Worf Gets Denied Again and Again

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(written from a Production indicate of view)

After Worf is paralyzed past a freak accident, his merely hope may be a visiting doctor with questionable medical ethics.

1 Summary
- 1.ane Teaser
- i.2 Human activity 1
- 1.3 Human activity 2
- 1.4 Act Three
- ane.five Act Four
- one.half-dozen Act Five
- 1.7 Log entries
2 Memorable quotes
3 Groundwork data
- 3.1 Product history
- iii.ii Story and script
- 3.3 Production
- three.four Continuity
- 3.5 Reception
- 3.6 Apocrypha
- 3.seven Video and DVD releases
iv Links and references
- 4.1 Starring
- 4.two Also starring
- 4.3 Guest stars
- 4.4 Uncredited co-stars
- 4.five Stunt double
- 4.6 Stand-ins and photo doubles
- 4.vii References
  - 4.seven.1 Unreferenced production material
- iv.8 External links

Summary

Teaser

Lieutenant Worf and Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge are in Cargo Bay 3 investigating strange readings. Their tricorders are unable to find the exact problem. Worf is preoccupied with his loss to Counselor Deanna Troi in a poker game, and no 1 realizes that a large, heavy container sitting on a high shelf is leaking. Another similar container is sitting on superlative of it. Eventually, enough of the material leaks out that the lower container begins to buckle under the weight of the upper container. The two containers fall, and the upper container hits Worf in his dorsum. La Forge rushes over to the immobile Worf and summons emergency medical assistance. Worf wakes upward in sickbay and at commencement he believes he is existence held by a restraining field to keep him from leaving. Grim faced, Dr. Crusher informs him that his spinal string has been crushed, resulting in paralysis.

Human action One

"Captain'southward log, Stardate 45587.3. Lieutenant Worf has been removed from active duty following a severe injury. Although a neuro-specialist has arrived, Doctor Crusher believes his paralysis may be permanent."

The USS Potemkin arrives with Dr. Toby Russell, a neurological specialist, who Dr. Crusher has called in. She is brought to the USS Enterprise-D by the USS Potemkin. The two doctors find themselves in uncharted territory: in Klingon medicine those who are paralyzed are immune to die. Thus, the Klingons take near no research conducted on neurological trauma. Klingons with these injuries would ofttimes commit Hegh'bat, the Klingon ritual suicide. Dr. Russell is amazed by Klingon beefcake, which has twenty-three ribs, two livers, and an eight-chambered heart. For Klingons, this is called the brak'lul, pregnant every vital function has a backup system, though Russell notes that this also means there are many more ways it can go incorrect.

Commander Riker goes to visit his friend in sickbay. At first, Riker believes that Worf's paralysis is only temporary, only Worf assures him it is permanent. Shocked, Riker takes a seat near Worf's biobed. Worf then decides to ask him for a favor. When Riker tells him to name it, Worf asks Riker to help him commit hegh'bat. Riker is shocked and repulsed by what Worf is asking for – basically to hand him a pocketknife and exit him to stab himself in the heart.

Act Two

Dr. Russell proposes a new surgical procedure for Worf to Dr. Crusher. Dr. Russell believes that she can use what she calls a genetronic replicator to create an entirely new spinal column for Worf. But it would exist the first time she had done this on a living being, having but conducted tests of this new procedure on holographic patients and claims the success rate is now up to 30-seven percent. Dr. Crusher refuses to consider it; not only is the success charge per unit likewise low but they will need to remove Worf'southward entire spinal cavalcade and, given their limited cognition of Klingon biological science, if something goes wrong they won't be able to reattach information technology and he'll dice. Dr. Russell agrees to drop the thought.

Meanwhile, the Enterprise diverts to return aid to the USS Denver, afterward the latter struck a Cardassian gravitic mine left over from the Federation-Cardassian War while transporting over 5 hundred colonists. Dr. Crusher sets upward triage units in the shuttlebays, and accepts Russell's offering for assistance.

While on the bridge, Commander Riker asks to hash out Worf'south asking with Captain Picard in his ready room. Within, Riker tells Picard that, although he ever tries to understand and respect the traditions of other races and cultures, the idea of assisting Worf in suicide disgusts him especially as Worf could yet live a total life despite his injury. Picard however is more understanding of Worf's request, explaining to Riker that while a Human could accommodate with an injury equally severe as Worf'due south, when a Klingon is unable to stand and fight they consider their life to be over. Picard tin can't make Riker'southward conclusion for him and understands how frustrated he feels over the situation, but encourages him to get in based on his friendship with Worf. Klingons choose their friends very carefully, and if Worf didn't know if he could count on Riker he wouldn't have asked.

