5.16 dark frontier (part 2)

The Borg have set this elaborate trap to get Seven back. They do not want her as a drone; they want her to keep her individuality and use it as a weapon in their master plan to assimilate earth by using Borg nanoprobes. But Seven is resistant, and even begins to exert influence over the Borg queen, who personally spends most of her day trying to woo Seven back into the collective. Her attempts are not really working, especially when she tries to impress Seven by showing her that her parents are still alive and part of the collective – one of the drones comes forward and is clearly her father, Magnus.

Meanwhile, the Delta Flyer has been equipped with trans-warp drive and special shielding to mask their warp signature, and, with Paris, Janeway, Tuvok and Torres, they have successfully tracked and found the Borg sphere, which is now part of a vast interconnected city consisting of billions of Borg drones. Janeway is able to send a quick message to Seven, telling her that they are coming and for Seven to hold on. This clues the Borg queen in on the existence, if not the exact location, of the Delta Flyer. Janeway beams in, giving Paris instructions to destroy the commandcenter, including Seven, the Queen and herself. The Queen tries to find the ship and block transport, but Seven figures out a way to disable her. At transwarp speed, the Flyer outruns the Borg sphere, emerges from the conduit, and blasts the conduit exit, destroy the sphere as it hurtles through.

Nit#1: Lucky that Seven father as a drone was never given any facial implants that hid his human face, otherwise it might have been difficult for her/us to tell it was her father.

Nit#2: Not long after the "Seven’s father" scene, the queen sends the Borg scurrying around the ship. A Borg drone emerges from the side and walks toward the camera. Watch his face and mouth. It is set in a very uncharacteristic snarl (normally the drones are blank – they do not show any expressions of hatred). This Borg seems to be saying, "I’m gonna go kick myself some imperfect species butt now! You want a piece of me?" This expression fades as he continues to walk down the hallway, so that as he leaves the shot he has returned to a normal Borg expression.