Star Trek The Next Generation Feature Length Episodes: Ranked

Birthright has several pros, not least being seeing Deep Space Nine in glorious high definition. There is excellent acting on show as well and the search for survivors of Khitomer is a compelling plot device. It is always nice to see James Cromwell also, who would most notably appear as Zefram Cochrane in Star Trek First Contact.

However, the issue with Birthright is that, for all of the pros, it's just not that interesting. A late entry to the series, it comes in the sixth season when almost everything about the House of Mogh had already been covered. Suddenly there's a chance that Mogh is alive. It just seems like a thin plot device to get Worf to the Romulan camp.

The Klingons at the camp, however, are both entertaining and believable. It is saved from the bottom of the list not just because any two-parter is better than Farpoint, but because even though this was star-trek-by-the-numbers, the characters were so settled in their roles at this point that the relationships are easy and the motivations believable.

The side plot of Data accessing his dreams is an engaging story as well. Bashir's cameo is a fun reminder of how earnest the Doctor was in the early years of Deep Space Nine. Not the best two-parter by far, but enjoyable fare.