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Birthright (Part 2)

The crew of the USS Enterprise-D is forced to make some difficult decisions in the thrilling conclusion of the two-part episode “Birthright.”

After responding to a distress call from a Romulan vessel, the Enterprise-D discovers a dozen survivors in suspended animation. Upon awakening them, the crew discovers the survivors are all Vulcan infant boys. One of the infants, a young Tuvok, is identified as the son of Sarek, the legendary Vulcan ambassador.

The crew then learns the Romulan vessel was carrying the infants to a planet on the edge of Romulan space called Talok 8. There, the infants were to be trained in a Romulan monastery as part of a Romulan plan to create a new generation of Vulcan/Romulan hybrid warriors.

With the infants now safe aboard the Enterprise, the crew debates what to do with them. Captain Picard believes the infants should be returned to Vulcan and reunited with their families, while Sarek believes the infants should remain on Talok 8 to complete their training as Romulan warriors.

Torn between his Vulcan and Romulan heritage, Tuvok is given a choice: to stay with the Enterprise and complete his training as a Starfleet officer, or to return to Talok 8 and complete his training as a Romulan warrior. Tuvok chooses to stay with the Enterprise, and the other infants are returned to Vulcan to be reunited with their families.

The crew then returns to Talok 8 to confront the Romulan commander, who refuses to accept the new reality of the situation. A tense stand-off ensues, during which Picard and Sarek are able to convince the commander to accept the infants’ decision to stay with the Enterprise. The crew then returns to the Enterprise and sets a course for Vulcan.

On Vulcan, the infants are reunited with their families, and Tuvok is reunited with his father. As the Enterprise crew watches, the Vulcan/Romulan hybrid warriors are born, and the fateful encounter on Talok 8 is remembered as the “Birthright” of Vulcan and Romulan culture.

Ultimately, the “Birthright” episode serves to remind viewers that one’s identity and the path one chooses in life are not predetermined. Everyone has a choice, and it is up to them to make the right decision.

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Retro Review: Birthright, Part Two

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Worf teaches Klingons being raised in a Romulan-run installation about their lost heritage as warriors.

Plot Summary: Held by Klingons in the onetime Romulan prison camp, Worf learns from L’Kor that after being captured, the Klingons asked the Romulans to allow them to remain following the Khitomer massacre to avoid dishonoring their families. The Romulan Tokath gave up a promising military career to take charge of the camp, and married a Klingon woman. Worf tries to escape, but Tokath puts a young Klingon named Toq in charge of his security. Worf tries to calm himself by performing Mok’bara, a Klingon form of martial arts, which interests the other young Klingons who allow him to teach them. Soon Ba’el – the young woman whom Worf first encountered – has joined Toq in trying to learn about her Klingon heritage. Worf tells them stories of Kahless and begins to fall in love with Ba’el, only to discover that she is half-Romulan, which disgusts him. Though angry at Worf’s prejudices, Ba’el asks Tokath, who is her father, whether she might leave the planet to visit either the Klingon or Romulan homeworlds. Tokath is dismissive, and when Toq arrives with an animal he killed on a ritual hunt, the Klingons begin to sing a warrior chant in defiance of the Romulans present. Tokath tells Worf that he must stop behaving as an agitator, to which Worf replies that he would rather die as a warrior than accept dishonor. Worf is scheduled to be executed, but first Toq, then his peers, and finally Ba’el stand in front of Worf to tell Tokath that he will have to kill all of them first. Finally Tokath agrees that Worf and any young Klingons who wish to leave the planet may do so. When the Enterprise encounters the warbird carrying them, Picard accepts Worf’s word that the rescued Klingons are crash survivors and that no one survived Khitomer.

Analysis: “Birthright, Part Two” features one of Michael Dorn’s best performances and really represents the rebirth of Klingon culture on Star Trek: The Next Generation , which will remain largely consistent throughout the run of Deep Space Nine and subsequent series and films. But there’s a price – our previous understanding of Klingon society, and of Worf’s background as a Klingon among humans. Gone is the character from the first season who wasn’t all that familiar with Klingon ritual and lore, and who shared with K’ehleyr disgust at some of the rationalizations for violence and cruelty that went on in the name of Klingon honor. Worf has gone from an outsider to a self-professed expert in Klingon behavior, and it’s not always easy to believe. Worf is horrified when he sees Toq using a Klingon weapon to till the soil and disgusted when he learns that Ba’el’s mother has allowed her weapons of war to rust. But while he may keep his bat’leth clean and practice with it on the holodeck, Worf doesn’t kill his own food or march around chanting hunting songs, either. Is his extreme reaction to the Klingons among Romulans an overreaction to his own position as a Klingon among humans? I wish there had been more introspection, more a sense of Worf working out why this means so much to him particularly once he realizes that his father was never among the survivors and his quest to reconnect with that aspect of his identity has been in vain.

Worf is largely sympathetic to the young Klingons, yet mostly expresses dismay that their elders did not commit suicide the moment they understood they could never escape the Romulans. He believes at first that he can make the young Klingons into warriors merely by teaching them of their heritage, and indeed, their transformation from peace-loving farmers to defiant rebels happens with almost absurd speed. Did he do them a favor, putting them in touch with instincts they all knew they had and couldn’t understand in this peaceful society, or did he introduce them to exactly the sorts of doubt and prejudice that Tokath said they’d done away with? Certainly the adults seem at peace with their own decision to go on living, if not delighted with the necessity of hiding among Romulans. They don’t blame the guards whom Tokath keeps around him for their plight – indeed, they invited them as the price for remaining alive and isolated in this camp. Yet we’re supposed to believe that their offspring have tapped into some primal Klingon warrior instinct that sparks anger at the Romulans yet not at the parents who made the choices that have shaped their lives. Sure, it’s an isolated, restrictive existence, but as Ba’el points out, they’ve been spared the horrors of war, they’ve never been hungry, they respect one another. It’s easy to see why the adults stopped raging against their fate.

In so many ways, Ba’el is caught in the middle. She is the daughter of the Romulan leader and also of the Klingon who seems the most angry and bitter at Worf’s reopening wounds from the past. We know that in the current reconception of the Klingons, women don’t have equal rights in the Council; was Gi’ral given an equal vote when the Klingons who survived Khitomer decided to stay in a Romulan camp? Did she love Tokath or merely accept that life with him would have certain advantages – even, perhaps, that as the wife of a Romulan, she might be treated as more of an equal than as the wife of a Klingon? And how did the other Klingons feel about her choice? We have no idea, though it appears that Ba’el is treated no differently than the other Klingon youths despite her Romulan blood by anyone but Worf. Though Ba’el is the first to ask whether she might have permission to leave, she is also the one youth who really has nowhere to go. Despite the identity of her father, the other Romulans treat her as a Klingon – she does not hang out with Tokath’s subordinates – and Worf makes it very clear that she will never be accepted by Klingons, since even he, who has feelings for her, cannot overcome his prejudices. The first time I saw this episode, I found Worf quite despicable in his scenes with her – he’s a bigot, despite the fact that his own son does not have pure Klingon blood and his mate was half-human. It’s easier to watch now, knowing that he will eventually date a Betazoid and marry a Trill, which suggests that his hatred is limited to the Romulans for their actions rather than a sense of Klingon superiority over all other races, but it’s still disturbing to see the depth of his intolerance.

