What should have been the peak of Voyager instead turned out to be pretty disappointing. I was a bit distracted during the first half so I assumed that Janeway and company had infected themselves with the virus they were going to use to help the Borg in the Unimatrix Zero retain their identity after they were done regenerating. But no, they just used a neural suppressant so that the assimilation had no effect. Why have they never done this before or in any other part of Trek? That makes the Borg pretty harmless honestly. Also Seven deciding to be with Axum after all felt kinda forced and silly. I don't know if it every pays off, but I have a feeling it won't.
We open where we left off and of course Janeway, Tuvok and Torres are still individuals despite being assimilated. They start working on getting into the central plexus as the Borg Queen notices she can't read their thoughts. Well, she can kinda read Tuvok, but not the others. On Voyager Chakotay attempts a rescue but Tuvok's thoughts are used against them and they are forced to retreat. Despite Tuvok succumbing to Borgifying Janeway manages to inject the virus but is captured. She gets put in a holoprojector so the Queen can talk to her. The Queen starts destroying cubes with freed Borg on board to try and get Janeway to crack, but of course it doesn't work. She eventually reveals that she has a virus that will kill all Borg in Unimatrix Zero (do they mean a computer virus? Last episode it was all about mutations so I don't think so, but how does it transmit then?). Janeway projects on to Voyager to tell them to tell Seven to tell all the Borg in Unimatrix Zero to give up or be killed. But Chakotay reads into it and realizes she actually means destroy Unimatrix Zero to protect the individuals (which also makes no sense, couldn't the Queen just keep destroying cubes?). Seven gets to work on that while Chakotay teams up with a freed Borg sphere to rescue Janeway. Both plans work and Seven has to say good bye to Axum since they are now in love again I guess.
Review: This episode isn't unwatchable, but it is certainly better left unexamined. Plot holes galore and lots of other problems make this one of the worst in the series.
2 out of 10
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