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She decides to take Dr. Reyga's shuttle into the star herself. Picard urges her to come back, but to no avail even as the temperature rises. The shield works. Crusher tells Picard that one of the three remaining scientists must be the murderer.
 
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Communucations drop. In the shuttle, Jo'Bril emerges from his hiding place, and tells Dr. Crusher that his species is able to control their metabolic function to the point where they can simulate death. Crusher realizes he heard all her plans when he was in Sick Bay. He admits that the metaphasic shield is a reality, and that he plans to simulate a warp core breach in the shuttle, wait until the ''Enterprise'' leaves (as its sensors cannot penetrate the star's coronasphere), and then take her and the shuttle back to his homeworld, where he will perfect the technique and sell it as his own for a weapon.
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Communications drop. In the shuttle, Jo'Bril emerges from his hiding place, and tells Dr. Crusher that his species is able to control their metabolic function to the point where they can simulate death. Crusher realizes he heard all her plans when he was in Sick Bay. He admits that the metaphasic shield is a reality, and that he plans to simulate a warp core breach in the shuttle, wait until the ''Enterprise'' leaves (as its sensors cannot penetrate the star's coronasphere), and then take her and the shuttle back to his homeworld, where he will perfect the technique and sell it as his own for a weapon.
   
 
Crusher then engages him in hand-to-hand combat over a phaser. Dr. Crusher's defense skills prove superior to Jo'Bril's, as she delivers a painful kick, causing him to fall down. After Jo'Bril is down, Beverly grabs the phaser. She then blows a hole in Jo'Bril's torso with the phaser, and to her shock this doesn't slow him down at all, only serving to annoy him. She finally has to completely vaporize Jo'Bril in order to defeat him.
 
Crusher then engages him in hand-to-hand combat over a phaser. Dr. Crusher's defense skills prove superior to Jo'Bril's, as she delivers a painful kick, causing him to fall down. After Jo'Bril is down, Beverly grabs the phaser. She then blows a hole in Jo'Bril's torso with the phaser, and to her shock this doesn't slow him down at all, only serving to annoy him. She finally has to completely vaporize Jo'Bril in order to defeat him.
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Dr. Crusher violates Starfleet regulations and medical ethics when she investigates the death of a Ferengi scientist.

Summary

T'Pan and Christopher

Dr. T'Pan and Dr. Christopher

Guinan visits Dr. Crusher in her quarters, complaining of tennis elbow. Crusher breaks the news that she is no longer a doctor on the ship and will be facing a court martial.

A Ferengi scientist, Dr. Reyga, has created a metaphasic shielding technique, but his unorthodox methods have left most scientists in the field ignoring his work. Dr. Crusher decided to play "scientific diplomat" and invite other scientists in the field to come to the USS Enterprise-D and view a demonstration of the doctor's prototype. A shuttle is to be fitted with Dr. Reyga's shield and flown into a nearby star. As they are all skeptical, they decide that someone other than the Ferengi should pilot the shuttle. Jo'Bril volunteers.

At the test flight, they all watch from the bridge as Jo'Bril enters the star. Everything seems to be going as planned until suddenly Jo'Bril becomes short of breath, and barely pilots the shuttle out of the star before dying. Everyone considers Reyga a failure, but he cannot accept that something went wrong. No one can find any trouble with the shuttlecraft. Also, Dr. Crusher cannot determine the cause of Jo'Bril's death. In fact, she cannot understand his physiology at all, especially why his cells seem to be decaying at such a slow rate. However, he is judged dead. Reyga pleads with the other scientists to allow him a second test. Dr. Crusher refuses, but he seems determined to prove himself. A few hours later, he is found dead from a plasma discharge. It is judged a suicide by Worf, but Beverly is incredulous.

Jo'Bril shot

Dr. Jo'Bril is shot and killed by Dr. Crusher

Dr. Crusher discusses how unusual this seems with Captain Picard. She is determined to perform an autopsy, but the captain informs her that it is out of the question, as the family insists the body not be desecrated before they can perform the Ferengi death ritual. Frustrated, Dr. Crusher decides to perform an investigation. She confronts Christopher and T'Pan, and Christopher becomes incensed. Eventually, he mentions that Kurak and Reyga had a fiery argument. Dr. Crusher then confronts the Klingon scientist, much to her own peril. As she determines Kurak also did not murder Reyga, she finds herself stumped. Knowing she will be disobeying a direct order, she performs an autopsy on Reyga... and finds nothing. She informs Picard, who is extremely disappointed. Picard has no choice but to relieve her from duty.

