Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series)

New Ground (1992)

Michael Dorn: Lieutenant Worf

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  [Worf had considered sending Alexander to a Klingon school] 

  Lieutenant Worf : Klingon schools are designed to be difficult. The physical and mental hardships faced by the students are meant to build character and strength. However - if you wish to face a greater challenge, you may stay here with me. It would not be easy - for either of us. But perhaps we can face the challenge together.

  Alexander Rozhenko : I accept your challenge, Father. I will stay.

  Lieutenant Worf : I believe your mother would be pleased.

• Lieutenant Worf : I apologize for being late Captain. I was detained in school.

• Counselor Deanna Troi : Have you ever wondered how Alexander felt about being sent away?

  Lieutenant Worf : He was... very young. I am sure that he was confused.

  Counselor Deanna Troi : Do you think he felt abandoned? After all, he left very soon after K'Ehleyr's death. In a way, he not only lost his mother; he lost his father as well.

• Lieutenant Worf : Lieutenant Worf, personal log, stardate 45376.8 - Alexander has acted shamefully, and as his father, I must now deal with him. But I find that I would rather fight ten Balduk warriors than face one small child.

• Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge : Data! Data, isn't this exciting? We are going to witness a moment in history!

  Lt. Commander Data : [puzzled]  Every nanosecond in this continuum is a moment in history, once it has elapsed.

  Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge : No, no, no, no, I mean, we are gonna see something that people will talk about for years! I mean, think about it: no more bulky warp engines, or nacelles. A ship just generates a soliton wave and then rides it through space, like a surfboard. This is going to be like being there to watch Chuck Yeager break the sound barrier, or Zefram Cochrane engage the first warp drive!

  Lt. Commander Data : [emotionless]  It should be interesting.

  Lieutenant Worf : [equally unenthusiastic]  Very exciting.

  Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge : I'm talking to the wrong crowd. Er, D-Donaldson! Donaldson, you're an engineer...!

  [hurries off] 

• Helena Rozhenko : Alexander is a, is a fine boy, Worf. He's, he's smart and he's high-spirited, a lot like you were at that age. And sometimes, when he comes running through the house, then he knocks over that big green lamp, just like you used to do.

  Lieutenant Worf : I don't remember you smiling when I knocked over that lamp.

  Helena Rozhenko : Well, maybe once, when you weren't looking.

• Lieutenant Worf : Mother, Klingon children are often difficult to control.