For all the terrible things Worf says about the Romulans, most of which we have seen to be true – they are treacherous, deceitful, they don’t fight fair – they are also the culture that produced Toreth, Sela, the Romulan commander from whom Spock stole the cloaking device. The only really exciting Klingons produced this generation are the Duras sisters, and their good points are that they act like Romulans – self-serving, sneaky, etc. For all Worf’s praising of Klingon culture, I can’t help wanting Ba’el to choose to be more like her father – to put aside war in the service of community, to appreciate women who don’t always follow their husbands. Sure, Tokath has plenty of faults, his willingness to make a martyr of Worf being chief among them. But he doesn’t make the choice because he believes Klingons are inherently evil, which, sadly, makes him seem more enlightened than the Klingons. I wish Worf could have told Picard a bit more about his experiences, because I’d love for him to have heard Picard’s take on the situation and on letting go of the past.

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Birthright (Star Trek: The Next Generation)

16th and 17th episodes of the 6th season of star trek: the next generation / from wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, dear wikiwand ai, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:.

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" Birthright " is a story spanning the 16th and 17th episodes of the sixth season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation , the 142nd and 143rd episodes overall.

Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet crew of the Federation starship Enterprise-D . In this episode, Worf and Data both seek to know more about their fathers: Worf through visiting a world inside Romulan territory and Data through a newly discovered dream program.

In Part I, the Enterprise 1701-D visits Deep Space Nine , which was featured in the concurrently airing show set in the same science fiction universe, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine . [1] Several actors and sets from that show are featured in this Star Trek: The Next Generation episode . [1]

Star Trek: The Next Generation : "Birthright, Parts One And Two"

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"Birthright, Part 1" (season 6, episode 16, first aired: 2/20/1993)

or  The One Where An Android Does Not Dream of Electric Sheep

I'm not sure if it's a shift in the general culture, or just something unique to me, but I've never had any emotional investment in carrying on my father's legacy. I love my dad, and I would be the first to tell you he's a good man, and that he's accomplished a lot in his life to be proud of, but I don't feel any direct connection to those accomplishments. I'm ambitious, no question, and I certainly wouldn't object to either of my parents taking pride in what I do, but there's no sense that I need to achieve in order to do right by the family name. Stories about fathers nearly always revolve around a son needing to live up to his dad's expectations, or else transcend them. I've seen and read dozens of them, some good, many bad, and I've always wondered is this a theme that we repeat more because it's always been there, than because it means anything to any of us now. Maybe it's about maintaining fictional continuity, just as the son who strives to make sense of sire is trying to maintain a biological one.

Or maybe I'm just odd. Either way, the "I need to connect with my dead dad!" element of "Birthright: Part 1" didn't do a lot for me emotionally, but it's a sign how much I liked it (and it's follow-up) that this didn't really matter. As yet another two-part storyline in a season jammed full of them, "Part 1" seemingly makes the mistake that so many other part ones have made, with a plot that's heavily padded with unrelated material in order to justify the running time. But where before I've been frustrated by  TNG 's inability to make the two-part structure work, here, that clumsiness actually made for a more interesting episode than I was expecting. What we've got here isn't  really  a "part 1," despite what it says in the title. "Birthright" is more a peek into the kind of show  TNG  might've been had it been able to more fully embrace serialization. I appreciate that peek, and for the interesting ideas raised here. I can see how they wouldn't work for everyone, but it worked for me.

Ostensibly, "Birthright" is about Worf. While the  Enterprise  is visiting Deep Space Nine (leaving time for Beverly and Picard to rave about the stations recreational facilities, while Geordi complains about the food), a Yridian information trader, Jaglom Shrek (James Cromwell, no stranger to  Trek , although he isn't given much to do here), comes to Worf with an offer: he knows where Worf's father is. This enrages Worf, because as far as he knew, his father died during the attack on Khitomer, fighting the Romulans. If Worf's father is actually alive, a prisoner instead of a corpse, it will bring a shame down on the family that will reach all the way down to Alexander. Not that Alexander couldn't use a bit of shaming, just to keep him in line. So Worf threatens Jaglom, dismisses what he says as a lie, and we spend most of the rest of the episode waiting for Worf to have second thoughts. If he doesn't, it's not much of a story.

But then, an entire episode given over to Klingon doubt wouldn't be much of a story either, so while we're waiting for Worf to realize that he'd be better off having a living, shamed father, then a dead noble one, Dr. Bashir pops over from DS9 to muck about with a new toy, and Data has a dream. It's nice seeing Bashir (Alexander Siddig); as I mentioned in the comments section last week, the good doctor was a favorite character of mine when I watched  DS9  as a kid, and he's fun here. Once again, we have a terribly smart person being very interested in Data, although, as Data notes, Bashir is more interested in Data's ability to mimic humanity than he is in Data's computational skills. To Bashir, Data's hair growth and breathing is impressive, and also indicative of his creator's big goal. The android wasn't designed to be a magic robot super hero. He was designed to be alive, and that means something.

That's relevant to what happens next. Bashir is on the  Enterprise  to test out some mysterious space tech, and when Data and Geordi get involved, Data gets zapped by a bolt of energy from the machine. The energy knocks him offline, and in the thirty seconds he's out, he sees himself walking the halls of the ship, and meeting a young version of his creator, Dr. Soong (Spiner, without the make-up). The vision ends before Data can make any sense of it, but it haunts him, and while Worf is coming around to the idea of going on a dad hunt, Data is puzzling out how to handle the first seemingly irrational experience of his life. In the end, he does the logical thing, and recreates the initial exerpiment that caused him to pass out, with instructions to Geordi and Bashir to let him stay under for as long as he needs.

If you view "Part 1" as a typical first-half, it leaves something to be desired. While there's a nominal thematic connection between Worf's soul-searching about his dad, and Data's attempts to reconnect with his own father, the connection is never all that compelling, and the two storylines could easily have been relegated to different episodes. The only problem being that neither story has enough meat to it to stand on its own. Worf's arc, from learning that his dad may be alive, to rejecting this, to learning from his friends that he might have been to hasty, to going back to Jaglom, to setting out for the prison camp, isn't enough for a single episode. Nor is Data's arc. The drama for both characters is entirely internal, and there isn't much danger for either of them. (Sure, Worf decides to put himself in danger, but that doesn't happen till the second part.) Which makes it easier to dismiss this as padding, but I think it works.

The highlight here is Data's dreaming, and it's the dreaming that makes the padding easier to forgive. In order to get this story in this form, you need to have something else going on around it, and in most other cases, that would've meant some artificial conflict. At the very least, we would've had to create more artificial difficulties to keep Data from understand what was going on before the final five minutes. That would've been a shame, because the strength of these scenes lies in their efficiency. If this  is  padding, it's a sort of padding that doesn't come across as belabored or pedantic. The dream sequences are nifty, and Data's attempts to paint them show a new side to his character. And for once, Spiner's work as Soong comes across as more inspiring than unsettling. Data's self-discovery in "Part 1" represents the purest form of  TNG , exploration done for knowledge that leads to personal growth, and it's such a lovely, quiet thread that I'm willing to put up with some structural clunkiness if this is we get in trade.

Really, the biggest misstep in "Part 1" isn't something that becomes a clear mistake until the second half of Worf's story. When Worf arrives at the prison camp, he finds the situation not at all what he expected. He finds a Klingon elder, who tells him that Worf's father, Mogh, did die on Khitomer after all—and then the elder turns Worf over to the Romulan guards. Take Worf's father out of the story is a bad call, I think, but we can wait till part 2 for that. For now, let's just leave Data to his dreams, and Worf standing there with a confused expression on his face. He does those so well, don't you think?

"Birthight: Part 2" (season 6, episode 17, first aired: 2/27/1993)

or  The One Where Worf Throws a Spear Through a Hoop

And back in we go.

