B'Elanna and Seven have a run in when Seven takes it upon herself to shut down some of the ship's systems in order to fix something without informing engineering, causing B'Elanna to scramble to find the cause of the shut down. B'Elanna eventually realises that Seven is simply unaware of how the ship operates and informs her that she had trouble adapting to working on a starship at first, too.
In this episode, Seven gets her first real opportunity to use her Borg nature to help Voyager. The Doctor adjusts one of her Borg nodes so she can see alien intruders who are cloaked out of phase and performing medical experiments on the crew.
As a side note, I think it's pretty funny that the aliens' manipulations that made Janeway super grumpy backfire when Seven takes of the aliens hostage and Janeway gets very threatening and scary.
*Costume Update* Seven of Nine is wearing another form fitting mock turtleneck suit with raglan sleeves in a sort of glittering greyish brown.
29 October 1997
08 October 1997
The Raven
This episode is a pivotal moment in Seven's evolution. She begins the episode in the Leonardo da Vinci simulation with Captain Janeway. Janeway seems to be forcing her to try her hand at sculpting. Seven is not amused, and disdainfully pronounces the activity "truly unproductive." Her voice is sharper, lower, and with less timidity than in previous episodes. She is clearly no longer afraid to offend members of Voyager's crew by her lack of familiarity with human nuances. However, she does experience fear and frustration (and her voice gets softer) when she begins seeing visions of the Borg because something is happening to her and she doesn't know what it is.
While Neelix helps her eat her first meal, she blithely informs him that 39 Telaxians were easily assimilated by the Borg, and that the crew made excellent drones. Her hesitance while learning to eat is endearing, though, and her subsequent behavior is then even more jarring. Just as she is taking her second swallow, she freezes, has a vision that the Borg are calling her back to the collective, and threatens Neelix with assimilation.
She doesn't actually assimilate him, though. In fact, she doesn't really hurt him at all. Later in the episode while she is on a shuttle headed for a Borg homing beacon, Seven starts to threaten Tuvok with assimilation, but changes her mind mid-sentence, telling Tuvok she doesn't want him to be assimilated. She tells him he can take the shuttle back to Voyager and asks him to say thank you to Captain Janeway. Tuvok shows his sentimental side and points out how human she is becoming. He says he'll go with her to where the Borg ship is, because he does not believe it is an actual Borg ship and therefore doesn't pose a threat.
Turns out he's right, of course. The nanoprobes in Seven's blood have been activated by a signal emitted from the partially assimilated vessel that she and her parents were taken from 18 years ago. She begins having flashbacks, speaking as though compelled in a small, childish voice. Once she figures out that the Borg aren't calling her back, I think she realizes there is no easy way out of her problems adjusting to life as part of Voyager, and is suddenly resolved to return with Tuvok to the only family she has left. When they return, Seven's voice is back to being soft and vulnerable sounding as she discusses her experience with Janeway. Janeway offers Seven access to the Star Fleet files on her parents, but she rejects the offer for the time being.
*Costume Update* In this episode, Seven is wearing a brownish form-fitting one piece jumpsuit with a lower, squarish neckline. It's not nearly as shiny as the silver one, but it does have a sort of shimmery, multi-hued quality to it.
While Neelix helps her eat her first meal, she blithely informs him that 39 Telaxians were easily assimilated by the Borg, and that the crew made excellent drones. Her hesitance while learning to eat is endearing, though, and her subsequent behavior is then even more jarring. Just as she is taking her second swallow, she freezes, has a vision that the Borg are calling her back to the collective, and threatens Neelix with assimilation.
She doesn't actually assimilate him, though. In fact, she doesn't really hurt him at all. Later in the episode while she is on a shuttle headed for a Borg homing beacon, Seven starts to threaten Tuvok with assimilation, but changes her mind mid-sentence, telling Tuvok she doesn't want him to be assimilated. She tells him he can take the shuttle back to Voyager and asks him to say thank you to Captain Janeway. Tuvok shows his sentimental side and points out how human she is becoming. He says he'll go with her to where the Borg ship is, because he does not believe it is an actual Borg ship and therefore doesn't pose a threat.
Turns out he's right, of course. The nanoprobes in Seven's blood have been activated by a signal emitted from the partially assimilated vessel that she and her parents were taken from 18 years ago. She begins having flashbacks, speaking as though compelled in a small, childish voice. Once she figures out that the Borg aren't calling her back, I think she realizes there is no easy way out of her problems adjusting to life as part of Voyager, and is suddenly resolved to return with Tuvok to the only family she has left. When they return, Seven's voice is back to being soft and vulnerable sounding as she discusses her experience with Janeway. Janeway offers Seven access to the Star Fleet files on her parents, but she rejects the offer for the time being.
*Costume Update* In this episode, Seven is wearing a brownish form-fitting one piece jumpsuit with a lower, squarish neckline. It's not nearly as shiny as the silver one, but it does have a sort of shimmery, multi-hued quality to it.
01 October 1997
Revulsion
Seven of Nine is assigned to work with Harry to upgrade their astrometric sensors and create an astrometric lab. Harry is nervous to work with her, because last time they worked together she rendered him unconscious and tried to contact the Borg. Not to mention he has a growing crush on her. One of my favorite lines from Seven ever occurs when Harry nervously tells her he has always wanted to learn Borg, and she doesn't laugh at his feeble joke. She responds with "I am familiar with the concept of humor. It may not be apparent, but I am frequently amused by human behavior." BURN. She also makes her first mistake, albeit a minor one, and surprisingly takes it in stride, declaring her humanity must be reasserting itself. Harry tries to make small talk with her, and it proves to be a waste of time, since her free time is mostly spent "contemplat[ing] my existence." Seven seems almost meek in this episode, at least at first. As she gets to know Harry, though, she becomes more assertive; her voice becomes less soft and she seems more certain.
Seven of Nine experiences her first acknowledgment that she has become weak when she slices her hand open while working with Harry. Harry is concerned that she feels vulnerable, but I'm not convinced. She seems to get over these little things pretty quickly in the early days. He tries to woo her while they work, but instead of exploring a budding romance, he learns that she considers beauty and comfort irrelevant, and is treated to her diagnosis of his condition: she figures he is in love with her and wants to copulate and then demands he take off his clothes. She's game to exploring her humanity, but doesn't understand the way human relationships work, thereby putting Harry off from helping her explore. Harry asks to be reassigned from working with Seven, but Chakotay rather cruelly forces him to carry on.
I think some of the character inconsistencies in Seven's character are mostly due to the fact that her character is still in development. Perhaps the writers aren't so concerned with continuity at this early stage, but in retrospect, she seems simultaneously unconcerned and unaware of her new humanity and frightened that she is becoming weak.
Seven of Nine experiences her first acknowledgment that she has become weak when she slices her hand open while working with Harry. Harry is concerned that she feels vulnerable, but I'm not convinced. She seems to get over these little things pretty quickly in the early days. He tries to woo her while they work, but instead of exploring a budding romance, he learns that she considers beauty and comfort irrelevant, and is treated to her diagnosis of his condition: she figures he is in love with her and wants to copulate and then demands he take off his clothes. She's game to exploring her humanity, but doesn't understand the way human relationships work, thereby putting Harry off from helping her explore. Harry asks to be reassigned from working with Seven, but Chakotay rather cruelly forces him to carry on.
I think some of the character inconsistencies in Seven's character are mostly due to the fact that her character is still in development. Perhaps the writers aren't so concerned with continuity at this early stage, but in retrospect, she seems simultaneously unconcerned and unaware of her new humanity and frightened that she is becoming weak.
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