Don and his team race against time to find and free an artist abducted by ruthless counterfeiters to work on their illegal project, fearing that she will be killed once she has outlived her usefulness.
Don must re-open one of his old cases when a man under investigation for stock fraud is found strangled in his home in a manner reminiscent of the earlier case.
The Enterprise arrives at EXO-III to learn the fate of Nurse Chapel's fiancé.
While investigating the destruction of four outposts along the neutral zone, the Enterprise plays a game of cat-and-mouse with a Romulan warbird.
Kirk discovers a Garden of Eden where life seems idyllic, but where the innocent inhabitants slavishly follow Vaal, the ruler.