MacGyver (1985 TV series) season 4
Season of television series
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Episodes
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | U.S. viewers (millions) | Rating/share (households) | |
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| 65 | 1 | "The Secret of Parker House" | Mike Vejar | Story by : Gene Hanson Teleplay by : Rick Drew & John Sheppard & Gene Hanson | October 31, 1988 | 18.1[2] | 12.5/20[2] | |
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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. But this haunted house hide a long buried secret. | ||||||||
| 66 | 2 | "Blood Brothers" | Charlie Correll | Rick Drew | November 21, 1988 | 18.6[3] | 12.2/20[3] | |
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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 suffering the same fate as a result of handling local drug dealers.[4] Guest stars: Jason Priestley | ||||||||
| 67 | 3 | "The Outsiders" | Mike Vejar | Michelle Poteet Lisanti | November 28, 1988 | 18.6[5] | 13.2/20[5] | |
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After surviving a car accident, MacGyver is taken in by an Amish family and he must help them settle their dispute with land developers. | ||||||||
| 68 | 4 | "On a Wing and a Prayer" | Charlie Correll | John Whelpley | December 5, 1988 | 16.2[6] | 11.7/18[6] | |
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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 | 16.9[7] | 11.7/19[7] | |
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An important sports car race demonstrating new engine technology is sabotaged and the lead driver is injured as a result of the accident, so MacGyver must drive the race car. The sabotage is the work of a corrupt businessman and a rival racer from Mac's past. | ||||||||
| 70 | 6 | "The Survivors" | Michael Caffey | Reed Moran | January 9, 1989 | 20.3[8] | 13.5/20[8] | |
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MacGyver and Thornton discover the wreckage of a DEA plane shot down by drug smugglers during an annual wilderness survival training.[4] | ||||||||
| 71 | 7 | "Deadly Dreams" | Les Landau | Stephen Downing | January 16, 1989 | 20.3[9] | 13.2/20[9] | |
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MacGyver helps the police pursue an escaped psychopath, who turns out to be a puppet to Dr. Zito, a psychopathic criminal genius. | ||||||||
| 72 | 8 | "Ma Dalton" | Rob Bowman | John Whelpley | January 23, 1989 | 21.9[10] | 14.6/22[10] | |
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Jack Dalton and MacGyver search for Dalton's mother who is a fugitive pursued by a bounty hunter and a corrupt stock trader from her past. | ||||||||
| 73 | 9 | "Cleo Rocks" | Chuck Bowman | John Sheppard & Rick Drew | February 6, 1989 | 20.9[11] | 13.2/19[11] | |
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A shadowy figure, Murdoc, lurks backstage to manipulate Penny Parker in a suspicious rock musical to those he failed to kill, Pete and MacGyver. | ||||||||
| 74 | 10 | "Fraternity of Thieves" | Michael Preece | Grant Rosenberg | February 13, 1989 | 21.0[12] | 13.9/21[12] | |
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Leaks from a classified Phoenix system technology suggest a double agent working within the foundation. The double agent happens to be closer than everyone could ever imagine.[4] | ||||||||
| 75 | 11 | "The Battle of Tommy Giordano" | Mike Vejar | Marianne Clarkson | February 20, 1989 | 22.9[13] | 14.6/22[13] | |
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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 | 22.4[14] | 15.0/22[14] | |
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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 | 23.0[15] | 15.2/23[15] | |
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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 | 22.3[16] | 15.1/24[16] | |
| 79 | 15 | "The Invisible Killer" | Dana Elcar | Chris Haddock | April 10, 1989 | 23.3[17] | 15.5/24[17] | |
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A wilderness stress relief outing for Phoenix employees turns to a fight for survival, when escaped convicts begin posing as members of the hike. | ||||||||
| 80 | 16 | "Brainwashed" | Michael Caffey | John Sheppard | April 24, 1989 | 18.1[18] | 12.7/22[18] | |
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Jack Dalton is brainwashed to assassinate a foreign African country's president. But when MacGyver tries to de-programs him, he realizes that Jack wasn't their only "puppet". | ||||||||
| 81 | 17 | "Easy Target" | Charlie Correll | Rick Drew | May 1, 1989 | 20.2[19] | 13.5/22[19] | |
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Terrorists hold MacGyver and Thornton hostage as they attempt to cripple the city with a stolen EMP generator. | ||||||||
| 82 | 18 | "Renegade" | Michael Caffey | Story by : Robert Bielak & Chris Haddock Teleplay by : Chris Haddock | May 8, 1989 | 20.8[20] | 13.9/23[20] | |
| 83 | 19 | "Unfinished Business" | Charlie Correll | Marianne Clarkson | May 15, 1989 | 19.0[21] | 13.2/22[21] | |
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MacGyver, Peter Thornton and Jack Dalton are stalked by a female former lover of MacGyver with business to finish with him. | ||||||||