List of MacGyver (2016 TV series) episodes

MacGyver is an American action-adventure television series developed by Peter M. Lenkov and starring Lucas Till as the title character. It is a reboot of the ABC series of the same name created by Lee David Zlotoff, which aired from 1985 to 1992. The series premiered on September 23, 2016, on CBS.^[1]

In May 2020, CBS renewed the series for a fifth season, which premiered on December 4, 2020.^[2][3] During the course of the series, 94 episodes of MacGyver aired over five seasons, between September 23, 2016, and April 30, 2021.

Series overview[]

Season		Episodes		Originally aired
				First aired	Last aired
	1	21		September 23, 2016 (2016-09-23)	April 14, 2017 (2017-04-14)
	2	23		September 29, 2017 (2017-09-29)	May 4, 2018 (2018-05-04)
	3	22		September 28, 2018 (2018-09-28)	May 10, 2019 (2019-05-10)
	4	13		February 7, 2020 (2020-02-07)	May 8, 2020 (2020-05-08)
	5	15		December 4, 2020 (2020-12-04)	April 30, 2021 (2021-04-30)

Episodes[]

Season 1 (2016–17)[]

In Season 1, all episodes, with the exception of the pilot, are named after a tool on MacGyver's Swiss Army Knife.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code [4]	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	1	"The Rising"	James Wan	Story by : Peter M. Lenkov & Paul Downs Colaizzo Teleplay by : Peter M. Lenkov	September 23, 2016 (2016-09-23)	MAC101	10.90[5]
2	2	"Metal Saw"	Jerry Levine	Craig O'Neill	September 30, 2016 (2016-09-30)	MAC102	9.07[6]
3	3	"Awl"	Matt Earl Beesley	David Slack	October 7, 2016 (2016-10-07)	MAC103	8.09[7]
4	4	"Wire Cutter"	Joe Dante	John Turman	October 14, 2016 (2016-10-14)	MAC104	7.44[8]
5	5	"Toothpick"	Bobby Roth	Nancy Kiu	October 21, 2016 (2016-10-21)	MAC105	7.95[9]
6	6	"Wrench"	Alec Smight	Brian Durkin	October 28, 2016 (2016-10-28)	MAC106	7.27[10]
7	7	"Can Opener"	Omar Madha	Sean Hennen	November 4, 2016 (2016-11-04)	MAC107	7.59[11]
8	8	"Corkscrew"	Janice Cooke	Lindsey Allen	November 11, 2016 (2016-11-11)	MAC108	7.65[12]
9	9	"Chisel"	Brad Tanenbaum	Bret VandenBos & Brandon Willer	November 18, 2016 (2016-11-18)	MAC109	8.12[13]
10	10	"Pliers"	Lee Rose	Brian Durkin	December 9, 2016 (2016-12-09)	MAC110	7.42[14]
11	11	"Scissors"	Stephen Herek	Lindsay Allen and Nancy Kiu	December 16, 2016 (2016-12-16)	MAC111	7.67[15]
12	12	"Screwdriver"	Craig Siebels	Story by : Peter M. Lenkov Teleplay by : Craig O'Neill and David Slack	January 6, 2017 (2017-01-06)	MAC112	8.42[16]
13	13	"Large Blade"	Sylvain White	Andrew Karlsruher	January 13, 2017 (2017-01-13)	MAC113	7.64[17]
14	14	"Fish Scaler"	Eagle Egilsson	Story by : John Turman Teleplay by : Craig O'Neill and David Slack	February 3, 2017 (2017-02-03)	MAC114	7.43[18]
15	15	"Magnifying Glass"	Stephen Herek	Brian Durkin	February 10, 2017 (2017-02-10)	MAC115	8.02[19]
16	16	"Hook"	Tawnia McKiernan	Nancy Kiu	February 17, 2017 (2017-02-17)	MAC116	7.24[20]
17	17	"Ruler"	Antonio Negret	Andrew Karlsruher	February 24, 2017 (2017-02-24)	MAC117	6.93[21]
18	18	"Flashlight"	Jonathan Brown	Lindsay Allen	March 10, 2017 (2017-03-10)	MAC118	7.73[22]
19	19	"Compass"	Christine Moore	Lee David Zlotoff	March 31, 2017 (2017-03-31)	MAC119	6.56[23]
20	20	"Hole Puncher"	Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum	Craig O'Neill & David Slack	April 7, 2017 (2017-04-07)	MAC120	6.62[24]
21	21	"Cigar Cutter"	Stephen Herek	Story by : Craig O'Neill & David Slack Teleplay by : Peter M. Lenkov	April 14, 2017 (2017-04-14)	MAC121	6.57[25]

