Episode guide
MacGyver: Season 1
22 episodes · premiered Sep 29, 1985
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- Episode 1: Pilot Sep 29, 1985 · 49m 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…
- Episode 2: The Golden Triangle Oct 6, 1985 · 48m 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…
- Episode 3: Thief of Budapest Oct 13, 1985 · 48m 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…
- Episode 4: The Gauntlet Oct 21, 1985 · 49m 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…
- Episode 5: The Heist Nov 3, 1985 · 45m 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…
- Episode 6: Trumbo's World Nov 10, 1985 · 45m 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…
- Episode 7: Last Stand Nov 17, 1985 · 48m 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…
- Episode 8: Hellfire Nov 27, 1985 · 45m 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…
- Episode 9: The Prodigal Dec 8, 1985 · 45m 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.
- Episode 10: Target MacGyver Dec 22, 1985 · 45m 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…
- Episode 11: Nightmares Jan 15, 1986 · 45m 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…
- Episode 12: Deathlock Jan 22, 1986 · 45m 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…
- Episode 13: Flame's End Jan 29, 1986 · 45m 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.
- Episode 14: Countdown Feb 5, 1986 · 47m 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…
- Episode 15: The Enemy Within Feb 12, 1986 · 45m 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…
- Episode 16: Every Time She Smiles Feb 19, 1986 · 45m 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…
- Episode 17: To Be a Man Mar 5, 1986 · 45m 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…
- Episode 18: Ugly Duckling Mar 12, 1986 · 45m 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…
- Episode 19: Slow Death Apr 2, 1986 · 45m 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…
- Episode 20: The Escape Apr 16, 1986 · 45m 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…
- Episode 21: A Prisoner of Conscience Apr 30, 1986 · 45m 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…
- Episode 22: The Assassin May 7, 1986 · 45m 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…