In the Taelon mother ship laboratory, technician Peter Bellamy (Jonathan Whittaker) worked to extract DNA from an alien subject. On another level of the space craft, Zo'or (Anita La Selva) and Da'an (Leni Parker) argued about Da'an's current bioengineering experiment to accelerate human evolution. Zo'or told Da'an he'd fight this project to the end, but Zo'or was actually sabotaging the results by tainting Da'an's serum with the alien's DNA. Back in the lab, the alien subject suddenly awoke from sedation and began to wreak havoc. The Taelons flooded the lab with anesthetic gas and order was restored long enough for Agent Ron Sandoval (Von Flores) to warn Bellamy that he must carry through Zo'or's plan.

Da'an met Dr. Belman (Majel Roddenberry) and her scientist daughter, Joyce (Polly Shannon), at a genetic research facility where they would introduce their experiment to an eager public. The team first talked about miraculous Taelon regenerative abilities. Next, they brought "Max," a severely injured chimp, to the stage and, following an injection of Da'an's Taelon serum, demonstrated how the primate was able to regenerate his damaged organs.

Meanwhile, as Dr. Belman announced to the ecstatic audience that they were awaiting Presidential sanction for the procedure to be used on humans, U.N. Secretary to Taelon/Human Relations Joshua Doors (William De Vry) told President Daniel Thompson (Barry Flatman) that he'd fight his approval of the experiments to the bitter end. When the President refused to take his threat seriously, Joshua resigned his position, telling him he'd manage the campaign of another presidential contender.

In the Texas research facility, Major Liam Kincaid (Robert Leeshock) introduced himself to Dr. Joyce Belman as the enthusiastic audience surrounded her mother, barraging her with questions. Joyce told Liam that her mother had been blocking her involvement with the project, despite her scientific qualifications. It became clear that while Joyce was eager to try the experiment on a human subject, Dr. Belman was not. When Da'an informed Dr. Belman that Zo'or was trying to block the project and pushed her to try the serum on a human subject, she refused, widening the chasm between mother and daughter.

Back in his cage at the animal testing facility, Max became increasingly violent. Unbeknownst to Dr. Belman, Max was injected with the tainted serum, causing his unexpected behavior.

Joyce, determined to prove herself to her mother and her Taelon superiors, sneaked into the lab, cut open her arm, and injected herself with the same serum. She was flooded with powerful sensations and watched, amazed, as she healed herself.

Marquette (Lisa Howard) joined Dr. Belman to check on the ape's condition. Dr. Belman told her that Joyce didn't report back to the lab, so she didn't know about the setback with Max. Meanwhile, Joyce revisited a childhood haunt which held beautiful memories of happy times with her mother. Liam, responding to her invitation to join her, noticed her changed appearance. She admitted injecting herself with the Taelon genetic accelerant. At first, Joyce refused Liam's request to go back with him to the lab, but she finally gave in. When Dr. Belman tried to convince her daughter to submit to testing, Joyce told her she knew all about her Liberation activities because the alien DNA had given her acute psychic powers. Sandoval arrived and took Joyce to Zo'or for questioning.

Joshua Doors held a press conference where he announced that his father, Liberation leader Jonathan Doors (David Hemblen), would run for president. Hearing the announcement which was supposedly made on his behalf, Doors was aghast, but Lili and Augur (Richard Chevolleau) advised him to consider the option. Back on board the mothership, Zo'or and Sandoval grilled Joyce about the effects of the alien DNA, but Joyce's powers had grown far beyond those of the Taelons, and she escaped. Sandoval pursued Joyce and tried to shoot her with his skrill, but she was immune to its blasts, allowing her to take Zo'or and the ship hostage. In fact, Joyce had cut off all power to the mothership, intent on sending it crashing to Earth, eliminating all human and Taelon life. Da'an and Liam tried to reason with her, but she had destroyed the ship's interdimensional drive, putting it on a collision course with oblivion.

Liam met with Da'an in an attempt to understand Joyce's transformation. Da'an told Liam that the Taelons and Jaridians used to be one race, but split apart on different evolutionary paths. Joyce now held all the vital DNA components of both races, making her a formidable adversary. Now she wanted to "join" with Liam to make a new race. At first he refused, but then realized that he might be able to kill her desire to destroy the world if he does "join" with her, thereby reminding her of her humanity. Lili, who was on the mother ship, contacted Augur in the hope that he could repair the interdimensional drive unit. Seconds before the ship would crash into Earth, Lili and Augur's efforts succeeded, and the mothership veered off into interdimensional flight. Liam and Joyce ended their "joining" and Joyce emerged free of her malevolence, a newly sensitive being. With disaster averted, Joyce returned to the animal research facility and took Max's head in her hands, healing him. Then Joyce reconciled with her mother before disappearing into interdimensional space. That same night, Jonathan Doors accepted his son's challenge to run for President.

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