Alexander is upset over his father's accident, and even more upset that Worf volition non allow Alexander to see him in his condition. Counselor Troi tries to reason with Worf over this.

At first, Russell and Crusher have Worf try using devices to transmit impulses to the appropriate muscles. Simply when it is revealed that Worf would not accept total mobility, he refuses to utilize the devices. Against Crusher'due south wishes, Russell proposes the genetronic procedure to Worf, who attentively listens to her.

Human action Three

Doctor Crusher takes Russell aside and argues with her that they had already talked about and ruled out the procedure, and, furthermore, giving him that selection is taking advantage of his agony. Russell is picking upwards on Worf'south frustration with his status and is convinced he would want it. Crusher says she checked on her proposals at Starfleet Medical, seeing they were denied iii times for humanoid patients. They get interrupted when Picard calls to inform her that the Denver survivors will shortly be beaming aboard.

Troi brings Alexander to see Worf, who has propped himself up to a standing position adjacent to his bed, and is seen standing with the neurological devices strapped to his thighs. He begins to hash out the state of affairs with Alexander, telling him there will exist difficult times ahead. He loses his remainder and falls. Feeling humiliated, he gruffly orders Alexander to leave. Troi assures Alexander that it will be all right and that she will stay backside to assistance his male parent.

Later on meeting the other ship, the Enterprise medical staff begin treating casualties. Dr. Crusher discovers that a patient under Dr. Russell'south care had died after Russell tried an untested, experimental treatment, borathium, despite a chance standard treatments like leporazine or morathial would have saved his life. Outraged by Russell's reckless selection of a radical approach over conventional treatment, Crusher relieves Russell of duty, and tells Russell that she will not exist permitted to do medicine whatsoever longer while on board the Enterprise.

Human activity Four

Picard meets with Dr. Crusher in her office later on he learns that she has relieved Russell of duty. She had found that Starfleet Medical had refused permission to permit Russell to employ living subjects for her process. Crusher says that Worf is basically healthy for the time being, but that if he went into surgery he could dice. Picard tells her that she should consider assuasive Russell to perform the performance. Fifty-fifty though Crusher knows Worf could accept a full life even with this paralysis, Picard explains that Worf's society says that his life was over the moment he was struck by the container. To ask him to have living without full mobility despite a lifetime of differing values and beliefs is realistically only also difficult. He could possibly exist convinced to forgo suicide and take a chance with Russell's procedure, as chance is something Klingons know all about. The only way to save Worf's life is to practice this because otherwise, Worf volition eventually kill himself. Picard tells Crusher that it may not be good medicine, merely information technology is Worf's only selection.

Riker has studied the hegh'bat in item and bluntly finds it despicable in the fashion information technology tries to "cloak suicide in some glorious notion of honor". Worf protests to Riker that each of them must die in their own time. Riker forcefully reminds him of their boyfriend crewmates who perished while serving with them on the Enterprise – Sandoval, Fang-lee, Marla Aster and Tasha Yar, to proper name a few, who all fought for life until their last moments. Riker and so tells him that even though he strongly disagrees with the Klingon custom, he would near probable assistance Worf except for one detail. He finds in his research that Worf'southward son Alexander – his only immediate family unit member – would need to be the one to assist in the ritual. Worf protests that his son is a child, but Riker counters that "the son of a Klingon is a man the day he can outset hold a blade." It is non Riker'due south place to help Worf commit suicide, and he's figured out that it would exist too difficult for Worf to ask his son to watch him kill himself. In light of this, Worf summons Alexander to sickbay and informs him that he has chosen not to kill himself, but instead wishes to alive and to attempt the surgical procedure suggested by Dr. Russell.

Human activity V

"Chief medical officeholder's log, supplemental. Subsequently further consultation with Starfleet Medical, and a not bad deal of soul searching, I accept reluctantly granted Lieutenant Worf's asking to undergo the genetronic procedure."

Worf goes into surgery. Before going, he asks Counselor Troi if she would raise Alexander if he does not survive the operation, and she accepts. Russell and Crusher remove the old spinal cord. They use the gentronic scanner to endeavour to scan Worf's spinal cord, but the main scanner has trouble reading the cord. Russell scans the remainder of the cord herself. Once that's done, they begin generating a new spinal string. Everything seems to go right until the finish of the performance, when suddenly Worf crashes. Nurse Ogawa tin can read no vital signs from Worf and he has died on the operating tabular array.

