MacGyver
ABC (ended 1992)
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Season 7
- Ep 14The Mountain of Youth5/21/92
Jack Dalton, with MacGyver's help, searches for the Fountain of Youth in a land that appears to be the mythical Shangri-La, but also harbors a base to facilitate H-bomb construction. - Ep 13The Stringer4/25/92
MacGyver learns that a young photojournalist named Sam is his son while investigating Chinese smugglers who are illegally importing goods manufactured in dissident labor camps. - Ep 12Off the Wall12/30/91
MacGyver battles a callous slumlord when a young graffiti artist asks for help when his grandmother faces eviction from the apartment where she's spent her life. - Ep 11Gunz 'N Boyz12/16/91
MacGyver and the Challenger Club try to help a boy prepared to take the rap for another boy murdered by weapons dealers exploiting the fear and suspicion in the neighborhood. - Ep 10Split Decision12/2/91
MacGyver's friend Earl Dent looks to him for help when he fights to retain custody of his teenage daughter while preparing for a boxing comeback that bookmakers want him to throw. - Ep 9Deadly Silents11/18/91
MacGyver tries to help an old silent film star retrieve the only existing prints of his work from a pair who come up with some special effects of their own to try and trap MacGyver. - Ep 8Good Knight MacGyver (2)11/11/91
With the honor of his family name at stake, MacGyver and Merlin seek to free Cecilia and stop Morgana's rise to the throne. - Ep 7Good Knight MacGyver (1)11/4/91
MacGyver's investigation of his family tree leads to a head injury's transporting him to Arthurian England, where he must find Cecilia, defend Merlin from charges of harming King Arthur, and stop Morgana's attempted ascension to power. - Ep 6The Coltons10/14/91
The Colton brothers—with a little help from their mother and bulldog—seek out a witness to a murder in Chinatown. - Ep 5Walking Dead10/21/91
Mama Lorraine enlists MacGyver to help rescue a student activist who's been captured and entranced by Haitians working for a priest of voodoo. - Ep 4The Prometheus Syndrome10/7/91
MacGyver assists the Arson Squad in their investigation to hunt down a serial arsonist known as Prometheus. - Ep 3Obsessed9/30/91
While supervising security for a dictator undergoing trial in the United States, an overworked MacGyver is the only one who believes that his nemesis Murdoc is trying to kill the dictator. MacGyver's obsession soon puts his and Pete's jobs at risk. - Ep 2The 'Hood9/23/91
After his houseboat was destroyed in a fire, MacGyver moves into a new part of town and helps rescue one of his new neighbors after she overhears two hitmen discussing a job. - Ep 1Honest Abe9/16/91
MacGyver's trip to a bus station to pick up his godson Jeffrey's grandfather, arriving for Jeffrey's Bar Mitzvah, turns into a wild international caper involving Caribbean terrorists and a stolen helicopter.
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Season 6
- Ep 21Hind-Sight5/6/91
As Pete waits for glaucoma surgery, he and MacGyver reminisce about their past adventures and try to figure out who has been sending some vaguely threatening messages to Pete. - Ep 20Trail of Tears4/26/91
An electricity station to be built on Native American land pits a tribe member—who's just as sure his violent plan is a spiritual mission as MacGyver is that his ancestors would be horrified—against the power company. - Ep 19Strictly Business4/8/91
Murdoc must kill MacGyver if he's to come out of retirement as a paid assassin, and MacGyver gets assistance against him from a mother and daughter. - Ep 18Faith, Hope & Charity3/18/91
After getting caught in a wolf trap, MacGyver finds himself being cared for by two determined ladies running an isolated bed and breakfast which a mob accountant is using to hide out with his stolen million dollars. - Ep 17Blind Faith3/4/91
An old sweetheart of Pete's appeals to him for help when she tries to reveal human rights violations practiced in her Latin American homeland. While protecting her in a safe house, Pete reveals a secret he cannot keep any longer. - Ep 16There But For the Grace2/18/91
MacGyver feels a personal involvement in the death of a priest who worked among the homeless and starts an investigation himself to find the killer. - Ep 15High Control2/11/91
MacGyver tries to help an acquaintance just out of prison stay on the straight and narrow despite the efforts of his old biker gang to blackmail him into rejoining them. - Ep 14Eye of Osiris2/4/91
MacGyver joins an archaeological expedition searching for Alexander the Great's tomb, but it's hit by a rash of incidents that threaten its continuation. - Ep 13The Wasteland1/21/91
