In this episode, as undetectable parasites devour the ship, Lwaxana Troi takes Worf's son Alexander Rozhenko under her wing encouraging him to adopt her carefree ways en route to meeting a man she's blindly agreed to marry.
Lwaxana Troi arrives on the Enterprise, announcing that she will be holding her wedding there with a man that shares many interests with her, as judged by a computerized matchmaking system.
Deanna Troi talks to her mother Lwaxana about the marriage, and while she is happy that she is marrying again, she is surprised and disappointed that she will not follow the Betazoid custom of being a naked bride at the wedding.
Lwaxana makes friends with Alexander, taking him to a holodeck simulation of the Parallax colony despite Worf's orders.
Taking it to heart, Lwaxana arrives at the wedding naked as per Betazoid custom, and Campio, offended, leaves her at the altar.
Data, who is able to function without oxygen, navigates the starship to a nearby asteroid field rich in nitrium and coerces the parasite to move there.
[2] This episode was noted in 2018 by TheGamer, for including "sad acrobats, hairy dudes in mud baths and mute dancers"[3] and a floating clown-head on the holodeck, ranking it as the 21st creepiest scene in all Star Trek.