Star Trek: Parallel

Star Trek:TNG Parallel

[@toasega]

It's not so much the concept of the Borg being everywhere that's terrifying, but rather seeing someone as calm and confident as Riker reduced to a panicked shell of a man as his Enterprise falls apart at his feet. The bridge is empty, except for Worf, suggesting that literally everyone else is dead or assimilated. It's not the concept, but rather how it's presented with minimal information that tells a much larger story by implication.

[@gamepad3173]

indeed so,and that started with Wolf 359 in 2366. the borg won,pressed onto earth and assimilated it then the rest of Federation space forcing the other factions to respond,The Klingons,Romulans and Cardassians (surprise surprise).

[@WaterCrane]

Also the degraded video link adds a lot as well, showing the ship is falling to bits and cannot be repaired..

[@eldermillennial8330]

The tragedy is that there may have been a way to help them, if they had acted quickly, by resetting their quantum signatures using an atomic swapping algorithm via a modified teleporter, and if anyone could do it, it would be O’Brian. Get the survivors aboard their own Enterprise, have them carefully scanned via teleport computer, then trade out their atoms with an identical mass that preserves absolutely everything about them EXCEPT that the new atoms are native to this universe, which means they wouldn’t have had to go back to their own once the Main Universe Worf has completed his mission. Alas, nobody thought of that in time.

[@thesnare100]

I think it's totally understandable, after all how would you react in his situation being one of the last ships in universe where everywhere you go the Borg are and the Federation is gone. Seems like it would shake anyone's morale.

[@thesnare100]

@@gamepad3173 Locutus said the Borg wanted to assimilate the Klingons too. We don't know about The Cardassians or Romulans (though they have assimilated Romulans before) They do actually reject some species for assimilation.

[@ObiWanBillKenobi]

The alternate universe of the Borg destroying the Federation and all survivors being hunted by them was honestly the most terrifying thought ever in all Star Trek, and still is.

[@curseofgladstone4981]

ObiWanBillKenobi. You shpuld read a story called the worst of both worlds on fanfiction. Its set in that borg controled universe

[@cassiusdio1138]

I got ahold of part two of a novel set written by William Shatner that takes place after Generations i think. Its called "Avenger" apparently he was assimilated too and thrown out somehow on the borg trash planet. Which the description of which sounds hellish. All borg ships at least in the area. Trans warping damaged borg here in piles the size of countries.The machines crawl over them strippin the flesh and the metal from conscious borg as well as unconscious. Some Borg who had been completely freed of their implants by the local water in the mountains became a tribe of people with two colored skin (where they healed).. There is SO much more but Picard and kirk spock and bones are in it. Data and the TNG crew too.

[@Tigerman1138]

Cassius Dio sounds quite interesting.

[@cassiusdio1138]

its one of the coolest stories i ever read. There was a 9 foot tall star fleet officer who attacked picard because she was a spy for the romulans. The entire federation has about a year to exist because a plague is spreading from world to world killing all the people and the animals and food..its nuts..

[@skynetprime82]

ObiWanBillKenobi your right, it's much too horrible to even contemplate a whole reality filled with nothing but Borg drones

[@jordancobb509]

Ship is obviously extremely damaged Riker: Try to disable them Wesley: [fires photon torpedo]

[@urthpainter]

Lieutenant Crusher knew exactly what he was doing 🤔😂

[@jimhuffman9434]

"Next time, tell me where to shoot for sir" - Wesley

[@whiteboy60001]

​@@urthpainterloll taking them out of their misery

[@alexanderscott9001]

​@@jimhuffman9434Lol..a Klingon would call it a "lucky shot". Of course he was vaporized right after saying it...

[@pbdye1607]

"Mister Crusher, before we fix this, find an Enterprise where I'm a woman. Hail it. She'll understand."

[@DawgBreff]

😏 dark bastard

[@shauljonah6955]

Now that would have been interesting 🤔

[@randy9simmonsup658]

Explain yourself

[@nb2008nc]

Gives new meaning to go fluck yourself.

[@johnnybikesalot]

That actually would have been awesome! If without any explanation, one random character switched genders in one of the universes!

[@hualni]

I always thought this was the most memorable TNG episode. Riker begging to not go back was so haunting.

[@Nick-yz9fd]

Yeah this one and the one where Riker turned Cro-Magnon and Barkley turned into a Spider and Troi was a fish and Worf was a primitive armored, venom spraying, hairier Worf

[@dominicmcdermott6449]

The thing that gives me chills is seeing how desperate and terrified that version of Will Riker is. If the Borg universe can turn someone like Will into what we see, then it truly is some kind of Hell.

[@dunnono00]

It has to be nothing short of terrifying seeing all the progress, all the noble ideals, the heroics, and even the very cradle of humanity itself, reduced to nothing more than fuel for the cold, uncaring Collective. It broke him to realize this was the ultimate fate of his entire race.

[@michaelmckinnon1591]

It all depends on how fragile his ego is

[@HariSeldon913]

If they had just beamed over a comb and some styling gel to that Riker, he would have been fine.

