About this episode
The episode discusses Worf's brother Nikolai's controversial actions on a pre-technology planet and the implications of the Prime Directive.
Only Worf would have ANOTHER brother played by none other than Mr. Capulet himself, Paul Sorvino. It's great to see Michael Dorn on his back feet, and, without his prosthetics, he acts even harder. There's a planet being "observed" by Starfleet with a pre-technology culture that's been full-on infiltrated by the un-Prime Directive respecting adopted brother of Worf. The planet is about to die, and Nikolai Rozhenko ain't having it (but he is having a baby.) He cooks up a plan to abduct the people and trick them on the Holodeck, but guess what? Everything goes wrong. Perhaps the prime directive should be respected, Captain. But the brothers hug, so that's good. Please send us any thoughts on the series to LetsReEngage@gmail.com or on Bluesky, Greg's social media of choice. Get in touch with us on BlueSky @ReEngageTNG.bsky.social! Host: Jimmie G (@thejimmieg on IG & Twitter) Panel: Greg Tito (Gregtito.com, @GregTito on Bluesky, @greg_tito on IG), Erik Curry (@erikfallsdown on Twitter & IG), and Kate Jaeger (@jaegerlicious on Twitter and IG) Audio Editor: Jimmie G (@thejimmieg on IG & Twitter) Logo artwork: @mojojojo_97 on Twitter, mojo97.com Theme music: Ryan Marth Next…
People in this episode
Host: Jimmie G
Guests: Greg Tito, Erik Curry, Kate Jaeger
Topics covered
- Star Trek
- Worf
- Prime Directive
- family
- Holodeck
- cultural interference
Keywords
- Worf
- Nikolai Rozhenko
- Starfleet
- Prime Directive
- Holodeck
- Paul Sorvino
- Michael Dorn
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Starfleet, LetsReEngage@gmail.com, BlueSky, mojo97.com
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