The Best Episodes of MacGyver Season 4

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8.0/10(545 votes)
#1 - Father + Son + Father + Matriarch
S4:E84/3/2020
After Oversight is almost killed in a bombing, he recruits Mac to help him find the suspected bomber, Mason. However, when Mason reveals he didn’t plant the bomb, the three team up to track down Codex, the shadow organization that set them up. Also, Mac meets his aunt Gwendolyn.
Director:David Straiton
Writer:Travis Fickett
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Director:David Straiton
Writer:Travis Fickett
8.0/10(521 votes)
#2 - Code + Artemis + Nuclear + N3mesis
S4:E94/10/2020
While Mac’s friends surround him during his time of grief, Los Angeles’ power grid is taken hostage in a ransomware attack resulting in a citywide blackout, and the team discovers the code used was written by Riley years ago
Director:Michael Martinez
Writers:Brandon Botta, Casey Tollett Botta
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Director:Michael Martinez
Writers:Brandon Botta, Casey Tollett Botta
7.9/10(544 votes)
#3 - Mac + Desi + Riley + Aubrey
S4:E73/27/2020
A double date descends into chaos when Mac and Desi witness a murder in the back of the restaurant, and as they work to find the killer, Riley tries to keep the secret about her and her friends’ “day jobs” from her new boyfriend, Aubrey.
Director:Brad Turner
Writer:Stephanie Hicks
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Director:Brad Turner
Writer:Stephanie Hicks
7.8/10(540 votes)
#4 - Red Cell + Quantum + Cold + Committed
S4:E22/14/2020
Department of Defense General John Acosta recruits MacGyver to steal a highly classified project from a military lab in order to find flaws in its security. But when it’s discovered that the general is planning an attack using the weapon, Phoenix must stop Acosta before the weapon is uploaded.
Director:Alexandra La Roche
Writer:Terry Matalas
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Director:Alexandra La Roche
Writer:Terry Matalas
7.8/10(483 votes)
#5 - Psy-Op + Cell + Merchant + Birds
S4:E114/24/2020
Mac is placed inside a fake prison cell with a top Codex operative, The Merchant, in order to gain his trust and get intel on their next move.
Director:Ericson Core
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Ericson Core
Writer:Unknown
7.8/10(507 votes)
#6 - Loyalty + Family + Rogue + Hellfire
S4:E125/1/2020
The Phoenix team is forever altered when MacGyver’s Aunt Gwen gets into his head about family and connection and convinces Mac and Riley to join Codex. Also, Matty and Russ take their concerns about Codex to the White House.
Director:Geoff Wing Shotz
Writer:Jim Adler
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Director:Geoff Wing Shotz
Writer:Jim Adler

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7.7/10(508 votes)
#7 - Save + The + Dam + World
S4:E135/8/2020
With Mac and Riley undercover with Codex, hoping to stop the organization from within, their mission is interrupted when Russ, Desi and the Phoenix team move to prevent Codex from detonating a weapon of mass destruction, with Mac and Riley caught in the crosshairs. Also, the team discovers Russ’ real reason for purchasing the Phoenix Foundation.
Director:Carlos Bernard
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Carlos Bernard
Writer:Unknown
7.6/10(595 votes)
#8 - Fire + Ashes + Legacy = Phoenix
S4:E12/7/2020
Ex-MI6 agent Russ Taylor recruits former Phoenix Foundation members Mac, Riley, Bozer, Matty and Desi to hunt down a bioweapon that’s planned to be used by a mysterious organization for a devastating attack on a major U.S. city.
Director:David Straiton
Writer:Terry Matalas
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Director:David Straiton
Writer:Terry Matalas
7.6/10(538 votes)
#9 - Kid + Plane + Cable + Truck
S4:E32/21/2020
MacGyver and the team board a plane that’s mid-flight when the pilot has a heart attack, and discover the medical emergency was intentional.
Director:Lily Mariye
Writer:Rob Pearlstein
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Director:Lily Mariye
Writer:Rob Pearlstein
7.6/10(526 votes)
#10 - Soccer + Desi + Merchant + Titan
S4:E53/6/2020
In an attempt to find the main players in the Codex and cut off their match-fixing funding, Desi goes undercover to infiltrate a soccer team and find the corrupt player working with the shadow organization.
Director:Duane Clark
Writer:Cindy Appel
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Director:Duane Clark
Writer:Cindy Appel
7.5/10(555 votes)
#11 - Windmill + Acetone + Celluloid + Firing Pin
S4:E42/28/2020
As MacGyver works quickly to rescue survivors from a collapsed building in Germany, he discovers a new safety threat – a 1,000-pound undetonated bomb from World War II hidden beneath the rubble.
Director:Eagle Egilsson
Writer:Andrew Karlsruher
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Director:Eagle Egilsson
Writer:Andrew Karlsruher
7.5/10(516 votes)
#12 - Tesla + Bell + Edison + Mac
S4:E104/17/2020
When Mac is put into a dream state to help him recall key evidence found in Nikola Tesla’s secret lab that could stop Codex’s deadly plot, he encounters Nikola Tesla, Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison…and his mother.
Director:Yangzom Brauen
Writer:Rob Pearlstein
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Director:Yangzom Brauen
Writer:Rob Pearlstein
7.4/10(514 votes)
#13 - Right + Wrong + Both + Neither
S4:E63/13/2020
When Russ’ first love, Emilia, is kidnapped by the same rebels he fought during his private military contract days, he takes the Phoenix team to a small, impoverished town to rescue her and rid the town of the rebels for good.
Director:Roderick Davis
Writer:Andrew Klein
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Director:Roderick Davis
Writer:Andrew Klein