[@energicko]

Troi herself needed some counseling, after sensing what that broken version of Will Riker felt. 1:03

[@sausage6984]

@@HariSeldon913 or a chair

[@quidestveritas659]

Given an infinite number of possible universes, somewhere on one of those ships, Spot is captain.

[@curseofgladstone4981]

Quid Est Veritas And in that universe spot went through a wormhole back in time to the borg homeworld and destroyed it, thus saving the galaxy!

[@leopold7562]

He probably descended from one of the Red Hats, who had flown ever onwards in search of Fyushal using the Sacred Writings given to them by Cloister the Stupid. They must've found a planet they assumed was the holy place and settled there, where Spot was born and joined the Star Fleet Academy, becoming the first felis sapiens to command a Galaxy Class starship. Or am I confusing my sci-fi lores again?

[@SugoiGaming.]

Lol I love that thought

[@CharlesUrban]

"What should we do, Captain Spot?" "(Mews and bats at a blinking light on the command chair's armrest.)" "My God, that just might work! You've saved the Federation again, sir!" "(Purrs.)"

[@dongadson1099]

Highly improbable.

[@ashleighelizabeth5916]

When you think about it, it was a mercy to that crew that they were killed instead of being sent back to their Universe.

[@raven4k998]

can you find me a quantum reality where this makes sense to me or better yet find the one where I am a killer female blood thirsty assassin muhahahahahahaha

[@LonesomeTraveller]

@@raven4k998 that's suspiciously specific

[@allyourpie4323]

If you think about it further,by the logic of this episode it also created infinitely many versions of them that were not killed, but instead were even further damaged or worse and then sent back to fight more Borg.

[@sausage6984]

Yup

[@raven4k998]

@@LonesomeTraveller so I wish a was a blood thirsty killer assassin lady so what don't pretend you never fantasized about being killed by one

[@CharlesUrban]

"The Bajorans again?" No, Captain. Even the aggressive Bajorans of your universe would take one look at the giant, ever-expanding clusterhump of parallel Enterprises in the area and decide that whatever scientific insanity those wacky humans have unleashed this time, they want no part of it.

[@hawker7488]

The Bajorans were last heard saying "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" as they de-assed the sector right hurriedly.

[@TheBobwatermellon]

Pretty sure that is just a universe where those crazy religious Bajorans just went unchecked.

[@Akitoscorpio1]

@@TheBobwatermellon IIRC it was a universe where the Bajorans successfully fought off the cardassians and became militant and emboldened.

[@michaelmclaughlin261]

I bet Kai Wynn rules those Bajorans with an iron fist. ;)

[@mikeymcmikeface5599]

@@Akitoscorpio1 if they could do that then maybe there is hope for us and we can successfully vanquish the Kardashians

[@cobaltblue1975]

Bet the other Enterprises were like "Damn, we better not get out of line"

[@trazyntheinfinite9895]

on one of em, captain worf is thinking "well i could habe killed em harder!"

[@penguinpie5056]

"all right. anyone else wanna be a hero?"

[@on1yadam]

😂😂😂

[@dunnono00]

@@penguinpie5056 Captain, we are receiving 185,000 responses. 'Yeah me lol' 'me me me' 'im a big damn hero', and so on.

[@Emdee5632]

I remember the scene with the many parallel Enterprises. When I first saw Riker (of the lost Federation, fighting the Borg) talking about how terrible his universe was, it sent quite a chill through me.

[@firekeeper3536]

You can survive in a Borg controlled universe if you don't have technology. Much like ST Voyager an entire planet was living in medieval age style conditions.

[@Mike-tw1pi]

Yep.. that was the absolute worst-case reality following the Borg assimilation of Picard a couple seasons earlier. In this scenario, Picard isn't rescued by his crew, and the Borg use his knowledge of Starfleet tactics and defenses to waltz over the federation. There is another Enterprise in this episode where Riker is in command and expresses joy at seeing Picard again - That Riker is from a parallel where Picard was either killed during the rescue attempt, or otherwise unrecovered but not used as successfully by the Borg.

[@Webshooters1]

​@J C Seems logical. They were already doing it so might as well continue. Worst case is they don't get any new tech they didn't already possess but upside, more drones to add to the collective's being and more resources for maintenance.

[@ionfreak83]

@J C I think they expanded that in Star Trek Enterprise when researchers found the remnant of the Borg Sphere from the Star Trek: First Contact movie in the Arctic. Of course the Borg assimilated the research ship and send a transmission to the Delta Quadrant to know that earth exists before being destroyed, creating a time predestination paradox where it was the future Borg invasion on Sector 001 and the event of Star Trek: First Contact that help the Borg know about Earth in the past. But I think they really knew the Federation and its advance technology much earlier when a very young Seven of Nine and her parents, Magnus and Erin Hansen went on a mission to find the Borg as the Starfleet didn't believe they existed. They followed a Borg cube in a transwarp conduit and using a new technology created by Magnus known as a multi-adaptive shielding to hide their ship presence and a personal bio dampener so they can visit a Borg vessel without detecting them. Unfortunately they got detected when their ship was hit by some particle storm and they all got assimilated. I also think they also assimilated some of the ships technology and knowledge of the current Federation so I think they were already heading their way to Federation space and this was almost 10 years before Q sent the Enterprise to face the Borg.

