He is also a trained audio engineer with a degree from the Los Angeles Film School, and manages multiple corporate social media accounts. The episode opens on a flashback to 2385. Star Trek: Picard is nearing its big finale, and in episode 8, "Broken Pieces" we see the various storylines of season 1 converge in a major (and thrilling way). Data is unsure if the cube is the same ship the Enterprise encountered at J-25 but says their dimensions match exactly. What Jean Luc knew, the Borg knew. Picard himself though has got a version of his study on the ship, thanks to the hospitality program and Zhaban supplying the holo-scans. He currently writes lists, features, and news articles covering movies, comics, and television. He tells her of his tour and, as they converse over the tradition of such a tour, Guinan intuits that Picard is not confident about the imminent clash with the Borg. Well, not really. (Unpleasant smile and sarcastic tone) How terrible for you. Discussion turns to the forthcoming mission, and, even though Shelby takes the initiative to select away team members, Riker interjects that not only has he already assigned the crew members she asked for to the away team, but that he will be joining the team himself. The Borg interior set, in this case, was built on an area of the stage where the floor could be removed, allowing the production crew to place lights in the basement area so that they could shine up through the floor grating. Riker notifies Hanson of the Enterprise's situation, worriedly implying to a curious Hanson that there has not yet been any sign of Picard. A one-stop shop for all things video games. Picard agrees with an uncomfortable Riker that the right time for Shelby's plan is not yet but dictates that her proposed stratagem should be used as a fall-back. That's our footprint. Resistance… is futile. And I will resist you with my last ounce of strength!" If anything, Picard's entire attitude in this episode is suggestive of something more than just his feelings about the Borg in the abstract. PICARD: Almost human. So, canonically, does this scene mean Picard has reverted to being an anti-Borg bigot? "I, Borg" was a turning point for the Borg. After responding to distress call, the Enterprise assisted by Lt. You speak for your people." More often than not, Jean-Luc Picard was at the forefront of the battles to stop them, and they were the cause of some of his greatest personal failings. We wish to improve ourselves. From here, Picard becomes the first of this new era of Star Trek to do one of my favorite things Star Trek does: dabble in other genres. Warning: SPOILERS for Star Trek: Picard Season 1, Episode 8. "Really? That's the famous episode where Picard is singled-out to be assimilated by the Collective, and the Borg make a bee-line to conquer Earth. Humorously, Picard indirectly likens those qualities to a younger Riker. Directed by Shelby lets Riker know, in no uncertain terms, that she wants his job but then apologetically claims she was unaware that he has no intention of leaving the Enterprise. The away team's sabotage causes the Borg cube to drop out of warp, a development that Wesley reports on the Enterprise's bridge, and enables La Forge to divert power from warp to the weaponized deflector. You must comply." "Then you are convinced it is the Borg?" The next day, most of the ship's senior officers are in the observation lounge while Admiral Hanson remotely notifies them that the USS Lalo recently reported (via a distress call) contact with an alien, "cube-shaped" vessel but subsequently went missing. Not only did it introduce the idea that the Borg assimilate other races, it was the beginning of Picard's deeply personal, traumatic relationship with the undead robots. Although Riker approves of Shelby suggesting that all phasers are retuned to the same band of frequencies, he repeatedly dismisses her recommending that they separate the vessel's saucer section and use it to divert the Borg. They, Wesley Crusher, Deanna Troi, Data, and Geordi La Forge are later at the game, which results in Riker fooling Wesley – inexperienced at poker – into suspecting that Riker has an impressive hand. Riker accepts Picard telling him to make the necessary preparations to enact her plan. Early bird gets the worm, eh? ", Writer Michael Piller on the Borg set of this episode. "I thought they weren't interested in Human lifeforms, only our technology." A skirmish ensues, in which the cube makes an eventually successful attempt to trap the Enterprise in a tractor beam. Related: Star Trek Picard: Is the TNG Cast Too Old Now? The Borg demand that Picard personally surrender to them, influencing the bridge officers to realize that the Borg's priorities have changed from an interest exclusively in technology. "Freedom is irrelevant. As the Borg close in on the away team, Beverly notices Picard in the distance and calls out to him, but, as the captain turns to face his crew, his features reveal the implementation of Borg implants and hardware throughout his body – he has been physically transformed into a Borg. This review contains spoilers for Star Trek: Picard, episode 9, “Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 1.”