Riker can’t sleep. You can tell because his hair looks messed up. Even worse, he’s late for meetings, probably the worst thing you can do on board the Enterprise. He could end up on Voyager for that kind of performance. But he’s not the only one. Multiple crew members are experiencing lost time, including Data, and they’re also getting feelings of dread when they see scissors and shiny surfaces. Deanna puts all her training to work and brings together all affected on the holodeck to recreate their experience. Turns out they all remember was a table with some arms, a light and some unpleasant noises. It seems like they’ve all been to the dentist. Could they all be the victims of alien abductions? And they’ve been doing weird experiments, maybe with probes. Look, it was in the air, The X-Files came out the next year. Noticing that other crew members are missing, apparently that’s not automated, Riker takes a stimulant to stay awake so he can face his captors next time he’s kidnapped. Oh, there’s also a weird wobbly space hole showing up in one of the cargo bays. They’re probably related. I’m not sure, I fell asleep.

Listen to more season 6 episodes

• Time’s Arrow
• Realm of Fear
• Man of the People
• Relics

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