The BEST episodes of MacGyver (2016) season 5

Every episode of MacGyver (2016) season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of MacGyver (2016) season 5!

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
Jack + Kinematics + Safe Cracker + MgKNO3 + GTO
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7.78
349 votes

#1 - 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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Golden Lancehead + Venom + Pole Vault + Blood + Baggage
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7.74
351 votes

#2 - 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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Diamond + Quake + Carbon + Comms + Tower
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7.73
333 votes

#3 - Diamond + Quake + Carbon + Comms + Tower

Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/5/2021

While on a mission to hunt down a Codex lead, Mac and the team discover Murdoc hacked their comms and has recorded them for months. Now, Mac and the team must stop Murdoc, who is working with Andrews, as they plot to kill thousands and reveal each Phoenix member’s most-guarded secrets.

Directors: Michael Martinez
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Banh Bao + Sterno + Drill + Burner + Mason
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7.72
364 votes

#4 - Banh Bao + Sterno + Drill + Burner + Mason

Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/8/2021

Mac’s meeting with Desi’s parents goes sideways when her brother finds himself in trouble and desperately needs their help. Also, Russ and Matty must ask an old nemesis for assistance when their new recruitment candidate is kidnapped.

Directors: Peter Weller
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Thief + Painting + Auction + Viro-486 + Justice
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7.67
373 votes

#5 - Thief + Painting + Auction + Viro-486 + Justice

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 12/11/2020

When Taylor’s former protégé is killed while preventing a bio-weapon from falling into the wrong hands, Mac and the team must find the weapon so Desi can pull off the ultimate heist before it’s sold to a terrorist cell.

Directors: Duane Clark
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Resort + Desi + Riley + Window Cleaner + Witness
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7.66
394 votes

#6 - 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.

Directors: Avi Youabian
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Barn Find + Engine Oil + La Punzonatura + Lab Rats + Tachometer
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7.65
325 votes

#7 - Barn Find + Engine Oil + La Punzonatura + Lab Rats + Tachometer

Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 4/9/2021

While Mac and the team delve into the world of Italian car culture in order to track down a crime boss-in-hiding, Mac must lean on Desi when he discovers that he losing the ability to control his hands. Also, Mac and Desi move in together and Riley reveals the truth about her secret team of hackers to Russ.

Directors: Katie Eastridge
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Abduction + Memory + Time + Fireworks + Dispersal
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7.64
319 votes

#8 - Abduction + Memory + Time + Fireworks + Dispersal

Season 5 - Episode 15 - Aired 4/30/2021

When Mac and Riley go missing and wake up 24 hours later in a corn field with no memory of how they got there, they must unravel the mystery to find who took them, and how to get rid of the nanotrackers in their bodies, no matter the cost.

Directors: David Straiton
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SOS + Hazmat + Ultrasound + Frequency + Malihini
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7.64
343 votes

#9 - SOS + Hazmat + Ultrasound + Frequency + Malihini

Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/12/2021

Mac and team rush to help when Matty’s former mentor, Ian Cain, and his embassy staff come down with a deadly, mysterious illness. Also, Taylor and Bozer work with Jerry Ortega to infiltrate a Codex cell.

Directors: Yangzom Brauen
Writer: Cindy Appel
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Royalty + Marriage + Vivaah Sanskar + Zinc + Henna
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7.58
323 votes

#10 - Royalty + Marriage + Vivaah Sanskar + Zinc + Henna

Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/2/2021

Mac, Desi and Russ go undercover during a royal Indian wedding to protect a princess whose policies could put her life in danger. Also, Russ and Sophia come face-to-face at the wedding, Bozer suspects Riley is up to her old hacking ways and Matty runs down a lead in hopes of getting to the bottom of Mac and Riley’s ingested nano-trackers.

Directors: Anne Renton
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Eclipse + USMC-1856707 + Step Potential + Chain Lock + Ma
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7.58
352 votes

#11 - Eclipse + USMC-1856707 + Step Potential + Chain Lock + Ma

Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/18/2020

When Russ is kidnapped, Mac and the team must break out a previously murderous psychopath, now pacifist, from prison to help find him. Also, while on the run, Mac and Desi are forced to confront their relationship issues.

Directors: David Straiton
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H2O + Orthophosphates + Mission City + Corrosion + Origins
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7.55
310 votes

#12 - H2O + Orthophosphates + Mission City + Corrosion + Origins

Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 4/16/2021

Mac and Desi travel with Bozer to his childhood home when his aunt dies in a tragic accident, however, they soon discover she may have been murdered for trying to expose the city’s contaminated water supply. Also, Riley, Matty and Russ continue to follow leads on their nano-trackers investigation.

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Rails + Pitons + Pulley + Pipe + Salt
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7.54
338 votes

#13 - Rails + Pitons + Pulley + Pipe + Salt

Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 2/19/2021

When Mac and the team are unable to prevent Department of Defense intel from falling into Codex’s hands, Mac must scale a vertical cliff using only gear he can cobble together himself to prevent the info’s transmission.

Directors: Christine Moore
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Quarantine + N95 + Landline + Telescope + Social Distance
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7.53
362 votes

#14 - Quarantine + N95 + Landline + Telescope + Social Distance

Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/22/2021

During COVID-19’s first stay-at-home order, as Mac, Bozer and Riley quarantine together, they try to stop a crime in progress at their neighbor’s house. Also, Russ’ romantic fling takes on a longer and more complicated turn when they quarantine together.

Directors: Andrew Ahn
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C8H7ClO + Nano-Trackers + Resistance + Maldives + Mind Games
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7.53
331 votes

#15 - C8H7ClO + Nano-Trackers + Resistance + Maldives + Mind Games

Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/26/2021

Mac and Riley head overseas together to prevent a governmental collapse and inadvertently inhale new deadly microscopic technology.

Directors: David Straiton
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