Birthright (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
| "Birthright (Parts I and II)" | |
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| Star Trek: The Next Generation episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 6 Episode 16 & 17 |
| Directed by |
Winrich Kolbe Part I Dan Curry Part II |
| Written by |
Brannon Braga Part I René Echevarria Part II |
| Featured music | Jay Chattaway |
| Production code | 242 & 243 |
| Original air date | March 7, 1993 March 14, 1993 |
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"Birthright" is the 16th and 17th episodes of the sixth season of the science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, the 142nd and 143rd episodes overall.
Worf and Data both seek to know more about their fathers: Worf through an adventure to a world inside Romulan territory, and Data through a newly discovered dream program.
The Enterprise is docked at Deep Space Nine, providing assistance in repairing the Bajoran aqueducts. Julian Bashir, DS9's Chief Medical Officer, has come aboard to get assistance in examining a piece of technology that was found in the Gamma Quadrant and is working with Geordi and Data. During a conversation, Bashir notices that Data breathes, and so Data explains some aspects of his design that make him look more like a human.
The main focus of the episode is on Worf, whose story will be completed in Part II. In a café on DS9 Worf is approached by an alien, Jaglom Shrek (played by James Cromwell), who claims that Mogh, Worf's father, was not killed at Khitomer, but instead was captured by the Romulans. Since Mogh's capture would dishonor Worf and his own son, Worf at first refuses to believe the alien's claim but it upsets him.
Meanwhile, Data, Geordi, and Bashir are working in engineering with the piece of equipment Julian brought over. During a test there is a sudden energy discharge which hits Data, causing him to collapse on to the deck. Data has a dream-like experience in which he wanders through one of the ship's corridors. He sees a bird and hears the sound of a hammer on an anvil. He finds the person banging the hammer and it is his "father", creator Noonien Soong. Before he can learn any more he is revived by Geordi.
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