Julian notifies Captain Sisko that Chief O'Brien has been out of touch for three days. The Chief had been searching for the wife of a former Orion Syndicate member who he had helped capture ("Honor Among Thieves"). His last known location was New Sydney, where, coincidentally, Ezri's mother has quite a bit of influence since she runs a mining operation in the sector. After three years away, Ezri finally returns home to see her family and learn whatever she can about the whereabouts of O'Brien.
Xena and Gabrielle work to save a village that is being destroyed in exactly the same manner in which she destroyed another village in a battle with the Centaurs years before.
Edward's mother Beatrice is dying and knows it, despite the efforts of everyone around her to deny the fact except Dharma, who argues for honesty and gets a priceless Stradivarius as a keepsake, much to the horror of Kitty who believes it belongs in a museum - especially after everyone has heard Dharma trying to learn "Three Blind Mice" on the instrument. Then Dharma learns something very surprising: Edward and Kitty's marriage was a whirlwind courtship bitterly opposed by Beatrice, who has never forgiven her "free-thinking" daughter-in-law and refuses to pass on the family heirloom engagement ring to her. Dharma tries to help mend fences before it's too late - then tries to respect Beatrice's dying wish to pass on the ring when it is much, much too late. In a coda, Greg is more than happy to let Dharma's violin teacher borrow the Strad for a recital, then learns Dharma has taken up the trombone instead.
