Stardate 58053.9: The Cerritos is escorting a Doopler delegate to a trade conference on Starbase 25. Dooplers tend to duplicate when they feel embarrassed, but so far the crew could prevent this from happening, by being exceedingly courteous. Unfortunately, when the delegate overhears Captain Freeman talking about him, he duplicates after all and sets a process in motion, which exponentially produces new embarrassed Dooplers. While stacking cargo boxes, Mariner and Boimler muse about how cool it would be to go to the legendary after-party of the Command Conference on Starbase 25, but there is no chance for the crew of a California-class ship. On the other hand, Boimler could pose as his transporter twin William from the Titan. So the two take advantage of the chaos on the Cerritos and beam over to the station. On Starbase 25, however, Mariner has some unfinished business with a Mizarian named Malvus. Malvus agrees to reveal the location of the party, in exchange for Mariner and Boimler transporting some merchandise - Lt. Cmdr. Data bubble bath bottles. However, Malvus hides Klingon disruptors underneath the bubble bath bottles. When their vehicle is stopped by station security, Mariner speeds up, and a chase through the whole station ensues. After the two have finally arrived at the party, the bouncer only admits "William" Boimler. The ensign is bored without his friend, leaves the party and joins Mariner in an old bar. The bartender cheers the two up, mentioning that no one else but Kirk and Spock once visited the bar and carved their names into the counter. On the Cerritos, Tendi and Rutherford barely escape the duplicating Dooplers through an escape hatch, although this means sacrificing their scale model of the Cerritos. Captain Freeman finally finds out that angered Dooplers would recombine. She orders the crew to insult the guests and thereby saves the ship. On Starbase 25, she and her senior officers are not allowed to join the party either, and so they end up in the bar with Boimler and Mariner. But Freeman beams the Doopler delegate to the snobbish party where the inevitable happens all over again...

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