Picard - 10 Essential Seven Of Nine Star Trek Episodes

At the opposite end of Star Trek Voyager's fourth season, we have the finale Hope and Fear. Here, the crew are seemingly offered a new ship and the chance to come home to the Alpha Quadrant, helpfully aided by Arturis, an alien that Neelix met on an away mission. However, Seven is less than keen.

Seven and Janeway butt heads throughout the season but we see them gradually begin to grow closer as Seven adapts to her new collective. In this episode, the writers give Seven the biggest test she's faced since her removal from the Borg - instead of taking years to adapt to humanity, she could be back around the rest of the Human Race tomorrow. Is it any wonder then that she initially chooses not to accompany the crew back home?

Hope and Fear was the culmination of the season's arc for Seven. While the new ship would turn out to be something altogether else, we see Seven eventually accept her place fully as part of the crew, no longer a Borg drone.