Exborg hughs character arc in picard embodies the best. 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. Nearly two seasons, in fact best of both worlds, part ii. Star treks del arco reveals tragic story behind hugh the borg. The following contains spoilers for season 1, episode 7 of star trek. Picard brought about genuine franchise nostalgia in guest appearances from william riker and deanna troi.
The next generation episode i, borg, with the injured drone being nursed back to health by the enterprise. Picardactress jeri ryan joins wil wheaton star trek. Jonathan del arco was born on march 7, 1966 in uruguay. The next generation, and they figure to feature heavily in the upcoming 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. Picard, picard arrived at the artifact and had a heartfelt reunion with the director of the borg reclamation project, hugh. 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. After the very successful 1990 twoparter the best of both worlds, which saw captain picard being turned. Picard episode 7 is the polar opposite of its predecessor, its every bit as brilliant. The enterprise finds a lone borg drone, separated from the collective, and brings him aboard.
The next generation episodes, get episode information, recaps and more. The enterprise finds a lone borg drone, separated from the collective, and. They also appeared in the star trek movie first contact. And, if you count every single episode of voyager in which former borg seven of nine jeri ryan appears, thats 100 episodes right there. The next generation episode i, borg, was killed in.
The next generation fifth and seventh season episodes i borg and descent, part ii. 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. 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. Picard acts as locutus in an attempt to prove that hugh has not changed and is still a 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. Hugh, another former borg who appeared on the next generation.
Hughs actor, jonathan del arco, described to newsweek what it was like returning to the role he originated in star trek. Picard begins this week, it wont just be jeanluc making his return, but plenty of familiar. 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. 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. I, borg is the 23rd episode of the fifth season of the american science fiction television series star trek. The captain initially shows no sign of wanting to help, however, dr.
The first bluray release was in the united states on november 19, 20, followed by the united kingdom on november 18. Hugh was a borg drone who first appeared in the next generation episode i borg. The next generation introduced drones regaining their sense of individuality and selfawareness, a concept furthered in star trek. Picards third episode, the end is the beginning, debuted today on cbs all access. The next generation on this weeks the ready room, where the pair discuss the return of ryans character, former borg drone seven of nine. So thats possibly a total of 32 episodes or 108 borg episodes and 1.
The former borg drone hugh died in nepenthe, the seventh episode of star trek. The next generation stands out amidst a sea of fantastic tng episodes. The measure of a man and the offspring apply to hugh as well. For star trek books covering hughs future, check out memory beta. Meanwhile, on the borg cube, we meet the director of the reclamation project. Exborg hughs character arc in picard embodies the best of star. Picard episode 3 totally changed the classic borg hugh. Hugh didnt return to the next generation until the twopart episode the descent, which spanned the season 6 finale and the season 7 premiere.
When geordi and hugh beam down to the crash site, you can see the boom mic. Hugh, formerly third of five, was a former borg drone who was rescued by the uss enterprised in 2368. Hughs group are rebel borg, wanting to remove lore from power. 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.
The character was first introduced in the next generation. 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. But their ultimate solution is a benign twist on the borg campaign of assimilation. Captain picard is kidnapped by the borg as they begin their invasion of federation space. But all was not happy for characters from the next generation, as former borg hugh jonathan del arco was surprisingly killed. Hugh was found in the argolis cluster at the crash site.
Crusher and befriended by geordi, who names him hugh. Picard started strongly but felt like it was dragging its heels midseason. 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. In the tng episode i, borg, why couldnt he be turned back to normal like. The borg were the most iconic villains from star trek. Picard, nepenthe, now streaming on cbs all access this weeks episode of star trek. Del arco first played hugh in the classic star trek.
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. Picard, only one crossed paths with picard during his captaining days on the next generation. Jonathan del arcos hugh first appeared in star trek. Picard, killed by a blade thrown from the hand of narissa peyton list, a romulan spy of the zhat vash, a faction. Hugh returns in episode 152, descent, part i, and episode 153, descent, part ii. 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. Of the two borg characters confirmed for star trek.
The next generation fans may find themselves with watery eyes star trek. The first episode presented a genuinely cool conundrum and believable motivation for the titular captain, but. The next generation, as jeanluc picard visits the borg cube. In episode 3, the end is the beginning, we saw another returning character from previous shows. 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. They make terrific antagonists, as they represent the. It was subsequently released as part of the star trek. Picard and instead depicts how he appeared shortly after being separated from the collective in the next generation. The next time the borg made their presence known was in star trek. 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. Picard is kidnapped by the borg star trek the next. 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.
Hugh, formerly third of five, was a former borg drone who was rescued. Hugh is impressed with soji isa briones being kind to one of the nameless, and as such, he tells. When hugh is told that he must assist in assimilating the crew of the enterprise, he protests saying. The next generation, the 152nd and 153rd episodes overall. With patrick stewart, jonathan frakes, levar burton, michael dorn. Fan collective borg collection on dvd, which brought together the borg themed episodes from the next generation, star trek. 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. The drone begins to reassert his individuality, but his presence causes differing levels of fear and sympathy from various crew members. Answering a distress call from a strange planet, the enterprise finds a crashed borg ship with one young borg survivor jonathan del arco. 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.
The episodes plot revolved around the enterprise responding to a distress. The next generation, season 5, episode 23, i, borg. During the conversation, the borg believes he is being called hugh in. Descent is the 26th episode of the sixth season and the first episode of the seventh. The events of that series found the titular ship stranded in the delta quadrant, some 70 years away from home. Picard actor jonathan del arcos third of five, whom picard. 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. 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. Taking his faction, hugh and the starfleet team stormed lores fortress and helped in ending the mad androids plans. 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. He is an actor and director, known for the closer 2005, star trek.
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