Quinn has asked Remmick to observe the crew, which naturally makes everyone very uncomfortable. They’re all feeling a bit put out, especially Riker, because no-one will explain what’s wrong and why they’re being investigated. Remmick is given permission to interrogate every member of the Enterprise crew, but mercifully we only see him interviewing the bridge staff – mainly asking questions that make the previous episodes sound twice as insane as when we were watching them.

“So you’re saying the Captain merged his consciousness with an alien energy being and transported his mind into a space cloud, but you managed saved his life when he put a ‘P’ on your control panels to indicate that he had successfully hidden in the computer?””Oh sure, it sounds crazy when you say it like that.”

After struggling through his first set of exams, Wesley goes and stands in an empty holodeck until Worf walks in on him. He’s worried about the psych test, which confronts you with your greatest fear! Whatever that is. Worf gives Wesley a pep talk, Klingon-style, before ending with the very unhelpful revelation that he was has not yet overcome the enemy within. Er, great. Really useful advice.

On the bridge, Yar detects an unauthorised shuttle launch. It’s Wesley’s friend, Jake, who we learnt missed out on his Starfleet Academy exam earlier in the episode. He plans to run away and join the circus or something, but about three seconds after launching he manages to cripple the shuttle’s propulsion and enter a freefall towards the planet. (On balance, they were probably right not to let him try the exam.) Apparently he’s out of tractor beam AND transporter range, so Picard talks him through a dangerous manoeuvre. Which succeeds! Everyone is impressed, even Remmick.

Back on the planet, Wesley demonstrates his brilliance multiple times – defusing a potentially difficult situation between him, Mordock and an alien crewman using his superior knowledge of alien cultures, helping out Mordock during a difficult test and acing a psych test after seeing Mordock left a quivering wreck by his. It’s only right, then, that Mordock is declared the victor. Everyone else, including Wesley, is invited to reapply next year.