The U.S.S. Enterprise,
obeying orders from the highest ranks of Starfleet
Command, beams aboard a special emissary named K'Ehleyr,
a half-human, half-Klingon female. The crew is pulled by
Worf's coldness toward K'Ehleyr, who informs them that
they must intercept the T'Ong, a Klingon vessel whose
staff has been in cryogenic sleep for a century. She
reveals that the Klingons began their voyage while the
Federation was still at war with the Klingon Empire, and
that if they awaken within striking range of key
Federation outposts, the results could be devastating.
Worf, shunning the emissary's friendly advances,
reluctantly follows Picard's orders to meet with
K'Ehleyr about the volatile situation with the T'Ong.
However, their meeting quickly turns personal, revealing
that the two were once linked romantically. After a
bitter argument, K'Ehleyr storms out.
To work out her
frustrations, K'Ehleyr goes to the Holodeck where she
does Worf's rigorous calisthenics program. Worf joins
her for the exercise, which pits them in battle against
deadly alien warriors. After completing the program, an
aroused Worf grabs K'Ehleyr and they consummate their
passion. At dawn, Worf asks her to take the Klingon oath
of marriage which traditionally follows intimacy, but
she refuses.
Meanwhile, the
Enterprise approaches the T'Ong, whose newly awakened
crew members begin firing at the ship. To prevent a
fatal face-off, Worf dresses in full Klingon Captain's
regalia and presents himself to the T'Ong as the
commander of the U.S.S. Enterprise and demands their
surrender. He convinces the Klingon leaders that the war
ended during the T'Ong's mission and that the Klingons
are now peaceful members of the Federation.
Following the T'Ong's
surrender, K'Ehleyr prepares to take command of the
Klingon vessel and is escorted to the transporter room
by Worf. There, the two finally reconcile their
differences and although K'Ehleyr bids him farewell, she
leaves Worf with the hope that their paths will cross
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Production: 146
Season: 2 Episode: 20
Air Date: 06.29.1989
Stardate: 42901.3 |
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Patrick
Stewart as Jean-Luc Picard
Jonathan Frakes as William Riker
Brent Spiner as Data
LeVar Burton as Geordi La Forge
Michael Dorn as Worf
Marina Sirtis as Deanna Troi
Diana Muldaur as Katherine Pulaski
Wil Wheaton as Wesley Crusher |
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Suzie Plakson as
K'Ehleyr
Lance Le Gault as K'Temoc
Georgann Johnson as Admiral Gromek |
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Biography for Suzie Plakson
Birth name Susan Plaksin
Height 6' 1½" (1.87 m)
Trivia
Her brother-in-law, David Berger, is a folk singer and
High School history teacher in New Jersey.
The only actress to appear as 4
different aliens in 3 different "Star Trek" series:
Vulcan Lt. Selar and Klingon K'Ehleyr on "Star Trek: The
Next Generation" (1987), the female Q on "Star Trek:
Voyager" (1995) and Tarah, the first female Andorian on
"Enterprise" (2001).
She spent her childhood in
Kingston, Pennsylvania.
Her big break came when Anthony
Newley cast her opposite himself in the 1987 revival of
"Stop the World, I Want to Get Off".
Her sister is married to David
Berger, a folk singer and high school history teacher in
New Jersey.
Family - Parents: Philip
Plaksin and Cilda (Philip died on 1 August 2000 in
Greater Los Angeles, at the age of 75); siblings:
Michael Plaksin and Barbara Berger (née Plaksin); uncle:
Irving Plaksin.
Siblings: Michael Plaksin and
Barbara Berger (née Plaksin).
Playmate Toys put out an action
figure in her likeness as her character, K'Ehleyr, from
Star Trek: The Next Generation.
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STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"The Emissary"
#40272-146
Participating Writers:
Thomas H. Calder
Richard Manning & Hans Beimler
Directed by
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STAR TREK: "The Emissary" -
4/10/89 - CAST
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"The Emissary"
CAST
PICARD
K'EHLEYR
RIKER
K'TEMOC
DATA
PULASKI
ADMIRAL GROMEK
TROI
GEORDI
WORF
O'BRIEN
ENSIGN CLANCEY
TACTICAL CREWMAN
Voice-over
COMPUTER VOICE
FEMALE COM VOICE
Non-Speaking
N.D. CREWMEMBERS
THREE ALIEN WARRIORS
KLINGON CREWMEMBERS
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