Stardate: 49548.7 Voyager attempts to avoid a Vidiian attack by entering a plasma cloud. Upon leaving the plasma cloud, strange and disturbing events occur among the crew, related to their time in the cloud.
Stephanie wants to participate in the annual lifeguard sailing regatta. But she has no one to do it with. Therefore she is recruiting lifeguards for the job. She ends up with a crew that consists of her, Caroline, Cody, Neely and Newmie. The Baywatch team is competing against South Bay. The Captain there is Kurt Daniels, Neely's old boyfriend. In order to make the competition more exciting, Neely and Kurt make a side bet. If Baywatch wins, Kurt will be Neely's slave for one day, and if South Bay wins Neely will be Kurt's slave for one day.