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Lieutenant Worf (Michael Dorn) gets what seems to him an unpleasant surprise when the Klingon emissary beamed aboard the
Enterprise on an urgent mission turns out to be his old girlfriend, K'Ehleyr (Suzie Plakson), who is half-Klingon, half-human. She's there to help the
Enterprise intercept a Klingon warship, which has been in a cryogenic sleep for almost a century. They've been gone long enough that crew members don't know that Klingons are at peace with the Federation--sort of the equivalent of Japanese soldiers on remote Pacific Islands who never heard that World War II was over. K'Ehleyr's job is to convince these warriors that they are no longer at war. While she's waiting for them to show up, she has enough time to ruffle Worf's feathers by trying to rekindle their old feelings.
Plakson has a delightfully tart way with her lines, which work well at needling the usually implacable Worf. Interestingly, K'Ehleyr is the one pushing for the couple to get down--but then bridles at the notion that, by mating for the sheer fun of it, they are bound for life. Traditionalist Worf, by contrast, can't imagine having sex without commitment--which just goes to show the difference between humans and Klingons. Plakson--as K'Ehleyr--would show up in a later episode, with the child produced by this encounter. Unfortunately, the interpersonal moments consume so much time that, when the Klingon ship finally appears, the tension in that encounter winds up feeling perfunctory. --Marshall Fine
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Enterprise receives orders from Starfleet Command to beam aboard special emissary K'Ehleyr (Suzie Plakson), a half-human, half-Klingon female. Worf (Michael Dorn) behaves coldly toward K'Ehleyr who tells Picard (Patrick Stewart) they are to intercept the T'Ong, a Klingon vessel whose crew has been in a 75-year cryogenic sleep. If the Klingons awake believing the Federation and the Klingon Empire are still enemies, there could be a full-scale war.
After a volatile meeting with Worf, K'Ehleyr seeks refuge in the Holodeck and Worf's demanding calisthenics program. There, she and Worf meet again and team to battle deadly alien warriors. After the program, Worf and K'Ehleyr, once romantically tied, consummate their passion.
As Worf and K'Ehleyr struggle to define their stormy relationship, the Klingons awake and the Enterprise's worst fears are brought to life.