[@jordanmicahcook]

Same!

[@maddocpax788]

There was a webcomic that parodied this episode. The TNG universe Riker asks, "So, what's wrong with your universe?" The unkempt, desperate Riker on the other side says, "Three words: Admiral Wesley Crusher."

[@antoniowakardo7280]

That's a stupid question!

[@VlogsAnonymousE]

Do you remember the name of the webcomic, or better yet have a link to it? I really want to see that.

[@maddocpax788]

@@VlogsAnonymousE sevspace.com/stupidarchive/sevtrek236.asp.htm

[@Warkive]

"NO ONE TELLS ME TO SHUTUP!"

[@ccchhhrrriiisss100]

TNG Riker: "We're going to transport Wesley Crusher to your ship." Alt-Riker: "Why? Can he help us defeat the Borg?" TNG Riker: "No."

[@What.99]

I love how in every other episode and the movies, a ship exploding, an Antimatter Containment Field failing and a Warp Core breach are all events that cause an explosion to cover a massive area. Any other ships near the danger area can also be destroyed. But in this episode, that Enterprise explodes and it’s like a wet fart. None of the other ships are affected whatsoever lol.

[@2Plus2isChicken2013]

The explosion also doesn't even happen where the engine core is located. I don't know why half the time they couldn't get that correct.

[@LargeFriesChocoShake]

The pseudoscience and the plot armor in this franchise have always been out of this world (literrally) but in this case it can probably be explained by the Enterprise being so badly damaged that there isn't anything to give, perhaps not much dilithium in the matrix

[@tigersebel]

i always assumed it was because the enterprise had basically almost no antimatter left, so the explosion was less severe than others of this kind

[@Owl_Space]

It may also be because most of the explosion was absorbed by the quantum fissure. Basically, a very large implosion, and all we see is a small explosion.

[@Sovereign01]

Especially if other nearby ships are similarly damaged, they would have all gone off in a chain reaction.

[@kxmode]

"You don't know what it is like in our universe. Riker's beard is everywhere!"

[@Marsproject11]

Yes disable the badly damaged ship with a photon torpedo to the bridge area... BRILLIANT!

[@cassiusdio1138]

Fuck em ! lol

[@yaldabaoth2]

He's not called Wesley CRUSHER for his jokes.

[@CharlesUrban]

This Wesley was quite competent, but as he's contractually obligated to screw up at least once per episode, this was his screw-up.

[@zacharyfett2491]

Well, you can’t say that it wasn’t effective at disabling the ship...........

[@woodrobin]

That was a low power phaser shot to their emitter array, likely to keep them from shooting at the shuttle. And given where they were going to end up, the end result was a mercy killing.

[@ArcaneAzmadi]

You cut out the best line from this sequence: "Captain, we are receiving 285,000 hails."

[@dcx666]

on screen

[@bodegadreams]

That is the best line

[@DarkNexarius]

@@dcx666 on screen conference call !!

[@Pfromm007]

They have to roll in ensigns to function as switch-board operators.

[@mikeoscarradio]

When it skipped past it I was like no!

[@Captainkebbles1392]

this honestly breaks my heart evert time knowing he lives in a universe where his best friend leads a borg galaxy hell bent on their destruction, he would rather die than go back *edit* apparently, according to one of the writers, this is the original timeline. Q never sent then in front of the cube, so they had no warning. Thus Q changed everything but in most timelines..the Borg won

[@raven4k998]

well I guess that proves that the Borg were in at least one universe competent enough to assimilate the federation

[@matthewjones2095]

@@raven4k998 heres a thought what would the borg do when theres nothing but borg

[@raven4k998]

@@matthewjones2095 nothing think about it the Borg do not innovate the assimilate I know it's weird they are so bad ass but helpless with out individuals to assimilate so if there's nothing but Borg then the Borg are truly fucked until they start making there own individuals like the queen to give them guidance direction and purpose

[@480JD]

@@matthewjones2095 invade other dimensions like fluidic space, before trying to invade other timelines.

[@DavidKnowles0]

@@480JD other galaxies, Milkyway is one of billions.

[@metsrus]

"The Federation's gone. The Borg is everywhere" Time to join the Dominion.

[@girlgarde]

VICTORY IS LIFE!!

[@EricJaakkola]

Time to join the borg

[@weldonwin]

Assuming that the Dominion could stand up to the Borg

[@weldonwin]

@Zoomer Waffen True, after all, it is unclear if a Founder can be assimilated and it is possible that given their skills in genetic engineering that the Jem'Hadar and Vorta could be biologically hardened against it

[@arceusthecreator9746]

It wouldn't work... the only way to get even is to open a gate way into fluidic space and set loose sp8472.

[@Thunderwalker87]

"My beard is everywhere. The Borg assimilated all the razors. Please you got to help us!"

[@Justin-Hill-1987]

I bet they also assimilated the shaving cream, too! Resistance is futile! Barbasol is useless!

