Stardate 49195.5: Jadzia is informed by Sisko of a Trill science team that will be arriving shortly on the station to attempt the creation of an artificial wormhole. One of the science team members is Lenara Kahn, a joined host whose symbiont had in a former host been married to Torias Dax.

Stardate: Unknown Entering a possible dangerous area of space because of the Bothan race who control it, Captain Janeway begins to succumb to exhaustion. On the Doctor's orders, she takes some time off to play out more of her holosuite novel. Upon exiting and handling a first contact meeting with a Bothan, she begins to see the characters in her program around the ship.

Gabrielle fools around with an ancient scroll and releases three Titans from centuries of captivity. Once again, Xena must save a village from destruction. Gabrielle also finds time for love.

C.J. returns from France without Matt. She, Stephanie and Caroline are training some Junior Lifeguards. In order to improve the girls' lifeguard skills, they separate them from the boys. During an exercise where the girls are supposed to rescue a dummy, they get distracted by the boys instead and no one even notices the dummy who sinks to the bottom of the ocean. Then they decide that the only way to teach the girls teamwork, is to take them to Catalina. Unfortunately for them, Neely invite herself and C.J. and Caroline become furious. But the two of them decide to give Neely a chance.

A truck crashes through the studio window, so the team accompanies Murphy back to her alma mater where she is receiving an honorary doctorate. However, the students in the women's studies program she helped establish think she is out of touch with women in the '90s.

Mr. Bean goes to the hospital to have a tea kettle removed from his hand, and while trying to get in faster ends up with him getting in much later. Afterwards, he decorates a British guard so that he can take a picture. After he has insomnia, Mr. Bean finally finds the solution and falls asleep.