MacGyver: Season 1

2016 · 21 episodes · ★ 7.7

What Season 1 of MacGyver

The season opens when the team loses its intelligence chief, and Angus MacGyver, Mac, and Jack Dalton take charge of the missions. Together, they recruit a new hacker to track down a stolen biological weapon that could kill millions of people. Mac works for the Phoenix Foundation, a U.S. government agency disguised as a think tank, and prefers ingenuity to weapons. With his science knowledge, he turns everyday objects into solutions. The cases take the team to countries such as Venezuela, Malaysia and Kosovo, where they face smugglers, terrorists and former Cold War agents. Matty gives the orders, while Riley, Bozer and Wilt join the operations.

21episodes

Sep 23, 2016premiered

Apr 14, 2017Latest episode

14.7 hrtotal runtime

Season 1 Episodes

1x01 The Rising
Sep 23, 2016 · 42 min · ★ 7.1
Angus MacGyver and Jack Dalton, special agents for the Department of External Services (DXS), join forces to recover a missing bioweapon that has the ability to destroy hundreds of thousands of people with one single drop.
Directing: James Wan · Writing: Peter M. Lenkov · Starring: Sandrine Holt, Tracy Spiridakos, Vinnie Jones, Don DiPetta
1x02 Metal Saw
Sep 30, 2016 · 42 min · ★ 7.0
MacGyver and the team attempt to rescue Sarah, Jack’s former CIA partner/ex-girlfriend who went missing in Venezuela after she obtained evidence to take down an international arms dealer.
Directing: Jerry Levine · Writing: Craig S. O'Neill · Starring: Sandrine Holt, Aina Dumlao, Amy Acker, Jocko Sims
1x03 Awl
Oct 7, 2016 · 42 min · ★ 6.4
MacGyver and the team are in Malaysia to extract a terrorist groups’ money man, Ralph, who holds key intel to an impending attack. But the mission goes south when the man is shot, and now, with only a driver’s license and hand sanitizer available, MacGyver must keep Ralph alive in order to learn the terrorists’ plans.
Directing: Matt Earl Beesley · Writing: David Slack · Starring: Sandrine Holt, Aina Dumlao, Oliver Cooper, Danielle Lyn
1x04 Wire Cutter
Oct 14, 2016 · 42 min · ★ 7.6
Mac and Jack partner with older versions of themselves, a Russian bomb programmer and his estranged handler, to shut down a Soviet-era warhead in Moscow. But when the antiquated computer needed to disable the warhead becomes inoperable, Mac must find a way to fix it with only duct tape and wire in time to prevent a new Cold War.
Directing: Joe Dante · Writing: John Turman · Starring: Sandrine Holt, Aina Dumlao, Yorgo Constantine, Elya Baskin
1x05 Toothpick
Oct 21, 2016 · 42 min · ★ 7.6
Using only an armrest, a curtain rod, and a toothpick, MacGyver must fix a sabotaged train in order to protect a whistleblower who has proof that her boss is selling weapons to U.S. enemies.
Directing: Bobby Roth · Writing: Nancy Kiu · Starring: Sandrine Holt, Kasha Kropinski, Jarreth J. Merz, Ian Gregg
1x06 Wrench
Oct 28, 2016 · 42 min · ★ 8.2
Using only a wrench and rope, MacGyver must diffuse a bomb set near the United Nations by his old nemesis, “The Ghost”, a notorious criminal whose work killed his mentor, and track him down before he strikes again.
Directing: Alec Smight · Writing: Brian Durkin · Starring: Sandrine Holt, Aina Dumlao, Lobo Sebastian, Niko Nicotera
1x07 Can Opener
Nov 4, 2016 · 42 min · ★ 8.3
MacGyver is tasked to go undercover as an inmate in a maximum security prison to break out El Noche, a notorious drug kingpin, using only batteries and salt, and track him to his cartel's secret location and dismantle it.
Directing: Alec Smight · Writing: Brian Durkin · Starring: Sandrine Holt, Thomas Kopache, Raoul Max Trujillo, Sir Brodie
1x08 Corkscrew
Nov 11, 2016 · 42 min · ★ 8.3
When MacGyver comes face to face with Murdoc, an international assassin hired to kill him, Mac must defend both himself and Bozer, armed with only a corkscrew and paper towel rolls. Also, Bozer feels completely betrayed when he finally learns Mac's true identity.
Directing: Janice Cooke · Writing: Lindsey Allen · Starring: Sandrine Holt, Tracy Spiridakos, Aimee Carrero, Cindy L. Jefferson
1x09 Chisel
Nov 18, 2016 · 42 min · ★ 7.9
With only a chisel and matchbook, MacGyver and team must defend themselves the U.S. embassy workers in Latvia from extremists who are attempting to retrieve their leader. Also, Bozer faces a big decision now that he knows who Mac really is.
Directing: Brad Tanenbaum · Writing: Bret VandenBos, Brandon Willer · Starring: Sandrine Holt, Tobias Jelinek, Alicia Coppola, Andrew Ayala
1x10 Pliers
Dec 9, 2016 · 42 min · ★ 8.2
Mac and the team have no time to reminisce while visiting Mac’s and Bozer’s hometown when they immediately start searching for a kidnapped prodigy from Mac’s old middle school, Valerie.
