MacGyver (2016–2021)

1. S01E01The RisingSeptember 23, 2016 7.2Angus MacGyver and Jack Dalton, special agents for the Department of External Services (DXS), join forces to recover a missing bioweapon tha
2. S01E02Metal SawSeptember 30, 2016 7.0MacGyver and the team attempt to rescue Sarah, Jack’s former CIA partner/ex-girlfriend who went missing in Venezuela after she obtained evid
3. S01E03AwlOctober 7, 2016 6.3MacGyver and the team are in Malaysia to extract a terrorist groups’ money man, Ralph, who holds key intel to an impending attack. But the m
4. S01E04Wire CutterOctober 14, 2016 7.6Mac and Jack partner with older versions of themselves, a Russian bomb programmer and his estranged handler, to shut down a Soviet-era warhe
5. S01E05ToothpickOctober 21, 2016 7.7Using only an armrest, a curtain rod, and a toothpick, MacGyver must fix a sabotaged train in order to protect a whistleblower who has proof
6. S01E06WrenchOctober 28, 2016 8.3Using only a wrench and rope, MacGyver must diffuse a bomb set near the United Nations by his old nemesis, “The Ghost”, a notorious criminal
7. S01E07Can OpenerNovember 4, 2016 8.3MacGyver is tasked to go undercover as an inmate in a maximum security prison to break out El Noche, a notorious drug kingpin, using only ba
8. S01E08Season's bestCorkscrewNovember 11, 2016 8.6When MacGyver comes face to face with Murdoc, an international assassin hired to kill him, Mac must defend both himself and Bozer, armed wit
9. S01E09ChiselNovember 18, 2016 8.0With only a chisel and matchbook, MacGyver and team must defend themselves the U.S. embassy workers in Latvia from extremists who are attemp
10. S01E10PliersDecember 9, 2016 8.4Mac and the team have no time to reminisce while visiting Mac’s and Bozer’s hometown when they immediately start searching for a kidnapped p
11. S01E11ScissorsDecember 16, 2016 8.0MacGyver and Jack search for Riley, using a microwave and a power strip, after she mysteriously disappears and hacks into the NSA, possibly
12. S01E12ScrewdriverJanuary 6, 2017 8.5Using a screwdriver and bug spray, MacGyver must find the U.S. government mole who is leaking classified intel to the organization that is t
13. S01E13Large BladeJanuary 13, 2017 6.8On the way back from capturing a war criminal, Mac and Jack’s helicopter crashes in a remote area of Kazakhstan, injuring their pilot and al
14. S01E14Fish ScalerFebruary 3, 2017 8.4Using a fish scaler and some fishing wire, Mac and Jack must track down a corrupt FBI agent who has framed a man for murder. Also, everyone
15. S01E15Magnifying GlassFebruary 10, 2017 7.7When Matty’s goddaughter and her boyfriend are killed in a San Francisco park, Mac and the team investigate the crime and start to suspect t
16. S01E16HookFebruary 17, 2017 8.2While tracking down the dangerous fugitive Aaron Deckard, Mac and Jack face the notorious Colton family of bounty hunters who already kidnap
17. S01E17RulerFebruary 24, 2017 6.4Bozer’s first overseas mission goes terribly wrong when Mac and the team are blamed for a terrorist bombing and the Phoenix Foundation is fo
18. S01E18FlashlightMarch 10, 2017 8.2When Mac and the team travel to Hawaii to aid in earthquake relief efforts, they team up with Chin and Kono from the Five-0 task force to re
19. S01E19CompassMarch 31, 2017 7.3Mac and Jack help Mac’s close friend from M.I.T. after she fakes her own death to prevent someone from killing her in order to suppress her
20. S01E20Hole PuncherApril 7, 2017 8.0When the team intercepts a terror group’s message meant for Murdoc, Mac poses as the psychopath to save the intended target and find out why
21. S01E21Cigar CutterApril 14, 2017 8.0Murdoc moves forward with his plans for revenge against MacGyver by recruiting his recently released former cellmate to infiltrate the Phoen

