![]() ![]() Kurn is in fact Worf's younger brother, who applied for service on the Enterprise-D specifically to meet him. ![]() When an enraged Worf demands to know what Kurn is up to, Kurn reveals the truth - he deliberately mocked him in order to see if his reaction would be a righteous Klingon anger, testing whether Word was truly Klingon at heart. He lavishes praise on Worf for ever action he performs, no matter how minor, to such an extent that it is clearly intended as mockery. However, Kurn takes a very different attitude with Worf. Commander Kurn's command style is highly demanding of the crew and extremely brusque - when Riker offers to help Kurn assimilate Starfleet protocols and points out that the ship is not a Klingon, the Klingon offhandedly informs him that had it been one, he would have killed Riker for his offer. PlotlineAs part of the Federation-Klingon officer exchange program which Riker once participated in, a Klingon officer arrives on the Enterprise-D to serve a stint as first officer of the ship. It was really a pivotal moment looking back on how we structured Next Generation." All the Worf stories spring from that moment, and also opened up the whole franchise to the idea that maybe we can do continuing stories. And that's why we eventually came back to 'Reunion' and 'Redemption' and on and on and on. as soon as Worf walks out the door with his dishonour it demands a follow-up. "What that did to the franchise overall was it suddenly said there's a continuing story here. Ron Moore would later remark that this episode marked a fundamental shift in the way Star Trek was made, introducing long-running story arcs that would span episodes and even different spin-off series. Richard James won an Emmy award for best art direction for the design of the Klingon Great Hall and other sets in the episode. It would also lay the first seeds of the Klingon Civil War. It was Tony Todd's first appearance in Trek, and the first appearance of Worf's brother Kurn. The first to feature the Duras family, who would be occasional enemies in both TNG and DS9 and even on into the movie Generations and then Enterprise. It was Trek episode to show us the Klingon home world. Why on Earth wouldn't a Klingon assassin stab him a bunch more times to make sure the job was done? ![]() We've been told over and over that Klingons have amazing powers to recover from physical injury, which is just what Kurn does here. So when Duras has a couple of thugs try to murder Kurn, they stab him in the stomach and then just leave him lying there. both Wesley and Data think that it's acceptable to have a little chat whilst the first officer is giving a speech to the bridge crew? Really? Shutting up and listening whilst a senior officer speaks is basic politeness even in Starfleet! I know the intention is to show that the crew is used to a more relaxed atmosphere, but still. Rather, it is governed by the Chancellor. ![]() Kahlest declared that "Mogh was loyal to the Emperor!" What Emperor would that be? We've since discovered in the episode "Rightful Heir" that there is no Emperor in the Klingon Empire, and hasn't been for centuries. It's a minor thing, but Picard orders the ship to head for "the first city of the Klingon Imperial Empire." Isn't "Imperial Empire" rather redundant? it's as if he thinks somebody is watching or something! Who is he translating it for, exactly? Not Worf, not himself. When Picard accepts Worf's offer to become his cha'DIch, Picard accepts by speaking in Klingon, then translates it into English. ![]()
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