The Enterprise is orbiting Relva 7, where Wesley 
is to take his entrance exams to the Academy. In 
a surprise, Picard is visited by his old friend, 
Admiral Gregory Quinn. In an even bigger 
surprise, when Quinn arrives, he is deadly 
serious and is accompanied by his aide, Lt. 
Commander Dexter Remmick, from the 
Inspector General's office, whose job is to find 
out exactly "what is wrong on this ship."
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Remmick starts his questioning with Riker, 
asking him about Picard. Riker defends Picard, 
fiercely. Meanwhile, Wes is testing with his 
competitors: Oliana Mirren, a human, T'Shanik 
of Vulcan, and Mordock, a Benzite. He is doing 
well, and is becoming good friends with 
Mordock.
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Remmick continues grilling the crew. He 
discusses the "Traveler" incident with Geordi, 
and the more recent Stargazer incident with 
Troi, calling it a mental lapse. Later, Remmick is 
on the bridge when a crisis comes up: Wes's 
friend Jake Kurland, whom he just beat to 
become the Enterprise's candidate for the 
Academy, steals a shuttle in embarrassment, 
and the shuttle becomes unbalanced, sending 
Jake towards Relva. Picard manages to save 
Jake, impressing even Remmick...for a moment.
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Wes, down on Relva again, passes a crucial test 
of knowing other species' habits, and Remmick 
continues his grilling. This time, he questions 
Worf about the virus from "The Naked Now", 
then Beverly about her personal feelings about 
Picard (which she dismisses as being irrelevant 
and none of his business), and finally Picard 
himself, about having broken the Prime 
Directive in rescuing Wesley from the Edo. 
Picard finally decides enough is enough and 
confronts Quinn, who asks Remmick to deliver 
his final report.
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Remmick is abashed to admit that he could not 
find anything wrong with the ship, or with 
Captain Picard, and Quinn dismisses him to tell 
Picard the real reason for this investigation. 
Quinn believes (with some others) that there's 
something very wrong with Starfleet, and he 
wants Picard close to him. He wants to promote 
Picard to Admiral and make him the head of 
Starfleet Academy. Picard, surprised, says he'll 
answer by that night. Meanwhile, Wes takes his 
psych test and successfully faces his greatest 
fear: having to make a decision where someone 
could die.
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Despite his high score, however, Wesley loses the 
coveted Academy place to Mordock. Depressed, 
he returns to the Enterprise, where Picard 
comforts him, confidentially mentioning that he 
failed the first time as well. Picard tells Quinn 
that he's staying on the Enterprise, and Quinn 
leaves, saying "perhaps I see 
conspiracies...everywhere."
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