confronting an old ghost theme

Someone deals directly with a problem they had previously avoided or ignored.

Examples

Kodos the Executioner, a.k.a. Anton Karidian, was haunted by his decision to sentence some 4,000 colonists to death as governor of Tarsus IV in tos1x12 "The Conscience of the King".

19 total · 4 choice · 9 major · 6 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
ent2x07 choice T'Pol over having shot and killed Jossen sixteen years prior.
tng7x12 choice Riker :: Riker confronts his past actions as first officer on the Pegasus
voy3x02 choice Tuvok about letting child drop from cliff
voy5x15-16 choice Seven revisiting her troubled childhood
bbf1x05 major Sinclair and Sakai, G'Kar to some extent IPHO this theme was not featured. proof.
bbf2x02 major Sheridan talking to sister about late wife
futurama2x08 major Leela introspected and confronted her old nemesis sensei Snog.
movie: 20000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916) major Charles Denver is literally confronted by the ghost of the Princess Daaker whom he attacked years ago and she stabbed herself rather than submit to him.
theamericanshortstory03 major Spencer was haunted by a decision he'd made years ago to move abroad to avoid fighting in the civil war.
tng2x14 major Riker :: Riker