“The High Ground”
“The High Ground” During a humanitarian mission on the nonaligned world Rutia IV, Beverly is taken hostage by the terrorist Kyril Finn who is fighting for the independence of his people, the Ansata. They are using an untraceable dimension-shift transporter, whose secondary effect is that it gradually breaks down body chemistry the more often it is used. Finn wants to involve the Federation into the conflict at any cost, and he plants a bomb on the Enterprise which is deactivated by Geordi in time. The terrorists manage to leave with Picard as a second hostage. Data and Wes locate the Ansata underground base, and the hostages are freed. Rutian security chief Alexana Devos kills Finn just as he’s about to shoot the captain - and she is not a bit sorry about it for he’s better dead than in prison. summary by Ex-Astris-Scientia
Uhm… a complicated plot. But I liked it how Beverly was tyring to be courageous.
On a more serious note, I believe it’s a very up-to-date episode, since it deals with more than just some imaginary aliens. This one is about terrorism in general. How come that for so many people their own beliefs, their own way of life, can mean more than innocent lives of others? What God can teach this? What human can believe this? Stop the world, please. I want out!