Thirty years ago this week, StarTrekNextGeneration made franchise history with its first cliffhanger
From 1987 to 1989, the voyages of Captain Picard and the crew of the Enterprise-D struggled to be anything more than a passable background watch in its creatively-turbulent first and second seasons. The latter episode introduced the Borg, who would return in 1990’s game-changing third season finale: “.” The episode, which turns 30 this week, forever changed both the series and the franchise — becoming one of the greatest hours of television the genre has ever produced.
Piller, as the story goes, wrote his personal experience into the fictional drama and themes of the episode. He saddled Riker with a case of the “should I stay or should I go's” when offered his third shot at taking command of a starship — just as the Borg return to assimilate humanity. On their way to add Earth and its populace to their hive-mind collective, the Borg take a human representative: Captain Picard.
The emotional stakes of “Best of Both Worlds” couldn’t be higher, or more compelling — hence why fans regard it asStar Trekhistory, June 1990’s airing of “Best of Both Worlds” brought audiences to the edge of their couch cushions as Riker gave that iconic order to fire on Picard — AKA Locutus of Borg — while the former Enterprise captain was aboard the Borg cube.
While the episode’s tension falls short of the riveting “Part I,” and has a too-pat conclusion — Data helps defeat the Borg by basically issuing a computer command to put them all to sleep — “Part II” puts a satisfying bow on this influential storyline. In fact, the ramifications of which are still being addressed three decades later inNot enough credit is given to the role the episode’s thematic tentpoles play in its timeless success.
The episode also doesn’t get much credit for how satisfying it wraps up that storyline for Riker. By radically accepting that an extra rank pip on his collar doesn’t determine his status or worth, Riker makes the very emotionally-honest realization that lets him have an arc even though he’s staying put on the Enterprise bridge. (Piller’s script argues that one doesn’t need to move on or change jobs to evolve personally within their profession.
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