Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season 6, Episode 16 - "Change of Heart"
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast
Roddenberry Entertainment
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 13 May 2021
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
In the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode, "Change of Heart," Worf and Dax find themselves in an alien jungle on the trail of a Cardassian defector. It's not exactly the honeymoon they had in mind, but the mission proves to reveal some emotional truths about their relationship.
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| 0:39.5 | Mission Log, a Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast, Episode 401, Change of Heart. Oh, Welcome into another episode of Mission Log, a Rotenberry Star Trek podcast. |
| 1:10.4 | I'm Norman Lau. |
| 1:11.8 | And I'm John Champion each week on Mission Log. It is our duty and honor to watch every episode of Star Trek and try to discover the morals, meanings and messages therein. |
| 1:23.0 | This week, change of heart, the one where Wharf uses the words duty, honor, loyalty, |
| 1:30.0 | as the backbone of a life spent defending the Federation. |
| 1:34.0 | Also, adjectives that describe the sanctity of marriage. |
| 1:39.0 | Yeah, but we're talking about duty here. |
| 1:42.0 | I know. What? |
| 1:44.7 | I... Look, Norm, not in front of the listeners. Can you please just do the thing and we'll talk about this later. |
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