I just rewatched a season 3 episode, "Eliquilibrium." This is the episode in which Jadzia Dax discovers her "forgotten host" the murderous Joran. We also learn a secret that the Symbosis commission is desperate to keep from the rest of Trill society: that, contrary to what they would have the people believe, nearly half the population is capable of being joined to a symbiont. The majority of Trill think that only a small percentage of Trill can be joined, and that is the reason they must go through such rigorous testing as "initiates" to get a symbiont.
Fast-forward to the beginning of season 7, when we learn the circumstances of Ezri's joining. Apparently, the symbiont was en route to Trill to be put in a new host, and something happened - either the symbiont was dying or the ship was attacked or something, maybe someone else here remembers it better than me - and Ezri, the only Trill on board the ship, had to be joined to Dax in order to save the symbiont's life. But according to the symbiosis commission, only a tiny hanful of Trill were viable for joining, and if a symbiont joined with a Trill who was not a member of that tiny hanful, rejection would set in, and both host and symbiont would die within a matter of days.
There is no indication that Ezri was ever a canditate for joining or even applied to be an initiate at any point in her life. Wouldn't the rest of Trill society be suspicious then, as to why Ezri's joining didn't result in her death? Would they really believe that she was one of those elite handful of Trill that were capable of being joined and just didn't know it? Wouldn't there at least be some resentment of her among initiates who spent years waiting and hoping to get a symbiont while she (in their eyes) just got one handed to her?
I know they had a lot to tie up in season 7 but I think I might have rather seen some exploration of the above rather than, say, the episode that centered around Ezri's family. Anyone else have any thoughts on this?
Fast-forward to the beginning of season 7, when we learn the circumstances of Ezri's joining. Apparently, the symbiont was en route to Trill to be put in a new host, and something happened - either the symbiont was dying or the ship was attacked or something, maybe someone else here remembers it better than me - and Ezri, the only Trill on board the ship, had to be joined to Dax in order to save the symbiont's life. But according to the symbiosis commission, only a tiny hanful of Trill were viable for joining, and if a symbiont joined with a Trill who was not a member of that tiny hanful, rejection would set in, and both host and symbiont would die within a matter of days.
There is no indication that Ezri was ever a canditate for joining or even applied to be an initiate at any point in her life. Wouldn't the rest of Trill society be suspicious then, as to why Ezri's joining didn't result in her death? Would they really believe that she was one of those elite handful of Trill that were capable of being joined and just didn't know it? Wouldn't there at least be some resentment of her among initiates who spent years waiting and hoping to get a symbiont while she (in their eyes) just got one handed to her?
I know they had a lot to tie up in season 7 but I think I might have rather seen some exploration of the above rather than, say, the episode that centered around Ezri's family. Anyone else have any thoughts on this?
