It was some time after the events of the first two films, about five years, during which time Superman had literally been forgotten.During a dinner invitation with their friend Edward "Hutch" Hutchins (Maurice Evans), he warns them of the apartment building""s notorious, sordid and unsavory reputation for witchcraft and cannibalism over 50 years earlier -- (and provides some of the film""s foreshadowing of what a prospective mother would fear - underlined):Are you aware that the Bramford had a rather unpleasant reputation around the turn of the century? It""s where the Trench sisters conducted their little dietary experiments.He""s planning its annihilation.And his sins will mark us and our children for generations").On board theEnterprise, Dr.Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden) explained to Picard why he had been targeted by Shinzon -- the Reman was dying of genetic degeneration and could only be restored with a complete blood transfusion from Picard ("the only donor with compatible DNA").Innocuously, Harry stands close to the couple as they join the group of spectators around the band.Another man named Paul (Michael Higgins), part of the eavesdropping team, with a hearing-aid wire and carrying a shopping bag with electronic recording devices inside a disguised gift package, also discreetly follows them to ""record"" their conversation.