Season 3, Episode 5 · Episode 38 of 79

Crossover

First aired Saturday, October 26, 1985

Synopsis

Hawke helps defecting Czech scientists escape while Santini and Caitlin launch an unauthorized rescue of their own.

Episode recap

A defection of Czech scientists should be Hawke's mission alone — that's the sanctioned plan. But Santini and Caitlin, tired of waiting on the sidelines of official channels, launch a rescue of their own, and "Crossover" becomes two operations tangled across one border. The episode splits the team to show what each half is made of: Hawke working the professional extraction, his partners improvising with nothing but nerve and a flight plan. It's a Cold War story about amateurs and professionals discovering the line between them is thinner than the Iron Curtain — and both sides of the team crossing lines they can't uncross.

Transcript

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