Homeward

This episode of Next Generation is good and also incredibly stupid. It is good because Michael Dorn gets to act a little differently and not be in his usual Worf Klingon makeup when he meets up with his step brother on a planet, and it is bad because it makes little to no sense. The plot is there is this dying primitive world that Worf's brother is observing. He summons the Enterprise to help, but they say no dice, we are not allowed to help because of the Prime Directive - but this is fucking ridiculous because the Prime Directive is just there to stop the Federation from messing up other cultures, it doesn't turn them into Marvel Comics' Watchers. Anyway, Worf's bro tricks the Enterprise into helping out and there's some interesting tension and a neat plot about the holodeck, so it's not all terrible.

RATING: 53%