TNG S05E23

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(viewed September 4th, 2013)

Star Trek:  The Next Generation, S05E23 - "I, Borg"

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"I, Borg"

• It's unclear what sort of Borg vessel crashed on the moon in the Argolis Cluster, but it's obviously not a full-sized Borg Cube of any known configuration.  It may be some smaller sort of scout craft, like the "coffin"-shaped ship encountered by USS Voyager some years later ("Dark Frontier").
• Post-assimilation Captain Picard is suuuuuuuper not on board for helping out injured Borg.
• "Kill it now!"
  
  Lt. Worf is right, as usual.  You toolbags.
• "Bridge to Engineering."
  
  "La Forge here."
  
  "We're bringing a Borg survivor on board.  We'll need to..."
  
  ...I'm sorry, we're bring a WHAT to the WHERE?!?
• Oh, wait.  Nope, Picard's totally on board.  FOR GENOCIDE.
  
  Cold-blooded Picard is my favorite Picard.
• "What exactly is total systems failure?"
  
  Killing them all, Dr. Crusher.  We're killing them all.
• "If I didn't know better, I'd think he was scared."
  
  Yeah, you don't know better.
• Picard and Guinan fencing?  I like it.
• Guinan trying to talk some sense into this "Let's keep a pet Borg" plan, then feigning injury to beat the Captain and prove a point?  I like that even better.
• Hugh's designation is "Third of Five", the first time we see this sort of naming convention that will later become famous with Seven of Nine.
• "You are not Borg."
  
  "That's right.  And I hope to stay that way."
• "I've been rationing his portions of energy.  I think he understands.  When he cooperates, he gets fed.  If not..."
  
  "Like a rat in a cage."
  
  Okay, dear Dr. Crusher.  Objecting to the genocide is one thing, but expecting them to treat a Borg drone like its any other patient is just a touch naive don't you think?
• "We are Hugh."
• "You named the Borg?"
  
  "It was easier to have something to call him."
  
  "Oh, so now you have a Borg named 'Hugh'."
• "Centuries ago, when laboratory animals were used for experiments, scientists would sometimes become attached to the creatures.  This would be a problem if the experiment involved killing them.  I would suggest that you unattach yourself from the Borg, Mr. La Forge."
  
  "Aye, sir."
• "It's not a person, damn it!  It's a Borg!"
• "You are many, I am one.  What I want is not important."
  
  It's the ex-Borg version of "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few."