| Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode | |
| "Sons of Mogh" | |
| Episode no. | 86 |
|---|---|
| Prod. code | 48 |
| Airdate | February 12, 1996 |
| Writer(s) | Ronald D. Moore |
| Director | David Livingston |
| Guest star(s) | Tony Todd as Kurn Robert Doqui as Noggra Dell Yount as Tilikia D. Events 1429 - English Forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orleans from attack by the Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Screenwriters or scenarists are Scriptwriters who write the Screenplays from which Films and Television programs are made Ronald Dowl Moore (born 5 July 1964 in Chowchilla California) is a two-time Emmy Award -nominated American Screenwriter A television director directs the activities involved in making a Television Episode. David Livingston is an American Television producer and director. Tony Todd (born December 4, 1954) is an American Actor and producer. Elliot Woods as Klingon Officer |
| Year | 2372 |
| Stardate | 49556. Stardates are a means of specifying absolute dates in the fictional Star Trek universe. 2 |
| Episode chronology | |
| Previous | "Return to Grace" |
| Next | "Bar Association" |
"Sons of Mogh" is the fourteenth episode of the fourth season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. The following is a complete list of episode descriptions for Star Trek Deep Space Nine, in broadcast order " Return to Grace " is an episode of the Television series Star Trek Deep Space Nine, the thirteenth episode of the fourth season " Bar Association " is an episode of Star Trek Deep Space Nine, the fifteenth episode of the fourth season
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Plot
Worf gets an unexpected visit from his younger brother Kurn. Worf, played by Michael Dorn, is a Main character in both Star Trek The Next Generation and Star Trek Deep Space Nine This is a list of minor characters from the Science fiction television series Star Trek The Next Generation. Kurn quickly lands in a holding cell, but he is released into Worf's care. When Kurn wakes he confronts Worf about the dishonor Worf has brought upon the House of Mogh after rejecting the Klingon Empire's war with the Cardassian Empire. Klingons ( Klingon: tlhIngan; Pronunciation /ˈt͡ɬɪŋɑn/ are a warrior race in the fictional Star Trek universe Cardassians are a spacefaring race in the fictional Star Trek universe The house has been disbanded, its land and ships all seized. Kurn has lost everything he cared about and has lost all honor and Worf has taken it away without suffering the consequences. Now he wants Worf to give him back his honor the only way he can, by having Worf ritually kill him. Worf begins the ceremony, but Jadzia Dax realizes what Worf is planning when she hears of the incense he bought from Quark. Jadzia Dax, played by Terry Farrell, was a main character during the first six seasons of the science fiction Television series Star Trek Deep Space Incense is composed of Aromatic biotic materials It releases fragrant Smoke when burned Quark, son of Keldar and Ishka, is a Fictional character in the television series Star Trek Deep Space Nine, played by Armin Shimerman She and Odo interrupt the ceremony once Kurn has been stabbed, but soon enough to revive Kurn. Odo, played by René Auberjonois, is a main character on the science fiction television series Star Trek Deep Space Nine. Captain Sisko is furious and forbids that Worf complete the ceremony. Benjamin Lafayette Sisko, played by Avery Brooks, is the main character of the Television series Star Trek Deep Space Nine.
Worf visits Kurn where Kurn tells Worf that he is not truly Klingon. Klingons ( Klingon: tlhIngan; Pronunciation /ˈt͡ɬɪŋɑn/ are a warrior race in the fictional Star Trek universe Kurn points out that despite initiating the ceremony, Worf did not threaten and vigorously fight Dax and Odo to continue the ceremony, nor did he come ready to kill Kurn in the infirmary. Kurn, without an honorable life or death, places himself in Worf's hands. While Worf thinks about his situation, he gets Kurn a position with Odo's Bajoran police force. Bajorans, a race of Humanoids in the fictional Star Trek universe were introduced in the Next Generation series and played However Kurn loses his position when he allows himself to be shot without any attempt to defend himself.
A subplot throughout the episode is mysterious explosions accompanied by cloaked Klingon birds of prey near Bajoran space. One of the Klingon warbirds suffer severe damage and is forced to dock at Deep Space Nine. Eventually it is discovered that the explosions are due to malfunctioning mines, and that the Klingons are mining the space around Deep Space Nine in preparation for a future war. Worf proposes to Kurn that they go undercover to discover the mine locations and activation codes on the docked bird of prey. Kurn is appalled, but Worf appeals to Kurn's sense of family and the idea that this will discourage Gowron's ambitions (which Kurn agrees will ruin the empire). Gowron was a Fictional character of the Star Trek universe. He was played by Robert O'Reilly and featured in the TV series The mission is at first successful, and with Kurn's up to date knowledge of the Klingon military they are able to access the files, but they are interrupted by a Klingon officer. Worf pretends that he has a superior rank and seems to be able to send the officer away, but once Worf turns his back Kurn shoots the officer. Worf is shocked and insists that the man would not have killed him, but Kurn shows that the man was bringing a knife. Kurn's intense depression is enhanced by the fact he killed a man attacking in defense of the Empire. Worf gives the information to Sisko, but he is disillusioned by the fact that he was not able to realize the Klingon officer was going to kill him - feeling that a real Klingon would have. He comes to the conclusion that he is not of the Klingon or human world, but he only has his Federation rank, and Kurn has nothing at all. Worf has no idea what to do, since he no longer feels able to exercise Klingon honor and kill his brother, but Dax offers him a solution.
Worf finds Kurn drunk in his quarters contemplating suicide, a solution he would welcome were it not so dishonorable. Kurn reveals to Worf that while he never understood his brother, he always considered him honorable in his own way and that his greatest regret was that they were separated. Worf agrees and injects his brother so he passes out. Meanwhile on the Defiant, Major Kira detonates the mines and flushes out the cloaked birds of prey. The USS Defiant (NX-74205 is a fictional Starship in the television series Star Trek Deep Space Nine (DS9 and the Feature film Kira Nerys, played by Nana Visitor, is a main character in Star Trek Deep Space Nine. The next scene is Worf talking to Dr. Bashir, revealing that they are wiping Kurn's memory and giving him a new identity. Dr Julian Subatoi Bashir, played by Alexander Siddig, is a main character in Star Trek Deep Space Nine. Kurn - now "Rodek" - is then entrusted to a family friend who agrees to take him in as a son. Kurn has lost all memory and accepts the situation. In the last scene he looks to Worf and asks him, "Are you my family too?", to which Worf replies "I have no family. "
Background Information
This represents a continuation of a struggle in Worf's character seen throughout Star Trek: the Next Generation and this series between his identity as a Klingon and a Starfleet officer. Star Trek The Next Generation ( STTNG or TNG) is an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning science fiction television program created by Gene Roddenberry While in this episode he concludes he does not fit into the Klingon world, in later episodes he is accepted once again as a Klingon when he is adopted by General Martok and his house. Martok is a recurring character in Star Trek Deep Space Nine, played by actor J
Notes
This episode contains one notable discrepancy. Dr. Bashir, renowned for his commitment to medical ethics, agrees to perform a life-altering surgery on Kurn without his consent. While Worf would have been able to act as Kurn's medical guardian had he been incapacitated in some way, in the episode Kurn appears to simply pass out due to alcohol consumption and is subsequently transferred to the sickbay.
External links
- Sons of Mogh article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki
- Sons of Mogh article at STARTREK.COM, the official Star Trek website
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