[Computer Hobbyist]

Guys and Gals the entire Star Trek spectrum of shows don't exist, they are only television shows--interesting only in how they challenge us to think about the world or in how they enterain us with a few minutes amusement. At best the indivdual episodes examine issues confronting us today. One of the best of all time was the original Star Trec episode (half white vs. half back) that examined the absurdity of race hatred. Remember how the Enterprise crew couldn't tell the difference between the two warring races.

I suspect the Borg episodes were originally offered as an examination of the damage to the individual that comes from the loss of privacy in a frightening world where everything is known by all and secrets are not possible. Loss of privacy equals loss of freedom equals true evil? Think about the exchange of privacy for security. Isn't security what the Borg is really offering to those absorbed? Collective immortality? When examined from that perspective the Borg episodes become truly relevant to today's world.

CH

PS I think the current Enterprise is the closest to the original, because the crew members are not presented as super men and women striding the command deck of some battleship or diplomates trying to head off some war, but as real pioneers struggling with every day problems. One episode they even had problems with Gravity.

The most absurd story line in the history of Star Trek is the one involving Riker's decision not to assume command of his own star ship. Any officer who would want to remain second in command isn't worth having around. Picard should have moved him to some desk job where he belonged.