I second this recommendation.
Did you like the way Kurn's arc ended
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I second this recommendation.
I liked it a lot.. in fact it's one of my favorite Klingon and DS9 episodes because i like Kurn very much.
Kurn was what Klingons should have really been.. very honorable, skilled and proud of who they are. He was the type of Klingon who followed the spirit of their culture even if it meant his own death.
He would also be the type of Klingon who'd retreat from an unwinnable battle so he can regroup and strike back rather than yelling at the top of his lungs and charging into enemy crossfire wasting his life needlessly. Basically he was a younger version of Martok.
Now his "misfortune" comes from being Worfs younger brother and as Klingon tradition and law states has to follow his orders when it comes to their house.
Worf was and will always be a hybrid Klingon/Human (while physically being a Klingon). He often abandons Klingon culture when it goes up against Federation ethics and morals and this is what cost Kurn his "life".
Kurn was unable to do the same things as Worf and he couldn't adjust to his new life.. not being part of the Klingon military and anathema to everything he loved. He tried Worfs way but realized it wasn't for him.
There could only be one way out.. death. Worf wouldn't change his way to get Kurn his old life back and Kurn couldn't live with the shame he felt. Since there was no place for him in Klingon culture he couldn't die honorably for the empire (the Dominion War hasn't started yet? can't remember) and Worf wouldn't take the honorable way again having been prevented the first time.
So they chose the hardest way possible.. give him a second life as an honorable Klingon (that he always was).
The last scene breaks my heart when Worf tells Rodek he doesn't know him.. Worf knew all this and it must break his heart to have hurt his brother so much that he had to "kill" him to give him peace.
Worf is responsible for the entire situation and had he followed Klingon tradition all this would have never happened but he couldn't betray his oath to the Federation and thus Kurn had to suffer and die.
Kurn was what Klingons should have really been.. very honorable, skilled and proud of who they are. He was the type of Klingon who followed the spirit of their culture even if it meant his own death.
He would also be the type of Klingon who'd retreat from an unwinnable battle so he can regroup and strike back rather than yelling at the top of his lungs and charging into enemy crossfire wasting his life needlessly. Basically he was a younger version of Martok.
Now his "misfortune" comes from being Worfs younger brother and as Klingon tradition and law states has to follow his orders when it comes to their house.
Worf was and will always be a hybrid Klingon/Human (while physically being a Klingon). He often abandons Klingon culture when it goes up against Federation ethics and morals and this is what cost Kurn his "life".
Kurn was unable to do the same things as Worf and he couldn't adjust to his new life.. not being part of the Klingon military and anathema to everything he loved. He tried Worfs way but realized it wasn't for him.
There could only be one way out.. death. Worf wouldn't change his way to get Kurn his old life back and Kurn couldn't live with the shame he felt. Since there was no place for him in Klingon culture he couldn't die honorably for the empire (the Dominion War hasn't started yet? can't remember) and Worf wouldn't take the honorable way again having been prevented the first time.
So they chose the hardest way possible.. give him a second life as an honorable Klingon (that he always was).
The last scene breaks my heart when Worf tells Rodek he doesn't know him.. Worf knew all this and it must break his heart to have hurt his brother so much that he had to "kill" him to give him peace.
Worf is responsible for the entire situation and had he followed Klingon tradition all this would have never happened but he couldn't betray his oath to the Federation and thus Kurn had to suffer and die.
I really don't know how I feel about this episode, 
sorry. I mean, I understand why Worf did what he did, but that doesn't change the fact that is wasn't very "Klingon" of him. But to commit suicide wasn't the way of a warrior, and that would have condemned him to Klingon's version of Hell.
And even after reading all the previous posts and opinions, and seeing what I wrote, I still dont' know.
I do know this: this is an episode worth watching if only to make you think about how your actions can and do effect those of your family and friends.
sorry. I mean, I understand why Worf did what he did, but that doesn't change the fact that is wasn't very "Klingon" of him. But to commit suicide wasn't the way of a warrior, and that would have condemned him to Klingon's version of Hell. And even after reading all the previous posts and opinions, and seeing what I wrote, I still dont' know.
I do know this: this is an episode worth watching if only to make you think about how your actions can and do effect those of your family and friends.
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