Star Trek: 10 Things You Didn't Know About Kira Nerys

For Nana Visitor, Ties Of Blood And Water was a personal favourite, as it not only revisited the events of Second Skin, but also displayed Kira's fallibility. This, Visitor believed, was one of the many things that helped Kira to stand out from the roster of other female characters in Star Trek.

The return of Tekeny Ghemor, and the scene in which Kira introduces him to Kirayoshi O'Brien, are powerful statements on Kira's chosen family. Flashbacks to her time in the resistance show her missing her natural father's death, and this is juxtaposed beside her love, and growing anger, toward her surrogate father.

Kira almost leaves the man to die alone, stuck on his confessions of his actions during the occupation. Her decision not to do so, and to face the pain of losing a loved one, marked a critical moment in her journey. Burying Ghemor on Bajor, next to Kira Taban, is also something of a spiritual ending to at least some of Kira's residual pain from her days in the resistance.