Data meets a woman who claims to be his creator's wife.
Data meets Dr. Juliana Tainer, a scientist who claims to be Dr. Noonien Soong's former wife and the woman who helped to create him. She tells Data about his past and about her relationship with his creator. He is moved by the meeting, and the two form a bond.
But Geordi grows suspicious that Juliana is not what she says. The story has a surprising twist, and it presents a moving examination of what it means to be family. The ending is bittersweet, and it leaves Data with a gentle sense of connection to his origins. The episode is a quiet but affecting entry in the story of the android.