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.

Last Updated: 12/19/2024Network: CBSStatus: Ended
Mac + Jack
star
7.90
874 votes

#1 - 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.

Directors: Ron Underwood
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MacGyver + MacGyver
star
7.89
701 votes

#2 - 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.

Directors: Stephen Herek
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Loyalty + Family + Rogue + Hellfire
star
7.87
410 votes

#3 - 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.

Writer: Jim Adler
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Bullet + Pen
star
7.86
926 votes

#4 - 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.

Directors: Carlos Bernard
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Father + Son + Father + Matriarch
star
7.85
425 votes

#5 - 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.

Directors: David Straiton
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K9 + Smugglers + New Recruit
star
7.84
552 votes

#6 - 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.

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Murdoc + Helman + Hit
star
7.81
552 votes

#7 - Murdoc + Helman + Hit

Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/5/2019

When 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 protégé, Murdoc.

Directors: Roderick Davis
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UFO + Area 51
star
7.81
729 votes

#8 - 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.

Directors: Ericson Core
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War Room + Ship
star
7.80
892 votes

#9 - War Room + Ship

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/8/2017

When 32 college students are stranded on a research ship in the Arctic Ocean with no heat and erupting fires, Mac develops an emotional connection to the group leader, via video chat, as he relays how to stay alive as they await a rescue ship. Also, Jack kidnaps Elwood to find out what scam he’s up to next, and Bozer’s feelings toward Leanna grow stronger.

Directors: Tawnia McKiernan
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Kid + Plane + Cable + Truck
star
7.80
461 votes

#10 - 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.

Directors: Lily Mariye
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Soccer + Desi + Merchant + Titan
star
7.79
448 votes

#11 - 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.

Directors: Duane Clark
Writer: Cindy Appel
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Save + The + Dam + World
star
7.79
415 votes

#12 - 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.

Directors: Carlos Bernard
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Code + Artemis + Nuclear + N3mesis
star
7.79
432 votes

#13 - Code + Artemis + Nuclear + N3mesis

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/10/2020

While Mac’s friends surround him during his time of grief, Los Angeles’ power grid is taken hostage in a ransomware attack resulting in a citywide blackout, and the team discovers the code used was written by Riley years ago.

Directors: Michael Martinez
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CO2 Sensor + Tree Branch
star
7.79
878 votes

#14 - CO2 Sensor + Tree Branch

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/12/2018

While Mac participates in a challenge for government operatives to create robotic combat machines, Mac must help his biggest competitor, Allie, when her vehicle is hacked and heads to the Pentagon. Also, Jack attends his high school reunion, hoping for a showdown with his old rival who beat him out for homecoming king.

Directors: Brad Turner
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Murdoc + Handcuffs
star
7.78
856 votes

#15 - Murdoc + Handcuffs

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/2/2018

After one of Murdoc’s go-to assassins agrees to hand over Murdoc to MacGyver in exchange for $10 million, the team finds itself protecting Murdoc from his former mentor, Nicholas Helman, who wants him dead. Also, Jack realizes he may still have feelings for Riley’s mother, Diane.

Directors: Stephen Herek
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Mac + Desi + Riley + Aubrey
star
7.78
443 votes

#16 - 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.

Directors: Brad Turner
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Jack + Kinematics + Safe Cracker + MgKNO3 + GTO
star
7.78
349 votes

#17 - Jack + Kinematics + Safe Cracker + MgKNO3 + GTO

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/15/2021

Using a cryptic postcard as their only clue, Mac and the team must solve a fallen friend’s final case and bring him justice.

Directors: Ericson Core
Writer: Jim Adler
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Mason + Cable + Choices
star
7.77
535 votes

#18 - Mason + Cable + Choices

Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/10/2019

MacGyver faces off with a cunning new adversary whose carefully crafted plans put Mac at the epicenter of an impossible choice: save the life of a friend, or save the lives of hundreds of innocents. Also, Mac receives new information that will drive a wedge between him and his father.

Directors: Maja Vrvilo
Writer: Jim Adler
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Father + Bride + Betrayal
star
7.77
563 votes

#19 - Father + Bride + Betrayal

Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/1/2019

An 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 United States to watch his daughter walk down the aisle. MacGyver and team crash the wedding to ensure the crime lord doesn’t run, only to discover they’re not the only ones lying in wait at the event.

Directors: Avi Youabian
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Wilderness + Training + Survival
star
7.77
574 votes

#20 - 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.

Directors: Brad Turner
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Mardi Gras Beads + Chair
star
7.76
866 votes

#21 - Mardi Gras Beads + Chair

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/19/2018

When 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, Jack finds himself in jeopardy when “Duke’s” old enemies resurface looking for revenge.

Directors: Mike Martinez
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Hammock + Balcony
star
7.76
858 votes

#22 - 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.

Directors: Eagle Egilsson
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No-Go + High-Voltage + Rescue
star
7.75
528 votes

#23 - No-Go + High-Voltage + Rescue

Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/26/2019

When two American tourists go missing while doing a “No-Go Scavenger Hunt” through some of the world’s most dangerous countries, the Phoenix team goes undercover as backpackers to find them and bring them home alive.

Directors: Eagle Egilsson
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Psy-Op + Cell + Merchant + Birds
star
7.74
428 votes

#24 - 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.

Directors: Ericson Core
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Golden Lancehead + Venom + Pole Vault + Blood + Baggage
star
7.74
351 votes

#25 - Golden Lancehead + Venom + Pole Vault + Blood + Baggage

Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/5/2021

The secret experimental cancer treatment Mac’s developing with a friend is discovered when culprits ransack their lab, kidnap Mac’s partner and plan to use the research to create a powerful new nerve agent.

Directors: David Straiton
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