Season 2

The Human Factor

  • In the second-season opener, a malfunctioning computer interprets MacGyver's test of its security system as the real thing, trapping MacGyver and the computer's designer inside a top-secret lab with only 30 minutes of air.

The Eraser

  • MacGyver inadvertently leads a hit man to his target, a man the Government wants alive for selling information to the East Germans, and the mob wants dead for double-crossing foreign clients.

Twice Stung

  • MacGyver and Thornton operate a sting to get back the life savings of a friend who was swindled by a murderous con artist.

The Wish Child

  • In Chinatown, MacGyver helps a young friend who is part of a scam in which he's passing himself off as the reincarnation of an ancient Chinese legend.

Final Approach

  • MacGyver and four street youths he's taking on a camping trip struggle for survival after their plane crashes in the mountains.

Jack of Lies

  • An untrustworthy adventurer friend needs MacGyver's help to free a "botanist" who's being held hostage by drug smugglers.

The Road Not Taken

  • MacGyver meets up with his former fiancée in Southeast Asia, where they're pursued by government troops after a plan to rescue a nun and some orphans goes awry.

Eagles

  • While vacationing, MacGyver runs afoul of an escaped felon who shot and wounded a rare eagle, and now wants to kill MacGyver.

Silent World

  • The recurring nightmare of MacGyver's deaf friend may be the clue to finding arms dealers who have stolen a missile-guidance system.

Three for the Road

  • MacGyver hitches a ride with a venerable Hollywood actor and his wife, who are unwittingly carrying around a satchel full of mob money.

Phoenix Under Siege

  • MacGyver and his grandfather are hunted by killers while trapped in a building wired with a time bomb.

Family Matter

  • Thornton's ex-wife and son are kidnapped while on an archaeological dig in the Louisiana bayou, and the kidnappers want Thornton in exchange for their release.

Soft Touch

  • MacGyver becomes embroiled in an assassination plot when his scatterbrained friend Penny Parker sees thugs torturing a Federal agent.

Birth Day

  • MacGyver is trapped inside an abandoned factory with a pregnant woman who is being chased by her husband because she has evidence that could send him back to prison.

Pirates

  • Modern-day pirates, using Navy SEAL tactics, steal an 18th-century Spanish captain's log that could lead them to a sunken treasure fleet

Out in the Cold

  • On a skiing trip, MacGyver is targeted by the mob after a man secretly slips him some microfilm.

Dalton, Jack of Spies

  • MacGyver finds himself wanted for the murder of a CIA agent when his old friend Jack Dalton gets him involved in an operation that was supposed to ferret out a mole in the agency.

Partners

  • MacGyver and Thornton are lured into a trap by an assassin they thought had been killed on the first case they worked on together seven years ago.

Bushmaster

  • The daughter of an American cargo pilot being held prisoner in Latin America tags along on MacGyver's rescue mission.

Friends

  • MacGyver's friends throw him a surprise birthday party, but he's in no mood to celebrate as he thinks about retiring from the Foundation and reflects on his life (via flashbacks).

D.O.A.: MacGyver

  • An amnesiac MacGyver is hunted by terrorists who believe he knows of their plan to assassinate U.S. military figures with an explosive device.

For Love or Money

  • MacGyver is willing to help rescue a human-rights activist from a Czechoslovakian psychiatric hospital, but he doesn't relish working with a ruthless freelance agent who makes her own rules.