the Borg know of him they will pursue Voyager endlessly to assimilate him. He assures the emotional Seven that she will adapt once he passes away. Background The Borg are a Star Trek villain species famous for their phrase, "resistance is futile." TV Guide named the Borg at number 4 in its 2013 list of the 60 Nastiest Villains of All Time. The Borg were introduced on Star Trek: The Next Generation in the episode "Q Who?" (S2E16) and also featured in the critically acclaimed episode "The Best of Both Worlds". They made a major influence on Voyager starting with "Scorpion", which introduced the ex-Borg character Seven of Nine to the main cast, and there were many Borg-centric episodes since that time; they return with a major story once again in Drone. Reception In 2016, SyFy Wire ranked this the 4th best episode Bryan Fuller wrote for, and felt it was similar in some ways to the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Offspring". Nevertheless, they felt Seven of Nine developed a connection with the life form, and the finale was "powerfully poignant". In 2017, Den of Geek rated "Drone" among their top 50 Star Trek episodes. Jammer's Reviews site gave it 4 out of 4 stars. In 2017, Den of Geek ranked actor J. Paul Boehmer as 'One', as the third best guest star on Star Trek: Voyager. SyFy recommend "Drone" for their Seven of Nine binge-watching guide. In 2019, Nerdist suggested watching this episode as part of an abbreviated binge-watching guide featuring USS Voyager's confrontations with the Borg. In 2020, Gizmodo listed this episode as one of the "must watch" episodes from season five of the show. Connections A listing of Star Trek franchise Borg-centric episodes placed "Drone" in between "The Raven" (S4E6) and "Dark Frontier" (S5E15 & S5E16) in the Star Trek timeline. Releases On November 9, 2004, this episode was released as part of the season 5 DVD box set of Star Trek: Voyager. The box set includes 7 DVD optical discs with all the episodes in season 5 with some extra features, and episodes have a Dolby 5.1 Digital Audio track. On April 25, 2001, this episode was released on LaserDisc in Japan, as part of the half-season collection, 5th Season vol.1. This included episodes from "Night" to "Bliss" on seven double sided 12 inch optical discs, with English and Japanese audio tracks for