Episode
MacGyver: Bullet + Pen
Overview
The LAPD interrupts the team’s Christmas celebration to arrest Mac for terrorism when they find a body in a building destroyed by a bomb Mac built.
Details
- Series
- MacGyver
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 11
- Air date
- 2017-12-15
- Runtime
- 42 min
Episode context
Bullet + Pen is Episode 11 in Season 2 of MacGyver. It aired on 2017-12-15. The runtime is 42 min.
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