He's everyone's favorite action hero... but he's a hero with a difference. Angus MacGyver is a secret agent whose wits are his deadliest weapon. Armed with only a knapsack filled with everyday items he picks up along the way, he improvises his way out of every peril the bad guys throw at him.
Making a bomb out of chewing gum? Fixing a speeding car's breaks... while he's riding in it? Using soda pop to cook up tear gas? That's all in a day's adventures for MacGyver. He's part Boy Scout, part genius. And all hero.
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He's everyone's favorite action hero... but he's a hero with a difference. Angus MacGyver is a secret agent whose wits are his deadliest weapon. Armed with only a knapsack filled with everyday items he picks up along the way, he improvises his way out of every peril the bad guys throw at him.
Making a bomb out of chewing gum? Fixing a speeding car's breaks... while he's riding in it? Using soda pop to cook up tear gas? That's all in a day's adventures for MacGyver. He's part Boy Scout, part genius. And all hero.
Season 2 episodes
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MacGyver and Pete are testing a new security system at the Strategic Research Development Administration. MacGyver successfully bypasses the security and meets Dr. Jill Ludlam, the system's designer. She tries to turn off the security system, but it doesn't realize that it was just a test. MacGyver and Dr. Ludlam are then forced to find a way out, as the security system, named Sandy, tries to destroy the "intruders."
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Directed by Charles CorrellWritten by Robin Bernheim BurgerGuest stars June Chadwick, Peter Haskell, Peter Kwong
Mac inadvertently leads a hit man to his target, believing that he's helping a father find his lost son.
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Directed by Paul KrasnyWritten by Stephen KronishGuest stars Morgan Stevens, Michael Francis Kelly, Richard Jamison, Henry Jones, Joe Santos, Nick Dimitri, Leigh Lombardi, April Jayne
MacGyver and Pete have a surprise party planned for a colleague, but when the colleague doesn't show up, MacGyver goes looking for him, and finds him on the verge of committing suicide. When questioned why he would do such a thing, Kelly explains that a con artist has swindled him out of his life savings. MacGyver tells Pete about Kelly's situation and the two of them decide that they will get Kelly's money back from the con.
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Directed by Paul KrasnyWritten by Phil Combest, Mark Lisson, Mark Lisson, Bill Froehlich, Bill FroehlichGuest stars Al Fann, Steve Eastin, Rex Ryon, Michael Francis Kelly, Richard Romanus, Pamela Bowen, Joe Bonny, Steve Susskind
While MacGyver goes to pick up a Chinese friend's brother from a birthday party, he witnesses something strange: Paul is being called "The Wish Child." It seems that a greedy businessman has wrapped him up in a scam, because he looks exactly like a boy from an old legend that owns the secret of immortality. Now, MacGyver must try to talk him out of this, because Paul is starting to believe he really is The Wish Child!
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Directed by Charles CorrellWritten by Bill Froehlich, Stephen Kandel, Brian Alan LaneGuest stars George Takei, James Pax, Tia Carrere, Clyde Kusatsu, James Hong, Conan Lee, Michael Paul Chan, Tim Dang
MacGyver goes to the mountains to lead four ex-gangster teens on a Phoenix Foundation funded rehabilitation trip. When he gets there, he finds that this task may be a little more complicated then he thought. All of the kids are very rebellious and one of them has a bad grudge against another one. A couple of days later when MacGyver is returning with the kids, their plane crashes in the middle of the wilderness and one of them is injured. Now, MacGyver must fix the plane and help the kids work out their differences so they can save their friend.
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Directed by Alexander SingerWritten by Rob HeddenGuest stars Ricky Paull Goldin, Pamela Gidley, Ramón Franco, David Harris, Gregory Itzin, Buck Young, Chad Dee Block
MacGyver, returning home one night, walks into his apartment, only to everything he owns missing from his apartment. Initially suspecting a robbery, MacGyver eventually comes to the conclusion that his old friend Jack Dalton is the one responsible for the theft.