Directing: Lee Rose · Writing: Brian Durkin · Starring: Sandrine Holt, John Heard, Amiah Miller, Jeremy London
1x11 Scissors
Dec 16, 2016 · 42 min · ★ 8.0
MacGyver and Jack search for Riley, using a microwave and a power strip, after she mysteriously disappears and hacks into the NSA, possibly unleashing World War III. Also, Bozer goes on his first official mission, and Jack opens up about his history with Riley’s mother, Diane.
Directing: Stephen Herek · Writing: Nancy Kiu, Lindsey Allen · Starring: Sandrine Holt, Joshua Chang, Lyman Chen, Nicholas X. Parsons
1x12 Screwdriver
Jan 6, 2017 · 42 min · ★ 8.3
Using a screwdriver and bug spray, MacGyver must find the U.S. government mole who is leaking classified intel to the organization that is trying to take down The Phoenix Foundation. Also, Sarah returns to help with the mission, and Nikki reappears, but Mac can’t tell which side she’s on.
Directing: Craig Siebels · Writing: Craig S. O'Neill, David Slack · Starring: Sandrine Holt, Amy Acker, Tracy Spiridakos, Preston James Hillier
1x13 Large Blade
Jan 13, 2017 · 42 min · ★ 6.9
On the way back from capturing a war criminal, Mac and Jack’s helicopter crashes in a remote area of Kazakhstan, injuring their pilot and allowing their prisoner to escape with Jack’s gun. Using a large blade and a water bottle, MacGyver must get help as the pilot’s condition worsens and before the war criminal takes them as prisoners.
Directing: Sylvain White · Writing: Andrew Karlsruher · Starring: Meredith Eaton, Zulay Henao, Josefina Boneo, Blake Burgess
1x14 Fish Scaler
Feb 3, 2017 · 42 min · ★ 8.4
Using a fish scaler and some fishing wire, Mac and Jack must track down a corrupt FBI agent who has framed a man for murder. Also, everyone on the team is terrified to get their first performance review from Matty, their tough new boss.
Directing: Eagle Egilsson · Writing: David Slack, Craig S. O'Neill · Starring: Meredith Eaton, Aina Dumlao, Frank Whaley, Siobhan Fallon Hogan
1x15 Magnifying Glass
Feb 10, 2017 · 42 min
When Matty’s goddaughter and her boyfriend are killed in a San Francisco park, Mac and the team investigate the crime and start to suspect that the 1970s Zodiac Killer has returned.
Directing: Stephen Herek · Writing: Brian Durkin · Starring: Meredith Eaton, Michael Graziadei, Joe Ando-Hirsh, Sophie Edwards
1x16 Hook
Feb 17, 2017 · 42 min · ★ 8.0
While tracking down the dangerous fugitive Aaron Deckard, Mac and Jack face the notorious Colton family of bounty hunters who already kidnapped their mark. Also, Bozer and Riley try to hack into Jack’s CIA file to find out about his history with Matty.
Directing: Tawnia McKiernan · Writing: Nancy Kiu · Starring: Meredith Eaton, Tony DeMil, Anthony DiRocco, Jermaine Rivers
1x17 Ruler
Feb 24, 2017 · 42 min · ★ 6.5
Bozer’s first overseas mission goes terribly wrong when Mac and the team are blamed for a terrorist bombing and the Phoenix Foundation is forced to disavow them.
Directing: Antonio Negret · Writing: Andrew Karlsruher · Starring: Meredith Eaton, Aina Dumlao, Svetlana Efremova, Christopher Heyerdahl
1x18 Flashlight
Mar 10, 2017 · 42 min · ★ 8.2
When Mac and the team travel to Hawaii to aid in earthquake relief efforts, they team up with Chin and Kono from the Five-0 task force to rescue a group of government scientists trapped in a building. However, as they work on the complicated rescue, a group using the chaos as a distraction aims to steal the top-secret weaponry from the scientists.
Directing: Jonathan Brown · Writing: Lindsey Allen · Starring: Meredith Eaton, Aina Dumlao, Daniel Dae Kim, Grace Park
1x19 Compass
Mar 31, 2017 · 42 min
Mac and Jack help Mac’s close friend from M.I.T. after she fakes her own death to prevent someone from killing her in order to suppress her scientific research.
Directing: Christine Moore · Writing: Lee David Zlotoff · Starring: Meredith Eaton, François Chau, Bill Posley, Aly Michalka
1x20 Hole Puncher
Apr 7, 2017 · 42 min
When the team intercepts a terror group’s message meant for Murdoc, Mac poses as the psychopath to save the intended target and find out why they want Murdoc to assassinate him.
Directing: Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum · Writing: Craig S. O'Neill, David Slack · Starring: Meredith Eaton, William Mapother, Assaf Cohen, Michael Harding
1x21 Cigar Cutter Season Finale
Apr 14, 2017 · 42 min
Murdoc moves forward with his plans for revenge against MacGyver by recruiting his recently released former cellmate to infiltrate the Phoenix Complex as a “lab technician” and kill every agent inside.
Directing: Stephen Herek · Writing: Peter M. Lenkov · Starring: Meredith Eaton, Aina Dumlao, William Mapother, Nicholas Guest