Season 2 (2017–18)[]

In Season 2, all episodes, with the exception of the premiere, are two key parts of an invention that MacGyver creates in the episode.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
22	1	"DIY or DIE"	Stephen Herek	Peter M. Lenkov & Craig O'Neill & David Slack	September 29, 2017 (2017-09-29)	MAC201	6.69[26]
Bozer has recently been released from the hospital due to his injuries from last season and Mac and Jack have recently returned after trying to find both Murdoc and Mac's father, to no avail. Mac does find his father's old watch, though. CIA agent Samantha Cage (Isabel Lucas) requests the Phoenix Foundation's help in an off-the-books mission to recover a SEAL officer who's been kidnapped for the past two years. They rescue the officer but, because of her policy violations, Cage is dishonorably discharged from the CIA. Matty hires Cage for the Phoenix Foundation. After their mission, Mac finds a photo of himself in his father's watch, taken the day his father left.
23	2	"Muscle Car + Paper Clip"	Ericson Core	Nancy Kiu	October 6, 2017 (2017-10-06)	MAC203	6.38[27]
Riley hesitates when she holds someone at gunpoint, causing a thief to escape with a portable EMP device. Jack takes the blame for it, but gets worried when Riley has to go on a solo operation involving a group of hackers known as Bedlam. While Riley tries to slow Bedlam down, Mac and Cage work on saving the US Secretary of Defense, whose pacemaker has been hacked.
24	3	"Roulette Wheel + Wire"	Duane Clark	Justin Lisson	October 13, 2017 (2017-10-13)	MAC202	6.74[28]
Mac, Jack, Riley, Bozer and Samantha all head to a casino in Azerbaijan, where a terrorist group is using its vault to hide diamonds which are suspected to be part of a WMD purchase. The team foils the plot and isolates the terrorists, but not before the WMD, a nuclear bomb, is armed. Mac then has 15 minutes to open the locked vault and seal the bomb inside it.
25	4	"X-Ray + Penny"	Bethany Rooney	Craig O'Neill & David Slack	October 20, 2017 (2017-10-20)	MAC204	6.77[29]
Following a trip to France to investigate a lead on finding his father, Mac returns home and is soon abducted by Murdoc's henchmen and held captive by Murdoc. After beginning to torture a drugged Mac, Murdoc leaves the room briefly, allowing him to escape. Samantha puts Mac through a memory reviving process to get details about the location of Murdoc's torture room, but Murdoc is gone by the time the Phoenix team arrives.
26	5	"Skull + Electromagnet"	Liz Allen Rosenbaum	Lindsey Allen	October 27, 2017 (2017-10-27)	MAC205	6.45[30]
A group of soldiers, including the vice president's son, has their jet go down with a mysterious prisoner on board. Mac correctly deduces that the plane crashed on Goat Island in the Bermuda Triangle, the same site where an entire Navy regiment vanished long ago. The team works to locate the survivors while dealing with the dangerous escaped prisoner, later identified as former CIA agent-turned-traitor Harper Hayes (Jeananne Goossen).
27	6	"Jet Engine + Pickup Truck"	Stephen Herek	Andrew Karlsruher	November 3, 2017 (2017-11-03)	MAC206	7.09[31]
In Nigeria, a group of rebels ignites the wellhead of an oil pipeline, causing a fire. While Riley and Bozer protect a nearby village from burning up, Mac, Jack, and Cage work on evading the rebels and putting out the fire. Although the mission is successful, Riley and Bozer face possible disciplinary action for disobeying Matty's order to evacuate.
28	7	"Duct Tape + Jack"	Gabriel Beristain	Brian Durkin	November 10, 2017 (2017-11-10)	MAC207	7.27[32]
In Ecuador, Presidential Candidate Hector León (Joseph Castillo-Midyett) is in dire need of a heart transplant, or else the country will become a police-state under Colonel Zarate (Joseph Melendez). While Riley and Cage work on protecting León and preparing him for the surgery, Mac and Jack work on transporting the heart and surgeon Alejandra Rosa (Daniella Alonso) safely to the hospital and avoiding Zarate's soldiers. Meanwhile, there's a robbery at Jack's apartment. Bozer gets help from Phoenix forensics expert Jill in recovering Jack's things, including Jack's father's dog tags.
29	8	"Packing Peanuts + Fire"	Stacey K. Black	Lindsey Allen	November 17, 2017 (2017-11-17)	MAC208	7.17[33]
The Phoenix Foundation has gained intel on an art dealer named Lemaire who sells rare stolen pieces to fund terrorist groups. Mac and Jack steal an original Franz Marc painting, The Tower of Blue Horses, in order to gain an audience with him, but are conned out of it when dealing with Lemaire's contact. The team, minus Bozer, is able to recover the painting and arrest Lemaire. Meanwhile, Matty enrolls Bozer in a training program for new government agents which he is required to complete as a Phoenix agent. While at training, he discovers a spy selling information about the agent trainees. Also, Riley's dad, Elwood (William Baldwin), meets with her in order to reconnect. Riley is reluctant to do so and keeps this development from Jack, whom she now considers a father figure.
30	9	"CD-ROM + Hoagie Foil"	Bobby Roth	Marqui Jackson & Nancy Kiu	December 1, 2017 (2017-12-01)	MAC209	6.61[34]
The team infiltrates a terrorist group planning to deploy a canister of nerve gas. Cage is caught by the group and concocts a cover story while trying to convince them that the canister they possess is fake. Thus, Mac is required to create a look-alike canister while he and Jack make plans to recover the original. Elsewhere, Bozer tries to pass an interrogation test at the training center, causing him to confront a painful childhood memory. After Riley tells Jack about her father, Jack watches them from afar and finds out that someone wants to kill Elwood. At the end of the episode, Mac views a videotape he found in his father’s burned house. As the song “Father and Son” plays in the background, he discovers a reflection of Matty watching him as a child with his father. He begins to wonder if she is involved in his disappearance.
31	10	"War Room + Ship"	Tawnia McKiernan	Brian Durkin & Andrew Karlsruher	December 8, 2017 (2017-12-08)	MAC210	7.21[35]