MacGyver seeks to stop a shortsighted developer whose latest project will create an environmental ruin and could result in his premature death at the hands of his greedy children. - Ep 12Jerico Games1/7/91
MacGyver is reunited with a high school sweetheart whose wealthy husband is sponsoring an international ice hockey tournament. - Ep 11Squeeze Play12/17/90
A former baseball star with mounting gambling losses is blackmailed into stealing memorabilia to pay off his debt. - Ep 10The Visitor12/3/90
While out of town to help with a new geothermal power plant, MacGyver is witness to a UFO sighting, complete with strange crop circles in a farmer's field. He decides to investigate, and he uncovers a scam with the help of his new friends. - Ep 9Bitter Harvest11/19/90
MacGyver goes undercover to investigate the death of a farm-worker organizer during an investigation of illegal pesticide use. - Ep 8MacGyver's Women11/12/90
Stress over a fear of commitment leads to MacGyver dreaming of living in the Old West, where he's forced to help a trio of women—all versions of women he knows in real life—escape from outlaws who are after their gold. - Ep 7Harry's Will11/5/90
When MacGyver tries to claim the station wagon left to him by his late Grandpa Harry, it starts a strange chase that leads him to an ex-con with a dream of running a restaurant, a soup kitchen in need of money, and a gang of crooks out for themselves. - Ep 6Lesson in Evil10/29/90
Dr. Zito returns to menace MacGyver and Murphy when he escapes after his latest sanity hearing, leaving a series of nasty clues designed to give MacGyver a crash course in evil. - Ep 5The Wall10/22/90
MacGyver helps reunite an East German girl with her grandfather in America, unaware that she's been recruited by two bitter former Stasi agents who believe the old man possesses a store of hidden gold. - Ep 4Twenty Questions10/8/90
MacGyver's teenage pal, Lisa Woodman, refuses to acknowledge her alcohol abuse until her needing his help to clear her of a rash of burglaries serves as a wake-up call. - Ep 3The Gun10/1/90
MacGyver searches for a gun used in both an assassination 20 years ago and a present-day cop killing to clear a friend. - Ep 2Humanity9/24/90
MacGyver and Thornton travel to Romania to help with analysis of Ceausescu's secret files. However, MacGyver is captured by a soldier loyal to the deceased dictator and must choose whether to save the man's life when he is bitten by a snake. - Ep 1Tough Boys9/17/90
MacGyver's pacifist policies are put to the test by a militant youth leader he hooks up with to find out who has been organizing a gang of youthful vigilantes using extreme measures to clean the neighborhood crack problem.
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Season 5
- Ep 21Passages4/30/90
Frantic with worry about his gravely ill Grandpa Harry, an attack from a man who's stolen an ancient Egyptian relic leaves MacGyver in a coma, where he experiences a vision where departed family members teach him the value of life. - Ep 20Rush to Judgement4/16/90
Sitting on the jury of a murder trial with racial overtones, MacGyver starts his own investigation and finds additional evidence that conflicts with the facts presented to him and his fellow jurors. - Ep 19Hearts of Steel4/9/90
MacGyver has to help free his teenage pal, Lisa, who's been kidnapped in a plot to get back at her father for his business practices. - Ep 18The Lost Amadeus3/19/90
A strange young woman gets MacGyver involved with a priceless violin and an eccentric maestro being sought by crooks. - Ep 17Deep Cover2/26/90
MacGyver and Pete have to stop the damage done when an engineer for the Phoenix Foundation is seduced to gain access to her work on submarine stealth technology so it can be used for drug smuggling. - Ep 16Jenny's Chance2/19/90
MacGyver, Dalton, and Thornton go undercover to expose a murderous money launderer working for a Cuban drug lord. - Ep 15The Treasure of Manco2/12/90
MacGyver and a friend race against a group of dedicated guerrillas to locate a valuable Incan treasure. - Ep 14Log Jam2/5/90
MacGyver's environmentalist friend has him help discover the truth behind the disappearance of an employee about to blow the whistle on a logging operation's illegal timber cutting. - Ep 13Live and Learn1/15/90
As part of a Phoenix Foundation program to lower the drop-out rate, MacGyver tries to inspire a promising, but unmotivated, high school student, despite the negative efforts of a cynical teacher and the boy's skeptical father. - Ep 12Serenity1/8/90
MacGyverâ€"who is exhaustedâ€"dreams that he's a Civil War veteran trying to claim a home in Montana, which is threatened by a neighboring rancher who looks a lot like Pete Thornton. But this Pete has hired Murdoc to kill MacGyver. - Ep 11The Madonna12/18/89
