Picard brought about genuine franchise nostalgia in guest appearances from william riker and deanna troi. I, borg or the one where a real tin man gets a heart and a brain its been a while since we last saw the borg. Del arco first played hugh in the classic star trek. Answering a distress call from a strange planet, the enterprise finds a crashed borg ship with one young borg survivor jonathan del arco. The first episode presented a genuinely cool conundrum and believable motivation for the titular captain, but. Hugh didnt return to the next generation until the twopart episode the descent, which spanned the season 6 finale and the season 7 premiere. The events of that series found the titular ship stranded in the delta quadrant, some 70 years away from home. He is an actor and director, known for the closer 2005, star trek. The next generation episode i, borg, with the injured drone being nursed back to health by the enterprise. Picard started strongly but felt like it was dragging its heels midseason. And, if you count every single episode of voyager in which former borg seven of nine jeri ryan appears, thats 100 episodes right there. But their ultimate solution is a benign twist on the borg campaign of assimilation.
Picard, picard arrived at the artifact and had a heartfelt reunion with the director of the borg reclamation project, hugh. The next generation, the 152nd and 153rd episodes overall. Picard episode 3 totally changed the classic borg hugh. The next time the borg made their presence known was in star trek. Hugh is impressed with soji isa briones being kind to one of the nameless, and as such, he tells. The next generation introduced drones regaining their sense of individuality and selfawareness, a concept furthered in star trek. Descent is the 26th episode of the sixth season and the first episode of the seventh. Picard is kidnapped by the borg star trek the next. The first bluray release was in the united states on november 19, 20, followed by the united kingdom on november 18. The next generation stands out amidst a sea of fantastic tng episodes.
It was subsequently released as part of the star trek. In episode 3, the end is the beginning, we saw another returning character from previous shows. Returning to the star trek universe is patrick stewart as now admiral jeanluc picard, along with spiner, jonathan frakes as riker, marina sirtis as troi, jonathan del arco as hugh, and from star trek voyager, jeri ryan as seven of nine, along with a next generation of new characters. Taking his faction, hugh and the starfleet team stormed lores fortress and helped in ending the mad androids plans.
Once again joining the enterprise to fight against rogue borg led by lore in 2370, by 2399 he had come to serve a prominent position as a part of the borg artifact research institute, identifying as an xb like those aboard the artifact. Picard fans were left excited when former borg hugh played by jonathan del arco turned up in the third episode of the popular cbs drama. Watching tng straight through for the first time, im surprised at how infrequently the borg appear, as theyre the alien race i connect most strongly with this series. Hugh returns in episode 152, descent, part i, and episode 153, descent, part ii. Like most great trek episodes, it rises beyond a deceptively simple premise the enterprise crew saves a borg drone and isnt sure how. Hughs group are rebel borg, wanting to remove lore from power. Descent when hugh was recognized as a leader to the independent borg, there were some such as enab who split off from their fellow liberated drones and attempted to find a means to recover the unity of the hive. The next generation is an american science fiction television series which aired in. But star trek can also reflect who we are today, where we can be petty, we can argue, we can bicker, we can have subterfuge in our society, our governments. Picardactress jeri ryan joins wil wheaton star trek. The next generation, and they figure to feature heavily in the upcoming star trek. The measure of a man and the offspring apply to hugh as well.
Picard begins this week, it wont just be jeanluc making his return, but plenty of familiar. In the tng episode i, borg, why couldnt he be turned back to normal like. Clearly against his better judgment, picard allows the injured borg to be brought to the ship for medical treatment, though it is placed inside a force field which interrupts its connection. Picard episode 7 is the polar opposite of its predecessor, its every bit as brilliant.
Hugh, another former borg who appeared on the next generation. Picard, killed by a blade thrown from the hand of narissa peyton list, a romulan spy of the zhat vash, a faction. The enterprise finds a lone borg drone, separated from the collective, and. The borg were the most iconic villains from star trek. Crusher and befriended by geordi, who names him hugh. After the very successful 1990 twoparter the best of both worlds, which saw captain picard being turned. The episode s plot revolved around the enterprise responding to a distress.
