Star Trek: Picard's Borg Twist Theory Sets Up Season 3's Best TNG Story
Warning: SPOILERS for Star Trek: Picard Season 2, Episode 9 — «Hide & Seek»
The latest Borg twist in Star Trek: Picard season 2 sets up season 3’s best reason for the Star Trek: The Next Generation reunion. Picard season 2, episode 9, “Hide and Seek,” sees Agnes Jurati (Alison Pill) and the Borg Queen (Annie Wersching) reach an agreement that suggests a more positive future for the Borg Collective. Yet beyond improving the Borg Collective's prospects, this more positive future for the Borg could also set up the storyline that reunites the Next Generation cast in Picard season 3.
In sharing a consciousness, Agnes and the Borg Queen have agreed to build a more hopeful future for the Borg. Rather than assimilating other species, they will instead use their technology to save the “lives that need saving.” It’s clear now that the Borg, who sought peace with the Federation, resulted from Jurati’s new vision for the Collective. As a result, this more positive view of the Borg may open the door to the Next Generation cast’s perfect farewell.
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If Picard season 3 were to explore the ramifications of peace with the Borg, it would give the TNG crew their version of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. That film brought the adventures of the original Enterprise crew to an end by having them aid the peace process between the Klingons and the Federation. The teaser trailer for Picard season 3 sees Jean-Luc (Patrick Stewart) talk of legacy, and Star Trek VI gives the original Enterprise crew their own lasting legacy – putting aside their prejudice against the Klingons for the greater good. In this way, doing something similar with Picard season 3’s TNG reunion
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