[@NameCallingIsWeak]

ahhh, you started a great thread

[@CharlesUrban]

"[Gillette is irrelevant. Your culture will adapt to service unkempt facial hair.]"

[@Ithinkiwill66]

😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Shadothecat]

You know beards have saved two star trek series.

[@rodmandealerman3297]

I vividly remember watching this episode when it aired. I don't scare easily. This scene did, 100%.

[@helipilot27]

No...you scare easily

[@NinjaRunningWild]

@@helipilot27 One example doesn't make a pattern. 🤦‍♂️

[@thesnare100]

Night terrors was another one that was supposed to be scary

[@FortoFight]

The lone Worf running around the ruined Enterprise is hilarious. I wonder if it's literally just him and Riker left. *sigh* The bro moments (broments) we never got to see.

[@enviroboy16]

I remembered that too. I thought he ran around more though.

[@random3857]

Riker: Nobody will know his beard was bigger than mine!

[@CrashandTrash596]

Riker: " At least I'm eating well no matter what reality I'm in."

[@JonnyInfinite]

H5 Heh

[@Justin-Hill-1987]

ZZ Riker

[@samsignorelli]

I think it was in the first TNG novel after Frakes grew it that the author had Picard thinking "It is somehow cosmically unjust that my First Officer has more hair on his face than I have on my entire head."

[@Webshooters1]

The beard is Riker's most prized possession.

[@DrewPicklesTheDark]

Those brief ~20 seconds are some of the most memorable in the entire series imo. Riker is so hopeless and desperate, his beard, the deprecated look of the ship, and so on. I would of loved to have seen this dystopia where the Federation is dead and the Borg have assimilated basically everything. Probably a bit too dark to do for a show like this though.

[@BadWolf739]

Someone actually wrote a fanfiction based on the Borg victorous universe called "The Worst of Both Worlds". It is startling good.

[@nguyendailam6703]

That's mate ill look that up

[@aperson22222]

“Probably from fighting with the Borg.” Well, yeah, that does seem to be the way to bet. I’m glad this version of Riker is a captain, but I didn’t realize he was Captain Obvious.

[@rueceless7580]

Don't worry he'll do better in the first movie. *cough*

[@julianozaur444]

That episode terrified me for weeks after watching it first time. The way long-beard Riker shouts like that, i was so worried what happened. Then he said "borg is everywhere" and tears came to my eyes while i though about what their fight for survival with other survivors must have looked like.

[@Ueberdoziz]

that was one heck of a small explosion for a galaxy class ship XD

[@mardus_ee]

Very nearly all spacecraft (including rockets built here in Earth) are built with fail-safe mechanisms for just such situations, where a controlled explosion or breach is actually safer than something that could create lasting damage. In Star Trek: Generations, the warp core breach was apparently uncontrolled, so the explosion also had an extensive shockwave.

[@skynetprime82]

Ueberdoziz I know right lol

[@absolutcabbagery3661]

It looks sorta like it already did most of it's exploding

[@alainarchambault2331]

Whenever we've seen battle damaged starships floating off through space they've always leave considerably more mass behind than that ship did.

[@Ithinkiwill66]

Exactly! That explosion alone could of ended the sprawl of all of the Enterprises....maybe the warp core was already leaking enough plasma..and antimatter that it would not make that Enterprise explode into a great ball of Riker slush!

[@CincinnatusPublish]

I always wished this whole scene had gone on longer.

[@simonriddick]

Always thought this was very scary. Riker is usually such a strong character seeing him like that makes it seem even more frightening. Fuck that I ain't going back no matter what.

[@thomassmith6232]

Very dramatic scene. What would have really be interesting would have been the despairing Ryker to have cried out something like, "The Vulcans are everywhere! Earth is gone! The colonies are gone! Please help us!"

[@MahsaKaerra]

Would have been interesting, too, if the one from the Yesterday's Enterprise episode also showed up and got a bit stroppy about having to help out a Klingon.

[@JoeBernproductions]

Better ending. Transport 285,000 Enterprises into Borg infested Alpha quadrant. Make a three past episode about it. Hell make a movie about it. I'd watch it. Anyways. "Try to disable it." William Riker to Wesley Crusher. Why the hell did Wesley Crusher fire a photon torpedo at a badly damaged Enterprise. Look at Riker, his disheveled beard, the despair in his voice, his eyes. 1:04 Fire phasers. Tractor beam his ship. Disable it. He fired on it and knew he was going to get a direct hit. He didn't go to the academy and not learn how to aim a torpedo. He had countless options. Instead he decided to take the most drastic one. That shuttle had shields on. He killed Riker so he could put it on his service record. "Yeah, I blew up the Enterprise. Bested William Riker." I don't if they'd court marshal him or promote him.

[@TheLegitaMate1]

well that never happened because Worf returned.

[@Blubatt]

mercy killing

[@mardus_ee]

Some phaser fire is fired with bright yellow bolts, and this was an alternate-universe Enterprise. Might not at all have been a torpedo, even. That phaser fire should have only disabled a ship instead of destroying it, and the alternate Enterprise crew with the just-departed Worf were very short on time.