Jack finds out from Elwood that, a year ago, Elwood and his partner stole a baseball signed by Jackie Robinson worth 75 thousand dollars. However, Elwood threw the ball into the Hudson when he decided to reform, forgetting to tell his partner. Jack finds out that the person who wants to kill Elwood is the old partner. With help from Riley, they make a fake baseball to give to the partner. At the same time, a ship with 31 students and a teacher named Zoe Kimura (Amy Okuda) is stuck in the Arctic Ocean. MacGyver helps the teacher save the ship while they wait for the coast guard. Unfortunately, a break in the ship’s hull requires the teacher to sacrifice herself. Meanwhile, Bozer and Leanna wake up handcuffed to each other in a hotel room. They must work together to return to the Operative Training Center and pass their final test, which they do, only to learn they must now go their separate ways and never communicate with each other again.
32	11	"Bullet + Pen"	Carlos Bernard	Marqui Jackson	December 15, 2017 (2017-12-15)	MAC211	6.87[36]
At the company Christmas party, Mac is arrested by LAPD's Detective Greer (guest star Bruce McGill, Jack Dalton in the original series) for setting off an improvised bomb at a warehouse. Although Jack swears he cleared the building, the dead body of a maintenance man was found in the rubble. To get Mac out of jail without blowing the cover of the Phoenix Foundation, the team must deconstruct the event and prove the maintenance man was already dead before being discarded in the warehouse at a later time. After Cage returns home, she is met in her apartment by Murdoc, who shoots her and leaves her for dead.
33	12	"Mac + Jack"	Ron Underwood	Story by : Peter M. Lenkov Teleplay by : Craig O'Neill & David Slack	January 5, 2018 (2018-01-05)	MAC212	7.83[37]
The group figures out Cage is in danger and they rush her to a hospital, staying the entire night until getting word that she will recover. Upon returning to his house with Jack, Mac finds that the house has been rigged with explosives. Seeing a unique combination of triggering device and explosive material, Mac uses his knowledge of the Ghost's patterns to deduce that the bomb in his house was set to distract authorities from an even larger bomb in downtown Los Angeles. Flashbacks reveal how Mac and Jack met in Afghanistan and how their initial hostility bloomed into true friendship.
34	13	"CO2 Sensor + Tree Branch"	Brad Turner	Story by : Timothy J. Lea Teleplay by : Adam Beechen	January 12, 2018 (2018-01-12)	MAC213	8.14[38]
While Jack attends his high school reunion to seek revenge on his rival Jimmy (Eddie McClintock) for beating him out for Homecoming King, Mac and the others compete in a drone vehicle competition designed to help injured soldiers get transported off the battlefield safely. Mac runs into an old flame of his, Allie Winthrop (Ashley Tisdale), who once stole the schematics for his first drone. When Allie's drone, Bruno, is hacked and starts racing toward the Pentagon, Mac, Allie, and Bozer must stop it before F-22 jets destroy the drone with Allie trapped inside. Jack realizes that losing the crown was what inspired him to join the Army, CIA, and Phoenix.
35	14	"Mardi Gras Beads + Chair"	Mike Martinez	Story by : Brian Durkin Teleplay by : Marqui Jackson & Andrew Karlsruher	January 19, 2018 (2018-01-19)	MAC214	7.68[39]
Matty learns that Duke Jacoby, one of Jack's aliases from his time as a CIA agent, has resurfaced. She and Mac accompany Jack to New Orleans and encounter a woman named Dixie (Amy Smart) who is pretending to be Duke's wife and has stumbled upon 16 other CIA aliases. Meanwhile, Riley discovers that Bozer has been using a secure Phoenix communication channel to converse with Leanna.
36	15	"Murdoc + Handcuffs"	Stephen Herek	Marqui Jackson	February 2, 2018 (2018-02-02)	MAC215	7.27[40]
One of Murdoc's hired assassins offers Murdoc to the Phoenix Foundation in exchange for $10 million. However, the team runs into trouble after acquiring Murdoc, learning that his mentor Nicholas Helman (guest star Michael Des Barres, Murdoc in the original series) is hell-bent on revenge and searching for him. After Mac, Jack, and Murdoc successfully fend off Helman, Murdoc is allowed to see his son before being imprisoned again, but he and his son escape.
37	16	"Hammock + Balcony"	Eagle Egilsson	Justin Lisson	March 2, 2018 (2018-03-02)	MAC216	6.93[41]
The Phoenix Foundation is asked by the CIA and Interpol to capture a Serbian war criminal, but the only way to find him is through his son, who recently married an American woman with a known social media presence. Upon learning of the couple's honeymoon at an exclusive winery resort in France, Matty sets up Bozer and Riley as a fake honeymoon couple, along with Mac and, to Bozer's shock, Leanna. Bozer and Leanna wonder if Matty knows of their secret communications. The initial plan is to interrogate the son to find out his father's location, but plans change when the son admits to killing his brother to become his father's right-hand man. Meanwhile, Jack enlists Riley's father and Jill from the Phoenix Foundation to help him break into Matty's house and steal something from her safe. Jack later talks to Mac about what they found and Mac realizes that Matty did know his father and lied to him.
38	17	"Bear Trap + Mob Boss"	Steven A. Adelson	Nancy Kiu	March 9, 2018 (2018-03-09)	MAC217	6.61[42]
As Mac, Jack, Riley, and Bozer meet to discuss Matty's files and Mac's dad, Matty sends Mac, Jack, and Riley to capture a man who has flipped on his Ukrainian mob boss. The chase leads them to the sealed site of the Chernobyl disaster. They find a group that is smuggling out nuclear waste, which can be sold on the black market and turned into dirty bombs. At home, Matty asks Bozer to investigate who broke into her house. Bozer slows his investigation and tries to cover anything that would lead to his friends, even though he suspects Matty already knows who the culprit is. Throughout the episode, there is tension between Mac and Matty because he knows that she lied to him about not knowing his father. Mac asks the group to put off confronting Matty, believing it isn't the right time yet.
39	18	"Riley + Airplane"	Antonio Negret	Lindsey Allen	March 30, 2018 (2018-03-30)	MAC218	6.43[43]
