Collective
- Episode aired Feb 16, 2000
- TV-PG
- 44m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
1.8K
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Several Borg children abduct Chakotay, Kim, Neelix and Paris.Several Borg children abduct Chakotay, Kim, Neelix and Paris.Several Borg children abduct Chakotay, Kim, Neelix and Paris.
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Marley McClean
- Mezoti
- (as Marley S. McClean)
Majel Barrett
- Computer Voice
- (voice)
Tarik Ergin
- Lt. Ayala
- (uncredited)
Tina Kotrich
- Operations Division Officer
- (uncredited)
Mark Major
- Deceased Borg Drone
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis episode was to have premiered on BBC Two in the United Kingdom at 6 o'clock on September 11, 2001. However, the broadcast was cancelled due to the BBC's in-depth coverage of the September 11th attacks. It was never broadcast on BBC Two as the following episode Spirit Folk (2000) was shown on September 18, 2001 as was originally intended.
- GoofsAt about 31:46, Janeway asks Tuvok how long it has been since he lost contact with Kim, and Tuvok replies "Four or five minutes." It has been long established in the series that, as a Vulcan, Tuvok speaks precisely - a comment that vague is completely out of character for him.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Star Trek: Voyager: Endgame (2001)
Featured review
The teenage years of a Borg collective
This episode is one of the weakest Borg episodes in the series. Not only because the story is completely predictable, but also because it lacks the necessary depth and instead gets lost in far too long sequences in which Seven tries to repair the Borg cube. In addition, the endless discussions with the leader of the collective are quite superficial and always follow the same pattern. Neither he gains knowledge in the conversations with Seven and Janeway nor the viewer. Basically, this character is a hopeless case and it's clear from the start what will happen to him in the end.
The starting point of the episode is promising though. Voyager encounters a Borg cube whose crew has been wiped out by a pathogen. A handful of young drones are still alive, but their maturation process has been interrupted. They have captured the Delta Flyer and its crew and are now blackmailing Janeway into providing technology to repair the cube in exchange for her crew.
Instead of deep discussions about whether these young drones want to gain back their lost youth by joining Voyager and leaving their Borg lives behind, it's basically all about the leader of the collective, whose only goal is to reunite with the Borg. The other drones remain pale and in the background the entire time. It's clear from the start that the leader will ultimately bite the dust and the remaining drones will be brought onto Voyager. And that's how it happens. From now on, Seven takes the young people under her care in order to slowly introduce them to life as individuals.
However, I wonder whether we will see these children again in future episodes and whether they will be part of Seven's own character development from now on. The former Starfleet crew members of Captain Ransom's ship "Equinox" were also never seen again when Janeway took them in.
The starting point of the episode is promising though. Voyager encounters a Borg cube whose crew has been wiped out by a pathogen. A handful of young drones are still alive, but their maturation process has been interrupted. They have captured the Delta Flyer and its crew and are now blackmailing Janeway into providing technology to repair the cube in exchange for her crew.
Instead of deep discussions about whether these young drones want to gain back their lost youth by joining Voyager and leaving their Borg lives behind, it's basically all about the leader of the collective, whose only goal is to reunite with the Borg. The other drones remain pale and in the background the entire time. It's clear from the start that the leader will ultimately bite the dust and the remaining drones will be brought onto Voyager. And that's how it happens. From now on, Seven takes the young people under her care in order to slowly introduce them to life as individuals.
However, I wonder whether we will see these children again in future episodes and whether they will be part of Seven's own character development from now on. The former Starfleet crew members of Captain Ransom's ship "Equinox" were also never seen again when Janeway took them in.
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Details
- Runtime44 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
- 4:3
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