Episode
MacGyver: Thief + Painting + Auction + Viro-486 + Justice
Overview
When Taylor’s former protégé is killed while preventing a bio-weapon from falling into the wrong hands, Mac and the team must find the weapon so Desi can pull off the ultimate heist before it’s sold to a terrorist cell.
Details
- Series
- MacGyver
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 2
- Air date
- 2020-12-11
- Runtime
- 41 min
Episode context
Thief + Painting + Auction + Viro-486 + Justice is Episode 2 in Season 5 of MacGyver. It aired on 2020-12-11. The runtime is 41 min.
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Episode 1: Resort + Desi + Riley + Window Cleaner + Witness
Mac and the team infiltrate a glamorous hotel used as an international hideout for criminals to find a woman with vital information on Codex. However, their target has a new secret identity, including a completely new face.
Episode 3: Eclipse + USMC-1856707 + Step Potential + Chain Lock + Ma
When Russ is kidnapped, Mac and the team must break out a previously murderous psychopath, now pacifist, from prison to help find him. Also, while on the run, Mac and Desi are forced to confront their relationship issues.
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Episode 9: Rails + Pitons + Pulley + Pipe + Salt
When Mac and the team are unable to prevent Department of Defense intel from falling into Codex’s hands, Mac must scale a vertical cliff using only gear he can cobble together himself to prevent the info’s transmission.
Episode 10: Diamond + Quake + Carbon + Comms + Tower
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Episode 12: Royalty + Marriage + Vivaah Sanskar + Zinc + Henna
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