Matty sends Mac, Jack, and Riley to track down a traitor named Emil Beck by first locating one of Beck's recent contract associates, Owen Palmer. In doing so, the team reconnects with the Colton family of bounty hunters, who are chasing the huge bounty on Beck's head for other crimes he's committed. After some initial hostilities, the teams agree to work together when Matty assures the Coltons they will get paid. They capture Palmer, who gives up information on Beck and is then transported on a commercial jet back to Los Angeles with Riley and Billy Colton guarding him. Mac and Jack then capture Beck, only to learn that what he stole is electronic coding to bring down any airplane. They arrive too late to stop him from sabotaging one jet as a demonstration for his customers -- the very jet with Riley, Billy, and Palmer on it. It is then up to Riley to hack into the jet's software and save herself and all on board.
40	19	"Benjamin Franklin + Grey Duffle"	Sharat Raju	Story by : Andrew Klein Teleplay by : Andrew Karlsruher	April 6, 2018 (2018-04-06)	MAC219	6.68[44]
Dawn, a.k.a. Dixie, the con artist whom the team met in New Orleans, comes to visit Jack, claiming that a CIA agent’s death was not an accident. He brings her to the Phoenix Foundation, where she says someone within the CIA codenamed Echo is making fake passports for people. At first, the team is hesitant to believe her given her past but, upon further investigation, they find truth to her claims. Jack and Dawn visit one passport recipient while Mac and Bozer visit another. Both are forced into a shoot out, but capture the suspects. They discover money hidden in the walls, which Mac reveals to be counterfeit. Matty visits an old friend, CIA Deputy Director Julian Halsey, in hopes of identifying Echo. The team tracks clues to Lima, Peru. After some trouble with local authorities, they locate the facility making the fake cash and capture a man trying to clear everything out. At Matty's request, they use the suspect's phone to see who tipped him off and a burner phone on Julian's desk rings. He takes Matty captive in his car, but she manages to crash it, allowing the team to find her alive and arrest Julian. As Matty recovers, the team realizes that they are missing money: a million one-dollar bills that the counterfeiters had not yet turned into hundreds. It's then revealed that Dawn left the money on the porch of a children's home where she once lived.
41	20	"Skyscraper – Power"	Peter Weller	Brian Durkin & Joshua Brown	April 13, 2018 (2018-04-13)	MAC220	6.38[45]
The Phoenix Foundation learns that a former Navy SEAL who has organized a criminal empire has targeted billionaire Ralph Jericho (Raphael Sbarge). The chase first leads the team to South Korea, but they are too late to catch the criminals leaving on a jet. Mac and Jack have to hijack a private plane owned by an elderly man named Saul (Ed Asner) to tail the other jet, which takes them to Beijing. Riley and Bozer soon also arrive to help. An outgunned Mac and Jack enter a skyscraper where Jericho owns an entire floor and rescue Jericho's young son from the thugs. Then, they must thwart what they suspect is a robbery. But when they find Jericho's safe untouched, they learn that the criminals' plans are more sinister.
42	21	"Wind + Water"	Mark Manos	Lee David Zlotoff	April 20, 2018 (2018-04-20)	MAC221	6.27[46]
MacGyver, Jack, Riley, and Bozer are in Puerto Rico helping Carlos (Diogo Morgado), Mac's old friend from basic training, rebuild his family's hurricane-damaged home. As they prepare to leave, the team gets wind of a group planning to steal $2 million in relief aid from the bank Carlos manages. They arrive at the bank too late, as Carlos and several others have already been taken hostage by the armed robbers. Mac and the team want to help, but there's a problem: Matty needs them on a plane to Los Angeles to deal with an urgent terrorist matter. Matty buys them some time by having a plane pick up the team in Puerto Rico. Mac intentionally gets himself taken hostage at the bank so he can deal with the matter from the inside.
43	22	"UFO + Area 51"	Ericson Core	Story by : Marqui Jackson Teleplay by : Lindsey Allen & Nancy Kiu	April 27, 2018 (2018-04-27)	MAC222	6.26[47]
Mac and Riley go to a government research facility in Nevada and meet up with Dr. Isaac Herman (Arye Gross), who is studying a mysterious metallic sphere that landed in the desert. As an armed group heads for the facility, Mac discovers that the sphere was a test to determine if a nuclear bomb could be delivered into the U.S. undetected. When the thugs arrive, Herman is shot and wounded. Mac and Riley manage to escape with Herman and decide the closest facility that will have armed protection and medical staff is Area 51. But, when they arrive, they find only two soldiers manning the facility and have to devise other ways to hold off the attackers. Back at the Phoenix Foundation, Matty grills Jack about the break-in at her house. Later, Riley gives Mac a flash drive with information about his father, which she acquired in Nevada using the upgraded security clearance Matty obtained for them.
44	23	"MacGyver + MacGyver"	Stephen Herek	Craig O'Neill & David Slack	May 4, 2018 (2018-05-04)	MAC223	6.10[48]
Mac confronts Matty and quits, telling her he can't work for someone he doesn't trust. She tells him she does not have the authority to approve dismissals, only "Oversight" does. Mac then goes to see Oversight, who turns out to be his father, James. James wants to explain to Mac why he couldn't see him all these years, but first he needs Mac's help in disrupting his former partner's cartel in Mexico, which is trying to create a drug that turns humans into the ultimate soldiers. Jack joins them after he arrives trying to find Mac. Back in Los Angeles, Bozer learns that Leanna will be coming to work for the Phoenix Foundation. While James, Mac, and Jack manage to destroy a lab and get back home, James' old partner escapes and is in the wind. Mac makes his peace with Matty, but then tells his father he's quitting using the same line he gave Matty: "I can't work for someone I don't trust."

