At the invitation of Eliza Jane, Laura attends a writing seminar in Arizona, but the experience is marred by a rude professor who cuts her down at every turn.
MacGyver's fishing trip is cut short when he meets a very pregnant woman whose husband is out to kill her after she accidentally found out that his half-way home for ex-cons is really a recruiting place for them to commit new crimes.
MacGyver's teenage pal, Lisa Woodman, refuses to acknowledge her alcohol abuse until her needing his help to clear her of a rash of burglaries serves as a wake-up call.
MacGyver has to help free his teenage pal, Lisa, who's been kidnapped in a plot to get back at her father for his business practices.