The BEST episodes of MacGyver (2016) season 2

Every episode of MacGyver (2016) season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of MacGyver (2016) season 2!

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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Bullet + Pen
star
7.86
926 votes

#3 - 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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UFO + Area 51
star
7.81
729 votes

#4 - 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

#5 - 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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CO2 Sensor + Tree Branch
star
7.79
878 votes

#6 - 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

#7 - 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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Mardi Gras Beads + Chair
star
7.76
866 votes

#8 - 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

#9 - 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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Wind + Water
star
7.72
707 votes

#10 - Wind + Water

Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/20/2018

While MacGyver is in Puerto Rico helping his friend rebuild his hurricane-damaged home, he is taken hostage in the bank his friend manages when robbers attempt to steal $2 million.

Directors: Mark Manos
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Riley + Airplane
star
7.71
744 votes

#11 - Riley + Airplane

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/30/2018

When Matty and the team search for a former government tech who stole classified intel and has been evading capture, they reunite with the Coltons, the family of bounty hunters, who are pursuing the same man for different reasons.

Directors: Antonio Negret
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Duct Tape + Jack
star
7.70
943 votes

#12 - Duct Tape + Jack

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/10/2017

MacGyver uses a heater and tabasco sauce to help a key presidential candidate in Ecuador receive a heart transplant he desperately needs after a rebel group tries to sabotage delivery of the organ.

Writer: Brian Durkin
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Skull + Electromagnet
star
7.70
1095 votes

#13 - 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.

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CD-ROM + Hoagie Foil
star
7.70
901 votes

#14 - CD-ROM + Hoagie Foil

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/1/2017

Mac and the team follow a group of Indonesian mercenaries who are transporting a lethal amount of stolen nerve gas in the hopes of tracking them to their dangerous leader. Also, Jack confronts Elwood about Riley, and Bozer is pushed to his limit in spy school.

Directors: Bobby Roth
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Benjamin Franklin + Grey Duffle
star
7.69
752 votes

#15 - Benjamin Franklin + Grey Duffle

Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/6/2018

As Mac and the team investigate the suspicious death of Dawn’s CIA supervisor, the evidence leads to a dirty CIA agent and a massive counterfeiting ring.

Directors: Sharat Raju
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Jet Engine + Pickup Truck
star
7.68
939 votes

#16 - 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.

Directors: Stephen Herek
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Packing Peanuts + Fire
star
7.67
958 votes

#17 - Packing Peanuts + Fire

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/17/2017

When 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 of hiding, they wind up getting conned out of the painting by the dealer’s team. Also, Riley’s estranged father, Elwood, asks to be part of her life, and Matty sends Bozer to a spy training camp.

Directors: Stacey Black
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Skyscraper - Power
star
7.67
735 votes

#18 - Skyscraper - Power

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/13/2018

Mac 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 communication lines to the Shanghai skyscraper where the boy lives.

Directors: Peter Weller
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Bear Trap + Mob Boss
star
7.66
805 votes

#19 - 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.

Writer: Nancy Kiu
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DIY or DIE
star
7.65
1199 votes

#20 - 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.

Directors: Stephen Herek
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Muscle Car + Paper Clips
star
7.64
1145 votes

#21 - Muscle Car + Paper Clips

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/6/2017

Mac and the team attempt to locate Riley after her first solo mission with a group of dangerous hackers goes off the rails.

Directors: Ericson Core
Writer: Nancy Kiu
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X-Ray + Penny
star
7.64
1085 votes

#22 - X-Ray + Penny

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/20/2017

When Murdoc drugs and kidnaps MacGyver, Mac uses a needle and his teeth to escape and join the team to save Murdoc’s next victim.

Directors: Bethany Rooney
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Roulette Wheel + Wire
star
7.62
1111 votes

#23 - Roulette Wheel + Wire

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/13/2017

MacGyver and the team go undercover in a high stakes casino to steal diamonds from a vault before a terrorist group gets there first and trades the jewels for a weapon of mass destruction.

Directors: Duane Clark
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