Rewatching DS9, Major Kira and the Bajoran resistance, especially the episodes that deal with unclean hands, like “The Darkness and the Light” really hit different when watching today, vs my innocent childhood.
I don’t really have a point, just DS9 has aged like fine wine with new flavors with each season passing.
In B5, we heard about the oppression like the Bajorans. But then we got to see it again, first hand.
Vir: “I’m sorry. I wish there was something that I could do, but… I tried telling them, but they wouldn’t listen. They never listen. I’m sorry.”
G’kar pulls a knife and slices open his own hand. In time with the blood dripping from his hand, he says-
G’kar: “Dead, dead, dead, dead, dead, dead, dead, dead, dead, dead, dead. How do you apologize to them?”
Vir: “I can’t.”
G’kar: “Then I cannot forgive.”
That scene, and the one in the council chambers with “… we will teach it to them again.” were some of the best moments of a show full of greats.
Here’s that scene, just for fun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJmuHNDcXLQ