The BEST episodes of MacGyver season 4

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

MacGyver follows the adventures of the laid-back, extremely resourceful secret agent Angus MacGyver. He prefers non-violent conflict resolution whenever possible and refuses to carry or use a gun.

Last Updated: 11/13/2024Network: ABC (US)Status: Ended
The Outsiders
star
8.29
134 votes

#1 - The Outsiders

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/28/1988

MacGyver helps an Amish family, who saved his life, from having their farm seized by the government.

Directors: Mike Vejar
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The Challenge
star
8.13
151 votes

#2 - The Challenge

Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/27/1989

An inner city youth club is threatened when a black resident is framed for auto theft by a neighborhood racist who'll stop at nothing to close the center—even murder.

Directors: Dana Elcar
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The Secret of Parker House
star
8.08
176 votes

#3 - The Secret of Parker House

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/31/1988

MacGyver accompanies his friend Penny Parker to an old house she has inherited from her Aunt Betty, who mysteriously died 30 years before. When strange things start happening, Penny is sure that the house is haunted. However, MacGyver tries to convince her that there's no such thing as ghosts, but then he starts witnessing the strange events, too.

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The Invisible Killer
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8.04
139 votes

#4 - The Invisible Killer

Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 4/10/1989

MacGyver heads up a trip with four other Phoenix Foundation employees into the wilderness as part of a stress reduction program. After discovering that a prison bus accident has freed several prisoners, the employees begin to question each other's behavior. MacGyver must now figure out which man, if any, is not to be trusted before it's too late.

Directors: Dana Elcar
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On a Wing and a Prayer
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7.83
136 votes

#5 - On a Wing and a Prayer

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/5/1988

Central American rebels capture Pete and a nun, and it's up to Mac and Jack to rescue them. But, Jack's plane is sub par, and they go down in the middle of enemy territory.

Directors: Charlie Correll
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Collision Course
star
7.51
156 votes

#6 - Collision Course

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/12/1988

When a friend of Mac's is injured in a crash, Mac agrees to test the new racing engine designed by the Phoenix Foundation. However a business rival has other plans for him, and he has someone from the inside to help him.

Directors: Chuck Bowman
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Unfinished Business
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7.51
124 votes

#7 - Unfinished Business

Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 5/15/1989

Jack, MacGyver, and Pete review their past adventures while on a gold-panning expedition, unaware they're being stalked by a vengeful killer.

Directors: Charlie Correll
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Easy Target
star
7.48
128 votes

#8 - Easy Target

Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 5/1/1989

MacGyver and Pete are captured by terrorists intent on wiping out a nearby city with an electromagnetic pulse, unless their leader is freed.

Directors: Charlie Correll
Writer: Rick Drew
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Deadly Dreams
star
7.39
216 votes

#9 - Deadly Dreams

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 1/16/1989

MacGyver gets involved in the search for an escaped serial killer. Soon he comes to the conclusion that the killer had help from another prisoner—an even more sinister man.

Directors: Les Landau
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Renegade
star
7.37
123 votes

#10 - Renegade

Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 5/8/1989

MacGyver works hard to retrieve the anthrax bacillus stolen by a former Navy commando who once saved his life, and is now suffering the effects of an old head wound.

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Cleo Rocks
star
7.35
155 votes

#11 - Cleo Rocks

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 2/6/1989

Penny Parker's big chance in a major professional role is threatened from two directions: a money shortage and several deaths linked to the musical she is set to perform in.

Directors: Chuck Bowman
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The Survivors
star
7.35
125 votes

#12 - The Survivors

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/9/1989

While on assignment for the Phoenix Foundation to test field agents to make sure they are still in shape, MacGyver finds out he now has another agent to test: Pete. Things take a turn for the worse when MacGyver and Pete head into the wilderness where they stumble upon a wrecked plane and pictures of two dangerous drug smugglers who shot it down.

Directors: Michael Caffey
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Fraternity of Thieves
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7.32
128 votes

#13 - Fraternity of Thieves

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/13/1989

When Pete's son, Michael, returns to work for the foundation, neither Pete nor MacGyver see that Michael has used his connections to get closer to a Phoenix Foundation technology system in order to steal it and to sell it to the mysterious Papillion. But Papillion has plans of his own for Michael and his gang.

Directors: Michael Preece
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Gold Rush
star
7.31
121 votes

#14 - Gold Rush

Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 3/27/1989

MacGyver joins a joint U.S.-U.S.S.R. team trekking into the Alaskan wilderness to retrieve a huge amount of Russian gold from a downed plane only to learn that someone has beaten them to it.

Directors: Bill Gereghty
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Blood Brothers
star
7.30
166 votes

#15 - Blood Brothers

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/21/1988

MacGyver returns to his hometown to find himself haunted by the memories of a fatal shooting accident when he was a kid. While he is there, he helps two teenagers battle the local drug dealers.

Directors: Charlie Correll
Writer: Rick Drew
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Brainwashed
star
7.17
120 votes

#16 - Brainwashed

Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 4/24/1989

Jack Dalton is brainwashed by an African politician and his wife to assassinate the leader of an African nation, who is in town for an awards ceremony.

Directors: Michael Caffey
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Ma Dalton
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7.17
173 votes

#17 - Ma Dalton

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 1/23/1989

Jack receives mementos of his father from an anonymous sender. This triggers a search for Jack´s mother, who has been missing since Jack was a boy. But when he finally gets to meet her, she turns out to be a fugitive in fear of her life, and Jack´s presence only complicate things more.

Directors: Rob Bowman
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The Battle of Tommy Giordano
star
7.16
129 votes

#18 - The Battle of Tommy Giordano

Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/20/1989

When a kid is kidnapped by his estranged father, MacGyver tries to help the mother, a Phoenix employee, to rescue the boy. But the father is the son of an aging organized crime kingpin whose control is being threatened by subordinates.

Directors: Mike Vejar
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Runners
star
6.99
150 votes

#19 - Runners

Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 3/13/1989

MacGyver helps a young runaway with a vicious pimp and a tragic secret about her policeman father.

Directors: Michael Caffey
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