History Recap / StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E19HeartOfGlory

-->'''Korris:''' Living among these humans has sucked the Klingon heart out of you. You are a sham! My words were dust upon the ground! Your blood has no fire! You are weak like them! I don't care what you look like--''you are no Klingon!''\\

* AbsenteeActor: Wesley and Troi do not appear.

* BloodKnight: Peace does not sit well with Korris and his pals, though Worf ''does'' tell him that the challenge is to learn to live ''in'' peace and the greatest enemy to be conquered is the fears within.

* PatrickStewartSpeech: Delivered by Worf to Korris. Korris dismisses it out-of-hand.

The Enterprise gets an order to investigate a disturbance Starfleet detected in the Neutral Zone.
Upon arriving they find a damaged transport ship adrift with 3 Klingons aboard, one of them badly wounded. Yar beams them over just before the damaged ship explodes and takes them to sickbay where Dr. Crusher starts treatment on the wounded Klingon.

Captain Picard questions the other two about what happened and the leader a fierce-looking fellow called Korris tells him that they were attacked by a Ferengi vessel Worf insists that the weapons used on the transport ship were not Ferengi and Korris says that the ''vessel'' was Ferengi but the weapons were Klingon. They excuse further questions by saying that they were tired and hungry and Picard tells Worf to escort them to their quarters. At their quarters Korris, and his NumberTwo Komnel test Worf to see if he has grown soft among humans when they receive word that their comrade is dying. They arrive at sickbay and perform the Klingon death ritual which involves staring into the dying warrior's eyes, see the life leave it, and then roar at the ceiling. The crew is surprised when Worf also takes part.

Later, Korris asks Worf how he came to serve on a ''Human'' Starfleet ship and Worf tells him of his back story about being rescued from Khitomer by Starfleet and being raised by human parents. They admire him for his ability to control his instincts to fight and attack and complain that this peace is a living death to them. Korris reveals that they indeed stole the freighter and were pursued by a Klingon battle cruiser which they destroyed. Worf is not happy but agrees to show them around the ship.

Meanwhile on the bridge, Data detects a Klingon cruiser approaching. They are hailed and the captain of the cruiser, K'Nera tells them that Korris and the others were fugitives who had destroyed a Klingon cruiser. He even offers to send a team down to collect them but Picard says that Tasha can handle it. When the security team arrives Korris appeals to Worf for help, but Worf refuses and they are packed off to the brig. Worf then tries to intercede for Korris' and Komnel's lives with Commander K'Nera, asking him to allow them to die with honor on a remote planet and not bound and helpless. K'Nera says he feels the same way but he must follow his orders to bring them for a trial.

Back at the brig Korris and Komnel assemble a disruptor from bits of their uniforms and bust their way out of the brig. Komnel dies trying to escape but Korris manages to[[CurbStompBattle Curb Stomp]] his way to the warp core where he threatens to blow it up unless Picard grants him access to the battle bridge and allow him to go off with it. Worf and Picard get their butts down to engineering where Worf again tries to reason with Korris. In a rare CrowningMomentOfAwesome for Worf he zaps Korris with his phaser after Korris tells him that he is no Klingon.

On the bridge Picard tells K'Nera how Korris and Komnel died. K'Nera tells Worf that once his tenure on board the Enterprise is over he must consider joining them as they can learn from each other.

* BondOneLiner: Given by Worf. ''"Perhaps not" '''ZAP'''''
* DeathWail: This episode introduces the Klingon Death Roar, where upon the death of a Klingon, his/her comrades to hold their eyes open while screaming loudly to the sky to warn those in the afterlife that a great warrior is on his/her way to join them.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: This is the first episode where TNG Klingons (apart from Worf himself) appear. The writers haven't quite got it right yet.

** This episode makes it seem like the Federation/Klingon alliance was a recent development. ''Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry'' would establish that the alliance started 70 years before TNG, though to their credit, they did show that it was strained at different points in-between.

* HumanShield: Averted - Tasha's security team confronts Worf and the Klingons just as a small child exits into the corridor. Tasha tenses for a hostage situation, but Korris hands the child to Worf and surrenders. Afterwards, Worf tells Tasha that "''Cowards'' take hostages, Klingons do not!"
* JustFollowingOrders: K'Nera agress that Korris and Konmel should die on their feet like Klingons, but he has his orders to bring them back for trial and execution.
* TheMainCharactersDoEverything: Lieutenant Yar asks to leave the tactical station in order to lead the security team apprehending the Klingons. This shows the flaws of having Security Chief serving as both chief gunner and head of the military police detachment.

--> "Living among these humans has sucked the Klingon heart out of you. You are a sham! My words were dust upon the ground! Your blood has no fire! You are weak like them! I don't care what you look like -- ''you are no Klingon!''"
** Followed by Worf's ShutUpHannibal:
--> "Perhaps not." *shoots Korris*
* ScaramangaSpecial: Korris and Konmel's disruptor. Korris uses it to kill [[RedShirt one of the guards]] and takes the dead man's phaser.
* SeeingThroughAnothersEyes: Geordi wears a special attachment to his VISOR, allowing Picard and the rest of the bridge to "see" like he does. When Picard asks how he filters out the SensoryOverload, Geordi compares it to how you listen for one voice in a crowded room.
** This also leads to one weird bit where Geordi is surprised that regular vision doesn't produce a halo around Data, despite briefly having it in "Hide and Q."
* TheWorfEffect: One of the few episodes where it does not affect Worf.

