with the show but never really watched it", and thanked her makeup artist fiancé Robert Hall for explaining her role as an Orion slave girl to her. She researched the role on the internet after she received the script, in particular the portrayal by Susan Oliver in Star Treks original pilot, "The Cage". It took four hours of make-up work for Luther to be ready, and she described the costume as slightly skimpier than she was used to as a lingerie and bikini model. Despite the application of isopropyl alcohol, Luther said that it took days for the remnants of the make-up to be removed. Brent Spiner poked fun at her about having to be painted and not him, after his many years of makeup as Data. Before broadcast, it was rumoured that the character of Vice Admiral Maxwell Forrest (Vaughn Armstrong) would be killed off in the episode. His death came three episodes later in "The Forge". It was the last appearance in the Star Trek franchise by J. G. Hertzler, best known for playing Martok in Deep Space Nine. Appearing once again as a Klingon, he was allowed to choose his own costume from the prop department and decided to re-use the outfit worn by Michael Ansara as Kang in the DS9 episode "Blood Oath". Several items from the episode were sold on eBay as part of the It's A Wrap! sale and auction. These included the Orion costumes worn by Big Show and others, a unique Orion console created for the slave market, and a variety of Orion PADDs. Reception "Borderland" first premiered on UPN in the United States on October 29, 2004. It had ratings of 2.0/4, meaning it was seen by 2.0 percent of all households, and 4 percent of all those watching television at the time of broadcast. Robert Bianco highlighted the episode as one to watch in his preview column for USA Today. Maureen Ryan for the Chicago Tribune praised the return of Brent Spiner to Star Trek, saying "Surprise, fear, elation, self-control; they're all given masterful life by Spiner in the space of a few seconds." IGN gave it a score of 3 out of 5, and said it was a return to the quality of "Broken Bow", and praised the abilities of Spiner. The teaser trailer was compared to that of a Quentin Tarantino film, and concluded saying "Executive Producer Manny