MacGyver

Overview

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 up along the way, he improvises his way out of every peril the bad guys throw at him.

Making a bomb out of chewing gum? Fixing a speeding car's breaks... while he's riding in it? Using soda pop to cook up tear gas? That's all in a day's adventures for MacGyver. He's part Boy Scout, part genius. And all hero.

Episodes

Pilot

S01E01 Pilot

September 29, 1985 7.7 49 min
When a science lab studying the ozone layer mysteriously explodes, MacGyver is called in to rescue the scientists that are trapped underground. It's soon discovered that the explosion cracked a tank of sulfuric acid, and...
The Golden Triangle

S01E02 The Golden Triangle

October 6, 1985 7.7 48 min
When MacGyver tries to retrieve a canister filled with a deadly chemical in Burma, he stumbles right into an area known as the Golden Triangle, where the military uses farmers as slaves on the opium...
Thief of Budapest

S01E03 Thief of Budapest

October 13, 1985 8.0 48 min
MacGyver travels to Budapest to meet with a Russian double agent who is in possession of a watch containing information about other Russian spies. However, before MacGyver can take the watch, the agent is killed...
The Gauntlet

S01E04 The Gauntlet

October 21, 1985 7.3 49 min
MacGyver attempts to get a reporter out of a Central American country with evidence linking a general to an illegal arms dealer. As they reach the border, it is clear escaping to Mexico will be...
The Heist

S01E05 The Heist

November 3, 1985 8.5 45 min
When $60 million worth of stolen diamonds destined for a relief charity end up in the hands of casino owner Jack Catlin, MacGyver must head to the Virgin Islands to try and get them back....
Trumbo's World

S01E06 Trumbo's World

November 10, 1985 8.0 45 min
MacGyver comes along on a expedition to Brazil with his friend, entomologist Dr. Alden. They meet with a landowner and recluse, Trumbo, who is initially hostile. However, when they realize that a mile-wide column of...
Last Stand

S01E07 Last Stand

November 17, 1985 6.0 48 min
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...
Hellfire

S01E08 Hellfire

November 27, 1985 7.0 45 min
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...
The Prodigal

S01E09 The Prodigal

December 8, 1985 8.5 45 min
A man wants to testify against his mobster brother in Federal Court, and MacGyver has the job of keeping him safe, but the man's mother is dying and he wants to visit her.
Target MacGyver

S01E10 Target MacGyver

December 22, 1985 8.0 45 min
After blowing away a nuclear facility under the control of an aggressive world leader, MacGyver returns home for some peace and quiet, only to find his boss waiting for him. He advises MacGyver that a...
Nightmares

S01E11 Nightmares

January 15, 1986 8.5 45 min
When MacGyver comes home with some important documents, he's drugged by enemy agents and told that he will die in six hours if he doesn't retrieve the documents for them. But MacGyver, using an old...
Deathlock

S01E12 Deathlock

January 22, 1986 7.5 45 min
MacGyver is trapped in a mansion with Pete, a code expert, and a government agent who may or may not be on their side. However, an old nemesis has electronically booby-trapped the entire mansion to...
Flame's End

S01E13 Flame's End

January 29, 1986 7.0 45 min
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.
Countdown

S01E14 Countdown

February 5, 1986 8.5 47 min
A mysterious person who calls himself "Viking" has just bombed the cruise ship Victoria, underway in the North Pacific Ocean. He demands six million dollars or another bomb will go off within hours. So MacGyver...
The Enemy Within

S01E15 The Enemy Within

February 12, 1986 7.0 45 min
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...
Every Time She Smiles

S01E16 Every Time She Smiles

February 19, 1986 7.0 45 min
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...
To Be a Man

S01E17 To Be a Man

March 5, 1986 7.0 45 min
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...
Ugly Duckling

S01E18 Ugly Duckling

March 12, 1986 7.0 45 min
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...
Slow Death

S01E19 Slow Death

April 2, 1986 7.0 45 min
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 Escape

S01E20 The Escape

April 16, 1986 7.0 45 min
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...
A Prisoner of Conscience

S01E21 A Prisoner of Conscience

April 30, 1986 7.0 45 min
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...
The Assassin

S01E22 The Assassin

May 7, 1986 7.0 45 min
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.

Cast

Richard Dean Anderson
Richard Dean Anderson
Angus MacGyver
Dana Elcar
Dana Elcar
Pete Thornton
Elyssa Davalos
Elyssa Davalos
Nicole 'Nikki' Anne Carpenter, Lisa Kohler
Bruce McGill
Bruce McGill
Jack Dalton, Jack Dalton / 'The Great Sheldrake', Jack Dalton (voice)

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