Story: Heart of Glory
Written By: Maurice Hurley
Series: Star Trek: The Next Generation
Year: 1988
"Heart of Glory" is actually one of the best episodes of this weak first season. The beginning with Geordi’s VISOR is unnecessary, though I guess it gave us an idea of how Geordi's vision works...I just think it felt tacked on. But then we get to the Klingons. And it’s practically brilliant.
“The Undiscovered Country” had not yet been released, so this was the first time that we saw that any hint of an alliance with the Federation and the Klingons (I mean barring Worf, but the circumstances of his membership of the Enterprise was a little NOTTHOUGHTOFBYTHEWRITERS until now).
It also revealed that this alliance is a little shaky, some Klingons are not happy with the alliance to this day. It has a good plot, and it all makes sense, and it sports good performance from Michael Dorn, who before this point was just “dumb Klingon”. It was nice to see the beginning of the development for Worf, who really grew in this series, being one of the most interesting characters of the whole franchise.
The Klingons were, for a while, one of those races in Trek that brought the production up a bit. They are not only interesting and well developed, but a hell of a lot of fun to watch, which is why they were so popular.
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Written By: Maurice Hurley
Series: Star Trek: The Next Generation
Year: 1988
"Heart of Glory" is actually one of the best episodes of this weak first season. The beginning with Geordi’s VISOR is unnecessary, though I guess it gave us an idea of how Geordi's vision works...I just think it felt tacked on. But then we get to the Klingons. And it’s practically brilliant.
It also revealed that this alliance is a little shaky, some Klingons are not happy with the alliance to this day. It has a good plot, and it all makes sense, and it sports good performance from Michael Dorn, who before this point was just “dumb Klingon”. It was nice to see the beginning of the development for Worf, who really grew in this series, being one of the most interesting characters of the whole franchise.
The Klingons were, for a while, one of those races in Trek that brought the production up a bit. They are not only interesting and well developed, but a hell of a lot of fun to watch, which is why they were so popular.
NEXT TIME: Captain Rice