MacGyver
“His mind is the ultimate weapon.”
Creator
Lee David Zlotoff
Angus MacGyver solves problems the way other action heroes solve them with guns, except his weapons of choice are duct tape, paper clips and whatever else happens to be lying around. Working undercover for the Phoenix Foundation under the watchful eye of Pete Thornton, Mac disarms bombs, escapes captors and outsmarts villains using nothing but chemistry, physics and a Swiss Army knife, refusing to carry a firearm on principle. Richard Dean Anderson plays him with easy, self-deprecating charm, turning the résumé of a secret agent into something closer to a boy scout's field manual. For seven seasons, the show made resourcefulness itself the special effect.
Seasons
7
Episodes
139
Country
United States of America
Status
Ended
Cast
Richard Dean Anderson
Angus MacGyver · 139 eps
Dana Elcar
Pete Thornton · 126 eps
Bruce McGill
Jack Dalton · 18 eps
Elyssa Davalos
Nicole Carpenter · 8 eps
Robin Mossley
Wilt Bozer · 8 eps
Teri Hatcher
Penny Parker · 6 eps
Michael Des Barres
Murdoc · 7 eps
Susan Chapple
Helen Wilson (uncredited) · 7 eps
Kevin Hayes
Newscaster · 6 eps
John Anderson
Harry Jackson · 5 eps
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Billy Colton · 4 eps
Bruce Harwood
Willis · 5 eps
Dale Wilson
Crandell · 5 eps
Jackson Davies
Mike Kiley · 5 eps
James Hong
Commissioner Chu · 4 eps
Claire Vardiel
Eunice · 5 eps
Christopher Neame
Erich von Leer · 4 eps
Kai Wulff
Nicolas Von Leer · 4 eps
Robert Donner
Milt Bozer · 4 eps
Bill Croft
Max · 4 eps
Paul Batten
Pettigrew · 4 eps
Vince Deadrick Jr.
Hood #2 · 4 eps
Gerry Bean
Harris · 4 eps
Allan Lysell
Sheriff · 4 eps
Charles Andre
Delaney · 4 eps
Mayim Bialik
Lisa Woodman · 3 eps
George Cheung
General Narai · 3 eps
Richard Lawson
Jesse Colton · 3 eps
Garry Chalk
Tony Ellis · 3 eps
Tia Carrere
Tiu · 2 eps
Blu Mankuma
Lt. Rhome · 3 eps
Frank C. Turner
Milt Bozer · 3 eps
Madison Mason
Matthew 'Matt' Webber · 3 eps
Gregory Sierra
Colonel Antunnez · 3 eps
Jerry Wasserman
Maddox · 3 eps
Time Winters
Perigot · 3 eps
Herb Edelman
Gorman · 3 eps
Frank Ferrucci
Major · 3 eps
Anthony De Longis
Nicolai Kosoff · 3 eps
John Novak
Lyle Hoggart · 3 eps
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1
Pilot
When a science lab studying the ozone layer mysteriously explodes, MacGyver is called in to rescue the scientists that are trapped underground. It's soon discovered that the explosion cracked a tank of sulfuric acid, and MacGyver is in a race against time before the Army uses a missile to seal up the base.
2
The Golden Triangle
When MacGyver tries to retrieve a canister filled with a deadly chemical in Burma, he stumbles right into an area known as the Golden Triangle, where the military uses farmers as slaves on the opium fields. MacGyver is mistaken for a narcotics agent and is captured, but convinces the slaves to fight their oppression. MacGyver assists by setting several traps at the slave camp, and when the army returns to suppress the unrest, the real action begins.
3
Thief of Budapest
MacGyver travels to Budapest to meet with a Russian double agent who is in possession of a watch containing information about other Russian spies. However, before MacGyver can take the watch, the agent is killed and the watch is stolen. Now MacGyver must work with the Gypsies to get it back.
4
The Gauntlet
MacGyver attempts to get a reporter out of a Central American country with evidence linking a general to an illegal arms dealer. As they reach the border, it is clear escaping to Mexico will be no easy task, as the general and the arms dealer have every imaginable route severely guarded.
5
The Heist
When $60 million worth of stolen diamonds destined for a relief charity end up in the hands of casino owner Jack Catlin, MacGyver must head to the Virgin Islands to try and get them back. With the help of Chris Rhodes, a senator's daughter, MacGyver masterminds a plan to break into Catlin's vault and steal them back.
6
Trumbo's World
MacGyver comes along on a expedition to Brazil with his friend, entomologist Dr. Alden. They meet with a landowner and recluse, Trumbo, who is initially hostile. However, when they realize that a mile-wide column of army ants is moving through the jungle, they team together to mount a defense.
