Worf finds adapting to life on Deep Space Nine to be much different from that of a starship. It seems that everywhere he goes, chaos reigns supreme. In Quark's, the owner decides that the Bajoran Cleansing Ritual has cut into his profits enough to force him to cut back on the staffs' salaries. Rom tries to deal with his brother, but Quark will not listen. Forced into action, Rom decides to take Doctor Bashir's suggestion and form a union.

Stardate: 49301.2 While trying to take in a sample of a rogue comet, the crew of Voyager inadvertently beams aboard a member of the Q, who has been imprisoned in the comet by the Continuum due to his desire to commit suicide. When the Q who had pestered Captain Jean-Luc Picard for so many years materializes, Q asks for asylum on Voyager, which leads to a lengthy court hearing on this request.

Philip is miserable without Vivian so Will and Carlton play love gurus to reunite the feuding couple.

Xena enlists the help of Autolycus, the King of Thieves, in order to steal a treasure chest from a warlord and return it to its rightful owners - unless Autolycus has something to say about that.

Hulk Hogan enlists the help of Baywatch to save a youth recreation center from being closed. In a charity match, Hulk challenges fellow wrestler Ric Flair. Stephanie learns she has developed melanoma (skin cancer) from her years of working on the beach.

Jim's surprise resignation last week, impacts the future of FYI. The FYI staff convince Lansing to get him back, but that doesn't work out the way they'd hoped. Lansing makes Miller their new anchor and Jim tells everyone that he is going to head the news division for the new ICN Network. Later, Murphy and Frank go there to convince him to return, but Murphy sees that despite that fact everything is falling apart around him, he is truly enjoying himself.