Remember Me ( episode ) Following an anomaly in a warp bubble experiment , Dr . Crusher finds that crewmembers are beginning to disappear , while she is the only one who seems to notice . Summary . Teaser . When Dr . Quaice , an elderly man , is beam ed aboard by Chief O ' Brien , he and Dr . Crusher begin talking about his life . Dr . Quaice ' s wife has died recently , so he is giving up his post in Starfleet and retiring . He tells Dr . Crusher that the worst part of growing old is that all of one ' s friends , all the people from one ' s life are gone , and that one never takes the time to appreciate them in their lifetime . Dr . Crusher agrees , telling him that even though she and her late husband , Jack Crusher , only had a few years together , she feels the same way . She continues contemplating what Dr . Quaice said . Meanwhile , in engineering , an eager Ensign Wesley Crusher performs an experiment with the ship ' s warp engine s . Dr . Crusher comes to see him , standing right before the warp core . Suddenly , due to Wesley ' s experiment , there is a short flash , emitted from the warp core . Chief engineer Geordi La Forge impatiently demands to get " his " warp engines back online , as the experiment fails . Wesley returns the engines to normal control , and when he looks up to talk to his mother , she is gone . Wesley thinks that she simply walked away . The leaves Starbase 133 as scheduled . When Dr . Crusher walks to Dr . Quaice ' s quarters to visit him for breakfast , the room is empty and unused . When she asks the computer about Dr . Quaice ' s location , it claims that no Dr . Quaice is aboard the ship . Act One . Dr . Crusher calls Worf , who agrees to order a search for Dr . Quaice immediately . However , both are puzzled ; Worf , because he was not informed of Dr . Quaice ' s planned arrival by Captain Picard , and Dr . Crusher , because she thought that Worf was to be informed of the presence of all guests . Worf agrees to put together a search team for him , in case he has been injured however points out that him being injured would not explain his lack of belongings . In Captain Picard ' s ready room , a puzzled Dr . Crusher learns that there really is no Dr . Quaice aboard the ship . Furthermore , in the privacy of the ready room , Picard indicates that he was also not informed of Dr . Quaice ' s planned presence aboard ship . Dr . Crusher , astounded , protests that she had submitted her request weeks prior " and " received approval , while the two try to speculate how this could have happened . When Data checks Starfleet records , he reveals that no hint of the existence of a Dr . Dalen Quaice whatsoever . Even O ' Brien can ' t remember beaming a Dr . Quaice aboard . Act Two . Dr . Crusher decides to perform a thorough medical check on the Chief , and when she calls for Dr . Selar and Dr . , she learns that the two of them and four other medical staff have vanished . Picard asks her if they were associates of Dr . Quaice , apparently having no memory of their presence on Dr . Crusher ' s staff . Wesley Crusher , then in engineering , tells the Captain that his experiment with the warp drive may be connected with the disappearances . Even though it all doesn ' t fit together , the Captain insists that Wesley Crusher continues to examine his theory . When Dr . Crusher returns to duty in sickbay , all of her personnel have vanished , and sickbay is completely abandoned . She returns to the bridge to tell Picard , Commander Riker and Data , but they are not surprised by the news at all . Dr . Crusher asks Data if it would make any sense that she is the sole medical officer on a ship with more than 1000 people on board but he tells her that the entire crew count is 230 . Dr . Crusher talks to Picard in his ready room and she agrees to talk to Counselor Troi to see if she is mentally unstable , but asks the Captain to return the ship to Starbase 133 . He agrees to do so . Beverly returns to sickbay and attempts to work , but is distracted by a series of violet flashes and a strange noise . Curious , she turns around and is buffeted by a powerful wind that pulls the flaps of her lab coat and blows her hair forward so that it covers her face . Then before her eyes , a vortex forms , which creates a powerful vacuum . The vacuum gains in strength and sucks in objects from all over the room , until even Beverly begins to be pulled forward against her will . Beverly realizes this and attempts to stop , but she is helpless and is mere moments from being pulled in . Terrified , Beverly screams and she desperately grabs on to sickbay ' s large replicator . The winds continue to pull at the screaming Beverly , and she nearly