32. Of Course You Know, This Means Worf
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In today’s episode we’re having a look at Worf, a character who’s a rare series regular between two whole Star Trek shows. We wanted to have a look at some early stories of him in both TNG and DS9 and they both ended up being about bad actors wanting to ‘Make Qo’NoS Great Again’ in their own ways. First we’ve got some rebellious Klingons making trouble in the Neutral Zone and Worf’s first time being torn between his new friends and his work friends in “Heart of Glory”. Then we’re over to some rash decisions from the Klingon Empire as they decide to invade Cardassia right after it’s had a rebellion against its own government in “Way of the Warrior Parts 1 & 2”. This is a big, status quo changing episode with a lot of fun guest stars like friend of the pod Gul Dukat, Martok and the glorious eyes of Gowron.
Timecodes:
0:19:39 TNG: Heart of Glory
0:49:49 DS9: Way of the Warrior Part 1 & 2
Just so you know Miles was beeping a little as the batteries on his explosive collar were running low. I edited around the beeps a lot, but there are a few still in there. – C
Talking points include: our reasons for covering this episode, manifesting a god by having enough people scream at a road, The Exorcist, Brad Dourif being a moist serial killer, Brad Dourif being a good egg in Deadwood, Goodfellas (apparently that is Ray Liotta’s real laugh), the works of M-Scoz, Kylie Minogue, Rick Astley, Bill Bailey’s Klingonness, Blake’s 7, Classic Doctor Who, The Simpsons, ValSpeak, Shenmue, Wing Commander, The Young Ones, Babylon 5, Red Dwarf, Brian K Vaughan, Mystique, Star Wars and space battles, event comics, and Gengar. Oh, and occasionally Star Trek.
Pedant’s Corner: Sweeps weeks are when people like Nielsen do their ratings calculations, so channels often pulled big stunts to try and get people watching. We didn’t know AGIMUS was going to come back when this was recorded. The decision and placement of Way of the Warrior was quick, even if it was sidetracked by several tangents.
Music by Alfred Etheridge-Nunn. Read Miles’s blog or Charlie’s blog.
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“a character who’s a rare series regular between two whole Star Trek shows”
If by two whole you mean 1.5.
Pretty sure “whole Star Trek shows” refers to the distinctiveness of DS9 and TNG, not that he appeared in every episode of both.