This was a fantastic episode of voyager that really brought out 7of9s true character and humanity. A lot of intriguing aspects of the borg are brought forth that had not been touched on in previous trek. Such as their constant yearning to acquire new information (while at the same time being a self aware individual); a problem that would have struck One quickly and perhaps negatively had the events of the episode not transpired, as he would have run out of information to assimilate from the starship. Although perhaps not, if he instead focused on the crew and became a sort of super psychiatrist getting to the depths of each crewmates most intricate problems. The humanity shown by 7 in her maternal connection to the creature (and his connection to her) was unseen in any borg trek episode until now. I also liked how we see One looking as if he was contacting the borg when in fact it was them who sought him out, due to him having 29th century tech which nicely connected to "futures end". I found the beginning and ending with 7 looking in the mirror to be the icing on the cake. She was able to genuinely smile in anticipation of an important and positive (although tragic) event in her life, and then saw herself at the end and acknowledged the pain and growth she experienced.
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