Norm gets some dirt on his main competitor for a promotion but hesitates to use it.
Russell plays in a tribute with the band he played in years ago. Guest appearances by jazz musicians Tito Puente, Art Blakey, Percy Heath, Jimmy Heath, Tommy Flanagan, Eric Gale, Joe Wilder, Carlos Valdes ("Patato"), Bootsie Barnes, and Jimmy Oliver. Slide Hampton provided the audio track for Russell's trombone solos.
When Rick's boat returns from a cruise empty, Magnum, TC and Higgins go in search of Rick and his passengers who are presumed dead.
Jim must take action to avert a Marxist takeover of a Commonwealth island nation despite the efforts of the Foreign Office to keep him ignorant.
Espionage at the laser research center. A former client obsessed with AJ hinders the investigation.
Bob Ross puts a lonesome cabin in the middle of a snowy setting as an unexpected place of respite for the weary traveler.
The Keaton family fills in his girlfriend, Ellen, on some of the more humorous events in Alex's life before they met in this special one-hour episode. Flashbacks to previous episodes include some highlights from the series' past shows. Alex and Ellen celebrate their six-month anniversary as boyfriend and girlfriend, and the family think it's time for Ellen to know the truth about Alex.
Jonathan assists a misguided angel who has been trying to get his wings for 200 years.
Edna is decides to take a vacation to rethink her relationship with Howard. The much younger manager of a competitor spikes Howard's interest getting him to take up yoga and get his ear pierced. The lady lets him down easy.
McCall's on the trail of a serial killer, leaving him little time for an actress fallen into the wrong crowd.
After a daring escape from East Germany where he gets rescued, and in the process saves a fellow operative with a quick mechanical fix, MacGyver thinks that he deserves some peaceful vacation time. But Pete lures him into baby-sitting a Russian defector who can identify KGB agents.
A romantic weekend goes awry when Cindy spots a friend (Audrey Landers) and her supposedly dead fiance; guest Nancy Walker.
Though Hawaiian crooner Frankie Kahana's act falls short of spectacular, the detectives consider the mob's execution plans extreme.
Face believes he's booked country singer Cowboy George into one of the roughest dance halls in the Southwest, but his agent friend delivers Boy George instead.
Laura's sister finds a dead body on her kitchen floor and asks for help from a reluctant Laura and Steele.
The planet Pax refuses to take the Lightning League's warning of an invasion of Monster Minds preferring to listen to the oracle -- a hologram of Audric. Turns out the oracle is actually a handicapped princess who has been ruling the planet since her father's death.
Dave and Maddie agree to "corpse-sit" for an escape artist's widow, who believes her dead husband's threats to come back and get even with her.
Jonathan's friend gets him worrying that, one day, Tony may no longer be part of his life. Hoping to ensure against Tony leaving, Jonathan arranges for him and Angela to meet on Valentine's Day at a restaurant for a romantic dinner for two. But they think that the ""Mr. Bower"" behind this evening is really Michael, Angela's ex-husband.
After their car breaks down after dinner with the governor, Jessica and her friend Ames Caufield find themselves in a small southern town just in time for local bad boy Ed Bonner to be found dead, and young Matt Burns, the son of a former student of Ames', ends up accused of the murder. At the behest of Linda Bonner, the victim's sister who happens to care deeply about the accused, Jessica takes a look into the murder, but hatred runs deep in this town and it's pure luck (and Andy Crane) that leads Jessica and Ames to the right answer.
A young woman, Christine, returns home to find her mother cold and distant, and living isolated from everyone else. The woman soon discovers that her mother has summoned up...Chrissie - Christine as a young girl, before she moved away and gained a life of her own. Christine soon finds there is no way she can compete with her mother's idealized image of herself.