STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
Season 1, Episode 20

Heart of Glory

Series: The Next Generation - (1987-1994)
Season: 1
Episode #: 1.20
Production #: 40271-120
Original Airdate: 03/21/1988

Writer(s): Maurice Hurley, Herbert Wright, and D.C. Fontana
Director(s): Robert Bowman

Guest Stars
Vaughn Armstrong as Captain Korris
Charles H. Hyman as Lt. Konmel
David Froman as Commander K'Nera
Robert Bauer as Officer Kunivas
Brad Zerbst as an Enterprise Nurse
Dennis Madalone as Crewman Ramos

Uncredited Guest Stars
James G. Becker as Ensign Youngblood
Darrell Burris as a Command Division Officer
Dexter Clay as an Operations Division Lieutenant
Jeffrey Deacon as a Ccommand division Officer
Susan Duchow as an Operations Division Officer
John Escobar as a Security Officer
David Eum as Ensign Wright
Shana Ann Golden as a Command Division Officer
Tim McCormack as Ensign Bennett
James McElroy as an Operations Division Officer
Lorine Mendell as Lt. Diana Giddings
Burt Nacke as an Operations Division Technician
Guy Vardaman as Lt. Darien Wallace

Stardate: 41503.7

Synopsis

Lt. Worf must choose between his loyalty to Starfleet and his Klingon heritage when two Klingon fugitives take over the U.S.S. Enterprise.

The fugitives, yearning to recapture the Klingon fighting days of the past, hijack a Talarian vessel and destroy a Klingon ship sent to capture them. Then, just as their disabled ship is about to blow up, the Klingons are rescued by the U.S.S. Enterprise.

Unaware of the Klingons' true intentions, Captain Picard instructs Lt. Worf to show his Klingon comrades around the ship. During their tour, the fugitives attempt to enlist Worf in their cause. Meanwhile, a Klingon vessel approaches, and its captain informs Picard of the fugitives' crimes and demands their extradition. Before Picard can deliver them, one criminal escapes and the other is killed. The surviving Klingon takes over the engineering room and threatens to destroy the U.S.S. Enterprise.

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Trying desperately to save the ship and its crew, Worf approaches the Klingon. Faced with certain death, the fugitive pleads with Worf once again to join him in his plan to escape with the battle section of the ship. Torn between his new life and his Klingon warrior instincts, Worf explains that the sign of the true warrior is not without - but within. The Klingon lunges but Worf, prepared for the move, kills the fugitive with a phaser blast.

Impressed by Worf's skills, the Klingon captain offers Worf a position under his command. After politely telling the Klingon captain he'll think about it, Worf assures Picard that he plans to remain with the U.S.S. Enterprise.

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