Season 3 (2018–19)[]

In Season 3, all episodes, with the exception of the premiere, are three key people/items/events that MacGyver and his friends find or experience in the episode.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
45	1	"Improvise"	Stephen Herek	Peter M. Lenkov & Craig O'Neill	September 28, 2018 (2018-09-28)	MAC301	5.77[49]
46	2	"Bravo Lead + Loyalty + Friendship"	Duane Clark	Brian Durkin	October 5, 2018 (2018-10-05)	MAC302	5.73[50]
47	3	"Bozer + Booze + Back to School"	Tessa Blake	Nancy Kiu	October 12, 2018 (2018-10-12)	MAC303	6.16[51]
48	4	"Guts + Fuel + Hope"	Peter Weller	Rob Pearlstein	October 19, 2018 (2018-10-19)	MAC304	6.01[52]
49	5	"Dia de Muertos + Sicarios + Family"	Eagle Egilsson	Jim Adler & Andrew Karlsruher	October 26, 2018 (2018-10-26)	MAC305	5.90[53]
50	6	"Murdoc + MacGyver + Murdoc"	Stephen Herek	Craig O'Neill	November 2, 2018 (2018-11-02)	MAC306	6.06[54]
51	7	"Scavengers + Hard Drive + Dragonfly"	Gabriel Beristain	Andrew Karlsruher	November 9, 2018 (2018-11-09)	MAC307	6.43[55]
52	8	"Revenge + Catacombs + Le Fantome"	Lily Mariye	Brian Durkin	November 16, 2018 (2018-11-16)	MAC308	6.20[56]
53	9	"Specimen 234 + PAPR + Outbreak"	Mike Martinez	Lindsey Allen	November 30, 2018 (2018-11-30)	MAC309	6.28[57]
54	10	"Matty + Ethan + Fidelity"	David Straiton	Andrew Karlsruher	December 7, 2018 (2018-12-07)	MAC310	6.36[58]
55	11	"Mac + Fallout + Jack"	Carlos Bernard	Jim Adler	January 4, 2019 (2019-01-04)	MAC311	6.42[59]
56	12	"Fence + Suitcase + Americium-241"	Ron Underwood	Brian Durkin	January 11, 2019 (2019-01-11)	MAC312	6.58[60]
57	13	"Wilderness + Training + Survival"	Brad Turner	Joshua Brown & Andrew Klein	January 18, 2019 (2019-01-18)	MAC313	6.90[61]
58	14	"Father + Bride + Betrayal"	Avi Youabian	Story by : Sophia Lopez Teleplay by : Lindsey Allen & Nancy Kiu	February 1, 2019 (2019-02-01)	MAC314	6.96[62]
59	15	"K9 + Smugglers + New Recruit"	Gabriel Beristain	Rob Pearlstein	February 15, 2019 (2019-02-15)	MAC315	6.38[63]
60	16	"Lidar + Rogues + Duty"	Stephen Herek	Don Perez	February 22, 2019 (2019-02-22)	MAC316	6.57[64]
61	17	"Seeds + Permafrost + Feather"	Alexandra La Roche	Nancy Kiu and Lindsey Allen	March 15, 2019 (2019-03-15)	MAC317	5.62[65]
62	18	"Murdoc + Helman + Hit"	Roderick Davis	Lee David Zlotoff	April 5, 2019 (2019-04-05)	MAC318	5.57[66]
63	19	"Friends + Enemies + Border"	Andi Armaganian	Justin Lisson	April 12, 2019 (2019-04-12)	MAC319	6.08[67]
64	20	"No-Go + High-Voltage + Rescue"	Eagle Egillson	Rob Pearlstein & Andrew Karlsruher	April 26, 2019 (2019-04-26)	MAC320	5.54[68]
65	21	"Treason + Heartbreak + Gum"	Stephen Herek	Nancy Kiu & Lindsey Allen	May 3, 2019 (2019-05-03)	MAC322	5.33[69]
66	22	"Mason + Cable + Choices"	Maja Vrvilo	Jim Adler	May 10, 2019 (2019-05-10)	MAC321	5.47[70]

