the need for closure theme
We see that humans tend to feel bad about past affairs being left partially unresolved or unknown. We would, e.g., dislike not knowing whether a missing family member is dead or alive.
Examples
Geordi found closure in accepting the death of his mother in tng7x03 "Interface" by speaking with an alien entity that had taken on her identity.
21 total · 6 choice · 8 major · 7 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ahp1x26 | choice | Central to this story was Alexander's need to know the circumstances of his own demise in order to be content. |
| bbf2x17 | choice | Sheridan clearly needed closure over his late wife |
| blackmirror7x05 | choice | The story concerns Philip confronting memories of an old flame that had dumped him, or so it seemed. He had taken this badly enough to become an alcoholic and it had taken him a decades or so to recover. Philip had been beating himself up for decades, not only because she dumped him, but also because he couldn't figure out why. After the revelation that it had all been a misunderstanding, it seemed like he came to terms with the situation. |
| ds94x05 | choice | Kira and Dukat about needing to know the fates of their friends and family from the Ravinok |
| rbt1985e3x03 | choice | It seems the point of the story was to illustrate that Douglas got closure by returning to the lake and finishing the ruined sandcastle, which somehow summoned the corpse of his childhood crush who had drowned 25 years earlier. |
| tng7x04 | choice | Riker, Troi :: command crew for the murder of Picard |
| ahp6x05 | major | Miss Dent held her former boss and lover, Mr. Blake, at gunpoint in order to get some things off her chest so that she could move on with her life. |
| as1985e2x19 | major | George and Kathryn's lives were forever changed when their daughter Diana vanished without a trace in the forest, never to be seen again. They never stopped believing Diana would appear one last time before they passed on. |
| bbf4x01 | major | Delenn and others went to Z'ha'dum to find Sheridan or get closure |
| blackmirror5x02 | major | Both Chris and the mother needed some sort of closure in different ways. |