The flashback sequences which show what happened to 7 of 9's parents form a great story on their own, and even do something that Star Trek usually snubs: fix continuity errors. How these people had ended up in the Delta Quadrant was a bit of a plot hole, but now we get an answer.
The Borg Queen is also a great addition, but honestly, my one complaint is we needed more of her, and more Borg lore. It was a good chance to learn how the Borg became Borg in the first place and it is wasted.
Other than that, the episode is great, as the Borg always make a great adversary.
Of course, there are some problems: for one, the Queen tells 7 she is the only drone to have regained individuality and that makes her unique - horse-faeces, one may point out, as the Voyager crew had discovered a whole colony of former drones who only occasionally formed their own collective (arguably the Borg were unaware of this, but it weakens the argument for the viewer). Secondly, there is so little reason for the Borg to be obsessed with destroying humans. They have already assimilated so many that whatever they had to offer to the Collective has been offered already, and by all accounts they are hardly worth such obsession - why not the Vulcans, or the Klingons? They also resisted the Borg and frankly, I doubt the Borg hold grudges and maintain vendettas out of spite. I also don't like how the Voyager seems to now win a decade or two every episode, but I suppose they have to get back somehow.
Anyway, these are complaints formed by overthinking the episode - which should be a clue that it is quite memorable.
The Borg Queen is also a great addition, but honestly, my one complaint is we needed more of her, and more Borg lore. It was a good chance to learn how the Borg became Borg in the first place and it is wasted.
Other than that, the episode is great, as the Borg always make a great adversary.
Of course, there are some problems: for one, the Queen tells 7 she is the only drone to have regained individuality and that makes her unique - horse-faeces, one may point out, as the Voyager crew had discovered a whole colony of former drones who only occasionally formed their own collective (arguably the Borg were unaware of this, but it weakens the argument for the viewer). Secondly, there is so little reason for the Borg to be obsessed with destroying humans. They have already assimilated so many that whatever they had to offer to the Collective has been offered already, and by all accounts they are hardly worth such obsession - why not the Vulcans, or the Klingons? They also resisted the Borg and frankly, I doubt the Borg hold grudges and maintain vendettas out of spite. I also don't like how the Voyager seems to now win a decade or two every episode, but I suppose they have to get back somehow.
Anyway, these are complaints formed by overthinking the episode - which should be a clue that it is quite memorable.