Riker is offered command of the U.S.S. Aries and his father comes aboard to brief him on the mission. They haven’t spoken in 15 years, so this doesn’t go too well.

If you like emotionally driven storylines that don’t go anywhere, this is the episode for you. Geordi’s sad, Worf’s sad, Riker’s angry and everybody talks about all this… a lot. The Anbo-jyutsu match and Worf’s painstick party don’t happen until the last few minutes.

I summarize the plot and point out and explain all the references so you don’t have to.