Captain's Holiday

"Captain's Holiday"
Star Trek: The Next Generation episode
Episode no. Season 3
Episode 19
Directed by Chip Chalmers
Written by Ira Steven Behr
Featured music Dennis McCarthy
Cinematography by Marvin Rush
Production code 167
Original air date April 2, 1990 (1990-04-02)
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"Captain's Holiday" is the 19th episode of the third season of the syndicated American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, and the 67th episode of the series overall.

Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the Federation starship USS Enterprise-D. In this episode, Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) is talked into taking shore leave on the resort planet of Risa, where he finds himself drawn into an archeological adventure with a woman of questionable ethics ("Vash" portrayed by Jennifer Hetrick) and pursued by a nefarious Ferengi (Max Grodénchik).

Plot

Captain Picard takes a vacation at Risa, a pleasure planet and is kissed by a woman he has never met.

Picard relaxs with a book, but is interrupted by Sovak, a Ferengi, and Vash, the woman who kissed Picard. Sovak accuses Picard of conspiring with Vash, who has stolen an optical disc. Picard has no interest in the quarrel, leaves and Vash puts the optical disc in Picard's pocket.

Picard is confronted by two aliens who identify themselves as Vorgons and time travelers from the 27th century, searching for an object called the Tox Uthat. The Uthat is a powerful weapon, and the scientist who invented it traveled back in time to hide it. The records show that Picard will locate this object on Risa.

The Vorgons leave, and Picard discovers the disc. He confronts Vash and she claims the disc was given to her for safekeeping by an archaeologist who had discovered the location of the Uthat. She hid the disc to prevent it from falling into Sovak's hands.

Picard and Vash use the information on the disc to determine the Uthat's hiding place. After Vash confesses to Picard that she was paid by Sovak to find the Uthat but double-crossed them, the two discover a deep attraction and give in to passion.

They arrive at the location where the Uthat is buried. The Vorgons appear to intercept the weapon. With Sovak holding a gun on them, Vash and Picard excavate the site but do not find the Uthat. The Vorgons vanish, and Vash and Picard return to town.

The next day, Vash attempts to sneak away from the resort, but Picard intercepts her. He has realized that Vash already has the Uthat. Her plan all along was to create a ruse that would fool Sovak into thinking the Uthat was lost.

The Vorgons reappear demanding the Uthat, and Vash reveals to Picard that the Vorgons are the people who originally tried to steal the weapon from its inventor in the future. Picard grabs the Uthat and clicks his communicator. The Enterprise is already in orbit, and he orders Riker to use the transporter to destroy it.

The disappointed Vorgons reveal that Picard has acted just as their records said by destroying the Uthat, and they admit defeat and leave. Vash kisses Picard goodbye.

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