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Pete Thornton is a fictional character portrayed by Dana Elcar in the TV series MacGyver.
In the first episode they appeared in, titled Pilot (season 1), they were 57 years old.
They appear in 126 episodes out of a total of 139 aired and have accumulated 668 positive votes.
The character of Pete Thornton is mainly associated with MacGyver, Jack Dalton and Craig Bannister.

Pete Thornton

by Dana Elcar

character

Episodes126

  • 7.8
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    Pilot

    episode S1.E1 september 1985
    An underground lab is destroyed by a mysterious explosion. MacGyver is sent in to rescue the trapped scientists and stop a deadly chemical leak.
  • 7.6
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    Nightmares

    episode S1.E11 january 1986
    MacGyver is kidnapped by enemy agents to retrieve sensitive information he stole from them. To get him to talk, they inject MacGyver with a hallucinogenic drug that will kill him in six hours, unless an antidote they have is administered.
  • 7.6
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    Deathlock

    episode S1.E12 january 1986
    An enemy of MacGyver's fills a supposed safe house with several deadly booby traps to exact his revenge on MacGyver.
  • 8
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    Countdown

    episode S1.E14 february 1986
    A cruise ship is the target of a terrorist attack and has three bombs hidden aboard. MacGyver and a friend from the agency are asked to dismantle the bombs before it's too late for the crew and passengers.
  • 7
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    The Enemy Within

    episode S1.E15 february 1986
    Four agents have been betrayed by a mole inside the Agency, leading to their deaths. MacGyver must discover who it is before he becomes the next victim.
  • 6.6
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    To Be a Man

    episode S1.E17 february 1986
    While on a rescue mission in Soviet Afghanistan, MacGyver is shot and wounded. An Afghan woman and her son risk their lives to give refuge to MacGyver. A wounded MacGyver must now outwit the Russian Army to complete his mission.
  • 7
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    Ugly Duckling

    episode S1.E18 march 1986
    MacGyver is sent to rescue a teenage computer hacker kidnapped by weapons dealers who want her to arm a missile system they stole.
  • 7.2
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    A Prisoner of Conscience

    episode S1.E21 april 1986
    To infiltrate a mental institution to free a political prisoner who is a friend of Pete's, MacGyver must feign madness. Getting in is the easy part...
  • 7.9
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    The Assassin

    episode S1.E22 may 1986
    An assassin is primed to knock off a high-ranking official when MacGyver is called in. But in order to foil a master of disguises, Mac must don the best disguise of all...
  • 7.9
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    The Human Factor

    episode S2.E1 september 1986
    The military asks MacGyver to check out a new high-tech security system at one of their bases. Complications arise when the computer traps MacGyver inside and attempts to kill him.
  • 7.5
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    The Eraser

    episode S2.E2 september 1986
    MacGyver is tricked into believing that he is helping a man find his son. But in reality, MacGyver is unknowingly leading a hit man to his target.
  • 7.4
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    Twice Stung

    episode S2.E3 october 1986
    A friend of MacGyver's becomes suicidal after being swindled out of his life savings. MacGyver orchestrates a reverse scam to get the money back.
  • 6.9
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    The Wish Child

    episode S2.E4 october 1986
    MacGyver rescues a friend's young brother in Chinatown who is mixed up with some scam artists presenting him as the Wish Child, a legendary mystical Chinese boy.
  • 7.2
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    Final Approach

    episode S2.E5 october 1986
    Macgyver and four youths are stranded in the wilderness after their plane crashes. Gang rivalries among the youth escalate an already precarious situation.
  • 7.5
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    Jack of Lies

    episode S2.E6 november 1986
    Jack Dalton asks for MacGyver's help in rescuing a botanist in Central America. Once there, MacGyver finds out that the botanist is an old friend.
  • 7.3
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    The Road Not Taken

    episode S2.E7 november 1986
    A nun and some orphans are in need of rescuing by MacGyver from murderous soldiers in Southeast Asia. It turns out that the nun's assistant is an old girlfriend of MacGyver's.
  • 7.3
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    Eagles

    episode S2.E8 november 1986
    Two rare golden eagles facing extinction are helped by MacGyver. He must simultaneously confront the poacher trying to kill the eagles and eliminate MacGyver.
  • 6.9
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    Silent World

    episode S2.E9 november 1986
    A teacher of the deaf, who is a friend of MacGyver's, is plagued by nightmares. MacGyver thinks these unexplained nightmares are connected to a plan to hijack a missile-guidance system.
  • 7.7
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    Three for the Road

    episode S2.E10 december 1986
    MacGyver becomes stranded and is forced to hitch a ride with a retired couple. Unknowingly, they are in possession of stolen counterfeit money that the mob is trying to recover.
  • 8.1
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    Phoenix Under Siege

    episode S2.E11 january 1987
    MacGyver and his grandfather have plans to go to a hockey game. However, when they stop by the Phoenix Foundation to get the tickets, they discover terrorists attempting to blow up a bomb.
  • 7.5
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    Family Matter