Guinan encourages Dr. Crusher to continue her investigation, as she has nothing left to lose. After a brief interlude with William T. Riker, urging Beverly to not do anything stupid, she returns to Sick Bay and does an additional examination of Jo'Bril's body, discovering tetrion particles. it's not conclusive evidence, but it does indicate there may have been sabotage of the multiphasic shield.

She decides to take Dr. Reyga's shuttle into the star herself. Picard urges her to come back, but to no avail even as the temperature rises. The shield works. Crusher tells Picard that one of the three remaining scientists must be the murderer.

Communications drop. In the shuttle, Jo'Bril emerges from his hiding place, and tells Dr. Crusher that his species is able to control their metabolic function to the point where they can simulate death. Crusher realizes he heard all her plans when he was in Sick Bay. He admits that the metaphasic shield is a reality, and that he plans to simulate a warp core breach in the shuttle, wait until the Enterprise leaves (as its sensors cannot penetrate the star's coronasphere), and then take her and the shuttle back to his homeworld, where he will perfect the technique and sell it as his own for a weapon.

Crusher then engages him in hand-to-hand combat over a phaser. Dr. Crusher's defense skills prove superior to Jo'Bril's, as she delivers a painful kick, causing him to fall down. After Jo'Bril is down, Beverly grabs the phaser. She then blows a hole in Jo'Bril's torso with the phaser, and to her shock this doesn't slow him down at all, only serving to annoy him. She finally has to completely vaporize Jo'Bril in order to defeat him.

On board the Enterprise they are beginning a search for shuttle debris when the shuttle emerges from the star's corona and Dr. Crusher tells them she finally has the answers.

She returns to the ship, where she is reinstated to active duty (so presumably the court martial has been cancelled). She replicates the latest design in tennis racket and gives it to Guinan so she will never get tennis elbow again – but Guinan admits she has never played tennis.

Memorable Quotes

"Well, you better go to sickbay. I think Dr. Selar's on duty."
"I don't want to see Dr. Selar, I always see you. I'm very particular about my doctors."
"Well, you better get a new one because I'm not a doctor on this ship anymore."

- Crusher to Guinan after she comes to her quarters complaining of tennis elbow


"I can hear Admiral Brooks now telling me how I've disgraced Starfleet Medical. Then, a leisurely day and a half before the formal inquiry begins and my career ends."
"Beverly... my elbow."

- Crusher on how her career is finished while Guinan asks to be looked at


"You know, I've never been to a formal inquiry."
"Well, I'll see if I can arrange one for you. All you have to do is disobey orders, violate medical ethics and cause an interstellar incident."
"Well, I guess that would do it."

- Guinan and Crusher


"I saw... the sun!"

- Dr. Jo'Bril, saying his "last" words


"I don't want you to get involved in this."
 "Is that an order, doctor?"
"Yes!"
"Too bad you're not my boss anymore."

- Beverly Crusher and Alyssa Ogawa


"Thank you, doctor. This looks like a great racket but, uh... I don't play tennis. Never have."

- Guinan, when Crusher gives her a racket guaranteed not to cause tennis elbow (last lines; also Guinan's last lines in the series)

Background Information

Production

  • First UK airdate: 6 December 1995

Continuity

  • This episode marks the final appearance of Guinan on the series, though she remains on the Enterprise-D. She plays an integral role in Star Trek Generations, and has an appearance in Star Trek Nemesis.
  • The metaphasic shield technology would later be used by the Enterprise-D under the command of Dr. Crusher in "Descent, Part II" to combat the Borg. James Horan also guest starred in that episode, but as an Enterprise-D crewmember.
  • In this episode it is stated that the Ferengi is to be buried after death. On Star Trek: Deep Space Nine a different death ritual for the Grand Nagus of the Ferengi is shown. Since the Deep Space 9 episode refers specifically to Ferengi "of his stature," it may be that burial applied to the Ferengi scientist in this episode because as a disgraced failure, there would be no interest in his remains.
  • Stock footage from the fourth season episode "Final Mission" is used including Mary Kohnert as Ensign Tess Allenby.

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Starring

Also starring

Guest stars

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Special guest star

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Uncredited co-stars

Stunt doubles

Stand-ins

References

Altine Conference; autonomic functions scan; baryon; Board of inquiry; Brooks; Celsius; Earth; Ferengi; Ferengi death ritual; formal inquiry; Galaxy-class; Justman; kelvin; medical tricorder; metaphasic shield; A Midsummer Night's Dream; Mintakan tapestry; morgue; painting; phased ionic pulse; plasma infuser; rad; science lab; science station; Selar; sextant; sickbay; Starbase 23; Starfleet Medical; subspace morphology; Takara; Takaran; tennis; tennis elbow; tennis racket; tetryon; tetryon radiation; type 6 shuttlecraft; Vaytan; Vulcan Science Academy

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