- American pilots, hypnotized years ago in Vietnam, are activated to bomb a dam, destroy valuable farm land and disrupt an important scientific meeting. Ralph and Bill must stop the planes before they reach their target.
- Soldiers in Cambodia are accused of treason, then the story flashes forward 12 years, where their accuser, Mr. Liang (James Shigeta) is conducting business. He meets with General Vin Chow (John Fujioka), who tells him to to stop working his "cover" and activate the crimson rosebud and arranges a meet. Liang is upset.
Cut to Marty Boxx (Terrence O'Hara), a successful businessman. A call from Liang with the words platinum rosebud activate him, as well as others, who repeat the phrase and leave in a daze.
Meanwhile, Ralph (William Katt) and Bill (Robert Culp) are at Bill's office when an activation calll comes for one of Bill's peers, Tim (Kurt Grayson). Ralph takes it by mistake, then the agent comes to the phone and leaves. Riding in the elevator, Bill and Ralph notice Tim's odd behavior, and he shoots at them, then gets on Ralph's bus. He tells Tony to drive, and Bill/Ralph pursue. The kids manage to kick Tim off the bus, and Ralph grabs the suit as Tim goes into a building. Tim is having flashbacks as he rides to the roof in an elevator. He jumps off the building, and Ralph saves him, but Tim is comotose.
The other agents of platinum rosebud meet with Liang and Vin Chow, and note Tim is missing. Vin Chow continues to berate Liang for succombing to capitalist ways. The rosebud agents review the mission.
Bill visits Tim in the hospital, but Tim doesn't remember much, other than the words platinum rosebud. Ralph, Bill and Pam (Connie Sellecca) theorize that Tim might have been hypontized. They visit a hypnotist (Hilary Labow) and learn about post-hypnotic suggestion. Bill accidentally gets a trance word ("scenario") that toggles sleep.
Tim gets a phone call in the hospital that triggers a suicide. Ralph gets the phone receiver and sees Liang, so he flies off in pursuit. Liang loses Ralph, but Ralph gets his license plate. Bill and Ralph do some investigation, and the word "scenario" continues to trigger Bill's sleep. Using the phone records, they trace the meeting location from the code words. Ralph realizes Bill is going into a trance, but can't figure out the word.
Liang and his agents go to Hansen Dam and rig bombs. Ralph gets to the meeting spot and scrys the agents. He drives Bill (who's still asleep) to the Dam. Pam figure out Bill's code word and Ralph wakes him up. Ralph stops the agents and disarms the bombs.
Ralph and Pam have fun with Bill's code word, and he finally agrees to get de-programmed.
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