(dramatic music) (lightning crackling) - [Narrator] The second season of "Picard" is already looking to have some excellent and exciting member berries
in the form of Q and Guinan. But there are more
surprises in store for us that haven't been confirmed for us yet. What is happening during
the moment of stress in Picard's life that Q shows up? How will Picard be different
now that he is a synthetic? What are the roles of the new crew now that their initial mission is over? But of all these things yet to uncover, we believe we have
uncovered one huge surprise that we'll see during
"Picard's" second season. And this is a surprise that
will rock the foundation of the entire "Star Trek" universe. This reveal is a bombshell and it's a character arc we've
been waiting 22 years to see. (dramatic music) So, get ready for a wild ride because we are about to show you how Seven of Nine is going
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collective gives you a shudder. So, imagine the horror of her not only joining the collective, but doing so as its queen. There are little hints that
were dropped into our laps during season one of "Picard", but we feel this is a
journey Seven has been on since the very beginning of her story. And while we believe she's been on this path for a long time, there were very specific
things she and others said while on the Borg Cube that tells us she has unfinished business in the queen chamber. But let's get back to that in a moment. If you are familiar with
"Star Trek: Voyager", and Seven of Nine's story, then the one thing you
know is for some reason that has never fully been explained to us, Seven is incredibly important to the Borg. From the beginning, there was an emotional and
sometimes physical tug of war between Captain Janeway and
the Borg queen over Seven. Yes, it makes for good television, but isn't it odd how the Borg
queen will do almost anything to bring her back into the collective? Seven of Nine, Tertiary
Adjunct of Unimatrix Zero One, from the beginning, she was more special than the average drone
in the Borg hierarchy. She was chosen by the Borg to communicate with Captain Janeway so they could work together to develop a weapon to Species 8472. Granted, she was working with the knowledge of the collective, but the person who was Annika Hansen was chosen to represent the Borg in this extremely important
threat to their existence. In fact, Seven was a
favorite of the Borg queen. She allowed her to be separated from the
collective by Voyager, in order for her to gain
experience as an individual. But why? Could it be because there is
something special about Seven that is different from
the other borg drones? We are never told how the
Borg select a new queen. Is it possible they are groomed? Was Seven being groomed to be
a future borg queen all along? We know the queen wanted a companion that would choose her
with their own free will. Perhaps someone can only lead the Borg if they choose to do
so with their free will since the Borg queen
retains part of her identity when she joins the collective. Seven is extremely intelligent,
strong, and creative. She is persistent and
has an incredible range of features and skills. Seven is among less than 1% of Borg that can access unitmatrix
zero while regenerating, and among those, she is the only one who can remember it when she wakes up. No wonder the Borg queen calls Seven unique, and her favorite. Unlike other Borgs who have
been severed from the collective Seven retains an enormous
amount of information. Picard barely remembers
his time with the queen, but Seven seems to
retain almost everything. Perhaps this is intentional. Could she have been modified as a drone to be able to hold more information so that someday she could
retain both her consciousness and the collective at the same time? Could any Borg march
into the Queen's chamber and take control of the collective? Or is that something Seven
was specifically built to do? Were they preparing her to be
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Seven become the Borg queen? Since being severed from the collective, she spent her life trying
to regain her identity. Even when she had a chance
to rejoin the collective and destroy the human race,
she chose the human race. So, assuming becoming the queen is a choice you have to willingly make, what would make Seven agree
to give up her humanity? The answer is her humanity. Seven spends the bulk of the first season of "Picard" miserable. A member of the Fenris Rangers,
she helps instill justice in lawless and dangerous
regions of the galaxy. But these are dark times for Seven. The transition from an unapologetic by-the-book member of the Voyager crew to a vigilante revenge specialist with a chip on her shoulder began 13 years before
the events in "Picard". Icheb, a former borg drone whom Seven helped regain his individuality in the last two seasons of "Voyager", had become like a son to her. In the fifth episode of
"Picard", we see a flashback of Icheb being torn apart
on the operating table, fully conscious and with no anesthetic. He's being ripped apart by a chop doc who is selling borg parts
on the black market. Seven shows up too late to save him and has to put Icheb out of
his misery with a phaser. Seven is un-consolable and commits herself to tracking down the
person who ordered Icheb and the other borg ripped apart. She has spent the past
13 years on this mission. This hunting down of the Borg for parts cuts deeper for Seven
than it might for others. One of the reasons Seven was
able to regain her humanity was as a result of her
attempts to help the Borg. Whether it is Icheb, the Borg one, who was created by her nano probes and the doctors' hollow emitter, the three Borg from
her original unitmatrix or saving unit matrix zero from destruction by the Borg queen, it is clear that Seven's
path to finding her humanity was paved by helping Borg
in need along the way. Now, in 2399, Seven is
at the end of a long road of helping and getting revenge for Borg who were in trouble or wronged. And this path has ended
at a giant Borg Cube filled with being
severed by the collective and enslaved by Romulans. What ever is a Borg sympathizer to do? The big mission here is supporting Picard, but you can bet that deep down
what Seven really wants to do other than play kissy face with Raffi, is free the Borg in captivity and help them achieve their individuality. Perhaps not just these
Borg, but others as well. But hold onto that thought for a moment. One of the highlights of
the first season of "Picard" is when Seven becomes queen of a Micro Collective on the Borg Cube. She realizes that this is
the only move they have to stop the Romulans. But she is disgusted by the
idea of assimilating others and she fears that once she
starts, she may not wanna stop. Once the cube is wrestled
from the Romulans, Elnor in awe, asks if she is