MacGyver faces a busy Christmas Eve: he tries to help a priest reclaim a stolen Madonna figure, aids Cynthia in keeping the Challenger Club's doors open, and comes to the rescue of a bag lady preyed upon by thieves. - Ep 10Two Times Trouble12/11/89
In Chicago, MacGyver tries to help Roxy, an old friend, during her shoot of a Rock Against Drugs video. She believes her twin sister is trying to kill her, fueled by jealousy over her music career. - Ep 9The Ten Percent Solution11/20/89
When the Phoenix Foundation acquires a painting once possessed by the Nazis, a Holocaust survivor claims it was stolen from his family, and MacGyver's investigation of the matter leads to his discovery of a dangerous Aryan group who still seeks the extermination of Jews. - Ep 8Black Rhino11/13/89
MacGyver heads for Africa after finding out that Billy, the youngest of the Colton brothers, has decided to take on deadly rhino poachers single-handedly. However, when he gets there, he finds an even bigger plot unfolding: the poachers are smuggling drugs in addition to killing rhinos. Now MacGyver and Billy must stop the poachers before they can escape the country.moreless - Ep 7Children of Light11/6/89
MacGyver's Chinese "foster daughter" arrives unexpectedly from China, carrying a videotape of the massacre in Tiananmen Square and a list of fax machine phone numbers vital to the continuing freedom movement. - Ep 6Halloween Knights10/30/89
MacGyver helps Murdoc locate and rescue his sister, Ashton, who was kidnapped by a gang of assassins he used to work for who are unwilling to accept his retirement. - Ep 5Second Chance10/16/89
In Bangkok, MacGyver and his old friend Jesse Colton help with a Phoenix Foundation funded hospital for sick children. While there, they discover a gang stealing supplies (including a dialysis machine vital to the survival of a girl name Suzie) from the hospital, and something even more surprising: an Amerasian boy who is the son of Jesse Colton.moreless - Ep 4Cease Fire10/9/89
MacGyver, on the run after being accused of an attempted assassination he actually helped thwart, is assisted by a troubled schoolgirl in stopping the real assassin who is threatening peace talks between two neighboring states. - Ep 3The Black Corsage10/2/89
MacGyver and Frank Colton join forces to track down a Bulgarian defector who was the accidental witness at a murder and is unwittingly in possession of a map to a valuable gem the killer seeks to obtain. - Ep 2Legend of the Holy Rose (2)9/25/89
Von Leer continues his attempts to thwart MacGyver and Zoe from locating the Holy Rose. - Ep 1Legend of the Holy Rose (1)9/18/89
MacGyver and an old friend dash around the world searching for the artifacts necessary to locate the Holy Grail, just one step ahead of a ruthless man on the same trail, who will do anything to get to it before they do.
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Season 4
- Ep 19Unfinished Business5/15/89
Jack, MacGyver, and Pete review their past adventures while on a gold-panning expedition, unaware they're being stalked by a vengeful killer. - Ep 18Renegade5/8/89
MacGyver works hard to retrieve Bacillus anthracis stolen by whom he discovers is a former Navy commando who once saved his life and is now suffering the effects of an old head wound. - Ep 17Easy Target5/1/89
MacGyver and Pete are captured by terrorists intent on wiping out a nearby city with an electromagnetic pulse, unless their leader is freed. - Ep 16Brainwashed4/24/89
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. - Ep 15The Invisible Killer4/10/89
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.moreless - Ep 14Gold Rush3/27/89
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. - Ep 13Runners3/13/89
MacGyver helps a young runaway with a vicious pimp and a tragic secret about her policeman father. - Ep 12The Challenge2/27/89
The Challengers Club, an urban youth center for troubled teens, faces closure in the wake of an auto theft one of its members has been framed for, and a racist is ready to murder to try to seal the deal. - Ep 11The Battle of Tommy Giordano2/20/89
MacGyver tries to assist a Phoenix Foundation employee rescue her kidnapped son from her estranged husband, but matters are complicated by the boy's grand-uncle, a criminal kingpin whose position of power is coveted by others. - Ep 10Fraternity of Thieves2/13/89
Michael Thornton, Pete's son, leaves Pete and MacGyver unaware he's involved in a plot to steal a hi-tech military satellite-linkage system's schematics for a criminal known as Papillon. - Ep 9Cleo Rocks2/6/89
Financial difficulties and a string of accidents threaten Penny Parker's potential big break in a musical based on the life of Cleopatra. - Ep 8Ma Dalton1/23/89
