Episode
MacGyver: Father + Son + Father + Matriarch
Overview
After Oversight is almost killed in a bombing, he recruits Mac to help him find the suspected bomber, Mason. However, when Mason reveals he didn’t plant the bomb, the three team up to track down Codex, the shadow organization that set them up. Also, Mac meets his aunt Gwendolyn.
Details
- Series
- MacGyver
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 8
- Air date
- 2020-04-03
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
Father + Son + Father + Matriarch is Episode 8 in Season 4 of MacGyver. It aired on 2020-04-03. The runtime is 43 min.
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