Greatest cliffhanger ever!

[grownman455]

"Your resistance is hopeless number one " Man they don't make Tv shows like this anymore.

[WhimsicalXay]

Damn... "Your resistance is Hopeless". I can hear the emphasis on the word "hopeless".

[enterprise160]

3:44 Charging up the wave motion gun! I wonder if the Yamato would have had better luck.

[Barragansama]

4:11 Oh, wow! I mean, I know everyone had goose-bumps at the time, but just look at Ms. Crusher's shirt! :3

[AVIATIO]

The title 'Locutus' comes in deed from Latin. It is the masculine form of the present participle for 'loquor-loqui-locutus' which means 'to speak.'

[Quantumerik]

These were the BEST two episodes of ANY STAR TREK series.... wow. I went nuts when he said "Mr. Worf, Fire!"



[Anarchist86ed]

This was the last time I gave a shit about a cliffhanger.

[invisiblejaguar1]

it was only a three month wait? wow just as well cuz i assumed it was something like a years wait for the next season to start lol

[ShadowSonic2]

@invisiblejaguar1 For some folks, it WAS.

[invisiblejaguar1]

man, what a wait that would be. luckerly for me it was the next day :-p

[ShadowSonic2]

@invisiblejaguar1 I remember a friend told me how he went to a country where they hadn't aired part two yet and it would be a year until they did. They just finished part one while he had seen part two, so when someone mentioned how long it would be he said "Want to know how it ends?".

[invisiblejaguar1]

hmm, not sure if i'd be paitent enough lol

[godzillaisnuclea123]

@diamondtheater88 the episode is good and so was the cliffhanger.

[ShadowSonic2]

@diamondtheater88 I think he thinks that you're saying that this story failed in the cliffhanger, but you really mean the weapon failed, right?

[godzillaisnuclea123]

@diamondtheater88 what failed?

[666deadman1988]

Riker ordering Worf to fire still sends chills down my spine.

[edmondho1214]

i just nutted.

[TroyConvers5000]

4:42 - not content with making Enterprise's attack look like nothing, Locutus twists the knife in the wound by calling Riker 'Number One'. Bitchy!

[TroyConvers5000]

0:58 - Skewed version of Star Trek theme playing, upward camera angle to emphasize size, first appearance of Locutus.

Money shot right there.

[Archedgar]

Mr. Worf.... fire

[WashCap22]

I have never seen a better cliffhanger in any show EVER

[ironhidewatson]

i remember watching this thinking "come on find picard, find him, you can do..............OMG!!!" lol

[jeromecha1]

Damn! That was SO THE SHITZNIC!!! OMG! That wait for the following three months was agony indeed....3 LONG months, try to figure out what was going to happen. EASILY one of the best cliffhangers EVER!! God! I LOVES ME SOME TREK!!!!

[TaskForceElites]

your wish to wnow what happens to me in 3 months is futile.

That probibly made on sence. or is it cence

[pinoi78]

20 years later and Trek STILL hasn't come up with a better spoiler.

[distractor2004]

Locutus: Latin, perfect passive participle of word Loquor, which means to "talk" or "speak". Courtesy of Wikipedia.

"Death is Irrelevant" Courtesy of Borg. =)

[djjoeyr]

It was STEWIE!!! :)

[howiescream]

Data pwns Locutus in an arm-wrestle in part 2.

[ShortySOM]

I love the Borg as more machine and zombie-like in the earlier episodes. They seem more alien and more terrifying. Not gonna bother with humans, they're just not a threat

[ShadowSonic2]

My ONLY complaint about this, is that in "Descent" we saw that the Borg can move very fast and fire built-in weapons at people. Combine that with their super-strength and I'm left wondering why they can't do that here.

[666SLAY3R666]

@ShadowSonic2

The Borg were a lot more cumbersome when they were first introduced, but the Borg in "Descent" had evolved away from the collective and changed from their initial state.

They do, however, move much faster in "First Contact" and on Voyager.