Crusher, with tears in her optics, goes to sickbay to sadly tell Alexander that Worf has died. Alexander demands to come across his male parent. While they are viewing the torso, Worf'south synaptic functions suddenly reactivate; his brain as well manifestly had a backup system. This immune him to survive the performance. Shortly his body begins functioning once again.

While thrilled that Worf will recover, Crusher is disturbed by Russell's mental attitude of "the ends justify the means." Crusher tells Russell that she gambled with Worf'southward life and won, but real enquiry is a ho-hum and painstaking process and should never be put ahead of patients' lives. Crusher tells Russell that she hopes she enjoys her laurels, as she does not think she could. Crusher looks away from Russell and goes dorsum to work while she leaves without proverb a word.

After the operation, Worf begins the procedure of physical therapy. The process is slow equally it takes time for Worf'southward body to adjust to signals from the new spinal cord; Worf stumbles while he re-learns to walk. Watching his father stumbling, Alexander starts to move to him, but Troi reminds him of the Klingon stoicism nearly which she'due south spoken to him. Surprisingly, Worf asks for Alexander'due south help, and tells him that they will struggle together. With that, Worf begins his long journey towards recovery.

Log entries

Captain's log, USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D), 2368
Medical officer'due south log, USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)

Memorable quotes

"No question about it: she was bluffing, Worf."
"Backbiting is not one of Counselor Troi'due south strong suits... It would accept been unwise to call. Yes, my paw was not strong enough!"
"Y'all had Jacks and eights; she bluffed you with a pair of sixes!"
"How did yous know what I had?"
"Let's merely say I had a special 'insight' into the cards..." (points to his VISOR) "Maybe next time you should bring a deck that'southward non transparent to infrared light."

- La Forge and Worf, discussing a recent officers' poker game

"I've done dozens of holo-simulations. The success rate is up to 37 pct."
"Even a holographic patient would balk at those odds."

- Dr. Russell and Dr. Crusher, discussing Dr. Russell'southward experimental surgery

"He's been injured and he's embarrassed. And to have anyone see him now would brand him feel worse. Fifty-fifty if it were yous."
"This is part of that Klingon stuff, isn't it? My mother always said Klingons had a lot of impaired ideas about honor."
"That Klingon stuff is very of import to your father."

- Troi and Alexander, discussing why Worf wouldn't run into his son in his injured land

"Do you call back Sandoval? Striking with a disruptor nail ii years ago. She lived for about a week. Fang-lee, Marla Aster, Tasha Yar! How many men and women, how many friends have we watched die? I've lost count. Every ane of them, every single one, fought for life until the very end."

- Riker, arguing with Worf nearly his determination to commit ritual suicide

"Volition you or volition you not help me with the hegh'Bat?"
"You lot are my friend. And in spite of everything I've said, if it were my place, I would probably help y'all. But I've been studying Klingon ritual and Klingon law, and I've discovered that it's not my identify to make full that role. According to tradition, that accolade falls to a family fellow member. Preferably the oldest son."
"That is incommunicable! He is a child!"
"'The son of a Klingon is a homo the day he tin can first agree a blade.' True?"
"Alexander is non fully Klingon! He is role Human!"
"That's an excuse. What you actually mean is that it would be as well difficult to look at your son and tell him to bring y'all the knife, watch you stab it into your centre, and then pull the knife out of your chest and wipe your blood on his sleeve."

- Worf and Riker

"There is much to discuss. There will be difficult times ahead. You lot must be strong."

- Worf, to his son Alexander later his accident and subsequent paralysis

"You lot desire me to raise Alexander?"
"I have come to accept a great respect for y'all, Deanna. You have been most helpful in guiding me since Alexander'due south arrival. I can't imagine anyone who would be a amend parent to my son."

- Troi and Worf

"Ok, 25 cc cordrazine."
"That'll kill him."
"Looks similar we've done a pretty proficient job of that already, Doctor."

