YOUTUBE - Rejoined | Star Trek Fans First Time Watching DS9

Being exiled from Trill society is not trivial. It means both symbiotes die with them and they’ll be shunned by every other Trill. You’d be giving up your friends, career and family including the brother who’s clearly trying to act in your best interests all for a person who two days earlier wasn’t part of your life. It’s analogous to the taboo of two sisters getting married to each other. The taboo against sibling marriage is because of the increased risk of birth defects due to inbreeding. Not an issue with siblings of the same gender but still most people are going to think “ick!”. Dax is ok with it but her career and most of her friends are outside Trill society and we know nothing of her extended family. For all we know she’s an only child whose parents are dead. Lenara works on Trill, with other Trill and obviously has a family she’d be giving up. Also the Dax simbiote was established to be a bit of degenerate when it was joined with Kirzon.

An episode specifically written for Josh, answering many of his Trill questions. I love this one, the emotions, the intensity. S all the way.