Landing parties of crew from both ships beamed down to the peace conference in progress, just in time to prevent a Klingon assassination attempt upon the life of the Federation President (although the Klingon was revealed to be Colonel West with a mask); the conspirators Cartwright and Nanclus gave up and were apprehended when they realized Lieut.Disgusting.He reported the intoxicated ""Santa"" to Doris: "Your Santa Claus is intoxicated." When the ""Santa"" Claus collapsed on he float and went unconscious, Doris immediately hired the ""Santa"" look-alike as a last minute substitute and replacement: "Could you be Santa Claus? Have you had any experience?" He responded reluctantly ("I am not in the habit of substituting for spurious Santa Clauses"), but hen gladly agreed to help out: ("The children mustn""t be disappointed")." Hackett explodes with anger at Schumacher: "I""ve had it up to here with your cruddy division and its annual thirty-three million dollar deficit.Nick: Gus, I didn""t even know you knew who Picasso was.Gus: (pointing to the signature) Sure I do, says right here.Nick: (looking at the painting) Hers is bigger.At that moment, a blonde (Leilani Sarelle) descends a circular staircase from upstairs:The Woman: Are you vice?Nick: No, we""re homicide.