Birthright

"Birthright" is a two-part episode of season six of Star Trek: The Next Generation. The Enterprise is docked at Deep Space Nine, providing assistance in repairing the station. Julian Bashir, DS9's Chief Medical Officer, has come aboard to get assistance in examining a piece of technology that was found in the Gamma Quadrant and is working with Geordi and Data. During a conversation, Bashir notices that Data breathes, and so Data explains some asp... more

"Birthright" is a two-part episode of season six of Star Trek: The Next Generation. The Enterprise is docked at Deep Space Nine, providing assistance in repairing the station. Julian Bashir, DS9's Chief Medical Officer, has come aboard to get assistance in examining a piece of technology that was found in the Gamma Quadrant and is working with Geordi and Data. During a conversation, Bashir notices that Data breathes, and so Data explains some aspects of his design that make him look more like a human. But the main focus of the episode is on Worf, whose story will completely fill Part II. In cafe on DS9 Worf is approached by an alien, Jaglom Shrek (played by James Cromwell), who claims that Mogh, Worf's father, was not killed at Khitomer, but instead was captured by the Romulans. Since Mogh's capture would dishonor Worf and his own son, Worf at first refuses to believe the alien's claim but it upsets him. Meanwhile, Data, Geordi, and Bashir are working in engineering with the piece of... less