Season 5

Episode Guide

Legend of the Holy Rose

S5 E1
Sep 19, 1989
MacGyver helps an archaeologist friend unravel an ancient legend.

Legend of the Holy Rose

S5 E2
Sep 26, 1989
MacGyver and a young archaeologist search for a legendary temple containing artifacts and riches.

The Black Corsage

S5 E3
Oct 3, 1989
MacGyver and a bounty hunter help a Bulgarian scientist-defector.

Cease Fire

S5 E4
Oct 10, 1989
MacGyver is pursued by both sides of the law after being framed as an assassin.

Second Chance

S5 E5
Oct 17, 1989
While in Bangkok, MacGyver meets up with his old friend Jesse Colton.

Halloween Knights

S5 E6
Oct 31, 1989
MacGyver hesitantly joins forces with old foe Murdoc to rescue Murdoc's sister.

Children of Light

S5 E7
Nov 7, 1989
A Chinese girl claiming to be MacGyver's foster daughter turns up on his houseboat.

Black Rhino

S5 E8
Nov 14, 1989
In Africa to find Billy Colton, MacGyver winds up helping a conservationist save a rare rhinoceros.

Ten Percent Solution

S5 E9
Nov 21, 1989
MacGyver encounters neo-Nazis who plan to reprise the Holocaust in America.

Two Times Trouble

S5 E10
Dec 12, 1989
MacGyver's high-school flame thinks her identical twin is trying to kill her.

The Madonna

S5 E11
Dec 19, 1989
MacGyver and Thornton search for a missing statue of the Madonna.

Serenity

S5 E12
Jan 9, 1990
MacGyver dreams his friends are enemies in an 1867 western town, where he is the only stranger.

Live and Learn

S5 E13
Jan 16, 1990
MacGyver teaches a problem student the importance of an education.

Log Jam

S5 E14
Feb 6, 1990
MacGyver investigates the greedy owner of a logging operation harvesting old-growth forests.

The Treasure of Manco

S5 E15
Feb 13, 1990
MacGyver aids the daughter of a murdered archaeologist in her search for an Incan treasure.

Jenny's Chance

S5 E16
Feb 20, 1990
A jockey's daughter asks Dalton and MacGyver to investigate her father's death.

Deep Cover

S5 E17
Feb 27, 1990
Drug runners seek a device to conceal their submarine from sonar.

The Lost Amadeus

S5 E18
Mar 20, 1990
The search for a lost Stradivarius violin brings MacGyver into contact with ruthless gangsters.

Hearts of Steel

S5 E19
Apr 10, 1990
MacGyver attempts to rescue a teenage girl who has been kidnapped.

Rush to Judgment

S5 E20
Apr 17, 1990
Murder-juror MacGyver has doubts about the accused, and breaks sequester to find the real killer.

Coma

S5 E21
May 1, 1990
Comatose after witnessing a museum robbery, hospitalized MacGyver is in danger from the thieves.