The Icarus Factor

"The Icarus Factor" is the fourteenth episode of the second season of the syndicated science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, the 40th episode overall, first broadcast on April 24, 1989.
The series follows the adventures of the crew of the Federation starship Enterprise. In this episode, Riker must decide whether to accept command of his own starship, and negative feelings surface when his estranged father arrives to brief him on the mission. Wesley Crusher, La Forge and Data attempt to determine why Worf seems more agitated than usual, and discover that he is upset over not participating in a key Klingon ritual.
Plot
The primary plot of the episode deals with Commander Riker's decision about taking a command of his own, complicated by the briefing he must receive on the assignment from his estranged father, Kyle Riker (played by Mitchell Ryan). While initially very reluctant to listen to his father's attempt...