    episode S2.E12 january 1987
    A former agent seeking revenge kidnaps Pete Thornton's wife and son. MacGyver and Pete are tasked with the mission of rescuing them.
  • 7.2
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    Soft Touch

    episode S2.E13 january 1987
    A Russian defector is helped by MacGyver to seek asylum in the U.S. Meanwhile, after Penny Parker comes to stay at MacGyver's for a few days, she accidentally uncovers an assassination plot of a foreign official.
  • 7.5
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    Birth Day

    episode S2.E14 february 1987
    A pregnant woman is on the run from her husband who wants her dead after she discovers his dark secret. MacGyver becomes trapped with the woman in an abandoned factory with her delivery inching nearer.
  • 7.4
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    Pirates

    episode S2.E15 february 1987
    An archaeologist is kidnapped by pirates to help them find $60 million in sunken treasure at the bottom of the sea. MacGyver must attempt a rescue on the isolated ocean.
  • 7.7
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    Out in the Cold

    episode S2.E16 february 1987
    A Mob informant hides some microfilm on MacGyver, who is on a ski vacation. An avalanche that buries MacGyver prevents the Mob from getting to him, but not for long.
  • 7.6
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    Dalton, Jack of Spies

    episode S2.E17 february 1987
    While MacGyver is at the viewing of this friend, Jack Dalton, two CIA agents gone bad show up to make sure Jack is dead. MacGyver is surprised to find out that Jack really isn't dead and that he is wanted for murder.
  • 8.2
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    Partners

    episode S2.E18 march 1987
    Revenge is what is in store for MacGyver when a master-of-disguise hit man, who MacGyver thought long dead, shows up. This causes MacGyver to flashback to their first encounter.
  • 7.3
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    Bushmaster

    episode S2.E19 march 1987
    A pilot is on trial for being a spy in a Central American country and MacGyver is sent to rescue him. Matters become complicated when MacGyver discovers the pilot's daughter has stowed away on the rescue mission.
  • 6.5
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    Friends

    episode S2.E20 april 1987
    A surprise birthday party is thrown for MacGyver at the Phoenix Foundation, causing him to reflect on old friends and memories, and to consider resigning from his job.
  • 7.5
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    D. O. A.: MacGyver

    episode S2.E21 april 1987
    A head injury causing amnesia makes MacGyver forget about his recent discovery of a bomb planted at a funeral. Will MacGyver's memory return in time, especially with the killer nearby?
  • 7.4
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    For Love or Money

    episode S2.E22 may 1987
    MacGyver and a female agent he despises pose as a married couple to infiltrate a psychiatric hospital in Czechoslovakia to free a human rights activist.
  • 7.2
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    Lost Love: Part 1

    episode S3.E1 september 1987
    Soviet agents use a former lover of MacGyver's, who he thought to be dead, as a pawn to steal a valuable Chinese jade dragon statue.
  • 7.4
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    Lost Love: Part 2

    episode S3.E2 september 1987
    Jack Dalton helps MacGyver to steal back the jade dragon statue in order to free his former lover being held captive. However, it turns out she may be working with the Russians.
  • 7
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    Back from the Dead

    episode S3.E3 october 1987
    Jimmy 'The Eraser' Kendall, a man MacGyver helped put into the witness protection program, has been spotted by he mob. They've kidnapped his daughter and grandson, and they want Jimmy back, or else.
  • 7.9
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    Ghost Ship

    episode S3.E4 october 1987
    While mapping some wilderness in Alaska, MacGyver discovers an abandoned ship. On it, a Russian stowaway tells him that the crew were all scared off, by Bigfoot!
  • 7.4
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    Fire and Ice

    episode S3.E5 october 1987
    An insurance investigator friend of MacGyver's is killed by a diamond thief with diplomatic immunity. Nikki Carpenter, the friend's sister, is teamed up with Macgyver against his wishes to get the diplomat deported.
  • 7.5
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    GX-1

    episode S3.E6 november 1987
    Experimental US fighter jet gets shot down over East Germany and MacGyver is sent in to demolish the wreckage while Soviets, who are backed by a psychic, are trying to reach it first.
  • 7.4
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    Jack in the Box

    episode S3.E7 november 1987
    MacGyver goes to a small town in Arkansas to bail Jack Dalton out of another predicament. MacGyver ends up getting arrested along with Jack and sent to a prison camp where there are forced to dig in an abandoned mine for hidden millions of dollars.
  • 8.4
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    The Widowmaker

    episode S3.E8 november 1987
    MacGyver's best friend falls to her death while mountain-climbing with him. MacGyver has no time to mourn when Murdoc shows up looking for revenge.
  • 8
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    Hell Week

    episode S3.E9 november 1987
    An old mentor of MacGyver's asks him to judge a physics competition. The mentor's son becomes despondent after failing to win the competition and locks himself in the lab with a homemade bomb.
  • 7.6
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    Blow Out

