The Tilonians' insidious plot to drain Riker's neuro-chemicals, manifested through the asylum and its manipulations.
The Tilonians' insidious plot to drain Riker's neuro-chemicals, manifested through the asylum and its manipulations.
Events in This Arc
During a staged asylum scene in the Enterprise’s theater, Riker—playing a patient under psychological manipulation—attempts to perform his role for Data (posing as the doctor) but fractures under the weight …
In a moment of desperate clarity, Riker—still clutching the phaser he used to test his own mortality—confronts the asylum’s Administrator and Doctor Syrus after they declare Reflection Therapy a failure. …
Riker regains consciousness strapped to an examination table in a repurposed asylum cell, now revealed as a Tilonian lab. A neurochemical probe is attached to his head, confirming the reality …