Here's my criticism: a large part of the first part of this two-parter is taken up by Worf trying to understand his relationship with his maybe-not-dead dad. Klingon culture dictates that warriors are supposed to die in battle, and being taken for a prisoner of war indicates a certain cowardice or weakness. Lord knows, Klingons aren't forgiving when it comes to cowardice and/or weakness, and Worf knows that if Mogh really did survive Khitomer, if he's spent the decades since the attack as a Romulan POW, it's not going to be good for the family name. Worf's family name has taken a number of hits over the course of the series, but those hits were always unjustified, part of a frame job that looked to turn Mogh into a traitor for political reasons. Here, the shame would be, at least by the dictates of Klingon culture, entirely deserved.

I've said before that I appreciate  TNG 's attempts to treat Klingon laws and ritual with the same amount of respect the show gives other, easier to relate to cultures.  TNG 's record isn't spotless, and it sometimes treats Worf as a headstrong child who needs to be taught to think before he stabs, but in general, the series has done a decent job of handling Worf's struggles to balance his Klingon side with his Federation duties. "Part 1" is no exception to this. While to you and I, Worf's fury at the very idea that his father might not be dead may seem ridiculous, the episode itself never acts as though Worf is behaving foolishly, instead allowing him to come to his own decision through conversations with friends about  their  relationships with his father. It's a nice bit of writing, and it's one of the reasons this storyline, at least theoretically, needed two eps to work. With only one episode, Worf would have to had to make the decision to rescue his dad almost instantaneously. I'm not sure any of us would've noticed (my knowledge of Klingon culture is, "shouting and stabbing and whatever Worf says"), but we would've lost some fine acting from Michael Dorn, and some good character work.

Which is why it's so frustrated that almost the first thing Worf learns upon arriving at the prison camp is that Mogh really did die at Khitomer after all. I'd thought when L'Kor told Worf his dad had died that L'Kor was lying; I thought there was even a chance that L'Kor  was  Worf's dad, and that the shame of his capture and emprisonment had led him to hide his true identity. I was wrong, though. Mogh is definitely dead, which means Worf spent "Part 1" doing all that soul-searching for nothing. Sure, the idea of Klingon values is an important one for "Part 2," and the scene where Worf talks about fathers with Data is strong enough that it doesn't need to be justified, but the writers here have chosen to take away the strongest emotional connection that their hero and the audience has to the situation, without any clear reason. The episode does a decent job finding conflicts without having to deal with any father/son unpleasantness, but why sacrifice the most interesting development without having anything to replace it with?

The twist here is that the Klingons who survived Khitomer to be taken captive by the Romulans are now by and large happy with how things ended up. Sure, they had their problems at first—and they certainly didn't want to be captured, but when the Romulans knocked them unconscious during battle, they didn't have much choice. But now, everyone is getting along very well, enough for a whole new generation of Klingons to have been raised in the confines of the camp. Even more, there's been some inter-species hooking up. Tokath, the Romulan in charge of the camp for the start, chose to keep the place going after the war, and he's now married to a Klingon; they've even produced a beautiful half-Klingon/half-Romulan daughter named Ba'el. It's a relationship that wouldn't work in the outside world, just as the peace between the Klingons and their former guards wouldn't work. It's an Eden for people who've only known bloodshed, and then Worf has to arrive and screw up everything.

The problem with "Part 2" is that it's soft; despite the increasing tension between Worf and the elders, despite the fact that Tokath nearly has Worf executed at the end of the episode, the tension isn't particularly strong. There doesn't always need to be tension, of course, but given the volatile nature of the situation, everything that happens here happens too easily, and to much by rote. The elders resist Worf and refuse to let him leave, so he starts behaving like a Klingon in front of the younger people, and they soon grow infatuated with the ways of their culture which have been denied them. This comes to a head, Tokath tries to remove Worf from the equation, but it's too late, and Worf finally leaves the planet with the young people who are curious to see more of the universe. (Barring, presumably, Ba'el, whose mixed-species parentage would probably cause some problems.)

There's no real sacrifice here by any party, and, apart from realizing he's maybe a little racist towards Romulans, Worf doesn't learn much of anything about himself, or open his mind. I appreciate the way "Part 2" presents us with a conflict that has no clear answer: the peace that Tokath and the others have achieved is laudable and worth preserving, but Worf's attempts to bring culture and self-awareness to his own kind are also important. It's also fun to have the ostensible hero of the episode be the nearest thing there is to a threat. Worf is a disruption here, not the others, and if he'd never come to this colony, there may never have been any strife. The episode asks just how much our heritage and social identity is worth, and it does its best to show both sides of the idea without giving any easy answers.

It just doesn't hold together, though. I'm not sure that the lessons Worf teaches really are that worthwhile, and the fact that all we get to see is the Klingon side of this, when it's a Klingon/Romulan camp, makes it less interesting to me. I suppose there's some point being made here about the way the older generation always resists young people coming into their own, and how forcing people to make one choice isn't right, even if that choice is better for them in the long run, but it's too tepid to have much impact. It's especially disappointing how easy that final resolution comes—Worf makes everyone leaving with him swear never to reveal where they truly came from. That's it? If that's all that was needed, they should've just done that at the start. (I realize it's more complicated than that, but the end here is too much of a wish fulfillment for Worf. Apart from one awkward last look, we don't even get an acknowledgement that Ba'el won't be able to leave with the others, and that even if he loves her, Worf will have to leave her.)

Despite all my assertions otherwise at the start of this review, I seem to have once again come around to a two-part episode in which the first half is stronger than the second. But really, these episodes are so distinct that I don't think the failing of "Part 2" is the usual failing we see with two-parters. It's not that "Part 1" raised the bar so high that the conclusion couldn't hope to live up to expectations. As cliffhangers go, Worf-at-phaserpoint isn't going to blow anyone's mind. It's more that the second half failed to deal with the ideas it raised in a satisfying way. I appreciate the ambition and thought that clearly went into both these episodes, but while I found much of "Part 2" interesting and fun to watch, I was never gripped by it. "Part 1" brought me something new, with Data's strange visions and the ghosts of dead fathers. "Part 2" is a little too much of a classic  TOS  plot, without the camp: first thing we do is find an Eden, the next thing we do is destroy it.

Stray Observations:

• I didn't mention the quick scenes on the  Enterprise  in "Part 2," but there are quick scenes on the  Enterprise  in "Part 2." They're largely irrelevant.
• Morn puts in an appearance in the background of "Part 1." Or, as he'd put it, …
• Troi is absent from "Part 2," but she does help Worf make up his mind in "Part 1," and even gets the episode's funniest line: "Did the table do something wrong?"
• When Worf tells Picard that the Klingons he brings aboard from a downed ship, and that there were no survivors from Khitomer, Picard says, "I understand." I wonder if he does—something about the look on his face suggests he might have a good guess or two.

Next week:  We find out who the  Enterprise  really belongs to in "Starship Mine," and learn some "Lessons."

Every Star Trek: TNG 2-Part Episode Ranked, Worst To Best

• TNG established two-part stories and season cliffhangers, building on The Original Series' foundation.
• The top 10 TNG two-parters all feature well-developed stories that allow each character to shine.
• Iconic episodes like "Chain of Command" and "The Best of Both Worlds" showcase TNG's storytelling depth.

Throughout its seven seasons, Star Trek: The Next Generation had some of Star Trek's best two-part stories. Following the adventures of Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and the USS Enterprise-D, TNG began in 1987 with a feature-length premiere entitled "Encounter at Farpoint." After its initial release, this premiere was broken into two episodes, making it TNG's first two-part story. Two-part stories would become a staple of Star Trek moving forward, with nearly every season of TNG , Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , and Star Trek: Voyager incorporating them. TNG also established the practice of ending each season with a cliffhanger that was resolved in the first episode of the following season.