    episode S3.E10 december 1987
    A terrorist wants Nikki Carpenter dead. MacGyver searches through Nikki's old records to find out who would want to kill her and why.
  • 7.2
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    Kill Zone

    episode S3.E11 january 1988
    When a satellite carrying a genetic experiment crashes to earth MacGyver is sent in to recover it. When he arrives he discovers that the experiment mutated in space and now ages animals at a vast rate. It is taken back to the lab but the scientist in charge doesn't want to destroy it.
  • 7.2
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    Early Retirement

    episode S3.E12 january 1988
    MacGyver's boss Pete oversees the disarming of a nuclear warhead. A deadly explosion at the disarming facility causes Pete to accept full responsibility and retire from the Phoenix Foundation. However, MacGyver soon suspects that the replacement for Pete is responsible for sabotaging the warhead.
  • 6.8
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    Thin Ice

    episode S3.E13 february 1988
    MacGyver returns to Minnesota to help his old hockey coach take his high school team to the state championships. The toughest part will be dealing with the violent temper of their star player.
  • 7.3
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    The Odd Triple

    episode S3.E14 february 1988
    MacGyver agrees to accompany Jack on a flight to bring a rich woman and her recently acquired jewels to France. However, as soon as they land in France they are arrested for theft and regardless of their pleas, accused of complicity.
  • 8
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    The Negotiator

    episode S3.E15 march 1988
    When MacGyver's research into the wildlife around the planned building site of a marina threatens to cause a shutdown of the project, the owner hires a beautiful woman to persuade MacGyver to change his mind... by any means necessary.
  • 7.4
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    The Spoilers

    episode S3.E16 march 1988
    A mountain man who witnessed toxic waste dumping has testimony that is vital for MacGyver and Pete. But his flashbacks back to his time in Vietnam cause him to be unstable and may threaten their case.
  • 7.4
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    Mask of the Wolf

    episode S3.E17 march 1988
    MacGyver and Jack Dalton assist an Inuit in finding a tribal sacred wolf mask. However, two mercenaries abduct him to receive it for themselves.
  • 7.2
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    Rock the Cradle

    episode S3.E18 april 1988
    Jack Dalton and MacGyver suddenly become dads when a baby is left in Jack's airplane hangar. They search for the mother of the baby, who used to be a girlfriend of Jack's, and thus there is the possibility that Jack is the baby's father.
  • 7.7
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    The Endangered

    episode S3.E19 may 1988
    MacGyver visits an animal preserve to reunite with an old girlfriend who is a park ranger there. Their reunion is complicated by a battle they have with poachers of endangered animals on the preserve.
  • 7.6
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    Murderers' Sky

    episode S3.E20 may 1988
    The grandson and only heir of a rich Chinese shipping magnate is living in a monastery. MacGyver enlists his help to fight a criminal takeover of the business.
  • 8
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    The Secret of Parker House

    episode S4.E1 october 1988
    Penny Parker asks MacGyver to accompany her in inspecting an old house that she inherited from her aunt, an apparently haunted house.
  • 7.5
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    Blood Brothers

    episode S4.E2 november 1988
    MacGyver returns to his hometown to find himself haunted by the memories of a fatal shooting accident when he was a kid. While he is there, he helps two teenagers battle the local drug dealers.
  • 7.6
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    The Outsiders

    episode S4.E3 november 1988
    In the middle of nowhere, MacGyver gets involved in a car accident. He is luckily found by an Amish family and nursed back to health. MacGyver then helps the Amish community to confront a construction crew that is trying to force them off their land.
  • 7.3
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    On a Wing and a Prayer

    episode S4.E4 december 1988
    Pete is taken prisoner during a coup d'état by the rebels in Barraca. MacGyver must enlist Jack to help rescue Pete.
  • 7.2
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    Collision Course

    episode S4.E5 december 1988
    MacGyver is chosen to test a car engine designed by the Foundation, but a rival car owner 'G. Gordon Liddy' has some dirty tricks up his sleeve.
  • 7.8
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    The Survivors

    episode S4.E6 january 1989
    MacGyver and Thornton discover the wreckage of a DEA plane, which MacGyver determines was shot down by drug smugglers.
  • 7.8
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    Deadly Dreams

    episode S4.E7 january 1989
    An escaped killer who MacGyver is searching for, is actually the pawn of a mastermind criminal who is still locked up and planning revenge on the female detective who incarcerated him.
  • 7.1
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    Ma Dalton

    episode S4.E8 january 1989
    Once Jack Dalton finds his long-lost mother, he discovers that she is a fugitive. The police, a bounty hunter, and a corrupt government official are all determined to catch her first.
  • 8.1
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    Cleo Rocks

    episode S4.E9 february 1989
    MacGyver's friend Penny Parker gets the lead part in a new musical. MacGyver suspects it may be a set up by his arch-nemesis to trap him.
  • 7.1
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    Fraternity of Thieves