. Picard fans were left excited when former Borg Hugh (played by Jonathan Del Arco) turned up in the third episode of the popular CBS drama. As a former Borg, Seven of Nine is very relevant to the story of the Borg that 'Star Trek: Picard' seems to be telling. ← 73rd of 176 produced in TNG → Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages, William Shatner Presents: Chaos on the Bridge, Star Trek: The Next Generation Viewers Choice Marathon, Star Trek: The Next Generation - Borg Box, Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Full Length TV Movies, Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Complete TV Movies. Troi reassures him that, on the contrary, he has matured and thereby gained more than he realizes. When Picard asks for his assessment of Shelby, Riker admits that she knows her stuff but has not earned his full confidence, noting her initiative and taking risks. (, According to an estimate made by Associate Producer, This episode was one of a mere few that required all-new shots of the, For two establishing shots (using the same clip) of Admiral Hanson's transport ship flying alongside the, Shots of the Borg cube involved reusing a three-quarters filming miniature from "Q Who". Riker mocks her frustration but she then criticizes the cautiousness of his shipboard service, telling him that – if he cannot make the big choices that go with his rank – he should abdicate his position as first officer to someone who can. This two-parter opens with an explosive firefight between Riker, Worf, and Data against an unusual group of Borg drones, whom display emotions and call each other by given names. Star Trek: Picard episode 3 review: "The old Picard is back" If the first three episodes were essentially prologue, this is where Star Trek: Picard becomes a show in its own right. The conclusion of this two-parter was the Season 4 premiere of TNG, and the repercussions of that episode changed Jean-Luc Picard forever. This is the first of two episodes that establish Earth as being in Sector 001, the other episode being the following installment. Data replies that the Borg ignored them when they originally beamed aboard their vessel, as they did not see their presence as a threat. Several drones were unable to cope with their new reality, and either severely malfunctioned or simply shut themselves down. They begin their quest for Picard, whom Worf is unable to detect using a tricorder. The Borg brutalize Picard ... a moron would not include inner light or measure of a man or yesterday’s enterprise or that episode where that child becomes Picard number 1. Worf shockingly discovers that the course the Borg has set will lead them to Sector 001. As he considers reasons why he is still aboard the ship, Troi doubts each one. Doctor Crusher notices a Borg linkup and metaphorically suggests – likening the away team to mosquitoes – that vandalizing the cube's systems could hinder the Borg. The Borg are the ultimate users, Q had explained to Captain Picard in the earlier episode. That’s in both the figurative and literal sense. There is no evidence of avifaunal or crawling vermicular lifeforms on Jouret IV." If that is the one you mean, they take Picard back to the Enterprise. This is all about Jean-Luc's sense of comfort and his current emotional free-fall of powerlessness. He is a devoted fan of Doctor Who, DC Comics, and whatever David Lynch deems us worthy of viewing. Piller recalled, ", To fill up the rest of the storyline, Piller sought to maintain the Human drama in all the spectacle. They're almost immediately met by a Borg cube, which easily overpowers the Enterprise, cutting holes in its hull and sending drones to analyze its technical capabilities. When Picard refuses, Q propels the Enterprise thousands of light years away into the Delta Quadrant to prove that Picard and his crew aren't ready for the threats that await them in deep space. Data's strange behavior continues in the presence of one of the Borg drones the Enterprise took prisoner; he's eventually freed by Data, who takes him to a remote planet. Written by When the Enterprise responds to a distress call, they're shocked to find a Borg scout ship with one survivor, who Dr. Crusher brings aboard to Captain Picard's protests. As the USS Enterprise travels alongside an Excelsior-class starship, Hanson and Shelby inform Captain Picard and Riker – in Picard's ready room – that Starfleet is currently unprepared for a potential Borg incursion, despite having known for over a year that they are coming. The captain then questions why Riker is still on the Enterprise, since he's been offered command of the Melbourne, noting it as a fine ship. In-universe date A new episode of Star Trek: Picard debuted today on CBS All Access, bringing with it new Easter