Best MacGyver Episodes
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- DirectorCharles CorrellStarsRichard Dean AndersonDana ElcarMoira Walley-BeckettMacGyver visits an animal preserve to reunite with an old girlfriend who is a park ranger there. Their reunion is complicated by a battle they have with poachers of endangered animals on the preserve.
- DirectorMichael VejarStarsRichard Dean AndersonDana ElcarMichael Des BarresMacGyver's best friend falls to her death while mountain-climbing with him. MacGyver has no time to mourn when Murdoc shows up looking for revenge.
- DirectorDana ElcarStarsRichard Dean AndersonDana ElcarJames SloyanMacGyver takes a group of Phoenix Foundation employees for a recreational trip into the wilderness but learns that someone of the group might be an escaped criminal.
- DirectorJames L. ConwayStarsRichard Dean AndersonDana ElcarLawrence DobkinAn old mentor of MacGyver's asks him to judge a physics competition. The mentor's son becomes despondent after failing to win the competition and locks himself in the lab with a homemade bomb.
- DirectorLee H. KatzinStarsRichard Dean AndersonRobin CurtisJohn VernonMacGyver is sent to Central America to rescue an American journalist and escape out of the country. The dictator of the country and his army pursue MacGyver, making the escape very difficult.
- DirectorGilbert M. ShiltonStarsRichard Dean AndersonDana ElcarJohn AndersonMacGyver and his grandfather have plans to go to a hockey game. However, when they stop by the Phoenix Foundation to get the tickets, they discover terrorists attempting to blow up a bomb.
- DirectorWilliam GereghtyStarsRichard Dean AndersonDana ElcarJohn AndersonWhile in a coma resulting from a great fall, MacGyver has a near-death experience, where he is reunited with his grandfather Harry and his long-deceased parents.
- DirectorCharles CorrellStarsRichard Dean AndersonDana ElcarKristian AlfonsoWhen MacGyver's research into the wildlife around the planned building site of a marina threatens to cause a shutdown of the project, the owner hires a beautiful woman to persuade MacGyver to change his mind... by any means necessary.
- DirectorMichael CaffeyStarsRichard Dean AndersonDana ElcarHolly FieldsA teenage prostitute is trying to leave her pimp and return to her family. As MacGyver helps her to do this, it is revealed that she is also being abused by her father who blames her for the death of his wife.
- DirectorMichael CaffeyStarsRichard Dean AndersonDana ElcarCecilia HartMacGyver trails a friend, Billy Colton, to Africa where he witnesses the cruel slaughter of the endangered Black Rhino. When he joins the activists, hoping to prevent the poaching, Mac meets up with the men behind the scheme - Ladysmith.
- DirectorJerrold FreedmanStarsRichard Dean AndersonMichael LernerDana ElcarAn underground lab is destroyed by a mysterious explosion. MacGyver is sent in to rescue the trapped scientists and stop a deadly chemical leak.
- DirectorMichael VejarStarsRichard Dean AndersonDana ElcarKatey WrightWhile mapping some wilderness in Alaska, MacGyver discovers an abandoned ship. On it, a Russian stowaway tells him that the crew were all scared off, by Bigfoot!
- DirectorLes LandauStarsRichard Dean AndersonDana ElcarKim ZimmerAn escaped killer who MacGyver is searching for, is actually the pawn of a mastermind criminal who is still locked up and planning revenge on the female detective who incarcerated him.
- DirectorWilliam GereghtyStarsRichard Dean AndersonDana ElcarTeri HatcherExhausted from being overworked, MacGyver falls asleep watching an old western. He dreams that he is in the Old West where he encounters Murdoc and Pete who conspire to force MacGyver off his land.
- DirectorAlan Crosland Jr.StarsRichard Dean AndersonDana ElcarEdward MulhareMacGyver becomes stranded and is forced to hitch a ride with a retired couple. Unknowingly, they are in possession of stolen counterfeit money that the mob is trying to recover.
