Imperfection

Episode aired Oct 11, 2000
TV-PGTV-PG
44m

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7.7/10

1.6K

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Kate Mulgrew, Jeri Ryan, and Manu Intiraymi in Star Trek: Voyager (1995)

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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.

IMDb RATING

7.7/10

1.6K

YOUR RATING

Director
- David Livingston
Writers
- Gene Roddenberry(based upon "Star Trek" created by)
- Rick Berman
- Michael Piller
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Trivia
Seven 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.

Goofs
The 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.'

Connections
Referenced in Star Trek: Picard: Stardust City Rag (2020)

Soundtracks
Star Trek: Voyager - Main Title
(uncredited)
Written by Jerry Goldsmith
Performed by Jay Chattaway

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9/10

Awfully good.

This episode makes very good use of the Borg kids--specifically Icheb. When the show begins, one more of the Borg kiddies is reunited with their parents and Seven is seen crying. Unfortunately it's NOT because of a sudden appearance of emotion but because an important part of Seven's Borg implants is malfunctioning. It's a problem because without it, she will die. An attempt to replace it with a Borg node doesn't work so there is only one possible option--but the Doctor and Seven are loathe to try it. Icheb offers to give her his node. This probably won't kill him, as apparently he wasn't fully assimilated since he's a kid and his body SHOULD be able to survive without it.

This is a very emotional and enjoyable show. I liked the moral quandary in this one and the show is quite memorable.

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