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MacGyver Season 5 Episodes
Season 5 Episode Guide
21 Episodes 1989 - 1990
Episode 1
The Legend of the Holy Rose (1)
Mon, Sep 18, 1989 45 mins
MacGyver and an old friend dash around the world searching for the artifacts necessary to locate the Holy Grail, just one step ahead of a ruthless man on the same trail, who will do anything to get to it before they do.
Episode 2
Legend of Holy Rose
Mon, Sep 25, 1989 55 mins
Conclusion. MacGyver and Zoe's search may be halted by Von Leer (Christopher Neame), who has stolen the artifacts they need to unlock its secrets. Zoe: Lise Cutter. Prof. Wycliff: Michael Ensign. MacGyver: Richard Dean Anderson.
Episode 3
Black Corsage
Mon, Oct 2, 1989 55 mins
MacGyver teams with a bounty hunter to track a Bulgarian scientist on the run from "techno-bandits" who are looking for an ancient gem. Deegan: Ryan Michael. Sophia Parker: Christianne Hirt. March: David Hay. Reynolds: David Bloom.
Episode 4
Cease Fire
Mon, Oct 9, 1989 55 mins
In Switzerland for negotiations between two countries, MacGyver becomes a fugitive when he's framed for an assassination attempt on one nation's president. Lisa: Mayim Bialik. Yanif: Eli Danker. Walker: Allan Lysell. President Habad: Michael Naxos.
Episode 5
Second Chance
Mon, Oct 16, 1989 55 mins
While MacGyver heads a project that brings young Amerasians to the U.S., his companion meets the son he didn't know he had. Willie: Barry Bernal. Ringe: Barry Greene. Dr. Triwai: Kim Miyori. Skinner: Malcolm M. Stewart.
Episode 6
Halloween Knights
Mon, Oct 30, 1989 55 mins
Murdoc asks for help rescuing his sister from deadly abductors. Nicolas: Daniel Davis. Sonia: Jo-Anne Bates. Ashton: Debbie Podowski. MacGyver: Richard Dean Anderson.
Episode 7
Children of Light
Mon, Nov 6, 1989 55 mins
A Chinese student appears at MacGyver's home claiming to be his foster daughter, while secretly holding evidence of the bloodletting at Tiananmen Square. Wing Lee: Tzi Ma. Peng Chow: Robert Ito. Zhao: Keone Young. MacGyver: Richard Dean Anderson.
Episode 8
Black Rhino
Mon, Nov 13, 1989 55 mins
MacGyver tries to help the wildest of the Colton brothers nail a poacher who's killing endangered black rhinos for their valuable horns. Kate Hubley: Cecilia Hart. Ladysmith: Kai Wulff. Mabuto: Roger Aaron Brown. Thornton: Dana Elcar.
Episode 9
The Ten Percent Solution
Mon, Nov 20, 1989 55 mins
MacGyver and a concentration-camp survivor uncover a neo-Nazi group that's auctioning off stolen artworks to finance its plot to create an "Aryan Nation." Mme. Brandenberg: Gretchen Wyler. Laura: Barbara Stock. Thornton: Dana Elcar.
Episode 10
Two Times Trouble
Mon, Dec 11, 1989 55 mins
MacGyver's friend (Audrey Landers) thinks her twin (also played by Landers) is trying to kill her. Eve: Babs Chula. Rogan: Terry David Mulligan. Dr. Farrell: Dana Still. MacGyver: Richard Dean Anderson.
Episode 11
The Madonna
Mon, Dec 18, 1989 55 mins
MacGyver helps a priest friend search for a statue of the Madonna taken from a church near the Challenger Club, for which a homeless woman (Jeanette Nolan) has a pocketful of miracles. Breeze: Charles Payne. Thornton: Dana Elcar.
Episode 12
Serenity
Mon, Jan 8, 1990 55 mins
MacGyver dreams he's a Civil War veteran in the Old West who gains a claim to a home in Montana, but he meets resistance from a rancher in the form of Thornton (Dana Elcar). Penny: Teri Hatcher. Murdoc: Michael Des Barres.
Episode 13
Live and Learn
Mon, Jan 15, 1990 55 mins
As part of a Phoenix mentor program, MacGyver reaches out to a promising student (Glenn Scarpelli), but must first get around a cynical teacher and the youth's no-nonsense father. Nick: Jerry Wasserman. Fraley: James Sloyan. Thornton: Dana Elcar.
Episode 14
Log Jam
Mon, Feb 5, 1990 55 mins
MacGyver infiltrates a logging company on behalf of an environmentalist friend (Nancy Everhard) who believes that a company whistle-blower was cut down before he could expose the management's illegal activity. Jack: Doug Sheehan. Foxworth: John Considine.
Episode 15
The Treasure of Manco
Mon, Feb 12, 1990 55 mins
MacGyver helps a friend search for a lost Inca treasure that's also sought by greedy guerrillas looking for a way to finance a bloody revolution. Maria: Theresa Saldana. Ramon: Michael Bays. Enrique: Richard Chaves. MacGyver: Richard Dean Anderson.
Episode 16
Jenny's Chance
Mon, Feb 19, 1990 55 mins
MacGyver, Jack Dalton and Thornton go undercover as a computer geek, a drug lord and a dirty big-time bookie to make a murderous money launderer come clean. Jenny: Linda Blair. Henderson: Vic Tayback. Dalton: Bruce McGill. Thornton: Dana Elcar.
Episode 17
Deep Cover
Mon, Feb 26, 1990 55 mins
A spy steals a stealth submarine by turning his seductive powers on its main engineer (Rosemary Dunsmore). Landis: Mitchell Laurance. Stringer: Madison Mason. Banniker: Timothy Webber. MacGyver: Richard Dean Anderson.
Episode 18
Lost Amadeus
Mon, Mar 19, 1990 60 mins
A woman leads MacGyver on a wild chase to save a priceless violin---and the virtuoso who owns it---from hoods. Izzy: Milton Selzer. Tubbs: Herbert Edelman. Ginko: Denis Simpson. MacGyver: Richard Dean Anderson.
Episode 19
Hearts of Steel
Mon, Apr 9, 1990 55 mins
A steel executive (Ron Hale) whose mill has been shut down kidnaps the daughter of the corporate raider responsible for the closure. Lisa: Mayim Bialik. Woodman: Joseph Lambie. Ingrid: Angela Costain. Greta: Merrilyn Gann. MacGyver: Richard Dean Anderson.
Episode 20
Rush to Judgement
Mon, Apr 16, 1990 55 mins
As a juror in a racially charged murder trial, MacGyver can't resist digging up more facts on his own, which courts the wrath of the judge. Baron: Steven Keats. Wyatt: Rob Roy. Bird Lady: Betty McGuire. Judge: Henry Beckman.
Episode 21
Passages
Mon, Apr 30, 1990 55 mins
Frantic with worry about his gravely-ill Grandpa Harry, MacGyver experiences a strange near-death phenomena, seeing his parents again, when he's injured by a man who's stolen an ancient Egyptian relic.