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Directed by Charles CorrellWritten by John J. Sakmar, Kerry LenhartGuest stars Patricia McPherson, Bruce McGill, Gregory Sierra, Silvana Gallardo, Kevyn Major Howard
MacGyver and Pete head to Asia to rescue a nun, who is an old friend of Pete's, and the orphaned children she takes care of from aggressive regime troops. While there, MacGyver runs into someone he never expected, his old fiancee, Debra. Now MacGyver must complete his mission, work out his differences with Debra, and escape from the troops, all before the troops find them.
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Directed by Cliff BoleWritten by Stephen Kronish, Chuck BowmanGuest stars Salome Jens, Richard Partlow, Marilyn Jones, Patrick Gorman, Dana Lee, Jesse Dizon, Arsenio Trinidad
While hang gliding in the west, MacGyver crosses paths with an escaped felon who shot and wounded a rare eagle. Now, with the help of his new friend Susan Cooper and her son Darin, MacGyver must heal the eagle and trap the felon before he kills more eagles.
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Directed by Paul KrasnyWritten by George Lee MarshallGuest stars Christopher Stone, Julie Cobb, Danny Cooksey, Michael MacRae, Peter MacLean
While helping the Phoenix Foundation test a new missile-guidance system for the government, MacGyver's efforts are hampered by men who are trying to steal it. When the men escape with it, MacGyver turns to his deaf friend, who has been having premonition-type dreams of this happening. Now MacGyver must try and analyze her dreams so that he can find the men who stole the system.
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Directed by James L. ConwayWritten by Stephen KandelGuest stars Jack Colvin, Geoffrey Lewis, Mary Beth Barber, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Helen Rubio, Carl Ciarfalio, Erik Holland, Karl Held
A retired actor and his wife stop at a motel on the way to Los Angeles. MacGyver rescues them from a drunkard who nearly makes a mark on their car. MacGyver is supposed to meet a mobster-turned-informant at the motel, but the meeting goes wrong. The mob shows up and kills MacGyver's friend before he can give MacGyver what he promised. Instead the bag lands in the old couple's car, where the old actor finds it and discovers it full of money.
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Directed by Alan Crosland, Jr.Written by John J. Sakmar, Kerry Lenhart, Rob Hedden, Mark LissonGuest stars Edward Mulhare, Anne Rogers, Richard Hatch, Dennis Stewart, Michael Rider, Tony Epper, Tony Frank
While retrieving tickets for a hockey game at the Phoenix Foundation, MacGyver and his grandpa Harry get caught in the middle of a woman's plot to blow up the building using a bomb that she herself made. They try to escape, but are locked in. Now they must figure another way out before she activates the bomb.
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Directed by Gilbert M. ShiltonWritten by John I. Koivula, Stephen KronishGuest stars Tricia O'Neil, John Anderson, Richard Lineback, Harry Beer, John Davey, Shawn Donahue, Jan Jorden, Kenneth Lloyd
Pete's ex-wife and son are kidnapped down in Louisiana while on an archaeological trip. The kidnappers demand that Pete comes to Louisiana in exchange for letting his family go. But when he gets there, it soon becomes apparent that they don't plan to let any of them go.
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Directed by Alexander SingerWritten by Paul A. MagistrettiGuest stars Scott Coffey, Penelope Windust, Don Gordon, Beau Billingslea, Jeffrey Josephson, Stephen Liska, Thomas F. Duffy
MacGyver puts up Penny Parker for a few days while she's looking for a job as a singing telegram. But on her first day, she happens to witness two thugs torturing a man. Unfortunately, she can't find her way back, and when she does, MacGyver thinks this may be the start of something bigger as the victim is a Federal agent.
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Directed by Charles CorrellWritten by Joan Brooker, Nancy EddoGuest stars Teri Hatcher, Vincent Schiavelli, Michael Ensign, Hugh Farrington, Robert Donner, Elya Baskin, Andre Marquis, Hettie Lynne Hurtes
MacGyver's fishing trip is cut short when he meets a very pregnant woman whose husband is out to kill her. Accidentally, she found out that his half-way home for ex-cons is really a recruiting place for new crimes. Mac and the woman are chased into a warehouse where they are trapped.
