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The best of both worlds, part 2 – Ft. Clay & Sean
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The last-ditch attempt to stop the Borg was unsuccessful. The wreckage of a destroyed fleet litters sector Wolf 359. Now, the Federation’s most dangerous foe has arrived on Earth’s doorstep.
The assimilation of Captain Picard has given the Borg an enormous tactical advantage. All of the captain’s knowledge and experience is now in the robotic hands of the Borg, and 11,000 people are dead. The Enterprise is the last ship able to intercept the Borg cube before it assimilates Earth. And Shelby and Riker are still at each other’s throats…
It’s sometimes forgotten that The Best of Both Worlds is a Riker episode – the Picard assimilation is usually the first memory that one has of this two-parter. But Riker’s journey mimics that of show-runner Michael Piller: a man who is unsure of his future but eventually decides to do the right thing and stick around. But, in universe, it’s also an episode that in many ways finishes the arc of Commander Riker. The young up-and-comer who impressed Picard with his brash confidence in the pilot episode has become thoughtful, resourceful, and able to see the big picture as the consoles around him explode.
The Best of Both Worlds is remembered as one of the greatest moments in the history of the entire franchise. While the second part of the story might not match the intense high of the first, it manages to move the franchise and the TNG series into a new realm of possibility – out of the shadow of TOS and the truly awful first and second seasons, and into a place where it could truly become its own creative force.
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