Under an Officers Exchange Program, Riker serves aboard a Klingon ship, whose aging captain seeks an unwarranted bloody retaliation for suspected Enterprise treachery.Under an Officers Exchange Program, Riker serves aboard a Klingon ship, whose aging captain seeks an unwarranted bloody retaliation for suspected Enterprise treachery.Under an Officers Exchange Program, Riker serves aboard a Klingon ship, whose aging captain seeks an unwarranted bloody retaliation for suspected Enterprise treachery.
- Lieutenant Geordi La Forge
- (credit only)
- Counselor Deanna Troi
- (credit only)
- Youngblood
- (uncredited)
- Security Officer
- (uncredited)
- Command Division Officer
- (uncredited)
- Ten Forward Waiter
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaBrian Thompson was hired for his role, and then let go without notice before it was filmed. When he sought out a reason why, he was told that he was too large to fit into the costume Christopher Lloyd had worn for Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984). He quickly volunteered to make any necessary alterations himself.
- GoofsIn Coming of Age (1988), in which several young students fight for a place in Starfleet Academy, the Benzite Mordock gains the honor of becoming the first of his race to enter Starfleet. In this episode, less than a year later, Mendon, another Benzite, appears, not as an already graduated Starfleet ensign but as an officer from the Benzite fleet (in the same sort of exchange program as with Riker and the Klingon ship). Mendon is unfamiliar with Starfleet procedures. He instead continues to quote how it is done in his own fleet and, early on, how much better their way is, which would likely not have happened if he had attended the Academy.
- Quotes
Tactics Officer: [about the two female Klingons on board the Pagh] They are inquisitive. They would like to know how you would endure.
Commander William T. Riker: Endure what?
Lt. Klag: Them.
Commander William T. Riker: [looks at the women] One or both?
- ConnectionsFeatured in Star Trek: The Next Generation: Shades of Gray (1989)
- SoundtracksStar Trek: The Next Generation Main Title
Composed by Jerry Goldsmith and Alexander Courage
Philosophically, episodes like this one do however bring up the contentious subject of cultural relativism. By any acceptable human standard, the Klingon Empire is a ruthless and savage kratocracy. If it were a human society then it would hardly warrant any more normal courtesy than, for example, Nazi Germany, but the fact that it's an alien society muddles the issue: maybe the Klingons are just so fundamentally different as a species that their current society really is the most fit for them. Future episodes do suggest that they are more receptive to kindness and compassion as a species than their society allows, but for now that all lies in the future and when it happens it comes about precisely through their positive experiences with humans. For the time being, this is just a hopeful tale about the prospects of lasting peace and mutual understanding between mankind and a species that served more or less as one-dimensional villains in the original series.
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- Apr 3, 2023
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- Runtime45 minutes
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