Season 4 (2020)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
67	1	"Fire + Ashes + Legacy = Phoenix"	David Straiton	Terry Matalas	February 7, 2020 (2020-02-07)	MAC402	5.94[71]
68	2	"Red Cell + Quantum + Cold + Committed"	David Straiton	Terry Matalas	February 14, 2020 (2020-02-14)	MAC401	5.77[72]
69	3	"Kid + Plane + Cable + Truck"	Lily Mariye	Rob Pearlstein	February 21, 2020 (2020-02-21)	MAC403	5.83[73]
70	4	"Windmill + Acetone + Celluloid + Firing Pin"	Eagle Egilsson	Andrew Karlsruher	February 28, 2020 (2020-02-28)	MAC404	5.57[74]
71	5	"Soccer + Desi + Merchant + Titan"	Duane Clark	Cindy Appel	March 6, 2020 (2020-03-06)	MAC405	5.65[75]
72	6	"Right + Wrong + Both + Neither"	Roderick Davis	Andrew Klein	March 13, 2020 (2020-03-13)	MAC406	5.84[76]
73	7	"Mac + Desi + Riley + Aubrey"	Brad Turner	Stephanie Hicks	March 27, 2020 (2020-03-27)	MAC407	6.72[77]
74	8	"Father + Son + Father + Matriarch"	David Straiton	Travis Fickett	April 3, 2020 (2020-04-03)	MAC408	7.07[78]
75	9	"Code + Artemis + Nuclear + N3mesis"	Michael Martinez	Brandon Botta & Casey Tollett Botta	April 10, 2020 (2020-04-10)	MAC409	6.38[79]
76	10	"Tesla + Bell + Edison + Mac"	Yangzon Brauen	Rob Pearlstein	April 17, 2020 (2020-04-17)	MAC410	6.44[80]
77	11	"Psy-Op + Cell + Merchant + Birds"	Ericson Core	Story by : Stephanie Hicks & Andrew Klein Teleplay by : Cindy Appel & Andrew Karlsruher	April 24, 2020 (2020-04-24)	MAC411	6.19[81]
78	12	"Loyalty + Family + Rogue + Hellfire"	Geoff Shotz	Jim Adler	May 1, 2020 (2020-05-01)	MAC412	5.89[82]
79	13	"Save + The + Dam + World"	Carlos Bernard	Story by : Terry Matalas Teleplay by : Cindy Appel	May 8, 2020 (2020-05-08)	MAC413	5.77[83]

