After Picard orders Riker to take shore leave, he and Troi head out for a romantic walk on Betazed. They kiss, but Lwaxana and her aide, Mr. Homn, suddenly arrive and join them for a picnic. This interruption is then again interrupted by Daimon Tog, who arrives bearing flowers but kidnaps all three of them when Lwaxana refuses to co-operate. Though he does leave Mr Homn.

When they awaken, they’re in a Ferengi holding cell, apparently far away from the Enterprise. Even mashing Riker’s communicator badge as hard as possible doesn’t help. Learning that they have awakened, Tog transports both Trois to the bridge, leaving their clothes behind. Because in Ferengi society, women are not allowed clothes. Luckily this is a PG-rated show, so everyone quickly covers up again. Let’s just be glad they didn’t transport Riker as well. Although I’m not sure he’d count as naked with that much hair.

Lwaxana convinces Troi that she can manipulate Tog, so he sends Deanna to the Brig, where Riker is locked in a battle of wits with the Ferengi guarding him. It’s the chessman from earlier, and when he demands a rematch, Riker uses all of his Starfleet cunning to convince his jailer to let him out of the cell then punches him in the face. Unfortunately, they can only get in touch with the Enterprise if they have Tog’s PIN number.

Lwaxana uses all of her feminine wiles to convince Tog to give her the access codes, and he’s about to crack when his second in command, Farek, stops him. Farek wants to use science to duplicate Troi’s Betazoid telepathic powers (unfortunately no-one explained that they’re just magic that do whatever the plot demands). Troi is horrified but Tog allows her to be taken away.

Knowing that the plan has failed, Riker finds a system not blocked by Tog’s codes and decides to send out a low-level signal that the Enterprise might be able to detect. It’s not quite clear why he doesn’t just storm the Ferengi, given that there only appear to be about four on the entire ship and guest stars are always terrible shots, but he must have his reasons.