[greyeyed123]

"Your life, as it has been, is over." Can you imagine if a Star Trek show actually used that principle? What if a Trek show had a singular 5 or 6 season arc, where the stakes were high, main characters died, the main plot transformed unexpectedly, and recurring themes were explored in depth? The Trek franchise still has life in it, if they'd simply commit to such a show.

[TheFewzz]

This looks so dodgy now lol

[LobOverTheBackhand]

This whole plot line with the Borg rescued the "Star Trek" brand...thank goodness, too!

[MrCommanderData]

Man, I just watched this episode last night, what a killer episode

[SulliMike241]

"Mister Worf...Fire!"

[SchweitzerMan]

When Shelby tells Worf to get Admiral Hanson on subspace, he has this look on his face like he's thinking, "Why am I taking orders from THIS bitch?"

[mrgarymakin]

Best TV cliffhanger ever.

[sumbuddyx]

I'm still getting chills watching this!

[Doorhenge]

Mr. Worf... fire! *Black*

BAM-BAM-BAM, dun-dun-dun, BAM-BAM-BAM,

dun-dun-dun, BAAAAAMMMM!!!

Oh no, the captain will be killed!

[jayce79]

One of the greatest t.v. shoes of all time. What an episode. Big thumbs up.

[beavusesbuthead]

greatest line in any tv show : mr worf , fire

[fmcc0904]

Anyone remember when they'd run the TNG Marathons, and this episode always got number one?

[TarikGloaming]

Kudos to Johnathan Frakes, his delivery of THAT line was stellar. Every conflicting emotion Riker was feeling chisled into every aganosing syllable.

[PredatorianStyl]

epic episode

[NimbleWalrus]

3:20

[Bengtson74]

This was the most darkest episode of all of star trek ever.

[MrKittrider2000]

US/ U.S. United States of America Gene Rodenberry knew what was going on in this country and tried to inform people about it the best way he could. He made this episode for one reason to inform everyone that the the people of the world that the governments are trying to form a totalitarian one world government.

[PeachWookiee]

No matter how many times I see this, I tense up at the "Mr. Worf-- fire!" and the "To Be Continued."

[VonAether]

20 years ago today. God, that makes me feel old.

[thewewguy8t88]

i rember this episode it left a big impact on me as a child.

[aperson22222]

Awesome clip. However, the tension of "Mr Worf--Fire" does lose a little something when you know ahead of time that the weapon won't work.

[KikBlava]

When I first saw this, My blood ran cold. It was excellent.

[lurch964]

Geez, has it really been 20 years since this episode?! Ugh!

[mummra4ever]

Yeah and it's still as great as it was then. One of trek's best stories.

[GladiatorGT]

1:02 The Borg gave him some mean 6-pack abs.

[PeachWookiee]

This is still my favorite 2-parter.

[dsmiley53]

I remember watching this as a child. I didn't know cliffhangers existed until I saw this. "Three agonizing months later" is right! I spent that whole summer just dying to see what happened next.

[nemesisprime6901]

@dsmiley53 I know exactly how everyone felt. Was the same way myself. Was when I learned the worst sentence in the world. To Be Continued...

[Telomeresis]

@dsmiley53 I feel your pain, bro. I now have to die for 3 months in order to see what's gonna happen on Fate/zero... Season 2. (T_T)

[TheBlackSpider82]

'Best of Both Worlds' still has a real dark element to it...they really did do well to express the threat that Earth faced...even though some parts are a bit dated...it still holds up as gripping, entertaining, and intense!!

[dukeallen2001]

I remember yelling NOOOOO when it said "To be continued". And being so let down at the beginning of the 2nd part.

[LancetheNG]

Still sends chills down my spine

[senatus]

@LancetheNG: Me, too.

I loved a lot of DS9, but I honestly think Star Trek peaked right here. I only wish CBS would green-light remastering some of TNG the way they did TOS. Imagine a Wolf 359 graveyard with today's FX!