Episode guide
MacGyver: Season 5
21 episodes · premiered Sep 18, 1989
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- Episode 1: Legend of the Holy Rose (1) Sep 18, 1989 · 45m MacGyver and an old friend dash around the world searching for the artifacts necessary to locate the Holy Grail, just one step ahead of a ruthless man on the same trail, who will do…
- Episode 2: Legend of the Holy Rose (2) Sep 25, 1989 · 45m MacGyver and an old friend dash around the world searching for the artifacts necessary to locate the Holy Grail, just one step ahead of a ruthless man on the same trail.
- Episode 3: The Black Corsage Oct 2, 1989 · 45m Mac and a bounty hunter join forces with a bulldog named Frog to track down a Bulgarian defector who was the accidental witness at a murder and who is now being stalked by the killer, who…
- Episode 4: Cease Fire Oct 9, 1989 · 45m During some tough negotiations between two neighbouring states, one side plants a sniper in the vicinity. When Mac discovers the sniper, he fights him, but loses the man and the…
- Episode 5: Second Chance Oct 16, 1989 · 45m MacGyver and an old friend discover a gang ripping off medical supplies from a Phoenix Foundation clinic in Asia, and an Amerasian son the friend never knew he had.
- Episode 6: Halloween Knights Oct 30, 1989 · 45m An old nemesis enlists MacGyver's help to rescue someone important to him—and she's scheduled to be executed during a Halloween Party put on by a professional assassination organization.
- Episode 7: Children of Light Nov 6, 1989 · 45m MacGyver's Chinese foster daughter arrives unexpectedly from China, carrying videotape of the massacre in Tianamen Square and a list of fax machine phone numbers vital to the continuing…
- Episode 8: Black Rhino Nov 13, 1989 · 45m MacGyver takes off for Africa, where the youngest of the Colton brothers has decided to take on deadly rhino poachers single-handedly.
- Episode 9: The Ten Percent Solution Nov 20, 1989 · 45m The Phoenix Foundation's purchase of a Nazi art treasure leads Mac to a holocaust survivor who claims family ownership of the painting, and to a group working to create their own ‘Aryan…
- Episode 10: Two Times Trouble Dec 11, 1989 · 45m MacGyver tries to help an old friend who believes her jealous twin sister is trying to kill her.
- Episode 11: The Madonna Dec 18, 1989 · 45m On Christmas Eve, MacGyver tries to help the priest of a poor church locate a stolen Madonna figure, help his friend Cynthia figure out how to keep the Challenger Club solvent and figure…
- Episode 12: Serenity Jan 8, 1990 · 45m Exhausted MacGyver dreams he's a Civil War vet trying to claim a home in Montana that's threatened by a neighboring rancher who looks a lot like Pete Thornton. But this Pete has hired…
- Episode 13: Live and Learn Jan 15, 1990 · 45m MacGyver tries to inspire a promising but unmotivated high school student, despite the negative efforts of a cynical teacher and the boy's skeptical father.
- Episode 14: Log Jam Feb 5, 1990 · 45m MacGyver tries to help an environmentally active friend find out what happened to a company whistle-blower about to expose the illegal practices of a large logging firm.
- Episode 15: The Treasure of Manco Feb 12, 1990 · 45m MacGyver and a friend race with a group of dedicated guerillas to locate a valuable Incan treasure.
- Episode 16: Jenny's Chance Feb 19, 1990 · 45m MacGyver, Dalton, and Thornton go undercover to expose a murderous money launderer.
- Episode 17: Deep Cover Feb 26, 1990 · 45m Pete and Mac try to help when a Phoenix Foundation engineer is seduced and betrayed by a spy seeking her prototype for a new stealth technology for submarines.
- Episode 18: The Lost Amadeus Mar 19, 1990 · 45m A strange young woman gets Mac involved with a priceless violin and an eccentric maestro being sought by syndicate hoods.
- Episode 19: Hearts of Steel Apr 9, 1990 · 45m MacGyver is reunited with Lisa, whose help cleared him of assassination charges in Switzerland, when a steel plant executive kidnaps her as revenge against her cold corporate-raider father.
- Episode 20: Rush to Judgement Apr 16, 1990 · 45m MacGyver risks judicial displeasure when he breaks jury sequester to investigate the scene of a racially charged murder, and discovers evidence that drastically alters the interpretation…
- Episode 21: Passages Apr 30, 1990 · 45m Frantic with worry about his gravely-ill Grandpa Harry, MacGyver experiences a strange near-death phenomena, seeing his parents again, when he's injured by a man who's stolen an ancient…