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

1. S02E01DIY or DIESeptember 29, 2017 7.7Using a cell phone and soccer ball, MacGyver and the team search for a Navy SEAL who is believed to be alive in captivity in the Middle East
2. S02E02Muscle Car + Paper ClipsOctober 6, 2017 7.8Using a necklace and a microwave transmitter, Mac and the team attempt to locate Riley after her first solo mission with a group of dangerou
3. S02E03Roulette Wheel + WireOctober 13, 2017 8.4Using cuff links and wire, MacGyver and the team go undercover in a high stakes casino to steal diamonds from a vault before a terrorist gro
4. S02E04X-Ray + PennyOctober 20, 2017 7.8When Murdoc drugs and kidnaps MacGyver, Mac uses a needle and his teeth to escape and join the team to save Murdoc’s next victim.
5. S02E05Skull + ElectromagnetOctober 27, 2017 8.2The team is pulled away from their Halloween plans when they head into the dreaded Bermuda Triangle to retrieve the Vice President’s son aft
6. S02E06Jet Engine + Pickup TruckNovember 3, 2017 8.0Using a cassette player and a plastic bucket, Mac and the team attempt to extinguish a massive oil wellhead fire in a Nigerian village, set
7. S02E07Duct Tape + JackNovember 10, 2017 8.0MacGyver uses a heater and hot sauce to help a key presidential candidate in Ecuador receive a heart transplant he desperately needs after a
8. S02E08Packing Peanuts + FireNovember 17, 2017 7.8When MacGyver and Jack "steal" a priceless painting, using a table cloth and a shoe lace, in order to draw an infamous stolen art dealer out
9. S02E09CD-ROM + Hoagie FoilDecember 1, 2017 8.2Mac and the team follow a group of Indonesian mercenaries who are transporting a lethal amount of stolen nerve gas in the hopes of tracking
10. S02E10War Room + ShipDecember 8, 2017 8.2When 32 college students are stranded on a research ship in the Arctic Ocean with no heat and erupting fires, Mac develops an emotional conn
11. S02E11Season's bestBullet + PenDecember 15, 2017 8.7The LAPD interrupts the team’s Christmas celebration to arrest Mac for terrorism when they find a body in a building destroyed by a bomb Mac
12. S02E12Mac + JackJanuary 5, 2018 8.7When Mac and Jack are trapped inside Mac's house, which his nemesis, The Ghost, has rigged with explosives, Mac uses a karaoke mic and an au
13. S02E13CO2 Sensor + Tree BranchJanuary 12, 2018 7.6While Mac participates in a challenge for government operatives to create robotic combat machines, he must help his biggest competitor, Alli
14. S02E14Mardi Gras Beads + ChairJanuary 19, 2018 7.8When the team heads to New Orleans to track down the con artist who is posing as the wife of “Duke Jacoby,” one of Jack’s old CIA aliases, J
15. S02E15Murdoc + HandcuffsFebruary 2, 2018 8.0After one of Murdoc's go-to assassins agrees to hand over Murdoc to MacGyver in exchange for $10 million, the team finds itself protecting M
16. S02E16Hammock + BalconyMarch 2, 2018 6.3MacGyver, Leanna, Riley and Bozer pose as honeymoon couples at a resort in order to gain information about a Serbian war criminal from his n
17. S02E17Bear Trap + Mob BossMarch 9, 2018 7.3Mac, Jack and Riley set out to find a mobster-turned-informant after he’s kidnapped and taken to Chernobyl by an international crime boss wh
18. S02E18Riley + AirplaneMarch 30, 2018 5.7When Matty and the team search for a former government tech who stole classified intel and has been evading capture, they reunite with the C
19. S02E19Benjamin Franklin + Grey DuffleApril 6, 2018 7.3As Mac and the team investigate the suspicious death of Dawn's CIA supervisor, the evidence leads to a dirty CIA agent and a massive counter
20. S02E20Skyscraper - PowerApril 13, 2018 6.7Mac and Jack attempt to rescue a billionaire’s son after he is kidnapped by a former Navy SEAL who uses an EMP weapon to cut off power and c
21. S02E21Wind + WaterApril 20, 2018 8.2While MacGyver is in Puerto Rico helping his friend rebuild his hurricane-damaged home, he is taken hostage in the bank his friend manages w
22. S02E22UFO + Area 51April 27, 2018 8.2Mac and Riley are attacked by a group of masked men after the government calls them in to examine a mysterious object that crash-landed in t
23. S02E23MacGyver + MacGyverMay 4, 2018 8.0MacGyver gets a shocking surprise when he tries to tell Matty that he’s quitting the Phoenix Foundation.

