Ties of Blood and Water story
Tekeny Ghemor arrives on Deep Space Nine and reveals that he is dying. Directed by: Avery Brooks. Story by: Edmund Newton & Robbin L. Slocum.
9 total · 4 choice · 1 major · 4 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| coping with a loved one being gravely ill | choice | Kira's father of sorts was diagnosed with Yarim Fel Syndrome. |
| coping with a terminal illness | choice | Tekeny Ghemor diagnosed with Yarim Fel Syndrome |
| father and daughter | choice | Tekeny Ghemor and Kira had a father and daughter type relationship; Kira has flashbacks of her father on his deathbed; Tekeny Ghemor longed to see his daughter Illiana |
| reconciliation | choice | Kira forgave Tekeny on his deathbed for having ordered an attack on her resistance comrades that killed her father |
| coping with the death of a parent | major | Kira mourned for both her biological father and Tekeny Ghemor (who was as a father to her in life). |
| extradition | minor | Dukat wanted Tekeny Ghemor extradited to Cardassia |
| grandfather and grandson | minor | Tekeny felt almost like a grandfather to Kira's almost son |
| human cloning | minor | Weyoun explained how he was but one in a line of Weyoun clones |
| social activism | minor | Kira hoped Tekeny Ghemor would lead a political movement to overthrow the Cardassian government |