When Jack gets an anonymous package of mementos of his father, he wants some answers, and the search is on for his mother, who's been missing since his youth. But in finding her, he unknowingly puts her life in danger. - Ep 7Deadly Dreams1/16/89
The hunt for serial killer who's escaped prison takes a different direction when MacGyver realizes he had help from an even more dangerous inmate. - Ep 6The Survivors1/9/89
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.moreless - Ep 5Collision Course12/12/88
A reluctant MacGyver is forced to drive an experimental environmentally-efficient race car in a championship competition after the designer, an old college friend, is blinded in a crash caused by sabotage. - Ep 4On a Wing and a Prayer12/5/88
When Pete and a nun are captured by Barracan rebels, Jack and MacGyver set off to rescue them, but they're soon in trouble themselves when Jack's plane is downed in enemy territory. - Ep 3The Outsiders11/28/88
After they come to his aid following a Jeep accident, MacGyver helps an Amish family who face having their farm seized by the government and the aggression of an employee from the construction company waiting to start demolition. - Ep 2Blood Brothers11/21/88
MacGyver returns to his home town of Mission City, MN to meet up with two old friends, Chuck and Neil, so they can dig up a time capsule they buried 25 years ago. Haunted by the death of his friend Jesse, who died when MacGyver was young, MacGyver also has to contend with a drug dealer after Chuck's and Neil's sons, Danny and Sean.moreless - Ep 1The Secret of Parker House10/31/88
MacGyver takes Penny to see the house she's inherited from her Aunt Betty, who mysteriously disappeared 30 years ago. 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.moreless
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Season 3
- Ep 20Murderers' Sky5/9/88
When the head of a American-Chinese shipping company is attacked in his office by a killer, MacGyver and the man's grandson—who is heir to the company—must find out who was behind the attempt on his life. - Ep 19The Endangered5/2/88
After a brush with death, MacGyver visits an ex-girlfriend, Karen, who works as a park ranger at a national park and tries to rekindle their relationship. However, when they fail to stop three poachers, MacGyver and a wounded Karen are soon on the run as the men try to eliminate any witnesses.moreless - Ep 18Rock the Cradle4/18/88
After returning from a flight, MacGyver and Jack Dalton find an abandoned baby in Jack's hangar—bearing the name tag "Jack, Jr." and atop a fortune in counterfeit money. - Ep 17Mask of the Wolf3/28/88
Jack Dalton and MacGyver help an elderly Indian when two crooks force him to lead them to a rare wolf mask. - Ep 16The Spoilers3/14/88
MacGyver enlists a recluse nicknamed Earthquake to help find a person who is dumping toxic waste and polluting mountain streams, but his flashbacks to Vietnam may hinder his ability to be a credible witness. - Ep 15The Negotiator3/7/88
MacGyver becomes infatuated with a woman while conducting environmental-impact studies. However, he doesn't know the woman was hired to use seduction to get him to skip the studiesâ€"with a back-up plan of killing him. - Ep 14The Odd Triple2/29/88
After returning home from a long assignment, MacGyver finds Jack Dalton waiting for him and wanting him to help with a new scheme. A wealthy woman has just acquired some valuable jewels and wants Jack to fly her back to her home in France, but when they land Jack and MacGyver are arrested and accused of theft.moreless - Ep 13Thin Ice2/1/88
While back in Minnesota to fill in as coach for a high school hockey team, MacGyver tries to change the attitude of a callous player who has a shot at playing for the pros. But when this kid's ambition lands another player in the hospital, MacGyver must try and find out what or who is pushing him so hard to succeed.moreless - Ep 12Early Retirement1/18/88
The Phoenix Foundation takes on the decommissioning of nuclear missiles. However, the process goes awry and an explosion kills three men and injures eight more. Pete blames himself for not inspecting their equipment better and resigns from his job out of guilt. However, Pete is replaced by a not-so-trustworthy manone who may have been connected to the explosion.moreless - Ep 11Kill Zone1/4/88
When a satellite crashes from orbit and animals start dying from a strange organism attached to it, MacGyver must investigate. - Ep 10Blow Out12/21/87
MacGyver teams up with colleague Nikki Carpenter to find out who is behind the attempts on her life. When they find out that the man who tried to kill her is connected to two terrorists who blew up a local post office, they must find out what the terrorists' next target is before it's too late.moreless - Ep 9Hell Week11/23/87