Season 5 (2020–21)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
80	1	"Resort + Desi + Riley + Window Cleaner + Witness"	Avi Youabian	Stephanie Hicks	December 4, 2020 (2020-12-04)	MAC511 MAC415[a]	4.90[85]
81	2	"Thief + Painting + Auction + Viro-486 + Justice"	Duane Clark	Peter M. Lenkov & Andrew Klein	December 11, 2020 (2020-12-11)	MAC510 MAC414[a]	4.79[86]
82	3	"Eclipse + USMC-1856707 + Step Potential + Chain Lock + Ma"	David Straiton	Jim Adler & Stephanie Hicks	December 18, 2020 (2020-12-18)	MAC501	4.72[87]
83	4	"Banh Bao + Sterno + Drill + Burner + Mason"	Peter Weller	Justin Lisson & Sophia Lopez	January 8, 2021 (2021-01-08)	MAC515 MAC419[a]	5.17[88]
84	5	"Jack + Kinematics + Safe Cracker + MgKNO3 + GTO"	Ericson Core	Jim Adler	January 15, 2021 (2021-01-15)	MAC512 MAC416[a]	4.99[89]
85	6	"Quarantine + N95 + Landline + Telescope + Social Distance"	Andrew Ahn	Stephanie Hicks & Andrew Karlsruher	January 22, 2021 (2021-01-22)	MAC502	4.99[90]
86	7	"Golden Lancehead + Venom + Pole Vault + Blood + Baggage"	David Straiton	Joshua Brown & Andrew Karlsruher	February 5, 2021 (2021-02-05)	MAC513 MAC417[a]	5.16[91]
87	8	"SOS + Hazmat + Ultrasound + Frequency + Malihini"	Yangzom Brauen	Cindy Appel	February 12, 2021 (2021-02-12)	MAC514 MAC418[a]	4.73[92]
88	9	"Rails + Pitons + Pulley + Pipe + Salt"	Christine Moore	Rob Pearlstein	February 19, 2021 (2021-02-19)	MAC504 MAC420[a]	4.96[93]
89	10	"Diamond + Quake + Carbon + Comms + Tower"	Michael Martinez	Andrew Karlsruher & Andrew Klein	March 5, 2021 (2021-03-05)	MAC503	4.50[94]
90	11	"C8H7ClO + Nano-Trackers + Resistance + Maldives + Mind Games"	David Straiton	Joshua Brown & Teresa Huang	March 26, 2021 (2021-03-26)	MAC505	4.31[95]
91	12	"Royalty + Marriage + Vivaah Sanskar + Zinc + Henna"	Anne Renton	Monica Macer & Andrew Klein	April 2, 2021 (2021-04-02)	MAC506	4.34[96]
92	13	"Barn Find + Engine Oil + La Punzonatura + Lab Rats + Tachometer"	Katie Eastridge	Alessia Costantini & Andrew Karlsruher	April 9, 2021 (2021-04-09)	MAC507	4.73[97]
93	14	"H2O + Orthophosphates + Mission City + Corrosion + Origins"	Christine Swanson	Teresa Huang & Joshua Brown	April 16, 2021 (2021-04-16)	MAC508	4.33[98]
94	15	"Abduction + Memory + Time + Fireworks + Dispersal"	David Straiton	Monica Macer & Alessia Costantini & Andrew Klein & Stephanie Hicks	April 30, 2021 (2021-04-30)	MAC509	4.48[99]

