![]() It adds dimension to Worf as a character. For someone as proud and stubborn as Worf, this is a big deal - especially considering that Worf is saving an Empire that was never his home. ![]() He even has to stand there as the entire council, and Kurn, turn their backs on him. Even though Worf is ready to die to clear his father's name, he ultimately decides that the Empire itself and the life of his brother are more important than his own honor, and he chooses discommendation - an admission of guilt. What makes this episode so good is that on a show famous for its reset button, there is no pat happy ending for Worf and Kurn. And Duras is particularly slimy, since he is ready to have both Worf and baby brother Kurn executed when they - and their father Mogh - had done nothing wrong. K'mpec appears honorable, but he came up with this plan, or at least agreed it. Up until now, Klingons have been mostly one-note characters. This episode is the first set on the Klingon homeworld, and the first to explore Klingon politics. You'd think that the war-worshiping Klingons would be all for that, but no. And hey, since Mogh's family was gone except for Worf, a Starfleet officer who didn't even come home for the Klingon version of Thanksgiving, why not Mogh? The Duras family is so powerful that bringing them down would mean civil war. The Klingon High Council needed a fall guy to stand in for Duras' father, who was responsible for giving the Khitomer defense codes to the Romulans all those years ago. They're similar in character, too I can picture Worf doing exactly what Kurn did under the same circumstances.Īpparently, government conspiracies aren't just for humans any more. He and Michael Dorn are the same height and have similarly deep voices, and Worf and Kurn even have the same head bumps it's instantly believable that they're brothers. And Kurn reveals that he is there for a reason: their late father Mogh has been branded a traitor by the Klingon Empire, and Kurn wants big brother Worf to go with him and do something about it. Left behind because he was a baby when the family went to Khitomer, Kurn was raised by a family friend and didn't know his parentage until the Age of Ascension. When Worf understandably blows up, Kurn reveals that he is the younger brother that Worf never knew. It started out as a sequel to Riker participating in the command exchange program in " A Matter of Honor." Commander Kurn comes aboard and tromps around being a Klingon, terrorizing Wesley and offending everyone else, but treating Worf in a particularly gentle and patronizing way. I'm enjoying them a lot more now, maybe because I'm seeing the series more objectively. Don't let your children forget.All I could think of during this scene wasĪs I've probably mentioned before, I wasn't much into the Klingon episodes back in the day. We love dragging the politics of the Klingon Empire in this time period almost as much as Kahlest loves to shame K'mpec for being fat.ĭon't forget what Worf does in this episode. Welcome back to Warp Factor, where this week we're delving into "Sins of the Father" and the epic storyline that it started. Starfleet doesn't deserve him either, but that's another matter. This is a true Klingon, one that the empire in no way deserves. Worf is the very essence of everything the Klingons claim to be, and this always comes at great personal cost. Worf has regained his public honor at that point, but he loses it again about ten seconds after his feet touch the station floor. The only other Klingon in the Trek canon who comes close to Worf in this regard is General Martok, but he doesn't show up until Worf crosses over into Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. ![]() They talk the talk, but Worf walks the walk, and he makes them all look bad. Worf is the exception, so of course he's the one they continually shun. The empire goes on and on (and on) about honor, but time and time again they prove that they have none. The civil war that they were so afraid of comes anyway, and the mere notion of protecting the powerful House of Duras from their crimes is a highly dishonorable act. Worf and the House of Mogh are branded treasonous vermin, even though none of them did anything wrong.ĭid the empire deserve this selfless action? Absolutely not. In the eyes of the galaxy at large, Worf is a traitor most vile. To stop the Klingon Empire from civil war, Worf ( Michael Dorn) chooses discommendation in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Sins of the Father." He does so almost without witness - only Picard, Kurn, Duras, and K'mpec know the truth. Publicly, he became even more of an outcast than he already was. Personally, his honor remained in tact, and there were a few who knew the truth of what he did. There once was a Klingon who sacrificed his public honor to save a hopelessly corrupt empire. ![]()
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