Commander Riker goes undercover to help a Federation team escape a planet with a government in turmoil. This type of mission usually doesn’t work out so well for him.

Before we get to any mission stuff, Riker is rehearsing for Bev’s play called Frame of Mind. Then he lives out the play. When does this start? What is real and what is in his mind? We don’t really know because it’s not explained.

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