Prosecutor Phil Rafelson's wife Caroline goes into the hospital for plastic surgery. When the bandages come off, it's not his wife, but a teenage girl who takes off. His wife has been kidnapped by a drug dealer who wants the charges dropped. Frank Darnell (Joe Penny) calls in housewife Kathy Davis (Lea Thompson).

When a ruthless arms Kingpin stages an ingenious escape from prison, Jane Doe and Frank Darnell, NSA head, realize he's bent on a vengeance killing. Who the prospective victim is remains to be seen.

The Declaration Of Independence is stolen while on display in a Los Angeles Bank. The NSA with the assistance of a puzzle solver Code Name Jane Doe becomes involved and solves the mystery.

Frank Darnell, director of the Central Security Agency (CSA), is at a loss when Miles Crandall, the genius who writes top-secret satellite communication software for his Pentagon-contracted company, disappears from a private jet flight, apparently by parachute, over the desert. How can a man riding in a plane knock out the pilot, have the plane dip under the radar, and disappear from the plane in ten seconds? CSA veteran Cathy Davis, who retired to be a wife to husband Jack and mother to their daughter and son, is secretly called in to solve the riddle. This is ironic because her cover is as game designer for the US Puzzle Co. They soon realize the escape was staged, but the question remains by whom and why. Meanwhile, Cathy's teenage daughter Susan successfully auditions for the cheerleader squad while her young son Nick struggles with being shy and unpopular at school.