Sins of the Father

The Klingon/Starfleet cross-cultural exchange program continues with Commander Kurn of the Klingon Defense Force serving a short stint as first officer aboard the Enterprise. But everyone is in for a surprise: Kurn is secretly the brother of Worf. He has come to tell Worf that their father has been deemed a traitor by the Klingon Empire. Now the entire crew of the Enterprise has one mission – help Worf clear the name of the house of Mogh. Either that or Worf dies. Courtroom drama meets palace intrigue when we put Sins of the Father in the Mission Log. Cowards! You knew where you had to go with this EP and you didn’t for risk of backlash. What good are the Morals, Messages, and Meanings of Star Trek if you can only talk about the au-currant non-contraversial ones? Don’t get me wrong, I feel for ya, because you most certainly would’ve gotten the hatemail, but come on. Show some spine boys. There are objective truths in this world and you shouldn’t be afraid to speak them. I just listened to episode. I think it’s obviously about Bush. “If the President does it, it’s legal…” The Iraq War..sad. I could also see a Catholic church slam…but more specifically the Iraq War and how the US leadership claimed Weapons of Mass Destruction, but none were found, and several THOUSANDS of people died…for what? Yes. That’s my take. I am in the Army, but not robotically loyal to horrible policies. I think the HYPOCRISY of the Klingons, many American leaders w/ regard to WAR, Catholic priests on their sex abuse scandals…..I can’t figure out who is talking sometimes between Ken and John, but “I want these paper people to die”- I agree with him, because EVOLUTION IS PAINFUL and the Klingon Empire needed to evolve. Same with the false, House of Cards, Glass House type leadership of these elite cabals. But I understand why the Klingon High Council did what they did.. FEAR, FEAR FEAR…..the fear of shame of being embarrassed and ridiculed…that’s why so many priests kept their secrets…politicians made their deals in the dark…we all know the future of the Klingon Empire and overall….it did them some good, I think…to vent their frustrations on each other…better than on a nearby space station…doh Well, sir, I am happy to be wrong about you, and even though I’m pretty much against our entire foreign policy these days, I thank you for your service. no prob. I always think when commercials/rallies, say “These heroes are protecting American’s freedoms”,…they should say “interests” instead of freedoms….I think of “The Defector’s” reference to King Henry and how corpses would rise up and complain about an unjust war….I think a lot…lol. Hypocrisy of the elite..I like it when they get burned..Burn Klingon Empire…BURN. Civil War, bloody nose from the Federation…Dominion…its coming from you…lol I’m against using the word “freedoms” here too. I hadn’t thought about replacing it with “interests.” Yes, that’s the right word here. What I love about Trek is how it showed me political scenarios years ago, that I had no idea were already in the headlines and would be today….Cardassian dissident movement…resistance..terrorism…great stuff…seems like Syria and so many other bad situations…ugh You accuse them of not having the spine to talk about a controversial topic without mentioning what the topic actually was. They were thinking about discussing how the themes of what happened at the end play out in our world today and then went, “NOPE.” Too bad. One of the awesome things about Star Trek is exactly this – putting uncomfortable/unpopular ideas into your head to get you thinking about them. Ken basically nailed it in summary and even swayed John, but ultimately they declined to talk about how that actually applies to us. It was all very intentionally vague – like they said, they don’t want hatemail, but I think a lot of people could benefit from deeper analysis of the message when it ISN’T “bonk bonk on the head,” as in this episode. Are you talking about the militar