![]() ![]() Jeri Ryan, one of Picard’s most talked-about castmembers (thanks to several trailers teasing her role on the CBS All Access show), reprised her role of Star Trek: Voyager’s former Borg drone in the final moments of this week’s episode, “Absolute Candor.” However it happens, her destiny is in Starfleet - and in trying to be Annika instead of who she is, Seven is not living up to her full potential.After four episodes of Star Trek: Picard, Seven of Nine is finally back. It's possible Shaw will meet his end after another similarly narrow-minded decision and Seven will step up to the Titan's captain's chair. It's not him - and her name isn't Annika. However, there's one person around that table destined to command a Starfleet ship in Picard Season 3 and presumably beyond. Shaw sees Seven and Picard as flawed and untrustworthy because of their Borg connection, though the wine may have accentuated that bias. If anyone has justification for hating the Borg as much as Starfleet does, it's Seven of Nine. They are people who didn't choose to be assimilated - and upon release the Borg part of their identity is not something they should be forced to give up. However, the ex-Borg like Seven of Nine and Picard have a different story. Agnes Jurati merged with Annie Wersching's Borg Queen at the end of Season 2 for a constructive purpose. He represents that an organization like Starfleet still can't figure out to make sure its crew members can identify themselves how they want to. He's one of those people in charge who can't handle it when his subordinate is better than he is. Yet Shaw also knows that if it had been him face-to-face with the Borg Queen, he wouldn't have gotten a special name. He finds Picard's entire style to be a flagrant disregard of Starfleet values. Shaw doesn't just look down on Picard because he once went by Locutus. It's possible that rather than prejudicial hatred, Shaw just suffers from the mere human flaw of jealousy. For Seven of Nine, her Borg past is what makes her worthy of her individuality. So season 3's allegory is very clear, though any number of identities could be substituted for Borg. Season 2 also saw the birth of a new kind of Borg Collective - one that only assimilates willing creatures, with Picard implying their individuality isn't erased. She chose the person she was over who she could have been. In Picard Season 2, Q removed her Borg components completely - but Seven willingly put them back. Seven of Nine became a Fenris Ranger, mostly dealing with freed Borg, and over that season she watched as most of the surviving Borg drones were killed. The first season of Picard featured a Borg cube that had been deactivated after Voyager's series finale. With this context, Shaw's insistence she call herself by her birth name becomes about more than just military discipline. The way that the Titan's Captain Liam Shaw speaks to both Picard and Seven about their former connection to the Borg Collective builds on a theme going back to Seven's return in Picard Season 2. ![]() The point made was that a name is deeply personal and no one else's business. ![]() This name change is a huge reason why the former USS Voyager crew member behaves the way she does in the episode.ĭuring Star Trek: Voyager, Seven of Nine learned her human name but chose to keep her Borg designation. Picard then formally introduces Seven to Riker, but she quickly corrects him with her human name: Annika Hansen. ![]() He knows who she is, motioning her toward Jean-Luc Picard before they arrive on the USS Titan-A. One of the many surprises in the Star Trek: Picard Season 3 premiere is that Will Riker has never met Seven of Nine before. The following contains spoilers from Star Trek: Picard Season 3, Episode 1 "The Next Generation," now streaming on Paramount+. ![]()
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