'''This episode contains examples of:'''

* TheMainCharactersDoEverything: Lieutenant Yar asks to lead the tactical station in order to lead the security team apprehending the Klingons. This shows the flaws of having Security Chief serving as both chief gunner and head of the military police detachment.

* TheWorfEffect: One of the few episodes where it does not affect Worf.

Meanwhile on the bridge, Data detects a Klingon cruiser approaching. They are hailed and the captain of the cruiser, K'Nera tells them that Korris and the others were fugitives who had destroyed a Klingon cruiser he even offers to send a team down to collect them but Picard says that Tasha can handle it. When the security team arrives Korris appeals to Worf for help but Worf refuses and they are packed off to the brig. Worf then tries to intercede for Korris' and Komnel's lives with Commander K'Nera, asking him to allow them to die with honor on a remote planet and not bound and helpless. K'Nera says he feels the same way but he must follow his orders to bring them for a trial.

Back at the brig Korris and Komnel assemble a disruptor from bits of their uniforms and bust their way out of the brig. Komnel dies trying to escape but Korris manages [[CurbStompBattle Curb Stomp]] his way to the warp core where he threatens to blow it up unless Picard grants him access to the battle bridge and allow him to go off with it. Worf and Picard get their butts down to engineering where worf again tries to reason with Korris. In a rare CrowningMomentOfAwesome for Worf he zaps Korris with his phaser after Korris tells him that he is no Klingon.

* HumanShield: Averted. ''"Cowards take hostages, Klingons do not!"''

* PatrickStewartSpeech: Delivered by Worf to Korris.

* ScaramangaSpecial: Korris and Konmel's disruptor.

** This episode makes it seem like the Federation/Klingon alliance was a brand new development. ''Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry'' would establish that the alliance started 70 years before TNG, though to their credit, they did show that it was strained at different points in-between.

** This episode makes it seem like the Federation/Klingon alliance was a brand new development. ''Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry'' would establish that the alliance started 70 years before TNG, though TNG did show that it was strained at different points in-between.

* PatrickStewartSpeech: Delivered by Worf to Korris.
* HumanShield: Averted. ''"Cowards take hostages, Klingons do not!"''

* BloodKnight: Peace does not sit well with Korris and his pals, though Worf ''does'' tell him that the challenge is to learn to live ''in'' peace and the greatest enemy to be conquered is the fears within.

* PatrickStewartSpeech: Delivered by Worf to Korris
* HumanShield: Averted. ''"Cowards take hostages, Klingons do not"''

* TheWorfEffect: One of the few episodes where it does not affect Worf
* BloodKnight: Peace does not sit well with Korris and his pals though Worf ''does'' tell him that the challenge is to learn to live ''in'' peace is the biggest to face the fears within

Upon arriving they find a damaged transport ship adrift with 3 Klingons aboard, one of them badly wounded. Yar beams them over just before the damaged ship explodes and takes them to sickbay where Dr. Crusher starts treatment on the wounded Klingon. Captain Picard questions the other two about what happened and the leader a fierce-looking fellow called Korris tells him that they were attacked by a Ferengi vessel Worf insists that the weapons used on the transport ship were not Ferengi and Korris says that the ''vessel'' was Ferengi but the weapons were Klingon. They excuse further questions by saying that they were tired and hungry and Picard tells Worf to escort them to their quarters. At their quarters Korris, and his NumberTwo Komnel test Worf to see if he has grown soft among humans when they receive word that their comrade is dying. They arrive at sickbay and perform the Klingon death ritual which involves staring into the dying warrior's eyes, see the life leave it, and then roar at the ceiling. The crew is surprised when Worf also takes part.

Back at the brig Korris and Komnel assemble a disruptor from bits of their uniforms and bust their way out of the brig. Komnel dies trying to escape but Korris manages [[CurbStompBattle Curb Stomp]] his way to the warp core where he threatens to blow it up unless Picard grants him access to the battle bridge and allow him to go off with it. Worf and Picard get their butts down to engineering where worf again tries to reason with Korris. In a rare CrowningMomentOfAwesome for Worf he zaps Korriswith his phaser after Korris tells him that he is no Klingon.

This episode contains examples of:
* PatrickStewartSpeech Delivered by Worf to Korris
* HumanShield Averted ''"Cowards take hostages, Klingons do not"''
* BondOneLiner Given by Worf ''"Perhaps not" '''ZAP'''''
* TheWorfEffect One of the few episodes where it does '''''Not''''' affect Worf
* BloodKnight peace does not sit well with Korris and his pals though Worf ''does'' tell him that the challenge is to learn to live ''in'' peace is the biggest to face the fears within