[@parkinsaw]

Simple Wesley knew what was at stake, he took no chances. His tone yeah they must have been in a weakened state, my response "Ya Think lol" did you not watch the com screen.

[@TheTattorack]

Have you seen this episode? Have you seen what the phasers of the Enterprise D refit can do!? It literally wouldn't have mattered.

[@robjackson5245]

The tailend of the era when the Borg were cyborg killing machines who were mechanical, arrogant, unfeeling, inhuman, not the zombieish emotional angry evil monsters they became in "First Contact" - and this moment is very chilling

[@condorsouthernlands4730]

One of my favourite episodes. Seeing that look of desperation in Ryker’s eyes gets me every time.

[@Random-ft3jc]

One of the best TNG episodes, by far... That said, that had to be the most benign warp-core breeches I've seen in ST history. Could we get a shock wave? Something? "C'mon, man."

[@craigmartinj]

This was the darkest and honestly... the most realistic timeline given the power of the BORG and lacking the writers Deus Ex Machina...

[@fjccommish]

Riker: "What happened?" Wesley: "It turns out the integrity of the ship and all its systems are directly proportional to the quality of your beard grooming."

[@HariSeldon913]

Generally, his hair and beard grooming are directly proportional to his mental and physical well being. This clip is one example, then there's the one where some aliens are using a portal to kidnap and experiment on crew members during their sleeping hours, and another one where he's being held prisoner on an alien planet and the aliens are torturing him by making him relive the play he acted in for one of Dr. Crusher's productions.

[@2Plus2isChicken2013]

@@HariSeldon913 The episode Schisms is the one with the alien abductions. It's hilarious how Riker oversleeps and shows up for duty with his hair all messed up!

[@berner]

*kaboom* Wesley: "Oh fu..." Ryker: "What happened?" Wesley: "Oh uh they must have taken too much damage"

[@michaelcarnevale103]

lol.

[@TravelWithCesarin]

Thats what happens when you put everything on weapons and nothing on shields. you gotta balance your ship stats!

[@darthkek1953]

"Make sure your report says that. And wipe the logs."

[@SimpleWolfStudios]

@@TravelWithCesarin an unexpected ST:O reference, but a welcome one

[@stevencohen624]

😅

[@itchyisvegeta]

This is one of the first episodes I watched from start to finish when I first got into Star Trek. Such a fun episode.

[@donmurr1815]

And that my friends, shows you how utterly RUTHLESS AND HARDCORE the Borg is!

[@duberdurm]

One of the coolest and saddest scenes in the series.

[@vguyver2]

So theoretically in some parallel universe, the Klingons were defeated during the great Tribble Hunt. Does that mean Klingons were eventually enslaved by Tribbles into serving as the backbone of the Tribble infestation throughout the Galaxy? "NO! We can't go back! They force us to feed and preen them every minute. THEY ARE WITHOUT HONOR!!!" -Alternate reality Worf.

[@matthewjones2095]

I mean the Australian military lost emus lol

[@kuribayashi84]

Came to made a Beard-Joke, realized instantly that all of them were already made. :( Seriously though, what gets me the most is Worf running around in the Background like he's on crack. The proud, stolid warrior... finally shattered, is nothing but panic and instincts at this point.

[@hannibustoogfyrre6074]

Tbf, that Worf has also probably been jumping around between universes all day.

[@chopper2429]

Wouldn't be surprised if Riker and Worf were the only bridge officers left... :-(

[@javastream5015]

This is FAR BETTER than Michael Burnhams crying in Discovery! (I remember both times. TNG and what came later.)

[@karcistthurgy3025]

Honesty, that was probably his best portrail of Riker. You can hear genuine emotion in his voice

[@connormorris7364]

What I think is interesting about this scene is wondering how riker would have processed this interaction afterwards. Contemplating with the fact that in similar circumstances even he could become so irrational and desperate and no longer the brave and rational leader he usually is under great stress. Seeing him as a broken down man must have been hard for him.

[@eliesh3833]

And also, the fact that he himself is ultimately the one responsible for that other Riker's death.

[@casbot71]

Little did we know back then that one of those parallels would be the *Kelvin* timeline …

[@Amarganeitor]

Uuuggghhh, thanks for the mental image of a JJ-fied Ent-D 🤢🤢🤢

[@Evil0tto]

Riker: "Target that ship." Wesley: "We can't, sir. There's too much lens flair. It's interfering with our targeting sensors."

[@sliphstream4927]

@@Evil0tto Nice one

[@tomb7088]

Now imagine this: Every Enterprise sends every other one their logs and records. Also, Every Enterprise sends the Borg Uni one all the spare parts and any Borg killing Tech they might have. Has to be a few with cloaks and pretty nasty weapons. If they have time. imagine a few hundred repair teams beaming over to help fix her up.

[@myelawwud2951]

That'd be a nice ending, they certainly had the time to do it.

[@kargaroc386]

A few years later: the borg emerge into the prime timeline out of a portal, and they're completely invincible from having adapted to all of the tech sent to that enterprise. The Q have to fix the resulting mess.