- Dr. Crusher and Dr. Russell, attempting to revive Worf

"I am delighted that Worf is going to recover. You gambled. He won. Not all of your patients are so lucky. Yous scare me, Doctor. You take a chance your patients' lives, and justify information technology in the name of research. Genuine research takes time. Sometimes a lifetime of painstaking, detailed work in order to go any results. Non for y'all. You lot take shortcuts, right through living tissue. You put your research ahead of your patients' lives. And as far equally I'yard concerned, that's a violation of our most sacred trust. I'm sure your piece of work will be hailed as a stunning breakthrough. Enjoy your honor, Medico. I'm not sure I could."

- Dr. Crusher, confronting Dr. Russell

"We will piece of work together."
"Yes, sir."

- Worf and Alexander Rozhenko, as Worf begins to learn how to walk again (terminal lines)

Background data

Production history

Final draft script: ix December 1991 [1]
Filmed: 11 Dec 1991 – 20 December 1991
2d unit and insert footage filmed: 4 February 1992
More second unit and insert footage filmed: fourteen February 1992
More second unit and insert footage filmed: 21 February 1992
Premiere airdate: two March 1992
Offset UK airdate: 5 April 1995

Story and script

Ronald D. Moore found writing the episode difficult. He remembered, "I wasn't a big fan of doing medical shows to begin with, and that particular one had a ton of medical jargon and technology and medical ideals." (Star Expedition: The Next Generation 365, p. 245)
Herbert J. Wright suggested that the experimental process exist more grotesque, with small creatures released into Worf's bloodstream, eating away damage to his body. The idea was rejected so that scientific discipline fiction elements did not distract from the drama. (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Consummate Trek Voyages, p. 240)
In that location were internal debates among the production staff about how to handle the issues of euthanasia and living with a disability. To Moore, Worf's position was obvious. He argued, "That wouldn't matter to Worf. He wouldn't want to live like that. He's a Klingon, and a Klingon would want to be killed." (Star Trek: The Next Generation 365, p. 245) However, for both Worf's dilemma and the conflict between the two doctors, he endeavored to bear witness the different positions fairly. He commented, "The balancing deed was to make sure both sides of the argument had validity, were compelling and existent positions." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages, p. 239)
Michael Piller remarked, "I love grays. I don't love black and whites. I don't similar answering questions so easily for the audience […] with 'Ethics,' again, we went out of our way not to make it easy for the audience to know what the right thing to practice was." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Consummate Trek Voyages, p. 239)

Product

Managing director Bit Chalmers revealed that the scene where Riker and Worf argue was originally even more heated, with the 2 actors yelling "nose to nose". At the final infinitesimal, this was cutting, equally it was felt that it had gone too far. (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages, p. 239)
"Ethics" was filmed betwixt Wed xi December 1991 and Friday twenty December 1991 on Paramount Stage viii, nine, and 16. It was the concluding episode to be filmed in 1991. Between 23 December 1991 and 2 Jan 1992, the production went into visitor holiday. 2nd unit and insert shots were filmed on Tuesday 4 February 1992 on Paramount Stage 9 and 16, on Fri 14 February 1992 on Paramount Stage viii and nine, equally well as on Fri 21 February 1992 on Paramount Stage 9.
During most of the surgery, Worf was played by Al Foster, the photograph double for Michael Dorn. (Star Expedition: The Next Generation Companion (2nd ed., p. 193))
The containers which fell onto Dorn's stunt double Rusty McClennon were made of styrofoam. (Call sheet)
The call sheet for Midweek 18 December 1991 reminded the crew to bring in infant photos for the competition on the following Friday.
Medlab iv and the Operating Theatre appear to be filmed on the same fix.

Continuity

Dr. Russell makes reference to a paper Dr. Crusher has written regarding cybernetic regeneration, which Crusher had previously mentioned developing a workable approach on in TNG: "11001001".
While describing his disdain for the hegh'bat ritual, Riker makes mention of the deaths of Marla Aster (TNG: "The Bonding") and Natasha Yar (TNG: "Skin of Evil").
In an alternate reality shown in the 7th flavor episode "Parallels", Worf and Deanna Troi autumn in dearest subsequently his operation, and the couple presently marry.
Unlike DS9: "Sons of Mogh", it was not clarified if this form of ritual Klingon assisted suicide would permit a Klingon soul to enter Sto-vo-kor (though it can possibly be inferred as such, from the fact that it is an accepted ritual of the Klingon civilization).
While Commander Riker was encouraged by Captain Picard to deport out the ritual of hegh'bat, Worf himself was arrested by Odo and berated past Sisko for attempting a like ritual on his brother Kurn in DS9: "Sons of Mogh".
When asking Riker to help him by performing the hegh'bat ceremony, Worf says "help me end my life equally I have lived information technology". 7 years later, Kor repeats that phrase to Worf, discussion for word, when asking him to help him undertake his concluding mission in "Again Unto the Breach".
During this episode, information technology is revealed that Klingons accept visible ridges on their spines and feet likewise as their foreheads.