loses her grip . However , she is able to hold on until the vortex collapses . Afterwards , the windblown Beverly walks forward and stares at where the vortex was . She then shakes her head in disbelief at what happened to her , and is left badly shaken by her ordeal . Act Three . When the senior staff meet in the observation lounge to discuss what happened , she learns that the crew now numbers 114 people . Even Lieutenant Worf has disappeared , and nobody but Dr . Crusher is aware that he ever existed , even though he has served aboard the ship for more than three years . Dr . Crusher rushes to engineering to see if her son , Wesley , has also disappeared , but he is in engineering just as he should be . Wesley asks her if everything is all right , but Beverly replies " no " for they may have very little time left . Wesley claims he ' s already spoken to Kosinski via subspace , and even he can ' t figure out what ' s happening . Wesley suggests the mysterious Traveler might be able to help them . As he and Beverly move to exit engineering , Beverly realizes that her son has also disappeared . Rushing to the bridge , Beverly is horrified to find the room empty , save for the red alert lights blinking and Captain Picard sitting in his chair . Beverly pleads with Picard to try and remember them all – Riker , his first officer , who is very good at playing poker , loves to cook and play jazz ; Deanna Troi , the counselor who loves chocolate and has a mother that makes Picard shudder ; Commander Data , the android who sits at ops who dreams to be Human and never gets the punchline of a joke ; O ' Brien ; Geordi ; Worf ; Wesley ; all of those who have been the living , breathing heart of the " Enterprise " for three years . Picard remembers none of them . Beverly realizes that this entire situation seems totally logical to the captain – the two of them roaming about the galaxy in the flagship of the Federation with no crew at all – and indeed , it is logical to Picard , who claims they ' ve never needed a crew before . Beverly orders the computer to monitor Picard ' s life sign s until he disappears , to which Picard agrees . As the computer audibly reads out his vital signs , Beverly prepares to tell Picard something she had been meaning to say for a long time , but before she can say anything , the computer stops monitoring and Picard is gone , his captain ' s chair empty . Beverly declares to herself that she won ' t forget any of them . As she stands , the sound of rushing air fills the bridge . Beverly turns towards the viewscreen to find the source as winds begin pulling the sides of her hair forward . The same vortex that appeared in the sickbay reappears in the center of the viewscreen . The vacuum increases , pulling the ops console toward it . The winds sweep Beverly off her feet and she is knocked to the ground and rapidly pulled toward the vortex , stunned . Beverly recovers and , upon realizing her situation , screams and flails desperately trying to find a grip . She is inches from being pulled into the vortex , but manages to grab onto Data ' s chair . The vacuum then pulls her horizontally , almost into the vortex . Beverly has difficulties maintaining her grip , and she is nearly pulled free . Beverly stares at the vortex in utter terror , and then turns and swings her loose arm to grab the chair and is able to hold on until it dissipates once more . The disheveled and windblown Beverly falls to the ground and stares at the vortex as it fades , and manages to pull herself up into Data ' s chair as her labcoat falls off one of her shoulders . On the other side of the disturbance , La Forge and Wesley furiously input commands into an engineering console , but before too long , Wesley notices that the warp bubble on his monitor has vanished . Believing his mother to be dead , Wesley claims that " it ' s over . " But , before he can give up hope , an unseen voice speaks " It ' s not over , Wesley . " As he looks over , Wesley is surprised and pleased to see The Traveler once again aboard the " Enterprise . " Act Four . Meanwhile , Captain Picard reports to the captain ' s log that two attempts to retrieve Dr . Crusher have failed . It is revealed that she is actually the one who has disappeared , into a parallel universe . The Traveler informs Wesley that he is the only one in the crew that can help him return his mother back to her proper reality . Back aboard the warp bubble " Enterprise " , Beverly attempts to examine the phenomenon of disappearing crewmembers as she would a disease , proceeding from the assumption that she is not insane . Though she catches the computer in several logical contradictions ( notably that she is the