While Homer takes Marge out for a night on the town, the kids spot their babysitter on America’s Most Armed and Dangerous.

When his Christmas bonus is cancelled, Homer becomes a department-store Santa–and then bets his meager earnings at the track. When all seems lost, Homer and Bart save Christmas by adopting…

Stardate: 42779.1 A race known as the Pakleds kidnap Geordi La Forge. Picard must face surgery when he is left in a near-dead state.

Commander Riker participates in an officer’s exchange program which lands him an assignment on a Klingon Bird-of-Prey. Meanwhile, a Bezite ensign has trouble assimilating to the routines of the Enterprise.