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

1. S03E01ImproviseSeptember 28, 2018 7.4Three months after quitting the Phoenix Foundation and moving to Nigeria, Mac puts aside his differences with his father and returns when he
2. S03E02Season's bestBravo Lead + Loyalty + FriendshipOctober 5, 2018 8.2When Jack receives an emergency distress signal from one of his old Delta buddies who is falsely accused of terrorism in a foreign country,
3. S03E03Bozer + Booze + Back to SchoolOctober 12, 2018 7.5MacGyver, Riley, Bozer and Leanna go undercover on a college campus to smoke out a deep-cover operative who is recruiting students to carry
4. S03E04Guts + Fuel + HopeOctober 19, 2018 7.2MacGyver and Riley, with the help of Vasil, a distraught father, must find a way to drive a tanker filled with liquid oxygen through a regio
5. S03E05Dia de Muertos + Sicarios + FamilyOctober 26, 2018 7.8When Oversight’s attempt to capture a drug cartel’s leader goes bad, MacGyver and Jack rush to Mexico to pull their boss out while racing th
6. S03E06Murdoc + MacGyver + MurdocNovember 2, 2018 7.5Murdoc abducts MacGyver’s girlfriend, Nasha, to force Mac to help him rescue his son, Cassian, from a kidnapper. Also, a dangerous individua
7. S03E07Scavengers + Hard Drive + DragonflyNovember 9, 2018 7.2Matty sends MacGyver and team to Ghana to recover a hard drive from an e-waste landfill that is run by a powerful and violent man. But when
8. S03E08Revenge + Catacombs + Le FantomeNovember 16, 2018 8.2MacGyver and the team set off on a dangerous capture operation after an Irish military intelligence officer approaches them claiming to know
9. S03E09Specimen 234 + PAPR + OutbreakNovember 30, 2018 7.8When a vial containing a deadly virus is stolen from the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, MacGvyer and team race to recover it before
10. S03E10Matty + Ethan + FidelityDecember 7, 2018 7.5Matty reveals a shocking secret to the team: she has a husband who’s been undercover in a criminal organization called S-Company for eight y
11. S03E11Mac + Fallout + JackJanuary 4, 2019 8.0Mac and Jack hit the road for a weekend of relaxation in Las Vegas, but their mini-vacation is cut short when someone from their past abduct
12. S03E12Fence + Suitcase + Americium-241January 11, 2019 8.0The Phoenix teams up with a woman who’s a soccer mom by day but a master thief by night to catch one of her contacts, an underworld criminal
13. S03E13Wilderness + Training + SurvivalJanuary 18, 2019 7.5When MacGyver takes Riley and Bozer into the wilderness for a weekend of survival training, things take a turn when they run into a violent
14. S03E14Father + Bride + BetrayalFebruary 1, 2019 7.5An international crime boss offers Matty a deal she can’t refuse – he’ll surrender himself into her custody if he’s allowed to return to the
15. S03E15K9 + Smugglers + New RecruitFebruary 15, 2019 7.2After a surprising introduction to Phoenix’s newest recruit, Desi, MacGyver and team are assigned to escort and protect an ATF (alcohol, tob
16. S03E16Lidar + Rogues + DutyFebruary 22, 2019 7.8The Phoenix must recover the body of a pilot whose plane crashed while testing an experimental laser mapping system that MacGyver designed.
17. S03E17Seeds + Permafrost + FeatherMarch 15, 2019 6.6MacGyver and team are asked to solve a locked-door mystery when a man working inside a remote, ultra-secure international seed vault disappe
18. S03E18Murdoc + Helman + HitApril 5, 2019 7.2When Nicholas Helman resurfaces to carry out a killing spree, the Phoenix is forced to get help from the one person who knows him best… his
19. S03E19Friends + Enemies + BorderApril 12, 2019 7.5MacGyver and Desi help a group of Syrian refugees who are being pursued by human traffickers. Also, in Los Angeles, Bozer is trapped in Over
20. S03E20No-Go + High-Voltage + RescueApril 26, 2019 7.8When two American tourists go missing while doing a “No-Go Scavenger Hunt” through some of the world’s most dangerous countries, the Phoenix
21. S03E21Treason + Heartbreak + GumMay 3, 2019 7.5Matty’s ex-husband, Ethan, asks her for help when a criminal organization, S-Company, kidnaps his wife and daughter, forcing Matty to decide
22. S03E22Mason + Cable + ChoicesMay 10, 2019 8.2MacGyver faces off with a cunning new adversary whose carefully crafted plans put Mac at the epicenter of an impossible choice: save the lif

