Heart of Glory

This Story: Season 1 Episode 20 (production code 120)
TNG Overall: Episode 20
Trek Overall: Story 120, Episode 122
Airdate: 21 Mar 1988
Written by Herbert Wright & D.C. Fontana
Directed by Rob Bowman

Notes

• The first appearance of the Klingons in TNG (beyond Worf himself).
• The first appearance of Vaughn Armstrong in Star Trek, and his only appearance in Next Generation. He would go on to play twelve other roles spread out over Deep Space Nine, Voyager, & Enterprise.
• Troi & Wesley do not appear in this episode.
• The footage of the Klingon battle cruiser was reused from “Star Trek: The Motion Picture“.
• This episode references a race called the Talarians, who would not be seen on screen until the Season 4 episode “Suddenly Human“.
• This episode refers to the name of the Klingon home world as “Kling”, something which was ignored later on when it was renamed as “Qo’noS”.

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