7
Last Stand
When MacGyver is on his way to a vacation, he takes the wrong way and ends up at a small airstrip where everybody seems to be behaving strangely. Too late, he discovers that the airstrip has been taken hostage, and he has been caught in the middle of a plane-hijacking attempt.
8
Hellfire
During a trip to visit some friends, an accident starts a fire in an oil well owned by MacGyver's friends. MacGyver and his buddy then go to fetch dynamite in an abandonned mine at great peril to themselves after they decide the dynamite is the only feasible way the fire can be put out. However, when they use it, the fire only becomes more intense. Can MacGyver and his Hellfire friend survive the incredible heat to put out the fire and save the oil buried underneath the well?
9
The Prodigal
A man wants to testify against his mobster brother in Federal Court, and MacGyver has the job of keeping him safe, but the man's mother is dying and he wants to visit her.
10
Target MacGyver
After blowing away a nuclear facility under the control of an aggressive world leader, MacGyver returns home for some peace and quiet, only to find his boss waiting for him. He advises MacGyver that a contract is out on his life and he needs to skip town for awhile.
11
Nightmares
When MacGyver comes home with some important documents, he's drugged by enemy agents and told that he will die in six hours if he doesn't retrieve the documents for them. But MacGyver, using an old prisoner trick, escapes. Now the only problem is convincing someone that he's not just another drunk.
12
Deathlock
MacGyver is trapped in a mansion with Pete, a code expert, and a government agent who may or may not be on their side. However, an old nemesis has electronically booby-trapped the entire mansion to make sure they can't go anywhere.
13
Flame's End
An old girlfriend of MacGyver's contacts him for help after she discovers evidence of uranium thefts from a nuclear processing plant where she works.
14
Countdown
A mysterious person who calls himself "Viking" has just bombed the cruise ship Victoria, underway in the North Pacific Ocean. He demands six million dollars or another bomb will go off within hours. So MacGyver gets called in, along with his old Vietnam bomb-defusal partner, Charlie Robinson, to disarm it. But when they get there, they find out there's more than one bomb on the ship. Complications arise when MacGyver's partner sets off one of the bombs, and the bomber decides that DXS operated in bad faith and refuses to hand over the bomb-disarming instructions after he gets the extortion money.
15
The Enemy Within
After a daring escape from East Germany where he gets rescued, and in the process saves a fellow operative with a quick mechanical fix, MacGyver thinks that he deserves some peaceful vacation time. But Pete lures him into baby-sitting a Russian defector who can identify KGB agents.
16
Every Time She Smiles
MacGyver is on his way out of Bulgaria with a secret microfilm, when he meets Penny Parker, a beautiful, talkative American, who is on the run from her lover, a man named Stephan Frolov. She stashes some jewels on MacGyver, thus making him a suspect, and now MacGyver and Penny must flee Bulgaria together.
17
To Be a Man
In Afghanistan, wounded and hunted by the Soviets, MacGyver is given refuge by an Afghan woman and her son. But they are themselves at the mercy of an Afghan thug, who will kill MacGyver if he finds him at his woman.
18
Ugly Duckling
A 15-year-old genius accidentally hacks into a defective missile guidance system and attracts the attention of both the FBI and some black marketeers, who think that she may fix it for them. It's up to MacGyver to save her from being kidnapped by either side.
19
Slow Death
At the beginning of the episode, MacGyver literally has to jump onto a moving train that he missed earlier to return top-secret files and documents to the U.S. Government. Soon after, a local tribe stops the train. They take all passengers hostage until the men responsible for the death of the tribal leader's son is found among the passengers.
20
The Escape
When a mother superior at a religious mission in North Africa asks MacGyver to help a young woman with something, he is glad to help. However, when he finds out the young woman wants him to break her brother out of jail, he may have taken on more than he expected.
21
A Prisoner of Conscience
Pete Thornton investigates the supposed death of an old friend, a prominent Russian dissident, and finds he must get his friend's daughter Maria out of the country before the secret police arrest her for an alleged conspiracy. However, while in Russia, Pete bumps into MacGyver, who followed him from the United States. While disappointed MacGyver followed him, Pete gladly welcomes MacGyver into his plans when the secret police arrive to take Maria into custody. Following a high speed boat chase to escape the police, Pete and MacGyver find out from Maria that her father is not dead, he is being held in a maximum security ward at a state mental institution. To get into the mental hospital, MacGyver plays the part of a mad patient and Pete plays the part of a doctor who has been assigned to him. With the help of the other patients, MacGyver is able to escape into Ward Zero, where Pete's friend is held. MacGyver breaks him out and hides him with the other patients.
22
The Assassin
Posing as a watchmaker who manufactures bomb timers, MacGyver manages to catch a master killer—Piedra—before he attempts an assassination on a high-profile target. However, Piedra isn't about to be stopped for long.
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