S05x01 — Macgyver

In the original series, Season 5, Episode 1, titled originally aired on September 18, 1989.

: This was a two-part episode, with the story concluding in the following week's episode, " Legend of the Holy Rose: Part 2 ". MacGyver s05x01

The reboot's fifth and final season premiered on December 4, 2020. In the original series, Season 5, Episode 1,

: MacGyver and his team go undercover at a high-end, glamorous Swiss resort to find a witness who has information about the criminal organization Codex . The mission becomes complicated when they discover the person they are looking for has undergone significant plastic surgery, making her unrecognizable from her file photos. : MacGyver and his team go undercover at

: The episode focuses heavily on the strained relationship between Desi and Riley following their past personal conflicts. By the end of the mission, they reconcile their differences.

: One of the episode's most famous scenes features MacGyver trapped in a room with a descending blade. He uses a wax head from a nearby statue to clog a water pipe, which halts the mechanism driving the blade.

: MacGyver is recruited by an old friend and archaeologist, Zoe Ryan, to help find the "Holy Rose," a legendary artifact linked to a 1,000-year-old mystery. The search leads them on an international hunt involving ancient maps and hidden temples.