The Best Episodes of MacGyver Season 1

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.2/10(13 votes)

   #1 - The Rising

   S1:E19/23/2016

   Angus MacGyver and Jack Dalton, special agents for the Department of External Services (DXS), join forces to recover a missing bioweapon that has the ability to destroy hundreds of thousands of people with one single drop.

   Director:James Wan

   Writer:Peter M. Lenkov

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   Director:James Wan

   Writer:Peter M. Lenkov
2. 

   7.0/10(11 votes)

   #2 - Metal Saw

   S1:E29/30/2016

   MacGyver and the team attempt to rescue Sarah, Jack’s former CIA partner/ex-girlfriend who went missing in Venezuela after she obtained evidence to take down an international arms dealer.

   Director:Jerry Levine

   Writer:Craig S. O'Neill

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   Director:Jerry Levine

   Writer:Craig S. O'Neill
3. 

   6.3/10(9 votes)

   #3 - Awl

   S1:E310/7/2016

   MacGyver and the team are in Malaysia to extract a terrorist groups’ money man, Ralph, who holds key intel to an impending attack. But the mission goes south when the man is shot, and now, with only a driver’s license and hand sanitizer available, MacGyver must keep Ralph alive in order to learn the terrorists’ plans.

   Director:Matt Earl Beesley

   Writer:David Slack

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   Director:Matt Earl Beesley

   Writer:David Slack
4. 

   7.6/10(8 votes)

   #4 - Wire Cutter

   S1:E410/14/2016

   Mac and Jack partner with older versions of themselves, a Russian bomb programmer and his estranged handler, to shut down a Soviet-era warhead in Moscow. But when the antiquated computer needed to disable the warhead becomes inoperable, Mac must find a way to fix it with only duct tape and wire in time to prevent a new Cold War.

   Director:Joe Dante

   Writer:John Turman

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   Director:Joe Dante

   Writer:John Turman
5. 

   7.7/10(6 votes)

   #5 - Toothpick

   S1:E510/21/2016

   Using only an armrest, a curtain rod, and a toothpick, MacGyver must fix a sabotaged train in order to protect a whistleblower who has proof that her boss is selling weapons to U.S. enemies.

   Director:Bobby Roth

   Writer:Nancy Kiu

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   Director:Bobby Roth

   Writer:Nancy Kiu
6. 

   8.3/10(7 votes)

   #6 - Wrench

   S1:E610/28/2016

   Using only a wrench and rope, MacGyver must diffuse a bomb set near the United Nations by his old nemesis, “The Ghost”, a notorious criminal whose work killed his mentor, and track him down before he strikes again.

   Director:Alec Smight

   Writer:Brian Durkin

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   Director:Alec Smight

   Writer:Brian Durkin
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   8.3/10(6 votes)

   #7 - Can Opener

   S1:E711/4/2016

   MacGyver is tasked to go undercover as an inmate in a maximum security prison to break out El Noche, a notorious drug kingpin, using only batteries and salt, and track him to his cartel's secret location and dismantle it.

   Director:Alec Smight

   Writer:Brian Durkin

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   Director:Alec Smight

   Writer:Brian Durkin
8. 

   8.6/10(5 votes)

   #8 - Corkscrew

   S1:E811/11/2016

   When MacGyver comes face to face with Murdoc, an international assassin hired to kill him, Mac must defend both himself and Bozer, armed with only a corkscrew and paper towel rolls. Also, Bozer feels completely betrayed when he finally learns Mac's true identity.

   Director:Janice Cooke

   Writer:Lindsey Allen

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   Director:Janice Cooke

   Writer:Lindsey Allen
9. 

   8.0/10(7 votes)

   #9 - Chisel