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

1. S04E01Fire + Ashes + Legacy = PhoenixFebruary 7, 2020 8.0Ex-MI6 agent Russ Taylor recruits former Phoenix Foundation members Mac, Riley, Bozer, Matty and Desi to hunt down a bioweapon that’s planne
2. S04E02Season's bestRed Cell + Quantum + Cold + CommittedFebruary 14, 2020 8.4Department of Defense General John Acosta recruits MacGyver to steal a highly classified project from a military lab in order to find flaws
3. S04E03Kid + Plane + Cable + TruckFebruary 21, 2020 7.8MacGyver and the team board a plane that’s mid-flight when the pilot has a heart attack, and discover the medical emergency was intentional.
4. S04E04Windmill + Acetone + Celluloid + Firing PinFebruary 28, 2020 8.0As MacGyver works quickly to rescue survivors from a collapsed building in Germany, he discovers a new safety threat – a 1,000-pound undeton
5. S04E05Soccer + Desi + Merchant + TitanMarch 6, 2020 7.5In an attempt to find the main players in the Codex and cut off their match-fixing funding, Desi goes undercover to infiltrate a soccer team
6. S04E06Right + Wrong + Both + NeitherMarch 13, 2020 7.8When Russ’ first love, Emilia, is kidnapped by the same rebels he fought during his private military contract days, he takes the Phoenix tea
7. S04E07Mac + Desi + Riley + AubreyMarch 27, 2020 7.5A double date descends into chaos when Mac and Desi witness a murder in the back of the restaurant, and as they work to find the killer, Ril
8. S04E08Father + Son + Father + MatriarchApril 3, 2020 7.2After Oversight is almost killed in a bombing, he recruits Mac to help him find the suspected bomber, Mason. However, when Mason reveals he
9. S04E09Code + Artemis + Nuclear + N3mesisApril 10, 2020 8.0While Mac’s friends surround him during his time of grief, Los Angeles’ power grid is taken hostage in a ransomware attack resulting in a ci
10. S04E10Tesla + Bell + Edison + MacApril 17, 2020 7.5When Mac is put into a dream state to help him recall key evidence found in Nikola Tesla’s secret lab that could stop Codex’s deadly plot, h
11. S04E11Psy-Op + Cell + Merchant + BirdsApril 24, 2020 7.0Mac is placed inside a fake prison cell with a top Codex operative, The Merchant, in order to gain his trust and get intel on their next mov
12. S04E12Loyalty + Family + Rogue + HellfireMay 1, 2020 7.5The Phoenix team is forever altered when MacGyver’s Aunt Gwen gets into his head about family and connection and convinces Mac and Riley to
13. S04E13Save + The + Dam + WorldMay 8, 2020 7.5With Mac and Riley undercover with Codex, hoping to stop the organization from within, their mission is interrupted when Russ, Desi and the

