Picking up from the end of the previous episode where Alex and Myron escaped death when the cafe the had just left exploded,
 
 Alex tells Myron that she wants to file the story.
   

 
Anderson meets up with his wife at the airport to say goodbye.
 
 Alex , Goldman and McKay are waiting for Alex to write the story up,

 
And then all three head of for a dinner that Goldman wasn't originally invited to. they are greeted by Jimmy the waiter,
McKay excuses himself , to use the rest room , and then Myron is called away to take a phone call.

 
 
Johnson and Taylor head to the bar to find Jake Bridger , to be told that he is dead by Lisa, Bridger's hotel manager ,
 
 
 Just as his daughter, Stacy also arrives to find him.

 While trying to workout how Johnson is going to get any of his money back, Taylor discovers there's a card game going on downstairs.
Taylor tries to win back the money Johnson lost investing in the hotel
  
 Stacy is out wondering the streets in a daze at the news she's just had, and gets unwanted attention from unfriendly locals 
    
 Zeke just happens to be going past and see what's happening he goes to help the thugs steal her suitcase and take Zeke's cash at gun point
          
 After their ordeal they catch a drink and to talk.

 Percell & Ruiz head into town and Percell wants to meet the girl of his dreams , the DJ on the radio based at the Savoy, Ruiz is still upset by the death of Crawford and is still talking about Voodoo and things bad things are going to happen and his days could be numbered.
       
 Percell gets his chance to talk to her and tries to impress by lying (again) and tells her that they are part of secret operations,
this seems to work and she agrees to meet up after her shift ends.

 

 Zeke's arrives back at the hotel with Stacy and just as he starts talking to Johnson a gunshot is fired they rush upstairs to find a marine with a gun and a baby.
 
 
 Zeke manages to disarm him. It turns out he was has gone A.W.O.L and was going to take the baby and his girlfriend away, but Jake's death meant  he didn't get the papers he needed, also his girlfriend had been pumping him for information and had told the VC, He killed her.
  
 
 
 Zeke gets up and says he's going to get the M.P.s who have arrived , Krusak has another gun and commits suicide
    

 
  Meanwhile Lt. Goldman is driving to met the Captain , thinking that something Alex wrote has upset the top brass, unbeknown he's heading in to an area which has become a hot spot for VC, Lt. McKay has confessed to Alex that in-fact he got one of his buddies to pretend to be the Captain so that Mckay could be alone with her.
 

 Alex is annoyed, and Mckay and her fly out to find Goldman. Arriving just as he's underfire.
   

 
 One of the V.C tries to get round behind Lt. Goldman , but Lt. Goldman spots him and kills him.
 As the chopper comes down to rescue him , he finds passes and a map on the dead man. 

 
 
 
 Zeke tells Johnson to go and get Taylor from the card game. Johnson tells Taylor they have to go as there are M.P's upstairs ,
   
 
 the card players quickly disperse but the girl grabs Taylors money and runs off they head after her.
They find her and find the very much ALIVE Jake Bridger
 

     
 Zeke arrives and he had already found out that Bridger was in hiding and he had documents showing that the NVA/VC were planning an attack on Tet and had stashes of weapons in coffins.   
   
 
 They need to get the documents back , Bridger has a jeep and also guns , they are about to leave when Stacy stumbles upon them and finds her father alive.
   
  
 Back at Tan Son Nhut, Goldman , McKay and Alex land in the chopper, Goldman is livid and upset that he was tricked and almost ended up being killed and punches McKay.
 
 
 
 
 He tells them that the V.C. he killed has a map on him and passes.
 
 Percell and Ruiz mean while are walking with his date , the DJ and another lady, its late its after curfew , where are they ?

    
 
 The DJ and her freind pull guns on our guys and as luck would have it they both die.
       
  
But Ruiz is struck on his head  by a bullet in the scuffle
 
 Suddenly the attacks begin
 
 Johnson ,Bridger, Stacy and Zeke are driving in the jeep when they come under fire, Johnson crashes the jeep and they have to make their way on foot.
 
 

   

 Jake Bridger is shot and dies in his daughters arms.
 
 The next day the trucks roll into Saigon and the guys are deployed to patrol the streets.
 
 
 the episode ends with Alex filing her story about the attacks
 

Director: Bill Norton      Writer : Rick Husky

The songs used in the original airing
Paint It Black The Rolling Stones -
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

Get Ready The Temptations	Searching For My Love Bobby Moore & the  Rythmn Aces	(Sittin’ On) The Dock of The Bay Otis Redding
I Second That Emotion The Miracles	Where Did Our Love Go The Supremes	Come On Do The Jerk The Miracles

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Leo Rossi II	Jake Bridger
Antoni Stutz	Marine Krusak
Kraista Errickson	Stacy Bridger
Richard Lee-Sung	Money Player
Chi-Muoi Lo	Vietnamese Tough Guy
Kelly Hu	Vietnamese DJ (voice)
Haru Aki	Lisa, the Hotel Manager
James Hong	Jimmy (the waiter)

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