Star Trek: Voyager
One of the most popular characters inStar Trek ’s nineties shows is Seven of Nine ( Jeri Ryan ) , and these episode ofStar Trek : VoyagerandStar Trek : Picardhelp to explain why . Originally added to the cast ofStar Trek : Voyagerin season 4 to pad droop ratings , Seven of Nine became a breakout quality who revitalizedVoyager . Jeri Ryan ’s good looks were only part of Seven ’s succeeder ; far more of Seven of Nine ’s appeal comes from her compelling character bow , which see the ex-husband - Borg drone recover her humanity and adapt to life outside the Collective .
Two decades after Seven of Nine ’s four seasons as a series regular onStar Trek : Voyager , Seven of Nine ’s completeStar Trekstorycame full Mexican valium inStar Trek : Picard . The genuine depth of Seven ’s trauma at the hands of the Borg finally came to igniter , thanks toPicard ’s willingness to look at the morose side of Seven of Nine ’s backstory . Each of these episode adds another musical composition to the picture of Seven of Nine as a complex reference who overcame the Borg ’s cruel conditioning , pick up compassion , and finally becameCaptain of the USS Enterprise .
8"The Gift"
Star Trek: Voyager Season 4, Episode 2
Seven of Nine debuted inStar Trek : Voyagerseason 4 , sequence 1 , " Scorpion , Part 2 " , but the follow - up episode , " The Gift " , does a far better problem of sitting with Seven as a character the right way after she ’s been lop from the Borg Collective . Here , Seven wants to rejoin to the Borg , because it ’s the only animation she ’s have sex , but her body is physically reject the Borg implants , so it ’s not possible . Pacing in Voyager ’s brig like a caged creature , Seven address fear with choler , hostility , and a vitriolic promisethat she ’ll kill Captain Janeway ’s ( Kate Mulgrew ) USS Voyager work party .
As Jennifer Lien ’s last episode as Kes , " The Gift " touch to Kes ' giving of direct the USS Voyager 10,000 lightyears nearer to home and out of Borg space , but the title can also easily refer to Janeway ’s gift of compassionateness to Seven of Nine .
Instead of retaliation , however , Seven of Nine ’s threats are conform to with pity and kindness . After Janeway finds out that the drone in Voyager ’s brig was a human young lady named Annika Hansen , Janeway has absolute religious belief that Seven of Nine ’s mankind is still in there , forget beneath the implants and exosuit . Seven of Nine does n’t want to see herself as human , but"The Gift " proves that Seven ’s resistanceisfutile : she will be liberated .
7"The Omega Directive"
Star Trek: Voyager Season 4, Episode 21
In " The Omega Directive " , Seven of Nine speaks of the Borg as a culture with their own value , rather of just being a unmindful force of nature . The endlessly destructive Omega Molecule must be destroy , harmonize to Starfleet ’s Omega Directive , but Seven of Nine argue that the Borg sample to synthesize Omega because it was so perfect . Viewing the Omega Molecule itself is the closest thing Seven has to a spiritual experience , because the Borg much deified perfectionas something to strive for .
Captain Kathryn Janeway ( Kate Mulgrew ) and Seven of Nine ( Jeri Ryan ) had essential roles on Star Trek : Voyager . Here ’s a smell at their best instalment .
By establish thatthe Borg time value perfection like Vulcans appreciate logic , " The Omega Directive " provides the perspective needed to realise the civilization that stir Seven of Nine . Seven was taught to believe that assimilation is not a tool used to conquer , but a way for the Borg to become more perfect by expeditiously gleaning what they could from other cultures . acculturation was also a gift the Borg gave , allowing others to also follow nigher to ne plus ultra . Knowing that Seven still cling to Borg value of efficiency and ne plus ultra helps us understand what drives and motivate her .
6"Infinite Regress"
Star Trek: Voyager Season 5, Episode 7
In " Infinite Regress " , Seven of Nine head start to exhibit unusual conduct whenthe personalities of the great unwashed that Seven assimilate as a drone start to emerge and take over Seven ’s soundbox . Jeri Ryan ’s playacting skills are on full display as Seven incarnate a miscellanea of people , like a young fry eager to represent withNaomi Wildman ( Scarlett Pomers ) , a Klingon warrior , and an elderly Ferengi . But in the moments where Seven of Nine is herself again , she ’s terrify , uncertain , and does n’t understand what ’s go on to her .
