Episode Star Trek: The Next Generation S7E18 · 2370

Eye of the Beholder

Eye of the Beholder
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Investigating a crew member's suicide, Troi is drawn into visions of an old murder from the ship's construction.

Counselor Troi investigates the suicide of a crew member and finds that she is experiencing strong emotional impressions from the site where he died. The vision grows and leads her to a murder, and a love affair that goes back many years. She has to find out whether the visions are real, and what they mean.
The story is a psychic mystery, with Troi using her empathic gifts to solve a case. It is a tense and atmospheric episode, and it gives Troi a chance to be the lead investigator.