heart glory heart glory 20th episode season american science fiction television series star trek generation broadcast march story created script days executive producer episode directed set 24th century series follows adventures crew starfleet starship enterprise episode crew rescue damaged freighter neutral zone aboard attempt enterprise live true forcing choose starfleet episode explained backstory character pleased outcome thought episode worked included overhead shot engineering set ending shots starship reused star trek motion picture freighter model reused star trek television series guest stars included role franchise appearance generation appeared roles franchise including admiral star trek enterprise episode watched million viewers initial broadcast reviews critics mixed plot enterprise enters neutral zone investigate distress freighter freighter badly damaged life forms detected aboard away team beams finds wounded away team returns enterprise freighter explodes taken meets captain explains passengers freighter attacked ship took freighter fend destroy ship damage sustained left freighter shown quarters surprised hear fellow serving starfleet condition present dies let fierce custom return quarters disappointed die battle leading question nature attack freighter quickly change subject forces reveal truth freighter order seek place live true damage freighter result battle ship seen near ship battle bridge hoping steal drive section escape crew placed brig enterprise soon met battlecruiser captained commander demands return fugitive knowing tried executed returned argues instead exile hostile planet refuses use parts uniforms assemble pistol escape brig killed takes engineering deck race engineering tries reason threatening destroy warp core enterprise attempts persuade come conquer galaxy true accuses weak refuses fires killing told deaths declares died asked manner death accepts offer serve aboard battlecruiser service aboard enterprise complete communications broken assures bridge crew production writer executive producer thought heart glory closest experience directly placing personal philosophy script later credited fellow executive producer helping write script heart glory saying problem sit close door scream pace suggestions stories work room shot couple days enormous time pressure working hand glove wonderful time especially wrote screenplay days story created delays language portions script didn actual sense translation simply sounding words created story explained background time series including story betrayal saw death parents foster parents mentioned episode seen fourth season episode family didn appear seventh season episode pleased outcome episode felt showed producers fans interested character main cast felt taken wanted epic battle end episode battlecruiser seen heart glory footage star trek motion picture freighter general model come reused generation star trek television series director bold decisions designing confrontation sequence scripted version showed fight taking place entirely deck engineering section instead fight upper deck camera angles seen filmed vertical sequences set altered script needed hit film scenes freighter order rough effect footage pleased outcome describing easiest generation episodes directed said hand worked guest stars episode included previously band second appearance generation episode having previously appeared earlier season gone continue appear crewmen rest series heart glory appearance generation actor play different roles star trek franchise including recurring character admiral star trek enterprise reception home media release heart glory broadcast united_states march broadcast syndication episode received nielsen ratings million broadcast increase million received previous episode coming age episode received higher rating end season reviewers watched episode end series reviewed episode july produced works based star trek universe describes guy far star trek concerned overly pleased episode describing plot slow said acting skills point mediocre better later series praised describing having tremendous presence thought excellent admiral enterprise early episode overly described overhead shot death silly thought episode overall forgettable mess gave rating zack_handlen writing thought act heart glory slow improved said exactly tear allows dignity character needs work mixed feelings death ritual felt justified end episode complex nature character sense loss feel earned gave episode grade watched episode august described favourite episodes season thought laid later episodes generation deep space voyager culture felt drama artificial writers forced situation kill brutality necessary good starfleet website reviews thought drama deciding join problematic thought hard believe crew know little point series praised starting point future based stories franchise gave score home media release heart glory vhs cassette appearing november united_states canada episode later included star trek generation season dvd box set released march recent release season blu ray set july
Heart of Glory