We are getting down to the last few episodes now, and unfortunately this time it’s Firstborn and Bloodlines. While not truly awful, these are some of the more forgettable entries into the TNG canon.
Firstborn is about Worf and his son, Alexander. Alexander doesn’t want to be a warrior, which Worf almost has a conniption fit about. While getting jumped after attending a Klingon holiday together, a warrior aligned with the house of Mogue comes to their rescue. He teams up with Worf to try and get Alexander motivated about becoming a warrior but they fail again and again, and K’mtar finally reveals himself as Alexander from the future–a future where Worf dies because of him, and he’s come back to right things.
You may not know that the original story called for K’Ehleyr to come back and rescue Alexander at the end of the story; only a scheduling conflict prevented Suzie Plakson from showing up. It would’ve been great if she had! Does something about K’Mtar seem familiar? Check out my full review to see why.
Bloodlines is worse than Firstborn. Firstborn did have some redeeming qualities–they are harder to find in Bloodlines. DaiMon Bok (the Ferengi Picard-hater from back in The Battle), is back and claims he will kill the son Picard never knew he had. It’s pretty lame and predictable, and while we do learn the young man isn’t Picard’s son, we don’t get the closure with Bok the audience might want.
You may not know that the idea for this crappy episode was indirectly Patrick Stewart’s! A producer asked him if there’s any other aspect of his character he wanted to explore, and he said Bok, so they wrote an episode! This episode is tied with two other ones for the least watched of season seven, and who can blame us. Check out more details in my full review.
Okay there are only three episodes left! Next time I’ll be reviewing Emergence and Preemptive Strike, all leading up to one of the greatest series’ finales of all time, All Good Things…