| № |
# |
Title |
Directed by |
Written by |
Original air date |
| 65 |
1 |
"The Secret of Parker House" |
Mike Vejar |
Story by: Gene Hanson
Teleplay by: Rick Drew & John Sheppard & Gene Hanson |
October 31, 1988 (1988-10-31) |
| MacGyver is a ghostbuster in a spooky old house inherited by Penny Parker who is a dead ringer for her insane aunt, who once lived in the house. |
| 66 |
2 |
"Blood Brothers" |
Charlie Correll |
Rick Drew |
November 21, 1988 (1988-11-21) |
| Back in his childhood home town, MacGyver is haunted by memories of his youth where a friend was killed by a gun while preventing his friend's son from using a gun to defend himself against hoodlums. |
| 67 |
3 |
"The Outsiders" |
Mike Vejar |
Michelle Poteet Lisanti |
November 28, 1988 (1988-11-28) |
| MacGyver saves an Amish homestead from being bulldozed by land developers. |
| 68 |
4 |
"On a Wing and a Prayer" |
Charlie Correll |
John Whelpley |
December 5, 1988 (1988-12-05) |
| Thornton and a nun are taken hostage by Central American rebels and MacGyver and Jack must rescue them. |
| 69 |
5 |
"Collision Course" |
Chuck Bowman |
Paul B. Margolis |
December 12, 1988 (1988-12-12) |
| An important sports car race demonstrating new engine technology is sabotaged, so MacGyver must drive the race car. |
| 70 |
6 |
"The Survivors" |
Michael Caffey |
Reed Moran |
January 9, 1989 (1989-01-09) |
| MacGyver and Thornton discover the wreckage of a DEA plane shot down by drug smugglers during annual wilderness survival training. |
| 71 |
7 |
"Deadly Dreams" |
Les Landau |
Stephen Downing |
January 16, 1989 (1989-01-16) |
| MacGyver helps the police pursue an escaped psychopath, who turns out to be a puppet of Dr. Zito. |
| 72 |
8 |
"Ma Dalton" |
Rob Bowman |
John Whelpley |
January 23, 1989 (1989-01-23) |
| Jack Dalton and MacGyver search for Dalton's mother who is a fugitive from a bounty hunter. |
| 73 |
9 |
"Cleo Rocks" |
Chuck Bowman |
John Sheppard & Rick Drew |
February 6, 1989 (1989-02-06) |
| A shadowy figure lurks backstage to manipulate Penny Parker in a suspicious rock musical. |
| 74 |
10 |
"Fraternity of Thieves" |
Michael Preece |
Grant Rosenberg |
February 13, 1989 (1989-02-13) |
| Leaks from a classified Phoenix technology system suggest a double agent working at the foundation. |
| 75 |
11 |
"The Battle of Tommy Giordano" |
Mike Vejar |
Marianne Clarkson |
February 20, 1989 (1989-02-20) |
| MacGyver's friend wins custody of her son, causing her ex-husband to involve his uncle, the head of a crime family. |
| 76 |
12 |
"The Challenge" |
Dana Elcar |
Chris Haddock |
February 27, 1989 (1989-02-27) |
| A Challenger club youth is framed for theft by a bigot who's trying to shut the club down. |
| 77 |
13 |
"Runners" |
Michael Caffey |
Joel Schwartz |
March 13, 1989 (1989-03-13) |
| MacGyver protects a runaway girl; her bitter past reminds him of some of his own. |
| 78 |
14 |
"Gold Rush" |
William Gereghty |
David Engelbach |
March 27, 1989 (1989-03-27) |
| An easy US-Soviet salvage operation of Russian gold in Alaska is complicated by competition. |
| 79 |
15 |
"The Invisible Killer" |
Dana Elcar |
Chris Haddock |
April 10, 1989 (1989-04-10) |
| A wilderness stress reduction outing for Phoenix employees turns paranoid when escaped convicts are nearby, posing as members of the hike. |
| 80 |
16 |
"Brainwashed" |
Michael Caffey |
John Sheppard |
April 24, 1989 (1989-04-24) |
| Jack Dalton is brainwashed to assassinate a foreign country's president. But when MacGyver violently de-programs him, he learns that Jack wasn't their only "puppet". |
| 81 |
17 |
"Easy Target" |
Charlie Correll |
Rick Drew |
May 1, 1989 (1989-05-01) |
| Terrorists hold MacGyver and Thornton while they cripple the city with a futuristic device. |
| 82 |
18 |
"Renegade" |
Michael Caffey |
Story by: Robert Bielak & Chris Haddock
Teleplay by: Chris Haddock |
May 8, 1989 (1989-05-08) |
| MacGyver pursues a mentally disturbed ex-Navy SEAL who has stolen anthrax. |
| 83 |
19 |
"Unfinished Business" |
Charlie Correll |
Marianne Clarkson |
May 15, 1989 (1989-05-15) |
| MacGyver, Peter Thornton and Jack Dalton are stalked by a former female foe of MacGyver with business to finish with him. |