The BEST episodes of MacGyver (2016)
Every episode of MacGyver (2016) ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of MacGyver (2016)!
Young Angus "Mac" MacGyver works for a clandestine organization within the U.S. government, relying on his unconventional problem-solving skills to save lives.
#1 - K9 + Smugglers + New Recruit
Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/15/2019
After a surprising introduction to Phoenix's newest recruit, Desi, MacGyver and team are assigned to escort and protect an ATF (alcohol, tobacco, firearms) gun-sniffing dog who has a bounty on his head, only to discover they're not the only ones crashing the weapon drop.
#2 - Wilderness + Training + Survival
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/18/2019
When MacGyver takes Riley and Bozer into the wilderness for a weekend of survival training, things take a turn when they run into a violent group of criminals who are searching the rugged backcountry for a lost crate of money. Also, Jack and Matty go on a road trip to place Ethan and his family in witness protection.
#3 - Resort + Desi + Riley + Window Cleaner + Witness
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 12/4/2020
Mac and the team infiltrate a glamorous hotel used as an international hideout for criminals to find a woman with vital information on Codex. However, their target has a new secret identity, including a completely new face.
#4 - Loyalty + Family + Rogue + Hellfire
Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 5/1/2020
The Phoenix team is forever altered when MacGyver’s Aunt Gwen gets into his head about family and connection and convinces Mac and Riley to join Codex. Also, Matty and Russ take their concerns about Codex to the White House.
#5 - Save + The + Dam + World
Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 5/8/2020
With Mac and Riley undercover with Codex, hoping to stop the organization from within, their mission is interrupted when Russ, Desi and the Phoenix team move to prevent Codex from detonating a weapon of mass destruction, with Mac and Riley caught in the crosshairs. Also, the team discovers Russ’ real reason for purchasing the Phoenix Foundation.
#6 - Psy-Op + Cell + Merchant + Birds
Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 4/24/2020
Mac 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 move.
#7 - Father + Son + Father + Matriarch
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/3/2020
After Oversight is almost killed in a bombing, he recruits Mac to help him find the suspected bomber, Mason. However, when Mason reveals he didn’t plant the bomb, the three team up to track down Codex, the shadow organization that set them up. Also, Mac meets his aunt Gwendolyn.
#8 - Tesla + Bell + Edison + Mac
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/17/2020
When 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, he encounters Nikola Tesla, Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison…and his mother.
#9 - Windmill + Acetone + Celluloid + Firing Pin
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/28/2020
As MacGyver works quickly to rescue survivors from a collapsed building in Germany, he discovers a new safety threat – a 1,000-pound undetonated bomb from World War II hidden beneath the rubble.
#10 - Soccer + Desi + Merchant + Titan
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/6/2020
In 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 and find the corrupt player working with the shadow organization.
#11 - Scavengers + Hard Drive + Dragonfly
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/9/2018
Matty 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 Matty refuses to reveal what’s on the drive, other than a mysterious file called “Dragonfly,” the team speculates about what could be so important to her.
#12 - Mac + Desi + Riley + Aubrey
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/27/2020
A 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, Riley tries to keep the secret about her and her friends’ “day jobs” from her new boyfriend, Aubrey.
#13 - Mac + Jack
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/5/2018
When 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 audio transformer to let the team know that this bomb is a distraction for a bigger one. Also, through flashbacks, Mac and Jack’s contentious first meeting unfolds.
#14 - Jet Engine + Pickup Truck
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/3/2017
Mac and the team attempt to extinguish a massive oil wellhead fire in a Nigerian village, set by a rebel group, which is trying to topple its government by destroying their most valuable resource.
#15 - Bear Trap + Mob Boss
Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/9/2018
Mac, Jack and Riley set out to find a mobster-turned-informant after he’s kidnapped and taken to Chernobyl by an international crime boss who’s worried he will deliver incriminating information to the CIA. Also, Bozer struggles to keep a secret from Matty.
#16 - UFO + Area 51
Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/27/2018
Mac 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 the Nevada desert. Also, Riley uncovers new information about Mac’s father but questions whether to deliver it to him after he says he needs to move on.
#17 - MacGyver + MacGyver
Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/4/2018
MacGyver gets a shocking surprise when he tries to tell Matty that he’s quitting the Phoenix Foundation.
#18 - Skull + Electromagnet
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/27/2017
The team is pulled away from their Halloween plans when they head into the dreaded Bermuda Triangle to retrieve the Vice President’s son after his plane goes down with a mysterious prisoner on board.
#19 - DIY or DIE
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/2017
MacGyver and the team search for a Navy SEAL who is believed to be alive in captivity in the Middle East.
#20 - Bullet + Pen
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/15/2017
The 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 built.
#21 - Murdoc + MacGyver + Murdoc
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/2/2018
Murdoc abducts MacGyver’s girlfriend, Nasha, to force Mac to help him rescue his son, Cassian, from a kidnapper. Also, a dangerous individual from Murdoc’s personal life shows up, giving Mac a glimpse into the villain’s past.
#22 - Specimen 234 + PAPR + Outbreak
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/30/2018
When a vial containing a deadly virus is stolen from the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, MacGvyer and team race to recover it before the thief unleashes a global pandemic.
#23 - Kid + Plane + Cable + Truck
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/21/2020
MacGyver and the team board a plane that’s mid-flight when the pilot has a heart attack, and discover the medical emergency was intentional.
#24 - Right + Wrong + Both + Neither
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/13/2020
When Russ’ first love, Emilia, is kidnapped by the same rebels he fought during his private military contract days, he takes the Phoenix team to a small, impoverished town to rescue her and rid the town of the rebels for good.
#25 - Hammock + Balcony
Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/2/2018
MacGyver, Leanna, Riley and Bozer pose as honeymoon couples at a resort in order to gain information about a Serbian war criminal from his newly married son. Also, Bozer wonders if Matty knows about his relationship with Leanna, and Jack recruits Elwood to help him break into Matty’s home.