MacGyver must help deal with his former mentor's son, who feels ignored and becomes distraught after losing a competition at a prestigious university. - Ep 8The Widowmaker11/16/87
MacGyver grieves for his long-time friend, Mike Forester, after she dies in a tragic rock climbing accident. Nikki Carpenter comes up to the cabin where he's staying to try and cheer him up, but MacGyver is still in his slump. However, the return of an old enemy forces him back into action.moreless - Ep 7Jack in the Box11/9/87
MacGyver and Jack Dalton are arrested in Arkansas by a corrupt sheriff who puts the convicts to work in the nearby zinc mine. MacGyver wants to escape, but Jack has other ideas: he wants to find five million dollars a bank robber left in the mine years before. - Ep 6GX-111/2/87
MacGyver and Nikki race to recover equipment from an experimental plane downed in the Alps before the Soviets, who are using a psychic to guide them to the wreckage. - Ep 5Fire and Ice10/26/87
While investigating a string of jewelry thefts, a long time friend of MacGyver's is murdered. - Ep 4Ghost Ship10/19/87
While on a trip to map out a part of Alaska's wilderness for the Phoenix Foundation, MacGyver stumbles upon a seemingly abandoned ship where he ends up finding a runaway girl and a Sasquatch-type creature. - Ep 3Back From the Dead10/5/87
Jimmy Kendall, living undercover after testifying against his mob bosses, surfaces when he becomes the manager for a winning baseball team. - Ep 2Lost Love (2)9/28/87
The KBG have Lisa in their grasp, and to free her MacGyver must get The Ming Dragon for them. MacGyver enlists the help of his old buddy, Jack Dalton, to help him steal it. - Ep 1Lost Love (1)9/21/87
While helping the People's Republic of China secure a priceless national treasureThe Ming Dragonin a San Diego museum, MacGyver runs into a Lisa, a woman that he had loved and thought was long dead. MacGyver learns that Lisa has been alive all these years and needs his help escaping the KGB.moreless
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Season 2
- Ep 22For Love or Money5/4/87
MacGyver is forced to work with a ruthless freelance agent to rescue a human rights activist who is being held in a psychiatric hospital in Czechoslovakia. The rescue is an apparent success, until the secret police then kidnap the activist's wife to get him back. - Ep 21D.O.A.: MacGyver4/27/87
MacGyver is called to a meeting with an explosives expert formerly with British Intelligence, who has learned of a group of terrorists that will use a new plastic explosive in a vengeful attack on the U.S. army. However, before the explosives expert can give MacGyver all the details, he is shot. MacGyver flees through a window and is picked up by a boat, whose owner soon learns that the man she has rescued doesn't have any memory.moreless - Ep 20Friends4/6/87
MacGyver's friends throw a birthday party for him, but he's somberly reflecting on his past and future. While reflecting, MacGyver decides to leave the Phoenix Foundation to get married and have a family. Can Pete convince him how important he is to the Foundation and get him to change his mind?moreless - Ep 19Bushmaster3/23/87
When MacGyver is sent to rescue an American pilot held in Central America for supposed espionage, his wargame-trained daughter tags along, but she didn't quite come prepared for the real thing. MacGyver must now rescue the pilot while keeping his daughter safe from the soldiers. - Ep 18Partners3/2/87
MacGyver and Pete are tricked into meeting at a wrecking yard, where they're caught inside a large truck. An obituary for them and Jack Dalton provides their only clue to who has captured them. - Ep 17Dalton, Jack of Spies2/23/87
Jack Dalton, who is believed to be dead, recruits MacGyver to help uncover a CIA mole. - Ep 16Out in the Cold2/16/87
MacGyver has his skiing pole switched by a man only moments before he's shot. With MacGyver trapped by the ensuing avalanche, Pete tries to arrange his rescue, not knowing the victim's associates are eager to get at what's hidden in the pole MacGyver now has. - Ep 15Pirates2/9/87
The Navy unofficially asks the Phoenix Foundation to help find pirates who use SEAL techniques to conduct high-seas robbery. The thieves steal a small treasure chest from Dr. Barbara Ortega and soon learn it holds the key to a sunken fleet of Spanish ships. - Ep 14Birth Day2/2/87
MacGyver's fishing trip is cut short when he meets a very pregnant woman whose husband is out to kill her after she accidentally found out that his half-way home for ex-cons is really a recruiting place for them to commit new crimes. - Ep 13Soft Touch1/19/87