Reception

Scrap Chalmers commented, "[F]or the first time that I can think, there take been some serious inter-personal conflicts on the ship. That'southward one of the rules, nobody gets in each other's face up. We had some pretty serious conflicts, and I think that was of huge redeeming value to that particular episode, because for the commencement time people saw Riker and Worf yelling at each other. We also saw real tears and real emotions." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Consummate Trek Voyages, p. 239)
Michael Piller stated, "I think we succeeded pretty well with that one. We wanted to explore the issue and information technology's only fair to explore it if yous requite both voices the equal fairness that their vox and opinions evangelize." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Consummate Trek Voyages, p. 239)
A mission report for this episode, past John Sayers, was published in The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine outcome 20, pp. 51-53.

Apocrypha

In the novel A Fourth dimension for War, A Time for Peace, the USS Enterprise-E is existence inspected by a Starfleet squad and Dr. Russell is inspecting the medical department. In another argument between Russell and Dr. Crusher, Crusher remarks once again nigh genetronics. Russell is amazed that Crusher is however upset about her process, which was successful; Crusher remarks that information technology but barely worked and that was because of the unique nature of Klingon physiology. Crusher too notes, much to Russell's irritation, that in the decade or so since Worf'south surgery, after the initial moving ridge of articles most it, nothing has ever been heard again regarding genetronics.

Video and DVD releases

Original UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Book 58, 11 Jan 1993
U.k. re-release (three-episode tapes, Paramount Abode Entertainment): Volume 5.6, eighteen November 2002
Every bit role of the TNG Flavour v DVD collection

Links and references

Starring

Patrick Stewart every bit Capt. Jean-Luc Picard
Jonathan Frakes equally Cmdr. William Riker

Too starring

LeVar Burton as Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge
Michael Dorn as Lt. Worf
Gates McFadden as Dr. Beverly Crusher
Marina Sirtis every bit Advisor Deanna Troi
Brent Spiner as Lt. Commander Data

Invitee stars

Caroline Kava every bit Toby Russell
Brian Bonsall equally Alexander Rozhenko
Patti Yasutake equally Alyssa Ogawa

Uncredited co-stars

David Keith Anderson as Armstrong
Rachen Assapiomonwait as Nelson
Lena Banks every bit operations ensign
Bowman as sciences officer
Michael Braveheart as Martinez
Debbie David as Russell
Denise Deuschle every bit sciences officer
Margaret Flores equally medical aide
Grace Harrell as operations ensign
Kai as sciences officer
Alex Landi as civilian
Marker Lentry as sciences lieutenant
Tim McCormack as Denver expressionless body
Michael Moorehead as sciences ensign
Joycelyn Robinson as Denver dead torso
Sissy Sessions as operations ensign
John Tampoya as command ensign
Christina Wegler Miles as Denver dead trunk
Unknown performers equally
- Fifteen wounded Denver colonists
- Four wounded Denver crewmembers

Stunt double

Rusty McClennon as stunt double for Michael Dorn

Stand-ins and photo doubles

Mikki Acedo – stand-in for Patti Yasutake
David Keith Anderson – stand-in & photograph double for LeVar Burton
Al Foster – photo double for Michael Dorn
Melba Gonzalez – stand-in for Marina Sirtis
Johnny Hayden – stand-in for Brian Bonsall
Tim McCormack – stand-in for Brent Spiner
Lorine Mendell – stand-in for Gates McFadden
Richard Sarstedt – stand up-in for Jonathan Frakes
Sissy Sessions – photo double for Patti Yasutake
Shawn – stand-in for Caroline Kava
Dennis Tracy – stand-in for Patrick Stewart
Dru Wagner – photo double for Caroline Kava
James Washington – stand-in for Michael Dorn

References

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Unreferenced product cloth

Kelnaria region; Mylaira system; Starbase 27

External links

"Ethics" at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
"Ethics" at Wikipedia
"Ideals" at StarTrek.com, the official Star Trek website
"Ethics" at MissionLogPodcast.com, a Roddenberry Star Trek podcast

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