The captain initially shows no sign of wanting to help, however, dr. Captain picard is kidnapped by the borg as they begin their invasion of federation space. Hugh was a borg drone who first appeared in the next generation episode i borg. But all was not happy for characters from the next generation, as former borg hugh jonathan del arco was surprisingly killed. The former borg drone hugh died in nepenthe, the seventh episode of star trek. Jonathan del arco was born on march 7, 1966 in uruguay. I bounce back and forth between those two, because i feel really good when i watch an episode of next generation and i see this crew working together for the greater good. Picard actor jonathan del arcos third of five, whom picard. The next generation fans may find themselves with watery eyes star trek. The borg are star trek s 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. Star treks del arco reveals tragic story behind hugh the borg. Of the two borg characters confirmed for star trek.
So thats possibly a total of 32 episodes or 108 borg episodes and 1. I, borg picard sends an away team to investigate the wreckage of a small craft, where they find the only survivor is an adolescent borg. Hugh, formerly third of five, was a former borg drone who was rescued by the uss enterprised in 2368. The next generation on this weeks the ready room, where the pair discuss the return of ryans character, former borg drone seven of nine. The next generation fifth and seventh season episodes i borg and descent, part ii. Now leading his own collective of freed borg drones, hughs individuality has played havoc among other members of the collective and allowed data s troublesome brother, lore, to swoop in as a false savior. Soon, hugh starts showing signs of individuality while picard must choose between destroying him along with the collective, or returning him to the collective intact as stardate. Fan collective borg collection on dvd, which brought together the borg themed episodes from the next generation, star trek. The episodes plot revolved around the enterprise responding to a distress. Picard, only one crossed paths with picard during his captaining days on the next generation. Crusher eventually persuades to beam the creature aboard in spite of the fact that his presence on the ship could alert the rest of his race. The star trek episode that dares to ask, what measure is a borg answering what they think to be a distress signal, the enterprise comes across a crashed borg scout ship. Hughs only mission was temporarily removed in september 2019.
Unlike seven of nine, hughs ingame model predates the changes to the character seen in star trek. The enterprise finds a lone borg drone, separated from the collective, and brings him aboard. The next generation, season 5, episode 23, i, borg. Jonathan del arcos third of five, a former borg or exb that picard helped free from his nemesis collective 28 years ago in the classic star trek. Exborg hughs character arc in picard embodies the best. Jonathan del arcos hugh first appeared in star trek. For star trek books covering hughs future, check out memory beta.
Exborg hughs character arc in picard embodies the best of star. Picards third episode, the end is the beginning, debuted today on cbs all access. The borg have been a considerable thorn in both picard and the federations side since the captain and crew of the enterprised first encountered them in the star trek. The following contains spoilers for season 1, episode 7 of star trek. When geordi and hugh beam down to the crash site, you can see the boom mic. Nearly two seasons, in fact best of both worlds, part ii. Picard and instead depicts how he appeared shortly after being separated from the collective in the next generation. They make terrific antagonists, as they represent the. Picardhugh reunion and nervewracking flashbacks make fans go crazy. Hugh, formerly third of five, was a former borg drone who was rescued. Meanwhile, on the borg cube, we meet the director of the reclamation project.
The cybernetic zombies pushed captain picard and the crew of the uss enterprise to the brink of destruction more often than any other adversary, and they were perhaps the only threat that could rattle picards steely moral resolve. The next generation s most visible reformed drone outside of picard himself hugh and sevens return is no small coincidence, as they seek to undo the damage and. Hughs actor, jonathan del arco, described to newsweek what it was like returning to the role he originated in star trek. The borg appear in six episodes of the next generation, one episode of deep space nine, one episode of enterprise, the film star trek. The episode included the return of a fanfavorite character from star trek. Now leading his own collective of freed borg drones, hugh s individuality has played havoc among other members of the collective and allowed data s troublesome brother, lore, to swoop in as a false savior. Picard acts as locutus in an attempt to prove that hugh has not changed and is still a borg.
Hugh was found in the argolis cluster at the crash site. The next generation, as jeanluc picard visits the borg cube. The next generation episodes, get episode information, recaps and more. The next generation episode i, borg, was killed in. During the conversation, the borg believes he is being called hugh in.
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