МакГайвер талантливый ученый, тонкий психолог, пацифист. Ненавидит огнестрельное оружие. Его оружие — это смекалка и знания (из области физики, химии и психологии). Единственный его верный «напарник» — швейцарский армейский ножик.
МакГайвер использует подручные средства, чтобы выбираться из экстремальных ситуаций: может обезвредить скрепкой ракету «земля-воздух», приготовить взрывчатку из садовых удобрений, сделать скафандр из расплавленного садового шланга, смастерить детектор лжи из будильника и прибора для измерения давления.
Однако (помимо этого неординарного таланта) МакГайвер привлекает своей человечностью и стремлением помочь едва знакомым людям. МакГайвер оказывается втянутым в водоворот опасных событий из благих побуждений. Каждый эпизод — это захватывающая история, изобилующая феерическими сюжетными выдумками. МакГайвер — человек с уникальными способностями, без определенной профессии, который путешествует по миру, бескорыстно помогая людям и попадая в экстремальные ситуации.
И чем сложнее эта экстремальная ситуация, тем интереснее и достойней будет выход из нее. Торжество разума.
Lost Love (1) (Эпизод 1) 7.0
Сценарист: Jerrold L. Ludwig
Дата выхода: 1987-09-21
Продолжительность: 45 min
Описание: While helping the People's Republic of China secure a priceless national treasure—The Ming Dragon—in a San Diego museum, MacGyver runs into a Lisa, a woman that he had loved and thought was long dead. MacGyver learns that Lisa has been alive all these years and needs his help escaping the KGB.
Lost Love (2) (Эпизод 2) 7.0
Сценарист: Jerrold L. Ludwig
Дата выхода: 1987-09-28
Продолжительность: 45 min
Описание: The KBG have Lisa in their grasp, and MacGyver must get The Ming Dragon for them to free Lisa. MacGyver enlists the help of his old buddy, Jack Dalton, to help him steal it.
Back From the Dead (Эпизод 3) 7.0
Сценарист: Stephen Kronish
Дата выхода: 1987-10-05
Продолжительность: 45 min
Описание: Jimmy Kendall, living undercover after testifying against his Mob bosses, surfaces when he becomes the manager for a winning baseball team.
Ghost Ship (Эпизод 4) 8.0
Сценарист: Stephen Kandel
Дата выхода: 1987-10-19
Продолжительность: 45 min
Описание: While mapping the wilderness for the Phoenix foundation, MacGyver stumbles on a deserted ship and finds a runaway girl who tells him that the rest of crew was driven away by Bigfoot.
Fire and Ice (Эпизод 5) 7.5
Сценарист: Rick Husky
Дата выхода: 1987-10-26
Продолжительность: 45 min
Описание: A jewel thief with diplomatic immunity kills Mac's friend. But there are more people involved in the crime - and Mac can't be sure who's on his side.
GX-1 (Эпизод 6) 7.0
Сценарист: Calvin Clements Jr.
Дата выхода: 1987-11-02
Продолжительность: 45 min
Описание: Mac and Nikki race to recover equipment from a downed experimental plane before the Soviets, who are using a psychic to guide them to the wreckage.
Jack in the Box (Эпизод 7) 8.0
Сценарист: David Rich
Дата выхода: 1987-11-09
Продолжительность: 45 min
Описание: MacGyver and Jack Dalton are arrested in Arkansas by a corrupt sheriff who arrests people to make them work in a labor camp used for mining gold. MacGyver wants to escape, but Jack has other ideas: He wants to find five million dollars his uncle Charlie left in the mines years before.
The Widowmaker (Эпизод 8) 8.3
Сценарист: John Whelpley
Дата выхода: 1987-11-16
Продолжительность: 45 min
Описание: MacGyver is forced out of his grief over the tragic death of a friend by a madman with a score to settle from their past association.
Hell Week (Эпизод 9) 8.7
Сценарист: Leonard Mlodinow
Дата выхода: 1987-11-23
Продолжительность: 45 min
Описание: A desperate physics student goes off the deep end and boobytraps a college lab when he fails to win a science competition and to live up to his father's high expectations.
