In an interview withThe Big Issue, actor Colm Meaney, who played Chief Miles O’Brien inStar Trek: The Next GenerationandStar Trek: Deep Space Nine, said he would be open to reprising the role for a potential series based around Michael Dorn’s Worf. The actor has been very vocal about his desire to return as the Son of Mogh, and now, it looks like Dorn’s idea for a Captain Worf series has the support of at least one more of his former co-stars and crewmates.
In 2021, actor Marina Sirtis, who played the role of Counselor Deanna Troi onTNG, told The Big Issue thatshe would most like to see aTrekseries based around Worf, saying, “He’s a really popular character, [and] it’s never been done before - to have it about the Klingon Empire instead of the Federation.”
The last time we saw the son of Mogh on the small screen was in the series finale ofDS9, “What You Leave Behind.” In that episode, Worf had accepted a position as Federation ambassador to the Klingon Homeworld, Qo’noS. Worf also appeared in all fourTNG-centered movies, including those that took place after theDS9season finale, but his status as ambassador is never again commented upon in the franchise.
Meaney would be a fascinating addition to a Worf series, given that he and Worf both made their debut in the pilot episode ofTNG, “Encounter at Farpoint,” and then each went on to appear in the series finales for bothTNGandDS9. When last we saw O’Brien, who did not appear in any of the fourTNGmovies, in theDS9series finale. While Worf was leaving the space station behind to become an ambassador, O’Brien was also heading off to a new stage of his life: he had accepted a position as an engineering professor at Starfleet Academy in San Francisco on Earth.
Since then, O’Brien has been mentioned inTrek, getting an especially memorable shout-out in theStar Trek: Lower Decksseason one episode “Temporal Edict.” In the final moments of that story, the narrative jumps to the far future.Lower Decksrevealed that O’Brien would eventually be recalled as “the most important person in Starfleet history,"… Perhaps because of whatever adventures he and Worf have together!
Life on Earth
There are plenty of other characters who returned to Earth after the conclusion of the various series on which they appeared. Another example is Jean-Luc Picard (Sir Patrick Stewart), who is shown living at his family vineyard in France in Picard’s first andsecond seasons.
It’s also feasible that the “late” Commander Benjamin Sisko’s son, Jake Sisko (Cirroc Lofton), returned to Earth after the events ofDS9.While we saw him gazing at the wormhole in the final minutes of the series, in the season four episode “The Visitor,” we saw a parallel timeline in which Jake returns to Earth after his father’s death. While there’s no guarantee that Jake Prime would make the same choices, proximity could suggest a reason for Jake to be reunited with his formerDS9castmates on a potential Worf-centric series.
And in the later seasons ofStar Trek: Voyager, we learn that ReginaldBroccoliBarclay (Dwight Schultz) returned to Earth after serving on theEnterprise-DandEnterprise-E, where he played an essential role in helpingVoyagerreturn home (thanks in part to some further assistance from his friend Troi, who demonstrated thatshe’snot above visiting Earth in the process). WhichTrekalum would you like to see return in a potential Worf show?
