The Raven
- FIRST SHOWN (US)
- 8 October 1997
- ON
- UPN
- STARDATE
- None given
- DIRECTED BY
- LeVar Burton
- PRODUCTION NO.
- 174
WRITTEN BYTeleplay by Bryan Fuller; story by Bryan Fuller & Harry 'Doc' Kloor
Haunted by strange visions of a black bird, Seven of Nine abandons Voyager to follow a mysterious signal into hostile space, as her Borg past begins to resurface.
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Seven of Nine is slowly adapting to life as an individual, learning to eat solid food with Neelix's help and joining Janeway in Leonardo da Vinci's holographic workshop. But she is troubled by frightening visions of the Borg and of a large black bird, and the Doctor finds that reactivated nanoprobes are making Borg implants reappear on her body. During one vision, an implant breaks through her skin and she threatens to assimilate those around her. Drawn by what she believes is a Borg homing signal, Seven steals a shuttle and heads into the space of the B'omar, and Tuvok follows her. On a nearby moon they find the wreck of an old Federation ship, the Raven: the vessel on which Seven, as the child Annika Hansen, was assimilated along with her parents. The pair escape under B'omar fire. Back aboard, Janeway mentions that records of Seven's parents exist, and Seven decides that one day she will read them.
- 01Directed by LeVar Burton, who played Geordi La Forge in The Next Generation.
- 02Bryan Fuller first pitched a story about aliens turning Seven back into a Borg. Asked for something more personal, he rewrote it, and the assignment led to a staff writing job.
- 03The Hansen family and the Raven return in season five's “Dark Frontier”, with different actors playing Seven's parents.