The BEST episodes of MacGyver (2016) season 4

Every episode of MacGyver (2016) season 4, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of MacGyver (2016) season 4!

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: 9/20/2024Network: CBSStatus: Ended
Loyalty + Family + Rogue + Hellfire
star
7.87
410 votes

#1 - 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
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Father + Son + Father + Matriarch
star
7.85
425 votes

#2 - 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
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Kid + Plane + Cable + Truck
star
7.80
460 votes

#3 - 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
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Soccer + Desi + Merchant + Titan
star
7.79
448 votes

#4 - 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
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Save + The + Dam + World
star
7.79
415 votes

#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.

Directors: Carlos Bernard
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Code + Artemis + Nuclear + N3mesis
star
7.79
432 votes

#6 - 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
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Mac + Desi + Riley + Aubrey
star
7.78
442 votes

#7 - 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
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Psy-Op + Cell + Merchant + Birds
star
7.74
427 votes

#8 - 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
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Tesla + Bell + Edison + Mac
star
7.72
442 votes

#9 - 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.

Directors: Yangzom Brauen
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Fire + Ashes + Legacy = Phoenix
star
7.71
475 votes

#10 - Fire + Ashes + Legacy = Phoenix

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/7/2020

Ex-MI6 agent Russ Taylor recruits former Phoenix Foundation members Mac, Riley, Bozer, Matty and Desi to hunt down a bioweapon that’s planned to be used by a mysterious organization for a devastating attack on a major U.S. city.

Directors: David Straiton
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Red Cell + Quantum + Cold + Committed
star
7.70
461 votes

#11 - Red Cell + Quantum + Cold + Committed

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/14/2020

Department of Defense General John Acosta recruits MacGyver to steal a highly classified project from a military lab in order to find flaws in its security. But when it’s discovered that the general is planning an attack using the weapon, Phoenix must stop Acosta before the weapon is uploaded.

Directors: David Straiton
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Windmill + Acetone + Celluloid + Firing Pin
star
7.70
465 votes

#12 - 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.

Directors: Eagle Egilsson
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Right + Wrong + Both + Neither
star
7.69
416 votes

#13 - 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.

Directors: Roderick Davis
Writer: Andrew Klein
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV