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Best of Both Worlds, Part I

What rating would you give Best of Both Worlds, Part I?  

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  1. 1. What rating would you give Best of Both Worlds, Part I?

    • 5. It?s great, I loved it!
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    • 4. It?s good.
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    • 3. It?s average.
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    • 2. It?s not that good.
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    • 1. I hated it.
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Series: Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season: 3

Episode #: 26

Production #: 174

Episode Name: Best of Both Worlds, Part I

Original Air Date: 06.18.90

 

Review not yet available.

 

Cast:

 

Patrick Stewart as Jean-Luc Picard

Jonathan Frakes as William Thomas Riker

Brent Spiner as Data

LeVar Burton as Geordi La Forge

Michael Dorn as Worf

Gates McFadden as Beverly Crusher

Marina Sirtis as Deanna Troi

Whoopi Goldberg as Guinan

Wil Wheaton as Wesley Crusher

 

Guest Cast:

 

Colm Meaney as Miles O'Brien

George Murdock as Admiral J. P. Hanson

Elizabeth Dennehy as Lt. Commander Shelby

 

Director: Cliff Bole

Written By: Michael Piller

 

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The first part of the greatest TNG episode of them all.

 

Picard is kidnapped and assimilated by the Borg.

 

What else do I need to say???

 

Excellent, brilliant, outstanding.

 

The perfect end to a breathtaking season of TNG.

 

Absolutely amazing.

 

Gold Standard.

 

Rating = 5

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I found this episode was the best Borg episode/movie ever. The Borg were still the scariest villians out there in this episode, not the weaklings in Voyager or Borg Queenie in First Contact. The wait for the Borg had a powerful building effect, which I think climaxed with Picard saying "Send a message to the fleet...We've engaged the Borg" Also, the nebula scene was well done, with the Borg ship just stalking the Enterprise-D, and firing concussion charges into it to finally drive them out.

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5. Shelby's character is a little annoying, but is supposed to be. Great episode. Nice cliffhanger too... just cutting/fading out after Riker says "Fire." And watching special features, I love how the writer of this episode planned to leave after giving them this Rubik's Cube of an episode, and instead, he's the one who has to figure it out.

 

Great episode.

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I gave it a 4. Very good ep and it was the turning point of the series imo. Elizabeth Dennehy was so good at being a know it all that Riker knew he would have to rely on her expertise in defeating the Borg and rescuing Jean-luc. Great cliffhanger moment although parts of this ep seemed a bit rushed. Still, it holds up well.

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Four from me...it needed something, and by 'something', I mean 'more Guinan, less Shelby'.

 

Shelby was too annoying to me. even in the "New Frontier" books, she's a overachiever. until she got killed off making the rank of admiral.

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