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The ''Star Trek'' episode that dares to ask, "[[What Measure Is a Non-Human?|What Measure Is A Borg?]]"
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As part of its medical treatment, LaForge prepares to repair/replace certain of the Borg's cybernetic implants, but Picard takes the suggestion one step further: why not reprogram an implant to introduce a [[Logic Bomb]] through this drone into the entire Borg Collective, causing them all to shut down? At a meeting to discuss this plan, Crusher alone objects, pointing out that this would be tantamount to genocide. Unfortunately for her, everyone else is fine with it, having accepted the non-declared, unofficial state of war between the Borg and, well, anyone they want to assimilate. Unfortunately for them, Dr. Crusher's apparent sympathy for the Borg drone only grows as his physical condition improves; she notes that he seems to be frightened and lonely, severed from contact with other Borg. Meanwhile, Guinan hands Picard a sort of [[Dark Side]] version of her usual [[Whoopi Epiphany Speech]], when she fakes an injury during a fencing duel and then defeats Picard as he moves to help.
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The Borg boy continues to improve, and Crusher and LaForge work on testing him out to see how best to implement the [[Logic Bomb]] plot. They converse with him and introduce themselves, to which the Borg wonders if he has a name (he only knows the Borg designation "Third Of Five"). Trying to sound out a pet name for him, they settle upon "Hugh", sort of a pun on "you...". Now that Hugh has an actual name, LaForge too begins to develop an attachment to him and is having second thoughts about the whole plan. He talks to Guinan about this, but she is uncharacteristically unsympathetic. LaForge challenges her to go visit Hugh for herself. Complicating matters, another Borg scout ship is approaching, presumably to retrieve survivors/scavenge the wrecked ship.
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Guinan does eventually go visit Hugh, and she maintains her harsh facade until she lets it slip that her people had been very nearly obliterated by the Borg. Hugh notes that she is lonely, being so far away from any of her kind, and that "we [sic, referring to himself; hold that thought] are lonely too". Guinan is, to say the least, speechless at this unexpected acknowledgment of emotion from the Borg. And so the [[Logic Bomb]] plot is working, only [[Inverted Trope|in reverse]]; one by one, the Enterprise crew are growing attached to Hugh and subsequently reluctant to initiate genocide through him. Guinan goes to Picard with her new misgivings, only to find him as fiercely defiant as she herself had been. And I really mean "fiercely"; at one point Picard roars "IT'S '''NOT''' A PERSON, DAMMIT; IT'S A '''[[Fantastic Racism|BORG]]!!'''" Guinan is having none of it, though, and insists that Picard too must at least look Hugh in the eye before turning him into a [[Tyke Bomb]].
Finally Picard agrees and has Hugh [[Transporters and Teleporters|beamed]] into his Captain's Office. Hugh, for his part, recognizes [[Star Trek:
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'''Hugh:''' [[Wham! Line|No. I will not.]]
'''Picard:''' ''What did you say?''... You said "I"; but you are Borg!
'''Hugh:''' No... I am Hugh. }}
Now Picard realizes that, with Hugh's
So they beam Hugh back to the crash site; shortly thereafter, the other Borg arrive and quickly reintegrate Hugh as a drone. But, just before they depart, Hugh gives a clandestine nod to the Enterprise landing party, indicating his yet-intact individuality.
'''Note:''' Hugh will return in [[Recap/Star Trek The Next Generation
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