Blow Out (Эпизод 10) 7.0
Сценарист: W. Reed Moran
Дата выхода: 1987-12-21
Продолжительность: 45 min
Описание: MacGyver teams up with colleague Nikki Carpenter to find out who is behind the attempts on her life. When they find out that the man who tried to kill her is connected to two terrorists who blew up a local post office, MacGyver and Nikki must find out what the terrorist's next target is before it's too late.
Kill Zone (Эпизод 11) 7.0
Сценарист: Calvin Clements Jr.
Дата выхода: 1988-01-04
Продолжительность: 45 min
Описание: An impulsive scientist who cuts corners in her research work creates an uncontrollably mutating organism that speeds up the aging process.
Early Retirement (Эпизод 12) 7.0
Сценарист: John Whelpley
Дата выхода: 1988-01-18
Продолжительность: 45 min
Описание: While testing a new nuclear bomb defusing team at the Phoenix Foundation, a deadly explosion kills three men. Pete blames himself for not inspecting their equipment better and resigns from his job out of guilt. However, Pete is replaced by a not-so-trustworthy man—one who may have been connected to the explosion.
Thin Ice (Эпизод 13) 7.5
Сценарист: Rick Drew
Дата выхода: 1988-02-01
Продолжительность: 45 min
Описание: While back in Minnesota to fill in as coach for a high-school hockey team, MacGyver tries to change the attitude of a callous player who has a shot at playing for the pros. But when this kid's ambition lands another player in the hospital, MacGyver must try and find out what or who is pushing him so hard to succeed.
The Odd Triple (Эпизод 14) 7.0
Сценарист: Stephen Kandel
Дата выхода: 1988-02-29
Продолжительность: 45 min
Описание: After returning home from a long assignment, MacGyver has an unwelcome surprise. Jack Dalton is waiting and wants him to help with a new scheme. A wealthy woman has just acquired some invaluable jewels, needing Jack to fly her back to her home in France. Things seem to be going fine, that is, until they land. Jack and MacGyver are arrested and accused of theft.
The Negotiator (Эпизод 15) 7.7
Сценарист: Calvin Clements Jr.
Дата выхода: 1988-03-07
Продолжительность: 45 min
Описание: MacGyver becomes infatuated with a woman while conducting environmental-impact studies. However, what MacGyver does not know is that the woman was hired to "persuade" him to skip the studies—and if necessary, kill him.
The Spoilers (Эпизод 16) 7.0
Сценарист: Stephen Kandel
Дата выхода: 1988-03-14
Продолжительность: 45 min
Описание: After MacGyver witnesses someone dumping toxic waste that's polluting mountain streams, he and Pete enlist a reclusive mountain man nicknamed "Earthquake" to help lead them to the culprit. Things become complicated, though, as Earthquake's flashbacks to his military service in the Vietnam War make him unstable and threaten their case.
Mask of the Wolf (Эпизод 17) 8.5
Дата выхода: 1988-03-28
Продолжительность: 45 min
Описание: Jack and Mac help an ancient Indian search for a wolf mask that two mercenaries are also eager to have.
Rock the Cradle (Эпизод 18) 7.0
Сценарист: John Whelpley
Дата выхода: 1988-04-18
Продолжительность: 45 min
Описание: Mac and Jack return from a flight to find an abandoned baby in Jack's hangar, complete with a desperate note from the mother and his own endowment fund hidden in his diapers.
The Endangered (Эпизод 19) 8.0
Сценарист: Peter Filardi
Дата выхода: 1988-05-02
Продолжительность: 45 min
Описание: While visiting an old girlfriend who's a park ranger at a wildlife reserve, MacGyver runs into deadly poachers who are intent on hunting animals on the reserve. When MacGyver tries to uncover their plot, they come after him. Now it's a race against time to escape the poachers, save the animals, and save their own lives.
Murderers' Sky (Эпизод 20) 7.0
Сценарист: Herman Miller
Дата выхода: 1988-05-09
Продолжительность: 45 min
Описание: When the head of a American-Chinese shipping company is attacked in his office by a killer, MacGyver and the man's grandson—who is heir to the company—must find out who was behind the attempt on his life.
