Stardate: 44246.3 Before the Klingon High Chancellor K'mpec dies, his final act is to name Captain Picard the Arbiter of Succession. As a result, the responsibility of choosing his successor, either the traitorous Duras or Gowron, falls on Picard. However, the elderly chancellor was poisoned, and one of his potential successors was the one responsible.

Meanwhile, the half-human/half-Klingon ambassador K'Ehleyr returns with a surprise for Worf... their son, Alexander.

Happy birthday Geoffrey! For a gift, Will tries matchmaking, then falls for Geoffrey's date himself.

Fenton's mother accidentally shrinks the Gizmoduck suit, and the child-size suit ends up in the hands of Scrooge's nephews.

When Mac tries to claim the station wagon left to him by his late Grandpa Harry, it starts a strange chase that leads him to an ex-con with a dream of running a restaurant, a soup kitchen in need of money, and a gang of crooks out for themselves.

Avery comes to stay with Murphy when she decides it's time to "change the scenery of my existence"; Murphy suggests she gets a boyfriend. Two hours later she has a double date for herself and Murphy.