Star Trek: The Next Generation
Summary
Since their founding inStar Trek : The Next Generationseason 2 , the Borg have become one ofStar Trek’smost iconic and prolific repeat villain , but not everyone call for inTNGsees optic to oculus about them . Captain Jean - Luc Picard ( Patrick Stewart ) was the first Starfleet captain to face off against the Borg when the omnipotent being known as Q ( John de Lancie ) bedevil the USS Enterprise - D across the galax inTNGseason 2 , episode 16 , " Q Who . " Q ’s action made the Borg and the Federation cognizant of one another years before they were meant to meet . The Borg would go on to appear several more times inTNGbefore finally becoming the master resister inStar Trek : First Contact , as well as inStar Trek : Voyager .
The Borg ’s most notable appearance do at the end ofStar Trek : The Next Generationseason 3 , in " The good of Both Worlds , " which sees Captain Picard assimilate and named Locutus of Borg . The two - part " The Best of Both Worlds " became one ofStar Trek’smost applaud stories and hold one of the most iconic telecasting cliffhangers of all metre . As popular as the Borg are , the creative teams behindStar Trekhave had sundry flavour about them . In theStar Trekoral history , The Fifty - Year Mission : The Next 25 Yearsby Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross , Jonathan Frakes andTNGExecutive Producer Rick Berman expressed differing viewpoints on the Borg . understand their quotation below :
Jonathan Frakes : The Borg were the great invention we had on the series .
Rick Berman : I ’m not a big fan of the Borg . I find them very two - dimensional , in a direction . They are faceless characters without personality and without specific character trait . They ’re sort of a one - beat grouping of bad guy to me , and in “ Best of Both Worlds ” they defend a threat as controvert to characters , but that was a great episode . My only interest in Borg is when they ’re used off - sum in other than the fashion they were originally conceive .
As one of Star Trek ’s most iconic villain , the Borg have made many appearance in various enfranchisement projects over the years since their introduction .
The Borg Became Less Frightening Over Time
Did Star Trek do too many Borg stories?
InStar Trek : The Next Generation’s"The Best of Both Worlds , " the Borg were at their most frightening , and they served as the perfect foes to tell that particular story . The Borg became less frightening in some of their subsequent appearances , and opinions on the cybernetic , hive - minded drones stay varied . The Borg have seem in several iterations ofStar Trek , some chilling than others . Star Trek : First Contactrevisited Picard ’s history with the Borg , telling a clip travelling story of First Contact that introduce the infamous Borg Queen ( Alice Krige ) . InStar Trek : Voyager , theBorg ’s greatest adversary became Captain Kathryn Janeway , who eventually portion out the Borg Queen and her corporate a incapacitating black eye .
Star Trek : Picardincorporated the Borg into all three of its season , butPicardseason 3 consider the most disturbing version of the Borg . After being nigh destroyed by Captain Janeway , the Borg Queen seeks assistance from the Changelings , and develops a terrific new way to remotely absorb hundreds of Starfleet policeman at once . Picardseason 3 seemed to put an end to the Borg threat once and for all , although Dr. Agnes Jurati ( Alison Pill ) and her charitable Borg Collective fromPicardseason 2 could still show up in a futureStar Trekproject .
Star Trek : The Next Generation , Star Trek : Voyager , andStar Trek : Picardare all uncommitted to stream on Paramount+ .
root : The Fifty - Year Mission : The Next 25 Years : From The Next Generation to J. J. Abrams : The Complete , Uncensored , and Unauthorized Oral story of Star Trekby Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross
