Voyager 6x26 "Unimatrix Zero, Part 1"

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Much like Next Generation started its final season concluding the lackluster "Descent," Voyager returns to the Borg as a threat with nothing quite as much at stake as in earlier and later stories featuring the Collective.

Basically, Seven is reminded about another part of her past as a drone, a relationship she had and a whole underground scene that Janeway immediately recognizes as a potential weapon against the Borg.  So she gets herself assimilated (sort of) to set up the cliffhanger.

It could have been better, and in this instance revealing a hidden part of a character's past seems a little forced, and hardly seems to really matter to Seven (personally, I would have at least ended this story with that love interest at least making recurring appearances during the final season), and the whole plan not a worthy comparison to either "Scorpion" or "Endgame."

But like I said, there was precedent in the franchise, just not a very good one.  Forget "Descent," and just try to find out for yourself if "Unimatrix Zero" added something worthwhile to Voyager.

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Notable guest-stars:
Susanna Thompson

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