The series follows Angus "Mac" MacGyver (Lucas Till), a twenty-something operative for the Department of External Services (DXS), a clandestine U.S. government agency. Unlike traditional action heroes, MacGyver relies not on guns or brute force but on his encyclopedic knowledge of science, chemistry, and physics. Using everyday items—paperclips, duct tape, baking soda, chewing gum—he builds ingenious devices to defuse bombs, escape locked rooms, or stop chemical weapons.
(George Eads), a former Delta Force soldier who provides the "muscle"; Riley Davis (Tristin Mays), a sarcastic elite hacker; and Wilt Bozer
The muscle to Mac’s brain. Their "buddy-cop" chemistry provided the show’s humor and its most touching moments of brotherhood. Riley Davis (Tristin Mays):
: MacGyver works for the Phoenix Foundation , a covert government think tank.
The series follows Angus "Mac" MacGyver (Lucas Till), a twenty-something operative for the Department of External Services (DXS), a clandestine U.S. government agency. Unlike traditional action heroes, MacGyver relies not on guns or brute force but on his encyclopedic knowledge of science, chemistry, and physics. Using everyday items—paperclips, duct tape, baking soda, chewing gum—he builds ingenious devices to defuse bombs, escape locked rooms, or stop chemical weapons.
(George Eads), a former Delta Force soldier who provides the "muscle"; Riley Davis (Tristin Mays), a sarcastic elite hacker; and Wilt Bozer
The muscle to Mac’s brain. Their "buddy-cop" chemistry provided the show’s humor and its most touching moments of brotherhood. Riley Davis (Tristin Mays):
: MacGyver works for the Phoenix Foundation , a covert government think tank.