Star Trek: Voyager (TV Series) Unimatrix Zero Part II (2000) User Reviews

Solid conclusion but nothing unexpected

[snoozejonc · 7/10 · 31 July 2020]

An exciting conclusion with Voyager confronting the Borg Queen and causing civil war within the collective.

The plot is mainly good. I liked the idea of the virus and the Queen's reaction. Everything is done in a clever way as opposed to a big fight which is pure Trek.

There is another good exchange between Seven and The Doctor with lots of unspoken emotion from Robert Picardo. The standout performance is the Borg Queen who gives a strong presence with natural menace. Her scene with the child in unimatrix is quite memorable, along with her handling of the threat to the collective.

The only negatives are the convenient resolution to Janeway, Torres and Tuvok's situation and the lack of chemistry between Seven of Nine and her unimatrix love interest. I thought their final scene together lacked imagination, similar to the Anakin/Padme scenes In the Star Wars prequels.

Overall an entertaining two part story.

A good start to the final season

[Tweekums · 9/10 · 30 April 2010]

As season Six came to an end things were not looking good for Janeway, Tuvok and B'Elanna; it looked like their plans to infiltrate the Borg cube had failed and the three of them had been assimilated. We soon learn that this was all part of the plan to give them full access to the cube and that they have been inoculated so they won't become part of the collective for a few hours. As their deadline approaches Tuvok finds himself being drawn into the collective. When the virus is released it has the desired effect; freeing members of Unimatrix Zero from the collective. By the time this has been done however Tuvok has been assimilated and the other two are captured. In an effort to force Janeway to tell her how to cure the virus the Borg Queen shows her just how far she will go to kill off the freed drones leaving Janeway with a dilemma.

Season Seven certainly got off to a good start with plenty of action, an interesting moral dilemma for the captain and a surprise or two that I won't spoil here. Guest star Susanna Thompson did a good job as the Borg Queen; managing to appear friendly and threatening at the same time.

How'd That All Happen?

[Hitchcoc · 9/10 · 14 September 2018]

The Borg queen is bent on keeping things her way. It's interesting. She is really an individual, thinking pretty much for herself. When she is in combat with Janeway, it appears that her reasons are personal. She is at the center in decision making, hence, individual. This is a good episode with a lot of close calls. One advantage is that the Borg have enemies throughout the galaxy, and so finding comrades is not so hard. One problem with this series is the Doctor's ability to seemingly come up with devices and substances to counter almost anything.

An excellent finale.

[planktonrules · 10/10 · 4 March 2015]

This is the second of a two-part episode involving the Borg. In episode one, Voyager learns that there is a virtual world called Unimatrix One where a small number of Borg drones can somehow live during their time recharging in the alcove. In other words, during these sleeping hours, they live as non-drones in a happy world. Because they have individuality during this time, the Borg queen ain't happy and is determined to find this place and wipe everyone out.

By this episode, Voyager is not only encouraging the drones in Unimatrix One but is trying to find a way to get the drones to become individuals during waking hours as well. That way the hive can be destabliized. However, Janeway isn't content with JUST destabilization--she's hoping that they can destroy this hive. To do so, she and some other crew members allow themselves to join the Collective! How can they do this and maintain their individuality? See the show...and the thrilling finale.

Excellent. Violent, creative and deliciously evil--this one is a show to see!

Borg Battles are Best

[Hughmanity · 9/10 · 24 February 2021]

Fun episode with Janeway battling the Borg Queen and Seven finding some humanity and even a little romance (though the chemistry between her and Axum isn't great). Why is kissing on Star Trek always so reluctant and uncomfortable?

We haven't seen Trek primary crew members get assimilated since Picard became Locutus, but this time it's different because they retain their senses at least for some time. It's fun to see them in Borg costume with all the gadgetry. Borg Janeway really weirded me out, but B'elanna looks cool.

Why is Tuvok the one that breaks down and gets assimilated? I thought he was so mentally strong with all his meditation and mind melds. Is his logic too close to the Borg efficiency so he succumbed first before Janeway and Torres?

How did the Klingon get control of his entire sphere ship? Seemed to happen very quickly and conveniently. But whatever, you can't look a Borg Unimatrix in the mouth, you just run with it.

A Borg Civil War

[XweAponX · 10/10 · 18 October 2013]

Beta Borg Queen Suzanna was the happiest Borg Queen of them all, she has successfully assimilated not only Kathryn Janeway but B'Elanna Torres and Tuvok to boot.

So why can't she hear these valuable new acquisitions? She had monologued in the Cliffhanger of the last episode that she expected something "More Cunning" from Janeway.

Well, if she knew what Janeway was really up to, she would have been satisfied. Janeway had found a way to be assimilated but keep her Hooman Identity intact and avoid being sucked into the Collective.

