Stardate: 45020.4 With the Klingon Empire embroiled in a civil war, can Picard and the Federation protect against a possible Romulan support to one of the factions in the war?

Data also finds a reluctance to his taking over as captain of one of the blockade ships among the crew of that ship he is sent to command, as part of the Federation's effort.

Will tries to juggle school and a new job in order to earn money for the homecoming party; Ashley's classmate Tina becomes interested in Carlton. Will starts becoming paranoid when he constantly is getting confused with Carlton.

Mac helps his new neighbors to rescue one of their own after she overhears two hitmen planning a job.

An underwater photographer named Linda is attacked inside a sea cave. Her boat is destroyed and her partner Walt is killed. Mitch rescues her. Because she doesn't know what attacked her, everyone think it's a sea monster. When Linda talks to Devon, another lifeguard, she can't give her any good information about what really happened down there.

Harvey is feeding off the local panic, making a small fortune selling "Creature in the bay" T-shirts. Just when things start to calm down, the situation escalates when a fishing boat catches something huge in its net, and is pulled underwater by the mysterious entity below the surface.

Gene Kinsella finds out about Murphy's pregnancy and considers the idea of taking her off the air. But Miles convinces him not to. Once that is solved, Murphy must get a quote from the president for her latest story. Frank says the only way to get this quote is jogging with him.