Season 4 ranked & reviewed

1. S05E01Resort + Desi + Riley + Window Cleaner + WitnessDecember 4, 2020 8.0Mac and the team infiltrate a glamorous hotel used as an international hideout for criminals to find a woman with vital information on Codex
2. S05E02Thief + Painting + Auction + Viro-486 + JusticeDecember 11, 2020 7.7When Taylor’s former protégé is killed while preventing a bio-weapon from falling into the wrong hands, Mac and the team must find the weapo
3. S05E03Eclipse + USMC-1856707 + Step Potential + Chain Lock + MaDecember 18, 2020 8.0When Russ is kidnapped, Mac and the team must break out a previously murderous psychopath, now pacifist, from prison to help find him. Also,
4. S05E04Banh Bao + Sterno + Drill + Burner + MasonJanuary 8, 2021 7.7Mac's meeting with Desi's parents goes sideways when her brother finds himself in trouble and desperately needs their help. Also, Russ and M
5. S05E05Jack + Kinematics + Safe Cracker + MgKNO3 + GTOJanuary 15, 2021 8.0Using a cryptic postcard as their only clue, Mac and the team must solve a fallen friend’s final case and bring him justice.
6. S05E06Quarantine + N95 + Landline + Telescope + Social DistanceJanuary 22, 2021 6.8During COVID-19’s first stay-at-home order, as Mac, Bozer and Riley quarantine together, they try to stop a crime in progress at their neigh
7. S05E07Golden Lancehead + Venom + Pole Vault + Blood + BaggageFebruary 5, 2021 8.0The secret experimental cancer treatment Mac’s developing with a friend is discovered when culprits ransack their lab, kidnap Mac’s partner
8. S05E08SOS + Hazmat + Ultrasound + Frequency + MalihiniFebruary 12, 2021 8.0Mac and team rush to help when Matty’s former mentor, Ian Cain, and his embassy staff come down with a deadly, mysterious illness. Taylor an
9. S05E09Season's bestRails + Pitons + Pulley + Pipe + SaltFebruary 19, 2021 8.2When Mac and the team are unable to prevent Department of Defense intel from falling into Codex’s hands, Mac must scale a vertical cliff usi
10. S05E10Diamond + Quake + Carbon + Comms + TowerMarch 5, 2021 8.0While on a mission to hunt down a Codex lead, Mac and the team discover Murdoc hacked their comms and has recorded them for months. Now, Mac
11. S05E11C8H7ClO + Nano-Trackers + Resistance + Maldives + Mind GamesMarch 26, 2021 8.0Mac and Riley head overseas together to prevent a governmental collapse and inadvertently inhale new deadly microscopic technology.
12. S05E12Royalty + Marriage + Vivaah Sanskar + Zinc + HennaApril 2, 2021 7.7Mac, Desi and Russ go undercover during a royal Indian wedding to protect a princess whose policies could put her life in danger. Also, Russ
13. S05E13Barn Find + Engine Oil + La Punzonatura + Lab Rats + TachometerApril 9, 2021 7.7While Mac and the team delve into the world of Italian car culture in order to track down a crime boss-in-hiding, Mac must lean on Desi when
14. S05E14H2O + Orthophosphates + Mission City + Corrosion + OriginsApril 16, 2021 8.0Mac and Desi travel with Bozer to his childhood home when his aunt dies in a tragic accident, however, they soon discover she may have been
15. S05E15Abduction + Memory + Time + Fireworks + DispersalApril 30, 2021 7.8When Mac and Riley go missing and wake up 24 hours later in a corn field with no memory of how they got there, they must unravel the mystery

Season 5 ranked & reviewed