- A scientist's experiment in time goes awry, reuniting Picard with an old flame, now married to the scientist.
- Puzzled, the Enterprise follows an enigmatic trail of distress messages left behind by the vessel of reputed time-space-continuum researcher Dr. Paul Manheim, who dropped from sight years ago during his last experiment. His latest trial goes terribly wrong, causing a time-distorting ripple to spread from a binary star system, tapping into unimaginable energy that already affects the Enterprise crew. To prevent the galaxy being ripped open, the process must be reversed, although gravely (maybe fatally) injured Manheim can only give unreliable instructions to Data. Jean-Luc Picard is largely focused on Paul's younger wife Jenice, once Jean-Luc's fiancée, whom he dumped in Paris for his Starfleet dream.—KGF Vissers
- The crew of the Enterprise races against time itself when a scientist experiments with time and claims to have opened a window into another dimension, which must be closed. And Picard races against his past, as the scientist's wife turns out to be an old flame that almost turned him away from Starfleet.—Moviedude1
- The Enterprise responds to a distress signal sent by the eminent Dr. Manheim, a renowned physicist conducting experiments with time that have opened portals to other dimensions. The result - a ripple through time and space, affecting the Enterprise crew with moments of deja vu, where interactions suddenly repeat themselves. Manheim, dying, is beamed aboard with his wife Jenice, and it is left to Data, least confused during distortions, to close the portal Manheim has opened. For Picard, however, the encounter with the Manheims is a personal challenge, for Jenice was once the love of his life that forced him to choose between her and his career in Starfleet. That he chose the latter does not change the love he once had for her and the emotions he feels at seeing her again.—garykmcd
- Puzzled, the Enterprise follows an enigmatic trail of relay-based distress messages left behind by the vessel of reputed time-space-continuum researcher Dr. Paul Manheim (Rod Loomis), who dropped from sight years ago during his last experiment on non-linear time. His latest trial goes terribly wrong, causing a time-distorting ripple to spread from a binary star system of Vendor. One of stars in the binary star system is a pulsar.
As Picard follows Manheim's signals, Deanna can sense Picard is very emotional about this topic. Jean-Luc Picard is largely focused on Paul's younger wife Jenice (Michelle Phillips), once Jean-Luc's fiance, whom he dumped in Paris for his Starfleet dream. Jenice and Picard were supposed to meet at a cafe in Paris to elope. But Picard decided to pursue his career and never showed up. This is one of the main reasons why Picard never married and doesn't have a family. He still pines for Jenice.
From a Planetoid in Vandor, the enterprise beams up Paul and his wife Jenice. Paul is convulsing and is unable to talk. Both are beamed directly to sick bay for urgent medical attention. Jenice tells Picard that Paul tried for 2 years to find a system like Vandor (a Planetoid around a binary star) to conduct his experiment. Data reckons Paul was looking for a system in which he could access the dense gravity of the pulsar. His experiment was to prove the non-linear nature of time, which in his view, would open a window into the other infinite dimensions that he believed existed. Jenice also says that Paul suspected that something could go wrong with his experiments. So, he erected a force field around the Planetoid and always kept Jenice in a safe room right before the experiment. Jenice also says that Paul erected an elaborate set of security procedures around the lab to keep intruders away.
Data scans the Planetoid and finds an immense source of energy, near to Manheim's lab. Jenice says a 2nd lab on the Planetoid was destroyed in an experiment several weeks ago. Data says Manhiem may have developed a method to harness the energy from the Pulsar.
Paul gets better. He is still in pain and says his body is straddling 2 dimensions at the same time and he is unable to focus his mind and admits to using the pulsar's energy to open a window into another dimension. He learns that the effect is not isolated on the Planetoid and is spreading fast throughout the galaxy. To prevent the galaxy being ripped open, the process must be reversed, although gravely (maybe fatally) injured Manheim can only give unreliable instructions to Data. Paul gives them the right coordinates to beam down safely into the lab, and the codes to bypass the security system.
Jenice meets Picard privately and demands to know why he didn't meet her that day in Paris. Picard admits that he was afraid. She waited all day and wondered for many years on what might have been. Jenice knows that Picard left as he felt that life with her would have made him ordinary.
Deanna speaks to Beverly who is secretly in love with Picard and can't compete with his ex-flame. Picard orders Data to beam down alone, as he is not impacted by the effects of time distortion, as he is an android. Using Paul's instructions, Data beams down to the Planetoid and bypasses his security systems to gain entry to Paul's lab. He adds a precise amount of antimatter to the time distortion, when the next one occurs, to close the rip in space-time Continuum. Paul recovers in the sick bay and decides to go back to his lab to continue his work.
Picard completes his date with Jenice at the cafe in Paris, using the Holodeck. He says a proper goodbye.
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