: This season was the first produced under new showrunner Monica Macer, following the departure of the series' original creator due to workplace concerns.
: 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 s05x01
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The reboot's fifth and final season premiered on December 4, 2020. titled originally aired on September 18
: This was a two-part episode, with the story concluding in the following week's episode, " Legend of the Holy Rose: Part 2 ".