In this episode, the crew of the Enterprise investigates a mysterious death on a remote station, and Commander La Forge falls for the main suspect.
[1] The Federation starship Enterprise arrives at a subspace communications relay station near the Klingon border on a resupply mission.
The away team also finds a substance on the floor, which Enterprise Chief Medical Officer Dr. Crusher determines is a type of cellular residue.
[note 1] Knowing Gowron would be in Picard's debt and how the former might frown upon the disrespect shown to the latter, a nervous Torak agrees to cooperate fully.
To help clarify what really occurred, Picard requests to speak to Commander Morag, the Klingon who was allegedly harassing the station.
Scared that this new evidence will condemn her as Rocha's killer, she agrees to stay aboard the Enterprise because La Forge has faith in her.
Due to this, she suspects that the real Rocha might have been killed by this strange coalescent organism, and a replica of him then attacked Aquiel in search of a new body.
[2] With Aquiel and Morag in the brig, the Enterprise proceeds to the nearest starbase as the crew keep a close watch on them both - in case the organism needs a new body soon.
[2] In 2019, Screen Rant ranked it the ninth worst episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation based on IMDB ratings, which was 6.1 out of ten at that time.
[3] The episode was released as part of the Star Trek: The Next Generation season six DVD box set in the United States on December 3, 2002.