About this episode

The episode discusses the Borg and explores the idea of them being misunderstood rather than purely malevolent.

Remember the Borg? Remember how absolutely terrifying they were? They kidnapped our beloved Jean-Luc and wiped out a huge chunk of Starfleet just a season or so back! But what if I told you these malevolent murder machines were just a pack of misunderstood kids? No, seriously! They may want to assimilate you and absorb everything distinctive and special about you, but that’s what all the robots are doing these days, right Alexa? Meet 3 of 5, a Borg drone the Enterprise crew discover in a cras...

People in this episode

Hosts: Dave, Andrew

Topics covered

• Borg
• Star Trek
• misunderstood villains
• comedy
• science fiction
• robots

Keywords

• Borg
• Star Trek
• Jean-Luc
• Starfleet
• 3 of 5
• comedy
• robots

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Starfleet

Books & works: ST:TNGeez! 5.23 "I Borg"

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