Connecting "Unimatrix Zero" to "Picard"?

[Lord Garth]

I just re-watched both parts of "Unimatrix Zero". I wonder if Seven was ever able to retrieve her memories of her time in there? For those who don't remember or don't know: Some Borg Drones, a tiny fraction of them, would experience a virtual reality known as Unimatrix Zero whenever they went into a regeneration cycle. When they were "asleep", those drones would get to live on a world with the identities they had before they were assimilated.

Seven of Nine spent 18 years in Unimatrix Zero, when she was regenerating as a Borg Drone and, when she was there, she was Annika Hansen. But whenever she came out of regeneration, she'd have no memory of Unimatrix Zero and wouldn't find out about it -- when awake -- until some Borg in Unimatrix Zero reached out to her because the Borg Queen learned about it.

Sometime between Voyager and Picard, if Seven were ever able to somehow access her memories as Annika from whenever she was in Unimatrix Zero, then it would make her more "human" because now she'd be able to remember all those experiences. I could easily see Annika Hansen in Unimatrix Zero acting the way Seven does in the Picard Trailers. "What the Hell are you doing Jean-Luc? Saving the galaxy?"

They'll probably say that Seven just changed over the past 20 years, but Unimatrix Zero would be nice, deep cut explanation.

 

[NewHeavensNewEarth]

They'll probably say that Seven just changed over the past 20 years, but Unimatrix Zero would be nice, deep cut explanation.

Or Seven figured out that future Janeway killed her Unimatrix boyfriend who was still part of the collective, and she's pretty bitter about it. Seven hunting Janeway for revenge would be a plot twist, without a doubt.

 

[Lord Garth]

The next episode I've gone to is "Human Error". She's exploring her Humanity in private. I'm starting to think she explored romance in "Someone to Watch Over Me", dropped it, learned that she was Human inside Unimatrix Zero, then decided to take up exploring different facets of her Humanity again... but wanted personal space to do so. So she didn't tell the Doctor or Janeway or anyone else. Which brings us to "Human Error", which I think is probably the beginning of what leads Seven to become the way she is in Picard.

EDIT: I was right! The Doctor asks Seven what prompted her to create a relationship with a holographic Chakotay on the holodeck, and she says Unimatrix Zero.

DOUBLE-EDIT: I'm on "Endgame". I just paused at the end of a scene between Seven and The Doctor in Sickbay. At the end of "Human Error" it's discovered that Seven has a fail-safe that prevents her from experiencing the full range of emotions. If she does, the fail-safe kicks and she begins to shut down. The Doctor said he could find a way around it, but it would take time. By the time of "Endgame", which takes place a few months later, he's able to figure out how to get rid of Seven's fail-safe with only one surgery. So now she can experience the full range of emotions she's started to explore.

Add 20 years to that, and you get the Seven of Nine in Picard. Maybe Hugh and other Borg from his group will now have a work around for the fail-safe too.

 

[Danja]

I'm on "Endgame". I just paused at the end of a scene between Seven and The Doctor in Sickbay. At the end of "Human Error" it's discovered that Seven has a fail-safe that prevents her from experiencing the full range of emotions. If she does, the fail-safe kicks and she begins to shut down. The Doctor said he could find a way around it, but it would take time. By the time of "Endgame", which takes place a few months later, he's able to figure out how to get rid of Seven's fail-safe with only one surgery. So now she can experience the full range of emotions she's started to explore.

Add 20 years to that, and you get the Seven of Nine in Picard. Maybe Hugh and other Borg from his group will now have a work around for the fail-safe too.

For a while (until she goes full-on Terminator):

You can't put her in a box. To me. she's the closest thing to an actual living, breathing, human being in the entire franchise.

 

[F. King Daniel]

At the time I hated it, but 2 decades later I think "Unimatrix Zero" was a really cool concept.

Perhaps the guy she's cradling in the trailer is Axium?

 

[Danja]

Perhaps the guy she's cradling in the trailer is Axium?

The guy in the trailer is wearing a Starfleet uniform.

 

[F. King Daniel]

The guy in the trailer is wearing a Starfleet uniform.

It's been 20 years...
Also I thought it was a red prisoner uniform from the cube prison, but I could be wrong.

 

[Lord Garth]

It's been 20 years...
Also I thought it was a red prisoner uniform from the cube prison, but I could be wrong.

Orange Is the New Red

 

[CorporalClegg]

Orange Is the New Red

Janeway confirmed!