" Infinite Regress " cross out the start of Seven of Nine ’s unlikely friendship with Naomi Wildman .
Seven of Nine was more than a simple-minded drone ; she was the Tertiary Adjunct of Unimatrix 01 , soSeven was personally responsible for for assimilating tens of thousands of raw drones . Now that Seven has rediscover her individuality , however , Seven of Nine is cognisant of what she took from all these people , and how she condemn them to endure as drones . Even if Seven is liberated from the Collective , every life history that Seven took adds to the weight of her guilt . It ’s sound stuff for what could have been a drollery instalment .
In this sci-fi series, the starship Voyager becomes stranded in the Delta Quadrant, 70,000 light-years from Earth. The diverse crew, led by Captain Janeway, embarks on a perilous journey home, encountering unfamiliar species and challenges while adhering to Federation principles in uncharted space.
5"Dark Frontier"
Star Trek: Voyager Season 5, Episodes 15 & 16
Thetwo - partStar Trek : Voyagerepisode"Dark Frontier " marks an important turn point for Seven of Nine , when she actively reclaims her humanity and leaves the Borg behind for good . While researching how to pull off a Borg Cube heist , the Hansens ' recovered journals set off Seven ’s memories of being catch and assimilated as a child . In flashbacks , we get to see the backstory that Seven had stifle , as she comes to resent her parents ' failure to keep her safe , and grieves the lifespan she never lived .
Alternately fascinated and repel by Seven ’s humanity , the Borg Queen twists the truth like a narcissistic parent .
During the heist in the 2d one-half , theBorg world-beater ( Susanna Thompson)manipulates Seven into stay with the Borg by quietly endanger Voyager ’s gang . Alternately hypnotised and disgusted by Seven ’s humanity , the Borg Queen twists the trueness like a self-loving parent , lay claim Seven was by choice let go to assimilate humans more well . realise the toxic surroundings that Seven of Nine maturate up in aid us understand why Seven of Nine issoconditioned by the Borg , and how far Seven has come on Voyager .
4"Someone to Watch Over Me"
Star Trek: Voyager Season 5, Episode 22
If there ’s anyStar Trek : Voyagerepisode that paints Seven of Nine as an autistic - inscribe eccentric , it ’s " Someone to watch out Over Me" . In an crusade to remedy Seven ’s difficulty with social fundamental interaction , Seven of Nine tries to learn about dating . The Doctor becomes Seven ’s usher through a series of lessons , which Seven awkwardly carry out with all the on the face of it cold efficiency of her Borg bringing up . It ’s not that Seven ’s cold , exactly ; it ’s just that human mating rite are ineffective and confusing to her .
Jeri Ryan is " still lamentable " that a Romance language between Voyager ’s holographical Doctor and Seven of Nine on Star Trek : Voyager never materialized .
When the Doctor accidentally precipitate in love with Seven , she does n’t come back his feelings . However , that does n’t jeopardizeSeven of Nine and the Doctor ’s friendship . If anything , the experience bring them closer together , andthe Doctor keep to teach Seven about humanity throughout the rest ofStar Trek : Voyager ’s run . Seven may not come aside from " Someone to look on Over Me " with a amatory partner , but we gain clear insight into Seven ’s mental attitude towards societal situation .
3"Imperfection"
Star Trek: Voyager Season 7, Episode 2
ByStar Trek : Voyagerseason 7 , Seven of Nine is fully integrated into the USS Voyager work party , along with Icheb ( Manu Intiraymi ) , one ofSeven ’s Borg children . Seven ’s misfunction cortical node spells certain decease , because in the Collective , drones with wiped out cortical nodes are disassemble . Therefore , Seven deal her broken node a personal failing , and she push her closest protagonist — Icheb , Janeway , and the Doctor — away . Seven reject to let them see her as imperfect , while she contemplates her own last .
Seven of Nine already fuck that B’Elanna Torres does n’t like her , so it ’s paradoxically easier for Seven to be vulnerable around B’Elanna , who concisely becomes a kindred spirit — both have trouble fitting in , do n’t like authority , and mask their reverence with angriness .
The Borg values that Seven was raised with make it hard for her to believe that other citizenry really do care about her , even when they ’ve demonstrate how much they know her . The Borg economic value perfection above all else , andSeven still believe that she must be perfect and fertile to have value and be take . Seven also believe that proving herself as an individual means doing everything completely on her own . But it gets a little easy when Icheb puts his own life on the line to donate his cortical node to Seven , salvage her life .
