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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Scorpion I and II "I speak for the Borg", October 29, 2000
Intense, fast moving, powerful, these are only a few adjectives that describe what leads Captain Katherine Janeway to forge an alliance with the Federation's worst enemy, the Borg and the events that follow. Tensions run high as the crew of Voyager discovers that there is something that even the Borg fear, Species 8472. Faced with few alternative, Janeway seeks an agreement with the Collective in order to assure Voyager's safe passage and survival. At Janeway's request the Borg select a representative to communicate with the crew, Seven of Nine. So is introduced one of the most memorable and complex characters in the Start Trek universe.There are numerous twist and turns as the crew of Voyager battle Species 8472, each other, and try to stay one step a head of being assimilated by you know who. This one gets a 5 out of 5
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Serious & terrifying science fiction, August 14, 2002
SCORPION part I&II
This two-part television episode of Star Trek's Voyager series easily out classes the vast bulk of science fiction feature length films produced over the last twenty years. The production values re-define what television is capable of, the story itself is stunning, and the performances of the cast are exceptionally compelling. This is pure science fiction with heart and soul that stands on it's own and will appeal even to people not particularly enthused with Star Trek.Voyager, a ship thrown literally to the opposite side of the Galaxy and faced with what could be a 70+ year trip home finds their journey back blocked by a vast area of space inhabited by THE BORG, a cybernetic collective consciousness consisting of trillions of people, entire cultures, "assimilated" over hundreds of centuries for use as mere parts in a machine concerned only with enhancing what it regards as it's "perfection" by absorbing, not only the bodies, but minds, memories, and experiences, of all those it meets that it considers "relevant". It can't be negotiated with, it can't be reasoned with, fought, or outrun. For over two hundred thousand years The Borg have been unstoppable.
Now Voyager has discovered what may very well be a life-form even more horrifying than The Borg. They're forced to make a choice- hide, and give up any hope of ever getting home, or join in an un-holy alliance with one of these two murderous nightmares in an attempt to destroy one and evade the other.
This is a fast paced, intelligent story, that even non-Trek fans aren't likely to forget any time soon that makes a fine addition to any science fiction collection.
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11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
"Your appeal to my humanity is pointless." -- Seven of Nine, August 9, 2000
Wow! Yes! Voyager on video--finally! This is my very favorite Voyager episode. Jeri Ryan is chillingly Borg, and the Borg themselves had not yet become a Voyager cliche. We are treated to some well-executed (if not first-rate-scripted) conflict between Janeway and Chakotay that is just too rare anymore. And we can't forget Species 8472, that turned out to be easily evaded and reasoned with in Season Five (and then disappeared altogether in Season Six!) but are presented here in adequately "spooky" fashion. All in all, "Scorpion" has more substance than the average episode (especially lately), and successfully introduced one of the most memorable Star Trek characters: Seven of Nine. If you like the Borg, if you like Seven, or even if you're a "J/C" fan, you'll find that resistance to "Scorpion" is, well, futile.
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