In the control room, the flightcom (Martin Speer) isolates the problem in the helium tank.

Billy reports to the news station with the roll of film. His boss Charles Colby (Roger Perry) believes the footage is another piece of junk but nevertheless agrees to take a look at it.

Back at the launching site, Steve and Oscar prepare to embark on their archaeological expedition in the Baja Californian desert when Victoria accosts them with her startling discovery. She stresses the importance of a meeting to discuss the matter and Oscar agrees to meet her back tonight in his Winnebago.

Later, she meets with Steve and Oscar with her promise not to run the film on Steve’s extraordinary feats in exchange for more footage of a less revealing nature for her article. Faced with no other alternative but to agree to the blackmailer’s terms, Oscar invites her to join he and Steve on their vacation. She accepts despite her better judgement that this might be a trap. She leaves them with a warning not to attempt to her life for she and her film are safely insured.

Following a light lunch, Oscar gets down to serious business. He urges Steve to convince Victoria to drop her bribe or he will need to bring in the big guns against her.

He follows her to a gurgling stream where she gets him to confide about his horrific plane crash. Steve suspects Victoria’s intentions are purely selfish; driven by money and fame. She agrees that she is seeking to be recognized for her work. She wants to be hired for her professionalism and not her good looks, hence the reason why she’s desperate for this article.

Steve leaves Oscar to his archaeological dig to take Victoria on a fun ride through the desert. While he shows off his archery skills she continues the interview that ends up in a lingering kiss.

She realizes that Victor and Karl are the real deal when her boss confesses to being the brain behind this kidnapping. Karl ties her up and turns on the gas burners for he wants no witnesses.

The ordeal over, Victoria agrees to hand Oscar her article on Steve’s exploits. Oscar is utterly grateful, more so when he discovers that the pages are blank and that she never intended to write it.

Steve does a little bit of blackmail of his own with the film Victoria did of him up on the cliff. With it he teases his boss to find Victoria a decent job at a local news station. Once Oscar agrees Steve hands him the film that he destroys with playful jubilation.