Stardate not given: Lewis Zimmerman, creator of the EMH, is terminally ill. The Doctor, informed by Reginald Barclay, however, thinks that he might have a cure for him. He is transferred to Jupiter Station, but Zimmerman refuses all help, least of all from an outdated hologram EMH-1, since there is already an EMH-4. Barclay and Troi devise a plan to render the Doctor's program unstable, so that Zimmerman has to repair it and may agree to be treated himself. They succeed, and after the treatment Zimmerman is likely to recover.

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