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Originally Posted by sureLoss
Of all the trillions the Borg assimilated, only Agnes Jurati could convince the Borg queen to change her evil ways. What a joke.
Guess we know who the borg queen was in episode 1. Queen Jurati of the Benevolent Borg
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In fairness to all of this, it is the first time we have ever seen a Borg Queen in a situation where her collective is one. At this stage, in this universe, she is an individual. Likely for the first time ever post-creation. It's probably less that "only" Agnes Jurati could convince the Borg Queen to change her evil ways and more so that since it was "Only Agnes Jurati" her voice carried so much more weight than a single voice normally would for the Queen.
Now, I agree that the way they went about it was a bit stupid. It had me thinking of Austin Powers and "We're not so different, you and I". An emotional plea to someone or something that should be much more immune to emotional string pulling. I think if it was just hammered home that in almost every time line or Universe, the Borg always failed and that another tactic was worth trying to succeed in their goal, which for all intents and purposes is Universal harmony,
I was also confused by no Robert, which definitely stuck out for me over the course of the flash backs. I also hate the flashbacks. And Soong. And the Elnor Hologram. And how the Elnor Hologram interacted with Jurati who litereally isn't actually there anymore. And the throwing away of a chance to alter Seven's character in a unique way. And their reasoning for not letting Seven of Nine join the Federation cause she was Borg but apparently Icheb, who was also Borg, was allowed in. I also hate how they did Icheb dirty in season one and then did him dirtier by forgetting he existed in season two. Rios side story is the only compelling one now, and I didn't think I'd say that three weeks ago.
I'm less excited for the season finale now than I was coming in, and that's sad.