MacGyver puts up Penny Parker for a few days while she's looking for a job as a singing telegram deliveryperson. But on her first day, she happens to witness two thugs torturing a man. Unfortunately, she can't find her way back, but MacGyver thinks this may be the start of something bigger as the victim is a Federal agent.moreless - Ep 12Family Matter1/12/87
Pete's ex-wife and son are kidnapped in Louisiana while on an archaeological trip. The kidnappers demand that Pete comes to Louisiana in exchange for letting his family go. But when he gets there, it soon becomes apparent that they don't plan to let any of them go. - Ep 11Phoenix Under Siege1/5/87
While retrieving tickets for a hockey game from the Phoenix Foundation, MacGyver and his grandpa Harry get caught in the middle of a woman's plot to blow up the building using a bomb that she made. They try to escape, but are locked in and must figure another way out before she activates the bomb.moreless - Ep 10Three For the Road12/15/86
A retired actor and his wife stop at a motel on the way to Hollywood. MacGyver, there to meet a mobster-turned-informant at the motel, rescues them from a drunkard who nearly makes a mark on their car. When the mob shows up and kills MacGyver's informant before he can make the delivery, the bag lands in the old couple's car, where it's discovered to be full of money.moreless - Ep 9Silent World11/24/86
When MacGyver tries to help a deaf friend who is having precognitive dreams of his death, he discovers a plan to steal a voice-guided missile system from the government. - Ep 8Eagles11/17/86
While hang gliding to locate the nest of a pair of golden eagles, MacGyver crosses paths with an escaped felon who runs hunting excursions. The felon's client wounds one eagle and the other is sent crashing into the mountain in shock. With the help of his new friend Susan Cooper and her son Darin, MacGyver must heal the injured eagle, scale a mountain to recover the second eagle, and trap the felon who is intent on eliminating any witnesses.moreless - Ep 7The Road Not Taken11/10/86
MacGyver and Pete head to Asia to rescue a nun (who is an old friend of Pete's) and the orphaned children she takes care of from aggressive regime troops. While there, MacGyver runs into someone he never expectedhis former fiance, Debra. Now MacGyver must complete his mission, work out his differences with Debra, and escape from the troops.moreless - Ep 6Jack of Lies11/3/86
MacGyver, returning home one night, walks into his apartment only to find everything he owns missing. Initially suspecting a robbery, MacGyver eventually comes to the conclusion that his old friend Jack Dalton is the one responsible for the theft. - Ep 5Final Approach10/27/86
MacGyver goes to the mountains to lead four teenage gang members on probation on a Phoenix Foundation funded rehabilitation trip. When he gets there, he finds that this task may be a little more complicated then he thought. All of the kids are very rebellious and one of them has a bad grudge against another one. A couple of days later when MacGyver is returning with the kids, their plane crashes in the middle of the wilderness and one of them is injured. Now, MacGyver must fix the plane and help the kids work out their differences so they can save their friend.moreless - Ep 4The Wish Child10/20/86
While MacGyver goes to pick up Paul, his Chinese friend's brother, he witnesses something strange: Paul is being called "The Wish Child." A greedy criminal has wrapped him up in a scam, because Paul looks exactly like a boy from an old legend that owns the secret of immortality. Now, MacGyver must try to talk him out of this, because Paul is starting to believe he really is The Wish Child!moreless - Ep 3Twice Stung10/6/86
MacGyver and Pete have a surprise party planned for a colleague, but when the colleague doesn't show up, MacGyver goes looking for him and finds him on the verge of committing suicide. When questioned why he would do such a thing, Kelly explains that a con artist has swindled him out of his life savings. MacGyver tells Pete about Kelly's situation, and the two of them decide that they will get Kelly's money back from the con.moreless - Ep 2The Eraser9/29/86
MacGyver inadvertently leads a hit man to his target, believing that he's helping a father find his lost son. - Ep 1The Human Factor9/22/86
MacGyver and Pete are testing a new security system at the Strategic Research Development Administration. MacGyver successfully bypasses the security and meets Dr. Jill Ludlum, the system's designer. She tries to turn off the security system, but it doesn't realize that it was just a test. MacGyver and Dr. Ludlum are then forced to find a way out, as the security system, named Sandy, tries to destroy the "intruders."moreless
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Season 1
