10 Greatest Unspoken Star Trek Plot Points
7. Picard's Connection To The Borg Collective
After being assimilated by the Borg in the Next Generation episode The Best Of Both Worlds, Captain Picard was forever changed, even after having his cybernetic parts removed and his body healed.
As we see multiple times in Star Trek VIII: First Contact, Picard was sometimes able to hear faint whisperings of the collective when he was near them. This was how he was able to target the correct spot on the Borg Cube to destroy it. The fear of intruding Borg voices was a terrifying reality that Picard had to live with every day.
Picard barely got any time to cope with his trauma at the hands of the Borg and shortly after rejoined the Enterprise-D with most of his recovery happening off-camera. In Star Trek: Picard we finally get to witness Jean-Luc moving past his fear of the Borg a bit, but it will surely always haunt him. Still, the idea that at any time Picard could be telepathically invaded by Borg voices is horrifying but it is probably safe to assume that the Borg technology in his brain was completely removed after the events of the Star Trek: Picard season one finale.