only crewmember , even though she doesn ' t possess the skills necessary to complete the " Enterprise " s mission ) , she doesn ' t come any closer to determining how to find any of the crew . Deciding that one of The Traveler ' s race may be able to help her , she sets course for Tau Alpha C , but immediately upon engaging , she discovers that the entire planet has disappeared . When she tells the computer to turn the view screen on , there is a mist in front of it , and the computer says it is an energy field . She knows there is nothing wrong with her and figures something is wrong with the universe . She asks the computer the nature of the universe . Surprisingly , the computer answers with specifics : it describes the universe as a spheroid region 705 meters in diameter . In the real world , the " Enterprise " has returned to Starbase 133 and Wesley , with The Traveler ' s assistance , has succeeded in recreating the warp bubble , by " seeing beyond the numbers . " However , the Traveler is disconcerted , because the warp bubble has begun to collapse . They must rescue Dr . Crusher at the right moment , or she will die . Act Five . The Traveler and Wesley begin to work on creating a gateway between the real world and the warp bubble , with both ' phasing ' in and out of real space and time ; they have less than four minutes before the bubble collapses . Beverly finally realizes that it is she that is trapped inside the warp bubble upon seeing a computer - generated visual image of the universe that looks identical to Wesley ' s experiment . As the bubble begins to collapse , destroying sections of the ship , Beverly continues to query the computer about warp bubbles , until she discovers that the vortex that she has encountered twice may be her means of escape . She decides that the vortex will probably be in engineering , since that is where Wesley would be working trying to create it . She races through the halls of the ship outrunning the collapsing warp bubble , finally arriving in engineering to the sight of the vortex . She jumps through with a few minutes to spare , and lands back in the real world engineering just as the warp bubble collapses . Wesley is exhausted from ' seeing beyond the numbers ' and collapses on the table , while Jean - Luc goes to help Beverly to her feet . Beverly sees the Traveler and asks him if he was the one who brought her back . She and Wesley hug , and just to make sure everything is okay , she asks Jean - Luc how many people are aboard the " Enterprise " . The answer of 1 , 014 , including Dr . Quaice , relieves her . Memorable quotes . " " Worf . Chief of security . [ pause ] The big guy who never smiles ? [ pause ] The Klingon ! " " " " You look wonderful ! " " " " A lie I can live with . " " " " It ' s all perfectly logical to you , isn ' t it ? The two of us roaming about the galaxy in the flagship of the Federation . No crew at all . " " " " We ' ve never needed a crew before . " " " " You wanna be the one to explain when the captain says " Engage " and we just sit here ? ! " " " " Oh , I ' m sorry . There ' s no reason to load all this , uh . . . emotional baggage on you . I usually travel light . " " " " Is she alive ? " " " " As long as she thinks she is alive , she is alive . " " " " What the hell does that mean ? " " " " If there ' s nothing wrong with me , maybe there ' s something wrong with the universe ! " " " " Are you suggesting that a bubble could have made Dr . Quaice disappear ? " " " " If this were a bad dream , would you tell me ? " " " " That is not a valid question . " " " " Like hell it ' s not ! " " " " What is the primary mission of the starship " Enterprise " ? " " " " To explore the galaxy . " " " " Do I have the necessary skills to complete that mission alone ? " " " " Negative . " " " Then why am I the only crew - member ? " ( the computer takes a moment to process and makes a strange noise ) " Aha , got you there . " " " " That information is not available . " " " " Here ' s a question you shouldn ' t be able to answer : Computer , what is the nature of the universe ? " " " " The universe is a spheroid region , 705 meters in diameter . " " " " Get me a graphic representation of the universe . " " " " My thoughts created this universe . Can they get me out of it again ? " " " " That information is not available . " " " " I ' m not talking to you ! " " " " Jean - Luc , if I may ask , how many people are there on board ? " " " " One thousand fourteen , including your guest , Dr . Quaice . " " " " Is there something wrong with that count ? " " " " No , that ' s the exact number there should be . " " Links and references . 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