Star Trek: The Next Generation: Rightful Heir (1993)
Season 6, Episode 23
6/10
Have you found Klingon Jesus?
2 May 2021
Warning: Spoilers
One has to wonder what would happen on earth if someone came up with a clone Jesus or Muhammad. I have to be honest ---- I would be pretty impressed!

I enjoyed the aspects of the episode dealing with meeting and talking to this religious figure. I wonder what the Klingon preists motivations were? They say in the episode that it was to 'unite' the Klingon people but Gowron has stated that they don't like him. I am putting my money on an attempted coup d'etat.

The premise is rather interesting but I felt that there could have been more conflict in this one. Maybe something goes wrong with the cloning process and Kahless is completely crazy ----- Worf has to figure out a way to fix this issue and is faced with conflict of his love for Klingon culture/honor and his duty to his people.

I suppose in an episode about religious belief you had to be on tippy toes to avoid a wave of angry letters. There was a very light dusting of a message about believing in the meaning behind the deity instead of believing in the deity itself.

I do love the idea of a clone rising up against it's creator who is attempting to use it as a political tool. When you think about it ---- That's a real jerk move by the Klingon priests.

Excellent premise but should have been tweaked a bit to make a more impactful statement.
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