[Derek]

[color=#000000ost_uid0]I seem to recall thinking that it was a fine episode by itself, it's just when you tried to integrate it with continuity that it fell apart.

But the music, the pacing, the suspensefullness were great. If it were introducing a new villain, I probably would've been stoked. But again, it's not a new villain, and I know there's very little they're probably going to do with the Borg, so it was simply a wink at the Trek universe fans, which [iost_uid0]really[/iost_uid0] makes you wonder why they did it since the Trek universe fans are the only ones who care about the continuity, which is where the episode falls apart.

To try to make that previous paragraph make sense let me give an example.
[bost_uid0]New Enterprise Fan:[/bost_uid0] WOW! That was a great episode! It was really suspenseful, and these aliens looked really unstoppable. I can't wait to see them come back. (Which, presumably, they won't.)
[bost_uid0]Old Trek fan:[/bost_uid0] Wait, that doesn't make sense. This contradicts most of TNG and VOY. This episode sucks, I'm going to go read Shatner's novels about the Borg. At least I don't have to accept them as canon. :madder: :swear: :eyeroll: :eyeroll: :eyeroll: :suspicious: [/colorost_uid0]