---------------- ETHICS (#216) ---------------- AFTER A DEVASTATING INJURY... [ Worf is hit in the back by a falling plastic drum in a cargo bay; Geordi and another crewman witness it from a distance ] [ Picard sitting in his Ready Room ] Picard: Worf will never regain the use of his legs. A CRIPPLED WORF CHOOSES SUICIDE OVER LIFE AS AN INVALID. [ Worf falls while trying to walk between training bars ] [ Riker fondles a Klingon dagger ] [ Troi and Alexander try and help Worf get up ] [ Worf, flat on his back, hands the dagger to Alexander ] Worf: I want you to help me die. ...CAN A MEDICAL MIRACLE SAVE HIM? [ Bev and Dr. Russell confer in Sickbay over a 3-d holographic view of Worf's spinal column ] [ Bev and Picard talking ] Bev: If he goes into that operation, he could come out a corpse. ...OR WILL HE DIE UNDER THE KNIFE?! [ Worf on his back on the operating table, a protruding ridged spinal column is very visible... ] [ Bev and Dr. Russell in red surgical outfits ] Russell: He's going into cardiac arrest. [ Bev very angry; Computer screen: PATIENT BIOMEDICAL STATUS, REAL TIME VITAL SIGNS DISPLAY... (all flatlined) ] [ Troi consoles Alexander ] ...ON AN ALL NEW EPISODE OF STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. Short version: After a crippling injury, Worf must risk a deadly operation, on Star Trek: The Next Generation.