Stardate: 44085.7 Data takes over control of the Enterprise, and takes the ship to his creator, Dr. Soong. This action endangers a child on Enterprise who must be quickly treated at a Starbase, or he will die from a deadly poison he ingested earlier.

Data is unaware of his actions until he meets his creator. Dr. Soong has called Data back to receive an emotion chip which will make him more human. However, in a strange twist, Lore turns up too, as he also had the recall program.

Lore finds it strange that his creator has not worked on a fix for him, and decides to take an action which will lead to great future repercussions for Data, and the crew.

Will gets a visit from an old pal named Ice Tray, who, to Vivian and Philip's dismay, warms up to Hilary.

MacGyver tries to help his teenage friend Lisa admit she has a drinking problem, but it takes a brush with the law when she's implicated in a string of home break-ins to really wake her up.