"Star Trek: The Next Generation" The Best of Both Worlds: Part 1 (1990)

Director:

Cliff Bole

Writers:

Gene Roddenberry (creator)
Michael Piller (writer)

TV Series:

"Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987)

Original Air Date:

16 June 1990 (Season 3, Episode 26)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Responding to a distress call on one of the Federation's outer-most colonies, the Enterprise arrives...only to find a big hole in the ground where the town used to be, and discovers the Borg are behind the attack.

Plot Keywords:

Cliffhanger | Cyborg | Captain | Ferengi | Andorian

Cast

Patrick Stewart	...	Captain Jean-Luc Picard / Locutus of Borg
Jonathan Frakes	...	Commander William T. Riker
LeVar Burton	...	Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge
Michael Dorn	...	Lieutenant Worf
Gates McFadden	...	Doctor Beverly Crusher
Marina Sirtis	...	Counselor Deanna Troi
Brent Spiner	...	Lt. Commander Data
Wil Wheaton	...	Wesley Crusher
Elizabeth Dennehy	...	Lt. Cmdr. Elizabeth Paula Shelby
George Murdock	...	Admiral J. P. Hanson
Colm Meaney	...	Chief Miles O'Brien
Whoopi Goldberg	...	Guinan

Company:

Paramount Television

Trivia:

Originally supposed to be a three part episode. The battle at Wolf 359 was originally going to be shown as well. Additionally, both Picard and Data were supposed to be assimilated by the Borg and be combined as one unit. Budgetary concerns forced producers to edit the story down to a two part episode.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: During the phaser battle on the Borg ship, a wire can be seen connected to the foot of the drone that Beverly kills.

Quotes:

[after the Borg have abducted Picard]
Lieutenant Worf: Sir. The coordinates they have set. They are on a direct course for Sector 001. The Terran system.
Commander William T. Riker: Earth...

Movie Connections:

Featured in Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier (2007) (TV)

Star Trek The Next Generation Best of Both Worlds Parts 1 and 2

I have seen both parts of this episode and I love it. Any episode with the Borg in it is excellent. The Borg have been in three of the Star Trek Series like 'The Next Generation', 'Voyager' and 'Enterprise'. They have even been in a Star Trek movie entitled 'First Contact'. I especially loved the performance of Alice Krige as the Borg Queen. It was excellent when the Borg assimilated Data in 'First Contact'. I loved to see two Star Trek Voyager actors in 'First Contact'. The names of the two 'Star Trek Voyager' actor are Ethan Phillips (Neelix) and Robert Picardo(EMH). I love and enjoy watching 'Star Trek' series and movies. There have been five 'Star Trek' series and ten 'Star Trek' movies.