History Recap / StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E2Family

* BullyingADragon: Worf's foster parents tell Geordi a story of five teenaged human males ''attempting'' to bully a seven year old Worf in school.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: As was established in the preceding two episodes, the ''Enterprise'' suffered significant damage trying to stop the Borg Cube. The damage was so extensive that it's going to take at least 5-6 weeks to make repairs and refit the Federation Flagship.

* ContinuityNod: Worf's parents comment that he's wearing his hair longer. This refers back to Worf's shorter hair in the [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness first season]].

* AmbiguouslyJewish: Worf's foster parents Sergey and Helena Rozhenko seem to be this, given that they are both played by Jewish actors, Creator/TheodoreBikel and Georgia Brown, and how they worry and care so much about Worf similar to how Jewish parents would. Makes you wonder if Worf went to Synagogue with his parents and foster brother Nikolai and had a Bar Mitzvah while growing up on Earth. WordOfGod according to ''Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion'' states that production staff were worried that Worf's parents might come across as comically "Jewish", but Michael Pillar stated that the finished episode seemed to have the right balance in place for those characters. Also noteworthy is that Bikel didn't even bother hiding his Yiddish accent as Sergey.

-->'''Jean-Luc''': ''(laughing turns into sobbing)'' You don't know, Robert, you don't know. [[MindRape They took everything I was]]. They used me to ''kill'' and to ''destroy'', and I couldn't stop them! I should have been able to ''stop'' them! I tried. I tried ''so hard''. But I wasn't strong enough! I wasn't ''good'' enough! I should have been able to stop them. I should, I ''should''....''(trails off sobbing)''

* CoolUncle: Picard's nephew Renee clearly admires and idolizes him.

** Alluded to when Picard tells Renee he likes the idea of ''Picard'' being ''Renee's'' nephew.

* Foreshadowing: A meta example. René Picard declares that he will be a starship captain someday. Two years later, David Tristan Birkin, the actor who plays René, will play a de-aged Captain Picard in ''[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E7Rascals Rascals]]''.

* Foreshadowing: A meta example. René Picard declares that he will be a starship captain someday. Two years later, David Tristan Birkin, the actor who plays René, will play a de-aged Captain Picard in ''Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E7Rascals''.

* AmbiguouslyJewish: Worf's foster parents Sergey and Helena Rozhenko behave as typical overbearing Jewish parents and speak with Russian accents that sound suspiciously Yiddish. They're also played by Jewish actors. Since religion has virtually been abandoned in the Federation, it's never addressed whether they're actually of Jewish extraction, and if so, whether they observe any practices.