space. On the moon's surface Seven and Tuvok find no Borg, only the wreckage of an old Federation ship. It shows signs of Borg invasion and partial assimilation. Seven feels that the ship is familiar to her: This is her parents' ship, the Raven. She and her parents were assimilated by the Borg on this very spot. The B'omar attack, but Seven and Tuvok are able to escape the Raven and are beamed back to Voyager, which flees B'omar space. Later, Janeway mentions the existence of records on Seven's parents, and Seven decides that one day she will read them. Cast commentary Actress Jeri Ryan, who plays Seven of Nine, said that "The Raven" was one of her favorite episodes along with "Revulsion", "Hunters", "Prey", and the two-part "The Killing Game". Reception Ian Grey at RogertEbert.com noted this episode in 2013 in their feature on Star Trek: Voyager, commenting that "The Raven" offered a "metaphor-rich engagement with childhood violence and memory." They point out Seven of Nine's story as an example of child abuse survival, which they suggest can be an "inspiration" to audiences that had childhood trauma. In 2014, io9 rated "The Raven" as the 75th best episode of Star Trek, and stated it was one of the best episodes about the character Seven of Nine recovering from her Borg assimilation. The fictional Raven spacecraft in the episode is a Federation vessel of the 2350s in the Star Trek franchise, and its design has been made in miniature model. In 2016, SyFy Wire ranked this the 11th best episode of the 22 episodes Bryan Fuller wrote for Star Trek, remarking "This examination of Seven's origins and her trauma is a little slow, but what it lacks in pacing it more than sufficiently makes up for in character building" with great performances from the cast, especially Ryan. SyFy Wire also recommend "The Raven" for their Seven of Nine binge-watching guide in 2019. In 2020, Bustle recommended "The Raven" as one of seven episodes to watch as background for Star Trek: Picard. They said this was a good background for the character Seven of Nine, who was captured by the Borg aliens; the episode shows some of her family life before assimilation aboard the spaceship Raven. In 2020, Gizmodo listed this episode as one of the "must watch" episodes from season four of the show. Releases This episode was released on