    episode S4.E10 february 1989
    Pete is conflicted when he discovers that the Phoenix Foundation employee selling classified information turns out to be his son.
  • 7.2
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    The Battle of Tommy Giordano

    episode S4.E11 february 1989
    The young son of MacGyver's co-worker is kidnapped by the boy's father and taken to Canada. MacGyver must go and retrieve the boy from the house of the boy's uncle, a powerful mob boss.
  • 7.3
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    The Challenge

    episode S4.E12 february 1989
    Ray, an ex-gang member, gets into some trouble with the police and a local shop owner. With the help of MacGyver, he unravels a racist community in the neighborhood surrounding the challenger's club.
  • 7.1
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    Runners

    episode S4.E13 march 1989
    A teenage prostitute is trying to leave her pimp and return to her family. As MacGyver helps her to do this, it is revealed that she is also being abused by her father who blames her for the death of his wife.
  • 7.5
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    Gold Rush

    episode S4.E14 march 1989
    A downed World War II plane in the Arctic is suspected of containing lots of gold. A joint US-Russian team goes to retrieve the gold but it turns up missing, MacGyver thinks that a US soldier is the man responsible for the crash.
  • 8.2
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    The Invisible Killer

    episode S4.E15 april 1989
    MacGyver takes a group of Phoenix Foundation employees for a recreational trip into the wilderness but learns that someone of the group might be an escaped criminal.
  • 7.4
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    Brainwashed

    episode S4.E16 april 1989
    An awards ceremony given by an African nation for help received from MacGyver and Jack, is the setting of an assassination plot of that nation's leader with Jack as the unwitting assassin.
  • 7.4
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    Easy Target

    episode S4.E17 may 1989
    MacGyver and Pete Thornton are caught as hostages by a terrorist group that intends to hit a city with an Electro Magnetic Pulse weapon, which would cripple the entire city.
  • 7.2
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    Renegade

    episode S4.E18 may 1989
    MacGyver must stop an ex-Navy SEAL, who once saved his life, from using a stolen vial of anthrax.
  • 6.6
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    Unfinished Business

    episode S4.E19 may 1989
    MacGyver, Jack and Pete go to relax on a gold-panning expedition. Unfortunately, a woman from MacGyver's past stalks them and has murderous intentions in her plan of revenge.
  • 7.8
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    Legend of the Holy Rose: Part 1

    episode S5.E1 september 1989
    An archaeologist friend pays MacGyver a visit to get his help in using a map to find an ancient artifact called the Holy Rose.
  • 7.9
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    Legend of the Holy Rose: Part 2

    episode S5.E2 september 1989
    MacGyver and his archaeologist friend continue on to London and France in their search for the Holy Rose. Along the way they come across a notorious jewel magnate who has deadly intentions.
  • 7.1
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    The Black Corsage

    episode S5.E3 october 1989
    A female defector, who is a witness to a murder, is protected by the Phoenix Foundation. She also holds the key to the location of a priceless necklace.
  • 7.9
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    Cease Fire

    episode S5.E4 october 1989
    While in Geneva, MacGyver is wounded in an assassination attempt. He is framed as the sniper and meets an American schoolgirl who helps him in clearing his name.
  • 6.9
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    Second Chance

    episode S5.E5 october 1989
    Renegade America service men steal everything that's not nailed down in Thailand, creating a life-threatening situation. MacGyver helps set things right, while helping an old friend get acquainted with a son he never knew he had.
  • 8.1
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    Halloween Knights

    episode S5.E6 october 1989
    Murdoc enlists MacGyver's help to rescue his sister from his former employer. She is scheduled to be executed during a Halloween Party put on by the professional assassination organization.
  • 7.2
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    Children of Light

    episode S5.E7 november 1989
    When a Chinese college student shows up at MacGyver's front door, she brings with her a continuation of the struggle that began in Tiananmen Square.
  • 7.5
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    Black Rhino

    episode S5.E8 november 1989
    MacGyver trails a friend, Billy Colton, to Africa where he witnesses the cruel slaughter of the endangered Black Rhino. When he joins the activists, hoping to prevent the poaching, Mac meets up with the men behind the scheme - Ladysmith.
  • 7.6
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    The Ten Percent Solution

    episode S5.E9 november 1989
    A massive neo-Nazi movement within the American political system is uncovered by MacGyver after investigating the claims by a Holocaust survivor.
  • 7.5
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    Two Times Trouble

    episode S5.E10 december 1989
    A rock-star friend of MacGyver's is filming a video for the Rock Against Drugs campaign. A series of mysterious accidents that occur during filming convinces her that her twin sister is attempting to kill her.
  • 7
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    The Madonna

    episode S5.E11 december 1989
    MacGyver and the kids at the Challenges Club are taught the true meaning of Christmas by a mysterious homeless woman who comes to stay there.
  • 7.5
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    Serenity