eggs and references to Star Trek: The Next Generation and other corners of the Star Trek universe. Shelby pipes up that may change, should they begin to interfere with their plans. "By all means." Riker arranges an away team to retrieve Picard, and, on Shelby's advice, he also prioritizes inducing the cube to drop out of warp before they must disengage their warp drive. My culture is based on freedom and self-determination!" She assures him that – even in the face of almost certain obliteration – Humanity, like her own people have done, will prevail against the Borg by surviving. Immediately after the away team is beamed down by Transporter Chief Miles O'Brien, the team finds not only that the entire colony of New Providence has been completely destroyed but also that the colony's former town center is now nothing more than a giant crater. La Forge arrives on the bridge, while Data reports that eleven crewmembers were killed when the Borg attacked, along with eight more missing. Data is confused by Shelby's statement that the "early bird gets the worm" and confers with La Forge, saying she made a mistake because there are no "avifaunal or vermicular lifeforms" found on Jouret IV. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. However, six years later in Star Trek: First Contact, Picard is able to hear the Borg Collective during the Battle of Sector 001, as … Immediately after the away team is beamed down by Transporter Chief Miles O'Brien, the team finds not only that the entire colony of New Providence has been completely destroyed but also that the colony's former town cente… The disturbance influences the Borg to become energized, but the team manages to shatter two more nodes. What Jean Luc knew, the Borg knew. On the planet's surface, he authoritatively draws her away. The team debates their own ship's available technologies, but La Forge and Crusher confess to being overly tired. He really, really wants a new Green Lantern movie. Despite spending the better part of a year preparing for a Borg invasion, Starfleet finds itself completely overwhelmed by a single menacing cube. For example, a piece of dramatic underscoring music that is heard during the activation of the auto-destruct sequence by Picard and Riker in the episode ", Ron Jones also happened to have scored the first episode to ever feature the Borg, "Q Who", as well as the episode that foreshadowed their threat, ", This episode is essentially a sequel to "Q Who", in particular a scene at that episode's conclusion wherein Picard realizes – during a private conversation with Guinan – that the Borg "will be coming. Shelby apprises Riker (now on the bridge) of this news, just before he is told – by Wesley and La Forge – that the deflector weapon is ready but that, due to the radiation danger, the forward half of the secondary hull and lowest three decks of the saucer section will require evacuation, which Troi goes to organize. Lore attempted to use the vulnerable Borg as his own personal army before being thwarted by the Enterprise crew and Hugh, who emerged as the leader of the newly liberated Borg. Data connects himself to Picard/Locutus's neural network and searches for something to help defeat the Borg. Playing a game of intergalactic Ocean’s 11 , the show edits back and forth between the crew of the La Serena developing their plan to … Resistance is futile. The script also commonly referred to each of the Borg's distribution nodes as a "conduit box" and included only one reference to the moniker "Locutus" (specifically, in his dialogue at the end of the episode), otherwise referring to him as "Picard/Borg". They uses this data to locate a heavily damaged Borg sphere nearby and Captain Janeway formulates a plan to invade the Borg craft and steal its transwarp coil, a device which could shave about 20 years off Voyager's journey home. ", "This is… just another page in history, isn't it? It is the Borg. You can talk to him about football, politics, and his weird nerd takes on Twitter @dustystowe. Entering her quarters with Riker, Shelby reveals she has an uncertain theory about how to search for the Borg, extrapolating a "Borg footprint" from their previous encounter with the Enterprise. Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Continuing Mission, Trek: The Unauthorized Behind-The-Scenes Story of The Next Generation, https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/The_Best_of_Both_Worlds_(episode)?oldid=2705477, While the Borg had proven popular after their introduction in the, In an early draft of the story, however, Data and Picard were combined as one Borg unit. They’re not interested in … Riker later enters Picard's ready room to find Shelby there, having brought her controversial suggestion to the captain. A two-part episode in which Voyager destroys a Borg probe and recover tactical information from the debris. Although Worf manages to disable the first with his own phaser, he and Riker are forcefully discarded when they consecutively try