The borg appear in twentyone episodes of star trek and in one movie. I borg call sheets this was the first borg episode not to be scored by ron jones. Later chakotay discovers a population of exborg of various species in unity. Jan 23, 2020 i borg three of five, or hugh, is the first borg we see separated from the collective, something that happens more in star trek. In these episodes, the federation starship voyager makes a pact with the devil. Portrayed by jeri ryan, she is a former borg drone who joins the crew of the federation starship voyager. This episode began a four episode arc of the voyager crew dealing with the hirogen. List of star trek borg episodes in chronological order. Syfy recommend scorpion as the first episode in their seven of nine. Voyager, which aired on upn from january 1995 through may 2001. Picards first season is now complete, and through its 10episode run, it sees several trek characters return, both from the next generation and other series. The where and when of this theory both line up remarkably well. In 2378, a crippling blow was delivered to the borg when voyager discovered. In particular they praised the performance of actress jeri ryan as the ex.
How star trek first contact and voyager ruined the borg. Voyagers caretaker was upns first telecast on january 16, 1995, and it had 21. Of the networks five inaugural series, voyager was the only program to survive its. Which episode of voyager are the borg first introduced.
The mobile emitter subsequently starts assimilating a science lab and. In terms of the timeline, the two borg cubes also coincide neatly. The 7 essential borg episodes to watch before star. Paul boehmer as one, as the third best guest star on star trek. The ship comes back to life at the climax of the episode, but the fact that the borg have been so humbled and that janeway can get so close diminishes them significantly. Thats why the 8472 episodes were so good, they didnt have the borg queen in it. Drone is the 96th episode of the science fiction television series star trek. Unity is the 17th episode of the third season of the american science fiction. So thats possibly a total of 32 episodes or 108 borg episodes and 1. Voyager is about the show embracing its place in the shadow of star trek. Not one of the hundreds of novels, comics, audio plays, video gamesheck, e. In 2015, whatculture ranked this the 22nd best episode of all time in the star trek science fiction universe. The borg are first seen by voyager in the thirdseason episode.
He felt a great deal of pressure working on the episode which introduced the borg to voyager, and complained to the producers that the aliens only appear on two and a half pages of the script. Four episodes of voyager caretaker, dark frontier, flesh. And, if you count every single episode of voyager in which former borg seven of nine jeri ryan appears, thats 100 episodes right there. And they pass by without bothering to assimilate or destroy voyager. Its not clear from the script, the actual episode or the novel quite how the borg took the voyager inside, nor why theyd have done that in the first place. Meanwhile, kim regains consciousness inside the delta flyer and contacts voyager. Janeway and seven give one a quick history of borg conquest, and he agrees to help, first disrupting a borg tractor beam, then enhancing voyagers phasers but voyagers technology is not very advanced, and he beams over to the borg probe, sending it into the nebula. Star trek voyager a thread for fans home theater forum. Oct 11, 2012 the borg are first discovered by voyager in episode blood fever. The episode first aired on the upn network on february 12, 1997, as part of sweeps week. The next step that eventually leads to seven of nine comes in episode 59, unity written by kenneth biller, february 12, 1997. While pursuing the trail of maquis rebels, a newly commissioned starfleet ship gets pulled to the far side of the galaxy. A guide listing the titles and air dates for episodes of the tv series star trek. The mobile emitter subsequently starts assimilating a science lab.
The borg are star treks most feared and most loved adversaries they appear in a total twentyone episodes in the star trek franchise in enterprise, the next generation and voyager, every television incarnation other than the original series and deep space nine. What episode of star trek voyager do the borg first appear. In 20, we minored in film ranked one the fourth best episode of star trek. It was written by producer kenneth biller, and is the second episode to be directed by cast member robert duncan mcneill. I, borg s05e23 tng descent, part i s06e26 tng descent, part ii s07e01 tng unity s03e17 voy star trek viii. A few weeks ago, i had the pleasure of participating in a podcast called geek fights, and the topic was worst episode of star trek. The borg set that was used for this episode was not from star trek. First contact, the borg wreckage encountered in that episode being.