Ratings[]

Overview[]

Season 2[]

Viewership and ratings per episode of List of MacGyver (2016 TV series) episodes

No.	Title	Air date	Rating/share (18–49)	Viewers (millions)	DVR (18–49)	DVR viewers (millions)	Total (18–49)	Total viewers (millions)
1	"DIY or DIE"	September 29, 2017	0.8/4	6.69[26]	0.4	1.56	1.2	8.26[101]2
2	"Muscle Car + Paper Clip"	October 6, 2017	0.8/4	6.38[27]	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
3	"Roulette Wheel + Wire"	October 13, 2017	0.8/4	6.74[28]	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
4	"X-Ray + Penny"	October 20, 2017	0.8/4	6.77[29]	N/A	1.33	N/A	8.11[102]2
5	"Skull + Electromagnet"	October 27, 2017	0.9/4	6.45[30]	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
6	"Jet Engine + Pickup Truck"	November 3, 2017	0.8/4	7.09[31]	N/A	1.35	N/A	8.44[103]2
7	"Duck Tape + Jack"	November 10, 2017	0.9/4	7.27[32]	N/A	1.40	N/A	8.67[104]2
8	"Packing Peanuts + Fire"	November 17, 2017	0.9/4	7.17[33]	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
9	"CD-ROM + Hoagie Foil"	December 1, 2017	0.8/4	6.61[34]	N/A	1.50	N/A	8.11[105]2
10	"War Room + Ship"	December 8, 2017	0.9/4	7.21[35]	N/A	1.34	N/A	8.55[106]2
11	"Bullet + Pen"	December 15, 2017	0.8/4	6.87[36]	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
12	"Mac + Jack"	January 5, 2018	0.9/4	7.83[37]	N/A	1.34	N/A	9.18[107]2
13	"CO2 Sensor + Tree Branch"	January 12, 2018	1.0/4	8.14[38]	N/A	1.41	N/A	9.55[108]2
14	"Mardi Gras Beads + Chair"	January 19, 2018	1.0/4	7.68[39]	N/A	1.59	N/A	9.27[109]2
15	"Murdoc + Handcuffs"	February 2, 2018	0.9/4	7.27[40]	N/A	1.53	N/A	8.79[110]2
16	"Hammock + Balcony"	March 2, 2018	0.8/4	6.93[41]	N/A	1.56	N/A	8.48[111]2
17	"Bear Trap + Mob Boss"	March 9, 2018	0.9/4	6.61[42]	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
18	"Riley + Airplane"	March 30, 2018	0.8/4	6.43[43]	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
19	"Benjamin Franklin + Grey Duffle"	April 6, 2018	0.8/4	6.68[44]	N/A	1.74	N/A	8.42[112]
20	"Skyscraper – Power"	April 13, 2018	0.8/4	6.38[45]	N/A	1.70	N/A	8.08[113]
21	"Wind + Water"	April 20, 2018	0.8/4	6.27[46]	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
22	"UFO + Area 51"	April 27, 2018	0.7/3	6.26[47]	N/A	1.30	N/A	7.56[114]2
23	"MacGyver + MacGyver"	May 4, 2018	0.6/3	6.10[48]	N/A	1.63	N/A	7.73[115]

^2 Live +7 ratings were not available, so Live +3 ratings have been used instead.

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• MacGyver at IMDb