The "Heaviest" Moment/Lines/Scene

[Kate Nichols]

Some aren't going to agree, of course, but in my opinion, Vic Fontaine delivered the heaviest lines/scene in one of his responses to Nog in It's Only a Paper Moon. He was telling Nog that he had to leave the program and go back home, to his life, that nothing was real in the program, that, in fact, only Nog was real. Nog said that it was real to him and that he knew that it was real to Vic, too. Vic responded that yes, it was real to him and that it was great, that for the first time, because the program had been on for weeks, he had a chance to just live life, go to bed at night, go to work in the morning, meet the guys for a game of cards, just live life . . . and it was great just to live life.

 

[kkt]

FOUNDER: They're dead. You're dead, Cardassia is dead. Your people were doomed the moment they attacked us. I believe that answers your question.

 

[Bad Thoughts]

" I would order them to go out and kill Bajoran scum, and they'd do it. They'd murder them and they'd come back covered in blood, but they felt clean. Now why did they feel that way, Major? Because they were clean. "

 

[Elephant999]

Final scenes of The Visitor when Jake sacrifices himself. So very emotional.

 

[Sisko_is_my_captain]

'So... I lied. I cheated. I bribed men to cover the crimes of other men. I am an accessory to murder. But the most damning thing of all... I think I can live with it. And if I had to do it all over again - I would. Garak was right about one thing: a guilty conscience is a small price to pay for the safety of the Alpha Quadrant. So I will learn to live with it... Because I can live with it... I can live with it... Computer - erase that entire personal log."

 

[Sareesataka]

Furel: Before I went into that... interrogation center... I asked the Prophets to give me the strength to get the rest of you out of there. And... that in exchange, I... I said I'd give up my life. - Well, as it turned out, I was able to rescue you, Shakaar and Lupaza. It's only cost me an arm. I felt the... the Prophets were generous. Somehow, replacing the arm seems... ungrateful.

 

[marlboro]

"Why are things so heavy in the future? Is there a problem with Bajor's gravitational pull?"

 

[Riker'sMailbox]

'So... I lied. I cheated. I bribed men to cover the crimes of other men. I am an accessory to murder. But the most damning thing of all... I think I can live with it. And if I had to do it all over again - I would. Garak was right about one thing: a guilty conscience is a small price to pay for the safety of the Alpha Quadrant. So I will learn to live with it... Because I can live with it... I can live with it... Computer - erase that entire personal log."

IMO, this is the darkest moment in the darkest episode of any ST series.

 

[Riker'sMailbox]

For me the saddest are:
The Visitor: "To my father, who's coming home"

Duet: "I covered my ears every night. I couldn't bear to hear those horrible screams. You have no idea what it's like to be a coward, to see these horrors and do nothing. Marritza's dead. He deserves to be dead."

Far Beyond the Stars: "You go ahead! Call them! Call anybody you want. They can't do anything to me. Not anymore. And nor can any of you. I am a human being, damn it. You can deny me all you want but you cannot deny Ben Sisko. He exists! That future, that space station, all those people, they exist in here. In my mind, I created it. And every one of you know it. You read it. It's here. You hear what I'm telling you? You can pulp a story but you cannot destroy an idea. Don't you understand? That's ancient knowledge. You cannot destroy an idea. That future, I created it, and it's real. Don't you understand? It is real! I created it and it's real! It's real! Oh, God".

 

[Nakita Akita]

When Damar shoots Dukat's daughter.
Poor Dukat.
Poor Zyial.

 

[Kilana2]

Tekeny Ghemor dying. Kira refuses to see him first. Bashir tells her to see him because no one deserves to die alone.

 

[at Quark's]

A relatively "small" moment... Kira about what she considers bravery after the death of a cleaning woman never officially part of the resistance:

KIRA: She wasn't, at least not officially. Fala spent the occupation cleaning floors in a Cardassian records office in Dahkur Province. She passed us information for years without anyone catching on. But she was always so afraid. Afraid that she'd be caught and executed. But she never stopped. I once told her that I thought she was braver than all of us, because she had to live with her fear every day. Even after the occupation was over, she didn't want anyone to know that she was secretly helping us. She was worried that someone would come looking for her for revenge.

 

[Kilana2]

In the Siege of AR - 558: Ezri cradling the body of her fallen comrade-in-arms...... it made me very emotional. The whole episode was gripping. Nog losing his leg and listening to Vic Fontaine for instance.

 

[Burning Hearts of Qo'nos]

" I would order them to go out and kill Bajoran scum, and they'd do it. They'd murder them and they'd come back covered in blood, but they felt clean. Now why did they feel that way, Major? Because they were clean. "

Entered the thread hoping to see this right away; wasn't disappointed.

To add:

"It's Marritza who's dead. Marritza, who was only good for cowering under his bunk and weeping like a woman. Who, every night, covered his ears because he couldn't bear to hear the screaming for mercy of the Bajorans.

I covered my ears every night. I couldn't bear to hear those horrible screams. You have no idea what it's like to be a coward, to see these horrors and do nothing. Marritza's dead. He deserves to be dead."

 

[Crazyewok]

Moooogiiiiiiiii

 

[Burning Hearts of Qo'nos]

Moooogiiiiiiiii

Thank you for that, I almost spit out my coffee, lol!

 

[Elephant999]

In the Siege of AR - 558: Ezri cradling the body of her fallen comrade-in-arms...... it made me very emotional. The whole episode was gripping. Nog losing his leg and listening to Vic Fontaine for instance.

That was such a bleak, raw episode that I found hard to watch as you could feel the angst and suffering.

 

[Kilana2]

That was such a bleak, raw episode that I found hard to watch as you could feel the angst and suffering.

Ezri and Quark looked strangely out of place as they are not soldiers.

 

[Bad Thoughts]

Entered the thread hoping to see this right away; wasn't disappointed.

To add:

"It's Marritza who's dead. Marritza, who was only good for cowering under his bunk and weeping like a woman. Who, every night, covered his ears because he couldn't bear to hear the screaming for mercy of the Bajorans.

I covered my ears every night. I couldn't bear to hear those horrible screams. You have no idea what it's like to be a coward, to see these horrors and do nothing. Marritza's dead. He deserves to be dead."

Marritza's confession (if it can be called that) is certainly the better dramatic scene. Haris Yullin pulled out some serious acting chops as he transitioned between emotions in just one small set of dialogue. It's definitely the scene that belongs on the Emmy-nomination reel.

The one I picked, I think, is just a succinct statement of the types of concepts and values that drive extreme racism: the obsession with filth and hygiene. The symbols of Nazis and genocidaires were disease and vermin. The scene may not show as much acting skill, but it rings with truth: associating the "other" with filth leads to their extermination.

 

[Gul Sengosts]

"What you call genocide, I call a day's work."

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