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Accused of murdering a top scientist (Mark Margolis) and causing the descruction of the Botanica Four space station, Riker is tried for murder on the planet Tanuga Four, where the judges are predisposed to enter a "guilty" verdict. What follows is a Rashomon-style testimony, which at one point suggests that Riker was having an affair with the dead man's wife (Gina Hecht). Hoping to save his colleague, Captain Picard uses the Holodeck to recreate the events leading up to the crime. Ed Zuckerman wrote the script for "A Matter of Perspective," which originally aired February 17, 1990.