The Enterprise responds to a distress call from a colony on Rana IV. A man and his wife, Kevin and Rishon Uxbridge, are the sole survivors of a planetary massacre by the Husnak. The man turns out to be a Douwd, a super-being disguised as a human and causes Troi to hear loud, unbearable music in order to prevent her from discovering who he is.

John Anderson (Kevin Uxbridge)
Anne Haney (Rishon Uxbridge)