Episode 146: "The Emissary" 

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 again.

Production: 146
Season: 2 Episode: 20
Air Date: 06.29.1989
Stardate: 42901.3
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
Suzie Plakson as K'Ehleyr
Lance Le Gault as K'Temoc
Georgann Johnson as Admiral Gromek
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
Cliff Bole

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3RD REVISED FINAL DRAFT

APRIL 10, 1989

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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