to assault a second Borg, who resists Worf's phaser. ", and rose to further prominence in the famous two part cliffhanger "Best of Both Worlds, Part I", which aired on June 18, 1990, with the sequel airing on September 24, 1990. Knowing the Borg would never stop looking for him, he ultimately decides to return to the collective, with the hope that his individuality might somehow persevere. As a former Borg, Seven of Nine is very relevant to the story of the Borg that 'Star Trek: Picard' seems to be telling. Riker, Shelby, and the engineering team in the observation lounge review their escape from the cube's tractor beam, finding that a high narrow band of phaser frequencies momentarily nullified the cube's power. ("Ron Jones - Sounds in Space", Some parts of the score seem to build upon musical themes used by Ron Jones in earlier episodes. "That's not what she meant, Data… but you're right: she erred. After preparing to board the cube, the away team members – Shelby, Worf, Data, and Doctor Crusher – are transported over to the Borg craft, armed with newly retuned phasers. TNG, Episode 3x26 The concluding part of the "Star Trek: Picard" season finale is going to polarize 'Star Trek' fans for a long time to come. The Borg costumes seen in this episode were based on designs that, The design of Locutus for this episode and the next was slightly more elaborate than the rest of the Borg suits used here. CRUSHER: We'll get you to Sickbay. Having devised the basic look of a Borg ship for "Q Who", James built on those designs for this episode. On June 18, 1990, Jean-Luc Picard was kidnapped and transformed into Locutus of Borg in the mega-famous TNG cliffhanger, "The Best of Both Worlds Part … Shelby insists that Captain Picard be given the option of deciding on her proposal, but – after Riker replies that he personally presents all ideas and alternatives to Picard – she finally desists and exits with Data and Wesley, leaving Riker and La Forge to remark on her stubbornness. Acting Captain Riker has to use every bit of cunning at his disposal to fend off the Borg, rescue Picard, and overcome a kind of silly midlife crisis. On Picard's direction, the Enterprise starts to head there at maximum warp. The differences between the monitor in the two types of shots, in this episode, therefore constitute a continuity error. La Forge tells Data that's not what she meant, but she did make an error. Picard is escorted to face the cube's interior, where the Borg Collective inform him that he has been chosen to become a liaison between the Borg and Humanity, to expedite the assimilation of Earth into the Collective. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. La Forge and Crusher come up with a plan to fire a concentrated blast of those same frequencies from the main deflector dish, the only component on the ship capable of handling that much power at controlled frequencies. As the walls close in, Picard's trauma transforms into violent hysteria, as he lashes out and takes unwise risks in an effort to finally wipe out his most lethal enemy. Related: Star Trek: Where The Cardassians Are In Picard. Star Trek: Picard Episode 3 reintroduces us to Hugh (Jonathan Del Arco), the sensitive drone-turned-fierce individual from Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 5, Episode 23, “I, Borg.” The character of Locutus was created as a result of the writing staff of Star Trek: The Next Generation feeling it necessary for the Borg to have a spokesman, which the writing staffers referred to as a \"queen bee.\" (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages) Another inspiration on the character's creation, according to writer Michael Piller, was that the writing staff was requested by Paramount to devise a method of pote… ", "Mister Worf, dispatch a subspace message to Admiral Hanson. The surface of Jouret IV was a set built on. There's no doubt anymore. While the Borg later prove to have typically unimaginative naming conventions (i.e., Though the Borg's first appearance was in "Q Who", this is the first episode in any, This episode also includes the first time that Doctor Crusher personally encounters the Borg, due to her absence in the second season of the series. Meanwhile, on the Borg Cube, we meet the director of the reclamation project: none other than Hugh (Jonathan Del Arco), famous to Next Generation fans as the Borg Drone rescued by the Enterprise in the episode "I, Borg" and later part of a group of renegade Borg in "Descent Part 1 and Part 2." ", "You disagree with me, fine. You do an end run around me again, I'll snap you back so hard you'll think you're a first-year cadet again." "Will… what the hell are you still doing here?". "Impossible! The cybernetic zombies pushed Captain Picard and the crew of the USS Enterprise to the brink of destruction more often than any other adversary, and they were perhaps the only threat that could rattle Picard's steely moral resolve. 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