[@tomb7088]

@@kargaroc386 Or the borg get wiped out in every reality.

[@bobpage6597]

A couple of three things....... 1. The Comm badges are awesome, I like the use of the bars to denote rank. 2. The beeps the Enterprise makes in this bit of the episode, are the same noises that will be re-used on the Defiant's bridge when she enters the series on DS9.

[@linksbetweendrinks7032]

Watching Deanna's facial expressions as she sees an alternate version of the man she loves begging for his life, and the man she loves also executing him, is Marina's best performance. It's heartbreaking.

[@yuibucki]

Actually, that version of Deanna loves Worf.

[@jimhuffman9434]

@@yuibucki Deanna even had two kids with Worf in that universe: Eric-Christopher and Shannara

[@HealthySkepticism1775]

NOBODY GIVES A SHIT ABOUT SOME STUPID BOOK​@@jimhuffman9434

[@SaykredCow]

What I just realized about this is the Worf in that Enterprise that was destroyed was likely not from that universe and died while the Worf that was from that universe escaped?

[@Ozzy_2014]

Probally did them a mercy. Swift death vs a living hell for centuries or millenia as a Borg drone.

[@MattJohno2]

That Borg universe is still more optimistic than DIS/PIC

[@a1nut]

I'd love to see a series set in that alternate universe where the Borg are "Everywhere."

[@koalabrownie]

Wasn't that series called Voyager?

[@orangeapples]

WE WONT GO BACK! Don’t worry. We’ll take care of it. Mr. Crusher! *BOOM*

[@HariSeldon913]

No "Fire at Will!"?

[@ratius1979]

The fact that alternate Riker is willing to kill Worf as a brother rather than go back to face the Borg is utterly grim, dark, brilliant and superbly written. All in one scene 🤯

[@thecuchikiller]

Imagine being years in a ship knowing the earth and the federation is gone.

[@CNC-Time-Lapse]

I love how Wesley fires a torpedo rather than a phaser to "disable" them. Whoops.

[@heartsineurope]

Fat fingers

[@bill_lumbergh]

he was being merciful

[@TommygunNG]

TNG missed a great opportunity for an episode akin the Voyager's "The Year of Hell": Follow through a severe Borg attack that destroys the Federation and Picard is killed or captured. Then, all of a sudden, the Enterprise--that is, the one we're following--jumps into this alternate reality, and we find out we were on that alternate ship. Then things play out as in this episode.

[@tyvulpintaur2732]

“The Federation is gone! My beard is everywhere! And I can’t find my comb!”

[@yomomma2054]

“...and Worf is attracted to my beard that he tries to mate with it!” Worf: “Riker!!!!! Come here!!!!!” Riker: “See!!!!”

[@myelawwud2951]

Such a sad scene :( It has been on my mind since I saw the episode. Also surprised that Riker didn't try and help them, could've found a way to keep the crew on board their enterprise and just sent the ship itself back.

[@metsrus]

They were from a different reality, which mean they didn't matter in this reality.

[@Toybinger]

In an infinite universe, with the rest of the crew dead, acting Captain Spot and the emergency medical hologram break the temporal prime directive and alter earth's history by making contact with ancient Egyptians and convince them to draw stories about Spot's exploits.

[@Barny5ive]

As we learned again & again throughout the series... Alternate Rikers are expendable, & dealt with summarily!

[@jordanmicahcook]

My Top 12 favorite Star Trek TNG episodes in order: 1. All Good Things 2. Remember Me 3. The Nth Degree 4. Ship in a Bottle 5. Genesis 6. Parallels 7. Tapestry 8. Time Squared 9. Phantasms 10. Schisms 11. Cause and Effect 12. The Game

[@belroyale]

I so agree with your list and that order

[@nb2008nc]

"What happened, Mr. Crusher?" "A lucky shot, sir!" *Riker vaporizes him with a phaser* "Animal."

[@Rashaed]

LOL I see what you did there...

[@develynseether4426]

"bach Do', qaH!" "Ha'DIbaH!"

[@cleversonsutil4495]

I remember this scene. Great movie, BTW!!

[@billyboblillybob344]

I'm guessing Troi has a collar on and is tethered to something

[@ashleighelizabeth5916]

This comment desrves more likes!

[@Mandolatron]

Riker rolls with the destruction of the alternate Enterprise a little too easily

[@EGarrett01]

Yeah, if they have him to do that to the other ship and not care is...a writing problem.

[@ericpelote998]

That riker Picard was assimilated by the borg !!! He was not saved .

[@husamstarxin4626]

What about Will, he just killed some 500 ppl at his teen age years, 0⃣ fucks given, not even Khan was that cruel

[@jesuszamora6949]

They established that they were working under the idea that everything would be reset after Worf made his way to the right reality.

[@junbh2]

I imagine he felt it was a relief. The far worse nightmare would have been sending them back. But also he's pretty used to nightmares by now.

[@TechnologicallyTechnical]

just a reminder that that's the man who willingly worked aboard a Klingon ship, beat the shit out of a Klingon, stood up to a Klingon captain, and willingly let said Klingon captain punch him across the room, all without a hint of fear. With that in mind, seeing Riker scared shitless like a lost child is the scariest aspect of this whole scene.

