Takara_Soong 4 Posted May 28, 2005 Series: Star Trek: The Next Generation Season: 7 Episode #: 21 Production #: 273 Episode Name: Firstborn Original Air Date: 04.25.94 Review not yet available. Cast: Patrick Stewart as Jean-Luc Picard Jonathan Frakes as William Thomas Riker Brent Spiner as Data LeVar Burton as Geordi La Forge Michael Dorn as Worf Gates McFadden as Beverly Crusher Marina Sirtis as Deanna Troi Guest Cast: Brian Bonsall as Alexander Gwynyth Walsh as B'Etor Barbara March as Lursa James Sloyan as K'mtar Joel Swetow as Yog Colin Mitchell as Gorta Armin Shimerman as Quark Director: Jonathan West Teleplay By: Rene Echevarria Story By: Mark Kalbfeld Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HRH The KING 0 Posted June 22, 2005 Five episodes left and this one involved Worf's son Alexander coming back through time to make certain he becomes a Klingon Warrior. A character developing episode for Worf. By now, TNG was really starting to run out of steam. The problem with TNG is that it had absolutely no direction. DS9 had the Dominion War, the Bajoran deliverance and the journey of the Emissary. They pushed the show in a direction and it paid off at the end. TNG didn't have that and it suffered from it. Rating = 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stephen of Borg 2 Posted March 16, 2006 once again, I disagree. These are the kinds of episodes I like. I thought the end of the episode was very touching and made me a little misty eyed when grown Alexander hugs his dad. I give this a five for sure, I loved it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KIMIMELA 1 Posted March 16, 2006 Normally, I sit right in front of the TV screen when a Trek episode is on because it is interesting; this one didn't interest me as much, so I sat on the sofa instead. I'll rate it as 4/5 because of the narrative. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GhostofMajorHayes 10 Posted January 19, 2008 I give it a 5. I liked how Alexander had enough love in his heart for his dad to travel back and warn him about a future attack against him. Now, if only Worf had been a better dad. :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
youbroughtheryouRiker 2 Posted April 21, 2008 3. Good premise of a story, but it wasn't delivered as well as it could have been. Bonsall did a great job. I love how his eyes lit up at the festival, and how he still clung to the way his mother taught him to disregard Klingon ways. Sloyan didn't do as well as he could have, but still not too bad. Nice moment of turning for Worf too. Pretty good episode. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites