Episode
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Rightful Heir
Overview
Stardate: 46852.2. While on a quest to summon a vision of Kahless, Worf questions his faith when the real Kahless rises from the dead to lead the Empire.
Details
- Series
- Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 23
- Air date
- 1993-05-17
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
Rightful Heir is Episode 23 in Season 6 of Star Trek: The Next Generation. It aired on 1993-05-17. The runtime is 45 min.
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Episode 22: Suspicions
Stardate: 46830.1. Dr. Crusher puts her career on the line when she tries to clear the name of a murdered scientist whose invention could allow starships to pass through a sun's corona.
Episode 24: Second Chances
Stardate: 46915.2. Riker discovers that eight years ago, an exact clone of him was created when he beamed through a planet's surface while returning to his starship. This clone, named Thomas Riker, has secretly remained on the planet for the past eight years, and still has romantic feelings for Troi.
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Episode 25: Timescape
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Episode 20: The Chase
Stardate: 46731.5. Picard's old archaeology professor is found murdered, the crew try to complete his research. Soon, the crew must compete with Romulans and Klingons and Cardassians to uncover the truth behind his discoveries.
Episode 26: Descent (1)
Stardate: 46982.1. The Borg return to threaten the Federation under the new leadership of Lore. Data experiences a disturbing facet of human emotions - he feels pleasure after killing a Borg drone.
Episode 19: Lessons
Stardate: 46693.1. Picard must choose between love and command when he must make a decision that could place the woman he loves in a potentially deadly and high-risk mission.
Episode 18: Starship Mine
Stardate: 46682.4. The crew evacuates the Enterprise when the ship needs to be cleaned of particles that have built up over the ship's hull. However, Picard accidentally stumbles over a terrorist group who plan on destroying the ship. He only has a short time to stop their attempts before the ship is swept by a beam of radiation to remove the particles that is lethal to all forms of life.
Episode 17: Birthright (2)
Stardate: 46759.2. Worf is captured by the Romulans where he learns why the other captives did not attempt an escape years before.
Episode 16: Birthright (1)
Stardate: 46578.4. While visiting Deep Space Nine, Worf learns that his father is still alive and being held captive in a secret Romulan prison camp.
Episode 15: Tapestry
Stardate: Unknown. A mortally wounded Picard is forced into re-living a time of his life when he was back in Starfleet Academy, with the intervention of Q.
Episode 14: Face of the Enemy
Stardate: 46519.1. Troi is abducted and surgically altered by the Romulans as part of a ploy to smuggle intelligence operatives into the Federation.