Star Trek: The Original Series had Star Trek's first two-parter in TOS season 1, episodes 11 and 12, "The Menagerie." These episodes included footage from the original unaired Star Trek pilot, "The Cage," and introduced Captain Christopher Pike (Jeffrey Hunter), as well as several other elements that became important to the franchise. Star Trek: The Next Generation has ten two-part episodes, none of which rank among the worst episodes of TNG . With two episodes, these stories have more room to breathe and can easily incorporate stories for multiple characters without feeling overstuffed. Here are all 10 TNG two-parters, ranked from worst to best.

Best Star Trek: TNG Episode Of Each USS Enterprise-D Main Character

"encounter at farpoint", star trek: the next generation season 1, episodes 1 & 2.

"Encounter at Farpoint" is not a bad Star Trek story, but it pales in comparison to the phenomenal television that Star Trek: The Next Generation would produce in later seasons. Still, none of those later stories would exist without the history established in TNG's feature-length season premiere. Captain Picard leads the first mission of the newly commissioned USS Enterprise-D , as the crew investigates Farpoint Station and encounters the powerful entity known as Q (John de Lancie). With a quick cameo from Admiral Leonard McCoy (DeForest Kelley), "Encounter at Farpoint" ushers in a new era of Star Trek, introducing the world to a new Enterprise crew who would become just as beloved as the original.

Q went on to become one of Star Trek's best recurring characters, and a major influence in the life of Captain Picard. Q returned to antagonize Jean-Luc in Star Trek: Picard season 2, and appeared before Jean-Luc's son Jack Crusher (Ed Speleers) in Picard season 3.

Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7, Episodes 4 & 5

When the USS Enterprise-D crew members hear that Captain Picard has been killed while on an archeological dig, they set out to discover the truth. During the investigation, Commander William Riker (Jonathan Frakes) is captured by the same mercenaries who had captured Picard and faked his death. Picard and Riker then secretly work together to infiltrate the mercenary crew, eventually discovering the ancient Vulcan artifacts the mercenaries have been searching for. "Gambit" is an incredibly fun two-parter, but it has few lasting implications, and the story probably could have been trimmed down to fit in one episode.

"Birthright"

Star trek: the next generation season 6, episodes 16 & 17.

In "Birthright, Part I," Lt. Commander Data (Brent Spiner) and Lt. Worf (Michael Dorn) both set out to learn more about their fathers. After an energy discharge strikes Data, he begins experiencing bizarre dreams, in which he encounters his creator, Dr. Noonien Soong (Brent Spiner) . Worf's story follows the Klingon warrior as he investigates an ultimately false claim that his father is alive in a Romulan prison camp. "Birthright, Part II" focuses entirely on Worf, as he teaches the young Klingons in the prison about Klingon culture. While Data and Worf's stories are both interesting, the two episodes of "Birthright" feel more disparate than other two partners, and some of the questions raised in "Part I" go unanswered.

The Enterprise-D is docked at Deep Space Nine throughout "Birthright," and Dr. Julian Bashir (Alexander Siddig) visits the Enterprise and helps Data investigate his dreams.

Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6, Episode 26 & Season 7, Episode 1

When the Starship Enterprise encounters a strange group of Borg, Data experiences anger for the first time. At the end of "Descent, Part I," Data's evil brother, Lore (Brent Spiner) , reveals himself to be the leader of this Borg group, and Data and Lore declare their intent to destroy the Federation. Later, Data's morality subroutines are reactivated, releasing him from Lore's control. He then turns against Lore, just as Riker and Worf arrive with a group of rebel Borg led by Hugh (Jonathan Del Arco). "Descent" marks an important step in Data's journey to explore his humanity, and follows up on Hugh's story that began in TNG season 5, episode 23, "I, Borg."

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"time's arrow", star trek: the next generation season 5, episode 26 & season 2, episode 1.

In a classic Star Trek time travel story , Data, and later more of the Enterprise-D crew, travel back in time to 19th-century Earth after they discover a 500-year-old version of Data's disembodied head buried in a cavern. In the past, Data encounters future Ten Forward bartender Guinan (Whoopi Goldberg), as well as American author Samuel Clemens, aka Mark Twain (Jerry Hardin). "Time's Arrow, Part I," ends with Captain Picard and his crew about to join Data in the past. While this may not be the most exciting cliffhanger, the 19th-century misadventures of Data and Mark Twain, in particular, make for some incredibly fun moments.

"Unification"

Star trek: the next generation season 5, episodes 7 & 8.

When Ambassador Spock (Leonard Nimoy) is reported missing, Captain Picard takes the Enterprise-D to investigate his last known location - Romulus. Picard and Data then disguise themselves as Romulans, eventually finding Spock working underground on a "personal mission of peace" to reunite the Vulcans and Romulans . Spock gets great moments with both Data and Picard in "Unification." He and Data speak about their opposing desires - Spock wants to be logical without emotion, while Data wants to feel emotions. Picard shares the news that Spock's father, Sarek (Mark Lenard), has passed away, and Spock later mind melds with Picard to experience the memories Sarek had previously shared with the Captain.

TNG's "Unification" aired just before the release of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country , and teased the events of the upcoming film.

"Redemption"

Star trek: the next generation season 4, episode 26 & season 5, episode 1.

Throughout Star Trek: The Next Generation , Worf often struggles to reconcile his Klingon heritage with his duties as a Starfleet officer, and that struggle comes to a head in "Redemption." With the looming threat of a Klingon civil war, Worf and his brother Kurn (Tony Todd) help install Gowron (Robert O'Reilly) as the Klingon Chancellor, angering Lursa (Barbara March) and B'Etor (Gwynyth Walsh) Duras. Although Picard cannot get involved in the fighting, he does assemble a group of ships to create a blockade between the Klingon and Romulan border (including the USS Sutherland under the command of Data ). Not only do both parts of "Redemption" have some tense action sequences, but they also offer a glimpse into Klingon culture and more insight into Worf as a character.

"Chain of Command"

Star trek: the next generation season 6, episodes 10 & 11.

In one of Star Trek: The Next Generation's most harrowing stories, Captain Picard is kidnapped by Cardassians while on a covert mission. Although Picard is subjected to various forms of torture at the hands of Gul Madred (David Warner), he defiantly refuses to break. Patrick Stewart and David Warner both deliver powerhouse performances, making it impossible to look away any time the two are onscreen. ​​​​​ Ronny Cox, too, delivers a solid performance as Captain Edward Jellico, who commands the Enterprise while Picard is being held captive. As Jellico's command style is vastly different from Picard, he and Riker butt heads and he eventually relieves Riker of duty.

"Chain of Command, Part 2" was the last TNG episode to air before the premiere of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , and it set up the Cardassians to be major antagonists on that show.

Captain Picards 10 Best Star Trek TNG Episodes, Ranked

"all good things...", star trek: the next generation season 7, episodes 25 & 26.

Star Trek: The Next Generation's two-part finale brilliantly wraps up the series, while bringing the entire story full circle. Q returns to continue humanity's trial, but this time he helps Captain Picard jump through time to find a way to stop a potentially catastrophic anomaly. Picard jumps from the present to the past just before the Enterprise-D investigated Farpoint Station, to an alternate future where he works on his family's vineyard. After Picard successfully solves Q's riddle, he finally joins his crew members for a game of poker , in an iconic final scene that was recreated for the finale of Star Trek: Picard season 3.

"The Best of Both Worlds"

Star trek: the next generation season 3, episode 26 & season 4, episode 1.

"The Best of Both Worlds" is often cited as one of Star Trek's best stories for a reason. When Captain Picard is assimilated by the Borg, Commander Riker takes over command of the Starship Enterprise and must face off against his former Captain. The effects of Captain Picard's assimilation and the subsequent Battle of Wolf 359 continue to reverberate throughout the Star Trek universe. Star Trek: Picard season 3 , in particular, references Picard's time as Locutus of Borg and brings back Admiral Elizabeth Shelby (Elizabeth Dennehy), who first appears in "The Best of Both Worlds."

The "To Be Continued" at the end of "The Best of Both Worlds, Part 1" remains one of the best television cliffhangers of all time , and it established the Star Trek tradition of season-ending cliffhangers. The second part of the story may not be as tension-filled as the first, but it does a good job of wrapping up the story in a satisfying way. Although TNG rarely followed up on specific stories, the episode that directly follows "The Best of Both Worlds," entitled "Family," shows the aftermath of Picard's assimilation and how profoundly it affected the usually unflappable Enterprise Captain. "The Best of Both Worlds" remains one of Star Trek: The Next Generation's finest hours, and it established a tradition of Star Trek two-parters that produced some truly amazing episodes.

Cast LeVar Burton, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Jonathan Frakes, Patrick Stewart, Marina Sirtis

Franchise(s) Star Trek

Showrunner Gene Roddenberry

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STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION: BIRTHRIGHT, PART 2 (TV)

Continued from T:28436. Part two of two. One in this series of science fiction programs about the voyages of the U.S.S. Enterprise in the 24th century. This sequel to the original "Star Trek" series is set approximately 85 years after the journeys of the first Enterprise crew. In part two, Worf investigates his father's rumored presence in a Romulan camp for prisoners of war, and discovers a colony of Klingons who survived the Romulan massacre at Khitomer. Though the prisoners live in peace with the Romulans, they do not live honorably according to the Klingon tradition. The survivors explain to Worf the reasons that they remained with the Romulans after the massacre,d they vow to keep Worf imprisoned at the camp so that he can never share their guilty secret with others. While Worf plots his escape, he becomes determined to enlighten the children who were raised without any knowledge of Klingon traditions or heritage, despite the threats on his life from Klingon and Romulan elders. As he grows attracted to one young female, Worf develops a plan to rescue the Klingons, regardless of their reluctance to leave. Meanwhile, Capt. Picard becomes alarmed when Worf does not make his scheduled return, and the Enterprise crew tries to find their missing crew member. Commercials deleted.

• NETWORK: Syndicated
• DATE: March 1, 1993 Monday
• RUNNING TIME: 0:45:22
• COLOR/B&W: Color
• CATALOG ID: T:29209
• GENRE: Drama, fantasy/science fiction
• SUBJECT HEADING: Drama, fantasy/science ficiton
• SERIES RUN: Syndicated - TV series, 1987-1994
• COMMERCIALS: N/A

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Birthright, Part II - Guest Cast

Guest stars.

James Cromwell

Cristine Rose

Richard Herd

Jennifer Gatti

Alan Scarfe

Sterling Macer, Jr.

Birthright, Part I (episode)

• View history
• 1.2 Act One
• 1.3 Act Two
• 1.4 Act Three
• 1.5 Act Four
• 1.6 Act Five
• 2 Memorable quotes
• 3.1 Production history
• 3.2 Story and script
• 3.3 Production
• 3.4 Cast and characters
• 3.5 Continuity
• 3.6 Reception
• 3.7 Video and DVD releases
• 4.1 Starring
• 4.2 Also starring
• 4.3 Guest stars
• 4.4 Uncredited co-stars
• 4.5 Stunt doubles
• 4.6 Stand-ins
• 4.7 References
• 4.8 External links

Summary [ ]

As Jean-Luc Picard and Beverly Crusher walk down Deep Space 9 's Promenade , Crusher tells Picard that she is eager to visit Quark 's holosuites , especially a relaxation program from Alture VII . Picard has no time for relaxation, since he is due to meet with ten Bajoran bureaucrats to discuss the repair of the Bajoran aqueducts. He and Crusher walk into one of the station's turbolifts and head to Ops . Meanwhile, Worf and Geordi La Forge are in the Replimat , eating pasta al fiorella . La Forge wants to visit the station's Ktarian antique shop, as he hears they have a 21st century plasma coil that is supposedly in perfect condition. As they eat, a Yridian is watching Worf from the upper level of the Promenade.

Data and Julian Bashir

On the Enterprise bridge , Data detects a power drain in the starboard EPS conduits in sickbay . Someone has made an unauthorized access into the computer's bio-imaging systems from his console . Commander Riker tells Data that he had better go investigate it. In sickbay, Dr. Julian Bashir is studying a strange device. When Data arrives to assess the situation, Bashir explains that the device was discovered in the Gamma Quadrant , that he believes it to be some sort of medical imaging scanner, and that the Enterprise 's sickbay systems can analyze it far better and faster than his limited computer resources on Deep Space 9 can. Data suggests that they take the device to engineering and have La Forge assist them with the analysis.

The Yridian introduces himself to Worf as Jaglom Shrek and tells him that he is a man who has information to sell. Worf confidently tells Shrek that he possesses no information he could possibly want. As Worf gets up to leave, Shrek reveals that his late father, Mogh , is in fact alive.

Act One [ ]

Shrek introduces himself as a broker of information . He says Mogh is being held prisoner in a Romulan prison camp . Enraged, Worf brands Shrek a liar and pins him to the wall, unwilling to believe that Mogh or any Klingon could have allowed himself to be captured at Khitomer . He threatens him for spreading lies and returns to the Enterprise .

Worf finds that he cannot stop thinking about what Shrek told him. He verbally reprimands Ensign Lopez , and snaps at Riker. He immediately retires to his quarters and begins some mok'bara training, breaking a glass table in a fit of rage. Counselor Troi enters just after and tries to talk to him about his problem, and Worf explains that if Mogh had indeed been captured, it would dishonor his whole family line for three generations, meaning even his son Alexander would also bear the dishonor. Troi calmly tells Worf that he should not discount the possibility that his father may be alive just because he does not want it to be true. Before she leaves his quarters, Troi tells him he knows where to find her if he wants to talk about this further.

Meanwhile in engineering, Data and La Forge attempt to input energy from the dilithium crystal chamber to the plasma inputs of Bashir's device. As they work, he finds his curiosity piqued by the android , asking him questions about how Data's miscellaneous functions allow him to seem more Human – such as how he can control the rate of his hair growth, and his circulatory and respiratory systems . Data remarks how different this is from most Humans that meet him, with Bashir focusing on Data's similarities to Humans, rather than the differences. Powering up the Gamma Quadrant device, Bashir detects an overload in its power systems from his PADD , and Data is struck by an energy discharge .

" Data, are you all right? " " I believe so. What has happened? " " A plasma shock overloaded your positronic net. "

Data suddenly finds himself walking down a corridor on board the Enterprise , drawn to the far-off sound of metal on metal. Exploring further, he finds a blacksmith with his back turned to Data, hammering away on a piece of metal. The blacksmith turns to Data and smiles – it is Dr. Noonien Soong , Data's creator and "father". Data awakens from his "vision" and cannot understand what he has just experienced.

Act Two [ ]

Conducting scans on Data, La Forge tells him that there doesn't appear to be a problem with his positronic subprocessors or circuit controllers. Data's internal diagnostics don't reveal anything wrong with his memory, and no cognitive activity. There does not appear to be an immediate scientific explanation for what Data experienced. La Forge rules out easy explanations. They disconnect the device from the dilithium chamber and Bashir suggests re-approaching the analysis given he is an exceptional machine. This prompts Data to seek out Worf, who had a vision when he was younger.