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Directed by James L. ConwayWritten by Rob HeddenGuest stars Toni Kalem, Joe Lambie, David L. Crowley, Paul Drake, J.E. Freeman, Bill Henderson, John M. Jackson, Roy Harrison
While on an expedition to find a Spanish treasure fleet, Dr. Barbara Ortega's boat is hi-jacked by modern-day pirates. They steal the small amount of treasure that she has already found - including the ship's log, which is the key to finding the whole fleet - and take off. When she makes it public that she was hi-jacked, the Phoenix Foundation sends MacGyver to help. Now, MacGyver and Barbara must recover the ship's log, so she can find the treasure before the pirates do.
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Directed by Bruce KesslerWritten by Stephen KandelGuest stars Cliff Potts, Nicholas Worth, Marta DuBois, Steven M. Gagnon, Jeff Kober, Tony Torres, John Otrin, William Bronder
When MacGyver and Pete go skiing, a man switches poles with MacGyver, only moments before being gunned down and killed by his former friends. But the gunshot starts an avalanche, which covers MacGyver completely, leaving it up to Pete to convince the mountain rangers to stage a search and rescue before the next avalanche comes. As MacGyver finally is dug up, the gangsters are there, waiting for him, and whatever is hidden in that ski pole.
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Directed by Cliff BoleWritten by Stephen KronishGuest stars Robert Pastorelli, Michael Corbett, Jonathan Goldsmith, Michael Constantine, Demetre Phillips, Deborah Wakeham
Dalton, who is believed to be dead, recruits MacGyver to help uncover a CIA mole.
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Directed by Bob SweeneyWritten by John J. Sakmar, Kerry LenhartGuest stars Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Bruce McGill, Lee Purcell, Curt Lowens, Frank Annese, Duane Tucker, John Kirby, Alan Fudge
MacGyver and Pete meet at a wrecking yard, both thinking that the other one arranged the meeting. Soon an unknown assailant captures them inside a big truck. Their only clue is an obituary for them and Jack Dalton.
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Directed by Cliff BoleWritten by Bill Froehlich, Mark LissonGuest stars Bruce McGill, Iris Klein, Michael Des Barres, Caleb Asch
When MacGyver is sent to rescue an American pilot held in Central America for supposed espionage, his wargame-trained daughter tags along, but she didn't quite come prepared for the real thing. MacGyver must now rescue the pilot while keeping his daughter safe from the soldiers.
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Directed by Don ChaffeyWritten by Rob HeddenGuest stars John Schuck, Renée Estevez, Sandy McPeak, Bert Rosario, Alex Colon, Michael Bandoni, Agapito Leal, Antonio Trevino
MacGyver's friends throw a birthday party for him, but he's somberly reflecting on his past and future. While reflecting, MacGyver decides to leave the Phoenix Foundation to get married and have a family. Can Pete convince him of how important he is to the Foundation and get him to change his mind?
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Directed by Cliff BoleWritten by Stephen KronishGuest stars Teri Hatcher, Robin Curtis, Tim Rossovich, John Anderson, Bruce McGill, Michael Goodwin
MacGyver is called to a meeting with a former British spy, who has learned of a group of terrorists that will use a new plastic explosive in a vengeful attack on the U.S. army. This explosive can be hidden anywhere. However, before the spy can give MacGyver all the details he is shot. MacGyver flees through a window and is picked up by a boat. The female who owns the boat soon learns that the man she has rescued doesn't have any memory.
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Directed by Cliff BoleWritten by Jaison StarkesGuest stars Nana Visitor, Clive Revill, John Pleshette, Priscilla Morrill, Kim Miyori, Rockne Tarkington, Merritt Olsen, Ryan Rushton
MacGyver is forced to work with a ruthless freelance agent to rescue a human rights activist who is being held in a psychiatric hospital in Czechoslovakia. The rescue is an apparent success, until the secret police then kidnap the activist's wife to get him back.
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Directed by James L. ConwayWritten by Doug Heyes, Jr.Guest stars Deborah Adair, Walter Addison, Oksana Olijar, Reuven Bar-Yotam, Raymond O'Keefe, Tom Ormeny, Josef Rainer, Vlado Benden