May 02, 2011 a few weeks ago, i had the pleasure of participating in a podcast called geek fights, and the topic was worst episode of star trek. The borg on the cube demand the uss voyagers navigational deflector to reestablish communication with other borg in the region. Voyager, chakotay discovered signs of the borg in the delta quadrant for the first time. This is an episode list for the sciencefiction television series star trek. Sep 16, 2008 voyager mentions that before the episode collective that we have seen any borg babies,this is wrong we first saw them in the very first borg episode q who,wher an enterprise away team beam over to the borg cube and find a borg baby nursery. With kate mulgrew, robert beltran, roxann dawson, robert duncan mcneill. But no, with the queen the borg were robbed of their main trait. It marked the first major appearance of the borg in voyager, which were kicked. The borg appear in six episodes of the next generation, one episode of deep space nine, one episode of enterprise, the film star trek.
Nov 14, 2016 voyager is putting a lot of faith in the borg as a potential recurring adversary, but unity introduces a borg ship with a flat tire. During that debate, i railed pretty heavily against a particular episode of star trek voyager called dark frontier, and alleged that that episode and voyager in general ruined the borg one of star treks most compelling villains. Check out voyager trawling the remnants of a destroyed borg cube in imperfection or nearly any exterior in inside man here voyager signals that this show has brought the franchise a long way from the original series. In geographical terms, voyager places its defunct cube in the beta quadrant, and in star trek.
The decision to create a borg episode for star trek. In terms on cannon, their first appearance was in the movie first contact hen they went back in time to april 2063. Unfortunately, its intense blast wave catches an away mission shuttle, causing emergency beam out transporter signals to fuse the doctors mobile emitter with sevens nanoprobes. Not according to various extended lore shown afterwards, but one of the problems with trek is that nothing outside of the live action shows or movies are considered canon.
Survival instinct is the 122nd episode the second episode of the sixth season of the science fiction television series star trek. The borg seem to be one step ahead when the borg queen communicates with seven of nine. May 12, 2009 the borg are first introduced in voyager at the end of season 3 episode. Seven attempts to break the borg children away from the collective and persuade them to join voyager s crew. There was no need to shove her into voyager, she should have been a 1 of in first contact. The borg on the cube demand the uss voyager s navigational deflector to reestablish communication with other borg in the region. This show expands the story of the character seven of nine. The borg first appear in the next generation episode q who, which aired the 8th of april 1989. Voyager mentions that before the episode collective that we have seen any borg babies,this is wrong we first saw them in the very first borg episode q who,wher an enterprise away team beam over to the borg cube and find a borg baby nursery. Because this episode basically undermines the whole q thing and creates its own paradox. For one thing, the uniforms are all the voyagerstyle uniforms, despite message in a bottle confirming that starfleet proper had already switched to the first contactstyle uniforms. Her full borg designation is seven of nine, tertiary adjunct of unimatrix zero one. My definition of a borg episode is an episode in which one or more borg drones appear or a functional borg ship is encountered.
I borg three of five, or hugh, is the first borg we see separated from the collective, something that happens more in star trek. The first twoparter to feature the borg, scorpion part 1, was really excellent the borg were rather overused later in the series. Scorpion introduced the borg drone seven of nine and species 8472 to the series. For me personally and im bracing myself for the backlash its the enterprise episode regeneration.
Unity is the 17th episode of the third season of the american science fiction television series star trek. This star trek spinoff won seven emmy awards and starred kate mulgrew as the first female captain. The crew of the 24thcentury spacecraft uss voyager deal with a cyborg, played by guest star j. Furthermore, the borg obviously still exist in voy after the borg queen has been killed in first contact and is reincarnated for want of a better word.