- DirectorMichael PreeceStarsRichard Dean AndersonDana ElcarAudrey LandersA rock-star friend of MacGyver's is filming a video for the Rock Against Drugs campaign. A series of mysterious accidents that occur during filming convinces her that her twin sister is attempting to kill her.
- DirectorCliff BoleStarsRichard Dean AndersonDana ElcarJonathan GoldsmithA Mob informant hides some microfilm on MacGyver, who is on a ski vacation. An avalanche that buries MacGyver prevents the Mob from getting to him, but not for long.
- DirectorWilliam GereghtyStarsRichard Dean AndersonDana ElcarBrooks GardnerMacGyver saves the life of a Romanian soldier who has taken him hostage. MacGyver then tries to appeal to the soldier's sense of humanity.
- DirectorMichael VejarStarsRichard Dean AndersonDana ElcarTeri HatcherPenny Parker asks MacGyver to accompany her in inspecting an old house that she inherited from her aunt, an apparently haunted house.
- DirectorMichael CaffeyStarsRichard Dean AndersonDana ElcarIrene DeBariA man has been killed in broad daylight and Pete is at the scene. A stranger passes Pete by and whispers into his ear: "It's off." When Pete is looking at sketches of the suspects, MacGyver notices that Pete has trouble with his vision. Agent Stams from DXS arrives to meet Pete. Phoenix took on the job of returning Samantha Lora, a political fugitive, to her home country. Samantha's supporters were going to deliver a videotape stolen from San Pablo presidential palace showing summary executions of 200 political prisoners, when they ran into a death squad waiting for them. Pete was supposed to get the tape because they have a 6 p.m. deadline for a media conference about its contents at a local broadcasting station, but the man who has it took off when the death squad appeared and his whereabouts are unknown. Samantha is the only one who knows how to contact him. And for her, Phoenix has arranged a safe place until her transport to San Pablo leaves. Pete and MacGyver go to pick up Samantha when she arrives undercover. Samantha calls the number at which the man with the tape can be contacted. He then calls her back and agrees a time and place where he will deliver the tape. MacGyver gets to be the pick-up man. But underlings of the president of San Pablo are on his tail...
- DirectorCharles CorrellStarsRichard Dean AndersonDana ElcarDirk BlockerMacGyver returns to his hometown to find himself haunted by the memories of a fatal shooting accident when he was a kid. While he is there, he helps two teenagers battle the local drug dealers.
- DirectorDana ElcarStarsRichard Dean AndersonDana ElcarMichael MacRaeRay, an ex-gang member, gets into some trouble with the police and a local shop owner. With the help of MacGyver, he unravels a racist community in the neighborhood surrounding the challenger's club.
- DirectorPaul KrasnyStarsRichard Dean AndersonDana ElcarJulie CobbTwo rare golden eagles facing extinction are helped by MacGyver. He must simultaneously confront the poacher trying to kill the eagles and eliminate MacGyver.
- DirectorBill CorcoranStarsRichard Dean AndersonDana ElcarMichele B. ChanWhen a Chinese college student shows up at MacGyver's front door, she brings with her a continuation of the struggle that began in Tiananmen Square.
- DirectorCliff BoleStarsRichard Dean AndersonTammy LaurenDana ElcarMacGyver is kidnapped by enemy agents to retrieve sensitive information he stole from them. To get him to talk, they inject MacGyver with a hallucinogenic drug that will kill him in six hours, unless an antidote they have is administered.
- DirectorWilliam GereghtyStarsRichard Dean AndersonDana ElcarNatalie CoreMacGyver steps into a bear trap in the forest while tracking a timber wolf. Luckily for him, two friendly elderly sisters, who are not friends of bear traps, take him home and care for him. The bear trap will be his least problem.
- DirectorJohn FloreaStarsRichard Dean AndersonHarry CaesarSteve FrankenMacGyver is taken hostage by some armed robbers at an airport. MacGyver uses his ingenuity to try to free himself along with the other hostages while simultaneously trying to stop the criminals.
