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The Best Episodes of MacGyver Season 3

Every episode of MacGyver Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of MacGyver Season 3!

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20-something Angus MacGyver creates a clandestine organization where he uses his knack for solving problems in unconventional ways to help prevent disasters from happening.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    MacGyver Season 3 Episode 14 - Father + Bride + Betrayal
    8.2/10(636 votes)

    S3:E14

    An international crime boss offers Matty a deal she can’t refuse – he’ll surrender himself into her custody if he’s allowed to return to the United States to watch his daughter walk down the aisle. MacGyver and team crash the wedding to ensure the crime lord doesn’t run, only to discover they’re not the only ones lying in wait at the event.

    Director:Avi Youabian
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. MacGyver Season 3 Episode 18 - Murdoc + Helman + Hit
    8.1/10(564 votes)

    S3:E18

    When Nicholas Helman resurfaces to carry out a killing spree, the Phoenix is forced to get help from the one person who knows him best… his protégé, Murdoc.

    Director:Roderick Davis
    Writer:Lee David Zlotoff

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  3. MacGyver Season 3 Episode 6 - Murdoc + MacGyver + Murdoc
    8.0/10(604 votes)

    S3:E6

    Murdoc abducts MacGyver’s girlfriend, Nasha, to force Mac to help him rescue his son, Cassian, from a kidnapper. Also, a dangerous individual from Murdoc’s personal life shows up, giving Mac a glimpse into the villain’s past.

    Director:Stephen Herek
    Writer:Craig S. O'Neill

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  4. MacGyver Season 3 Episode 8 - Revenge + Catacombs + Le Fantome
    8.0/10(600 votes)

    S3:E8

    MacGyver and the team set off on a dangerous capture operation after an Irish military intelligence officer approaches them claiming to know the whereabouts of “The Ghost,” a lethal bomb maker whom Mac has been hunting for years.

    Director:Lily Mariye
    Writer:Brian Durkin

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  5. MacGyver Season 3 Episode 13 - Wilderness + Training + Survival
    8.0/10(582 votes)

    S3:E13

    When MacGyver takes Riley and Bozer into the wilderness for a weekend of survival training, things take a turn when they run into a violent group of criminals who are searching the rugged backcountry for a lost crate of money. Also, Jack and Matty go on a road trip to place Matty’s ex-husband and his family in witness protection.

    Director:Brad Turner
    Writers:Andrew Klein, Josh Brown

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  6. MacGyver Season 3 Episode 22 - Mason + Cable + Choices
    8.0/10(554 votes)

    S3:E22

    MacGyver faces off with a cunning new adversary whose carefully crafted plans put Mac at the epicenter of an impossible choice: save the life of a friend, or save the lives of hundreds of innocents. Also, Mac receives new information that will drive a wedge between him and his father.

    Director:Maja Vrvilo
    Writer:Jim Adler

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  7. MacGyver Season 3 Episode 2 - Bravo Lead + Loyalty + Friendship
    7.9/10(620 votes)

    S3:E2

    When Jack receives an emergency distress signal from one of his old Delta buddies who is falsely accused of terrorism in a foreign country, MacGyver and Jack quickly recruit the rest of Jack’s old Delta team and stage an unsanctioned rescue op.

    Director:Duane Clark
    Writer:Brian Durkin

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  8. MacGyver Season 3 Episode 11 - Mac + Fallout + Jack
    7.9/10(573 votes)

    S3:E11

    Mac and Jack hit the road for a weekend of relaxation in Las Vegas, but their mini-vacation is cut short when someone from their past abducts them and locks them in a concrete room. Also, Matty tasks Riley, Bozer and Leanna with stealing a diamond encoded with terrorist intel from a princess in Milan.

    Director:Carlos Bernard
    Writer:Jim Adler

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  9. MacGyver Season 3 Episode 12 - Fence + Suitcase + Americium-241
    7.9/10(570 votes)

    S3:E12

    The Phoenix teams up with a woman who’s a soccer mom by day but a master thief by night to catch one of her contacts, an underworld criminal, who has hired her to steal a dirty bomb.

    Director:Ron Underwood
    Writer:Brian Durkin

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  10. MacGyver Season 3 Episode 3 - Bozer + Booze + Back to School
    7.8/10(598 votes)

    S3:E3

    MacGyver, Riley, Bozer and Leanna go undercover on a college campus to smoke out a deep-cover operative who is recruiting students to carry out deadly attacks around the world. Also, Jack joins bounty hunter Billy Colton in the hunt for a bail jumper but is concerned when he finds out Billy offered Riley a job.

    Director:Tessa Blake
    Writer:Nancy Kiu

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  11. MacGyver Season 3 Episode 5 - Dia de Muertos + Sicarios + Family
    7.8/10(577 votes)

    S3:E5

    When Oversight’s attempt to capture a drug cartel’s leader goes bad, MacGyver and Jack rush to Mexico to pull their boss out while racing through the heart of the country during Dia de Muertos celebrations. Also, Bozer and Riley use Halloween as a distraction to gather intel on a man accused of treason.