[@ransom182]

Oops - just killed a shit ton of people on that other Enterprise. Oh well, moving on! ;)

[@curseofgladstone4981]

ransom182. The sad thing is. It was probobly a mercy kill. Had they gone back they wouldnt last long before beinf assimilated in a nightmarish reality.

[@cassiusdio1138]

Ahh the universe is full of enterprises constantly blowing up ^_^ Guinan can tell you that.

[@3Rayfire]

Probably weren't that many left aboard anyway :(

[@ringo1029384756]

Eh... it's like Rick and Morty. At least Riker didn't have to bury his dead self from an alternate reality.

[@Trojianmaru]

Or maybe, there was someone on that ship who was going to have an idea that ended up saving the universe. Maybe they already had the idea and they were rushing to the captain to tell him, but they never made it.

[@justdave923]

Since I first saw it, I’ve always been haunted by this scene.

[@admiralsquatbar127]

There was more honour in that death, than becoming a Borg drone.

[@thomassmith6232]

Notice how none of the other Enterprises react to either the attack on the shuttle or the one Enterprise destroying the other.

[@MasterArchfiend]

The only reason that I can think is that it might've been too much for the writers and budget. That's it and it still sounds a bit off.

[@Yetoob8lWuxUQnpAahSqEpYkyZ]

@@MasterArchfiend That or mutually assured destruction. The weapon of mass destruction in this case would be potentially instigating the attack against more people and them potentially blindly reacting. One of them not making a decision means more of them won't a decision at the same time or at least one going rogue far away from them. This isn't Tenet so no guarantees as alluded.

[@ThatElfNerd]

They were probably confused. Unsure if they should attack the shuttle as well, or attack the Enterprise that was opening fire. Riker only really explained the plan to the Prime Universe Enterprise, so the other universes probably had no idea what was going on. Then when Wesley one-shotted the other Enterprise, they thought "Yup. Good thing we didn't try anything."

[@gatedude07]

"We won't go back! Please, you don't know what it's like in our universe. Trump is president, plague is everywhere! Please, we're some of the last sane people left you've got to help us. WE WON'T GO BACK!"

[@MrPAULONEAL]

You should be happy now...

[@gatedude07]

@@MrPAULONEAL Plague is still everywhere and most people are still insane!

[@eliesh3833]

This is the 24th Century though. If Trump ever existed in Star Trek canon, he would've been dead for over 300 years by that point. Matter of fact, in real life, he is in his late 70's. So, he would have almost certainly been dead already by Star Trek: First Contact, otherwise he would be 117 years old.

[@zeo1chris]

seen this episode but just realized that means that Q sending a ship into Borg space and making both aware of one another... is a FIXED point/moment in Trek histories...

[@DarqeDestroyer]

Not nescesarily. It's quite possible that the situation in longbeard Riker's universe ended up so bad because that meeting didn't take place, and the Borg discovered the UFP later on their own terms, possibly without the UFP knowing, and therefore got more of a jump on them.

[@ASimoneau]

I liked how terrified Riker still managed to be grammatically correct - "The Borg is everywhere!"

[@curseofgladstone4981]

ASimoneau Oh yeah. The borg is a single collective conciousness. The grammer is strong woth this one

[@CharlesUrban]

"I have an English degree, and I am QUITE FLUSTERED!"

[@robinhyperlord9053]

It is both ways probably.

[@kxmode]

"You have got to help us!" versus "Oh lawdy jesus! You gotta halp us!!!!"

[@girlgarde]

He was frantic and desperate so he's bound to slip up in his words while pleading not to go back to his universe.

[@DmonHiro]

Too bad it was an emergency and they had to shut it down. Borg: We are inevitable. Enterprises: We are infinite. Borg: We are screwed.

[@fourthhorseman4531]

Riker's just trying to kill all the other Rikers so he has some chance of winning in a fight against Yulaw.

[@cogitoergosum7891]

Brilliant. Best comment ever. I can just hear the universes colliding

[@VorpalDerringer]

Reference game out of control!

[@HacksignKT]

Yulaw?

[@fourthhorseman4531]

@@HacksignKT It's a character in the Jet Li film The One.

[@enavy04]

I am Riker!!! I'm nobody's bitch!!! 🤣

[@loudgoat5241]

That Enterprise ruthlessly destroyed another Enterprise, when they could have tried to teleport what few of its crew remained. This is what happens in a universe where Wesley isn't regularly told to shut up.

[@joeggernaut7058]

The Enterprise from the Borg timeline had it's shields up, they could not have used the transporter without disabling the shields first anyway.

[@stefanlefco1750]

Picard should have been a kid on one of the enterprises. He'd be on the com talking and then ogling Troy or another woman passing by him. It would have been great! I need a time machine.

[@hmmmmm6056]

Would be a great way to introduce a new species if one of those enterprises mentions a species unknown to the main universe that they are at war with...then they could be introduced to the main timeline in a later episode!