Data finds him in Ten Forward , where he is still dwelling on his own thoughts. Despite his mood, he still engages Data in conversation. He becomes quite interested when Data explains he had a vision. Worf describes the Rite of MajQa and urges him to understand all he can from the experience, for it is very important one learn anything they can about their father, as it teaches one about themselves as well. Data thanks him and leaves. Through talking to Data, Worf ultimately realizes what he must do.

Worf checks the station records for Shrek's transportation to the station and finds him on the second level Promenade. He "persuades" him to take him to the prison camp by holding Shrek over the railing, telling him he will take Worf there, and he will only be paid after the trip. Shrek says the prison is close to the Romulan Star Empire border, but Worf says it will be more dangerous for Shrek if he does not go.

Act Three [ ]

On the way to the planet in the Carraya sector , Worf determines he needs to beam down and make his way 12 hours to the camp, partly during night. Shrek has a map of the place. Worf questions him about why the planet isn't known to the Klingon Empire , but since he is only selling the information, he has not had an offer. Also, he "has his reasons." Shrek informs Worf that they will enter the Carraya sector in three hours and advises him to get some rest before they do.

Meanwhile, Data talks to Captain Picard in his ready room about his vision; Picard suggests that rather than analyzing it from the point of view of another culture, Data should try interpreting what it means to him as an individual. Picard also urges Data to explore the image he saw in his vision, to let it excite his imagination and see where it leads him. Data thanks Picard and goes to his quarters . He starts to rapidly paint pictures of his vision.

Worf and Shrek arrive on the Carraya IV where the prison camp is. Shrek tells him the location of the camp and he tells Worf will be back in fifty hours and gives him a homing device to help find his ship, as he will not be landing in the same area again. After this, he begins his long trek through the jungle , with distant animal cries in the background.

Act Four [ ]

During the trek, Worf encounters a Klingon girl bathing in a small pool , though the ridges on her forehead are somewhat different. The girl is frightened by his intrusion, but Worf asks her to wait. He says he will take her home, but she is confused, saying she is home. When a Romulan guard comes near, he asks her not to reveal him to anyone and she goes toward the camp, with Worf quietly following.

La Forge comes to Data's quarters since they were supposed to meet. Data's paintings are as incomprehensible as the vision, but certain paintings – those of a bird , and a bird's wing – were not present in the vision. Unable to understand how he could be painting something he has never seen; Data decides to replicate the accident with the experiment with the Gamma Quadrant device. La Forge reluctantly agrees and tells Data he will go find Dr. Bashir and get him to assist.

Noonien Soong is proud of Data in his dream

Monitored by La Forge and Bashir, Data is again struck by an energy beam and experiences another vision. He finds Soong once more, hammering a bird's wing on his anvil . Soong tells him that he has developed the capacity to dream; no man should understand his dreams, hence why they are incomprehensible. Soong tells Data he is proud of him, assuming Data has developed enough cognitive ability while in fact the dream was caused by the energy beam. He then tells Data that he is the bird; Data "flies" through the corridors from his perspective and out of the ship, before waking up in engineering.

Act Five [ ]

Finally understanding, he tells Bashir that there are circuits in his neural net that, until now, were dormant. It appears the plasma shock activated them prematurely, as Data believes Dr. Soong intended them to activate after he had reached a certain level of development. He intends to deactivate himself every night and dream more. Bashir mentions this could be a paper in the Starfleet Cybernetics Journal and asks to author it. Data permits it, and Bashir wishes him "sweet dreams" before departing the Enterprise for Deep Space 9.

Meanwhile, Worf finds the Romulan prison camp and discovers a group of Klingons performing a ceremony. Taking one of them hostage briefly, he is told that his father did indeed die at Khitomer. He quickly learns that these Klingons are not treated as prisoners, but rather are living there together as a community and now that he knows of the camp's existence, he cannot be permitted to leave…

Memorable quotes [ ]

" Worf, I don't see how you can eat that stuff. It tastes like liquid polymer . " " Delicious. "

" I must admit, Commander, I didn't think you'd be so… personable. "

" Did the table do something wrong? " " No. " " I'm glad you weren't that hard on Ensign Lopez. " " He made a mistake. The duty roster was inaccurate. " " Would you like to talk about what's bothering you, or would you like to break some more furniture? "

" A Klingon would never allow himself to be captured. A warrior fights to the death! "

" My father is dead! That Yridian is selling lies! "

" Well, your creator went to a lot of trouble to make you seem Human. I find that fascinating. "

" Your father is a part of you… always. Learning about him teaches you about yourself. That is why, no matter where he is or what he has done… you must find him. "

" This is not an empty jungle. There are many predators. " " I am prepared. "

" I am sorry to disturb you, sir. " " Oh, not at all. I'm here studying the intricacies of Bajoran aqueduct management. I would welcome a little interruption. "

" I am curious Mr. Data, why are you looking at all these other cultures? " " The interpretation of visions and other metaphysical experiences are almost always culturally derived, and I have no culture of my own. " " Yes, you do. You're a culture of one, which is no less valid than a culture of one billion. "

" Explore this image, Data. Let it… excite your imagination. Focus on it, see where it leads you. Let it inspire you. "

" We are not leaving here… and neither are you. "

Background information [ ]

Production history [ ].

• Final draft script: 10 December 1992 [1]
• Premiere airdate: 22 February 1993
• First UK airdate: 25 October 1995

Story and script [ ]

• The A-plot in this story derived from two separate premises. One, pitched by George Brozak , concerned captured Klingons too proud to go home. The other, from Daryl F. Mallett , Arthur Loy Holcomb , and Barbara Wallace , concerned the news that Worf's father Mogh might still be alive after Khitomer. ( Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion  (2nd ed., p. 237))
• Michael Piller suggested to break the story into two parts, believing that there was too much story to tell in one episode. He commented, " Because this was season six, the season of taking risks, of not being afraid of doing things Star Trek hadn't done before, I said 'Why not do another two-parter? Why wait until the end of the season or wait for a Spock? If a story justifies being bigger than an hour, let's do it.' I had been very happy with the results of " Chain of Command " and I said to Rick we should do it and he said fine. I also felt, much mistakenly as it turned out to be, that we would be able to save money if we expanded it into two hours by using the sets twice. " ( Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages , p. 273)
• When it was decided to expand the episode into two parts, the writing staff faced the challenge of finding a suitable B-plot, focusing on the character of Data. Jeri Taylor recalled, " The whole Data thing started in desperation, with our just saying, 'What can we do with Data? What haven't we done with Data?' " ( Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages , p. 273)
• Ronald D. Moore suggested Data having some kind of religious experience. Taylor noted, " It came from the Klingons sort of having a mystical, mythical, spiritual side and we thought maybe Data can have one. " Brannon Braga , building on this, considered the idea of Data having a near-death experience. However, as René Echevarria explained, the idea was considered too similar to " Tapestry ". As such the writing staff came up with the idea of Data dreaming. ( Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages , p. 273; Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion  (2nd ed., p. 237))
• In developing the dream imagery, Braga recalled, " I really tried to delve into Jungian archetypes and dream images that had never really been shown before. " He added, " At first Michael didn't find the Data dream story very compelling and he'd had a couple of notions to fix it, namely showing a piece of the dream early on, which I had not done. His suggestions were very good and made it work. " ( Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages , p. 273
• In another inteview, Braga noted, " I love that I got a chance to experiment with Data dreaming, and dream imagery. It was something I'd wanted to do for a while. There were some lovely metaphoric images in there. " ( Star Trek: The Next Generation 365 , p. 295)
• This is the only two-part episode with a separate plot (B-plot) that ends within one part (Data's Dream Program). As noted in the Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion  (2nd ed., p. 237), many were disappointed by the lack of a follow-up in the next episode.
• Brannon Braga coined the name "Jaglom Shrek" from Henry Jaglom, an independent film director, and the old Yiddish word for "shriek". ( Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion  (2nd ed., p. 237))

