Both Lord Tardol and Captain Picard have been arrested on charges of murdering the Primarch of Raimon. Commander Riker suspects that Tardol was the killer and orders Counselor Troi to go over the recordings of the Primarch's death celebration in order to find clues in Tardol's behavior that might help to implicate him in the crime. Meanwhile, Assistant Chief Engineer James McRobb expresses his unhappiness to his wife Ingrid. He will never be a starship captain and great adventurer like his ancestors were. But Ingrid cheers him back up by telling him that he is courageous in his own way.