Star Trek: The Next Generation, Season 3, Episode 17 - "Sins of the Father"
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast
Roddenberry Entertainment
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 5 November 2015
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "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.
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| 0:00.0 | Mission Log, A Roddenberry Star Trek podcast. I am John, son of Richard. |
| 0:23.0 | And I am Ken, son of Charlie. |
| 0:25.0 | Sounds better in Klingon. |
| 0:28.0 | Each week on Mission Long, we do the honorable thing. |
| 0:31.0 | Watch an episode of Star Trek, then pull it apart like a raw bird for messages, morals, and meanings. |
| 0:37.0 | Then we smear caviar on it and call it a show. |
| 0:40.0 | This week, Sends of the Father. |
| 0:42.0 | Fathers, by the way, not in this episode. |
| 0:45.0 | They are in absentia. |
| 0:47.0 | Huh, ain't life funny. |
| 0:50.0 | In a moment. |
| 0:51.0 | I'm done with that. |
| 0:52.0 | In a moment. John'm done with that. |
| 0:53.0 | In a moment. |
| 0:54.0 | John's going to do his trivia thing. |
| 0:56.0 | Before he does, though, I'm going to tell you how to get in touch with us. |
| 0:59.0 | Mission Log Pod is the address to find us on Facebook, Skype, and Twitter. |
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| 1:06.1 | Our phone number is 323, 522, 5641. |
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