Episode guide
MacGyver: Season 3
20 episodes · premiered Sep 21, 1987
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- Episode 1: Lost Love (1) Sep 21, 1987 · 45m While helping the People's Republic of China secure a priceless national treasure—The Ming Dragon—in a San Diego museum, MacGyver runs into a Lisa, a woman that he had loved and thought…
- Episode 2: Lost Love (2) Sep 28, 1987 · 45m The KBG have Lisa in their grasp, and MacGyver must get The Ming Dragon for them to free Lisa. MacGyver enlists the help of his old buddy, Jack Dalton, to help him steal it.
- Episode 3: Back From the Dead Oct 5, 1987 · 45m Jimmy Kendall, living undercover after testifying against his Mob bosses, surfaces when he becomes the manager for a winning baseball team.
- Episode 4: Ghost Ship Oct 19, 1987 · 45m While mapping the wilderness for the Phoenix foundation, MacGyver stumbles on a deserted ship and finds a runaway girl who tells him that the rest of crew was driven away by Bigfoot.
- Episode 5: Fire and Ice Oct 26, 1987 · 45m A jewel thief with diplomatic immunity kills Mac's friend. But there are more people involved in the crime - and Mac can't be sure who's on his side.
- Episode 6: GX-1 Nov 2, 1987 · 45m Mac and Nikki race to recover equipment from a downed experimental plane before the Soviets, who are using a psychic to guide them to the wreckage.
- Episode 7: Jack in the Box Nov 9, 1987 · 45m MacGyver and Jack Dalton are arrested in Arkansas by a corrupt sheriff who arrests people to make them work in a labor camp used for mining gold. MacGyver wants to escape, but Jack has…
- Episode 8: The Widowmaker Nov 16, 1987 · 45m MacGyver is forced out of his grief over the tragic death of a friend by a madman with a score to settle from their past association.
- Episode 9: Hell Week Nov 23, 1987 · 45m A desperate physics student goes off the deep end and boobytraps a college lab when he fails to win a science competition and to live up to his father's high expectations.
- Episode 10: Blow Out Dec 21, 1987 · 45m MacGyver teams up with colleague Nikki Carpenter to find out who is behind the attempts on her life. When they find out that the man who tried to kill her is connected to two terrorists…
- Episode 11: Kill Zone Jan 4, 1988 · 45m An impulsive scientist who cuts corners in her research work creates an uncontrollably mutating organism that speeds up the aging process.
- Episode 12: Early Retirement Jan 18, 1988 · 45m While testing a new nuclear bomb defusing team at the Phoenix Foundation, a deadly explosion kills three men. Pete blames himself for not inspecting their equipment better and resigns from…
- Episode 13: Thin Ice Feb 1, 1988 · 45m While back in Minnesota to fill in as coach for a high-school hockey team, MacGyver tries to change the attitude of a callous player who has a shot at playing for the pros. But when this…
- Episode 14: The Odd Triple Feb 29, 1988 · 45m After returning home from a long assignment, MacGyver has an unwelcome surprise. Jack Dalton is waiting and wants him to help with a new scheme. A wealthy woman has just acquired some…
- Episode 15: The Negotiator Mar 7, 1988 · 45m MacGyver becomes infatuated with a woman while conducting environmental-impact studies. However, what MacGyver does not know is that the woman was hired to "persuade" him to skip the…
- Episode 16: The Spoilers Mar 14, 1988 · 45m After MacGyver witnesses someone dumping toxic waste that's polluting mountain streams, he and Pete enlist a reclusive mountain man nicknamed "Earthquake" to help lead them to the culprit…
- Episode 17: Mask of the Wolf Mar 28, 1988 · 45m Jack and Mac help an ancient Indian search for a wolf mask that two mercenaries are also eager to have.
- Episode 18: Rock the Cradle Apr 18, 1988 · 45m Mac and Jack return from a flight to find an abandoned baby in Jack's hangar, complete with a desperate note from the mother and his own endowment fund hidden in his diapers.
- Episode 19: The Endangered May 2, 1988 · 45m While visiting an old girlfriend who's a park ranger at a wildlife reserve, MacGyver runs into deadly poachers who are intent on hunting animals on the reserve. When MacGyver tries to…
- Episode 20: Murderers' Sky May 9, 1988 · 45m When the head of a American-Chinese shipping company is attacked in his office by a killer, MacGyver and the man's grandson—who is heir to the company—must find out who was behind the…