- The Enterprise docks at a starbase for repairs where it is commandeered by a race of technologically-linked aliens intent on using the vessel for their own purposes.
- The Enterprise docks at Starbase 74 for 48 hours for what is supposed to be a computer upgrade. The upgrade is in the hands of the Binars, an advanced race whose minds work in binary code. For Picard and the crew it's an opportunity to relax and have a bit of R and R. Commander Riker is never quite sure what to do with himself on these layovers so he decides to spend some time on the holodeck in a New Orleans jazz bar. There he meets the beautiful Minuet and if it's possible to fall in love with a computer image, he practically does so. Picard soon joins them but the holodeck party is oblivious to what is happening on the ship. When the warp containment field begins to fail, Commander Data orders the evacuation of the ship and sends it off into the far reaches of space not realizing Riker and the Captain are still aboard.—garykmcd
- Even observant Wesley can't catch up with the computer system upgrade, which is speedily performed (while the Enterprise is on a short visit to a star base) by two pairs of 'Bynars', a race grown entirely dependent on and evolved to almost merging with their planet's central computer. The rest of the crew enjoys recreation, in Picard and Riker's case in an also upgraded Holodeck-created jazz bar, enchanted by holographic dream woman Minuet. Thus they remain unaware when all the others are evacuated in a false anti-matter out-of-control alarm. The ship sets course for the Bynars planet, but both pairs break down utterly.—KGF Vissers
- The Enterprise docks at star base 74 for 48 hours for what is supposed to be a computer upgrade. The Enterprise is one week late than scheduled, due to another task it had to perform on the way. The upgrade is in the hands of the Bynars, an advanced race whose minds work in Binary code. Cmdr. Orfil Quinteros (Gene Dynarski) is in charge. Bynars operate in pairs. One Zero (Alexandra Johnson) and Zero One (Katy Boyer) are one such pair in charge of the refit. Picard says that Bynars became very connected to the main computer on their planet and gradually evolved into binary beings themselves, with a binary language. Riker has a strange feeling about the Bynars and asks Wesley to keep an eye on them.
For Picard and the crew, it's an opportunity to relax and have a bit of Rest and Recreation. Beverly leaves for a meeting with Dr Epstein & is very excited about the same. Epstein is the leading mind in cybernetics and happened to be on the star base when the Enterprise is visiting.
Commander Riker is never quite sure what to do with himself on these layovers, so he decides to spend some time on the Holodeck in a New Orleans jazz bar. The Holodeck has also been upgraded by the Bynars after its earlier glitch and the Bynars invite Riker to try it out. There Riker meets the beautiful Minuet (Carolyn McCormick) and if it's possible to fall in love with a computer image, he practically does so. Picard soon joins them, but the Holodeck party is oblivious to what is happening on the ship.
When the warp containment field begins to fail, Commander Data orders the evacuation of the ship Data has 4:17 mins before the containment field fails and the antimatter connects with matter and explodes. Data sends the ship off into the far reaches of space not realizing Riker and the Captain are still aboard inside the Holodeck. The computer confirmed to Data that Riker and Picard were not on the ship. But as the ship leaves, Orfil realizes that the magnetic fields around the anti-matter are regenerating. Everyone is off except Picard, Riker and the Bynars. Soon, Picard realizes that Minuet doesn't want him or Riker to leave the Holodeck. He gets a situation update from the computer. They are headed for planet Bynaus. Looks like the Bynars have stolen the Enterprise.
Picard and Riker arm themselves and then set the ship on auto-destruct. They have 5 minutes. They notice an enormous amount of data being received and stored on the Enterprise' computer banks. They access the bridge and find 4 Bynars lying unconscious & dying. Picard and Riker cancel the auto-destruct as they reach the Bynaus planet. They find that the main computer on Bynaus is off. They question Minuet and find that a star in the Bynar system was about to go Nova. The EMP from that would have shut down their computer and erased all data, so they planned to shift all data into the only mobile computer large enough (Enterprise) and shift it back after the EMP passed.
But the Nova went off earlier than expected and Enterprise was one week late to the star base. So, they transferred the data to the star base instead. She doesn't know why the Bynars are dying. She wants Picard to return the data to the computer below but doesn't know how.
Picard figures out that the pass code is the combination of the Bynars names 11001001. The transfer gets started and the main system reboots. The Bynars recover. They held Riker on the Holodeck since they knew they might die and needed someone to restore the computers. They didn't ask for help as they thought there was a risk of rejection, and the stakes were too high.
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