Companion

    S4:E9

    While onboard the taelon mothership, Renee is taken hostage by a mysterious being that haunts the lower parts of ship.

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  22. 6.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - UnEarthed

    S5:E1

    The joining of the Taelons and the Jaridians create the Avatus race, a greater threat that Renee leads the fight against.

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  23. 6.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - Honor And Duty

    S5:E17

    Renee and boyfriend Captain Michaels "do-the-right-thing" as they risk their own personal integrity in an attempt to secure plans to the one military weapon that can kill the atavus.

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    Director:Martin Wood
  24. 6.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - The Journey

    S5:E21

    Renee hooks up with Captain Michaels to investigate a pharmaceutical plant manufacturing an Atavus Hybrid vaccine. But something is a little strange about the lead scientist Dr Spangler. Ra'jel returns to lead Renee on an enlightening trip down memory lane. Why did the Taelons pick Earth? Things take a very deadly turn at the lab; Michaels is seriously injured, Dr Spangler's truth is revealed, and, as the Captain fights for his life, Renee must make an awful final choice.

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  25. 5.5/10(2 votes)

    #25 - When Goes Around...

    S5:E6

    Dylan encounters Celine, a woman from his past and is trapped in time loops. The two are happy to see each other, but Dylan knows he may have to choose between Celine and the survival of Seefra.

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John Whelpley Ratings Summary

"Atonement" is the best rated episode written by John Whelpley. It scored 9/10 based on 1 votes. It was directed by Brenton Spencer. It aired on 2/26/2001 and is rated 0.7 points higher than their second-best episode, "The Widowmaker".