Episode 1
Legend of the Holy Rose (1)
September 18, 1989
MacGyver and an old friend dash around the world searching for the artifacts necessary to locate the Holy Grail, just one step ahead of a ruthless man on the same trail, who will do anything to get to it before they do.
Episode 2
Legend of the Holy Rose (2)
September 25, 1989
MacGyver and an old friend dash around the world searching for the artifacts necessary to locate the Holy Grail, just one step ahead of a ruthless man on the same trail.
Episode 3
The Black Corsage
October 2, 1989
Mac and a bounty hunter join forces with a bulldog named Frog to track down a Bulgarian defector who was the accidental witness at a murder and who is now being stalked by the killer, who needs a map she doesn't know she possesses.
Episode 4
Cease Fire
October 9, 1989
During some tough negotiations between two neighbouring states, one side plants a sniper in the vicinity. When Mac discovers the sniper, he fights him, but loses the man and the accusations go out against Mac. Wounded and forced to run, he hides at a private girls' school, where one of the young ladies becomes his only hope to prevent further bloodshed.
Episode 5
Second Chance
October 16, 1989
MacGyver and an old friend discover a gang ripping off medical supplies from a Phoenix Foundation clinic in Asia, and an Amerasian son the friend never knew he had.
Episode 6
Halloween Knights
October 30, 1989
An old nemesis enlists MacGyver's help to rescue someone important to him—and she's scheduled to be executed during a Halloween Party put on by a professional assassination organization.
Episode 7
Children of Light
November 6, 1989
MacGyver's Chinese foster daughter arrives unexpectedly from China, carrying videotape of the massacre in Tianamen Square and a list of fax machine phone numbers vital to the continuing freedom movement.
Episode 8
Black Rhino
November 13, 1989
MacGyver takes off for Africa, where the youngest of the Colton brothers has decided to take on deadly rhino poachers single-handedly.
Episode 9
The Ten Percent Solution
November 20, 1989
The Phoenix Foundation's purchase of a Nazi art treasure leads Mac to a holocaust survivor who claims family ownership of the painting, and to a group working to create their own ‘Aryan nation’.
Episode 10
Two Times Trouble
December 11, 1989
MacGyver tries to help an old friend who believes her jealous twin sister is trying to kill her.
Episode 11
The Madonna
December 18, 1989
On Christmas Eve, MacGyver tries to help the priest of a poor church locate a stolen Madonna figure, help his friend Cynthia figure out how to keep the Challenger Club solvent and figure out a strange street woman who seems to have a miracle up her sleeve.
Episode 12
Serenity
January 8, 1990
Exhausted MacGyver dreams he's a Civil War vet trying to claim a home in Montana that's threatened by a neighboring rancher who looks a lot like Pete Thornton. But this Pete has hired Murdoc to kill Mac...
Episode 13
Live and Learn
January 15, 1990
MacGyver tries to inspire a promising but unmotivated high school student, despite the negative efforts of a cynical teacher and the boy's skeptical father.
Episode 14
Log Jam
February 5, 1990
MacGyver tries to help an environmentally active friend find out what happened to a company whistle-blower about to expose the illegal practices of a large logging firm.
Episode 15
The Treasure of Manco
February 12, 1990
MacGyver and a friend race with a group of dedicated guerillas to locate a valuable Incan treasure.
Episode 16
Jenny's Chance
February 19, 1990
MacGyver, Dalton, and Thornton go undercover to expose a murderous money launderer.
Episode 17
Deep Cover
February 26, 1990
Pete and Mac try to help when a Phoenix Foundation engineer is seduced and betrayed by a spy seeking her prototype for a new stealth technology for submarines.
Episode 18
The Lost Amadeus
March 19, 1990
A strange young woman gets Mac involved with a priceless violin and an eccentric maestro being sought by syndicate hoods.
Episode 19
Hearts of Steel
April 9, 1990
MacGyver is reunited with Lisa, whose help cleared him of assassination charges in Switzerland, when a steel plant executive kidnaps her as revenge against her cold corporate-raider father.
Episode 20
Rush to Judgement
April 16, 1990
MacGyver risks judicial displeasure when he breaks jury sequester to investigate the scene of a racially charged murder, and discovers evidence that drastically alters the interpretation of the facts.
Episode 21
Passages
April 30, 1990
Frantic with worry about his gravely-ill Grandpa Harry, MacGyver experiences a strange near-death phenomena, seeing his parents again, when he's injured by a man who's stolen an ancient Egyptian relic.
