Season 1 poster

Season 1

(1985)

Cast

Richard Dean Anderson as Angus MacGyver
Richard Dean Anderson

as Angus MacGyver

Episodes

Pilot poster

Pilot 7.7

September 29, 1985

When a science lab studying the ozone layer mysteriously explodes, MacGyver is called in to rescue the scientists that …

The Golden Triangle poster

The Golden Triangle 7.5

October 6, 1985

When MacGyver tries to retrieve a canister filled with a deadly chemical in Burma, he stumbles right into an area known…

Thief of Budapest poster

Thief of Budapest 7.7

October 13, 1985

MacGyver travels to Budapest to meet with a Russian double agent who is in possession of a watch containing information…

The Gauntlet poster

The Gauntlet 6.5

October 21, 1985

MacGyver attempts to get a reporter out of a Central American country with evidence linking a general to an illegal arm…

The Heist poster

The Heist 7.0

November 3, 1985

When $60 million worth of stolen diamonds destined for a relief charity end up in the hands of casino owner Jack Catlin…

Trumbo's World poster

Trumbo's World 7.5

November 10, 1985

MacGyver comes along on a expedition to Brazil with his friend, entomologist Dr. Alden. They meet with a landowner and …

Last Stand poster

Last Stand 6.5

November 17, 1985

When MacGyver is on his way to a vacation, he takes the wrong way and ends up at a small airstrip where everybody seems…

Hellfire poster

Hellfire 7.0

November 27, 1985

During a trip to visit some friends, an accident starts a fire in an oil well owned by MacGyver's friends. MacGyver and…

The Prodigal poster

The Prodigal 7.0

December 8, 1985

A man wants to testify against his mobster brother in Federal Court, and MacGyver has the job of keeping him safe, but …

Target MacGyver poster

Target MacGyver 7.0

December 22, 1985

After blowing away a nuclear facility under the control of an aggressive world leader, MacGyver returns home for some p…

Nightmares poster

Nightmares 7.0

January 15, 1986

When MacGyver comes home with some important documents, he's drugged by enemy agents and told that he will die in six h…

Deathlock poster

Deathlock 7.0

January 22, 1986

MacGyver is trapped in a mansion with Pete, a code expert, and a government agent who may or may not be on their side. …

Flame's End poster

Flame's End 7.0

January 29, 1986

An old girlfriend of MacGyver's contacts him for help after she discovers evidence of uranium thefts from a nuclear pro…

Countdown poster

Countdown 7.0

February 5, 1986

A mysterious person who calls himself "Viking" has just bombed the cruise ship Victoria, underway in the North Pacific …

The Enemy Within poster

The Enemy Within 7.0

February 12, 1986

After a daring escape from East Germany where he gets rescued, and in the process saves a fellow operative with a quick…

Every Time She Smiles poster

Every Time She Smiles 7.0

February 19, 1986

MacGyver is on his way out of Bulgaria with a secret microfilm, when he meets Penny Parker, a beautiful, talkative Amer…

To Be a Man poster

To Be a Man 7.0

March 5, 1986

In Afghanistan, wounded and hunted by the Soviets, MacGyver is given refuge by an Afghan woman and her son. But they ar…

Ugly Duckling poster

Ugly Duckling 7.0

March 12, 1986

A 15-year-old genius accidentally hacks into a defective missile guidance system and attracts the attention of both the…

Slow Death poster

Slow Death 7.0

April 2, 1986

At the beginning of the episode, MacGyver literally has to jump onto a moving train that he missed earlier to return to…

The Escape poster

The Escape 7.0

April 16, 1986

When a mother superior at a religious mission in North Africa asks MacGyver to help a young woman with something, he is…

A Prisoner of Conscience poster

A Prisoner of Conscience 7.0

April 30, 1986

Pete Thornton investigates the supposed death of an old friend, a prominent Russian dissident, and finds he must get hi…

The Assassin poster

The Assassin 7.0

May 7, 1986

Posing as a watchmaker who manufactures bomb timers, MacGyver manages to catch a master killer—Piedra—before he attempt…