Trek Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
10 PM Eastern - 7 PM Pacific
“The knowledge and experience… of the Human… Picard… is part of us now. It has prepared us… for all possible courses of action. Your resistance is hopeless… Number One.”
You can watch the episode on YouTube
Annnnnnnd, the recap…
I’m not sure how I’ll get used to this whole starting on the hour business 
Amid an atmosphere of anticipation for this episode among Star Trek’s fans – who, during the entire three-month summer hiatus between this episode and the previous one (the first part of the two-parter), were left wondering about Picard’s fate, following the cliffhanger that had ended Star Trek: The Next Generation’s third season – the series’ production team worked to keep plans for this episode extremely hidden, aiming to retain the suspense for this much-anticipated season premiere.
I was on the edge of my seat for this episode.
I remember having to wait an entire summer to see what happened. Torture! :eek:
Be like the Borg: adapt. 
“The Borg ship is undamaged.”
I guess they’ve adapted.
The real plot for this episode had a difficult birth. Rick Berman admits, “When we finished the first half, we had no idea what the second half would be.”
The best laid schemes of Mice and Producers.
“Your resistance is hopeless, Number One.”
The little smile makes it extra creepy. :eek:
but I’m an academic!
This was an excellent cliffhanger…
Michael Piller initially struggled to come up with a solution to resolve the previous installment’s cliffhanger. On January 22, 2002, Piller recounted, “I had created an unsolvable problem. And to be honest with you, as I started writing the second part of the cliffhanger – that was supposed to resolve the story – I just didn’t know what it was going to be, that was ultimately going to beat them.”
Locutus calling Riker “Number One” is still creepy
“We’ll miss you at the party.”
Locutus won’t
Great line delivery.
The film Star Trek: First Contact is a sequel to this two-part episode, and ignores the episodes “I Borg”, “Descent” and “Descent, Part II”. This is because – when Rick Berman, Brannon Braga and Ronald D. Moore wrote the script for First Contact – they knew they wanted to use the Borg Collective once again, since those three episodes dealt with individual Borg drones. It’s especially noticeable when Data says to the Queen, “The Borg have a collective consciousness. There are no individuals.”
Continuity be darned.
Of course, Voyager explains that anomalous individuals are terminated to protect the collective, so it’s not really necessary to ignore them.
While several science fiction publications have voted “The Best of Both Worlds” Star Trek’s finest and even in some cases one of science-fiction television’s finest pieces, writer Michael Piller and director Cliff Bole have both stated that they felt Part II was a letdown after the strong buildup of Part I.
This to me says a bunch. I remember during Voyager and Enterprise hearing many of the writers and producers were making excuses instead of admitting not being pleased with their product. Passion turned to Apathy.
“What would you do?”
Picard’s ass-print, save us!
“Has Picard ever told you why we’re so close?”
Neither will I, punk.
Especially considering the apparent fact that they completely winged the ending.