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, concluding on April 30, 2021.

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released
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)

Main article: MacGyver (2016 TV series) season 1

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 release 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)

Main article: MacGyver (2016 TV series) season 2

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 release 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]
23	2	"Muscle Car + Paper Clip"	Ericson Core	Nancy Kiu	October 6, 2017 (2017-10-06)	MAC203	6.38[27]
24	3	"Roulette Wheel + Wire"	Duane Clark	Justin Lisson	October 13, 2017 (2017-10-13)	MAC202	6.74[28]
25	4	"X-Ray + Penny"	Bethany Rooney	Craig O'Neill & David Slack	October 20, 2017 (2017-10-20)	MAC204	6.77[29]
26	5	"Skull + Electromagnet"	Liz Allen Rosenbaum	Lindsey Allen	October 27, 2017 (2017-10-27)	MAC205	6.45[30]
27	6	"Jet Engine + Pickup Truck"	Stephen Herek	Andrew Karlsruher	November 3, 2017 (2017-11-03)	MAC206	7.09[31]
28	7	"Duct Tape + Jack"	Gabriel Beristain	Brian Durkin	November 10, 2017 (2017-11-10)	MAC207	7.27[32]
29	8	"Packing Peanuts + Fire"	Stacey K. Black	Lindsey Allen	November 17, 2017 (2017-11-17)	MAC208	7.17[33]
30	9	"CD-ROM + Hoagie Foil"	Bobby Roth	Marqui Jackson & Nancy Kiu	December 1, 2017 (2017-12-01)	MAC209	6.61[34]
31	10	"War Room + Ship"	Tawnia McKiernan	Brian Durkin & Andrew Karlsruher	December 8, 2017 (2017-12-08)	MAC210	7.21[35]
32	11	"Bullet + Pen"	Carlos Bernard	Marqui Jackson	December 15, 2017 (2017-12-15)	MAC211	6.87[36]
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]
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]
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]
36	15	"Murdoc + Handcuffs"	Stephen Herek	Marqui Jackson	February 2, 2018 (2018-02-02)	MAC215	7.27[40]
37	16	"Hammock + Balcony"	Eagle Egilsson	Justin Lisson	March 2, 2018 (2018-03-02)	MAC216	6.93[41]
38	17	"Bear Trap + Mob Boss"	Steven A. Adelson	Nancy Kiu	March 9, 2018 (2018-03-09)	MAC217	6.61[42]
39	18	"Riley + Airplane"	Antonio Negret	Lindsey Allen	March 30, 2018 (2018-03-30)	MAC218	6.43[43]
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]
41	20	"Skyscraper – Power"	Peter Weller	Brian Durkin & Joshua Brown	April 13, 2018 (2018-04-13)	MAC220	6.38[45]
42	21	"Wind + Water"	Mark Manos	Lee David Zlotoff	April 20, 2018 (2018-04-20)	MAC221	6.27[46]
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]
44	23	"MacGyver + MacGyver"	Stephen Herek	Craig O'Neill & David Slack	May 4, 2018 (2018-05-04)	MAC223	6.10[48]

Season 3 (2018–19)

Main article: MacGyver (2016 TV series) season 3

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 release 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)

Main article: MacGyver (2016 TV series) season 4

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release 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)

Main article: MacGyver (2016 TV series) season 5

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release 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]

1. These episodes were originally written as part of the fourth season and initially received season four production codes. After filming of the fourth season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, the episodes were then completed as part of the fifth season and also received season five production codes. The first code indicates the production code of the fifth season, while the second code is the initial fourth season production code.^[84]

Ratings

Overview

MacGyver : U.S. viewers per episode (millions)

Season		Episode number
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
	1	10.90	9.07	8.09	7.44	7.95	7.27	7.59	7.65	8.12	7.42	7.67	8.42	7.64	7.43	8.02	7.24	6.93	7.73	6.56	6.62	6.57	–
	2	6.69	6.38	6.74	6.77	6.45	7.09	7.27	7.17	6.61	7.21	6.87	7.83	8.14	7.68	7.27	6.93	6.61	6.43	6.68	6.38	6.27	6.26	6.10
	3	5.77	5.73	6.16	6.01	5.90	6.06	6.43	6.20	6.28	6.36	6.42	6.58	6.90	6.96	6.38	6.57	5.62	5.57	6.08	5.54	5.33	5.47	–
	4	5.94	5.77	5.83	5.57	5.65	5.84	6.72	7.07	6.38	6.44	6.20	5.89	5.77	–
	5	4.90	4.79	4.72	5.17	4.99	4.99	5.16	4.73	4.96	4.50	4.31	4.34	4.73	4.33	4.48	–

Audience measurement performed by Nielsen Media Research^[100]