Production [ ]

Filming the episode

• Director Winrich Kolbe was challenged by the task of providing appropriately surreal imagery for the scenes of Data's visions. " I wanted to go all the way. I saw nothing but shades of 2001 . But it was decided by the powers that be, that we would not overexpose or underexpose. If we do anything, I was told we underexpose, but this is not what I had in mind. I wanted to actually flare it out to give it that different look, but some people felt that it had been done too often and would not look good. So then I decided I'm not going to talk about my creative input anymore, I'm just going to do what I want to do. " ( Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages , p. 273)
• According to composer Jay Chattaway , the dream sequence of Data was the first time an Electronic Wind Instrument was used during the production. ("Select Historical Data Year Six – Musical Directions", TNG Season 6 DVD special feature)
• Data's paintings were computer-generated collages contributed by art department staffers Alan Kobayashi , Jim Magdaleno and Michael Okuda . Kobayashi noted, " I remember Jim working on one of the paintings. It was the first digital painting onto canvas that I ever saw. I was very impressed! " ( Star Trek: The Next Generation 365 , p. 295; Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Continuing Mission , p. 180)
• The painting of the corridor was created by Okuda, who used Photoshop to digitally extend a photograph to be longer than the actual set. ( Star Trek: The Next Generation 365 , p. 295)

June Abston Haymore sitting in a corridor

• During Data's second vision, after he turns into a bird and flies past Noonien Soong, makeup artist June Abston Haymore can be briefly seen sitting in the side corridor behind Dr. Soong. Her accidental appearance was digitally removed on the remastered Blu-ray edition but still visible in the first sequence (albeit less noticeably). This is the fifth time in TNG where a production staff member was accidentally filmed. The first was a camera operator in " The Naked Now ", the second were two boom operators in " Angel One ", the third was boom operator Bill Gocke in the episode " Unification II ", the fourth an unnamed production staff member in " Time's Arrow ", and the sixth an unknown boom operator in the episode " Journey's End ".
• During Data's second dream sequence, and later on in the episode, a short "lobby" or lounge area can be seen in one of the cross corridors. It appears to be a redressed section of the engineering cross-through corridor.
• Among the costumes and props from this episode which were sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay, was the costume of Jennifer Gatti . [2]

Cast and characters [ ]

• Terry Farrell ( Jadzia Dax ) was to appear in this episode, but she was busy filming the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode " Move Along Home ". Siddig El Fadil ( Julian Bashir ) appeared instead. Farrell commented " I cried. I thought I should have fallen off the rock so I could have gone over there instead of Sid disappearing, because when we were filming "Move Along Home" his character disappeared, and I was acting throughout the rest of it with Nana and Avery , and we got caught up together ". ( Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages , p 48)
• This episode is the second of only a handful of episodes throughout Star Trek to feature crossover appearances by characters from a spin-off series – in this case, characters from DS9 appear in TNG . A further such crossover was made near the end of TNG's run, with an appearance by Quark in " Firstborn ".
• James Cromwell , who portrays Jaglom Shrek , previously played Prime Minister Nayrok of Angosia III in TNG : " The Hunted ". The producers had enjoyed his performance in the earlier episode, and one of the considerations in bringing him back was that the prosthetics would make him less recognizable. ( Star Trek: The Next Generation 365 , p. 296; Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Continuing Mission , p. 181) Cromwell subsequently appearred as the inventor of the first warp drive , Zefram Cochrane , in Star Trek: First Contact and Hanok , a Karemma official in DS9 : " Starship Down ".
• This is the first time Worf is seen aboard Deep Space 9. Worf agrees to be assigned to the station in DS9 : " The Way of the Warrior ".

Continuity [ ]

• This is the Enterprise 's third on-screen visit to Deep Space 9 . The first and the second were featured in the DS9 pilot " Emissary ". This is therefore the first time Deep Space 9 can be seen in HD as part of the TNG Remastering project.
• The Deep Space Nine theme is heard at the beginning of the episode.
• According to the stardate given for this episode, the events of this episode take place between " Q-Less " and " The Storyteller ". The next five DS9 episodes after " Q-Less " have no stardate and the stardate of the next episode " Dax " places it near the end of the season.
• This is the first time that the "DS9/VOY-style" uniform is seen on TNG. It was seen once again in TNG : " Firstborn ". The Enterprise crew donned the uniforms in Star Trek Generations and the uniforms were later used primarily in Star Trek: Voyager .
• This is the second episode in TNG in which a table is destroyed by a Klingon (in this case, Worf). The first occurrence was when K'Ehleyr broke a table in " The Emissary ". In both occurrences, Deanna Troi walked in shortly after.
• The Replimat scene with La Forge and Worf's food is a reuse of the same joke used in " Time Squared ": La Forge hates the food, while Worf loves it.
• The chair in Worf's quarters was also seen in the episodes " Peak Performance ", " Family ", " Reunion ", " Redemption ", " New Ground ", " Cost Of Living ", " A Fistful of Datas ", " Parallels ", " Genesis ", and " Firstborn " and was used as the command chair aboard the Tarellian starship in the first season episode " Haven ". It was designed by Peter Opsvik. [3]
• This is the first of three appearances of Deep Space 9 outside of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine . The second was in VOY : " Caretaker " and the third was in LD : " Hear All, Trust Nothing "
• This marks the 6th of at least 10 instances where A Woman Holding a Balance was used as a prop; in this case, Data is describing his artistic visions and must conspicuously skip this painting as it is propped up among his own unframed creations.
• This is the first of only three occurrences of one series' credit style appearing over the sets of another, specifically the blue TNG style over DS9. The second and third are in the ENT : " In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II " and " These Are the Voyages... ". The USS Enterprise appears during the credit sequence of DS9 : " Trials and Tribble-ations ", without a credit overlay.
• Morn is seen on the Promenade with a blue alien woman fawning over him when Worf goes looking for Jaglom Shrek .
• Data mentions to Julian Bashir that he has had no reason to alter his hair-growing parameters, but in " The Schizoid Man ", he briefly grows a beard .

Reception [ ]

• Rick Berman stated, " It was one of my favorite shows. I loved every element of it and so did my son, Tommy… The B story and the A story were of equal importance to me, and it all clicked. " ( Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages , p. 273)
• René Echevarria commented, " It was an unusual episode in that the two stories were very unconnected, but thematically they were… The scene where Worf tells Data about finding out the truth about the vision of his father is very powerful. It was one of the finest scenes in the history of Star Trek . I thought it was lovely when Worf realized he was talking about himself and it tied the two stories together and sent Worf on his journey. " He concluded, " It was a very wonderful episode all the way around. Very well directed, the dream was spectacular. " ( Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages , pp. 273-274)
• Brannon Braga noted, " The bird [in Data's vision] gave a great performance. It's one of our best guest stars ever. Kolbe executed the dream sequences with finesse. I was very happy that everything came together for me on that episode. The two stories resonated thematically with one another and I don't have a single complaint. " ( Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages , p. 273)
• Brent Spiner enjoyed how the episode built on the character of Data. " 'Birthright' was the best concept for the character in a long time. It expanded an idea really nicely. I thought the idea of Data having a dream program was inspired; and really excellent writing. " ( Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages , p. 273)

Video and DVD releases [ ]

• UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video ): Volume 71, 18 October 1993
• In feature-length form, as part of the UK VHS release Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Full Length TV Movies : Volume 7, catalog number VHR 4107, 10 April 1995
• As part of the TNG Season 6 DVD collection
• In feature-length form, as part of the Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Complete TV Movies collection

Links and references [ ]

Starring [ ].

