Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Ties of Blood and Water
Season 5, Episode 19 · Aired 1997-04-14
Synopsis
Takeny Ghemor, who considers Kira to be his daughter, arrives on DS9 and confesses that is dying. Ghemor wishes to commence the Shri-tal with Kira, a Cardassian ritual in which a dying person reveals their closest secrets to the rest of the family. But the experience dredges up Kira's memories of her own father, who suffered a fatal injury during the Occupation of Bajor.
In the series
This episode is part of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999) on Syndication.
Trek stays put — serialized war, religion, and politics on a space station.
Key cast
- Avery Brooks as Benjamin Sisko
- Nana Visitor as Kira Nerys
- Colm Meaney as Miles O'Brien
- René Auberjonois as Odo
- Terry Farrell as Jadzia Dax
- Armin Shimerman as Quark