    episode S5.E12 january 1990
    Exhausted from being overworked, MacGyver falls asleep watching an old western. He dreams that he is in the Old West where he encounters Murdoc and Pete who conspire to force MacGyver off his land.
  • 6.9
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    Live and Learn

    episode S5.E13 january 1990
    MacGyver is mentoring a troubled high school student who drops out of school to work at a construction site with his dad. While there, the kid discovers that the site may be unsafe when he witnesses a safety inspector being bribed.
  • 6.9
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    Log Jam

    episode S5.E14 february 1990
    MacGyver goes undercover as a logger in the Pacific Northwest in order to expose the illegal practices of a Japanese businessman.
  • 7.1
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    The Treasure of Manco

    episode S5.E15 february 1990
    A friend of MacGyver's is killed in Peru looking for a mythical treasure. MacGyver helps his daughter to continue her father's quest.
  • 7.5
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    Jenny's Chance

    episode S5.E16 february 1990
    MacGyver organizes a gambling sting operation in order to catch the murderer of a horse trainer, a money launderer for a Cuban drug lord.
  • 7.2
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    Deep Cover

    episode S5.E17 february 1990
    A female scientist designs an innovative sonar detection system for the Phoenix Foundation. The shady owner of a submarine company wants to sell her system to a drug-smuggling cartel.
  • 7.1
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    The Lost Amadeus

    episode S5.E18 march 1990
    A famous musician is abducted by criminals who want a violin originally owned by Mozart as the ransom. A young woman enlists MacGyver's help to defeat the criminals.
  • 7
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    Hearts of Steel

    episode S5.E19 april 1990
    Disgruntled steel-mill workers kidnap the daughter of the industrialist who put them out of work.
  • 7.6
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    Rush to Judgement

    episode S5.E20 april 1990
    MacGyver is serving as a sequestered member of the jury in a racially-charged trial. MacGyver sneaks out to investigate the crime scene, uncovering new evidence, but also landing him in contempt of court.
  • 7.9
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    Passages

    episode S5.E21 april 1990
    While in a coma resulting from a great fall, MacGyver has a near-death experience, where he is reunited with his grandfather Harry and his long-deceased parents.
  • 6.9
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    Tough Boys

    episode S6.E1 september 1990
    A gang of young vigilantes is destroying the city's crack houses. MacGyver suspects that an ex-marine from the youth center is the person training the vigilantes.
  • 7.4
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    Humanity

    episode S6.E2 september 1990
    MacGyver saves the life of a Romanian soldier who has taken him hostage. MacGyver then tries to appeal to the soldier's sense of humanity.
  • 7
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    The Gun

    episode S6.E3 october 1990
    When a cop is shot, a gun used to assassinate a presidential candidate years ago is found, leading investigators to accuse MacGyver's friend from the youth center of the crime.
  • 6.8
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    Twenty Questions

    episode S6.E4 october 1990
    MacGyver's young friend Lisa has problems with alcohol. She gets arrested for being involved in several burglaries.
  • 7.4
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    The Wall

    episode S6.E5 october 1990
    With the help of MacGyver, an elderly German man is reunited with his long-lost granddaughter. However, she is now an agent involved in a plot to steal her grandfather's gold.
  • 7.9
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    Lesson in Evil

    episode S6.E6 october 1990
    The infamous Dr. Zito escapes from court during his insanity hearing. MacGyver and the police, including the same officer responsible for Zito's incarceration, are now the victims of Zito's sadistic games.
  • 7.1
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    Harry's Will

    episode S6.E7 november 1990
    Harry's will leaves a vintage station wagon in MacGyver's possession. However, a bunch of crooks express great interest in finding the car, believing a priceless diamond pendant to be hidden inside.
  • 7
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    MacGyver's Women

    episode S6.E8 november 1990
    MacGyver is accused of having a fear of commitment by the women in his life. A dream takes him back to the Old West where the women are mail-order brides.
  • 7
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    Bitter Harvest

    episode S6.E9 november 1990
    A farm-worker organizer who uncovered evidence against growers using deadly pesticides is found dead. MacGyver goes undercover to investigate the man's death.
  • 7
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    The Visitor

    episode S6.E10 december 1990
    While driving through a small town, MacGyver sees something resembling a UFO landing, and starts to investigate.
  • 6.8
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    Squeeze Play

    episode S6.E11 december 1990
    Mama Colton, MacGyver, and the daughter of a baseball legend join forces to take down a group of criminals that produce counterfeit baseball cards and other baseball related collector's items.
  • 6.9
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    Jerico Games

    episode S6.E12 january 1991
    MacGyver reunites with his high school sweetheart at an international sports competition, which is being sponsored by the woman's abusive businessman husband.
  • 7.2
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    The Wasteland