- DirectorHarry HarrisStarsRichard Dean AndersonDana ElcarJames SloyanMacGyver is mentoring a troubled high school student who drops out of school to work at a construction site with his dad. While there, the kid discovers that the site may be unsafe when he witnesses a safety inspector being bribed.
- DirectorChuck BowmanStarsRichard Dean AndersonDana ElcarJudith ChapmanWhen a satellite carrying a genetic experiment crashes to earth MacGyver is sent in to recover it. When he arrives he discovers that the experiment mutated in space and now ages animals at a vast rate. It is taken back to the lab but the scientist in charge doesn't want to destroy it.
- DirectorDonald PetrieStarsRichard Dean AndersonDavid AckroydPeter JurasikDeep in the Amazon jungle, a horde of killer ants is destroying everything in its path. MacGyver helps his entomologist friend and the plantation owner to battle the ants before the plantation is destroyed.
- DirectorMichael VejarStarsRichard Dean AndersonDana ElcarMichele B. ChanMacGyver and his young Chinese friend are again at odds with Chinese criminals over labor regulations. During his investigation, Mac is helped by a photojournalist biker named Sam. It turns out that Sam has more than just a passing interest in MacGyver - he believes that MacGyver is his father!
- DirectorAlexander SingerStarsRichard Dean AndersonDana ElcarScott CoffeyA former agent seeking revenge kidnaps Pete Thornton's wife and son. MacGyver and Pete are tasked with the mission of rescuing them.
- DirectorMichael CaffeyStarsRichard Dean AndersonDana ElcarLise CutterAn archaeologist friend pays MacGyver a visit to get his help in using a map to find an ancient artifact called the Holy Rose.
- DirectorJames L. ConwayStarsRichard Dean AndersonDana ElcarDeborah AdairMacGyver and a female agent he despises pose as a married couple to infiltrate a psychiatric hospital in Czechoslovakia to free a human rights activist.
- DirectorMichael CaffeyStarsRichard Dean AndersonDana ElcarVic TaybackMacGyver organizes a gambling sting operation in order to catch the murderer of a horse trainer, a money launderer for a Cuban drug lord.
- DirectorChuck BowmanStarsRichard Dean AndersonDana ElcarTeri HatcherMacGyver's friend Penny Parker gets the lead part in a new musical. MacGyver suspects it may be a set up by his arch-nemesis to trap him.
- DirectorMichael VejarStarsRichard Dean AndersonDana ElcarKaj-Erik EriksenIn the middle of nowhere, MacGyver gets involved in a car accident. He is luckily found by an Amish family and nursed back to health. MacGyver then helps the Amish community to confront a construction crew that is trying to force them off their land.
- DirectorMichael CaffeyStarsRichard Dean AndersonDana ElcarJeanette NolanMacGyver and the kids at the Challenges Club are taught the true meaning of Christmas by a mysterious homeless woman who comes to stay there.
- DirectorMichael VejarStarsRichard Dean AndersonDana ElcarBruce McGillJack Dalton and MacGyver suddenly become dads when a baby is left in Jack's airplane hangar. They search for the mother of the baby, who used to be a girlfriend of Jack's, and thus there is the possibility that Jack is the baby's father.
- DirectorMichael VejarStarsRichard Dean AndersonDana ElcarDeborah ForemanMacGyver is helping archaeologists to find the tomb of Alexander The Great, but soon learns that they are not the only ones out there looking for it.
- DirectorWilliam GereghtyStarsRichard Dean AndersonDana ElcarNancy EverhardMacGyver goes undercover as a logger in the Pacific Northwest in order to expose the illegal practices of a Japanese businessman.
- DirectorWilliam GereghtyStarsRichard Dean AndersonDana ElcarHenry GibsonPinky, a star of silent films, is showing his films to MacGyver. Pinky hopes that The Phoenix Foundation will preserve his films. Pinky and his friend Karl were also good at building sets and making special effects. There was however, a problem: they were both in love with the same girl and became enemies. Two masked men invade Pinky's house and take his films. Can MacGyver retrieve them?