MacGyver (2016 TV series, season 1)
Episodes
The number in the "No. overall" column refers to the episode's number within the overall series, whereas the number in the "No.

MacGyver (2016 TV series, season 1)

Section Title: Episodes
Table Section Text: The number in the "No. overall" column refers to the episode's number within the overall series, whereas the number in the "No.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)

1	1	"The Rising"	James Wan	Story by : Peter M. Lenkov & Paul Downs Colaizzo Teleplay by : Peter M. Lenkov	September 23, 2016	MAC101	10.90

Angus "Mac" MacGyver, with help from Jack Dalton and Nikki Carpenter, infiltrates a party to steal a biological weapon. However, as Mac and Jack meet up with Nikki, they find her held hostage by John Kendrick.

2	2	"Metal Saw"	Jerry Levine	Craig O'Neill	September 30, 2016	MAC102	9.07

In the two weeks since Nikki escaped FBI custody, MacGyver has been going to Nikki's apartment trying to find something that will lead him to her.

3	3	"Awl"	Matt Earl Beesley	David Slack	October 7, 2016	MAC103	8.09

A terrorist group known as D-77 is planning an attack somewhere. The group's financials are managed by a guy named Ralph Kastrati (Oliver Cooper), who is wanted by the FBI for several accounts of securities fraud and lives in Malaysia.

4	4	"Wire Cutter"	Joe Dante	John Turman	October 14, 2016	MAC104	7.44

An agent of the Phoenix Foundation is killed after discovering an old Soviet bomb is being held by Vladimir Sevchenko, a Russian extremist who wants to restart the Cold War.

5	5	"Toothpick"	Bobby Roth	Nancy Kiu	October 21, 2016	MAC105	7.95

The Phoenix Foundation gets a tip that Nikki was spotted in Portugal, so Mac and Jack stake out her supposed apartment.

6	6	"Wrench"	Alec Smight	Brian Durkin	October 28, 2016	MAC106	7.27

Mac's internal demons get externalized when The Ghost (Niko Nicotera) resurfaces. Five years prior, his bombs killed Mac's old C.O., Alfred Pena (Lobo Sebastian), who was supposed to be on leave to see the birth of his daughter.

7	7	"Can Opener"	Omar Madha	Sean Hennen	November 4, 2016	MAC107	7.59

The leader of a Mexican drug cartel, Joaquin "El Noche" Sancola (Raoul Trujillo), is kept in a prison in Texas. However, as a result, other members of the cartel have taken over and have started to cause violence in public.

8	8	"Corkscrew"	Janice Cooke	Lindsey Allen	November 11, 2016	MAC108	7.65

When Nikki sends an assassin to take out Mac and the rest of the team, Bozer learns who Mac and the others really are.

9	9	"Chisel"	Brad Tanenbaum	Bret VandenBos & Brandon Willer	November 18, 2016	MAC109	8.12

Mac and the team head to Latvia to capture Janis Lapa (Tobias Jelinek), the leader of a terrorist organization. However, Janis sends an S.O.S out to the other members, who chase Mac, Janis, and the team to Latvia's U.S.

10	10	"Pliers"	Lee Rose	Brian Durkin	December 9, 2016	MAC110	7.42

The team visit MacGyver and Bozer's hometown. They go to MacGyver's old middle school, Mission City Junior High, so MacGyver can give a talk to a class taught by his former science teacher, Arthur Ericson (John Heard).

11	11	"Scissors"	Stephen Herek	Lindsay Allen and Nancy Kiu	December 16, 2016	MAC111	7.67

Christmas is in danger when the NSA is hacked and Riley is the main suspect. After finding out that she did it to save her kidnapped mother Diane (Michael Michele), she confesses to stealing a cyber weapon, able to remotely control vehicles.

12	12	"Screwdriver"	Craig Siebels	Story by : Peter M. Lenkov Teleplay by : Craig O'Neill and David Slack	January 6, 2017	MAC112	8.42

Sarah Adler returns and has found Nikki, enlisting the team to help bring her in for her crimes. However, Nikki claims she is actually working for the CIA in an effort to bring down the Organization.

13	13	"Large Blade"	Sylvain White	Andrew Karlsruher	January 13, 2017	MAC113	7.64

When the chopper carrying Mac & Jack is shot down in Kazakhstan, injuring the pilot and allowing a war criminal to escape, Mac must recapture him before he calls in reinforcements.

14	14	"Fish Scaler"	Eagle Egilsson	Story by : John Turman Teleplay by : Craig O'Neill and David Slack	February 3, 2017	MAC114	7.43

Mac & Jack track down FBI fugitive Douglas Bishop (Frank Whaley), who claims that he was forced to work for a dirty agent.

15	15	"Magnifying Glass"	Stephen Herek	Brian Durkin	February 10, 2017	MAC115	8.02

In San Francisco Park, Matty's (Meredith Eaton) Goddaughter named Vanessa Frank & her Boyfriend named Daniel Lee were killed in the middle of the night by Zodiac.

16	16	"Hook"	Tawnia McKiernan	Nancy Kiu	February 17, 2017	MAC116	7.24

Mac & Jack track down a dangerous fugitive who gets captured by the Coltons, a notorious family of bounty hunters (Sheryl Lee Ralph, Javicia Leslie, Lance Gross, & Jermaine Rivers).

17	17	"Ruler"	Antonio Negret	Andrew Karlsruher	February 24, 2017	MAC117	6.93

The team travels to the Netherlands and becomes disavowed by the Phoenix Foundation after the fallout from a mission designed to entrap them - a contingency activated by Patricia Thornton under her codename: Chrysalis.

18	18	"Flashlight"	Jonathan Brown	Lindsay Allen	March 10, 2017	MAC118	7.73

The team reroutes to Hilo, Hawaii, as volunteers for Earthquake Relief with FEMA. Jack and MacGyver meet Kono (Grace Park) and Chin (Daniel Dae Kim) from the Five-0 Task Force; Jack tells them about knowing Steve McGarrett.

19	19	"Compass"	Christine Moore	Lee David Zlotoff	March 31, 2017	MAC119	6.56

Mac receives a phone call from Smitty about the passing of a college friend, Frankie (Aly Michalka), and heads to Boston to attend her memorial service.

20	20	"Hole Puncher"	Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum	Craig O'Neill & David Slack	April 7, 2017	MAC120	6.62

When the team intercepts a terror group's message for Murdoc, instructing him to kill a tech analyst, Mac poses as a psychopath to save the intended victim.

21	21	"Cigar Cutter"	Stephen Herek	Story by : Craig O'Neill & David Slack Teleplay by : Peter M. Lenkov	April 14, 2017	MAC121	6.57

Macgyver receives the letter he sent to his father in "Awl," as his father's whereabouts are unknown. Jack tries to distract Mac by celebrating the 3-year anniversary of their surviving the Cairo mission.

Sentence(s)

"The Rising", the series premiere, brought in the most viewers for the season with 10.9 million and the season finale, "Cigar Cutter", brought in 6.57 million.

final_sentence: "The Rising", the series premiere, brought in the most viewers for the season with 10.9 million and the season finale, "Cigar Cutter", brought in 6.57 million.