I got to meet this incredible actor who portrayed the borg drone named “ONE” at a Star Trek convention years ago. He is a wonderful and charming man who took all the time in the world to speak to me. I’ll never forget that.
did you ask him about his time as a Nazi? (because he played that on Voyager too and I actually thought he did an even nicer job than in this episode :P)
@@jerodasthe was truly chilling as a convinced Nazi. That two parter was overall uneven but he and the lower ranking Hirogen 'Nazi' were fascinating to watch.
Voyager "we have to scavenge and grow food because we dont have power" So some how we have matter/antimatter drive but no power! "Im off to play in the holo deck because the power to run that for 1 second is enuff to supply everything we need on the ship for a year" 🤦♂🤣
SteveSabbai Hugh was good as it showed how borg could still be human.. leading to the ability to have a character like seven of nine... but one was just a badass with his future tech. lol
They killed him because the whole of star trek is a Luddite pro-conformity morality trip. I see this so clearly now. Same reason they still make exploding consoles and refuse to deploy seat belts and personal shields.
Of course, i mean, it had nothing to do with the fact the Borg knew of his existence and would never stop hunting him - so he had to die or put Voyager in danger. But yea gotta be 'pro-conformity morality' yea, defiantly...
Whoami691 nah, i believe it was more that with One's tech, they could have made pretty much any future problem non-existent.. i mean, look at what Admiral Jainway did in the episode voyager returned home... barely taking damage from borg and one shotting the cubes... One woulda provided much better tech earlier.
He wanted her to go on living, and was willing to die to help her go on living. Giving his life for her showed much more devotion on his part to her than simply wanting to "bang her," as someone responded.
In Borg voice: "You look great! Have you been working out? Girl, whatever you do don't go to the 24 hr. fitness on Elm, the general manager there is a complete spazz. He like watches you the whole time, it is sooooooo creepy. It makes me wonder if there's a camera in the shower or some shit. Did you hear about Dave and Carol? They are getting a divorce. Did I call that one or what? I told you something was up. I heard she is doing Jose their pool guy. Guess he was doing more than cleaning their skimmer. Can you believe that Shirley still has my pumps? That was like 4 months ago I lent them to her! Those were a lot of money and Dillards doesn't carry them anymore. Anyway, I got to go I have a Biology test tomorrow. If I crush it, we should go out to Charlie's Hideaway this weekend and get totally wasted. Later bitch."
valhallaforever1 “you are in greater physical state when we last saw you.” “I’ve been working out.” “How did you acquire such muscle mass?” “Go to the gym.” “Irrilevant. You will be assimilated. Your knowledge of physical improvement will be added to our own.”
An unusually mellow sounding Borg voice from a cube reeking of cannabis smoke: "Dude... we are the Borked... your... I mean our... what was I saying? Right! Assimilation! We were going to do that! Your nachos! That's what we're going to assimilate! All your nachos are belong to us, man!"
This is how I believe Voyager lasted so long against the Tactical Cube. One enhanced their systems to at least be able to withstand the Borg better. On top of that, Voyager was also enhanced by 7 of 9 in preparation for Species 8472 in Scorpion.
@@Lava91point0 This is a bit of a toss up and it comes down to PURPOSE in the writing. In TNG The Borg were written to be this juggernaut species that cannot be stopped. To slow them down, you needed a fleet and BARELY squeak out a win using clever one time tactics. In that kind of writing, the Borg are an unstoppable force of nature. In Voyager, the writing called for the Borg to be more of a villain than a force of Nature. Still powerful, but very much more beatable to keep a cat and mouse sort of dynamic through the series. A TNG type Borg in the Delta quadrant with a solo ship would be a lopsided story. The Voyager Borg needed to be NERFED down so Voyager can have that cat and mouse kind of interaction.
agred..infact one of the most curious things in the startrek universe is the hole thing with 'after' the original borg collective got bitch slapped by future admiral janeway trojan thing ,voager allrady hade encounter isolated splinter miniature collectives that was lees..opresive viral like and more symbiot like. maby more of those spawned after the main queen lead collective disinigrated ?
3:22 *BORG VOICEOVER:* "Resistance is fu....Wait.... What are you doing? Didn't we tell you resistance is futile!? No, not the navigation! YOU! STOP! STOP THAT, PLEASE!"
They should have had One do a wicked smile of satisfaction when they said "terminate your interface" or said something with his eyes closed still like "Haven't you heard? Resistance...is futile."
Thank you! I’m been watching Voyager and honestly I’m really enjoying it as much as TNG. I love these characters, the aliens they encounter and the phenomenons they witness. I’m currently on this episode and honestly it’s a favorite
Voyager was a case of having good episodes spread throughout the seasons, but they had some really bad ones in there too. Lets not forget there was one episode that was so bad that its been basically relegated to non canon status (looking at you warp 10 evolution...).
