The Untold Truth Of Seven Of Nine

not only the seven of nine remain one of fans most beloved Star Trek heroes of the past her story has continued beyond Voyager to the franchise's 21st century series out at a character named after a couple of numbers become so beloved the special feature braving the unknown on Star Trek Voyager season for home release reveals where the idea for seven of nine came from Brannon Braga producer and writer on Voyager says the notion of a Borg character joining the crew came to him while watching an ad for the season 3 episode unity in the episode Commander Chakotay finds a planet a Borg who had been disconnected from the collective unfortunately conflict rages on the planets as rivals between different species reemerge once ties to the Borg have been severed an export human named Riley wants voyagers help to create a new collective on the planet in order to restore harmony in the meantime Riley and other exports temporarily connect chucko to their collective in order to heal life-threatening wounds and eventually to use that connection to force voyagers first officer to help them chuckle taste experience in unity becomes crucial in voyagers early dealings with seven of nine Braga said after watching the promo for unity he called Voyager rider Jovanovski and Show co-creator Rick Berman to make sure having an export character joined the show's regular cast wasn't a stupid idea the consensus was that it was just the opposite when seven of nine first comes aboard Voyager she isn't there as a friend she first appears in scorpion part two the show's season four premiere upon entering an area of space dominated by the Borg the crew of Voyager discovers that the board can bitten off more than they can chew erase a vicious extra dimensional aliens known only as species 8472 is waging war on the Borg and winning Captain Janeway sizes up the situation it decides to use it to her advantage after the ship's doctor devises a technology that can defeat species 8472 Janeway offers it to the Borg in exchange for safe passage through their space the Borg then assigned seven of nine a human assimilated when she was a child to act as a liaison to voyagers crew one species 8472 is defeated seven of nine predictably turns on the crew of Voyager she tells them their agreement is over and the Borg will assimilate the ship and her crew expecting the betrayal Janeway signals for her secret plan to be put in motion now were on the ship the doctor puts a neuro transfer sir is able to use to connect with seven and distract her while lieutenant Torres cuts sevens connection to the collective making reoccurring appearances on Star Trek Picard seven of nine is one of the only Voyager regular characters to show up in the franchise after the show's finale it's ironic considering that Brandon Braga planned for her to be one of the only regular characters to not even survive Voyager speaking to Trek core in 2013 Bragg appealed it a question about some fans feeling Voyager had deep bang the Borg his villains after talking about the Borg for a bit he revealed his own ideas for sevens fate I think seven of nine should have bit the dust I think there had to be a real sacrifice for this crew getting home a real blood sacrifice seven of nine was for me designed to be a character that was going to die tragically I planned that he went on to describe how he planned for that death to take place mentioning human error one of the final seasons later episodes seven uses the holodeck to explore her human side including a potential romance with Chuck otay as emotions begin to emerge the Doctor discovers there's a Borg failsafe device within her if she becomes too human the implant will kill her Braga said it was that moment in my mind that would set up the finale where she realized she can't live here can't live there for better or worse progress concept got the thumbs down and seven continued her quest to become more human while they start off as uneasy allies the relationship between Captain Janeway and seven of nine eventually grows into something not unlike that between a mother and daughter behind the scenes however it seems clear that Kate Mulgrew and Jeri Ryan were not the best of friends when asked about her relationship with Ryan at the 2014 Star Trek Vegas con Mulgrew was diplomatic saying quote we did not have a deep friendship Mulgrew implied that she had initially resented ryan's casting saying it was very clear to anyone with eyes in their head that Jeri Ryan's beauty and sexual appeal were an important part of the numbers I had thought damn we were going to forego all this with a female captain but the demographics proved the audience wanted more sex and they got it in that beautiful talented woman on a 2013 episode of the girl on guy podcast ryan opened up about how ugly things got she didn't specifically named Mulgrew who is the actor in question but her hints made it seem impossible for them to be anyone else she gave examples of the actor refusing to let makeup and wardrobe crew work with Ryan before close-ups and in some cases saying their lines to Ryan off-camera while examining their fingernails or thumbing through a book without even making eye contact when asked what her favorite episodes of Voyager were Jeri Ryan has shared her fond memories of episodes that saw seven exploring her humanity in particular she often cites season fives someone to watch over me in the episode seven and Torres almost come to blows when the latter discovers that seven has been observing and making notes on her and Tom Paris as part of a study on other species mating rituals when the doctor suggests seven should try dating on her own the holographic position becomes the reformed boards dating mentor among other things he subjects seven to a presentation reminiscent of a high school teacher sex education lecture brings her to the holodeck to try her hand at wooing holographic characters teaches her to dance and breaks into a sweet duet two of you are my sunshine over the course of the episode the doctor realizes he's developing his own feelings for seven he's just about ready to open up about them when she tells him she will no longer need to be mentored because after reviewing all the men on board none are suitable as potential mates the doctor thanks seven and keeps his longing