I Borg.

STTNG

Star Trek The Next Generation Season Five

The Borg remind me of an ant colony, all beavering away together.

When Geordi is fixing up an outlet for the captured Borg to plug himself into, he takes a section out of the cell jail just by gripping the two handles on it and pulling, thus revealing electronic doodads behind it. Doesn't this seem a strange arrangement to have in a confinement cell?

Something which I never understood about the basic premise behind this episode is why were the five Borg so far from home in the first place?

Why does Guinan have no eyebrows?

What's all the big deal about giving Hugh a name (other than that they should have gone for the obvious and called him 'Bjorn')? We've already seen a Borg called Locutus who had his own unique and distinct identity, so why should Hugh have such a problem with the concept of individuality?

Funny how well Geordi gets on with these mechanical types, isn't it?

Much is made of the fact that the Borg will be coming after Hugh. Why did they stop coming after Picard then, after he'd been re-established as human? The Borg, as Beverly points out, also make a point of retrieving their dead. It seems reasonable to suppose that they discern that an individual is dead when he leaves the collective consciousness. Surely then when Picard was unplugged from their system (if you will) he left the collective consciousness and so they must think that he's dead. So why aren't they still coming after him?

Further, if the Borg do indeed come back to retrieve their dead, they must have some way of discerning individualism, else, how would they be able to discern who was alive and who wasn't? This must mean then that they can see themselves as individuals, and not merely a group entity. I think. Maybe. Sort of.

I see The Unnamed Black Chick putting in another unsung appearance at Helm once again.

Season Five

Redemption Two Darmok Ensign Ro Silicon Avatar Disaster The Game Unification One Unification Two A Matter of Time New Ground Hero Worship Violations
The Masterpiece Society Conundrum Power Play Ethics The Outcast Cause and Effect
The First Duty Cost of Living The Perfect Mate Imaginary Friend I Borg The Next Phase
The Inner Light Time's Arrow Part One

Redemption Two.
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