VOYAGER is my favorite of all the STAR TREK TV series and "DRONE" is one of my favorites. I was very moved when in the last scene Seven said "You are hurting me" and One replied, just before he died "You will adapt".
You mean the transporter, the preface of "self" is pure redundant and generic Dumb-Fuck mentality, not at all mandatory emphasis within the given context...
I saw a photo of Jeri Ryan before her BORG enhancements / implants, I thought She was Gorgeous without them, only My Opinion. I suppose most Men think Women must have breast implants, I do not concur.
Yup his heart feels exactly like the Iron Giantj blowing himself up to protect the life which he was designed to destroy. I super adore abominations turning against their nature of depravity as they seek out the right way to be. Becoming as they instinctively aspire in being illuminated by a newly emergent light of ndividual heart. This switch from Abomination to Angel is part of why I liked Doc Oc in spiderman 2 when he woke up from the darkness of his villainy as he overrode via sheer force of will; the a.i that was controlling his mind to that point and yelled "I Will Not Die A Monster!!" Who can't identify with the abomination that wakes to the light of decency as he sacrifices his life to do what's right?
I love the "One" actor. He's in 2 Voyager episodes and I think 2 Enterprise ones (he played one of the Vulcans in Carbon Creek). You can feel his enthusiasm in the roles he gets.
I wanted him to stay just to keep the doctor from having his mobile emitter. Hated the doc character and actor all 7 seasons. How can a EMH be such an arrogant asshole, who would program that.
@Thelondonbadger What he'd actually end up doing if he was actually a drone from the 29th century and not just the technological equivalent of one is irrelevant. The point of the matter is that he had superior technology that the run-of-the-mill 23rd century drones could not counter. The tech gap was too big. Based on that technology, though, I get the feeling that the borg of the 29th century don't assimilate in the same way that the the 23rd century borg do. Instead of taking people, they likely just take DNA and produce a cloned drone from the "donor's" genetic material. It's possible that the 29th century borg could almost entirely pacify themselves due to no longer needing to assimilate individuals outright.
She taught him how to regenerate. She definitely was a mother figure to him. Very heart warming seeing her take on a similar role Janeway took towards her. Very sad ending though.
I always _love_ any sci-fi episode where they get permanent upgrades to the technology! Whether it's KITT getting new functions, or Red Dwarf's Rimmer being upgraded to hard light :)
@@justdog5506 they were so scary,creepy and I had chills when they were in an episode. But I agree with Walter. Damn it,I forgot about species 8472,i will have nightmares now lol.
2:47 I want to *fold my arms dramatically like a genie* and disappear!! LOL!! This was such an _amazing_ episode!!!!! Powerful acting! 💚💙💜 Thanks for posting!
It has even more meaning when you consider that he owes his very existence to everyone on Voyager. He used DNA from a Voyager crew member as a template/scaffolding for his own biological components, he used Seven of Nine's nanoprobes and assimilation components, he has The Doctor's mobile emitter, he gobbled up ALL of the data from Voyager's stockpile of Borg data nodes/modules (and arguably even Voyager's Starfleet database), and he even owes some of his personality traits to Neelix (ie. having Neelix teach him the 'culinary delights of the Delta Quadrant'). When everyone gives you something, it makes self-sacrifice that much clearer....... though i shy away from saying 'easier'.
@@michaelschweigart3517 you are also confused in thinking dissipated = obliterated, rather than dispersed. The only thing obliterated in this scenario was the borg sphere, in so dissipating the localized level of evil that was their immediate threat to the Voyager crew....but you are stupid so took it all out of context while misunderstanding the meaning of both "evil" and "dissipated"... congratulations on being so stupid!! Must have taken lots of hard work to reach your level.
One of the best scenes in the series. "One" was a superhero. He would have made Voyager an unstoppable force in the quadrant. I was disappointed that he died at the end of the episode.
That borg actor is a fine actor. He acts well with his eyes, which seems a necessity under all that make up. Look at merely his expression when Seven tells him the crew would be destroyed if they don't resist.
Should have cried when we found out her husband, a politician here in Illinois, wanted to watch her sleep with other men as he watched, she divorce his crazy ass!
One of my favorite Voyager episodes. It is copied from the Next Generation episode where Troi miraculously becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son, which grows up at an extraordinary rate and at the end sacrifices himself to save the ship and crew. I think the Voyager episode is the far superior one. Star Trek has always been hard on children of their core characters. Kirk's son David was killed by Klingons, Data's daughter malfunctioned and had to be shut down, Riker's son turned out to be an alien pretending to be his son in a make believe future, and there are probably others I am forgetting.
In TNG Picard's son also turned out to be not his. Worf abandoned his son in TNG. The only happy and loved child I think was Molly (O'Brian's daughter) who survived TNG and DS9. Jake did well in DS9 as well, a really annoying character at the start like Wesley but they turned him into a unique and interesting character.
