Ties of Blood and Water (DS9 episode)

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Star Trek: DS9 episode
"Ties of Blood and Water"
Kira tends Ghemor
Episode no.	117
Prod. code	517
Airdate	April 14, 1997
Writer(s)	Edmund Newton Robbin L. Slocum Robert Hewitt Wolfe
Director	Avery Brooks
Guest star(s)	Lawrence Pressman as Ghemor Marc Alaimo as Gul Dukat Thomas Kopache as Taban William Lucking as Furel Jeffrey Combs as Weyoun
Year	2373
Stardate	50712.5
Episode chronology
Previous	"A Simple Investigation"
Next	"Ferengi Love Songs"

"Ties of Blood and Water" is an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the nineteenth episode of the fifth season.

[edit] Plot summary

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Two years ago, Major Kira was abducted and told she was the long-lost daughter of a Cardassian named Tekeny Ghemor. Although she never truly believed it, he did, and as he attempted to reestablish a bond between them, Kira developed a sympathy for him. When the truth came out and Ghemor realized she was not really his daughter, he told Kira he cares for her anyway.

Now Ghemor is dying. He wishes to participate in a death-ritual where he would reveal many of his secrets. He chooses Kira, since, as he told her before, she is the closest thing he has to a family. Captain Sisko encourages her to participate, as this could help the Federation and Bajor.

Kira joins in. The ritual is later interupted by Dukat and other Cardassians. Dukat tells Kira about a massacre of Bajorans Ghemor had participated in. Infuriated, Kira leaves Ghemor.

She soon learns the man would have only been nineteen at the time of the murders. Also, she recalls when she could not have been there for her real father, who died while she was fighting the Cardassians. Moved, she stays by Ghemor's side until the end.