POLK

Polk and Crisp were both brought on by Barrett when he was hired by Kurt Neilson, a colonel with East German Intelligence, to recover and destroy a microfilm list of terrorist names and plans that MacGyver had acquired during a mission behind the Iron Curtain.

Neilson, Barrett, Crisp, and Polk were in position at the pier in San Pedro when MacGyver arrived with the intention of passing the list on to Pete Thornton, but Pete instructed MacGyver to get the list to safety while he took on Neilson's men. MacGyver knocked out Crisp, and he secretly hid the list in the base of a light standard in the parking lot. However Polk was wearing a police uniform, and when MacGyver mistook him for an officer of the law and approached him, Polk struck him in the back of the neck and helped to bring him to a warehouse on Tucker Street in San Pedro.

When MacGyver would not reveal where the list was hidden, Neilson injected him with a serum designed to use disorientation and pain to persuade him to give up the information. MacGyver was able to escape by using a bed frame to construct a large slingshot that knocked down Crisp and Polk long enough for him to get away. The slingshot injured Polk's nose enough to require a bandage after the encounter. In his state of confusion and pain MacGyver was taken in by Lisa, a young runaway whom he had helped earlier and who hoped to return the favor. Barrett, Crisp, and Polk conducted a search of the area, and Polk questioned Lisa's friends, Ron and Amy, but when the men searched Lisa's apartment, MacGyver and Lisa were able to evade them.

When MacGyver began to recover his memory, he returned to the warehouse, hoping to acquire the antidote. Using a smoke detector and a clever contraption of suspended water bottles and falling barrels, MacGyver managed to get the better of both Barrett and Polk and to knock them out with a final punch.

MacGyver was able to defeat Neilson and to recover the antidote from the sewer grate where Neilson had tossed it, and as Pete Thornton and his men arrived on the scene, they would take Neilson and his men into custody.

Portrayed by: Tommy Lamey

Cross Reference: Barrett, Crisp, Kurt Neilson, San Pedro

Episode Reference: Nightmares