Doctor Bashir learns that his medical class' valedictorian, on assignment aboard the U.S.S. Lexington, is scheduled to dock at Deep Space Nine in the next few weeks. Bashir, as the salutatorian of his class, reads up as much as he can on medical texts to make sure that he is on the same ground as his competition. Meanwhile, a trip to a Bajoran antiquities museum gives Commander Sisko the opportunity to reconstruct an eight hundred year old Bajoran space vessel.

Stardate: 48784.2 The disease-ridden Vidiians kidnap B'Elanna Torres and subject her to a series of genetic experiments in an effort to develop a cure for their wasting illness. When two versions of the engineer are created - one human, one Klingon - they work together to find a way of getting back to Voyager.

Stuck and out of luck, Will spends his bachelor party trapped in an elevator with a feuding Carlton and Jazz.

Caroline tries to help a Chinese immigrant woman stay in America after the woman escapes from an illegal refugee boat. Garner and Matt try to stop a beautiful con artist rip off beach goers when she exposes too much.

Miles begins dating Vendela, the supermodel, to make Corky jealous. Murphy relents and lets Corky help make her wedding plans, so that pizza won't be on the menu.