Imperfection
- Episode aired Oct 11, 2000
- TV-PG
- 44m
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
1.9K
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Seven of Nine's life is threatened when her cortical implants begin to degrade. Icheb wants to help her, but his proposition is very risky.Seven of Nine's life is threatened when her cortical implants begin to degrade. Icheb wants to help her, but his proposition is very risky.Seven of Nine's life is threatened when her cortical implants begin to degrade. Icheb wants to help her, but his proposition is very risky.
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Marley McClean
- Mezoti
- (as Marley S. McClean)
Elle Alexander
- Woman
- (uncredited)
Michael Bailous
- Voyager Ops Officer
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaSeven of Nine shows a display of the various crew members who have died on the trip. There are ten names, but the last seven are taken from characters on The West Wing (1999): Commander J. Bartlett, Lt. Cdr. L. McGarry, Lt. Cdr. T. Ziegler, Lt. Josh Lyman, Lt. S. Seaborn, Ens. Claudia J. Craig, Ens. Charles Young. Two of these West Wing names are also misspelled: C.J. Craigg is spelled with two Gs, not one, and "Josiah Bartlet" is spelled with two Ts, not three.
- GoofsThe Delta Flyer II is used in this episode, but in the next episode Harry and Tom take it on a "test flight." Clearly Drive (2000) was meant to air before "Imperfection."
- Quotes
Icheb: [over comm] Icheb to The Doctor. Report to cargo bay 2 immediately.
Seven of Nine: He's persistent.
The Doctor: Not to worry. I'll make it clear to him that 'persistence is futile.'
- ConnectionsReferenced in Star Trek: Picard: Stardust City Rag (2020)
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Another deep character study about Seven in which she has to deal with her own mortality. In Seven's words: she is damaged beyond repair and hope seems irrelevant.
The episode shows Seven's inner struggle and her big dilemma: Although she is no longer a Borg drone, she still strives for perfection - especially in herself. In addition, she is still unable to accept help from her friends and loved ones. Basically, she doesn't share her feelings with anyone and wants to solve every problem alone. Only when Icheb gives her no choice but to accept his help she reluctantly accepts it - even if, in her view, this is a sign of weakness and anything but perfection. In the end, however, she is grateful and moved to tears - without any malfunction of her ocular implant.
Seven also goes through all the phases of acceptance in processing her approaching death. At first she denies her deteriorating health and hides it from the doctor and Janeway. Then she shows anger. She accuses Janeway of being disappointed with her development and only trying to help her because she doesn't seem to have achieved what Janeway supposedly expected of her. When Janeway goes looking for a Borg replacement part and the doctor tries to implant it in holodeck simulations, Seven finds herself in a bargaining phase. She gains some hope. However, when it becomes clear that the procedure will not work, she falls into depression and refuses any further help and just wants to be alone. In the end, she accepts her approaching death and tries to get Icheb to stop clinging to her and go his own way - which he then does.
In any case, Star Trek seems to be pro-organ transplant. After Kes donated a lung to Neelix, Icheb has now donated his Borg cortical implant to Seven.
The episode shows Seven's inner struggle and her big dilemma: Although she is no longer a Borg drone, she still strives for perfection - especially in herself. In addition, she is still unable to accept help from her friends and loved ones. Basically, she doesn't share her feelings with anyone and wants to solve every problem alone. Only when Icheb gives her no choice but to accept his help she reluctantly accepts it - even if, in her view, this is a sign of weakness and anything but perfection. In the end, however, she is grateful and moved to tears - without any malfunction of her ocular implant.
Seven also goes through all the phases of acceptance in processing her approaching death. At first she denies her deteriorating health and hides it from the doctor and Janeway. Then she shows anger. She accuses Janeway of being disappointed with her development and only trying to help her because she doesn't seem to have achieved what Janeway supposedly expected of her. When Janeway goes looking for a Borg replacement part and the doctor tries to implant it in holodeck simulations, Seven finds herself in a bargaining phase. She gains some hope. However, when it becomes clear that the procedure will not work, she falls into depression and refuses any further help and just wants to be alone. In the end, she accepts her approaching death and tries to get Icheb to stop clinging to her and go his own way - which he then does.
In any case, Star Trek seems to be pro-organ transplant. After Kes donated a lung to Neelix, Icheb has now donated his Borg cortical implant to Seven.
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- Runtime44 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
- 4:3
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