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When I start a rewatch of DS9, it still grates on me that he seemingly felt justified in holding Picard responsible for what happened to his wife. The guy was assimilated by the Borg, and Sisko has had years to come to terms with what happened before the conversation with Picard.
Later, I was able to appreciate the appeal of a flawed, complex, possibly more realistic Star Trek captain, but it did make him pretty unlikable, right off the bat, especially when I first saw it as a kid. I grew up on TNG, and Picard was my main man. Still, Brooks did a hell of a job on the series, and Sisko was a fantastic character.
Regardless of blame or guilt or even justification… Picard was still the face- the only real face.
Humans are messy. Sisko could intellectually recognize all this and still have that face bring up boatloads of trauma and grief.
TNG that would have been a side comment from Troi and forgotten halfway through the episode.
To be fair to TNG, in my mind, it’s a trilogy with “family” where they actually had some continuity.
I hated that episode when I was a kid because after the big adventure it seemed boring. I can now appreciate it and Patrick Stewart acting still gets me when he breaks down in front of his brother.
Of course they forgot about it next episode and never talked about it again but…