- Experimental US fighter jet gets shot down over East Germany and MacGyver is sent in to demolish the wreckage while Soviets, who are backed by a psychic, are trying to reach it first.
- Mac is enjoying a vacation in the Alps sharing a hot air balloon ride with his blonde friend Heidi. Pete is at the landing spot with the news that the highly secret, highly experimental GX-1 has gone down over East Germany. It is a prototype stealth aircraft with a radar-deflecting skin and a special cooling system to help it defeat IR detecting equipment. Accompanying Pete is Nikki Carpenter. He wants her to pose as MacGyver's wife to make entry into East Germany easier. They scrap with each other like cats but agree to team up until they have crossed the border. The Soviets are vitally interested in the wreckage to learn about the cooling system, so Mac is to destroy any wreckage to prevent them learning anything. Starkoss, a psychic from the Petroskia Institute in Moscow, is helping the Soviets search for the crash site. Mac takes to the hills with his field gear while NIkki hangs around the Aspenhaus resort. She spots Starkoss with Colonel Markov and overhears their plans for helicopter assistance. She tries to find Mac despite being ill-equipped for mountain travel. Unfortunately, the Soviets have found the crash site before Mac. As he watches their activity through binoculars, Starkoss looks right at him. Later, he and Nikki approach the dead pilot's body and find a note that reads: "Follow me. Starkoss". A short while later, Starkoss manages to meet with them in the woods, out of hearing of his Soviet comrades. He tells them he is tired of being a freak for their use and wants to defect to the West. MacGyver agrees to help him escape with them. After blowing up the main pieces of wreckage, Mac, Nikki and Starkoss flee to an abandoned mine site. Using welding equipment, stove pipe, fabric scraps, and molten nylon, Mac fabricates a hot air balloon that has a 3-person basket. They get airborne just as the Soviets return from searching for him. They manage to get out of range before any of the bullets find them. Drifting toward the border, the tanks run out of gas. The balloon is dropping and won't clear an important ridge unless lightened. Mac tosses the welding tanks and has Nikki jump with a reserve parachute. The basket scrapes the trees but makes it over the ridge.—Garon Smith
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