Capt. Robert Daly presides over his crew with wisdom and courage, but a new recruit will soon discover nothing on this spaceship is what it seems.

Anspaugh is furious when Carter tells him he wants to quit surgery. Charlie is brought in with an overdose. Mark keeps struggling with his beating.

Mark and Kerry have to create a policy regarding HIV-positive employees, which leads to gossip amongst the nurses.

Carol has to fire two of the nurses. Meanwhile, Gant feels Benton is too hard on him.

Carter feels guilty about Gant’s death. Benton doesn’t want to talk about it.

It’s Susan’s last day. Carol stands up for her nurses when one of them is being rotated to another department.

While Mark is anxious about Susan’s return from her holiday, Doug and Carol ride along with the health mobile.

Stardate: 47254.1. Lwaxana Troi collapses with a repressed memory related illness. Her only chance for survival is if Deanna can probe her subconscious and find out what is killing her….