[@ZuluRomeo]

Imagine if instead of the Borg being everywhere it was the Dominion. That would have been a cool way to bring DS9 continuity in, and also add to the mystery and intrigue - given that at the time of this episode (also DS9's season 2) the Dominion was this mysterious force that was spoken about in hushed tones before they were fully introduced at the end of that year.

[@devastater97]

Makes me think of what would've happened in Mass Effect if you failed to stop the Reapers.

[@JRGProjects]

They did a comic about the Borg winning in Best of Both Worlds. The Borg Enterprise when our Ent-D showed up was no more then the Stardrive section. Everything played out exactly as our universe did but this Borg Universe's Enterprise failed to fire the Antimatter Spread as did ours. Cmdr Shelby also is still aboard in this universe too and crazier then ever. Data had been destroyed in the shuttle explosion escaping the Borg vessel and Worf barely made it out. It's called the Worst of all Worlds Our crew rescues their Picard in a replay of Best of Both Worlds but the desperate Borg Universe crew attempt to take our Enterprise D after, Shelby disobey's Riker and tries to run off till their Geordi stops her....because of his friendship with Data or loss of his Data. The Borg Worf sacrifices himself to save our Worf as well in an almost blow for blow repeat of Picard's rescue. Their universe's uniforms resemble more like the Wrath of Khan unis rather then TNGs and Worf wears Klingon battle armor and the battle bridge was turned into the main bridge so it looks much different, their hand phasers also echo Wrath of Khan too.

[@HacksignKT]

That is dope, thank you.

[@brocky70]

Regular Riker: "Fire at Will!!" Alternate Riker: 😥😥😥

[@timriggins70]

So it's possible that one of those Enterprises was captained by John Sheridan. Or at least had Minbari and Narn among their crews.

[@ArchangelExile]

Maybe one was captained by a tribble.

[@IristheVix]

They say that the more full Riker's beard gets, the more interesting and better the show becomes. However, in that Borg Reality, the show was possibly... too interesting. and something had to be done.

[@jimbo9305]

"We won't go back!" *ship explodes* Wish granted.

[@williammurphy9897]

I remember watching this at age 10 and being so impressed

[@Wayoutthere]

I would like to see this Alternate Borg hell Universe imho.

[@egmont5044]

“The Federation is gone! The Borg are everywhere!” Infinite number of Federation ships:

[@brianjlevine]

The episode Yesterday's Enterprise already changed the timeline irreparably. In the original timeline Sela doesn't exist because Yar is dead prior to the Enterprise-C coming through the anomaly and initially changing the timeline to where Yar is alive. When the C goes back through the anomaly, the timeline is changed again to where that Yar survives to give birth to Sela. The original timeline is forever gone. In Parallels, the change is smaller (no birthday party for Worf), but still clearly a change in the timeline. One thing is certain: between Parallels and Generations, we can deduce that Geordi's visor is a danger that should be destroyed.

[@AngelSebastianLeon]

I think that birthday party was other universe.

[@kargaroc386]

something something stable time loops something something

[@benx6264]

I always thought that this episode missed a golden opportunity; it should have had a segment set in the Mirror Universe's Terran Empire

[@girlgarde]

I agree. Even though DS9 had a Mirror Universe where the Terrans were conquered by an Alliance of Klingons and Cardassians, they could've had an Enterprise from an alternate Mirror Universe where the Terran Empire was still around as there can be more then one mirror universe.

[@mbenzsl2000]

Riker: Open fire, try to disable them. Crusher: Direct hit. Core is overloading. Riker: What happened? Crusher: You said DISABLE....they are disabled.......Nobody will ever tell me to shut up again...

[@philp1398]

This has always been one of my favorite moments

[@vivi44]

Well since they were destroyed they didn't go back.

[@spockboy]

Which means our Enterprise D completely messed up "their timeline" by firing on them.

[@TheCaptainSplatter]

@@spockboy not really. They were one shot from being destroyed anyways.

[@ashleighelizabeth5916]

I'd call that mercy. Better to die almost instantly in a warp core breach than live in that Hell.

[@protoborg]

I love how Wesley has essentially replaced Worf In EVERY way; including attitude.

[@MuninnMyrkvi]

Imagine following the whole TNG series to see the Enterprise emerge into a new reality and then be destroyed on a whim.

[@SnowyNightFlyer]

“Their warp containment field must have been weak” “Probably from fighting with the Borg.” “Gee, Riker, ya think?”

[@ljg6979]

Fastest warp core breach in Star Trek history…

[@skynetprime82]

An alternate reality filled with nothing but borg is by far the scariest thing to even fathom, I'm glad that they're just fictional characters

[@seanwebb605]

Can I interest you in a new smart phone?

[@Justin-Hill-1987]

There are 484,999 hails left...

[@AnnoyingMoose]

It was VERY kind of those hundreds of thousands of other Enterprises to materialise in separate spaces instead of overlapping with each other!

[@pathogenofdecay]

The Star Trek Timelines game follows a similar plot to this episode, only with multiple copies of people from different eras in history coming to the present.

[@joshwhalen17]

I love that the visual representation of the chaos in Borg-Universe is that Riker's beard is long and he doesn't comb his hair.