2"Stardust City Rag"
Star Trek: Picard Season 1, Episode 5
Twenty eld of Seven of Nine ’s life afterStar Trek : Voyagerare like an expert save into " Stardust City Rag " , commence with the fact that Seven joined thevigilante Fenris Rangers . Seven ’s past is intertwined with the charismatic condemnable Bjayzl ( Necar Zadegan ) , who used Seven to get to Icheb ( Casey King ) , harvest Icheb ’s Borg implants and left him to pall . Bjayzl was potential one of the first the great unwashed Seven trust afterVoyager , and that broken trust hardened Seven against ever strain again . This Seven is revengeful and violent , claiming that Bob Hope is for idealists like Admiral Jean - Luc Picard .
Seven of Nine : " Did you honestly feel you had reclaimed your humanity ? "
Admiral Picard : " Yes . "
Seven of Nine : " All of it ? "
Admiral Picard : " No . … But we ’re working on it , are n’t we ? "
Seven of Nine : " Every damn daylight of my animation . "
" Stardust City Rag " shows who Seven of Nine is when leave to her own equipment inStar Trek : Picard ’s darker , practically claustrophobic reading ofTrek ’s galaxy . Without any of herVoyagerfriends , Seven is outwear and beaten down — but not break . Being a Fenris Ranger is " hopeless and pointless and tiring , and the only thing worse would be render up , " becausefighting against unfairness and savagery is how Seven proves her own humanity to herself . It ’s arduous and terrible , but if Seven has the exponent to help oneself even one soul , she will .
1"The Last Generation"
Star Trek: Picard Season 3, Episode 10
pot of important character - defining moment for Seven of Nine are sprinkled throughoutStar Trek : Picard — but " The Last Generation " gives Seven of Nine her crowning glory . Star Trek : Picardhelped Seven see that she did not demand to be double-dyed , since she defied protocol to do the right affair for the sheer sake of it being the right matter . ByStar Trek : Picardseason 3 , Seven no longer needed to aby for her Borg past , but still shinny with believing that she was where she truly belong , not least because of Captain Liam Shaw ’s ( Todd Stashwick ) preconception .
These 7 Voyager episode lay the groundwork for Seven of Nine ’s future as a Starfleet Captain with her own command in Star Trek : Picard .
Even after Commander Seven of Nine take the USS Titan - A ’s bursting charge against the Changeling and Borg Alliance , inspiring anyone clean to take up arm , Seven still trust she needed to leave office from Starfleet . It took Shaw ’s posthumous good word , and Captain Tuvok ’s ( Tim Russ ) refusal to take Seven ’s surrender , for Seven of Nine to understand that she really was suitable — as an somebody , a Starfleet officer , and a spaceship Captain . Every struggle inStar Trek : Voyagerled to Captain Seven of Nine taking instruction of the USS Enterprise - G inStar Trek : PIcard … and hopefully , Star Trek : Legacy .
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In this sci - fi serial publication , the starship Voyager becomes stranded in the Delta Quadrant , 70,000 light - age from Earth . The diverse crew , take by Captain Janeway , embarks on a perilous journey home , encountering unfamiliar species and challenge while adhering to Federation principles in unmapped space .
After asterisk in Star Trek : The Next Generation for seven season and various other Star Trek projects , Patrick Stewart is back as Jean - Luc Picard . Star Trek : Picard focus on a retired Picard who is living on his family vineyard as he sputter to cope with the death of Data and the devastation of Romulus . But before too long , Picard is pulled back into the action at law . The series also brings back fan - favorite characters from the Star Trek franchise , such as Seven of Nine ( Jeri Ryan ) , Geordi La Forge ( LeVar Burton ) , Worf ( Michael Dorn ) , and William Riker ( Jonathan Frakes ) .
After starring in Star Trek: The Next Generation for seven seasons and various other Star Trek projects, Patrick Stewart is back as Jean-Luc Picard. Star Trek: Picard focuses on a retired Picard who is living on his family vineyard as he struggles to cope with the death of Data and the destruction of Romulus. But before too long, Picard is pulled back into the action. The series also brings back fan-favorite characters from the Star Trek franchise, such as Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan), Geordi La Forge (LeVar Burton), Worf (Michael Dorn), and William Riker (Jonathan Frakes).
