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The title of this episode refers to Deanna Troi's special empathic powers, which suddenly leave her when the Enterprise is swept up in the gravitational wake of a bizarre space phenomenon. Increasingly difficult to get along with, Troi angrily resigns from her post. This comes at precisely the wrong moment, as the crew must rely upon Troi's powers to content with a giant and deadly cosmic string fragment. First broadcast on January 5, 1991, "The Loss" was cowritten by Hilary J. Bader, Allan J. Adler, and Vanessa Greene.