A borg for most of her life, seven had to relearn how to be a human being detached from the collective. What episode of star trek voyager do the borg first appear in. With kate mulgrew, robert beltran, roxann dawson, jennifer lien. This is the fourth television program in the star trek franchise, and comprises a total of 172 episodes over the shows seven seasons. Watch the rock kick seven of nines borg butt on star trek. Lost and found, star trek magazine issue 147, i borg call sheets during filming of this episode contest winners and personal guests of peter lauritson visited the set on every day of filming. Id put regeneration at the end despite it being chronologically first, putting aside the cheap naming copout, itll introduce parts of the borg mythology that will seemingly disappear for several appearances because they hadnt been dreamt up yet.
The only further reference we have to the borg in canon is in star trek countdown 3 where we learn the narada was retrofitted with borg technology. First appearance of the borg trek general the omega. A complete guide to what star trek to watch before star. Syfy recommend drone for their seven of nine bingewatching guide. They also appeared in the star trek movie first contact. In voyager episode q2, even q tells his son, dont provoke the borg. Just one of them managed to destroy 39 ships and kill 11,000 people at wolf 359, and here voyager comes across a fleet of them. They are first mentioned on voyager in death wishseason 2 ep.
First contact, where the borg tried to construct an interplexing beacon on the navigational deflector of the uss enterprise e to contact the 21st century borg in the delta quadrant. A borg child threatens janeway, saying the repairs must be completed in two hours or else a hostage will be killed. Members of the voyager crew train on the holodeck for a raid on a borg ship. Seven of nine born annika hansen is a fictional character introduced in the american science fiction television series star trek. May 05, 2020 a guide listing the titles and air dates for episodes of the tv series star trek. The borg are first discovered by voyager in episode blood fever. List of star trek borg episodes in chronological order higgypop. The strengths of voyager season 7 are hardly limited to looks, however. Things get complicated once seven of nine joins voyager because, essentially, every episode becomes a borg episode.
Later chakotay discovers a population of ex borg of various species in unity. Mar 10, 2020 in geographical terms, voyager places its defunct cube in the beta quadrant, and in star trek. Chakotay finds a planet of unassimilated borg drones from all over the galaxy. The borg are first introduced in voyager at the end of season 3 episode. During the remainder of voyagers run, captain janeway, seven of nine and the rest of the. One was rated the most overlooked of the best episodes of star trek. In 2014, io9 rated the raven as the 75th best episode of star trek, and stated it was one of the best episodes about the character seven of nine recovering from her borg assimilation. The next generation tng writers began to develop the idea of the borg as early as the season 1 episode, conspiracy, which introduced a coercive, symbiotic life form that took over key federation personnel. The fictional raven spacecraft in the episode is a federation vessel of the 2350s in the star trek franchise, and its design has been made in miniature model. While this episode and prey were standalone episodes in their own right, when included with the two part episode the killing game, the star trek franchise ventured into a storyarc genre that was also seen in star trek. In this episode, voyager encounters three aliens played by guest stars vaughn armstrong, bertila damas, and tim kelleher. Unity was the second episode of voyager to be directed by robert duncan mcneill following sacred ground from the previous season. When was the first appearance of the borg in star trek voyager.
Mar 25, 2019 for me personally and im bracing myself for the backlash its the enterprise episode regeneration. Did admiral janeway destroy all the borg for all time on. In that episode, q sends the enterprise to an far and uncharted part of the galaxy. By 2000, the two worlds mightily merged as dwayne the rock johnson gueststarred on a voyager episode called tsunkatse, where the future biggest, and. First contact movie scorpion, part i s03e26 voy scorpion, part ii s04e01 voy the raven s04e06 voy drone s05e02 voy dark frontier, part i s05e15 voy dark frontier, part ii s05e16 voy. The next generation, then it makes sense that the third season would bring the crew into conflict with the borg. Should they be successful, they will steal the borg transwarp coil in hopes of integrating the technology into voyager s systems. To solve this problem, i dont count her has a borg drone appearance.
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