    episode S6.E13 january 1991
    MacGyver arrives at a wasteland test site owned by Phoenix Foundation. There he finds an envelope waiting for him, containing an audio cassette with instructions to play it. A voice tells that he will be waiting for MacGyver ahead and then proceeds to describe how the area, once busy with living things, died. Even the air is hazardous to breathe. The voice is convinced that this is what will happen to the town of Maple Ridge if constructor Bartlett's City Development Program becomes a reality.
  • 7.6
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    Eye of Osiris

    episode S6.E14 february 1991
    MacGyver is helping archaeologists to find the tomb of Alexander The Great, but soon learns that they are not the only ones out there looking for it.
  • 7.2
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    High Control

    episode S6.E15 february 1991
    Earl Dent's been paroled and asks MacGyver for help. He gets him a job. But some of his former associates wants him to take them to someone who betrayed them. But Dent refuses so they proceed to frame him and tell him that unless he helps them, he's going down. When Mac hears of this he takes out his old bike and goes and joins them. However Dent's parole officer is following them.
  • 6.6
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    There But for the Grace

    episode S6.E16 february 1991
    Two guys whack a priest in the head with a metal pipe, drag him into a construction site and proceed to rob him of everything valuable. Meanwhile, MacGyver and a woman are attending a hearing about the homeless situation in the area and start wondering why Father Jim is late. The woman is Rachel, Father Jim's assistant whom he had instructed to say to MacGyver "black and blue" should he be late. It's an old expression from their hockey days, a call for help. Then the word arrives: Father Jim has been taken to hospital in a critical condition. He makes little sense as he mumbles something of Danny and Doc. The police deem it unlikely that the muggers will be caught. Then the doctor comes with the news: Father Jim has expired. It's time for MacGyver to start an investigation of his own.
  • 7.3
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    Blind Faith

    episode S6.E17 march 1991
    A man has been killed in broad daylight and Pete is at the scene. A stranger passes Pete by and whispers into his ear: "It's off." When Pete is looking at sketches of the suspects, MacGyver notices that Pete has trouble with his vision. Agent Stams from DXS arrives to meet Pete. Phoenix took on the job of returning Samantha Lora, a political fugitive, to her home country. Samantha's supporters were going to deliver a videotape stolen from San Pablo presidential palace showing summary executions of 200 political prisoners, when they ran into a death squad waiting for them. Pete was supposed to get the tape because they have a 6 p.m. deadline for a media conference about its contents at a local broadcasting station, but the man who has it took off when the death squad appeared and his whereabouts are unknown. Samantha is the only one who knows how to contact him. And for her, Phoenix has arranged a safe place until her transport to San Pablo leaves. Pete and MacGyver go to pick up Samantha when she arrives undercover. Samantha calls the number at which the man with the tape can be contacted. He then calls her back and agrees a time and place where he will deliver the tape. MacGyver gets to be the pick-up man. But underlings of the president of San Pablo are on his tail...
  • 7.2
    /10

    Faith, Hope & Charity

    episode S6.E18 march 1991
    MacGyver steps into a bear trap in the forest while tracking a timber wolf. Luckily for him, two friendly elderly sisters, who are not friends of bear traps, take him home and care for him. The bear trap will be his least problem.
  • 7.8
    /10

    Strictly Business

    episode S6.E19 april 1991
    After his sister dies in an avalanche, Murdoc decides to resume working for his former employer, HIT. In order to regain their trust, he has to take on MacGyver once again.
  • 7
    /10

    Trail of Tears

    episode S6.E20 april 1991
    MacGyver and the Phoenix Foundation are trying to help a Native American lawyer who's going to court to prevent a power company from building just outside their sacred land. When he loses, MacGyver decides to have some research done via satellite. When the company's rep hears of this, he worries what they might find. In the meantime, the lawyer was about to throw in the towel when an old tribesman talks to him. MacGyver goes to the reservation and discovers that the lawyer has taken arms and is doing what he has to to stop the company. Later, the rep shoots MacGyver in an attempt to frame the lawyer. While the rep chases the lawyer, MacGyver escapes and holes up in an old mine where the old man comes to him. He helps MacGyver and tries to show him what he showed the lawyer. MacGyver, upon seeing it, wonders the vision caused the lawyer to go on a rampage. He tells MacGyver, he probably misinterpreted what he showed him. And he gives MacGyver some information he needs.
  • 6.2
    /10

    Hind-Sight

    episode S6.E21 may 1991
    MacGyver visits Pete Thornton in the hospital, where Pete is to have eye surgery. They talk and reminisce about their many adventures together.
  • 6.4
    /10

