Picard - 10 Essential Seven Of Nine Star Trek Episodes

Seven's question to know everything and achieve perfection has led her down some dark paths. In the sixth season episode The Voyager Conspiracy, Seven assimilates so much information that she begins to piece together scenarios in her mind.

She first sees a Starfleet conspiracy to trap the crew in the Delta Quadrant before changing her mind to fixate on a potential Maquis uprising. Finally, she settles on the simple truth: Voyager's entire mission to the Delta Quadrant was to capture her and force her to return to the Alpha Quadrant.

Ryan plays what could have been a messy episode idea (wait, who is doing what now?) and displays the paranoia and fear she is feeling in such a clear way that we almost believe she is correct in what she is thinking. Janeway and Chakotay are taken in, walking through the corridors armed in preparation for their rivals' assault.

Clear heads do win the day but the episode manages to capture the essence of old spy thrillers. Seven is an effective stand in for Cary Grant in this story that calls to mind North by Northwest. Hitchcock and Star Trek, together at last!