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AI/LLM Reviews of Star Trek The Next Generation - The Emissary
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Alright — let’s break down **“Star Trek: The Next
Generation” — *The Emissary*** using the script
from [chakoteya.net]
(
http://www.chakoteya.net/NextGen/146.htm).
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**Episode:** *The Emissary*
**Season:** 2, Episode 20
**Original Air Date:** June 29, 1989
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## 📋 **Summary (from the transcript)**
The Enterprise is sent to intercept a Klingon
K’t’inga-class ship, the *T’Ong*, which has been
on a centuries-long sleeper mission. The crew,
having left the Empire before
the Klingon-Federation peace, is expected
to wake up ready for war — potentially
attacking Federation outposts
under the false belief they’re still enemies.
To resolve this without violence, Starfleet
sends an “emissary” — K’Ehleyr, a half-Klingon,
half-human Federation envoy (played by the
fantastic Suzie Plakson). She beams aboard
and we learn she has a *very* complicated
history with Worf. The two share a fiery,
tempestuous chemistry, having once had
a passionate affair.
K’Ehleyr’s brash, no-nonsense attitude clashes
with Worf’s rigid adherence to Klingon tradition.
She wants to try diplomacy; Worf sees violence
as inevitable. Their old fe