    Honest Abe

    episode S7.E1 september 1991
    A man in security guard uniform, carrying a briefcase, enters a hangar alone. There is a helicopter. The man enters the code that opens a storage room door. Inside the room, he steals a book that says "Stealth Helicopter Operating Manual - Top Secret" and a key-card that opens the helicopter. He replaces the fire extinguisher in the copter with one in his briefcase. Finally, he just flies away in the copter. Elsewhere, MacGyver meets his Jewish godson Jeffrey, who's bar mitzvah is going to be on the following day. Jeffrey's father isn't on the best of terms with his own father, but Jeffrey is convinced that his grandfather will attend the bar mitzvah. Jeffrey entrusts the picking up of his grandfather to MacGyver. Granpa tells MacGyver he has to pick up Jeffrey's present from the post office. He sees a man in a suit, wearing an earpiece, standing in guard outside the post office. He asks MacGyver to pick up the packet that is waiting there, addressed to an alias... There is a tracker inside the envelope, so the suits can see that it is moving. When MacGyver exits the post office, the suit pulls a gun on him... what is going on?
  • 6.4
    /10

    The 'Hood

    episode S7.E2 september 1991
    MacGyver arrives at a new neighborhood in a moving truck. A 'hood of surfer dudes, scantily clad roller-blade girls, bikers that look at the scantily clad roller-blade girls instead of where they are driving to, weirdos that come out of their house every morning at the same time, shouting "I am alive! I am free!", a helpful landlord Mel and an aspiring actress Kelly from across the street. Then there are the two rich old men who have nefarious plans for the 'hood. With neighbors like this, there is no need for criminals, terrorists or Murdoc.
  • 7.7
    /10

    Obsessed

    episode S7.E3 september 1991
    While Mac and Pete are making sure that the trial of a Latin Dictator who's being tried for his crimes goes smoothly, Mac thinks he sees Murdoc.
  • 7.4
    /10

    The Prometheus Syndrome

    episode S7.E4 october 1991
    There is an arsonist, called Prometheus, loose in MacGyver's neighborhood. Naturally, the Fire Inspector and the police are clueless, and have enlisted MacGyver has to do all the real work to catch the arsonist.
  • 6.4
    /10

    The Coltons

    episode S7.E5 october 1991
    Jesse Colton (last seen in #5.5), is shot while looking for his brother Frank (last seen in #5.3) and MacGyver. Luckily for him, he has a bullet-proof vest. He tracks the man, Egan, who shot him and surprises him and his accomplice. Meanwhile, MacGyver and Frank are tied up in a warehouse next to a bomb with a timer that has just over three minutes left in it. Turns out their last-second escape is just about all MacGyver does here - instead Frank and Jesse do all the action here, with some help from the third Colton, Billy (from #5.8). There's a power struggle in Chinatown and they get involved in it.
  • 6.2
    /10

    Walking Dead

    episode S7.E6 october 1991
    Scum exiled from Haiti has settled down in Little Haiti, in MacGyver's neighborhood. They are selling drugs, collecting protection payments and threatening shopkeepers with "Baron Samdi". It's time for MacGyver to enter the world of Voodoo to save the neighborhood. Starting from the kidnapped girl.
  • 7.5
    /10

    Good Knight MacGyver: Part 1

    episode S7.E7 november 1991
    While researching his family's genealogy, MacGyver discovers that his family name was disgraced during the Middle Ages. He is then knocked unconscious and, not surprisingly, is transported through dreams to the time of King Arthur (a curious Pete look-alike!). Here he must confront some stubborn knights, convince Arthur that he is a friend, and set out in search of his forefathers.
  • 7.6
    /10

    Good Knight MacGyver: Part 2

    episode S7.E8 november 1991
    After outwitting the evil Sir Duncan and escaping the clutches of Morgana, MacGyver and Merlin search for the kidnapped Cecilia. They not only free Cecilia and bring Morgana's wizardry to an end, but they find MacGyver's ancestor as well. Here, the first name of our protagonist is finally revealed...
  • 7.1
    /10

    Deadly Silents

    episode S7.E9 november 1991
    Pinky, a star of silent films, is showing his films to MacGyver. Pinky hopes that The Phoenix Foundation will preserve his films. Pinky and his friend Karl were also good at building sets and making special effects. There was however, a problem: they were both in love with the same girl and became enemies. Two masked men invade Pinky's house and take his films. Can MacGyver retrieve them?
  • 6.7
    /10

    Split Decision

    episode S7.E10 december 1991
    Earl Dent (from #6.7 "Harry's Will" and #6.15 "High Control") is out of money and wants to go into boxing as a pro. He enlists MacGyver as his coach.
  • 6.5
    /10

    Gunz 'n Boyz

    episode S7.E11 december 1991
    Rival street gangs in MacGyver's neighborhood are recruiting teenagers to sell crack to get money to buy guns with which to wipe out their rivals. Naturally, MacGyver has to solve the problem. Because there is no problem solving of which is too unrealistic for MacGyver.
  • 6.7
    /10

