Star Trek: 10 Times Worf Was Ignored (But Was Absolutely Right)

8. Captain's Holiday

Captain's Holiday
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Picard's greatest weakness was never the Borg, or Q, or even his self-confessed dislike of children. It was the challenge of relaxing and having fun.

Manipulated into taking shore leave, Picard reluctantly heads to Risa. In fairness, this seems to be the least well-suited holiday destination for the always-on, intellectual captain, but the plan is simple; relax, read a book in the sun and enjoy some 'me-time'.

Worf, meanwhile, identifies the flaw in this plan. Sending Jean-Luc Picard...archaeologist, adventurer, amateur detective and general chaos magnet...to a pleasure planet, unattended, seems like a disaster waiting to happen. So Worf implores the Captain to let him send a security officer with him. Picard promptly dismisses his concerns.

With barely enough time to apply sunscreen, Picard becomes entangled with the resident femme fatale, recruited into a perilous treasure hunt, and caught in an increasingly outlandish chain of events that spans time and space.

For most people, lurching from one mortal danger to another wouldn't be the ideal holiday itinerary...but we suspect that Picard had the time of his life. Even if he would never admit it. And to be fair, nobody could have reasonably predicted the pulp-adventure that would unfold.

Except perhaps Worf.

Contributor

Katherine has been boldly going since childhood, when the BBC Two 6pm Star Trek slot changed her life. She was drawn in by the franchise's optimism, compassion and flair for character-driven storytelling. She's been writing stories since she could pick up a pen and has spent far too much time immersed in television, films, books, music and theatre. She loves any chance to talk or write about her favourite fandoms, of which there are many. When not busy writing, she can usually be found playing video games or explaining why the concept of a transporter is actually terrifying.