Stardate 43421.9 The Enterprise investigates a destroyed research facility. The researchers have been knocked out with phaser blasts and the lab has been ransacked of all valuable items. Evidence suggests the raiders are the Gatherers, a space-faring group of Acamarians who left their home world, Acamar 3, almost a century ago, over clan disputes.

The Phoenix Foundation purchase of a Nazi art treasure leads Mac to a concentration camp survivor who claims family ownership of the painting and an 'Aryan nation' group actively working to create their own country.

Whizzer comes face-to-face with ALF when he searches for Dorothy at the Tanners.

Hanson and Penhall investigate the murder of a high school teacher's wife and discover that the teacher hired one of his students to kill her.

The staff plans a surprise roast for Jim on his 25th anniversary at the network, he tells Murphy before the event that he "couldn't handle a chance meeting with anyone I know".

Lister and Rimmer crash land on a iccy planet, the supplys are low there is no food and no heat, they will have to wait for rescue.