The crew visits a matriarchal society while a plague spreads aboard.
The Enterprise travels to Angel One looking for survivors of a freighter, the Odin, that crashed years earlier. The society there is run entirely by women, and men are treated as servants and decorations. Riker is warmly welcomed by the planet's leader, with ulterior motives, while Picard and the crew must work out what to do about the lost survivors.
A dangerous virus on the ship runs through the story in parallel, putting pressure on the crew to leave before they are all infected. The episode attempts to turn the tables on traditional gender roles, and it is usually remembered as a light and somewhat clumsy first-season experiment in satire. Riker's role gives the actor's character a chance at his well-known charm.