The Bonding story
A mysterious entity seeks to comfort a boy who has lost his mother in an accident on its planet. Guest star Gabriel Damon as Jeremy Aster.
24 total · 3 choice · 10 major · 11 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| alien point of view | choice | Koinonian Incorporeal :: Koinonian entity about parenting |
| coping with the death of a parent | choice | Young Jeremy Aster was traumatized when he mother died suddenly in the line of duty. |
| human parenting | choice | Worf :: Worf raising Jeremy |
| adoption of a child | major | Worf adopted Jeremy after his mother perished while on an away mission. |
| coping with post-traumatic stress | major | Jeremy Aster :: Jeremy |
| foreign point of view | major | Despite Worf's best efforts to be a foster parent, Jeremy did not quite take to Worf's peculiar Klingon ideas. |
| guardian and child | major | Worf/Jeremy Aster :: Word and Jeremy |
| maternal love | major | Marla Aster :: mother at Jeremy |
| mother and son | major | Marla Aster/Jeremy Aster :: Marla and Jeremy |
| orphanhood | major | Jeremy was orphaned |