    Director:Eagle Egilsson
    Writers:Andrew Karlsruher, Jim Adler

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  12. MacGyver Season 3 Episode 7 - Scavengers + Hard Drive + Dragonfly
    7.8/10(578 votes)

    S3:E7

    Matty sends MacGyver and team to Ghana to recover a hard drive from an e-waste landfill that is run by a powerful and violent man. But when Matty refuses to reveal what’s on the drive, other than a mysterious file called “Dragonfly,” the team speculates about what could be so important to her.

    Director:Gabriel Beristain
    Writer:Andrew Karlsruher

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  13. MacGyver Season 3 Episode 9 - Specimen 234 + PAPR + Outbreak
    7.8/10(560 votes)

    S3:E9

    When a vial containing a deadly virus is stolen from the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, MacGvyer and team race to recover it before the thief unleashes a global pandemic.

    Director:Michael Martinez
    Writer:Lindsey Allen

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  14. MacGyver Season 3 Episode 10 - Matty + Ethan + Fidelity
    7.8/10(565 votes)

    S3:E10

    Matty reveals a shocking secret to the team: she has a husband who’s been undercover in a criminal organization called S-Company for eight years. When his status as a CIA agent comes out, Matty needs MacGyver to find and extract her husband before it’s too late.

    Director:David Straiton
    Writer:Andrew Karlsruher

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  15. MacGyver Season 3 Episode 15 - K9 + Smugglers + New Recruit
    7.8/10(590 votes)

    S3:E15

    After a surprising introduction to Phoenix’s newest recruit, Desi, MacGyver and team are assigned to escort and protect an ATF (alcohol, tobacco, firearms) gun-sniffing dog who has a bounty on his head, only to discover they’re not the only ones crashing the weapon drop.

    Director:Gabriel Beristain
    Writer:Rob Pearlstein

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  16. MacGyver Season 3 Episode 16 - Lidar + Rogues + Duty
    7.8/10(553 votes)

    S3:E16

    The Phoenix must recover the body of a pilot whose plane crashed while testing an experimental laser mapping system that MacGyver designed. Also, Riley tries to identify the hacker who tricked a SWAT team into arresting her and Elwood.

    Director:Stephen Herek
    Writer:Don Perez

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  17. MacGyver Season 3 Episode 19 - Friends + Enemies + Border
    7.8/10(543 votes)

    S3:E19

    MacGyver and Desi help a group of Syrian refugees who are being pursued by human traffickers. Also, in Los Angeles, Bozer is trapped in Oversight’s car which is rigged to explode.

    Director:Andi Armaganian
    Writer:Justin Lisson

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  18. MacGyver Season 3 Episode 20 - No-Go + High-Voltage + Rescue
    7.8/10(538 votes)

    S3:E20

    When two American tourists go missing while doing a “No-Go Scavenger Hunt” through some of the world’s most dangerous countries, the Phoenix team goes undercover as backpackers to find them and bring them home alive.

    Director:Andrew Karlsruher
    Writer:Rob Pearlstein

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  19. MacGyver Season 3 Episode 21 - Treason + Heartbreak + Gum
    7.7/10(536 votes)

    S3:E21

    Matty’s ex-husband, Ethan, asks her for help when a criminal organization, S-Company, kidnaps his wife and daughter, forcing Matty to decide if she’s willing to commit treason in order to help him save his family. Also, Riley joins Billy Colton and Mama Colton on a mission to Paris and makes a heartbreaking discovery.

    Director:Stephen Herek
    Writers:Nancy Kiu, Lindsey Allen

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  20. MacGyver Season 3 Episode 1 - Improvise
    7.6/10(642 votes)

    S3:E1

    Three months after quitting the Phoenix Foundation and moving to Nigeria, Mac puts aside his differences with his father and returns when he hears Jack is the target of a murderous dictator he double-crossed.

    Director:Stephen Herek
    Writers:Craig S. O'Neill, Peter M. Lenkov

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  21. MacGyver Season 3 Episode 17 - Seeds + Permafrost + Feather
    7.6/10(552 votes)

    S3:E17

    MacGyver and team are asked to solve a locked-door mystery when a man working inside a remote, ultra-secure international seed vault disappears.

    Director:Alexandra La Roche
    Writers:Nancy Kiu, Lindsey Allen

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  22. MacGyver Season 3 Episode 4 - Guts + Fuel + Hope
    7.3/10(609 votes)

    S3:E4

    MacGyver and Riley, with the help of Vasil, a distraught father, must find a way to drive a tanker filled with liquid oxygen through a region occupied by rebels and deliver it to a children’s hospital before they run out. Also, Riley helps MacGyver decide whether or not to allow his father back into his life.

    Director:Peter Weller
    Writer:Rob Pearlstein

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Father + Bride + Betrayal" is the best rated episode of "MacGyver" season 3. It scored 8.2/10 based on 636 votes. Directed by Avi Youabian and written by Unknown, it aired on 2/1/2019. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Murdoc + Helman + Hit".