Because Janeway, Tuvok and B'Elanna had been "Assimilated for Bear", each of them containing NanoViruses that will hide all of the Borg with the Mutation that allows them to get into Unimatrix Zero. Their Goal? Just walk right into the Central Plexus and use The Borg's own Assimilation Tubules to inject the NanoVirus into the Plexus.

And it works great, except for this one flaw: They did not give Tuvok enough of the Dope that is preventing the three of them from being completely assimilated.

Big Problem, Suzie-Queen can now hear Tuvok, and has his Tactical Access Codes to Voyager.

Meanwhile Seven of Inverted-Nine-and-Nine goes back to Unimatrix Zero to monitor when the NanoVirus is dispersed. She had found out that she had been part of Unimatrix Zero for 19 years, six of them in an Intimate Relationship with Axum. This makes her uncomfortable and difficult to do her Job, Chakotay has to order her to go in there and set that difficulty aside.

Starfleet has No Tolerance for interpersonal Problems- This is not the first time a Crew Person has been Ordered to do their Job despite not liking it. If The Senate in 2013 had been Starfleet Officers, they never would have tried to shut down the Government, holding the entire government Hostage. Can you imagine if the Maquis Members of Voyager's Crew had decided to perform a "Voyager Shut-Down?" - Janeway would have hung each of them from the Highest Yardarm (Or Starboard Engine Nacelle).

So Seven sets her discomfort aside and gets involved with the people in Unimatrix Zero, helping them set Traps for Unwelcome Drones, and even falls into one of Axum's Traps. This was the perfect thing to happen, it forced Annika Hansen aka Seven to face the subject of her discomfort: Axum (Mark Deakins who does a lot of memorable work for LDS).

She even gets Korok interacting and cooperating with the rest of the members of Unimatrix, and Korok gives Bat'Tehl's to whoever wants to try using them. Axum was given a nice, spiky club that would also do the trick.

Janeway is successful in planting the NanoVirus, but not before Tuvok is assimilated, and gives Beta Queen their access codes, Voyager has to Haul Arse out of there in short order.

And the Queen now sees the Virus and Mutates it to backfire, intending to plant it right into Unimatrix Zero, killing all of the Matrix Drones.

So Janeway is forced to "Compromise" to Suzanna Queen, and tells Chakotay that "Unimatrix Zero must not exist"- This secret Message goes over Suzanna's Head.

And Voyager has some unlikely Help: It appears that Korok's Sphere is near Voyager, between his Sphere and Voyager, they destroy Unimatrix Zero and The Queen's opportunity to kill them all.

But now, the Drones can remember who they were in Unimatrix Zero, and The only way for The Queen to eradicate these drones is to destroy the entire collective.

Annika/Seven and Axum have a parting Scene, she will never meet him because he in in a Ship orbiting Fluidic Space in the Beta Quadrant. But Janeway's s parting words to B-Queen are "I Don't compromise with Borg".

Mark Deakins is also in "Star Trek: Insurrection" - He is on a Roof yelling out some instructions while Picard evacuates a Baku Village.

The Borg queen has an unconventional way of fighting a pandemic

[tomsly-40015 · 7/10 · 28 January 2024]

The ultimate showdown between Janeway and the Borg queen is a bit too predictable. On the one hand, this is because nothing ever happens to the main characters anyway, regardless of whether their DNA is altered to that of an alien species, they turn into slimy mud-crawling salamanders or are assimilated and mutate into Borg drones. After a few doses of hypospray, the doctor usually has everything under control again and all bodily functions have been completely restored - including a perfectly fitting hairstyle. On the other hand, the Borg queen also succumbs to the typical film and TV mistake and reveals her secret master plan with all its itsy-bitsy details to the hero, who then of course thwarts this plan with a snap of his fingers.

The only bright spot is the Borg queen's ruthlessness. She doesn't hesitate to root out the evil (from her perspective) and detonates entire Borg cubes and spheres just to destroy a handful of rogue autonomous drones. According to the motto: The best way to prevent a virus from spreading is to kill the host. Basically, the approach could have played into Janeway's hands, because this unconventional way of combating individualism would have weakened the Borg collective for years.

Unfortunately, the last encounter between Seven and Axum was pretty callous. If these were the last words of two lovers who may never meet again, then the fire of love between the two was more of a tiny flash in the pan.

In the end, of course, everything is fine again. Some of the autonomous drones take over their Borg ships and launch the counterattack. However, I wonder what happens to all the Borg drones on these ships that are still connected to the collective. Simply severing the link should result in fear and despair for these drones. However, keeping them linked would pose a potential risk to the ships. Four to five autonomous drones against almost 64,000 in a cube, which still operate under hive mind. I wouldn't place a bet at these odds.