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 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.
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.