    Off the Wall

    episode S7.E12 december 1991
    Dempsey & Magruta: Law Offices - someone picks their way in there, does some vandalism and goes through the drawers and file cabinets until he finds the file he's looking for. MacGyver pays the bail on a young "graffiti artist". A Rich Businessman in a limo is upset at his underling because he has bought the entire slum area and wants to tear it down but can't because an old lady is contesting the eviction notice served by the underling. The underling calms him down by saying that the Judge threw the case out because the old lady did not have a solid case. It's MacGyver to the rescue again...
  • 7.9
    /10

    The Stringer

    episode S7.E13 april 1992
    MacGyver and his young Chinese friend are again at odds with Chinese criminals over labor regulations. During his investigation, Mac is helped by a photojournalist biker named Sam. It turns out that Sam has more than just a passing interest in MacGyver - he believes that MacGyver is his father!
  • 7.3
    /10

    The Mountain of Youth

    episode S7.E14 may 1992
    A prophecy predicts that a resourceful man (MacGyver) from the west follows another man (Jack Dalton) to an Ammukash Valley that is supposed to hold the Fountain of Youth. The Valley is, in MacGyver's own words, "Kabulstan, a very hostile third world country that does not like strangers". The prophecy says that the resourceful man has something to do with the destiny of the people of the valley.

Best moments10

  • 7.8
    /10
    77% of the votes

    The Survivors

    episode S4.E6 january 1989
    MacGyver and Thornton discover the wreckage of a DEA plane, which MacGyver determines was shot down by drug smugglers.
  • 7.1
    /10
    70% of the votes

    Fraternity of Thieves

    episode S4.E10 february 1989
    Pete is conflicted when he discovers that the Phoenix Foundation employee selling classified information turns out to be his son.
  • 7.3
    /10
    70% of the votes

    Blind Faith

    episode S6.E17 march 1991
    A man has been killed in broad daylight and Pete is at the scene. A stranger passes Pete by and whispers into his ear: "It's off." When Pete is looking at sketches of the suspects, MacGyver notices that Pete has trouble with his vision. Agent Stams from DXS arrives to meet Pete. Phoenix took on the job of returning Samantha Lora, a political fugitive, to her home country. Samantha's supporters were going to deliver a videotape stolen from San Pablo presidential palace showing summary executions of 200 political prisoners, when they ran into a death squad waiting for them. Pete was supposed to get the tape because they have a 6 p.m. deadline for a media conference about its contents at a local broadcasting station, but the man who has it took off when the death squad appeared and his whereabouts are unknown. Samantha is the only one who knows how to contact him. And for her, Phoenix has arranged a safe place until her transport to San Pablo leaves. Pete and MacGyver go to pick up Samantha when she arrives undercover. Samantha calls the number at which the man with the tape can be contacted. He then calls her back and agrees a time and place where he will deliver the tape. MacGyver gets to be the pick-up man. But underlings of the president of San Pablo are on his tail...
  • 7.7
    /10
    69% of the votes

    Out in the Cold

    episode S2.E16 february 1987
    A Mob informant hides some microfilm on MacGyver, who is on a ski vacation. An avalanche that buries MacGyver prevents the Mob from getting to him, but not for long.
  • 6.2
    /10
    69% of the votes

    Hind-Sight

    episode S6.E21 may 1991
    MacGyver visits Pete Thornton in the hospital, where Pete is to have eye surgery. They talk and reminisce about their many adventures together.
  • 7.2
    /10
    68% of the votes

    Early Retirement

    episode S3.E12 january 1988
    MacGyver's boss Pete oversees the disarming of a nuclear warhead. A deadly explosion at the disarming facility causes Pete to accept full responsibility and retire from the Phoenix Foundation. However, MacGyver soon suspects that the replacement for Pete is responsible for sabotaging the warhead.
  • 7
    /10
    58% of the votes

    The Madonna

    episode S5.E11 december 1989
    MacGyver and the kids at the Challenges Club are taught the true meaning of Christmas by a mysterious homeless woman who comes to stay there.
  • 7.5
    /10
    56% of the votes

    Good Knight MacGyver: Part 1

    episode S7.E7 november 1991
    While researching his family's genealogy, MacGyver discovers that his family name was disgraced during the Middle Ages. He is then knocked unconscious and, not surprisingly, is transported through dreams to the time of King Arthur (a curious Pete look-alike!). Here he must confront some stubborn knights, convince Arthur that he is a friend, and set out in search of his forefathers.
  • 6.6
    /10
    53% of the votes

    Unfinished Business

    episode S4.E19 may 1989
    MacGyver, Jack and Pete go to relax on a gold-panning expedition. Unfortunately, a woman from MacGyver's past stalks them and has murderous intentions in her plan of revenge.
  • 7.2
    /10
    52% of the votes

    Kill Zone

    episode S3.E11 january 1988
    When a satellite carrying a genetic experiment crashes to earth MacGyver is sent in to recover it. When he arrives he discovers that the experiment mutated in space and now ages animals at a vast rate. It is taken back to the lab but the scientist in charge doesn't want to destroy it.

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E10
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47
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E13
3
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0
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1
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E3
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E6
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E7
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39
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