to himself chucko to actor Robert Beltran was known for being honest about his opinions when he wasn't happy about something even while Voyager was still on the air and one of the things he wasn't happy about was how he felt Chuck otay and other characters were shortchanged once seven of nine came aboard speaking to Star Trek comm in 2012 Beltran said when the seven of nine character made her entrance the focus changed that was fine with me but I think writers have an obligation to fill out all the characters if they're regular characters on a series I think several of the characters were diminished chucko Tay and taboc and Kim and Neelix he went on to say he felt seven was easier to write because she wasn't fully human Brian told the girl on guy podcast she thought so much focus was put on seven because simply put she was new she also said she was aware of some of the other cast resentment and understood them though the understanding apparently didn't make things easier looking back on the experience she said when the new kid comes in and suddenly it's all about them that was tough it really made it an unpleasant work experience 7 of 9 isn't the only X Borg to join Voyager on its quest back to earth in season 6 elective the crew encounters a board cube whose only survivors are children at the end of the episode for the children come aboard Voyager where the doctor uses the same techniques he used on seven to remove most of the children's Borg implants the oldest of the four is each M a member of a race called Brunelli who becomes a recurring character on Voyager we eventually learned that each EPS assimilation into the Borg was somewhat unique in the episode child's play each hub discovers he was genetically engineered by his parents with a deadly virus meant to eradicate the Borg his parents willingly put him on a ship and steered him toward the Borg in hopes they would assimilate him and subsequently be destroyed eat chips not baked he's a weapon unfortunately each M is brutally taken away from 7:00 in the season one episode of Star Trek Picard starred US city Rag in a flashback we learned each F has been captured and then his body's being harvested for its cybernetic parts 7 interrupts the procedure BD cheb is already dying and in excruciating pain he begged seven to kill him and she ultimately does one of the most well-loved stories of any Star Trek show is the original series episode mirror mirror in which the dark parallel universe is revealed the tyrannical Terran Empire replaces the Federation and evil counterparts of the enterprise's crew replaced the ones with which were more familiar subsequent series like Deep Space nine enterprise and discovery return to the mirror universe though Voyager never got a chance that's something comic book publisher ID w's 2019 one-shot story Star Trek Voyager mirrors and smoke aims to correct in the mirror universe Janeway is the pirate queen of the Delta Quadrant and is perfectly content to stay far from Earth where she and her crew can plunder without anyone to interfere in this universe seven of nine previously known as Annika Hansen was never assimilated by the Borg but her parents were when Voyager rescues her from Neelix and casts Annika discovers the Terrans know nothing about the Borg ironically while Annika isn't a Borg in this universe she still betrays Voyager shortly after she's rescued she plots with the doctor to take over the ship and kill anyone who doesn't cooperate their plans are foiled and interesting Leon ACCA's motivations for turning against them are never revealed go toward the end of the comics she refers to her captors as the humans suggesting she may be more than she appears one of the most anticipated appearances of Star Trek Picard's first season was the return of seven of nine she saves Picard and his crew at the end of absolute candor and takes center stage in the following episode stardust city rag we learned that for years seven has been part of a group of vigilantes called the Fenris Rangers trying to bring justice to the galaxy in the wake of the Romulan supernova as much of a success as sevens return is proven to be Gerry Ryan never thought it would happen on the Picard after-show programme ready room ryan told host Wil Wheaton that when the idea was first pitched to her two years before production she thought it was a joke because this has been a two-year process since I first since it was first broached yeah to me and I didn't think it was ever going to really actually come to fruition apparently it wasn't until the 2018 creative arts Emmys when Ryan was shocked to discover her return to the role was actually a possibility while she waited backstage Picard co-creator Alex Kurtzman told her there was a lot of discussion about her in the series writers room it's like what really okay I guess it's actually happening at first it may seem strange for seven of nine to show up in Star Trek Picard after all the character wasn't around for Star Trek The Next Generation and we've never seen the two characters meet before Picard however if you stop to think about it seven may have more in common with Picard than anyone he served with aboard the enterprise in the two-part TNG episode best of both worlds Picard is assimilated by the Borg and turned into Locutus the collective uses his memories and knowledge to kill Picard Starfleet comrades he's eventually saved by his crew but the experience leaves deep scars while seven was assimilated when she was a young girl and spent a much longer time with the collective than Picard they shared this terrible bond with one another this never comes through more clearly than in an exchange toward the end of stardust city rag 7s Picard if he thinks he regained his humanity once he was cut off from the Borg he says he did but seven is skeptical and gets Picard to admit that there's still a little bit of humanity he hasn't been able to get back from the war that we're both working on it [Music] every ten day of my life check out one of our newest videos right here plus even more looper videos about your favorite movies and TV shows are coming soon subscribe to our YouTube channel and hit the bell so you don't miss a single one [Music] you

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Length: 11min 18sec (678 seconds)

Published: Fri Mar 27 2020