Star Trek: 10 Best Klingon Episodes

1. The Next Generation - A Matter Of Honor

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Being an exchange student can be a lot of fun. You get to go to a different places and experience new things. Well, unless you get traded to a Klingon ship, which is what happened to Riker.

At the suggestion of Picard, Riker jumped on board the Pagh to become it's new First Officer. When the Second Officer challenged him, Riker observed the Klingon tradition and defeated him in combat to prove he was worthy of the position. Riker even doubled down by dining with the crew and enjoying some delicious gagh, essentially worms that are still alive.

Things got difficult when the Captain of the Pagh misinterpreted a scan from the Enterprise as an attack of some kind. In reality, the Enterprise was scanning a strange growth on the Klingon's hull. Riker took control of the ship, and prevented a disaster. He managed to do this using all the appropriate Klingon rules and regulations.

Putting Riker on a Klingon ship from a story perspective was a stroke of genius. It allowed viewers to get one of their first full views of how the crew of a Klingon ship functions, what life was like for them and how the hierarchy works.

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