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A subspace relay system located near the Klingon border is found to be deserted save for a friendly, tail-thumping dog. The two crew members are gone, the shuttlecraft is absent, and signs that a murder occurred stand in their place. Searching for clues, Geordi reviews the taped personal logs of Lieutenant Aquiel Uhnari, the junior officer at the relay, which have much to say about the high-handed arrogance of her supervisor, Lieutenant Rocha, and the continual provocations of Morag, a Klingon starship commander who patrols the sector. The lead looks promising, and while Picard engages in the delicate negotiations necessary to allow a Starfleet investigation to question a Klingon officer, Geordi continues viewing Uhnari's reports and letters home, eventually (wait for it!) becoming enamored of a woman who exists only on a prerecorded video. Until, that is, an indignant Klingon governor hands over Lieutenant Uhnari to the
Enterprise. Now she's the prime suspect. Riker in particular is gunning for her, apparently because Rocha's records reveal him to be or, increasingly likely, to have been a fine young hotshot officer. Geordi, however, is not convinced; when he voices his doubts, Riker accuses him of perhaps lacking a certain objectivity regarding the situation. An episode that starts off swimmingly--the mystery is initially fairly intriguing, and Uhnari's communiqués offer a window into a boring, lonely Federation job almost unique in the series--rather quickly flounders on the shoals of bad acting, ludicrous character motivation (did Geordi learn nothing from his virtual and real encounters with Leah Brahms?), and a rather underwhelming climax that is possible only because each and every person on the ship overlooks something that's glaringly obvious to anyone watching at home.
--Bruce Reid
From the Back Cover
At a remote subspace relay station near the Klingon border, an Away Team find the apparent remains of Lieutenant Aquiel Uhnari (Renee Jones). While searching for clues to what happened, Geordi (LeVar Burton) discovers her personal log and quickly becomes infatuated.
Meanwhile, the crew surmises that her death may have been the result of a Klingon attack. When Governor Torak (Wayne Grace) arrives at the Enterprise with Aquiel in tow, she explains that her commanding officer attacked her and then abandoned the station. But when a phaser set to kill is found in the station's shuttlecraft, the crew suspects her of murder, and Riker (Jonathan Frakes) fears that Geordi's feelings may interfere with the investigation.