• Patrick Stewart as Capt. Jean-Luc Picard
• Jonathan Frakes as Cmdr. William Riker

Also starring [ ]

• LeVar Burton as Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge
• Michael Dorn as Lieutenant Worf
• Gates McFadden as Dr. Beverly Crusher
• Marina Sirtis as Counselor Deanna Troi
• Brent Spiner as Lt. Commander Data

Guest stars [ ]

• Siddig El Fadil as Julian Bashir
• James Cromwell as Jaglom Shrek
• Cristine Rose as Gi'ral
• Jennifer Gatti as Ba'el
• Richard Herd as L'Kor

Uncredited co-stars [ ]

• June Abston Haymore as woman in corridor
• Lena Banks as operations division ensign
• Chris Blackwood as Klingon
• Steven Boz as operations division ensign
• Brandy as Spot
• Michael Braveheart as Martinez
• Bud as Spot
• Debbie David as Russell
• Tony Cruz as Lopez
• Brian Demonbreun as civilian
• Steve Diamond as Bajoran officer
• Debra Dilley as operations division ensign
• Jeannie Dreams as Human operations division ensign
• Inez Edwards as Turla
• Kevin Grevioux as Human security officer
• Gary Hunter as Romulan
• Arvo Katajisto as Torigan
• Ron Large as command officer
• Chad McCord as operations ensign
• Charles McIntosh as Ba'ktor
• Mary Meinel-Newport as Bolian
• Lorine Mendell as Diana Giddings
• Rad Milo as operations division ensign
• Monster as Spot
• Michael Moorehead as Klingon
• Robin Morselli as Bajoran
• Ted Parker as Sentith
• Irving Ross as Klingon
• Mark Allen Shepherd as Morn
• John Tampoya as operations division ensign
• Toni Taylor as Klingon
• Natalie Wood as Bailey
• Bajoran officer
• Ten Forward waitress

Stunt doubles [ ]

• Chris Doyle as stunt double for Brent Spiner
• Rusty McClennon as stunt double for Michael Dorn

Stand-ins [ ]

• David Keith Anderson – stand-in for LeVar Burton
• Debbie David – stand-in for Brent Spiner
• Michael Echols – stand-in for Michael Dorn
• Nora Leonhardt – stand-in for Marina Sirtis and Cristine Rose
• Lorine Mendell – stand-in for Gates McFadden and Jennifer Gatti
• Richard Sarstedt – stand-in for Jonathan Frakes
• Dennis Tracy – stand-in for Patrick Stewart and Richard Herd
• Dana Vitatoe – photo double for Brent Spiner

References [ ]

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External links [ ]

• " Birthright " at Memory Beta , the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
• " Birthright " at Wikipedia
• "Birthright, Part I" at StarTrek.com
• " "Birthright" " at MissionLogPodcast.com , a Roddenberry Star Trek podcast
• "Birthright, Part I" script  at Star Trek Minutiae
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Star trek: discovery finally reveals what happened after tng’s “the chase”.

Star Trek: Discovery season 5 provides new details on what happened after Captain Picard saw the Progenitor in Star Trek: TNG's "The Chase."

Warning: SPOILERS for Star Trek: Discovery Season 5, Episode 3 - "Jinaal"

• Discovery season 5 continues the chase for Progenitors' technology, introduced in TNG's "The Chase".
• Janaal reveals how Federation handled Progenitor discovery, keeping technology hidden for peace.
• The Federation's past missteps led to hesitation in trusting Starfleet with powerful technology.

Star Trek: The Next Generation's "The Chase" introduced some big ideas to the Star Trek universe that Star Trek: Discovery season 5 is finally following up on. Discovery season 5 involves a literal chase in Star Trek 's 32nd century, as Captain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) and the crew of the USS Discovery race to find the Progenitors' treasure before the villainous Moll (Eve Harlow) and L'ak (Elias Toufexis). Although unnamed at the time, the Progenitors were first introduced in TNG season 6, episode 20, "The Chase," when Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) helped uncover a message left by one of the ancient humanoids.

In Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 3 , "Jinaal," written by Kyle Jarrow and Lauren Wilkinson and directed by Andi Armaganian, Captain Burnham and her crew continue to gather the puzzle pieces that will presumably lead them to the Progenitors' technology. This journey takes the USS Discovery to the planet Trill, where Dr. Hugh Culber (Wilson Cruz) acts as a host for the consciousness of an 800-year-old Trill named Jinaal Bix. Jinaal reveals more information about what happened after Picard received the Progenitors' message in the 24th century. While "The Chase" explained why many Star Trek aliens are humanoid, the implications of Picard's discovery were never fully explored.

Star Trek: Discovery’s TNG Connection Explained - "The Chase" & Who Are The Progenitors?

Star trek: discovery finally updates what happened after tng’s “the chase”, the federation didn't ignore captain picard's discovery..

When Captain Picard unlocked the Progenetors' message in Star Trek: The Next Generation's "The Chase," the Cardassians, Klingons, and Romulans also had representatives present. In the message, the ancient humanoid (Salome Jens) revealed that Progenitor "scientists seeded the primordial oceans of many worlds," meaning all humanoid life originated from a single ancestor. The Progenitors hoped this information would bring peace among humanoid species, but the Cardassians and Klingons reacted negatively to the message. Nevertheless, the United Federation of Planets and many other species would undoubtedly be interested in these Progenitors and the technology that allowed them to create all humanoid life.

The Federation President during Star Trek: Deep Space Nine was Jaresh-Inyo (Herschel Sparber), and he may have been who oversaw finding the Progenitors' technology.

Star Trek: Discovery season 5 is finally addressing this mystery, and Janaal reveals more about how the Federation responded to the discovery of the Progenitors. The Federation President secretly assembled a team of six scientists from different Federation and non-Federation worlds, including Janaal and the Romulan Dr. Vellek (Michael Copeman) , to research the Progenitors and the message Picard found. This team eventually found a technology "beyond anything [they had] ever seen," but one of the scientists was horribly killed when he tried to activate it. The scientists then made a pact that they would do everything in their power to keep the Progenitors' technology hidden until some future date when the galaxy was at peace.

Janaal does not reveal the names of the other scientists, and he says that they removed their names from "every database [they] could access." This explains why these characters and their mission have never been mentioned in Star Trek before.

How “The Chase” Tied Into DS9’s Dominion War & Star Trek: Insurrection

Why didn't jinaal give the progenitor technology to the federation.

After Jinaal reveals how he and his fellow scientists hid the Progenitor technology, Captain Burnham asks why they didn't give it to the Federation. Jinaal responds that Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 's Dominion War was raging at the time, so "everyone saw an enemy in everyone else." Despite the trust Michael places in the Federation and Starfleet, these organizations have not always been above reproach. During the Dominion War, there were fears that Changelings could infiltrate the Federation even at the highest levels, but it wasn't just Changelings that posed a threat. In Star Trek: Deep Space Nine season 4, episode 11, "Homefront," and episode 12, "Paradise Lost," for example, Admiral Leyton (Robert Foxworth) staged a coup against Federation President Jaresh-Inyo.

Starfleet could not be trusted with technology as powerful as the Progenitors'.

Leyton's plan to initiate a military takeover of Earth ultimately failed, but it proved that Starfleet could not be trusted with technology as powerful as the Progenitors'. In Star Trek: Insurrection , another Starfleet flag officer, Admiral Dougherty (Anthony Zerbe), attempted to forcibly move the peaceful Ba'ku people in order to access the healing properties of the area of space known as the Briar Patch. The Federation of the 32nd century in Star Trek: Discovery seems better prepared to safeguard the Progenitors' technology, but the high-stakes treasure hunt still has everyone on edge.

New episodes of Star Trek: Discovery air Thursdays on Paramount+.

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