going to assimilate him now. After a pause, she responds. - [Seven] Annika still has work to do. - [Narrator] And Seven releases
herself from the collective. We believe this action is a big reason why Seven will become the
Borg queen in season two. But more on that in a moment. First, it's important to get a feel for what Seven says to
others after this experience. She tells Picard that for a
moment when she was connected, she could see everything. That short sentence says so many things. Yes, she could see the events unfolding that would allow her to help Picard, but what else did she see? Perhaps she saw other dislocated borg severed from the collective
and in need of help. When Elnor looks around at the ex-Borg and asks if they would be better off dead because no one likes them, they have no home, and
they don't belong anywhere, Seven responds by asking him
if she is better off dead. She says she is an ex-Borg, has no home, and doesn't belong anywhere. - Yeah, just put a phaser to
my head and get it over with. - [Narrator] The moment is
supposed to be one of hope as Elnor tells Seven. - Because I'd miss you. - [Narrator] But the deeper reality is that this is exactly how she feels. She sees herself as a mirror image of these ex-Borg on the cube,
and deep down, she knows, as has happened time
and time again with her, that helping them is, in
essence, helping herself. And this is a deep part
of Seven's character. Seven doesn't have many
big moments in "Picard" following her micro queen scene. But every scene she does have is filled with very specific dialogue that is unessential to the main story, unless the ultimate goal is to get Seven back
in that queen chamber. Seven's words to Captain Rios are important at the end of the season. She admits the wrong of killing people just because they deserve it. It's a moment of repentance
and an opportunity for her, once again, to walk
the path of righteousness. But perhaps the biggest seal on her fate is provided by Jean-Luc
Picard's final words to her during the season. Seven tells him. - Keep saving the galaxy, Picard. - [Narrator] And he
responds to her by saying. - That's all on you now. - [Narrator] Game, set, match. Seven's path to save
is now set before her. Now that we've provided the evidence that we believe sets the stage for Seven of Nine to
become queen of the Borg, here is how we think it will go down. With Q appearing to be the main catalyst for the story arc in season two, Seven, a fan favorite, is the ideal character for
carrying the secondary storyline. Michael Chabon, prior to
stepping down from "Picard", had suggested that Seven
get her own spinoff series. With enough "Star Trek"
irons in the fire for now, it would be better for
"Star Trek" universe head, Alex Kurtzman, to lean
into the Seven character during "Picard" season two and determine if it's worth the resources to give her a show of her own. - Yes, it certainly is. - [Narrator] After
watching the latest trailer for the new season, it ends
with Seven looking into a mirror and her borg implants are gone. Is this a visualization of her individual human
consciousness now connected and perhaps trapped as part
of the Queen's consciousness with the collective? We believe that Seven's story will pick up with her trying to help the ex-Borg. She will come to the realization that there are more for her to help than she can possibly do on her own. She will have misplaced confidence in her ability to disconnect
from the collective as a result of how easily she
put it down during season one. This will allow her to justify
becoming the queen again in an effort to help other borg, believing she can control the collective and leave at any time she chooses. What we will learn is
that when she told Picard she saw everything, in her
moment as the micro queen, she also saw scattered drones in her part of the alpha quadrant that were severed from the
collective and needed help. She will initially start
with the Borg Cube she freed and she will find success. She will begin to help
them and see progress and feel that she can
control the hive mind. This will lead her to
reach out to more borg. The more borg she reaches out to, the larger the collective,
and the less hold her individual consciousness
will have over the collective. She will find her
individuality slipping away, the more borg she brings
into her collective. She suddenly feels the
desire to assimilate and to reach a perfection, which is a key ideology for the Borg. She will eventually
come to the realization and desire to connect to
the overall borg collective. But didn't Janeway destroy the Borg with her neurolytic pathogen? Apparently not. During "Picard" season one, we learned that the Romulan ex-Borg Ramda went through the
admonition 14 years earlier and was assimilated
sometime after that event. If Admiral Janeway allowed
herself to be assimilated to destroy the Borg in 2378, how is it possible that
Ramda was assimilated after admonition, which was in 2385. This was quickly glossed
over during season one, but obviously, answers the question of whether Janeway destroyed
the Borg completely. The answer is no. And now Borg Queen Seven, whose humanity is slowly slipping away, is hell-bent on connecting with
the rest of the collective. The only problem is, if she does, her individual consciousness will be forever lost to the Borg. Her friends, realizing this, will put their own lives on
the line to try and save her. No longer able to identify them and racing towards a transwarp
drive to the Delta quadrant, Seven will be on the verge
of assimilating her friends when an old face arrives to confront her. Chakotay, his hair now completely gray, but with chiseled facial features and his iconic face tattoo, stands face to face
with the new borg queen. He urges her to remember her humanity, "Seven of Nine doesn't assimilate." He will say, "She saves
lives, does not take them." He will remind her that from the moment she
decided to become an individual, she fought tooth and
nail for her humanity. She will look at him with her black eyes and he will ask her, "Are you going to let the
Borg take it from you again?" Unable to reach her, his
final words finally hit home, "What would Janeway think
of what you're doing now?" Remembering the only mentor she ever had, the mother she never had, these are the words that
allow Seven to free herself as the Borg Cube shuts down just short of the transwarp
conduit to the Delta quadrant. Now, perhaps that ending
is more of a fantasy than how current series
creators would end it. Perhaps Seven becoming the Borg queen will end the series in a cliffhanger, or maybe Locutus will be
the one to talk Seven down. The show is called "Picard", after all. Whatever happens, the
one thing that is obvious is that all of this evidence puts Seven squarely on the path
to becoming the Borg queen. It's not a matter of if, only when. Resistance is futile. What do you think of Seven
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