We Are Going To Feel a Lot More Empathy For The Borg in STAR TREK: PICARD

One of the many things that I’m excited about regarding Star Trek: Picard is the fact that it will bring back the Borg. Two in particular that include the two rescued Borg characters Hugh, played by Jonathan Del Arco, from the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “I, Borg” and Jeri Ryan as Seven of Nine from Star Trek: Voyager.

It’ll be interesting to see how the Borg plays into the story and when talking about that in a recent interview, Del Arco teased:

“Let’s just say that since we got our hands on the Borg… you could say that 20 years ago we changed the Borg, in a way, because we became individuals. That sense of individuality that was introduced has had an effect throughout Borg-dom, the Borg kingdom as it were. There are elements of the Borg that I assume remain intact, as we knew them, as a threat. Our own version of that, where we’re at, is a very different social, economic even, standing in the universe.”

Ryan went on to add that we will be feeling a lot more empathy for the Borg in this series than we ever have before:

“You’re going to see a very different facet of the Borg, I think, in Picard. You’re going to feel a lot more empathy, I think, for the Borg in Picard than you may have before.”

Del Arco concludes saying, “We’ve been through a lot. We have.” The series is looking to deliver a new take on the Borg and it was previously explained that Patrick Stewart wasn't interested in repeating what he did in Star Trek: The Next Generation. Alex Kurtzman previously said:

“His constant refrain was: I don't want to do what I've already done. Obviously it's not a secret that the Borg were involved, and his first instinct was not to do the Borg. He was like, ‘I did that story. I don't want to do that story.’ And we couldn't just say, ‘Yeah, but we loved you in it so much, we just want to do that again.’ And what ended up emerging was actually as a result of that back and forth, a very unique and very different Borg story. Definitely not one that you could have told in Next Generation. And certainly not what I think anyone's expecting.”

Star Trek: Picard debuts on CBS All Access on January 23rd. Are you excited to see this new take on the Borg?

Source: CB