The best part is the little head pull-back the actor does. It's as if he's surprised by the notion that she'd bring up their attempts to assimilate him, because OF COURSE they will fail at doing so.
I like the way this scene ends. Janeway, the Federation officer, coldly orders her ship's crew to begin damage assessment and repairs. Seven, the former Borg drone, stares in shock at the viewscreen, numbed by the feeling of worry and loss at the sacrifice her "son" made. For that matter, one of the more awesome implications of this episode is that the future of the Borg may very well be along the lines of the Cooperative seen in STO, not the Collective everyone knows and fears. One is an individual, not a mindless drone. He was born, not assimilated. And...he was stronger for it. The seeds of that drastic change may very well have been laid with the likes of Hugh and Seven of Nine.
I doubt he 'enhanced' the phasers. More likely he optimized and recalibrated them as best he could. As opposed to his personal technology which was superior.
"Target their propulsion systems".....except that it's been established numerous times in Star Trek that Borg vessels have no specific emplacement for their systems, they are more or less evenly distributed throughout the ship !
@@dreed100 and even when distributed destroying parts of the spheres propulsion system would result in a lower top speed until repaired, allowing Voyager to escape.
I did think the character was cool and the episode with him was fairly entertaining, but frankly it didn't leave a lot of residual impact. Given that he was essentially a Borg based on technology from 500 years in the future (relative to the time period of the show) the actual degree of enhancements and upgrades that should have been possible isn't really shown. I mean they're stranded, potentially for decades, on a fairly small ship. Voyager was the latest tech when she left space dock, but regardless it wasn't built for heavy combat OR extended deep-space operations, both of which were exactly what it got stuck with 95% of the time. Were it me and I had access to Borg tech 500 years ahead of anything current, I'd have put it to far better use. Realistically he could have helped make serious advancements to every single system on the ship as well as all it's already incorporated Borg tech, not to mention the likely ability to make some significant upgrades to the tech still part of Seven's own body..... I suppose I get the reason they didn't go that route (might have made things "too" easy and gotten them home "too" fast) but frankly it makes the whole scenario seem like a massively wasted opportunity, and of course in the end (as in end of series) they used future tech to cheat their way home ANYWAY, so it's a bit of an odd contrast....
do kids these days realize there's a "the rest of the episode" that isn't included on youtube where they could find out what happened? (he does survive back to Voyager. then he dies)
constiff3251 The Borg were forcing Voyager into fluidic space so they would have to fight 8472 instead of leaving the Borg on a planet like Chakotay ordered. It's not like it was done randomly. The Borg always intended on assimilating Voyager, which was the whole point of the Scorpion parable.
Janeway is not heartless, but as Captain, she must take care of her ship and her crew first. Then she can morn later in private, when there is time. A captain is ALWAYS a measure of strength, of pride, and most of all, confidence! Otherwise, the morale of the crew will fall and the ship will fail. On any ship, whether space or wet navy, the Captain is GOD
Fun-fact: the actor who played “One” also played the Nazi who inspires the Hirodren in a holographic simulation to continue a battle after his superior officer told him to stand down.
The only organic components left of her are from the neck up, don't believe me, watch the scene of her original introduction. Good luck "interfacing" on datenight when she's got an electrical socket down there...
I met Seven at a swing dance club in Los Angeles. Well, that is to say me and my friends were at the club and she was there too. So OK, I didn't actually talk to her.
The actor who played the Borg character "One" was in another Voyager episode... the one with the Hirogen when they took over Voyager and made the whole ship one big holodeck and ran the nazi program and Voyager's crew portrayed various characters within it. He played the nazi officer who liked Belana but, unlike his Borg character, as a nazi he wasn't very nice... lol. I remember he was excellent in that episode, too.
You're wrong. This episode aired in 1998. Ron Ostrow was born in 1986. That means Ostrow would have been 13 years old when this episode aired. One was portrayed by J. Paul Boehmer. Boehmer was born in 1965, making him around 33 years old when this episode aired, far more plausible given One's adult male appearance in the episode.
Another thing too, although not as frequent, is that people can be transported to the turbolift. Usually they're transported to where they need to go, but they are able to be transported there too.
They leave sick bay with the captain, then ride in the turbo lift alone, then arrive at the bridge with the captain and security in the same turbo lift. Magic!!
I have seen most of the first season and i found it dull, unimaginative and indifferent. Opinions differ, especially when it comes to art, but i could not stand watching more.
We are the Borg, lower your shields and surrender your ships, we will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own, your culture will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile. Star Trek First contact. The best opening dialogue of any race in ST.
You might be right however dictionary states ‘the’ means ‘used to refer to a person, place, or thing that is unique’ you could argue by saying The Borg they are implying a singular entity as they are one mind. I am sure the writers knew what they were doing. Or as you say they slipped up.
